Washington News Briefs of War Time and Finance
The Treasury approves ideas on one dollar notes as part of wartime finance. The National Red Cross endowment fund for Washington is fully raised. Fraud cases rise with 6 million for four months in mobilizing troops. Congress members and wives sail to Panama. Troops move toward the Mexican border to guard the Rio Grande against filibusters.
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Washington
Treasury Department
National Red Cross Society
Nee Ae Semereniion Sy Seana
San Antonio
Texas
Congress
New York City
Panama
United States
Rio Grande
Erste
Multiple global and domestic shocks mark uneven postwar era
The report lists varied events from a Berlin bank suspension to political shifts in Washington and Taft’s attendance in New York. It notes fires destroying St. John’s church in Boston and a theft of Egyptian curios at the University of Pennsylvania museum, plus other incidents including a bank cash robbery, a straw stack gold find, and a college president’s youth distinction.
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Karl Keuberger Bank
Berlin
Washington
Taft
Associated Press
American Publishers’ Association
New York
St. John’s Catholic
Boston
Varsity of Pennsylvania
Drummond
Amerika
Pleasant Prairie
Wis
John J. Bowman
Lews State University
United States
Bank of Walnut
China
Christian Herald of New York
State Department
Shanghai
Charlie Smith
Johnson City
Tenn
Stanhope
N. J
Mexico
Jose Ives Limantour
John Charles Fremont
Charleston Davy Yard
United States Navy
Cruce
Oklahoma National Guard
Oklahoma
Abraham Ruef
Norwich
Mount St. Mary's College
Plainfield
County Seat Fights Spark Bills in House
In several counties the county seat relocation battles intensify with nine cases in progress. Franklin county sees strong opposition as Trinkin Se aims to move Bloomington’s seat, while a bond vote failed. Short Weights and Measures reports defective scales seized by John Pegg. Reynolds bill, backed by Deputy State Food Commissioner Jackson, advances with bread weight provisions removed to accommodate bakers.
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House of Representatives
Franklin County
Trinkin
Bloomington
Court House
John Pegg
Omaha
Pegg
Reynolds
Jackson
Apportionment Bills Step Toward House Committee
The house committee faces a mystified path as apportionment bills are prepared. The senate bill gained help from Democratic members while Republicans have been consulted. meetings of the house committee have failed to develop. Chairman Regan.
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House Committee
Senate
House
Regan
House Faces Senate Redistricting Proposals
The house shows no meetings planned and may be asked to accept senate bills on senatorial apportionment as well as judicial and congressional apportionment. House bills did not cover the latter two redistricting propositions.
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House
Senate
Union Labs on State Printing Indefinite Postponement
The senate committee of the whole indefinitely postponed action on the 8 F 188 bill. Tanner and allies supported the measure but the committee overturned by a vote of seventeen to thirteen. The bill was ordered engrossed for third reading.
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Union Labs
Senate
Tanner
Thes
Factional Strife Delays Democratic Committee Vote
A Democratic caucus committee proposal stalled as insurgent Democrats from Kearney Boyd and Butler allied with Republicans. Ollis Bodleon Lee Skiles aligned with reformers to defeat deferral, while Lieutenant Governor Hopewell sided with Republicans.
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Mittee
Otoe
Smith
Boone
Ollis
Bodleon
Kearney
Lee
Boyd
Skiles
Butler
Hopewell
Pay of Village Trustees Amended Bill Ordered Committeed
Smith moves to amend a bill increasing village trustees salary to 160 dollars per year while fixing 160 for clerk and treasurer. The motion to commit passed 11 to 9, warning that many village treasuries could be depleted if the full amounts are paid.
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Smith
Filmore
Tibbets
Committee On Municipal Affairs
Board of Trustees
Bill to End Ten Year County Seat Provision Favored
The Smith bill, approved by the standing committee, removes the ten year rule from the county seat law and makes relocation open to all towns in a county, avoiding favoritism toward current county seats. It otherwise matches the present statute.
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Smith
House
House Passes Stock Yards Bill Without Recorded Vote
The amended Taylor stock yards bill passed the house of representatives with no recorded vote against it aside from Representative Bulla who stated it was all right. Lawmakers had braced for a major fight on stockyard legislation but were surprised by the smooth passage.
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House
House of Representatives
Representative Bulla
Abolish Home for Friendless Committee Recommends Passage
The committee of the whole recommends passage of bill No. 84 by Hatfield to establish a board of control to replace the home for the friendless in Lincoln and to allow courts to place dependent children with the board or any suitable incorporated society or institution seeking homes for them.
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Hatfield
Board of Control
Lincoln
Bridge Bill Aims to Break Back of Bridge Combine
Legislation titled Bill 272 introduced by Ban Ning and Gkiles seeks to curb the bridge combine. Committees explained the measure targets anti competitive practices and seeks to limit monopoly power in bridge construction and supply.
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Banning
Gkiles
Governor Sende Message Highlights Flaws in Measures
Governor Aldrich told the house on Thursday afternoon that several measures sent to him contain defects and require reconsideration before approval.
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House
Aldrich
Filibuster Pivot Stalls House Proceedings
A packed chamber faced a filibuster showdown as debate stretched into the evening. Lawmakers pressed leaders amid procedural wrangling over a promised reform measure and set pieces for a final vote.
Border on a Panic Across the Border At Agua Prieta
Insurrectos in Chihuahua and Sonora engage federal troops as 15 Americans reportedly killed at Casas Grandes and 17 captured. A clash at Agua Prieta across the Douglas, Arizona border leaves hundreds of insurgents involved and significant casualties on both sides.
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el Paso
Sania
Ibs
Sowcehons
Ballet
Chihuahua
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
Casas Grandes
Minnesota Mine Cave Buries 26 Miners in Virginia
A cave in at the Norman mine in Virginia, Minnesota, traps twenty six miners. Rescue teams are working with little chance of recovering more bodies as officials stress rapid efforts and heavy manpower.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Minn
Norman
Virginia
Earthquake near Vesuvius damages Naples railway
A severe earthquake struck Sunday evening near Mount Vesuvius with loud detonations. Investigations indicate a large landslide from the crater rim, about 1,000 by 250 feet, sending vast smoke clouds and causing damage to the Funicular railway.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Bryan Guest of Wilson at Princeton Dinner
William J. Bryan was the guest of Governor Woodrow Wilson at a Sunday dinner in Princeton New Jersey. Both men said they did not discuss politics and Bryan declined to express any opinion about Wilson as a potential presidential candidate.
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Bryan
Wilson
Princeton
N. J
William J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Colonel Bryan
Nebraskan
Money to Pay the Men in Cass County Case
Judge O D Wheler of the district court issued an order after a hearing releasing 8200 of 20000 tax money tied up in Cass county by injunction. The funds will be used to pay laborers for the Atlantic Northern and Southern railroad claims.
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Council Bluffs
O. D. Wheler
District Court
Casslowa
Atlantic, Northern & Southern Railroad
Bitters Court Case Sparks Dry Town Cheat Charge
Webster City Iowa jury convicts wielder of strong bitters for selling a large quantity as a substitute for whisky in a dry town. The case centers on using bitters to skirt prohibition rules and the legality of the act.
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Webster City
Business Men Take Charge. Oxishoma City.
Business men assume control in Oxishoma City amid a shifting local leadership environment. The move signals a new era for commerce and civic projects as key investors pledge support for growth initiatives.
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Oxishoma City
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