Trade Commission Bill Made Public
The interstate trade commission bill approved by President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds was made public after extensive committee conferences. The measure aims to create an independent three member body with broad investigative powers, protected publicity controls, and safeguards against improper disclosures, with salary set at ten thousand dollars for each commissioner and party balance rules.
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Washington
Interstate Trade Commission
Wilson
McReynolds
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Covington
Maryland
Bureau of Corporations
Commissioner of Corporations
Texas Rangers On Guard Over Border Fifteen Mounted Men
In Austin the Texas Rangers totaling fifteen mounted men were stationed along 800 miles of the Texas-Mexico border. Two rangers arrived in Raymondville after fifty three residents requested protection against cattle thieves and desperadoes. Governor Colquitt published a border troubles list explaining the rangers act as peace officers rather than an armed power. The rapid arrest of thieves before they cross into Mexico helped prevent fatalities like that of Clemente Vergara. Some offenders entered from Mexico while others resided in U.S. areas with large Mexican populations using Mexico as refuge.
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Coalgint
Austin
Texas
Texas Rangers
Raymondville
O. B. Colquitt
Mexico
Wave Flood Kills 1000 in Kuban Towns and Temryuk Dam
A seaborne tidal wave from the Sea of Azov struck Stanitza and Achtyrskaya during a hurricane in Kuban, drowning over a thousand. Yasen kaya saw 150 deaths in floods, while Temryuk drowned many after a dam collapse on the Taman peninsula, 98 miles away.
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Ekaterinodar
Russia
Stanitza
Achtyrskaya
Sea of Azov
Kuban
Yasenkaya
Temryuk
Taman
Troop Order for Two Regiments to Mexican Border
The War Department ordered two infantry regiments to the Mexican border to relieve cavalry at Eagle Pass and Laredo. The Seventeenth at Fort McPherson Georgia and the Ninth at Fort Logan H. Root Arkansas will relieve local troops. Command changes include Lieut. Col. Henry D. Styer temporarily in command and Col. John T. Van Orsdale eligible for retirement.
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Manila
P. I
Texas
Mexico
Morris Sheppard
Wilson
Colquitt
Sheppard
Clemente Vergara
Garrison
Seventeenth Infantry
Ninth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Fort Logan
Shafter
Cuba
Texas City
Funston
Philippine Fame
Brownsville
Nogales
Ariz
Remarks in Jest Says Ambassador Misquoted
London. Ambassador Walter Hines Page received notice from Secretary of State Bryan about the senate resolution on his Panama canal and Monroe doctrine speech before the Chamber of Commerce. Page says condensed reports misled senators about his interpretation.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Secretary of
Bryan
United States Senate
Association of the Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of State
Cable
Page
Senate
Ambassador Page
Eleanor Wilson to wed President's youngest daughter
Washington announces the engagement of Eleanor Randolph Wilson to Hon William Gibbs McAdoo the Secretary of the Treasury amid a press release from the president and Mrs Wilson.
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Secretary of Treasury
Washington
Wilson
Eleanor Randolph
William Gibbs
White House wedding rumors swirl around June vows
An announcement from Secretary Tu multy at the White House follows days of speculation in capital society circles about a possible June wedding. The president’s daughter Eleanor is described as her father’s favorite, and rumors linked her to the treasury secretary with no denial issued. The exact date remains unconfirmed, but June is widely anticipated.
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Adoo
White House
Tumulty
Eleanor
Hunt for Pirate Gold Near New Orleans
Charles Tenney Jackson and Frederick W. McKenzie lead a party into Louisiana swamp lands in renewed search for Jean Lafitte treasure. Jackson recalls an 1911 meeting with an old man who provided a rough map indicating the location.
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New Orleans
Jean LaFitte
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Charles Tenney Jackson
Frederick W. McKenzie
Jackson
Redfield urges liberal laws to boost U S maritime trade
Secretary of Commerce Redfield told the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences that expanding laws could help restore U S maritime trade. He praised the Great Lakes success and argued a world circumnavigation route via a future canal would yield profits, urging American approaches to ocean transport.
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New York
Redfield
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
United States
Great Lakes
Lake Huron
Superior
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
New York Cotton Brokers Win Suit for 16000
Ha ven and Clement, brokers on the New York cotton exchange, win a $16,000 verdict in a long legal fight against D W James of Blakely Ga The New Orleans circuit court of appeals upholds the validity of the New York cotton exchange future contract system after years of litigation confirming the contract framework.
