Conservation politics and water power proposals
The author argues that Gifford Pinchot politicized conservation, surrendering leadership to partisan factions. Real conservation, they say, occurs through private investment in water power to tame coal dependence, lower household energy costs, and avoid government bankruptcy from harnessing untapped water resources. The piece urges private capital to fund dam projects with fair returns.
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Gifford Pinchot
Progressive Party
Pinchot
Congress
Understanding of Mexico Policy Harmonizes With Congress
President Wilson seeks unity with Senate and House committees on Mexico policy to avoid friction at home. The public, President, and Congress favor peace so Americans and foreigners are not harmed. They support helping Mexico elect a president and restore order, while the President faces the need for clearer policy and joint action.
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Senate
House
Wilson
Mexico
Congress
Plight of Sulzer Dominates Albany Political Drama
In Albany the Sulzer impeachment saga unfolds as Tammany aims to topple the governor. Observers question if the affair would exist without his faults, while Mrs. Sulzer bears responsibility for campaign funds. The piece frames William Sulzer’s career as a romanesque political tale of fate and power.
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Albany
Charles F. Murphy
Frawley Committee
Nat Goodwin’s Wonderful Self as Debonair Skeptic
A verbose portrait of Nat Goodwin planning a yet unpublished memoir titled I Wonder. The piece mocks reform zeal while praising his Epicurean, unfazed stance toward society’s upheavals. It casts him as a carefree, morally lax but reflective figure whose writings may ironically illuminate virtue.
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Nat Goodwin
Nat
Mark Twain
Mr. Goodwin
Stock Market Thrives Amid Prosperity Hopes
After months of waiting, the stock market rises on signs of broader prosperity across the country. Despite initial pessimism, gains follow reports of bumper crops, a favorable foreign trade balance, and higher domestic affluence. The Balkan peace accord and McAdoo’s plan to distribute 50 million dollars for moving crops influence Wall Street, stirring debate over rescue funds for Western and Southern banks.
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Balkan
McAdoo
Wallltreet
Wall Street
Wall Streets
Government to Aid Financial District Function in New York
The government will take over a key function of the New York financial district, seen as beneficial to curb Wall Street excess and aid banks nationwide. Treasury action will ease money, help farmers move crops, and support railroads and small business lending across the West and South. The rise in stock prices is described as solidly based on prosperity, with less inflation in recent years and improved business conditions, reducing money urgency tied to crop movement.
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New York
Wall Street
Treasury Department
Cheaper Living and the Oddities of Reform
A sweeping, satirical column questions the practicality of cheaper living through tariff cuts antitrust rules and parcel post reforms. It juxtaposes rising meat prices unseasonable vegetables and abundant but costly fish with quips about slavery ghost labor and modern economic quirks across a mosaic of political and cultural references.
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Congressional
Parcel Post
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Lfe
King George Heads Two Churches and Royal Lineage
The London Gazette notes Rev. Robert H. Fisher is appointed a royal chaplain, highlighting George V as head of the Church of England today yet Presbyterian north of the Tweed. The piece outlines royal worship practices at Balmoral, Queen Victoria’s criticisms, and the unique dual-branch faith status of Britain’s sovereign. It also covers the Duchess of Fife, Lord Carbery’s marriage, and lineage tales of the Carbery and Freke families with historical anecdotes.
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London
Robert H. Fisher
Morningside
Edinburgh
George V
Halmoral
Highlands
Crable
Pat
George
Balmoral
Church of
England
Victoria
Church of England
Europe
Duchess of Fife
Ling
Hadward VII
Prince Arthur of
Princess Royal
Prince of Wales
King George
Hdward VII
Princess of Wales
Alexandra
Duchess of ‘Fife
Prince Arthur
Maud
Tasmanian Surgeon Says Roentgen Rays Cure 40 Cancer Cases
Dr Roberts, senior surgeon at Hobart General Hospital, reports remarkable cancer treatment with Roentgen secondary rays filtered through silver copper or tinplate. He claims 40 cases cured without recurrence, noting Aug 13 from Hobart Tasmania.
