Tariff Committee Advances Rates on Auto Part and Cars
Senate Democrats sped consideration of the tariff bill with major steps on the metal schedule. Auto rates were fixed at 15 percent for cars under 1000, 30 percent for 1000 to 1499, 45 percent for 1500 plus, and 30 percent on auto parts, with opposition claiming foreign cars would still enter at 3 percent. Debate over iron products continued, and a 25 percent rate on bicycles and motorcycles was approved. The tobacco tax plan and details from McAdoo’s report highlighted major manufacturers and volumes taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Democrats
Cummins
Smoot
Thomas
Finance Committee
Cumming
Senator Williams
Oliver
Saulsbury
Delaware
Brandegee
Bristow
Crawford
Grenna
Jones
Sherman
Sterling
Gallinger
Payne-Aldrich
Hitchcock
Congress
McAdoo
Liggett & Myera Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
R J Reynolds Tobacco Company
P Lorillard Company
Federal Cigar Company
United Cigar Manufacturers Company
American Sagar Company
Liggett & Myers
P. Lorlard Company
Tiagett & Myers Company
S. Anargyrus
Obituaries and death notices from August 1913 and 1918
Death notices for Florence Brian Baker Walter Baker of Brooklyn and daughter of Henry T and Carrie T Brian. William Bluett funeral announced. George H. Dana interment in Rochester. Ella V Money funeral at residence 1615 Rosedale NE with interment at Congressional Cemetery. Jesus Torres death reported from Alto Cedro Cuba with consular notice and request for legal representatives to apply.
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Baker
Florence Brian
Walter S Baker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry T
Carrie T. Brian
Bluett
William Bluett
Wright’s
Glenwood Cemetery
Danxa
Kennebunk Beach
George H. Dana
Rochester
Money
Sibles Hosptal
Ella V
Nathaniel B
Ida M. Money
Bezill
Rosedale Street
Congressional Cemetery
Torres —Department OF State
Washington, DC
RE Holaday
Santiago de Cuba
Alto Cedro
Cuba
Jesus Torres
Cosby Goes to Paris and His Public Life Highlighted
The article notes Col Cosby as a leading Washington bachelor with a strong public profile. Mrs Cosby is praised for beauty and drew admiration during a visit by German naval officers who named her the most beautiful woman seen in America. Cosby was born in Maryland on October 2, 1867 and later moved to Kentucky with his parents before entering West Point.
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Col. Cosby
Washington
Mrs. Cosby
Teutons
America
Maryland
Kentucky
Military Academy
West Point
U S Warehouses Bursting With Goods Await Tariff Law
Bonded warehouses at ports across the United States hold a vast stock of foodstuffs and merchandise awaiting withdrawal as Congress considers new tariff legislation. Values totaled about 105 million on June 20, with about 72 million in New York alone, dominated by sugar tobacco and raw wool, plus chemicals fibers and metals. the bureau notes stock levels far exceed earlier years.
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United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
New York
Congress
Bureau
Nomination Announced for Diplomatic and Revenue Posts
President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations including Paul Heinach as envoy to China, William Barnhart U.S. attorney for West Virginia, Thomas Annent mint official in Denver, Frank Wheeler internal revenue collector for North Carolina, Josiah Batley, Joseph Foernance and Marty Nichols as assistant appraisers, Pax Valverde as land office register, and Thomas Owen as receiver of public moneys, Clayton New Mexico.
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Wilson
Senate
China
Paul 8
Heinach
Wisconsin
United States
West Virginia
Wvilliam G. Barnhart
Denver
Colo
Thomas Annent
Colorado
Frank E. Wheeler
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Josiah W. Batley
Philadelphia
Joseph Knox Foernance
Pennsylvania
Marty Nichols
Clayton
N. Mex
Pax Valverde
New Mexico
Thomas E. Owen
Lustig Shot by Four Men in Coffee House Ambush
Four gunmen lured William Lustig to Humpty Jackson's coffee house in New York, then fired as they escaped in a waiting black touring car. Lustig, brother of a district attorney employee, is gravely wounded and believed to be dying. The attack mirrors the Rosenthal case, with detectives seeking motive and gangs behind the shooting.
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Washington Post
New York
William Lusie
District Attorney’s Office
Herman Rosenthal
Poice
Lustig
Humpty” Jackson
Lustig Targeted as Spy in Broad Daylight Street Shooting
In a well lit city street a shooting occurred as many spectators watched. Lustig, from a once respected family and alleged former Dopen Benny gang member, is described as a possible target of a death decree for being a spy. The incident follows a legacy of violence linked to Mid Twist in prior years.
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Lustig
Dopen Benny Band
Mid Twist
Rosenthal
Battle Ship Fight Urges Immediate Construction
Representative Fred A. Britten of Chicago introduces a House resolution calling for the immediate construction of three dreadnought battleships. He cites unsettled U S relations with Japan and Mexico and administration unpreparedness as reasons to begin building at once. Also notes arrivals and sails of ocean steamers London Minnewaska and New York Kroppinzessin Cecilie.