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New York
New Orleans
United States 'Court of Appeals
Haven & Clement
New York Cotton Exchange
D. W. James
Blakely
United States District Court
Columbus
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr. James
Linters Excluded From Cotton Production Reports
The census bureau will exclude linters from the total cotton production figures in future annual reports. Only lint cotton will be counted in the main totals, with linters listed in a foot-note. The change, announced by Director Harris, takes effect with the next report on March 20.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Harris
Growth of Surry Schools Outpaces Earlier Era
Mt Airy reports a twelve year educational boom led by Prof J H Allen. From 1901 to today the county expanded districts from 62 to 86 and student enrollment from 5 558 to 8 124 while school funds rose from 10 896 61 to 35 294 and average teacher pay climbed from 22 50 to 35 98. The county now has modern schoolhouses including Flat Rock a top state example funded by Woodroffe Brothers.
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Mt. Airy
Surry County
J. H. Allen
Flat Rock
Woodroffe Brothers
Hennessee Pitts Case Ends in Burke County Court
After three hours of recital and pleas, Judge Long sentenced Dr. B A Hennessee and W D Pitts who pled guilty to an affray with guns knives pistols and rocks. Each fined 100 dollars and taxed 500 dollars costs. Bond 2000 dollars to keep the peace for five years with all North Carolina residents.
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Morganton
Glen Alpine
Burke
Long
B. A. Hennessee
W. D. Pitts
North Carolina
Interurban War Over Hendersonville Power Sites Returns
The Appalachian Interurban Railway Company again seeks to condemn waterpower sites of Hendersonville Light and Power Co in Henderson County Superior Court. The Narrows site is targeted after prior attempts near Big Hungry and Green River. Hendersonville’s plant on Big Hungry powers the area and new development is planned. Davidson College issues bulletin lists total enrollment 335 with 182 North Carolina students and diverse international representation.
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Appalachian Interurban
Hendersonville
Appalachian Interurban Railway Company
Hendersonville Light & Power Co
Henderson County Superior Court
Narrows
Hendersonville Power Concern
Supreme Court
Green River
Davidson College
Davidson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Virginia
Florida
Tennessee
Arkansas
West Virginia
Alabama
Maryland
New Jersey
Oklahoma
China
Japan
Persia
Disputed Findings in Nantucket Monroe Collision Report
Two U S local inspectors split on fault after the Nantucket Monroe disaster near Virginia Coast. The report forwards to Henry M Seely in New York with one finding Captain Berry not guilty and another accusing Captain Johnson of incompetence and negligence plus inattention to duty.
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Philadelphia
United States
Virginia Coast
Nantucket
Monroe
Henry M. Seely
New York
Department of Commerce
Washington
R. A. Sargent
D. H. Howard
Osmyn Berry
Norfolk
Berry
Edward E. Johnson
Sargent
Sargeant
Captain Johnson
Johnson
Martial Law Proclaimed on California Border Near Tecate
Martial law along the border near Tecate is announced after a general store and post office building were destroyed by three men. American troops from Fort Los Crans patrol the line while Mexican civilians are guarded. Every resident within ten miles of Tecate is armed and ready.
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California
San Diego
Cal
Tecate
Iim
United States Post Office
Frank Johnston
Fort Los Crans
Vurales
Suffragettes Burn Nine Midland Railway Coaches
Militants destroy nine Midland Railway coaches at KD Norton near Birmingham. The incident targets the Midland Railway company during unrest in England. The article also notes the launch of a battleship ordered for the United States Navy, the North Carolina or Arizona, with 14 inch guns and 31,500 ton displacement, as a future superdreadnought.
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Birmingham
Eng
Midland Raily
KD Norton
Here
North Carolina
New York
Arizona
Brooklyn
United States Navy
Pennsylvania
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Wilson and McReynolds
Coast Artillery
Tampa
Fla
Coast Artillery Guard
Borebeck
William Phillips
Phillips
Dudley Field Malone
Harvard University Corporation
EL Paso
Laredo
Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Ashby Street
Davis Street
Eleanor Wilson
Leone Georges Reboux
Mme. Reboux
France
U.S
United States OF America
Surry
Ginia Coast
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