Veterans Fear Joker Time Limit On War Claims
Treasury officials defend December 31 1913 and December 31 1914 deadlines for Civil and Spanish War arrears claims as a necessary closing step. They say the limits speed settlements, reduce clerical staff, and prevent agents from charging fees, while stressing many valid claims already exist and may be finalized without new rules.
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C Hil
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Parsons Familar
Appropriations Committee
United States
Treasury
War Department
Fle
Treasury Department
Treasury Officiels
Poetic Lover Fined Five Thousand in Hackensack Suit
Special to The Washington Fest Hackensack NJ December 13 A jury awarded Miss Emma Milani former stenographer nine six thousand dollars after three days of testimony in a case against lawyer William Delorenzo who was called the poetic lover The jury accepted claims of broken engagement and heart balm The lawyer admitted love for Milani but said he was bound by marriage to Miss Lucy Zisak
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Hackensack
William Delorenzo
Board of Education
Acher
Yang
Emma Milani
Delorenzo
Misa Milani
Lucy Zisak
Police Crusade on Masters Targeting Christmas Crowds
Major Richard Sylvester, police chief, ordered full force on duty Thursday to Saturday to guard Christmas crowds of women and girls from mashers. The crackdown aims to break up pre Christmas outings used to annoy others, confiscate horns, and keep sidewalks and shops free of noise.
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Richard Sylvester
Russia's Grain Crop Exceeds U S In Some Years
A USDA statistical report states Russia's grain crop sometimes exceeds the U S crop for a given year. Over eight years 191 to 1908 the U S harvest averaged about 2,000,000 tons more than Russia, using a 60 pound per bushel basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Gas men postpone strike to after holidays
A committee of clergymen representing all denominations persuaded gas employees in New York today to delay any citywide strike until after the Christmas holidays. The move aims to push for arbitration of disputes over technical working conditions and avert darkness during the holiday period.
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New York
Unrest and a Cuba commission amid independence dispute
State Department reports ongoing unrest in Cuba over officials linked to anti independence sentiment. A proposed commission to qualify officeholders stalls as veterans demand removal of those tied to the anti independence movement. In Havana, Arthur M. Beaupre presented credentials to President Gomez.
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State Department
Cuba
Gomes
Havana
Arthur M. Beaupre
Gomez
Persian deputies refuse cabinet on Russia issue in Tehran
Tehran December dispatch reports the national council rejects the cabinet’s plan to release Mr Shuster. Russian forces near Tehran threaten a capital advance, while provincial opinion opposes yielding to Russia. The former shah Mohammed Ali Mirza is at Gumestr Tepe as ministers push councils. London concurs that Persia’s fate hangs in the balance.
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Teheran
National Council
Ruglans
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Gumestr Tepe
Mr Shuster
Salar Ed Dowleh
Russia
Persia
London
Times
Lull in Trust Cases With Wickersham on Panama Trip
Attorney General Wickersham departs Washington for a weeks long tour to Panama and Cuba. He will address the Catholic Club of New York tonight and plans to return by January 10. No major trust case developments are expected before then as two Bureau of Corporations experts study the International Harvester Company in Chicago. Boston based United Shoe Machinery Company officers facing a dissolution bill discuss affairs with Wickersham on January 10.
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Wickersham
Washington
Panama
Cuba
Catholic Club of
New York
Bureau of Corporations
Chicago
International Harvester Company
United Shoe Machinery Company of Boston
Peace Banquet Planned in New York Dinner
Arrangements for a large peace dinner are underway in New York with a special car chartered to bring 38 foreign ambassadors and Washington reps. The Waldorf Hotel will host the event on December 30 with about 800 seats. Andrew Carnegie will preside and President Taft is scheduled to deliver the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Hotel Waldorf
Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Millions Sent Abroad in December Money Orders
The first half of December saw $6,745,744.15 in money orders certified for payment abroad, with 448,890 orders issued. For the same period in 1910, $7,025,548.11 was certified across 437,389 orders. Outgoing steamers carried 350,381 registered articles and 52,793 parcels post items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Morgan
Silver Service Presented to the Battleship Florida
Pensacola Florida residents presented a silver service to the battleship bearing the state's name. Tara from a German warship joined bluejackets from the Florida and other vessels in a parade before the ceremony. Rear Admiral Lucien Young and Commander Knapp received the gift for the dreadnought from Governor Gilchrist. A loving cup and two flags were given by the Daughters of the Confederacy to officers.
