Tariff Rift Between Bryan and House Leaders Deepens
Washington reports a sharp split between William Jennings Bryan and Democratic House leaders over the wool tariff. Bryan demands free wool while Speaker Champ Clark and Chairman Underwood resist drastic changes, risking Bryan's influence on any presidential endorsement. A confidential House member notes Bryan will not dictate policy or dominate the convention, warning endorsement could backfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Ebpy
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic House
Champ Clark
Bryan
House
Clark
Unterwood
Ways and Means
Clark-Underwood
Nebraska
Wileon Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Judson Harmon
Democratic House of Representatives
County Officials Waited in Vain
County officers and attorneys missed a Saturday meeting with the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company over track location on the National road. The proposed compromise would trim roadway from forty six to forty feet, with the company to build a gravel section where its tracks lie while the rest would be macadam like a city street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Terre Haute
Inianapolis
Eastern Traction Company
Wayne Center Township
T. J. Study
John F. Robbins
Indianapolis
Traction Company
Robbins
Cronin
Heirs of Harriet E. Shute Finalize Estate Share
Elizabeth W. Dalbey Gertrude Shute and Ina Hodgin as heirs of Harriet E. Shute who died May 10 1910 received 3267.29 in final settlement from Dickinson Trust Company administrator. They had earlier received 400 on a partial settlement. The estate valued at 13816.11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth W. Dalbey
Gertrude Shute
Ina Hodgin
Harriet E. Shute
Dickinson Trust Company
Senator Stone Forces Tariff Debate In Senate Row
The Senate finance committee ends its sessions and buries tariff bills. Senator Stone, backed by Democrats, announces plans to discharge the committee to bring House tariff bills to the Senate for direct schedule revisions. A Spokane trade excursion to Australia and New Zealand is planned for January 1911 with 100 delegates to study municipal government and boost reciprocity and closer commercial ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Senate
Zealand
National News Association
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Congress
Penrose
Gallinger
House
Stone
Spokane
Wash
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
New Zealand
Pacific Coast
R. J. MacLean
Spokane Chamber
United States
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Chambers of Commerce of
Australasia
Edwin Coman
Chamber of Merce
Col Garrard alleges theft of Bloom case papers
Washington June 10 Col Joseph Garrard commanding Ft Meyers Va says papers recommending that Bloom be denied a commission because he was a Jew were stolen from the adjutant's office. Garrard blames a discharged clerk for removal. Fort officers are investigating and say another sensation is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bloom
Joseph Garrard
Ft. Meyer
Fort
Garrard
Col. Garrard
NEWLIN TO INSPECT STATE OFFICE NOW
Charles Newlin a former deputy county auditor and now a member of the state board of accountants will inspect the records of the state geologist office starting Monday in Indianapolis with his partner They recently finished examining Rush county officials records and will proceed with the state examination
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Newlin
State Board of Accountants
Indianapolis
Newlin
Rush County
Local Option Election Planned in Warne Township July
The county will likely set the local option vote for Warne township outside Richmond for July 17 or 18. County commissioners postponed action on the petition and will decide the date voting precincts and election boards at next Saturday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warne Township
Richmond
Recommendation to fund deputy superintendent expense
County commissioners are to ask the county council to appropriate 360 dollars annually to cover office help for Superintendent C. O. Williams. A late legislature provided this expense by special act to allow superintendents to leave offices more often and devote time to visiting schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R E
C. O. Williams
Hunters Warned Against Shooting Endangers Residents
City residents report reckless hunting and stray bullets near Tests Mills over the past week. Authorities vow arrests if any hunter is identified, as bullets have whirred past passing vehicles and raised safety concerns.
Pendulum of justice in Sherman law cases sparks debate
Washington reports on whether government actions under the Sherman antitrust law target tobacco and Standard Oil bosses. Senator Pomerene pushes for prosecutions, but judges control jail sentences. Attorney General Wickersham urges courts to impose prison time where feasible, signaling rising insistence on penalties in trust cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Winfield
Washington
Tobacco Trust
Tobacco Combine
Standard Oil Corporatin
Pomerene
Ohio
Senate
Wickersham
Standard Oil Company
Rockefellers
United States
Var Stores Company
Sheppard
Southern District of Georgia
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Window Glass Trust
Pennsylvania
Bath Tub” Trust
The
Electric Trust
Lum
World suffragette meeting opening in Stockholm
Delegates from around the world gather for the Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Stockholm. Mrs Cary Chapman Catt heads the American delegation with Mrs Shaw and others. Preliminary meetings in Gustave Vasa church, then formal opening Monday at Grand Hotel with reports on progress and campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
Stockholm
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Sesson
Equal Franchise Movement
Cary Chapman Catt
International Alliance
Haakon
Gustave Vasa
Anna Howard Shaw
Suffrage Alliance
Atlantic
Catt
Europe
Pennsylvania
Mary B. Ely
Connecticut
Frederick Nathan
New York
Women workers seek higher wages and standards at Nations Union league
Boston hosts the third biennial convention of the Nations Women's Union League at Faneuil Hall starting Monday with record attendance expected. Delegates from New York, Chicago, Boston and other cities will discuss shop and wage standards, health protections, protective legislation, and the women’s suffrage issue, with leaders from the AFL and international delegates speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National News Association
Boston
Woman Worker
United States
The
Nations Women's Union League
Faneuil Hall
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
League
Faneuil
William H. O'Brien
Central Labor Union of Boston
Dennis Driscoll
American Federation of Labor
Raymond Robbins
National Women’s Trade Union League
Stephen 8. Wise
James Duncan
Father Gasson
Boston College
Mise Gertrude Israel
Germany
Kaugmannischer Verband Fur Weibliche Angestelite
Angelica Banabano
Italy
St. Louis
Old Graduates To Attend Reception
Richmond high school alumnus association plans a reception next Friday evening at the high school honoring the seventy seven graduates of 1911. Two early graduates have accepted, including Mr. S. A. Thompson and Mrs. W. W. Trueblood, both longtime city residents. About 700 invitations were issued and roughly two hundred acceptances received, with more expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School Alumnus Association
A. Thompson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
W. W. Trueblood
Ithe
Fred Waking Estate Finalized After Railroad Accident
The estate of the late Fred Waking, who died in an Oct 4 railroad accident at WH Hamsberg, Indiana, has been finally administered by the Dickinson Trust Company. The report shows charges and credits totaling $140,054.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Waking
Indiana Railroad
Hamsberg
Dickinson Trust Company
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Underwood
Lloyd George
England
Megan
Beachborough
Folkestone
East Ham Town Hall
House of Commons
Harriet Shute
Senator Stone
Sam
Standard Oil and
Kenyon
Sweden
KING
Fair Sex
Fred Waking Estate
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