Washington News Roundup of Bills and Hearings
The House moved to open the Panama Canal to American coastwise vessels and bar railroad owned ships. A former meat inspector testified most packing houses fail sanitary standards. Army appropriation conferees barred General Wood from chief of staff. Taft said Senate should not expect exclusive advantage from Panama seizure correspondence. Judiciary committee favored Works proposed one term of six years for the president. Coal and railroad workers testified against Judge Archbald over alleged deals in coal banks and leases.
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House
Panama Canal
Senate
General Wood
Taft
Colombia
Panama
Judiciary Committee
Senator Works
California
House Committee
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Titanic Inquiry Draws Fashionable Crowd in London
Personal Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon drew a great throng of fashionable women to the London inquiry into the Titanic disaster. Charles W. Morse returned from Europe in vigorous health and predicted many years left. A school girl daughter’s allowance clash with 36 000 a year. Mrs Edward Kelly of New York secured higher court allowance to 10 000. Clara Parker elopes and marries N W Sullivan on eve of wedding. Caruso raises his price to 3000 a night and seeks 40 nights a season. A silver cup will honor Captain Rostrom of the Carpathia for Titanic relief efforts.
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Sir Cosmo
Duff Gordon
London
Charles W. Morse
Europe
Edward Kelly
New York
Edwin G. Gilbert
Clara Parker
Gainesville
N. W. Sullivan
Atlanta
Caruso
Rostrom
Carpathia
Detroit Tigers strike sparks union drive across baseball
AFL officials plan to push baseball unionization after a Detroit Tigers strike. Tigers players were fined $100 each, to be paid by club president Navin. Other items note Cornell winning the 178 mile St. Charles River boat race, Brown and Harvard baseball results, and Hawaii's team debut in New York versus Fordham University.
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Detroit Baseball Strikers
American Federation of Labor
Detroit “Tigers
H. H. R.,britton
St. Louis
National League Baseball Club
Detroit
Navin
Cornell
St. Charles River
Harvard
Princeton
Brown
Cambridge
Clark
Reilly
University of Hawaii
New York
Polo Grounds
Fordham University
Astor will probate in New York and political notes
The will of John Jacob Astor was admitted to probate in New York. Col Roosevelt proposed a compromise candidacy at the Chicago Convention. Jay Hamilton of Yankton S C died in a car accident. Arizona's Governor Hunt plans a special session with anti lobby and campaign expense bills. A working accord was signed in Philadelphia between anthracite miners and operators. Arthur Stringer and his family suffered a fatal oil stove explosion in Niagara Falls New York.
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John Jacob Astor
New York
Col. Roosevelt
Chicago
Jay Hamilton
Yankton
S. C
Hunt
Arizona
Phoenix
Philadelphia
Roaming Fires and Political Clashes Across 1909 Headlines
A chaotic collage reports fires in James J. Jeffries saloon Los Angeles and a seven month infant death in New York from alleged vaccination injury. Other items note prison murder in Utah, Roosevelt denying intemperance, a deadly St Louis building collapse, a move to abolish the Vatican legation, a Federal victory over Mexican revolutionists, and a ship launch watched by Emperor William. Additional items cover a Rhode Island justice’s death, navy motor tests at Schenectady, Morgan’s influence on a steel merger, joy riders killed on a Calumet bridge, a Manhattan Island commission tour, and huge government and refugee concerns from floods and canal politics.
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James J. Jeffries
Los Angeles
New York
Juline Sirmay
Utah State Prison
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Chamber of Deputies
Vatican
Bellano
William
Christopher M. Lee
Rhode Island
Supreme’ Court
Providence
Jupiter
Navy
Schenectady
J. P. Morgan
American Bridge Company
United States Steel Corporation
Calumet River
Chicago
Turbulent Early 1913 World News Snapshot
The Paris 41 million bond oversubscribed eighty times, Reichstag passes arms bill and pension measures, Russian ambassador dies in Monte Carlo, seven killed and 150 wounded in Budapest riots, Cuba revolt intensifies, Amundsen plans polar voyage from Montevideo, a Budapest shooting tragedy linked to engagement, Cuban authorities acknowledge serious uprising, Titanic debate prompts critique of trade neglect, Reichstag stormy session with Alsace Lorraine dispute, Pankhurst and Lawrence sentenced in London, aviators pension bill advances, US consul Hill dies in Frankfort, Jaurez rebels seize Guadaloupe and Santa Barbara.
