Burden of War Expenditures Highlighted in Senate Debate
Senator Hale contends two-thirds of national revenue funds pensions and future war costs while army and navy push for larger expenditures. Debate covers fortifications and Endicott plan, with Senator Warren and Senator Scott criticizing ensurement of costly guns and maintenance. Senate passes several minor measures and withdraws a street railway bill for New Jersey Avenue. confirms a federal judge nomination and adjourns at noon.
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Hale
Gallinger
New Jersey Avenue
Army
Navy
Senate
Warren
Scott
Endicott Board
Waucu
Tm Navy
Ulead
Hach
Livingstor Bill for Farmers Schools Sets $10,000 Annual Endowment
Representative Livingstor of Georgia introduced a bill to endow an agricultural college in every Congressional district with $10,000 yearly. Funds would go to states and territories and be disbursed per state laws. Rivers and Harbors Committee met. Chairman Burton said full committee will reconvene for final consideration of the river and harbor appropriations bill.
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Livingstor
Georgia
Yeaterday
United States
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Burton
Senate Condensed Action on Artillery, Loans, and DC Streets
The Senate debated the artillery corps expansion and approved a $2,000,000 loan to the Jamestown Exposition Company. It postponed the arrest car tracks extension to union station and cleared several minor bills. The House approved nineteen capital street extensions in the District of Columbia and discussed local measures before adjourning. The Indian appropriation bill passed without ceremony as adjournment followed.
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Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Gallinger
New Harapshire
New Jersey Avenue
Union Station
Artillery Corps
District of Columbia
Garfield to assume Interior duties after March fourth
James R Garfield, retiring head of the Bureau of Corporations, will preside over the Interior Department after March 4 and continues to push land fraud cases with vigor. Secretary Hitchcock coaches his successor as they review regulations for the Indian Territory to Port Arthur independent pipeline led by the Mellen Company. Deputy Herbert Knox Smith advances to top bureau officer, completing inquiries into steel and sugar operations.
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James R. Garfield
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Garreta
Department
Indian Territory
Port Arthur
Tex
Mellen Company
Pittsburg
Pioneer
Farmers May Have Stills Amendment From Hansbrough
Senator Hansbrough introduced an amendment to the free alcohol bill authorizing the Revenue Commissioner to arrange denaturing of small quantity alcohol distilleries. He argues it would let farmers set up agricultural stills similar to German models, reduce red tape, prevent fraud, and provide alcohol for light heat and power.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Hansbrough
Germany
Bill to Dock Congressmen Introduced by Gaines
John Wesley Gaines introduced a bill to withhold 13.70 dollars from any Congress member who misses a day at the Capitol unless illness in the member or a family member is cited. The Sergeant at Arms and the Secretary of the Senate would enforce the dockings, with Hearst cited as likely among the most affected.
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John Wesley Gaines
Congress
Capitol
Gaines
House
Senate
New York
Patterson Proposes Probe Into Belgian Lobby Efforts
Senator Patterson offers a Senate resolution calling for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to investigate allegations that a foreign government maintained a lobby last session to influence U S Senators on Congo Free State legislation and that a consular official sent communications to Senators.
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Patterson
Belgium
Senate
New York
United States
Congress
Congo Free State
Senate Gortettee
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Flowers for Straus at first Cabinet meeting
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor attended his first Cabinet meeting, arriving at 10 45. A large bouquet of American Beauty roses and a gilt streamer adorned his desk, bearing the Georgia coat of arms and a steamship, a tribute from his Georgia friends in New York. The card listed George Foster Peabody, David Mayer, John W Weed, M3 Breitenback, J C Graxbill, Joseph Tried, and David Robinson.
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Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Georgia
Georgia Friends
New York
George Foster Peabody
David Mayer
John W. Weed
M. 3. Breitenback
J. C. Graxbill
Joseph Tried
David Robinson
Plan Railway Labor Bill Emerges In Chicago Conference
Railroad representatives and leaders of labor groups met in Chicago to craft a substitute for the La Follette measure. Both sides agreed on a mutually beneficial approach, signaling a coordinated effort to advance a railroad labor plan in Congress. The day also featured plans for a vast forest reserve with government purchase of about 1.5 million acres of Indian lands for a forest area. A separate Senate committee hearing focused on property rights of the five civilized tribes with Interior and Agriculture officials slated to present the forest plan. In Washington, Senator Dick introduced a bill to equalize salaries of army and navy officers starting with cadets, extending through post graduation.
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Chicago
Congress
Matchwork
Department of the Interior
Scretary Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Five Civilized Tribes
Forest Service
Army
Currency Bill Ready Shaw's Advice Not Taken
House Banking and Currency committee favored a bill for elastic currency backed by credit notes amid a party vote. The measure, aligning with the currency commission's recommendations, would allow national banks to issue emergency notes up to about 37 dollars per 100 thousand of capital, potentially adding 200 million dollars of currency.
