Duty On Shoes Is Increased In Senate Action
The senate approved amendments raising the shoe duty from 15 to 20 percent ad valorem and lifting sole leather duty to 10 percent, with an added collection duty. Beveridge attacked tobacco package sizes and the tobacco trust. Bailey defended free raw materials as part of a Democratic stance against free entry of iron ore, lumber, and hides. Newlands examined the income tax idea and warned that a corporation tax might violate constitutional uniformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Tobacco Trust
Bailey
Newlands
Washington
Senate
Beveriage
Cleveland
Spreckels
Supreme Court
Republicans Begin Formal Review of New Tax Amendment
Senate finance committee Republicans meet with Senator Root and Attorney General Wickersham to examine the proposed corporate tax amendment to the tariff bill. They expect acceptance of the core provision but discuss minor changes to resist attack and anticipate opposition from major corporations before and after passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Root
Root
Wickersham
Dentists Arrest Warrant After Alleged Chloroform Assault
In Dubuque Iowa Mrs Joseph Florey 35 swore out a warrant for Dr Horace G Knapp a longtime dentist for chloroform and alleged assault in his chair. She says he threatened her and she feared to tell her husband until four days passed. Knapp has disappeared and police search continues. Also reports Homeopathy meeting notes and society sessions in Detroit.
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Dubuque
Horace G. Knapp
Joseph Florey
Knapp
Women of Cincinnati Drill for National Turnfest Prize Contests
All 300 women entered for the prize contests were drilled by Miss Etta Kolling. An exhibition in Government square featured fancy drills gymnastics and dancing. The young women performed club swinging with clocklike precision and rivaled men’s turner societies. At the fair grounds tents were set for 5000 visitors and photographs were taken.
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Cincinnati
Etta Kolling
Government Square
Fair Grounds
Canm
Woman Slain in Maryland: Murder Suspect Cornered Near Scene
John T. Roberts, sought in the brutal murder of Edith May Woodill, was cornered in the home of John B. McQuay at Coxman seven miles from St. Michaels. A posse sped to the scene as officers closed in on the armed suspect. The victim, once ward of Lyman T. Gage, was found near her foster father Captain Charles H. Thompson’s residence after being weighed with bricks and an iron pot.
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St. Michaels
John T. Roberts
Edith May Woodill
Gilbert Woodill
Los Angeles
John B. McQuay
Coxman
Roberts
McQuay
Woodill
Back Creek
Eight Wreckers Die Salving Sunken Dakota Liner
Eight wreckers were killed when a dynamite blast during salvage work on the sunken Hill liner Dakota near Shirahama at Tokyo Bay triggered a fatal accident. The wreck had been sold by underwriters and divers were breaking it up shortly before the Kaga Maru’s sailing.
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Dakota
Victoria
Shirahama
Tokyo Bay
Carl Spencer Granted Stay In Embezzlement Case
Attorney General Wickersham secured a stay of execution for Carl Spencer a former Des Moines National Bank employee convicted of embezzlement. The move followed requests from Representative Hull Senator Cummins and Sidney Foster. Captain Hull predicts a pardon may follow.
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Des Moines National Bank
Washington
Wickersham
Temple
Carl Spencer
Representative Hull
Cummins
Sidney Foster
Hull
Spencer
Fire at Atlas Oil plant in Omaha destroys storage facility
Fire starting in the Atlas Oil company storage plant at Fourteenth and Nicholas streets in Omaha, a Cleveland firm, destroys the oil plant and the Orchard Wilhelm Furniture warehouse. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Omaha
Atlas Oil Company
Cleveland (O
Fourteenth
Nicholas Streets
Orchard & Wilhelm Furniture Company
Oscar Lewisohn Reported Killed in Auto Crash
Berlin reports Oscar Lewisohn husband of Edna May former actress was killed in a car crash between Vienna and Berlin. The notification reached Berlin on June 25.
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Oscar Lewisohn
Berlin
Edna May
Vienna
Day of Denials in Gould Case
Katherine Clemmons Gould was recalled for a final denial filled day as she defended herself in a $250000 a year separation suit. She flatly denied accusations of drinking profanity and impropriety and refuted witnesses while explaining her relationship with Dustin Farnum as mere career matters. The court reviewed Farnum deposition and a judge noted dinner checks at the Hotel St Regis.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Dustin Farnum
Gould
Mrs. Gould
Castle Gould
Farnum
Mr. Sheart
Hildreth's luck continues with Fitzherbert win
S C Hildreth extends his metropolitans era as Fitzherbert lands the Suburban handicap at Sheepshead Bay. It follows King James victories in the Metropolitan and Brooklyn handicaps this year. Fitzherbert clocked 2 03 2 5 nearly matching the Suburban record and near the mile and a quarter mark set by Broomstick in 1904.
