Washington Debates and bills in Congress this week
Senator Elihu Root arraigned the administration currency bill. Representative Harrison prepares to introduce a bill to outlaw illegal options and futures on crops. Carnegie comments on business mood as White House questions persist. Intersta te Commerce Commission orders a sweeping livestock rate inquiry. National flower bill proposes Mountain Laurel. President Wilson and officials report colds. government ownership of telegraphs discussed. War preparedness and army reserve concerns flagged. Missouri rental of post roads favored. first conviction under new advertising law. Windom rushed to Velasco for flood relief. rail rate controversy grows. Violent crimes in Chicago. New York bomb kills teen. famed blue white diamond shown in Fifth Avenue. Fire destroys Astoria hotel. Peoria warehouse loss. unusual horse asthma case in Philadelphia coroner. Montrose battleship montgomery heading home. Harvard names Black class day orator. NY police motorcycle corps tally. Pere Marquette and Wabash railroad fines. antitrust suits against telephone firms. Three suspects captured for lawler safe blowout.
Mexican Revolt Rebels Seize Terrazas Son At El Paso
Americans, Germans and Spaniards arriving from Chihuahua report Francisco Villa acting as de facto ruler in the region and defying foreign requests. Read Admiral Fletcher halted fighting at Tampico and threatened gunboat action if orders were not followed. Rebels then seized Luis Terrazas Jr., son of Mexico’s wealthiest landowner, and jailed him after occupying El Paso.
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Tex
Chihuahua
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Villa
Torreon
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Luis Terrazas
Fletcher
Tampico
That City
Wilson orders inquiry into burlesque at Carabao banquet
President Wilson ordered an investigation by the war and navy departments into satires about his administration at the annual Order of the Carabao banquet. Secretaries Daniels and Garrison discussed reprimands, while Rear Admiral Howard and Quartermaster General Aleshire were asked for explanations. The event featured six foot models of battleships, a moving picture of a Filipino colonel, and a song offensive to Secretary Bryan. The president condemned the burlesque, stressing discipline and abroad misinterpretation risks.
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Washington
Wilson
War and Navy Departments
Orer of
Carabao
Army
Howard
Bryan
U. S. S. Friendship
Carabao Society
Daniels
Garrison
Prient
Navy
Redfield
Burleson
Vandeventer
McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Wood
Rioting in London injures women and children during suffragette dispersal
The London Bow Street disturbance leaves twenty women and children injured as police try to disperse a suffragette procession. Mona Lisa, missing from the Louvre since 1911, was found in Florence and the thief arrested. Madrid stock fears rise after Banco Hispano Americano fail to open. Miss Helen Goudy of Chicago wed Lieut Gerard Leigh in London. Russia seeks foreign troop withdrawal from Peking and Chi Li province, citing calmer conditions, while John Holloway is shot in a Dublin riot between nonunion workers and strikers.
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London
Bow Street
Peking
Chi-Li
China
Legation Guards
Tientsin
Russia
John Holloway
Port Docks Board
Dublin
Senate Defeats Hitchcock Amendment to Currency Bill
Washington on December 17 the senate rejected the Hitchcock amendment by a 40 to 35 vote. The proposal would have set regional banks at four and required public ownership of the banks, while the administration bill remained supported by most Democrats. Senator Poindexter sided with Progressives. Republicans backed the amendment. In New York, Judge’s Daughter Divorced as Referee Recommends, Pultz convicted of miscondict.
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Senate
Hitchcock
Nebrasska
Sciator
Owen
Senat Poindexter
New York
Scanlan
John Legget L'Ulia
Joseph McKeivn
United States Supreme Court
Pultz
Holland Agrees to Pact With United States
Washington December 17 Secretary Bryan announced that Holland has agreed to enter into a peace treaty with the United States, joining the six already in force among the United States and Latin American republics.
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Holland
Washington
Bryan
United States
Republi
Sun Cult Chief to Jail Sentenced in Obscene Mail Case
Chicago December 17 Hanish known as little master of the Mazdazan sun cult is sentenced to six months in jail and fined 2500 dollars for violating federal law by sending obscene literature by express.
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Sun Cult
Chicago
Hanish
Mazdazan Sun Cult
Express
Illinois Fire Prevention Association Elected Leaders Urge Public Involvement
Springfield report: Illinois Fire Prevention Association members convened at the Leland hotel to elect officers. George Stauffer of Decatur was re elected president with Dan T. Smith of Winchester as vice president and J. Mayon of Chicago as secretary treasurer. The group promotes fire prevention among property owners and city officials, advocating hazard inspections and public awareness of building vulnerabilities. Delegates exceed 100 for combined meetings with Illinois Pond Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose hosting banquet.
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Springfield
Ilinois Fire Prevention Association
Leland Hotel
George Stauffer
Decatur
Dan T. Smith
Winchester
J. Mayon
Chicago
Illinois Field Club
Illinois State Board of Fire Underwriters
Illinois Pond
Order of the Blue Goose
Rufus M. Potts
C. J. Doyle
National Board of Underwriters
Tte
W. J. Nolan
Charles L. French Y
Jacksonville
Nelson M. Briggs
LaGrange
O. B. Ryan
James F. Joseph
Indianapolis
Sterling Fire Insurance Company
E. E. Wakefield
W National Fire Insurance Company
J. T. Norse
A. T. Ranns
Mount Vernon
New York
N. B. Briggs
North British and Mercantile Fire Association
Charles L. French
Southern Illinois
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Illinois Bars Dairy Cattle From Nineteen States
Illinois prohibits dairy cattle from nineteen states after a livestock board finding of bovine tuberculosis risk. The governors proclamation bars cattle from New York Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Ohio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Texas unless certified TB free. Bar does not stop cattle moved for immediate slaughter.
