Noted geologist Dr W J McGee dies in Washington
Obituary for Dr W J McGee a prominent geologist anthropologist hydrologist and author who died in Washington. Born in Dubuque Iowa he educated himself while farm work and won leadership roles in geology archaeology and anthropology. He explored Tiburon island and Charleston earthquake studies and led the inland waterways commission as secretary. His will provides for his body and brain to be dissected for scientific study with Dr Spitzka and the brain of J W Powell to accompany it.
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W J McGee
Inland Waterways Commission
Agricultural Department
Washington
Dubuque County
McGee
Iowa
Assi
America
United States Geological Survey
United States
New York
Bureau of American Ethnology
Tiburon Island
Gulf of California
Charleston
Bureau
Department of Anthropology
St Louis
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
American Anthropological Association
National Geographic Society
Archaeological Institute of America
National Geographic Magazine
Anita Newcomb
Simon Newcomb
University of California
Edward Anthony Spitzka
Philadelphia
Henry C. Rizer
Spitzka
J. W. Powell
Geological Survey
World's Biggest Warship Planned for Pennsylvania Class
Plans for battleship No. 88, the Pennsylvania, call for a vessel to be the largest and fastest yet. It would bear twelve fourteen inch guns, sixteen inch armor, and exceed prior ships in length to fit through the Panama Canal, aiming for 23 to 24 knots and a 31,000 ton displacement. A second item outlines a constitutional amendment enabling the state to issue bonds up to fifty million dollars to improve highways.
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Pennsylvania
Congress
Panama Canal
Delaware
Utah
Arkansas
Wyoming
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Nevada
Meyer
Germany
England
Australia lauds Washington as model for capital design
Melbourne merchant David Jones praises Washington as the most beautiful and clean capital he has seen. He says Australia studies the U S capital plans, aims to imitate its broad avenues and civic design, and notes closer American affinities than with England.
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Australia
America
David Jones
Melbourne
Washington Post
United States
Mr. Jones
Europe
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Washington
England
Postmaster General raises rural carrier pay and benefits
Under a postal appropriation authority, Postmaster General Hitchcock announced on September 30 a pay raise for 42,000 rural mail carriers. Standard-route pay rises from 1000 to 1100 dollars yearly, with shorter routes receiving proportionate increases, affecting about four million dollars annually. Stand ard routes were increased previously in 1911 from 900 to 1000 dollars, and rural carriers now receive fifteen days annual leave with pay.
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Hitchcock
Prehistoric Mansion Unearthed Near Stanley New Mexico
An expedition led by C. Nelson of the American Museum of Natural History reports a 72 room stone building in Stanley with many skeletons pottery and relics. Nearby a large stone dam and irrigation works were also uncovered suggesting a major prehistoric settlement in the southwest.
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Stanley
N. M
C. Nelson
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
South West
Canal Zone Population Census Figures Released
The Canal Record reports Panama Canal Zone census results dated March 31 totaling 62,819 residents excluding 5,083 canal employees in Panama and 3,789 in Colon Gatun. Largest settlement Gatun with 8,887 people. Empire second at 7,152. Cristobal 3,584. Gorgona 3,444. Paraiso 2,839. Population expected to shrink with canal completion.
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Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Colon Gatun
Empire
Cristobal
Gorgona
Paraiso
Pennsylvania Joint Resolution Proposes Labor Amendment
A joint resolution proposes amending Article Three Section Seven of the Pennsylvania Constitution to permit special legislation regulating labor including wages hours safety and protections for state and local workers and contractors. The text outlines allowed labor regulation and forbids local laws duplicating general law or granting exclusive privileges.
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Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Borous
Justices of the Peace
Robert McAfee
The
Commonwealth
Aldermen
Pennsylvania Constitutional Amendment on Judicial Elections
A concurrent resolution proposes amending Article Eight Section 3 to set judge elections on municipal election day in odd years and allow a different day by law with two-thirds approval. It retains current tenure rules for judges whose terms end in odd years, extending until January of the next even-numbered year.
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Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Senate
General Assembly
Amendment proposed to Pennsylvania tax clause readjusts uniformity
The text presents Joint Resolution No. 4 proposing to amend section one of article nine of the Pennsylvania Constitution. It seeks to allow graded or progressive taxes within the same class and territory while preserving exemptions for public property, religious worship places, burial sites, and purely public charity institutions. A true copy is endorsed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Robert McAfee
The
Pennsylvania
Proposal to amend Pennsylvania Constitution
A joint resolution in the Pennsylvania General Assembly proposes amending the eighteenth article of the Constitution. The measure seeks to alter provisions governing pensions.