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Committee On Banking
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Shaw
Glaas
Virginia
Lewis
Georgia
Gillespie
Texas
Legare
South Carolina
National Bank
United States
Fowler
Nominations to Senate Confirm Various Federal Posts
The President sent yesterday several nominations including Russell H. Dunn for Collector of Customs Sabine District Texas William Ashley Jr for Receiver of Public Moneys Coeur d Alene Idaho John W F Armstrong for Sacramento Land Office Henry W Kiefer for Bantau Idaho Receivers of Public Money Fred C Bradley Halley Idaho Charles Walter Independence California Benjamin Co Barber Lewiston Idaho Chaplain retired with rank of captain to be chaplain retired rear admiral Frank B Rose
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Senate
District of
Sabine
Tex
Russell H. Dunn
Coeur @Arene
Idaho
William Ashley, Jr
Sacramento
Cal
John WF. Armstrong
Banteau Idaho
Henry W. Kiefer
Fred c. Bradley
Halley
Charles Walter
Independence
Benjamin Co. Barber
Lewiston
Frank B. Rose
House Prepares Brief Session Before Holidays in 1900s
The House, short of a quorum due to many members away, plans general discussion today and tomorrow before adjournment. Rules Committee has no immediate legislation. Littlefield will seek a bill forcing interstate corporations to file annual returns with the Commissioner of Corporations. A plan to reference the President's message to committees may trigger lively debate. After finishing District bills, the House passed the Indian appropriation bill and adjourned at 2 50 yesterday, to reconvene at noon today.
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House
Committees On Rules
Littlefield
Commissioner of Corporations
Serena Payne
J. Adam Bede
GOAL OPERATORS TO SUE OVER CAR DISTRIBUTION
Independent West Virginia coal operators unite to sue the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and others under interstate commerce law for a just distribution of cars. A Fairmont meeting set plans to file suit, with W A Glasgow and Logan M Bullitt among key figures. Representatives from Ogara Coal, Short Line Fuel, and Fait cairn Coal attended, and suit expected before Judge Nathan Goiff.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Waa
Fairmont
W. A. Glassgow
Philadelphia
Red Rock Fuel Company
Fudge A. G. Dayton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Logan M. Bullitt
Whess
Ogara, Coal Mining Company
Short Line Fuel Company
Faitcairn Coal Company
United States Cirrcuit
Nathan Goif
Roosevelt to act on Northwest fuel famine crisis
President Roosevelt showed personal concern over the fuel and food shortages in North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota. He asked Senator Hansbrough to craft a legislative remedy to force railroads to anticipate fuel and grain movements and ensure transport, with I C C investigations into possible excessive offerings and cross‑system equipment contracts during winter and crop moves.
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Roosevelt
White House
Yesserday
Generol Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Hansbrough
Interstate Commerce Commission
Land values exaggerated at Senate hearing on Oklahoma deposits
Cr Walcott, director of the United States Geographical Survey, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the value of coal deposits in Indian country of Oklahoma Territory ranged from 5 to 40 dollars per acre, disputing earlier lavish claims showcased to Congress and the nation.
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Cr. Walcott
United States Geographical Survey
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Oklahoma Territory
Congress
Appointed to Committees by the Speaker
The Speaker announced committee appointments with Mr. Saundera of Virginia to Elections No. 1 and Mines and Minting, Mr. Over Istreet of Georgia to Territories and Expenditures. In the State Department, Mr. Reardan of New York will serve on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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Saundera
Virginia
Over
Istreet
Georgia
State Department
Reardan
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Clark Defends Railroads Before Public Lands Panel
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark urged Congress to back the President’s plan to stop selling coal lands and lease them to mining firms. He blamed both shippers and earners for the car shortage and said railways are acquiring cars and locomotives as fast as possible, with delays due to unloading failures at large centers.
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Interstate Commerce
Clark
House Committee On Public Lands
Washburn elected Rep in Third district to succeed Hoar
Worcester Massachusetts December 18 Charles G Washburn Republican was elected Representative in Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rockwood Hoar receiving 4033 of 4627 votes cast. Although Washburn was the only nominee many write ins were cast totaling 450 scattered votes and 12 blanks.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles G. Washburn
Rockwood Hoar
Washburn
Coast Congressmen Plan Drive to Exclude Japanese and Chinese
Pacific Coast lawmakers announce a campaign to educate the nation on excluding Japanese and Chinese workers. They will use floor debate and Foreign Relations testimony to press for a policy, with Representatives Hayes McKinlay and Kahn to shape it. The Coast delegation includes Senators Flint and Fulton and Representatives Howell Smith Knowland Needham.
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California
Washington
Montanaz
Utah
Hayes
McKinlay
Kahn
Coast Party
Wll
Flint
Fulton
Oregon
Howell
McKinlay, Smith, Knowland
Needham
Confession Forcible Claim In Breathitt County Trial
In Cyntmana Kentucky four years after the death of Jackson town marshal James Cockrill Curtis Jett faced trial for the murder. One hundred jurors were questioned with nine accepted for service. Jett said he would testify next day to deny a prior confession alleging he was coerced by lawyers into admitting the murders of James Marcus and James Cockrill.
