Republicans of the House Back Statehood Measure
Republican members in caucus backed admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and Arizona with New Mexico as another in a single bill by 110 to 65. The Hamilton bill, already introduced, is expected to be the measure reported. Hearings on a constitutional liquor amendment for the two territories began as the bill moved toward final form after the holiday.
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House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Adams
Wisconsin
Tawney
Minnesota
Hamilton
Committee On Territories
James EB. Watson
Indiana
Satnices
Senate Debates Panama Canal Emergency Bill
Washington December 15 The senate spent four hours in daily sessions discussing the Panama canal emergency appropriation measure. The bill remained under consideration as senators raised questions on salaries Panama railway control and broader canal legislation. Allison urged linking salaries to broader acts while Meyers Teller Scott and Morgan voiced ongoing dissatisfaction with conditions in Panama.
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Senate
Uest
Messrs
Teller
Panama
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Meyers
Scott
Morgan
Debate on Insurance Regulation Occupies House
Washington December 15 debate on the presidents annual message regarding insurance regulation continued in the House without conclusion. The pending resolution would refer the question to the Ways and Means Committee. Mr Payne argued taxation as the only Congressional control, drawing objections that other effective methods must be sought. The liberal rules produced lengthy speeches wandering to local concerns.
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Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Congress
Bill to cut southern representation in Congress
Washington December 15 Representa tive Bennett of New York filed a bill to reduce southern representation due to disfranchisement of Black voters. The plan lowers total representatives from 886 to 851 with state losses and gains including Alabama 9 to 5 and South Carolina 1 to 3. In another note the Merchant Marine Commission shipping bill was ordered to be reported. In Milford Ohio a collapse during bridge construction killed one and injured five.
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Mississippi
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Virginia
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Merchant Marine Commission
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Letts in Livonia lead revolt amid mass killings
Report from Riga, via Stockholm, says Letts form a majority in Livonia, led by M Jansohn, plotting a Baltic republic while Germans face arson and killings. Elsewhere in Russia, Menshikoff defends the premier against revolutionary pressure as warnings of a broader upheaval grow. The government reports a sizable eight month balance and peasant unrest linked to land beliefs.
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Riga
Letts
Livonia
M Jansohn
Deenas Lapas
Federated Revolutionary Societies
Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Tsarskoe Selo
Camarilla
Alexis Ignatieff
M. Steschinsky
Count Witte
M. Menshikoff
Mr. Menshikoff
Witte
Kuropatkin
Russia
Manchuria
Baltic Provinces Troop Move Amid German Emissary Demands
St Petersburg reports a government plan to send several columns to the Baltic provinces including Esthonia Courland and Riiga to protect German subjects as German ambassador M Bompard returns to Paris with possibly new information. A Baltic noble August von Hennings was murdered in his Riga residence by revolutionaries, with two guards killed and a servant vital in delivering the details. The scene ends with an unrelated stray hoax line about a mother and son.
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Eydtkuhnen
East Prussia
Esthenia
Courland
Risa
August von Hennings
Riga
von Hennines
M. Bompard
Paris
Fraternal Insurance class of 51 initiates at Austin Lodge
Thursday night Austin Lodge No 82 AOUW hosted a class of 51 new members and re elected officers led by M W S H Harrison. Grand Lodge officers assisted with the Junior and Master Workman degrees as Senator Anderson praised the order for its long record and charitable disbursements.
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