Pan American Finance Conference Aims for Uniform Laws
A Pan American Financial Conference in Washington authorized a high commission to push uniform business and finance laws across allied nations. William Gibbs McAdoo chairs the American section with a strong slate including John H. Moore and Leo Rowe. Members from the United States and numerous Latin American countries will study gold standards trade bills and copyright rules while planning a regional visit in November.
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Washington
High Commission
Bedi Tist
Secretary of the Treasury
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
John Bbameett Moore
Fach State Department
Columbia University
John H
Chamber of of the United States
Bos‘tee
D_R. Francis
St. Louis
E. H. Caiman
United States Corporation
A. B. Hepburn
Shase National Bank
New York
George M. Reynolds
Continental and New National Bank
Chicago
Berry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan
Samuel Untermyer
Leon Rowe
United States
Argentina
Bolivia
Brexi
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ecuador, ‘Giemtemals, Honduras, Nicaragua, Pangem
Parauay
Peru
Salvador
Uru
Venezuela
Pan-Americex
Barly
Cheri
Wth
Central America
James Warrell
United Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh, of Commerce
Swat the Rat to Chase the Pig Proclamation
Health officers issue a city wide order targeting pig breeding in densely populated districts. Residents confront neighbors raising pigs in backyards, arguing such husbandry harms sanitation and property value. Officials demand removal or safe housing facilities within days amid debate over political pork barrel ties.
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Swat
Misplaced Sympathy Editorial Critique of Peace Foundations
Editorial denounces claims that Carnegie Peace Foundations push disarmament while aiming for a supreme court of the world to settle disputes and a universal league of peace. It argues foundations oppose disarmament and favor preparedness, noting misread sympathy from observers. The piece concludes with reference to Alabama’s Civil War service noted without non-combatant bloodshed.
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Carnegie Peace Foundations
Supreme Court
League of Peace
Washington Herald
Alabama
Confederacy
Blockade running era and Alabama impact noted
The Civil War era featured lucrative blockade running with cotton exports multiplying profits and English ships loading gold. The Union navy rarely killed prize crews, preferring capture. the CSS Alabama sank ships without murder, heightening claims against England. Farragut prized the Kearsarge victory over Alabama as pivotal.
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Liverpool
R. E. Lee
Bermuda
Wilmington
N. C
United States Navy
Alabama
United States
Raphael Semmens
England
Confederacy
Kearsarge
Farragut
Knocker in Heaven Story Ends in Hell After Resignation
A satirical piece recounts Lucifer as a boastful angel who rails at Heaven’s rules and contemplates resigning from the Bureau of Light. He plots disruptive actions, boasts of a fight, and is reportedly dropped from payroll and sent to hell where odd creatures and antics await. The tale closes with a wry moral about how words and intent differ from intended messages.
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Lucifer
Angel of Light
Heaven
Bureau of Light
Hell
Washington gossip on Watson McGraw plan to back Davis
United States political rumor in Washington details a split within the Democratic coalition. Watson and McGraw press for John W. Davis's nomination for senator, aiming to sideline Chilton with White House pressure and party cohesion.
After Dinner Mints and War Chaff in Ragged Wit
A fragment shows satirical notes on wartime topics, beer kegs as wheel improvisation for Kansas mowers to save wheat, H. G. Wells and “The Causeless War” ideas, weather prophets, Panama hats from juice, Anthony Comstock misadventure, and De Wet’s treason verdict with possible penalties.
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Kansas
Return Home From Inspection Tour
George T. Watson returns from Jenkins Kentucky after leading a party of associates on an inspection tour of Consolidation Coat Company operations. United States Steel officials join the visit, including Meissmer Forbes Robinson Collins Brassett Clingerman and Eavenson. Pauncefort the starving playwright sourly notes his plight in a burlesque ad.
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George T. Watson
Jenkins, Ky
Consolidation Coat Company
United States Steel Corporation
Meissmer
Forbes
Coke Committee
The
Steel Corporation
T. W. Robinson
Tilmois Steel Company
C. F. Collins
Illinois Company
Brassett
Clingerman
Frick Coke Company
Eavenson
Eyes That See Buy One Thing Greed and the Dollar
A man fixated on dollars longs for happiness and respect through wealth. While his eyes track the ticker from dawn to night, the piece argues money cannot buy love, health, or true friends. It likens him to a galley slave chained to greed, pitying his obsession with gold.
West Virginia faction demands Davis for Senate over Chilton
A Washington driven dispute shows West Virginia Democrats threatening to split the party. They denounce Chilton as unelectable and demand John W. Davis be named by the president as the party’s Senate nominee, warning that failure to back Davis will end West Virginia influence in 1916. The report notes McGraw and Watson face ongoing marginalization and call for administration support to unite the party.
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Washington, D.C
New York
Watsons
Chilton
Charleston
Watson
Hs Party
John W. Davis
Clarksburger
Wilson
John T. McGraw
Davis
White House
McGraw
Watson-McGraw
Consolidated
New Democratic Coalition
Naional
Senator Watson
West Virginia
Colonel McGraw
W. E. Chilton
Mr. Davis
West Virgini
O. K
McGaw
Democratic Party
States Senate
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Fairmont
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Edgeritplona
Addree
Everett True
Charles B. Driscoll
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H. G. Wells
Panama
Anthony Comstock
Eee de Wet
Reginald Pauncefort
Tom
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Mili
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