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Illinois
State Livestock Commission
Dunne
Livestock Board
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Texas
Livestock Commission
Chicago
Urbana Chosen For Next Illinois School Meeting
At the closing session of the first convention of the Illinois State Board association in Quincy officers were elected J. Will Wall Quincy president R B Woodmansee Spring Lake vice president Mrs G W Stover Oak Park secretary Alexander Robertson Granite City treasurer Urbana selected as next meeting place Resolutions against school dances in public schools and the elimination of the tango turkey trot and similar dances were adopted.
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Ilinois State Board Association
Quincy
J. Will Wall
R. B. Woodmansee
Spring Lake
G. W. Stover
Oak Park
Alexander Robertson
Granite City
Urbana
Graves Heads Pontiac Reformatory Institute
W C Graves county judge of Livingston county was named superintendent of the Pontiac reformatory by the board of managers after a session with Governor Dunne. P A Gibbons, Graves law partner, was named county judge of Livingston County to fill the remainder of Graves term. The picks end turmoil at the reformatory following Florence E Sullivan investigation and the resignation of former superintendent R A Russell, and the civil service commission trial of Dr J A Marshall.
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W. C. Graves
Livingston County
Pontiac Reformatory
Board of Managers
Dunne
P. A. Gibbons
Graves
Livingston
Reformatory
Florence E. Sullivan
R. A. Russel
Civil Service Commission
J. A. Marshall
Illinois Nuggets Chronicle of Local Homicide and Road News
Centralia reports Julius Baudeno dies from stabbing by Paul Biknoko as search for Big Noko continues. Alexander Anderson elected county superintendent of roads in Oregon at 2500 salary under Tice law, first northern Illinois appointee. Waterloo notes Lumin Tobin 80 recalls prairies era. he never faced a lawsuit. Carlyle reports William Teeters 31 killed at an oil well site. home in Bridgeport. Quincy notes Mrs. Charles McVay, aunt of dramatist, dies at 87. related to Admiral Dewey. Bloomington features Dr. L. C. Baird address on unified missionary drive before Illinois conference in Peking. Pana records Nancy J. Walker dies after hip fracture. Springfield Illinois Fire Prevention association reelects officers. Lincoln reports Anne Matonis, 8, killed by moving cable at Latham mine. head severed. Logan county refuses state aid for road work. loses $14,500 share. Waterloo celebrates golden wedding Phillip Bremser 72 and Catherine Bremser 71. Bremser noted weather record keeper and botanist. Galesburg contemplates 300 mile Chicago to St Louis concrete toll road costing 3.5 million. Springfield study on utilities act delays repealing of warehouse commission. Dunne to name utilities board. Carlyle meeting of Good Roads association plans Lincoln trail improvements with dirt road work and potential federal aid. next meeting January 7 in Olney.
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Centralia
Julius Baudeno
Paul Biknoko
Bignoko
Oregon
Alexander Anderson
Woosung
Illinois
Waterloo
Lumin Tobin
New Design
Carlyle
William Teeters
Ferren
Bridgeport
Teeters
Quincy
Charles McVay
George Dewey
Adams County
Bloomington
L. C. Baird
Chicago
American Missionary Association
Illinois Missionary Conference
Peking
United Missionary Campaign
Pana
Nancy J. Walker
Wallace E. Walker
Central Illinois
Shelbyville
O. W. Walker
Shelby State Bank
C. E. Walker
Springfield
Tinois
Illinois Fire Prevention Association
George Stauffer
Decatur
Dan T. Smith
Winchester
J. Mavon
Lincoln
Latham
Anne Matonis
Tony Matonis
Logan County Board of Supervisors
Roach
Phillip P. Bremser
Bremser
Anne
Catherine Jehling
Galesburg
St. Louis
R. D. Moore
A. B. Peckenpaugh
N. T. Allen
Fred Peterson
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Dunne
Orville F. Berry
Warehouse Commission
Utilities Commission
Vincennes and St. Louis Good Roads Association
Illinois Adjt Gen Dickson says cannot meet Circular 8 strength
In answer to Gov Dunne's inquiry Adjutant General Dickson states it is legally impossible to increase Illinois National Guard to the Circular 8 minimum. He cites financial strain and current enlistment limits, and questions feasibility within the time frame. Keene plans executive reorganization, effective January 1, after Washington talks. Senator Lewis pressed for General Young's divisional case. Secretary Breckenridge refused.
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Adjt
Frank B. Dickson
BH. I’. Dunne
Illinois National Guard
War Department
Dunne
Dickson
Keenes
Washington
General Assembly
Adjutant General
James Hamilton Lewis
Young
Henry Breckenridge
Ilnois
Breckenridge
Lewis
Name Utility Board Soon
Governor Dunne said he planned to name at least the Democratic members of the public utilities commission before year end. The old commission may continue to operate until the new one is organized, despite a January 1 start date for the utilities law. Doctor Fellows Millikin Head
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Dunne
Public Utilities Commission
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Berry
Utilities Commission
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