Washington and World Tangle in Early 1914 News
Telegraph items report Britain and Germany forming an offensive defensive commercial alliance against the United States. Other notes cover currency reform hearings in 14 cities, tax suspensions on certain income, Alaska land policy, and various appointments and legal actions. Fire in Gulfport and a Chicago hospital shooting are also summarized with local impact.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
United States
McAdoo
The
Treasury
West
Mexican Revolt Irregulars Leave Ofindga to Mormon Colonies
General Salazar leads Mexican irregulars from Ofindga toward Mormon colonies with orders to mimic Sherman’s march to the sea. In Los Angeles a riot leaves Rafael Adames dead and 50 injured as police quell crowds of unemployed Americans and Mexicans.
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Salazar
Ofindga
Mex
Sherman
Miurch
Rafael Adames
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington Charts Far Reaching Currency Reform Bill
The new finance bill creates regional reserve banks to hold reserves, issues elastic treasury notes for emergencies, and shifts part of national bank reserves into regional pools. It sets bank stock rules, open market operations, and a federal reserve board to oversee the system with staged transitions over three years.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Organization Committee of the New Currency System
United States
Federal Reserve District
Regional Reserve Bank
Washington
Congress
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Tuw
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Regional Reserve Banks
United States Treasury
Federal
Reserve Bank
Government of
Federal Reserve
Reserve Banks
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Charles F. de Woody
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Bielaski
DeWoody
Antitrust Bureau
Lane
Alaska
Senate
Judson J. Clements
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
United States Senate
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Greece
Brand Whitlock
Ohio
Belgium
Charles Fr. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Hancock, Mich
Hancock Hotel
Tos Amreas
Roy Grover
San Antonio
Klenty de Villiers
Glover
Calumet
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
L. W. Chase
Lincoln, Neb
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
American Historical Association
Charleston
D. C
William A. Dunning
Supreme Court of Missouri
State
Arkansas Lumber Company
Missouri
Gulfport
Miss
Michigan Central
Detroit, Mich
Ezra R. Thayer
Harvard Law School
Foss
Supreme Court
Topolobampo
Sinaloa
State Department
Stefandson
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Dawson
Fort MacPherson
Herschel Island
Arctic Ocean
Stefansson
Dominion
Ottawa
Frederick Burlingham
Vesuvius
Italy
Grenadieff
Paris
Sofia
Cardinal Rampolla
Rome
Vatican
Europe
White House
Pass Christian
James W. Murphy
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
Laura Tiffany
Detroit
Denver
Colo
Joseph C. Root
Woodcraft Orders
Hendersonville
N. C
Mr. Root
Tichu Root
Omaha
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