Forbes weighs policy in the Philippines in Mexico question
W Cameron Forbes urges caution over withdrawal from the Philippines. He defends limited evolution with Filipino leadership, warns against neutralization, and argues the United States must maintain sovereignty to protect lives and property, asking if one Mexico is enough for the islands.
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Associated Press
Oston
Mexico
Philippines
W. Cameron Forbestet
Philips Islands
Cit Club
United Es
Philip
United States
Philippine Islands
Brandeis Named Special Counsel for ICC on Rate Increases
In New York on December 3 E. E. Clark I C C chairman said Louis D Brandeis is special counsel for the commission and to help elicit all pertinent facts regarding proposed general rate increases on Eastern railroads in response to a query about him representing small shippers.
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New York
Louis D. Brandeis
E. E. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Brandeis
Commission
Sherman law retrogressive says judge in United Shoe case
Judge William M. Putnam declares the Sherman law retrogressive and the U S Supreme Court drifting from common law while outlining the defense in the United Shoe Machinery Company dissolution case. He cites the bathtub case as an example and argues the Sherman act wipes out protection.
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Associated Press
Boston
Supreme Court of the
United States
William M. Putnam
Federal District Court
United Shoe Manufacturing Company
Putnam
Supreme Court
United Shoe Machinery Company
Health of Army Is Remarkable
The Surgeon General's annual report notes remarkable progress in military sanitation and troop health. Typhoid cases have been eliminated through compulsory immunization, while tuberculosis rates steadily decline due to better enlistment and care. The board warns tropical duty harms white troops long term, urging cool, favorable living conditions in the Philippines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
George H. Torney
Texas City
Galveston
Mexican
Torney
Board On
Tropics
Philippines
Small fishermen win battle for Gulfport lease limits
In Gulfport Mississippi, small fishermen prevail as the Oyster Commission drafts a bill restricting leases to within a mile of shore and in Black Bay Biloxi or Bay St. Louis. The plan reserves five hundred acres per lessee for residents operating in skiffs and non transferability for non residents.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi Oyster Commission
Black Bay
Biloxor Bay
St. Louis
French Cabinet Resigns After Defeat Over Tax Exemption
Paris December 3 government of Premier Barthou defeated 290 to 265 in the chamber of deputies over taxing or exempting the new 260 million loan. Ministers resigned to President Poincare at the Elysee as Caillaux and Juares led the opposition. Poincare faces a grave ministerial and economic crisis with attempts to name a successor among Deschanel Dupuy or Doumergue.
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Associated Press
Paris
Barthou
Chamber of Deputies
Elysee Palace
Poincare
J. Louis Barthou
M. Dumont
France
M. Barthou
M.callaiux
M. Calliaux
Senate
Chamber
M. Caillaux
Paul Deschanel
Jean Dupuy
M. Doumergue
Mississippi Lt Governor Bilbo to be Arrested in Bribery Case
Jackson Mississippi December 3 1913 reports say Lieutenant Governor Theodore Bilbo faces arrest at his Poplarville home and State Senator Hobbs to be arraigned in Vicksburg on indictments for soliciting bribes. Special grand jury returned the charges amid Delta county political scandal.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Theodore Bilbo
Poplarville
Hobbs
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Bilbo
Delta
Belonzi
Vardaman
Hhen
Bilbo Unperturbed by Warrants in Poplarville
Lieutenant Governor Bilbo showed no concern after warrants for his arrest were announced. He declined to discuss the matter and attended a city board meeting in Poplarville, where he offered his resignation as legal adviser to the city board and the board of supervisors in preparation for his gubernatorial campaign.
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Associated Press
Poplarville
Miss
Bilbo
Prosperous farmer indicted for slavery in Georgia case
John B. Sellers, a prosperous Banks county farmer near Columbus, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Mann white slave law violations. He is to be returned to Georgia for trial from Fort Worth Texas where he is under arrest after allegedly taking a neighbor’s daughter to Texas and returning her following Texas arrest.
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Associated Press
Columbus
John B. Sellers
Banks County
Here
Mann
Georgia
Fort Worth
Texas
Sellers
Woman's Suspicion Under Strain Reflects Domestic Strife
A fragment shows a conversation where a woman states she must be gravely ill to feel secure, hinting at deep mistrust within marriage. The line suggests hidden strain and possible health or emotional concerns affecting the couple.
Insurance Men Fight Rate Law Challenge in Supreme Court
The German Alliance Insurance Company seeks to strike down state fire insurance rate laws, arguing states cannot regulate private business pricing. A Kansas rate law is targeted with Kentucky and other states likely to face similar decisions, as insurers claim fire insurance is a private enterprise.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
German Alliance Insurance Company
Kansas
Kentucky
Question Raised Over Oil Being Mineral Land Grants
Washington December 8 The Supreme Court heard arguments over whether oil is a mineral as part of $7 billion in oil lands granted to Pacific railroads. The government seeks to cancel grants claiming mineral lands were not meant to pass to the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific Railroads
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Contract Awarded for Kress Store in Mobile
The Kress & Company contract for a new 50 000 dollar store in Mobile began with bid openings in New York. Fifteen firms competed while manager Daniel H. Graber said no winner was announced yet. The building will front Dauphin and Royal streets, with entrances at the site of the Yeend & Potter store and the B. and B. cafe, forming a continuous passage. Kress operates a nationwide ten cent store network and aims to expand in Mobile. A new collapsible metal tube squeezing key was noted among innovations.
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New York
Mobile
8. H. Kress & Company
Daniel H. Graber
Dauphin and
Royal Streets
Dauphin Street
Yeend & Potter
Royal Street
Kress
Parson s or Fearn next president of the chamber
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League nominated two tickets led by A. J. Parsons and George Fearn Jr for president. Officers to be chosen January 7 include Estes Baker, Stewart Brooks as first vice presidents and Alex Wildman, J. W. Woolf as treasurers. A $55 000 annual industrial loan and development fund was authorized along with a campaign to promote the Satsuma orange industry.
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A. J. Parsons
George Fearn
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Satsuma
United States
Chamber of Commerce
George Fearn, Jr
L. “J. Davis
Dunlap
Elmo &. Davidson
J. V.’ Falek
B. H. Fleming
Heyman Gabriel
Dr. Seale Harris
M. Waring Harrison
Charles B. Hervey
S.A. LeBlanc
J. D. Logan
Mark Lyons
M. J. McDermott
William H. Monk, Jr
T. D. Net
Favor National Board to Design Buildings
Delegates at the American Institute of Architects convention in New Orleans were to decide on forming a national board to oversee all federal building construction monuments and architecture. A committee report warned the United States risks mediocrity without a central standard bearer.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
American Institute of Architects
Committee On Government Architecture
United States
Conference on Home Rule Bill Signals Possible Negotiations
London reports that government leaders including Haldane and Samuels and A. Pease urged a conference to reach a settlement on home rule by consent. They emphasized openness to discussion and noted Asquith had not closed the door to negotiations.
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Associated Fey
London
Cg Haldane
Dilat
Birmingham
Herbert
Samy
John A. Sin
A. Pease
Board
Education
Plae
Asquith
Yates Center Bank Closed on Examiner Order
Yates Center National Bank, Kansas, shut down yesterday by order of the examiner for failure to reali ze on securities. The bank’s assets were reported near 300 000 dollars, with claims in excess of the amount.
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Kansas Bank
Yates Center
Kans
Yates Center National Bank
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