House Tariff Hearings Move Toward Extra Session
Witnesses bound for the extra session hearings on schedule K as the Ways and Means panel nears completion. Democrats favor a wool tariff revision echoing 1911 and 1912 acts, with mohair duties likely cut. Longworth clashes with Bennett amid talk of November defeat. Dearing on wool closes. sundries schedule to be taken up tomorrow.
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Washington
Dan
House Ways Vi
eAnSs
Catgeruss
Taft
Congress
Anderson Robertson
del Rio
Tex
Longworth
Ohio
Frank P. Bennett
Boston
Bennett
Fight Against Changes In Iowa Colleges Sparks State Debate
Iowa lawmakers debated the state board of education plan to reorganize campuses. A House-Senate concurrent resolution asks the board to reinstate domestic science and engineering at Iowa State University and to restore funding. The debated action centers on Ames Iowa City Cedar Falls institutions and potential legal questions.
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Des Moines
State Board of Education
Atkinson
Butter
State University
House
Savery Hotel
Senate
Iowa State Board of Education
State College
Ames
Iowa City
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
State Board
Iowa
General Assembly
Iowa State Board of Educat
Dil
Heavy seas aid canal builders at Atlantic entrance
Advices from the canal zone say the heavy Atlantic seas are being used by Col. George W. Goethals engineers to advance the Panama Canal project. The sea helps shape the breakwater and trestle work as 11,700 feet of trestles near shore are filled with rock.
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Washington
Jan
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Col
Geo. W. Goethals
Canal
Two Years Study on Corporation Laws Featured in Harrisburg
Harrisburg Pennsylvania January 28 a legislative committee after two years of study presents a report with twenty bills to be enacted. The key measure would replace the 1874 based corporation law with new rules on incorporation regulation and dissolution of business corporations. The committee also recommends against approving the proposed federal income tax amendment.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Republicans Agree On Fight For Taft Nominations
Washington Jan 28 After a Republican caucus senators agreed on a plan to fight for confirmation of Taft held up nominations. Senator Smoot moved executive session to keep a quorum while Democrats vowed to block except for army navy and diplomatic posts. The caucus backed a solid front to insist on confirmation.
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Washington
Taft
Smoot
Senate
Martin
Dixon
Poindexter
Progressive Party
Thorne Seeks Kenyon Bill to Uniform Freight Classification
Iowa railroad commissioner Ditford Thorne and allies urged the House Commerce Committee to pass the Kenyon bill granting the Interstate Commerce Commission power to require uniform freight classifications. The hearing occurred in Washington on January 28.
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Washington
Ditfard Thorne
Iowa
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delegates Open Fourth National Outdoor Ad Convention
Denver witnesses about 200 delegates from across the country at the opening session of the National Association of Outdoor Advertisers fourth annual convention. President Thomas Cusack of Chicago presided as updates report on industry concerns and activities. In New Jersey, the state legislature elected former Congressman William Hughes, a Democrat, to succeed Frank Briggs, a Republican, with Briggs term expiring March 4.
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Denver
National Association of Outdoor Advertisers
Thomas Cusack
Chicago
Hughes
Trenton
N. J
Wm. Hughes
United States
Frank ©. Briggs
Republcan
Teak Bumps Balloon and Saves Yan’s Life
An aeronaut, McLain, nearly died when a captive balloon struck Mt Wilson’s pinnacle at 5000 feet. Dangling by a rope, the bag hit the cliff 26 feet below the crest, freeing McLain. The balloon continued skyward and has not yet been located.
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Los Angeles
Lom McLain
Mt. Wilson
McLain
Mr. McLain
Woman Author Sparks Suffrage Debate in Spokane
Spokane report notes Mrs. Hugh Fraser sister of Marion Crawford dismisses political prominence for women as ludicrous claiming women lack judgment yet supports civic roles like vice, children care, hospital and charitable boards as suitable political work for women.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington State
Hugh Fraser
Marion Crawford
Fraser
Arizona Electors Vote Delayed by Missing Messenger
Arizona cast its first electoral vote for Wilson and Marshall, but the delivery by official messenger W. O. Webb was late. Webb, reportedly missing in Washington, telegraphed from New York that he was en route, while Chicago reports him as a hotel guest awaiting travel. The mileage payment, about $600, hinges on timely delivery as the law’s deadline neared.
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Washington
W. OT. Webb
Arizona
Ashuret
New York
Ashurst
Webb
Wilson
Marshall
Chicago
Wilfred T. Webb
National Capital
Arizona Messenger
Senate
Another Order of Wilson May Crush Smart Set
Washington reports on the eve of March 4 that President Wilson plans a house cleaning order reducing military and naval attaches at the White House. Twelve officers serve escort duties and other diplomatic tasks, but Governor Wilson seeks to return them to their regiments or ships.
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Wilson
Washington
Army
Navy
White House
Roosevelt
Trenton
Rockefeller Jr Initiates Report On Social Hygiene Work
John D Rockefeller Jr issues a preliminary report on the Bureau of Social Hygiene formed after a grand jury probe into New York’s white slave traffic. The private organization, with Katharine Blodgett Davis and Paul Warburg among directors, plans publication within two months.
