Hearing From the Other Side on Woman Suffrage
In Washington Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge of New York, president of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, argues that suffrage disturbs sex and distorts morality. She cites dress, dancing, and motherhood as central to the issue, warning misdirected sex risks national decline. A closing verse imagines a salaried official Weeper.
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Arthur M. Dodge
New York
National Association
Washington
Ollie Schreiner
The Senate Takes Up The Underwood Tariff Bill
The Senate will consider the Underwood tariff bill as passed by the House last week. The piece notes delayed action harms business and that delay could threaten the revival of commerce and industry, urging prompt passage and accountability for those who stall.
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Senate
House
Holland
Treasury
United States
Labor Opposed to Wage Legislation Shows Gompers Letter
A workingman's Ohio paper publishes what appears to be the first authoritative labor stance against minimum wage laws proposed in Illinois and elsewhere. Samuel Gompers warns that statutory wage floors could lead to forced labor or slavery and urges workers to unite for wage standards through unions rather than laws.
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Ohio
Illinois
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Gompers
Centenary of Ghent Treaty Celebrations Planned Worldwide
International plans underway to mark the centenary of the 1814 Treaty of Ghent with a global celebration starting December 24, 1914. Delegations from English-speaking nations, including a British group in Washington meeting with President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, anticipate a large, coordinated event involving Canada and other countries. Arthur Shirley Benn, M P, linked to Mobile and Mississippi businesses, serves on a national planning body.
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Ghent
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Canada
Arthur Shirley Benn
M. P
Mobile
Mississippi
Nation
Benn
Underwood's 51st Birthday Marks Democratic Leader's Day
On his fifty first birthday, Representative Oscar W. Underwood received unanimous house acclaim for the hard United States measure named after him. The Washington Herald praised his steady, loyal leadership and noted his continued diligence across tariff debates and party lines.
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House of Representatives
Underwood
Washington Herald
Oscar W. Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Jim Mann
German Enterprise in War Profiteering Scrutiny
The Krupp firm faces parliamentary charges of fueling war fever to boost gun sales, including alleged bribery of French newspapers and officials. A war office inquiry is underway, with officials urging restraint until results are known. The piece warns that profit motives behind national conflict are among the gravest crimes.
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Krupp
Germany
War Office
Road plan to fund nationwide highways sparks debate
Washington columnist notes Senator Bourne’s proposal for a one billion dollar United States Highway Fund funded by a fifty year bond issue. The plan allocates state shares via a new highway commission with two billion for maintenance and highlights the economic case for better roads for farmers, motorists, railroads, and military logistics.
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Washington
Um Berliott
United States
Jonathan Pourne, Jr
Oregon
Congress
United States Highway Fund
United States Treasury
United States Highway Commission
James Wilson
Napoleon
Julius Caesar
Gaul
Caesar
Watling Street
Ermine Street
Briton
Dover Street
London
Chester
Wall
England
Bourne
America
VALUE IN LITTLE THINGS FOR RAILROADS
A railroad last year earned $5,000 from waste paper. Pins pens nails old brooms bottles tin cans and wornout machinery along tracks are collected by railway companies and sold or reused. Even ashes are used to improve the roadbed. Small items add up to big value for rich railways.
Suspended Animation and a Ghost of Love in May Park
A man saved a boy from drowning, died mentally in the weighing of his life, and awakens after Anna, his fiancée, defies farewell. The doctor calls it suspended animation, but the survivor knows the truth lies in love and atonement.
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Anna
Richard
Country Ready for Tariff Change
Former President Taft and Chauncey M. Depew urge a test of tariff policy amid Underwood bill debates. Public indifference in Northern mills contrasts with sugar industry fears and looming industrial adjustments. Washington seeks thorough investigations to prove wage reductions or plant closures result from tariff law. Holland.
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New York
William H. Taft
Yale
Chauncey M. Depew
Depew
Washington
South
Underwood
New England
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Canada
Congress
Abram S. Hewitt
Tariff Commission
Arthur
Taft
Choir Returns To Duel In Texas Service
Postmaster General Burleson recalls a Texas incident where a church choir clashed with the minister over a hymn during morning service. The minister announced a text about waking from sleep and the choir whispered, leading to a late change in the musical program as the sermon ended.
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Burleson
Texas
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Fain
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Labor
Washington Comment
DEATH
Grover Cleveland
William R. Morrison
Morrison
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