Senate deadlock on chairman post persists after another round
Senate insurgents and two Farmer-Labor members again blocked a vote on the Interstate Commerce Committee chair, backing Wisconsin's La Follette. Negotiations after adjournment failed to yield a quick end to the tie up. Insurgents oppose Cummins as president pro tem but want sharp revision or repeal of the Transportation Act, seeking to lead the committee on railroad legislation.
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Wisconsin
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Iowa
Dulaney Hunter Dies at Residence in Northwest
William Dulaney Hunter, born Alu Hallazz, died Tuesday afternoon December 11 at 1810 Nineteenth Street NW. Funeral from Oak Hill Cemetery chapel in Georgetown scheduled for Friday December 14 at 11 a.m. Interment at Oak Hill with R. Haeibaugh and others listed among attendees.
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William Dulaney
Alu Hallazz
Oak Hill Cemetery
Georgetown
Haebaugh
Sibley Hospital
Fickey
Daan L. Harbaush
K. Louie
W. Carroll Har
East Hyattsville
Sergues
Wright
Tenth Street
Glenwood Cemetery
McMillan
George H. McMillan
SH Mines Company Funeralome
Fourteenth Street
Howell
Mh Merrille
Urttenly
Charles Jip
Murrill
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St. Johnsburs
New York
Calif
George Red
Amy
President Invites Six Local Students to White House Visit
President Coolidge, with Mrs. Coolidge, stopped near Garrett Park Md to greet a small group of George town University Preparatory school pupils. He spoke of living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and invited the youths to visit him in Washington whenever they are in the city.
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United States
Georgetown University Preparatory School
Garrett Park
Coolidge
Rockville Pike
Edward Offutt
President Coolidge
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
City
Hizo
Senate Balloting Continues As Debates Over Committee Chair Persists
The Senate again failed to choose a chair for the Interstate Commerce Committee with Cummins short of a majority on three ballots. Smith held 39 votes each ballot while La Follette backed by several Republicans and Farmer-Labor members kept pressure on the deadlock. House Republicans and Democrats prepared committee assignments as Democrats planned a caucus to discuss Ways and Means panel states.
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South Carolina
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Iowa
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Ways and Means
Kellogg Confirmed as Envoy to Britain by Senate Vote
Former Senator Frank B Kellogg was confirmed yesterday as Ambassador to Great Britain by a 75 to 9 vote. Senators Johnson and Shipstead of Minnesota led opposition, saying the appointment mocked voters, while Kellogg had been a mild reservationist during Versailles debates.
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Minnesota
Frank B. Kellogg
Great Britain
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Frazier
Norris
Copeland
Dill
Ferris
Wheeler
Johnson
Borah
Brandegee
California
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Shipstead
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Lodge
Kelloge
Committee On Agriculture
Magnus Johnson
John R Rathem Dead Editor of Providence Journal
John R Rathem, editor and general manager of the Providence Journal and Bulletin, died at his home in Providence today at age fifty six. He led the papers for twelve years and had wartime publicity work that earned him foreign decorations. An operation in August 1922 affected his health thereafter.
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John Rathem
Providence Journal
Miening Bulletin
Ratham
William Pinkerton Deputy Detective Dies in Los Angeles
William Pinkerton world famous detective and former head of the Pinkerton agency died at the Hotel Biltmore in Los Angeles this morning at age 78. His body will be sent to Chicago, his home, for burial.
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Los Angeles
William Pinkerton
Biltmore
Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Chicago
Vermont Pastor Dies Playing Chess Here
The Rev Charles Henry Merrill of the Victoria apartments died yesterday afternoon while playing a chess game at a friend's home. A Dartmouth graduate and former Congregational church pastor in St Johnsbury he had been president of the Congregationalist Domestic Missionary society in Vermont. Survived by his widow and five children, funeral and burial at St Johnsbury will be private with date to be announced.
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Victoria Apartments
St. Johnsbury
Merrill
Congregational Church
Congregationalist Domestic Missionary Society
Vermont
Dartmouth College
Walter H. Merrill
Margaret D. Merrill
Joseph Fairbanks
Arthur Sprague
Albert Howard
Hartford, Conn
George H McMillan Dies After Illness in Washington
George H McMillan died yesterday in Emergency hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 PM at 8 Hi Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth Street NW. His body will be sent to Norvell, Michigan. He came to Washington in 1890 to work in real estate and for three years was branch manager for J Maury Dove Coal Company. He is survived by his wife.
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George H. McMillan
Hi. Hines
Fourteenth Street
Nfowell
Mich
McMillan
Washington
J. Maury Dove Coal Company
Labor Secretary Davis Presses Broad Alien Code Reforms
Secretary Davis of the Labor Department released a yearly report urging Congress to simplify railway labor dispute handling, expand Labor Department enforcement for safer conditions, fund immigration station improvements in New York Boston Seattle and San Francisco, and enact a comprehensive alien code. He backs a constitutional amendment for child labor laws and calls for penalties including jail or fines for illegal entrants to bolster enforcement and naturalization efforts.
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Labor Department
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Railroad Labor Board
New York
Boston
Seattle
San Francisco
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United States
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