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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1913
Page
10
Burleson releases a postal survey report accusing Hitchcock of misleading figures to show a self sustaining system. It alleges a $750000 deficit in 1911 instead of a $200000 surplus and accuses him of crippling service to mislead the public and embarrass the Democratic administration.
President Wilson played golf at the Washington Suburban Country Club with Dr Carey Grayson marking his first golf outing since taking office. He planned to study currency questions but enjoyed a spring day, then headed to a baseball park as no visitors were admitted to the White House.
Washington May 1 The senate judiciary committee met to select a sub committee to search out and brand lobbyists denounced by President Wilson. No report likely within ten days under Cummins resolutions. Republicans seek examination while minority senators insist lobbyists not tied to the Republican party. Bills on lobbyist registration and control were to be taken up by the privileges and elections committee.
United Press Cable reports Tokyo drafting a prim note to Ambassador Chinda for Washington over the California land act. When completed the note will be cabled to the state department. The Norway typewriter market shows strong sales growth but only about forty percent of firms likely to use typewriters have been supplied.
J C Rice a Cincinnati traveling man killed himself on a Pennsylvania train near Denison late yesterday He entered a Pullman car toilet and blew out his brains The body was later taken through to Cincinnati
Columbus May 31 Quev Cox appointed Dr Homer C Brown Columbus to the board of health succeeding Dr Frank Warner both Democrats Brown first dentist on the board Warner reappointed December 19 1912 Harmon had sent the nominations to the Senate for confirmation more than 4500 miles of copper wire needed for telephones in a large New York office building being erected.
The President discusses William Bayard Hale's Mexico City mission, saying Hale acted independently but is welcome to share vital information. He confirms Russell has been offered but cannot yet accept the collector post. He mentions three currency bills drafted by Owen, McAdoo, and Glass and says he will consult before acting.
The article describes President Wilson juggling a late negotiation session touching topics from Panama to tariffs, then joining reporters for a baseball game, while reporters note his human side. It covers Mrs. Atlee Pomerene hosting a reception, and Pomerene and Wilson family circles at civic events and luncheons with senators and wives, plus Saltzgaber’s GAR reception and Breitenstein as a guest.
The article explains how electricity powers heavy lifting in factories and, more importantly, how it can transform homes. It notes an electric crane and clam shell unload 150 tons of coal daily and feed boilers, while extolling electricity’s labor-saving potential for households beyond its factory use. It references a statistician counting near ten thousand electrical applications and urges rapid wiring of homes to realize benefits.
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