Washington and World News Notes from 1913
Washington lobbying over Hetch Hetchy water rights is charged to Gifford Pinchot. President Wilson improves from a cold as he opens the National Rivers and Harbors congress. Senatorial actions include Russia envoy nomination and Zelaya release in New York. Justice actions target trusts while floods threaten Texas and Mississippi.
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Washington
San Francisco
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Gifford Pinchot
Senator Works
Wilson
The
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
State Department
Zelaya
New York
Barcelona
Spains
Surrender Offer Emerges as Huerta Regime Teeters
In northern Mexico a Huerta commander offered surrender to Villa as a peace commission arrived in Juarez from Chihuahua. The bombardment of Altata, Sinaloa, left the city destroyed and rebels moved inland. Washington passes Hay volunteer army bill to equalize with regular forces.
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Huerte
Mexico
Pincho" Villa
Constituiionalists
Chihuahua
Juarez
Huerta
Tampico
Guerrero
Altata
Sinaloa
Mann
House
Washington
Senate
Convention Ends in Evansville Elects New Officers
The seventh annual Southwestern Indiana Teachers' association convention closed in Evansville with Miss Helen Rose of Ireland, Indiana named president. Other officers include H. A. Knowles, Vincennes vice president and E. P. Wiles Evansville permanent treasurer. The event drew over 1,400 teachers and focused on education for talent development and industrial training. Laporte County highlighted vocational work led by County Agent L. B. Clore, funding opportunities for fifty rural youths to attend Purdue University.
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Indianapolis
Evansville
Southwestern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Helen Rose
Ireland
H. A. Knowles
Vincennes
E. P. Wiles
Andrew Jewell
Pike County
H. J. Tomtin
H. Hough
Oakland City
J. Llewellyn
A. C. Prosser
New York City
W. B. Farmer
Josef Konecky
New Harmony Centennial Commission
Laporte
Laporte County
Indiana
L. B. Clore
F. R. Farnam
Purdue University
Clorean
Plan for Democratic love feast and committee session
A Democratic state committee session in Indianapolis discussed plans for a state love feast to be held in January and the reorganization of the party with district chairmen choices. Bernard Korbly led the meeting with multiple members present and proxies arranged. 568 Miners fatalities in Indiana coal mines since 1896 show safety progress. 1912 deaths fell 13.2 percent from 1911 despite higher production.
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Democratic State Committee
Denison
Indianapolis
Atte
Bernard Korbly
M. Korbly
Benjamine Bosse
Evansville
Fabius Gwin
Shoals
Mark Storen
Scottsburg
M. F. Griffith
Vevay
Greencastle
Charles B. Beck
Richmond
William A. Kunkel
Bluffton
William Longley
Noblesville
Charles Murphy
Brookston
Edward E. Cox
Hartford City
Edward G. Hoffman
Fr. Wayne
Peter J. Kruger
South Bend
Mr. Bosse
George William Curtis
Mt. Vernod
Kunkel
Oklahoma
Federal Bureau of Mines
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Ilinois
Bureau of Mines
Congress
United States Geological Survey
Wulf Reviews Work in Annual BOR Report
Isidor Wulf of the Bureau of Weights and Measures in Indianapolis reviews his department’s activity from January 1, 1906 through November 30, 1906. The inspector outlines progress and key measures completed in the year.
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Wulfaon
Isidor Wulf
BOR
Indianapolis
Raph
Why Poultry Is Valuable to the Farmer
Professor Gilbert of Ottawa explains eight reasons poultry benefits farmers. It turns farm waste into eggs and meat, yields year round production, offers fast returns on capital, provides valuable manure, controls pests, can be raised nationwide, engages the farmer’s wife, and delivers new-laid eggs in winter with low initial capital.
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Charles Becker
New York
Herman Rosenthal
State Court of Appeals
Becker
Sing Sing
Gilbert
Ottawa
Canada
Revere
Departments of Agriculture
Poultry Care Rules From Lillian Blanchard
Instructions caution poultry farmers in Pullman Washington on keeping chicks warm and free from vermin. Avoid unbalanced feed and overcrowding and ensure access to greens for proper growth.
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Lillian Blanchard
Poultry Industry
Pullman
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Daniels
Navy
Sixty-Third Congress
Bryan
China
United States Court For China
Shanghai
Kufua H. Thayer
Interstate Commerce Commission
William L. Igoe
Migeouri
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Boston
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Indianapolia
Department of Justice
American Can Company
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State Association . of Farmers’ Clubs
Texas
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Trinity
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Belton
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
G. A. Hobbs
Lincoln County
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Belaoni
Los Angeles Investment Company
Charles Wellborn
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West Point
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Standard Oil Company
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