Controversy Over Mobile Rivers and Harbor Committee
The Mobile Item reports concerns that the joint rivers and harbor committee may be used to push a belt line railroad benefiting a member company, risking public trust and port improvements. It notes past successes in deepening the channel and warns against political influence intruding into navigable-water projects. It also covers U S Mexico tensions and Wilson administration concerns as ex-Governor Lind travels to Mexico City.
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Foreign Relations Committee of Congress
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
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Lind
Bacon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Clark
Senate
Celebration's Full Results Inspire Mobile Civic Pride
The Citizens' committee invited the president to Mobile for a grand canal opening celebration viewed as a South wide historic milestone. State and national leaders from Florida to Georgia pledge attendance, with Mobile set to host a three day event and be named Gateway to Panama. Kansas harvest needs echo nationwide hiring drives and work ethics debates.
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Washington
Mobile
Capitol
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Southern Commercial Congress
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James K. Vardaman
Brewer
Mississippi
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Sisson
Joseph H.ransdell
Louisiana
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Alabama Senate Vacancy May Shift Tariff Vote
Senator Johnston's death leaves Alabama with a one vote Democratic majority in the Senate. The vacancy must be filled by electing Johnston's successor, as a constitutional amendment ends gubernatorial appointment. Governor O Neal plans a September election after funeral services, with the tariff bill potentially hinging on the outcome.
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Washington
United States
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Senate
Britain May Send Exhibit to Panama-Pacific Fair
A London cable reports a possibility that Great Britain will be represented at the Panama-Pacific exposition. If San Francisco authorities offer a single British pavilion for all exhibits, British manufacturers might reverse their decision to avoid California shipping costs.
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Great Britain
California
San Francisco
New York City Faces Self Robbery and Giant Ballots
An official warns New Yorkers increasingly rob themselves through fraudulent burglary claims. The piece notes 1912 losses exceed 500000 with about a quarter from fake claims. It also details New York surpassing London in world trade and describes a coming era of secretaries who manage wealthy employers' spendings.
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Calcutta
United States
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Twenty-Third Assembly
Miss Lathrop Leads Nation to Save Babies
Washington essay recounts how Miss Lathrop, head of the new Children's Bureau under Taft, organized baby saving efforts. She gathered city data, urged nationwide sharing, and pressed for funding to combat infant mortality, arguing health service costs per capita drive outcomes and urging adequate salaries for health officers.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
William Howard Taft
White House
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Taft
John C. Lathrop
Lathrop
Uncle Sam
Miss Lathrop
New York
Illinois
Health Department
New York City
A Line o Cheer: Joys and Generosity Across the Year
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs extols daily cheer and charitable giving amid sunny hours. It contrasts the joys of helping others with the hardships in cities, noting leaders among Mexicans as a controversial fragment.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Gray
How Apprehension May Be Avoided by Holland
An advisory council of respected bankers could ease fears over a federal reserve system reform. The proposal envisions a nonbinding panel whose counsel guides the central reserve, aiming to reassure public sentiment while preserving central authority. Holland.
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New York
Wilson
White House
Federal Reserve Board
John Sherman
Treasury
United States
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Treasury Department
Sherman
the Treasury
Salmon P. Chase
Chase
Lincoln
North
American Bankers’ Association
New Orleans
Union
West
South
Southwest
New
House of Representatives
Congress
Henry B. Anthony
Senate
Rhode Island
Anthony
Federal Board of Reserve
Snakes and Gators Rally Against Flood Spillways Coastwide
The coast mobilizes against Mississippi flood outlets arguing spillways would bring alligators and snakes into coastal waters ruin oyster and fishing industries and drive people away from New Orleans to Mobile. Louisiana congressmen are urged to oppose opening flood outlets as levees advocates push their plan. Also notes a veteran broker receiving a benefit and mentions wariness about Mexico and the Balkans as travel picks.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Louisiana
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