What is Being Done in Both Houses
Senate actions include Gore's resolution for a neutral border zone policed by Mexican and American forces, Overman’s extension of Mann law to territories, a Cummins inquiry into federal judges, Jones’s 3 million dollar Puget Sound dry dock bill, and resumed Philippine debate. Osage oil lands leases renewal considered by Indian committee. House actions feature Howard urging a rules committee to push a usury inquiry into national banks, with adjournment to noon Tuesday.
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Union News Service
Senate
Gore
Judiciary Committee
Cummins
Alaska
Canal Zone
Insular
Overman
Jones
Puget Sound Navy Yard
House
Howard
Georgia
Ferris Bill on Public Lands and Related Congressional Actions
The Senate was not in session while the House passed the Ferris bill authorizing federal leasing of mineral lands on public domain. It covers 640 acre stock raising homesteads across seventeen states as the last in a series of administration conservation measures. Resolutions to investigate the sisal twine trust of Yucatan and U S. agencies were introduced by Rep Cox of Indiana. The education committee continued hearings on proposed federal censorship of moving pictures. Adjourned at 4 p m until noon.
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Senate
House
Ferris
Group of
Administration
Ures
Sisal Twine Trust
Yucatan
United States
Representative Cox
Indiana
Senate considers reorganizing national guard and aims to strengthen force
Senator Cummins introduces bills to reorganize and increase the national guard. Senator Works a Republican proposes resolutions for armed intervention in Mexico. The House naval and military committee continues hearings. The Ways and Means committee holds its first hearing on Hill bill to protect American dyestuff manufacturers.
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Senate
Senator Cummins
Senator Works
Mexico
House—Naval and Military Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate and House sessions discuss Mexico and peace efforts
Senate met at noon with Senator Stone submitting a commerce secretary statement on munitions. Postmaster General Burleson spoke on administration bills before the post office committee. Senator Lewis proposed a measure to authorize use of armed forces in restoring peace in Mexico as in Haiti and Nicaragua. The House considered foreign policy as Representative Harrison of Mississippi urged harmony and Representative Slayden of Texas defended recognition of Carranza and urged Pan American unity to end Mexico turmoil.
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Senate
Stone
Secretary of Commerce
Burleson
Post Office Committee
Lewis
Mexico
Haiti
Nica
House
Harrison
Mississippi
Slayden
Texas
Carranza
pan-American Union
Children Killed by Air Bomb Near Cologne Airfield
Ten children playing near Cologne aviation grounds found an unexploded air bomb and died when it detonated. Authorities report they were engaged with the device at a gravel pit. The tragedy underscores dangers of unexploded ordnance in civilian areas.
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Cologne
Reward Offered for Stolen Stamps Theft in St Paul
United States postal inspectors announce a potential reward of 60 000 dollars for information leading to the identification of the men who stole 600 000 dollars worth of internal revenue stamps in St Paul last week. The reward equals ten percent of the value taken.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
Internal Revenue
Land Withdrawn From Entry in Montana and North Dakota
Secretary Lane announces withdrawal of 583000 acres of land from entry across Montana and North Dakota. About 100000 acres remain open to entry while the remainder has been patented or included in existing entries.
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Washington
Lane
Montana
North Dakota
Sabath Proposes Inheritance Tax Above Ten Thousand
Representative Sabath of Illinois introduces a bill imposing an inheritance tax on estates over 10 000 dollars. He estimates annual net revenue of about 50 million dollars from the tax.
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Washington
Sabath
Illinois
Explosion on E-2 Kills Four at New York Navy Yard
Four killed and ten injured when the submarine E-2 exploded during dry dock repairs at the New York navy yard. A civilian crew and an enlisted electrician died. several hospitalized workers are in critical condition. The cause remains uncertain but may involve hydrogen gas from drawing a battery charge.
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Union News Service
New York
New York Navy Yard
Omaha Man Found Guilty in Woodmen Cashier Murder Case
A district court jury found Arthur Hauser guilty of murdering W. H. Smith, cashier of the Woodmen of the World, on October 16, 1915. He received a life sentence and plans for an appeal were announced by his defense. Verdict followed seven hours of deliberation with few in the courtroom.