Public Works Debt Provisions Joint Resolution No. 5 Approval
The text outlines that counties and municipalities except Philadelphia may issue debt for water works subways underground railways or street railways if net revenue covers interest and sinking funds for five years or liens secure the obligations. Additional indebtedness up to ten percent of assessed value requires three-fifths voter approval. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robert McAfee
The
Commonwealth
Street Railway Timetable With Hourly and Half-Hour Runs
Street railway schedule lists Main Line westbound runs from the waiting room at top of each hour and at ten minute increments through the hour with connections to Grade Run P and E station and Conewango avenue. Warren Sheffield service begins at 5:50 a.m. with continuous even-hour service to 10:50 p.m. Special Warren Clarendon routes, Jamestown service from 6:00 a.m., and return times are included with specific passing times at Clarendon and end points.
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Conewango Avenue
Main Line
Laurel Street Loop
Warren
Sheffield
Clarendon
Official Directory Listing for Taft Presidency Officials
A detailed roll of federal and state officials including President Taft and Vice President Sherman, with numerous cabinet members and state and county officers listed for Pennsylvania and Warren County. Includes governors, education board members, health officers, and local city officers with their posts and counties.
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William H. Taft
Ohio
James S. Sherman
New York
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Franklin McVeagh
Illinois
Henry L. Stimson
Geo. W. Wickersham
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Geo. von IL. Meyer
Interior
W. Ll. Fish
Chas. F. Wright
Henry Houck
Nathan S. Schaeffer
Thos. J. Stewart
Samuel A. McCulloch
J. A. Berkey
John C. Delaney
State Board of Health
Samuel G. Dixon
E. M. Biglow
State Department of Health
C. W. Schmehl
Warren
Conewango, Farmington, Glade, Pleasant, Elk and
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Seignea
Tesuu Nc
B. A. Spitzka
Jefferson Medical College
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Number
American Capitol
New Mexico
City Main
Conewango Line
North Warren Line
North Warren
Warren and
Jamestown
LO »m
Official Directory
Agriculture
James Wilson
Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel
Missouri
U. S
Ked. R. Allen
Curtis M. Shawkey
Peter M. Speer
Oil City
Venango County
Karl H. Beshlin
State Government
John K. Tener
John M. Reynolds
Tanotea Koda
Auditor General
A. E. Sisson
Erie
Pine Grove
M. W. Ball
State Education Board
M. G. Brumbaugh
David B. Oliver
Pittsburg
George M. Phillips
West Chester
John S. Billing
William M. Coughlin
Wilkes-Barre
N. C. Shaeffer
Warren County Officers
W. D. Hinckley
John Siggins
Joseph Walkerman
H. M. Putnam
L. M. Neely
Orphans’ Court
F. A. Wood
Daneila A. Wilder
Henry Park
W.G. Tate
Frank J. Lyons
W. B. Weed
S. G. Waid
Tipstaves
N. P. Belnap
W. T. Allison
C. A. Love
A. C. Mook
E. E. Thompson
S. A. Cramer
George F. Yates
C. C. Cooper
W. J. Parnsworth
Mac Alney
John Linstrum
J. H. Driscoll
Geo. A. DeForest
Spring Creek
Sugar Grove
John Spencer
Chandlers Valley
Kinzua
Corydon
C. R. Morrison
Brokenstraw
R. H. McDowell
Youngsville
Deerfield
Watson
Triumph
Limestone
E. T. Morris
Tidioute
Eldred
W. M. Maultby
Grand Valley
Mead
Cherry Grove
C. K. Allen
Warren Boro
Burgess
Herbert G. Eaton
A. J. Hazeltine
John Smith
William Schuur
John Berdine
N. H. Spencer
de Forest
A. Wheelock
J EK. Wheeler
A. W. Mumford
Edwin F. Baker
H. P. Stone
S. A. Orr
John Hepburn
A. Mintzer
George E. Maybank
Frank Clark
John Williams
R. L. Kerr
John Schueltz
O. P. Nichols
S. Holmberg
T. O. Hazen
Righth Ward
W. Oneil
Frank G. Schuler
Board OF Health
M. D
J. W. Wiggins
H. J. Bierce
Board of School Directors
George E. Colvin
Earl McDonald
M. M. Dunham
K. L. Corah
EK. L. Corah
Earle McDonald
J. C. Russell
J. H. Alexander
Norman H. Spencer
Earl V. MacDonald
E. L. Corah
Geo. E. Colvin
J.H. Alexander
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