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Cyntmana
Curtis Jett
James Cockrill
Jackson
Breathitt County
Jatt
James B. Marcum
James Cockrul
Island swept into sea near Grand Cochere Island
Audubon Society officials report Grand Cochere Island a 100 acre inland reservation in the Gulf of Mexico was swept into the sea by last September's hurricane. The site is noted as the place where the daughter of Thomas Taggert, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, disappeared years ago.
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The
Audubon Society
Grand Cochere Island
Society
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas Taggert
Democratic National Committee
Depew Introduces Bill for Bank Depository Designations
Senator Depew yesterday introduced a bill authorizing any national bank to be designated as a depository of public moneys. Under existing law no bank with less than $50,000 capital can be so designated.
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Depew
District Bills Pass Extend Streets and Regulate Employment Agencies
The House approved measures opening, widening, and extending streets in eighteen provisions and adopted a penalty for violations of the employment agencies law. A proposal allowing the Washington Market Company to manufacture ice was withdrawn amid objections. The National Child Labor Committee incorporation was defeated. debate covered cost sharing by abutting property owners and district privileges for private interests.
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Hotse
Washington Market Company
National Child Labor Committee
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Babcock
Serena Payne
Col
Hepburn
Hoe
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Eleventh
Florida Avenue
4 Street Car Company
Piney Ranch
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Rock Creek Park
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Bladensburg Road
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Macomb Street
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Cleveland Park
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Thirty-eighth Street
Canal Road
Kenyon Street
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Mt. Pleasant Street
Hamlin Street
Monroe Street
Axlehagan, Avenue
Thirty-fifth Streat
Michigan Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Kenyon
Harvant Street
Columbia Heights
Waterside Drive
Park Road
Columbia Road
War ships to avoid Frisco by Honolulu consul order
Honolulu reports the Japanese consul says a visiting squadron will skip Francisco in February to prevent a Maine disaster repeat. The move stems from fear of heightened American sentiment and aims to avert tensions at sea.
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Maine
Honolulu
Francisco
San Francisco
J. E. Jones
United States
Danny
Asia
Manchuria
Korea
Frank P. Sargent
Hawaii
Sargent
McReynolds Convicted In Grain Warehouse Fraud
Chicago December 18 1943 George McReynolds a former grain elevator operator was found guilty of obtaining money from multiple banks using fraudulent warehouse receipts He allegedly removed about 4600 bushels of corn pledged as loan security and disposed of grain valued over 500000 with several banks suffering losses exceeding 100000 The conviction carries 1 to 10 years in prison.
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Chicago
McReynolds
South Cabcago
Corn Exchange National Bank
Tillman’s private mildness contradicts fire eater image
In a social gathering at the Normandie last Sunday, Senator Tillman of South Carolina spoke calmly on literary topics and criticized wealth-seeking by some men, denying the harsh public persona often attributed to him. Other anecdotes noted his humor and a remark on John Anderson, my jo John.
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South Carolina
Senate
Chicago
Genout ‘Lemen
Roosevelt
Asa
Senator Tillman
Bobbis Burns
John Anderson
Jo John
Mr. Tilman
John
Benator
Itil
Musi
Roosevelt Cabinet Cartoon Sparks White House Banter
In a two pane cartoon the President orders Mr Root to obtain an answer and later Root faces Roosevelt with black eyes saying I have got my answer. Texas Rep Slayden backs Root on centralization while differing in other points and Tennessee’s John Wesley Gaines shares a humorous note about a perpetual motion manuscript request.
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Hig Cabinet
Mr. Root
Root
Mr. Roosevelt
Representative Slayden
Texas
Slayden
Secretary Root
Insurance probe probes NY Life ties in grand jury inquiry
The grand jury in New York heard Edmund B. Randolph and M. M. Mattison testify as investigators examine links between New York Life Insurance Company and its subsidiary New York Security and Trust. Potential forgery indictments loom while scrutiny extends to a $1,000,000 loan used to buy Mexican Central Railroad bonds and agent organization ties.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Edmund B. Randolph
M. M Mattison
Jerome
George W. Perking
Andy Hamilton
Armstrong Committee
Grand
Kresel
New York Life
New York Security and Trust Company
Perkins
Mexican Central Railroad
Nyli
Italian laborer dies after ax assault in city
Pasquale Maranzano, an Italian laborer, was attacked with an ax Monday night by Harry Wilson, a Black man of 326 Armory Street. Maranzano died yesterday at Emergency Hospital. Wilson was captured in Alexandria and charged with murder after the death. The weapon was found in the Armory Street residence. An inquest is set for Thursday.
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Harry Wison
Armory Street
Wilson
Alexandria
Barrett
Davis
Fourth Precinct
Young
Maranzano
Chinese Famine Worsens with Half Million Destitute En Camped
The Kiangsu famine widens with about 500000 destitute people encamped near Trinkiansu and others arriving at Hangzhou. Reports say Kiangsi rebellion has been crushed, intensifying the crisis as relief efforts struggle to reach affected areas.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
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