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Omaha
Arthur Hauser
W. H. Smith
The
Woodmen of the World
Hauser
Indemnity Request Ties Riot Fallout to Foreign Governments
President Wilson asked Congress to appropriate 41,030 for indemnities to Greece Austria-Hungary and Turkey for injuries to their subjects in the February 21 1909 South Omaha riots. Greece would receive 40000 Austria Hungary 800 and Turkey 230 as acts of grace amid no US liability admission.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Greece
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
South
Omaha
Lansing
United States
Austria- Hungary
Edwin Lowry
John Masrouides
Grece
Not guilty verdict in Menace Publishing mail fraud case
A federal jury returned a not guilty verdict for the Menace Publishing Co. of Aurora Missouri and four of its officials on charges of misuse of the mails in a Joplin Missouri court.
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Joplin
the Menace Publishing Co
Aurora
Internal explosion debated as cause of Persian survivor ship sink
Government experts weigh the possibility of an internal explosion in sinking the Persian survivor ship after affidavits. Secretary Lansing declined to confirm any official conclusion as the cabinet investigated the case and discussed the submarine question for over two hours.
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Washington
Persia
Lansing
Carranza vows punishing Mexican outlaws after train attack
General Carranza telegraphed his ambassador that the Chihuahua passenger train assault was by the last outlaw band and that his troops pursue them to ensure capture and punishment. He orders patrols along the railroad to prevent further outrages as U.S. pressure mounts.
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Union News Service
Washington
Carranza
Chihuahua
United States
National Livestock Purchase Plan Reported in Germany
The Vossische Zeitung notes Berlin ministers plan two national bodies for livestock buyers and sellers and consumers. Experts would fix market prices to balance breeder interests and consumer costs, aiming to counteract high prices.
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Germany
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Hastings Man Seeks Court Order To Bury Recluse
John Slaker administrator petitions County Judge Snyder for an order to bury John O Connor whose body has rested in Livingston morgue for two and a half years after a state victory cut nearly 150 heirs from the estate. Attorney J A Gardiner was appointed to defend the petition with a hearing set for January 27. The body has cost 50 cents daily for morgue maintenance, while associates note O Connor spent little on himself in life.
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Hastings
Neb
John O'Connor
John Slaker
Snyder
J. A. Gardiner
Slaker
Livingston Morgue
O'Connor
Firebug Frightened Miller Nebraska Fire Suspicions Grow
Belief that two disastrous Miller fires were arson grows after investigators find a mass of oil-saturated excelsior beside the city hall. Burned matches indicate an attempt to ignite the inflammable material.
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Miller
County Seat Relocation Petition Circulated in Madison
A Madison county petition with 3351 names asks the county commissioners to call an election on relocating the county seat. The document contains 97 percent of the last general election vote total of 3621, the largest recall of names ever attached to such a petition.
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Norfolk
Neb
Board of County Commissioners
Madison
Madison County
Intense debate on practical philanthropy at university scene
A discussion quotes Mrs. Addie F Howie from Wisconsin on cows having souls and responding to music during milking. The exchange notes cruelty concerns about using music to extract milk and questions the motives of charitable acts.
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Bill
Addie F. Howie
School of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Salts Offer Kidney Relief For Meat Eaters And Backaches
An advisory urges cutting meat intake if kidneys feel overworked and recommends Jad Salts a few days to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys. The remedy, described as a grape lemon lithia mix, claims to ease backache, urinary distress and bladder irritation.
The Man Who Thinks Funny Thoughts Without Expressing Them
A witty remark notes that a person who harbors humorous thoughts but never shares them embodies a pessimist of the worst kind. The quip highlights irony about silent inner humor and outward gloom.
Puzzled Map Debates Readiness With Haiti Question
A worried map muses about preparedness saying it is all up in the air. The dialogue asks whether they could whip a country like Haiti now or not, signaling uncertainty about strength and readiness.
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Haiti
Function of the Hammer
A dialogue presents a craftsman defending his use of a hammer to rivet attention, telling a curious boy that knocks are intentional. The exchange hints at showing importance and discipline through deliberate sound and action.
Indifference and Lessons in a Lost Love Tale
A brief verse notes that a stone returns to the source to reveal a thrown by a "friend." It shifts to an advertisement praising Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for liver bowel and stomach regulation. A girl who has loved and lost boasts of her indifference toward men.
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Dr. Pierce
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