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New York
S. C. Hildreth
Fitzherbert
Sheepshead Bay
Mr. Hildreth
King James
Brooklyn
Ballot
Broomstick
Congress Approves $10 Million Census Appropriation
Washington June 25. On the eve of the current fiscal year end the house authorized an emergency appropriation of 10 000 000 dollars for defraying the expenses of taking the thirteenth decennial census.
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Washington
House
Sarah Orne Jewett Dies in South Berwick
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett longtime American novelist died after months long illness in South Berwick Maine at her home. She suffered apo plexy and paralysis and had recently lived in Boston with friend Mrs James T Fields before returning home. Born September 3 1849 her birthplace home has hosted many literary figures. Jewett authored The King of Folly Island The Tory Lover and many other works.
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South Berwick
Sarah Orne Jewett
America
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago on June 25 1909
The Chicago market shows strong activity with hog receipts estimated at 10 900 and 9 770 leftovers from yesterday. Hogs range from 6 05 to 8 05 for light to heavy shipping grades while cattle and sheep prices move with steady to strong tones across various classes.
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Texas
Ex Fire Chief Killed by Lightning in Perry
Fred K. Mell former chief of the Perry Fire Department was struck and killed by lightning while riding toward his home in a buggy during a violent thunderstorm. His horse carried his body to the post office where the coroner and postmaster assisted. The storm damaged the Christian church tower and assembly room while five inches of rain flooded the business district and lowland areas along the Raccoon River.
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Perry
Fred K. Mell
Fire Department
F. M. Hoege
Christian Church
Raccoon
Ottumwa man elected president of county attorneys group
Seneca Cornell of Ottumwa was chosen president of the Iowa Association of County Attorneys at Marshalltown. Bradford Knapp of Clarion was named vice president and W. C. Edson of Storm Lake, secretary treasurer. A resolution urged the legislature to provide copies of all new laws to county attorneys within thirty days after adjournment.
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Ottumwa
County Attorneys’ Association
Marshalltown
Iowa Association of County Attorneys
Pepper
Muscatine
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Seneca Cornell
Bradford Knapp
Clarion
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
State Bar Association
J. M. Parker
Seventh District
Hazen Ll. Sawyer
Keokuk
Gambling Houses Closed in Keokuk Under New Law
Keokuk Iowa June 25 police shut eight gambling houses ahead of Cosson law taking effect. Proprieties told to close and patrons told to disperse. The crackdown is led by the Republican chief of police with backing from the Democratic mayor.
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Keokuk
Opposes Plan for Fixed Price for Jewelers Wares
Des Moines June 25. Joseph Mazer of McAlester Oklahoma advocated a fixed price proposal before the Iowa Retail Jewelers association. W H Beck of Sioux City condemned it as unfeasible due to varying local price conditions and urged opposition at the convention.
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Des Moines
Joseph Mazer
McAlester
Okla
W. H. Beck
Sioux City
Iowa Retail Jewelers’ Association
Beck
Five farm co operative elevators organized in Iowa area
Commercial Agent McMillan of the Short Line has organized five farmers' co operative elevators in two months. The latest is at Racine, the first station south of Iowa Falls, joining Hurley, Sheffield, Hampton and Chapin.
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Hampton, Ila
McMillan
Racine
Iowa Falls
Hurley
Sheffield
Hampton
Chapin
State waterways panel adjourns after first meeting
Des Moines June 25. After choosing A. C. Miller of Des Moines as permanent chairman the four member waterways drainage and conservation commission adjourned their initial session with I. W. Kreel of Mason City elected temporary secretary.
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Des Moines
A. C. Miller
State Waterways, Drainage and Conservation Commission
I. W. Kreel
Mason City
Heatwave Grips New York City With Prostrations
New York on June 25 endures a fourth day of extreme heat as hospitals report crowded conditions from prostrations. Officials logged thirty four prostration cases and three personal crisis reports while the official temperature reached 92 degrees at 3 p m.
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New York
The
Mercury
Platform Collapse Injures Dozens at Summer School
In Ruston Louisiana on June 25 a platform at the summer normal school collapsed injuring more than twenty people as about 200 teachers fell fifteen feet to the ground.
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Ruston
Summer Normal School
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Taft
Detroit
American Institute of Homeopathy
Bureau of Pedology
Bureau of Clinical Medicine
Obstetrical Society
Maryland
Grantedstay
Shearn
St. Megis Notel
Aibout
Hildreth
Chicago
Ume
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
I Cell
Alci
John A. Babcock
North ‘American’ Live Stock Commission Company
U. S
Chicago, Ill
Bolt
Miller
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