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Paris
France
Reichstag
Nicolai Dmitrijevitch von der Osten-Sacken
Germany
Monte Carlo
Budapest
Cuba
United States
Roald Amundsen
Montevideo
San Francisco
North Pole
Julie Hill
Frodan
House of Commons
British Board of Trade
George Ledebour
Alosace-Lorraine
Emmeliffe Pankhurst
Pethick Lawrence
Four Monarchs Attend Royal Copenhagen Funeral Ceremony
In Copenhagen a state funeral for King Frederick VII drew four monarchs and 2,000 dignitaries. The Davis of Denmark gathered northern royalty including Christian of Denmark Haakon of Norway and Gustav of Sweden. The queen mother fainted at the close as the procession moved to Roskilde where the king's remains were interred in King Frederick V chapel among thirty three monarchs.
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Copenhagen
Europe
Hamburg
Frederick, VII
Roskilde
Christiansborg
Frederick V
Christian
Denmark
Haakon
Norway
Gustav
Sweden
Louise
Frederick
George
Greece
Alexandra
Great Britain
Marie
Russia
Queen Maude
Archduke Peter Ferdinand
Austria
Duke
Genoa
Infante
Don Carlos
Lebanon Junction Fire Destroys Main Street Businesses
A blaze in Lebanon Junction Kentucky wiped out the town’s business section, consuming thirteen business buildings and three residences. Two remaining stores and a hotel were badly damaged. The third floor origin in A Davis store and a Louisville aid train arrived too late. Loss estimated at 200000 to 250000 dollars.
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Lebanon Junction
A. Davis
Louisville
Bigamist Shoots Himself While In Custody in Albany
Albert Law Town send of Brooklyn, wanted in New York City on a bigamy charge, was arrested by a detective on a street. He asked to visit a local insurance office, wrote letters, and phoned New York and Troy before being allowed to a basement washroom where he shot himself in the head. He died at a hospital.
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Albany
N. Y
Albert Law Townsend
Brooklyn
New York City
Townsend
New York
Troy
Roosevelt Bars Root From National Convention Chair
Chicago report says Col. Roosevelt informed the Republican National Committee of his opposition to United States Senator Root as Temporary Chairman of the National Convention. The action was conveyed by Ormsby McHarg, tasked with disrupting Taft delegations in the Solid South and presenting Roosevelt claims to the committee.
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Chicago
Col
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
United States
Root
Ormsby McHarg
Taft
National Committee
Negro Elks Must Rename Organization in New York ruling
Albany court of appeals rules the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a Black fraternal group, must adopt a name without Elks reference and members must not wear the Elks emblem. The decision follows a suit by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Incorporated.
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Albany, N. Y
London strike halts 15000 transport workers
A strike of 15,000 transport workers began in London. Other notes cite political debate in Congress, baseball schedules, a coal operator testifying about a bribery matter, Giants owner John Brush offering Polo Grounds use, Democratic women commemorating Dolly Madison, and a Brussels slander prosecution over a royal scandal.
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London
Fred Warnke
Scrafton
Archhbald
John T. Brush
Giants
Highlanders
Polo Grounds
Brush
New York American League
Washington
Dolly
Madison
Brussels
New Jersey News Telegrams Report Local Incidents
A week of state dispatches notes thefts of nearly 300 tomato plants in Paulsboro, a Millville injury from a stairs fall, a Stewartsville death deemed self inflicted, aPaterson boy killed by a car, and civic actions in Woodbury. Police and court items cover factory work, a suburban wire underground project, and a Brayton district school budget plan. multiple accidents and injuries are reported along with local civic actions and legal rulings.
Righteousness over Alms and Prayers in Jesus Teachings
Lesson on Matthew 6:1 18 contrasts righteousness with public displays of alms prayer and fasting. It argues true righteousness seeks God's approval, warns against seeking human praise, and notes flashy piety fuels graft and corruption in society.
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Jesus
John the Baptist
God
America
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