Half Million Democrats Offer Service to Wilson
A wave of GOP era letters shows nearly 500000 life long Democrats ready to serve in government roles to aid Woodrow Wilson. Speakers and clerks in Washington handle thousands of applications for 37 postmaster and related positions as Congress opens new administration.
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Senate
House
Champ Clark
Stenagprapters
Washington
Congress
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Barkis
Vwillin
John D. Rockefeller
Samuel
W. R. Smith
el Paso
Texas
Treasury
Smith
March
Wilson
Henry
Waco
Morris Sheppard
Government to Pension Ex Presidents Sparks Senate Debate
Washington special reports Senator P J McCumber proposes government retirement pay for ex Presidents challenging Carnegie plan. Senator Calaberson and others denounce private pensions as undemocratic and applaud government support for former leaders. Congress expected to take up the issue soon.
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Washington, D. C
P. J. McCumber
Carnegie
McCumber
Senate
Calberson
Texas
Congress
United States
No Secrets Of Shapes For This Jury Earl
Twelve jurors left Part I of the New York Supreme Court after a morning hearing in a suit by Therese Hynds corset maker against a Fourteenth Street car. She claimed the ad stating she was bankrupt harmed her business. The case questioned which company bore responsibility for the bankrupt label.
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New York
Supreme Court
Therese Hynds
Fourteenth Street
Boston and Maine hires 200 more after probe
An ICC hearing heard the Boston and Maine Railroad discharged 334 station employees and 26 roundhouse workers last winter. Counsel said many were not involved in freight movement. Witnesses said 200 additional men were hired last spring after news of the probe.
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Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. J. Rich
Louis D. Brandeis
John F. Piper
Maine
Fires Ravage Putnam In Double Conflagration
State police and local authorities investigated a pair of incendiary fires in Putnam Connecticut that caused about 125 000 in losses. The first blaze damaged a block of businesses near the railroad station while the second destroyed several homes in the north end of town.
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Putnam
Conn
Uncle Sam Counts His Chin in Big Treasury Audit
Washington report details the counting of 1.35 billion dollars by 24 Treasury staff using new counting machines as Carmi Thompson becomes Treasurer and Lee McClung’s term ends with a proxy. Charles D. Hilles will replace Thompson at the White House. date linked to expected Democratic control.
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Washington, D. C
Coutliexg
Lhce
Sam
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
Taft
United States
Lee McClung
Treasury Department
Mr. Thompson
McClung
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Thompson
White House
Body of Norma Garvin Found in Old Mill Pond
The body of Miss Norma Garvin daughter of Former Governor L F C Garvin was found Friday in an old mill pond off the Bartlett estate near Lonsdale Providence A R I about a mile from her home It is believed she self died Miss Garvin a prominent Rhode Island woman left home Wednesday at 7 30 PM to hear a lecture by Mrs Maud Lowell on equal suffrage and disappeared thereafter.
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A. 1
Norma Garvin
L. F. C. Garvin
Bartlett
Lonsdale
Garvin
Maud Klowell
Runaway Horses Try To Enter A Feed Store
A patrol wagon team from Soulard Street Police Station bolted loose as driver John Behn attempted to steer them from Beaumont Street toward Walnut Street. The team fled east on Walnut and toward Jefferson Avenue where Behn jumped off to manage the horse line. The wagon jolting threw him, but the horses stopped at a Jefferson Avenue feed store and Behn helped prevent damage to the storefront. Officer Burns was present.
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Soulard Street
John Behn
Beaumont Street
Walnut Street
Jefferson Avenue
Behn
Tme
Officer Burns
Roanoke reports shooting of boy near White Oak Grove
Special News from Roanoke reports eleven year old John Cooper, son of J L Cooper, injured in Floyd county when a shotgun slipped from his hand and discharged. The blast destroyed his thumb, upper lip, cheek bone and right eye, with severe facial disfigurement. He survives and may recover.
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Roanoke
John
J. L. Cooper
White Oak Grove
Floyd County
Robbery by counterfeit agents shocks Williamsburg crowd
In Williamsburg a group posing as secret service men robbed Mrs. Cicarello and Mrs. Bonomo, ripping clothes and stealing $800 in cash and jewelry after searching the Artesi party trunk. The attackers fled. Artesi later returned with money intact and identified suspects to police.
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North Fifth Street
Williamsburg
Tommaso Cicarello
Luigi Bonomo
Honorio
Italy
Giuseppe Artesi
Uniontown
Frank
Artesis
Artesi
Cicarello
Virginia Fair to Corporations Proves Investor Interest
RICHMOND VA Special businessmen seek investment as Virginia charters prove active with ten to a dozen corporations filing, capital from 15 to 90 million, each paying 600 dollar charter fee and annual fees tied to capitalization. The State Corporation Commission requires full sworn financial plans to protect investors. Section 167 of the new Constitution underpins these corporate laws and filings.
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Ricumond
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Old Dominion
Commonwealth
Allen Caperton Braxton
General Assembly of
Corringeier
Commission
Virginia Corporation Laws Safeguard Investors, Clerk Reports
The article highlights Virginia’s corporate disclosure rules requiring accurate statements of services or property received and their values. Clerk R T Wilson notes penalties for noncompliance and praises the laws as strong, noting their popularity and effectiveness in protecting the public and boosting local stock appeal in England.
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General Assembly
Virginia
Corporation Commission
R. T. Wilson
Commission
Wilson
Union
Kansas
England
Wilson Keeps Close In House In Bermuda
President elect Wilson avoids crowds in Bermuda by bicycle rides and long walks. He and his family stay largely hidden at home with a gate basket hung to show they are not at home. Mayor Wainwright and his wife visited but did not meet the Wilsons.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Wilson
Wainwricht
Commodore Sunk Near Cuba In Ward Line Loss
The Ward Line steamship Commodore of New York sank near Neuvitas Cuba on Thursday. One sailor drowned, passengers and crew were saved and brought ashore by lifeboats.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Ward Line
New York
Neuvitas
Cuba
Raynor in Serious Condition in Washington DC
Special Senator Isior Rayner of Maryland remained in a comatose state at 8 30 this morning after remaining unconscious for most of the prior two days. The report notes his critical condition as doctors monitor him in Washington DC.
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Washington, D. C
Isior Rayner
Maryland
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