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Tasmania
Hobart
Roberts
General Hospital
Congress Condensed Tariff Talks and Senate Actions
All day in the Senate focused on the tariff bill and the agricultural schedule, with wheat drawing attention. Senator Saulebuzy proposed increasing the Vice President salary to 25,000 dollars. Chairman William Alden Smith outlined his border report, and hearings continued with James A. Emery on the stand. Democrats planned a caucus, and recess talks hovered around November 1 after tariff work. Nominations were debated in executive session as the Senate adjourned at 6:25. The House was idle, set to meet tomorrow at noon. The currency bill faced Democratic pressure, and the War Department urged 20 million dollars to finish the inland waterway from Boston to Beaufort.
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Senate
Saulebucy
William Alden Smith
Foreign Relations Committee
Lobby
James A. Emery
Democrata
House
War Department
Boston
Mass
Beaufort
N. Cc
Reforms in Parcel Post and Banking by Mail Set for Tomorrow
Burleson plans further parcel post changes as weight limits and lower postage take effect tomorrow. The Postmaster General says officials will continue reviewing service phases and extending usefulness, with banking by mail also to begin tomorrow under the postal savings banks program.
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Burleson
Post Office Department
Congress
Postal Savings Banks System
Navy officers urged to testify on personnel plans
Secretary Daniels states Congress has a right to obtain information and has asked 68 naval officers to advise on proposed legislation. He says officers may speak freely and that the department has not set any policy to guide testimony. The naval committee seeks input on the service and future manpower.
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Congress
Daniels
Naval Piocers
Naval Committee of the House
Argentina for Arbitration Ratification Favored
Buenos Aires August 13 The foreign affairs committee of the chamber of deputies reports in favor of ratifying Pan-American congress agreements from 1910. They obligate American republics to submit unresolved monetary claims to arbitration and to protect copyrights and trademarks for literary scientific and artistic works.
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Pan-American Congress
Buenos Aires
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputties Today
of America
Petuniary
Panama Canal to open water route to Pacific
The destruction of the last dike in the Pacific section between Miraflores locks and the ocean is planned for August 25. The action will enable uninterrupted water communication for light draft vessels from Miraflores to the Pacific, marking progress toward canal completion.
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Panama
Pacific
Panama Canal
Miraflorés Locks
Ocean
Miraflores
Army Orders Leave and Duty Assignments Reported
Army orders list leaves of absence for Capt Prank J Graham and officers including First Lieut Donald W Strong and First Lieut James G Boswell. Also details on detachment duties at Fort Monroe and other posts, plus promotions and commissions in the Marine Corps and arrivals and sailings of ships and stations.
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Prank J. Graham
Donald W. Strong
Seventh Infantry
James G. Boswell
Infantry
Quinn Gray
Copat Artillery Corps
Fort Monroe
Alston Hamilton
Coast Artillery Corps
Frederick C. Johnson
Third Cavalry
Winchester
Fort D. A Russell
Wyo
Fort Riley
Kans
G. W. Shepard
Naval Hospital
Puget Sound
Wash
Glacier
F. H. Haigler
New York
Marine Corps
B. H. Fuller
Marine Barracks
Philadelphia
Army War College
Washington
C. T. Westcott
Annapolis
Maryland
A. M
Alimony Award Finalizes 30 Year Legal Battle
Mrs Garden, once a poor shop girl, receives 11 501 alimony and 11 600 from bond sales after a three decade fight. Alfred T Garden, son of late Christopher Garden and former NY bank president, fled to Nice with his mother. he has paid little, and old claims total around 18 000 plus interest.
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Garden
Nice
Donnelly
Benjamin F. Schreiber
Manhattan
Schreiber
Schoonmaker Picino Company
Philadelphia
Christopher Garden
Alfred GL
Schoonmaker Company
Court of Appeals
Justice Guy
Nitrate king Ossie boasts wealth richer than Rockefeller
Senor Ossie, dubbed the nitrate king of Chile, claims to be wealthier than John D Rockefeller. After arriving in New York and boarding the Pastores, he dropped his wallet overboard. A steward retrieved it and, discovering only a single dollar and a dime, received a polite thank you from Ossie.