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John D. Rockefeller, JR
Bureau OF Social Hygiene
New York
Jan
Y.S
Bureau of Social Hygienes
Katharine Be
Jina, Davis
New York State
Mirrope
Boore Brothers Admit Involvement in South Side Holdups
Peter Boore, mortally wounded by police officer McSweeney, confessed with brother Albert to taking part in over twenty holdups on the Chicago south side in six weeks. Albert was later captured while Peter died hours after his statement.
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Chicago
Peter Bacore
Chirence McSweener
Albert
Boore
McSweeney
Peter Boore
Albert Boore
Lima Breadless as Bakers Join City Strike
Lima, Peru, January 28. The capital was practically without bread as all bakers joined a general strike that began earlier in January, part of a broader movement of factory workers and other laborers.
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Lima
Peru
Mystery Man Brought From Jail Identified as Kimmel
A man jailed in Howling Green, Missouri, on forgery charges claimed in a lucid interval to be Geo. Kimmel. Sheriff Hawkins received a photo from Dr. G Wood in St. Joseph, Mich., and a cousin, Mrs. Frances Wax, identified the prisoner via description. The case centers on a forged check used to pay for dry goods in Louisiana, Missouri.
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Howling Green
Geo. Kimmel
Myster
St. Louis
W. OR. Hawkins
Pike County
Kimmel
G. Wood
St. Joseph
Mich
Suys
Wm. Conrad
Louisiana
Widow of Rebel General Offers to Raise Funds for Sickles Debt
Mrs Helen Longstreet widow of a famed Confederate general offers to raise funds among Confederate veterans to cover Gen Daniel Sickles debt to New York. Sheriff Yarbarger cited the civil suit and a bond was arranged to release Sickles from arrest.
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Helen Longstreet
Wasband
New York
Dtan
Helen TD. Longstreet
Timeus
Daniel Kk. Sickles
Leo
Sickles
Sheri Yarbarger
Iron
Stekles
Morgan
Jota Bo Rorkefelier
Andrew Carnie
Sheriff's Panel
Marburger
Gen. Sicktes
Daniel PL Kays
Furety Company
Hare
Gen. Sickles
Fifth Avenue
Tom
Tye
Aged Generals Body Cred On Mens Backs
The body of Park 2. eerste, aged about five years, once a beleive pen ern in the Kassin army and a union owoldien in the civil war, was brouald tere from Silverton. The narrative describes a flag or emblem and the journey of the body carried along a road to a burial site, with mentions of General Baerdies and distant miles.
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Wyerett
World
Jac
Ceneral Baerdies
Sheriff Thowlenkible Questions Anonine Claimants
A sheriff writes to multiple Michigan residents regarding an anonymous claimant tied to a prize in the case. The inquiry follows repeated prompting and aims to identify the true claimant through correspondence. The fragment hints at legal action or investigation.
Suffragists Rampage After Late Defeat Across Cities
London reports militant suffragists on the march after a late defeat. In Dublin three women were jailed for breaking Dublin Castle windows and a mob clash with police occurred near Parliament. Mrs Despard and two companions received fourteen days in jail for resisting police.
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Despard
Biilesne
Trafalgar Square
Dublin
Ireland
Hopkins
Cousins
Contery
Dublin Castle
Ainéath
Texas seeks probe into alleged 1 000 000 acre land fraud
Austin January 28. Texas lower house orders investigation into reports the state deeded 4 000 000 acres to a Chicago syndicate that built the capitol instead of the 4 000 000 acres specified. The Capitol syndicate Farwell syndicate are named. About 2 000 000 acres were deeded in 1876 for erecting the capitol. Land valued at 50 cents an acre, now said to be worth 2 to 100 dollars. James Dalton, former Farmers Bank cashier, in town on business.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Chicago
Fexas
State Land Commissioner
State Capitol
Capitol Sayndicate
Farwell Syndicate
Capitol
Arrests in Constantinople topple cabinet and set military rule
In Constantinople on January 28 more than 200 influential figures tied to Kiamil Pasha were jailed on Enver Bey’s orders. A military tribunal was declared with Zekki Bey as provisional president, placing Turkey under military dictatorship as the sultan loses power and Kiamil Pasha is closely watched. The arrests follow fears around Nawim Pasha’s assassination and a suspected organized plot.
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Constantinople
Kaimil Pasha
Enver Bey
Turkey
Kiamil Pasha
Young Turks
Zekki Bey
Nawim Pasha
Bill would delay suffrage vote in Iowa for two years
Des Moines reports that Senator Chase of Hamilton introduced a bill to postpone equal suffrage in Iowa by two years. The measure would let voters decide the suffrage question at the next state election with extra booths for women. The plan aims to gauge sentiment before any full vote. Twenty-one other bills were also introduced.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chase
Hamilton
Senate
Explosion at Brisbane works kills one injures nineteen
An explosion of dynamite at Halsmoral excavation sites in Brisbane yesterday killed one worker and injured nineteen others. About forty workers were buried under flying rocks. seven sustained serious injuries and may die.
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Australia
Hal' Smoral
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