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Britten
Fred A. Britten
Chicago
House Naval Committee
Japan
Mexico
London
Minnewaska
New York
Kroppinzessin Cecilie
Bremen
Diggs Caminetti Trial Opens in Reno Slavery Case
Eleven veniremen passeda by both sides sit in the jury box as Maury Diggs and Drew Caminetti face federal charges under the Mann act. The Sacramento defendants deny the allegations of taking two young girls to Reno for immoral purposes. Testimony from Maria Warrington and Lola Norris is expected to begin soon. The trial may conclude by Thursday with a possible five-year maximum on each count.
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San Francisco
Veniremen
Maury I.diggs
Sacramento
Matt I. Sullivan
Theodore Roche
Wilson
United States Dstrict
John L. McNab
Department of Justice
Reno
Robert T. Devlin
Marshall J Woodworth
United States
Phillip Woolsey
Oolsey
Diggs
Woolsey
Drew Cambetti
St Maria
Warrington
Lola Norris
United States District Attorney
United States District Court
Secretary of Labor
Congress
Secramento
Charles B. Harris
Caminetti
Criticism of Burleson Parcel Post Plan Rises in House
Representative Kindel of Colorado attacked Postmaster General Burleson’s parcel post extension and rate cuts as too favorable to lower zones. He charged the plan was drafted by a commission of clerks unable to run a corner grocery and argued the first two zones’ rates are too low compared to other zones.
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Burleson
Representative Kindel
Colorado
Kinde
Mr. Kindel
Rumor of Portuguese President Arriaga's Death Spreads
Paris reports a rumor that Manuel De Arriaga, president of the Portuguese republic, died three days earlier while seriously ill with kidney and heart trouble. The Portuguese consulate in Seville is said to have originated the rumor and the government may be withholding official word.
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Paris
Seville
Spain
Manuel de Arriaga
de Arriaga
John Lind Heads to Mexico as President's Envoy
John Lind, former Minnesota governor and longtime political figure, travels toward Mexico City to serve as adviser to the American embassy. He will act as the President's personal representative in Mexico, though he has no noted experience with Latin American affairs and does not speak Spanish.
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John Lind
Minnesota
Mexico City
Mexico
Congress
Bryan Demetrat
St. Paul, Minn
Wilson
Eberhart
Lind
Board of Regents
University of Minnesota
Lind as Wilson envoy shapes Mexico policy debate
Discussion centers on binding administration agreements with Lind and the president's public stance on Mexican neutrality and possible war. Resolution demands recognition of a belligerent state, repeal of arms export bans, and a Mexican settlement commission while officials note rebels gain artillery support and Wilson’s nonpartisan approach remains. Interim reports mention detained Americans and Wilson ambassador Henry L Wilson’s illness and retirement plans, with Minnesota politics sensing a Lind succession at the University of Minnesota board.
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Bryan
Mexico
Lind
Stephens
Texas
Rules Committee
Huerta Rejects Mediation and Diplomacy Stance
Mexico City reports President Huerta reaffirmed a hands off policy, rejecting mediation or intervention and any talks with rebels. Officials say a provisional president would be unacceptable, and US recognition remains unlikely amid growing public demonstrations and concerns for safety of Wilson's envoy John Lind and American residents.
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Mexico City
Huerta
United States
John Lind
Wilson
Lind
Federals Driven Back In Sortie From Monclova
Gen. Carranza's forces report a clash near Monclova on August 2 as a federal detachment attempted a sortie from the city and was driven back. Teodoro Elizondo reports cutting the Mexican National Railroad section between Bustamante and Villaldama and forcing repairs to be destroyed for a long distance. The first mail in months for Chihuahua Parral and northern mining towns departed El Paso last night with a heavy guard of troops on the rebuilt Mexican Central line.
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Constitutional Field
Hacienda Hermanas
Coahuila
Mex
Eagle Pass
Tex
Carranza
Constitutionalists
Teodoro Elizondo
Bustamante
Villaldama
Monclova
Chihuahua
Parral
Mexico
el Paso
Leo Frank Murder Trial Under Cross Examination
In Atlanta on August 5, Leo M. Frank’s defense counsel pressed the cross examination of James Conley in the Mary Phagan murder case. Rosser aimed to test Conley’s memory by probing statements and affidavits concerning his knowledge of the crime. Conley admitted changes to narratives but insisted his courtroom testimony remained truthful despite hours of grueling questioning.
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Leo M. Frank
Atlanta
James Conley
Mary Phagan
Rosser
Rossert
Conley
Accusers in White Slave Trial Start in San Francisco
The trial of Drew Caminetti and Maury Diggs for violating the Mann White Slave Act opened in San Francisco. Attorneys gathered witnesses to testify on Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris, the Sacramento girls linked to the Reno escapade.
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Drew Caminett
Maury Diggs
San Francisco
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Caminetti
Diggs
Sacramento
Reno
United States
Miss Warrington
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