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Senor Ossie
John D
New York
Senor E. Ossie
Chile
Panama
United States Pratt Company
Pastores
John D. Rockefeller
Green
Slap Breaks Neck Leaves Man Paralyzed at Hospital
Uriah Washburn, watchman at Keystone Type Foundry, is in Chester Hospital after James Wilson slapped him on the back, breaking his neck. Washburn had a previously fractured neck repaired with silver wire after a fall from an eight story building five years earlier. Surgeons plan another operation to reattach the neck to the spine.
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Thester
New York Gun
Uriah Washburn
Keystone Type Foundry
Chester
James Wilson
Washburn
Wilson
Baltimore
Tere
Cat cremated by mistake in widow's home
Mrs Martha Neffler of Jacksonville New Jersey mourns as her cat Mike is accidentally cremated rather than buried. She placed the ornate coffin in the cellar with lime and dampness, causing the coffin to burn and mix with the ashes of the cat.
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New York American
Mike
Martha Neffier
Jacksonville
N. J
Mia
NeMfler
Dogs Destroy Sheep in Plainfield County Affair
Plainfield Dispatch reports dogs attacked H. B. Chapman and neighbor flocks, killing nearly 200 sheep. Charles Starr Hyde lost 100, another 150 in the same period, with eight hundred local farmers forced to quit sheep raising over dog losses. The cost to the town runs into thousands.
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Plainfield
New York Herald
H. B. Chapman
Charles Starr Hyde
North Canterbury
TIDE TABLE AND WEATHER SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 13
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes showers in the middle Atlantic States and northern plains, with fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures rise in the north and middle Atlantic regions and remain warm in the plains. Forecasts call for local showers Thursday into Friday in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the middle Atlantic district, with fair weather west of the Mississippi. Coastal winds vary by region, and temperatures show mid to upper 60s in morning hours rising to around 70 by afternoon with humidity high in places.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Ohio
Mississippi
Plotelu
Plains States
Missouri
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Plateau
South Atlantic
Eest Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Visitors to the Capital Hear British Views on Suffrage and Ireland
Sir Alfred Gelder and Mrs. Gelder visit Washington and discuss suffrage, home rule for Ireland, and religious liberty. He argues women will win the vote but condemns militant tactics, while predicting Ireland's home rule and noting U S and Britain ties.
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Sir Alfred Gelder
M. P
Hunl
England
Alfred
Liberal Party
Asquith
Lloyd George
Ireland
Commons
Lords
United States
Great Britain
Wales
Capitol
Congress
House
Senate
Pleasing Arthur in Lippincott's Magazine
Arthur spends a day with his aunt and promises to please her birthday by asking the teacher how he can behave at school. The aunt suggests seeking guidance from the teacher before acting.
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Arthur
Lippincott’s Magazine
Noted Socialist Leader August Bebel Dies at 73
August Ferdinand Bebel, German socialist leader, dies aged 73 from heart paralysis. He joined the labor movement in 1861, served in the Imperial Penitentiary, and led the party through Bismarck era anti socialist laws. Cremation planned in Zurich. newspapers honor his career.
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Ferdinand Bebel Stacken
Zernen
Saigerlach
Ferdinand Benei
Bein
Bebel
Labor Movement
Imperial Penitent
Germany
Bismarck
Alsace-Lorraine
Vossiche Zeitung
Tageblatt
Lokal Anzetter
German Empire
Zurich
Catholics End Session In Milwaukee The Ameri can Federation picks Baltimore for next meet
The American Federation of Catholic Societies closed its annual session in Milwaukee with Baltimore chosen as the next meeting place. The move honors Cardinal Gibbons and no other cities were considered. Officers reelected include President Charles H. Denechand of New Orleans Secretary Anthony Matre of St. Louis and Treasurer H W Peggenkemp of Quincy Ill. The group also decided not to form a new women's auxiliary amid church leaders' opposition to suffrage promotion.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
New York
Federation
Charles IL Denechand
New Orleans
Anthony Matre
St. Louis
H. W. Pegkenkemp
Quincy
Ill
Immigration Regulators Target Hindu Laborers Growth
Pacific steamship officers agree to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Immigration to enforce restrictions preventing Hindu laborers from entering the United States. Commissioner General Camille believes with sea carrier help the rules can be enforced despite past gaps.
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Pacific Steamship Lines
Federal Bureau of Immigration
United States
Commissioner General of Immigration Caminette
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