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Pensacola
Florida
Tara
Lucien Young
Navy
Knapp
Aiiver
Gilchrist
Daughters of the Confederacy
New York Egg Firm Faces Maximum Fine for Rotten Eggs
The city’s largest eggseller F E Rosebrook and Co Inc was fined 6000 for selling rotten eggs in liquid form. Trapectory testified inspectors found an 80 pound crate of rotten eggs last April. The court noted corporate status made a prison sentence impossible and imposed the maximum fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. E Rosebrook & Co., Inc
Farmland flourishes under Shoshone irrigation project
Noted plain now farmland once a Buffalo Bil stamping ground on the Shoshone irrigation project in Wye. Prosperity abounds with 229 farmers and families settled. This year they cultivate over 1600 acres, according to reclamation service reports.
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Wye
Reclamation Service
Echo of Harbor Fraud Seeks Shares as Indemnity
Mary C Leary seeks stock in Norfolk and Western Railway as indemnity for her husband tied to the Savannah harbor scandal. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Indiana full crew act and addressed other cases including intermountain rate, bucketshop indictments, and reargument on fraud and conspiracy involving lands in Oregon and California.
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Mary C. Leary
Savannah
Savannah Harbor
United States Supreme Court
United States
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Oberlin M. Carter
New York
Carter
Indiana
Supreme Court
Louis Cella
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cella
District Supreme Court
Wickersham
Strict Court of Appeals
Frederick A. Hyde
San Francisco
Joost H. Schneider
Oregon
California
White
Hyde
Schneider
John A. Benson
Henry P Dimond
Frank W. Brown
E C Moore
Nebraska
Suit to dissolve Pacific coast plumbing trust filed
In Los Angeles a civil suit seeks to dissolve the Pacific coast plumbing trust and its defendants. The government asks to bar use of a blue book and boycotts, aiming to restrain trust methods. An agreed decree is expected, and a grand jury investigation may be suspended or terminated.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Plumbing Trust of
Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast Plumbing Supply Association
San Francisco
National Committee of the Confederated Supply Association
New York City
Med
United States District Court
Department of Just
Washington
Trust
Pacific Coast Plumbing Trust
Department of Justice
United Cigar Stores Plans Stock Distribution to Tobacco Trust Holders
New York announces that United Cigar Stores stock held by American Tobacco Company will be distributed tomorrow to American Tobacco Company common shareholders. The American Tobacco Company held 60,000 shares valued at 36 million in United Cigar Stores. Distribution ratio is 149 United shares for every 100 American shares, with fractional certificates issued. No connection between United Cigar Stores and any remaining components of the American Tobacco Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Cigar Stores
American Tobacco Company
Amertosa Tobacco Company
Confer on Forward Movement at Mount Vernon Church
Clergymen and laymen from 140 allied churches gathered at Mount Vernon M E Church to discuss the men and religion forward movement campaign. Thomas S Evang of the University of Pennsylvania spoke at a banquet for Bible study committeemen and guests.
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Mount Vernon M. E
Thomas S Evang
University of Pennsylvania ¥. M
Veterans Banquet to Honor Berneide Post in D.C.
Berneide Post No. and G A B B will hold its twenty-fifth annual banquet tonight at the New Ebbitt. Several prominent men will speak including Chaplain Gouden of the House of Representatives who will deliver the blessing.
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Berneide Post, No. & G. A. BB
Ebbitt
Gou,den
House of Representatives
Wil
Blesuina
Speakeasy case ends in appeal after Alexandria arraignment
Noah Green, described as a one armed man, was arraigned in Alexandria police court on a speakeasy charge and found guilty with a $0 fine. He will appeal to the corporation court through attorney Robinaca Mongure. John Evans testified Green sold him 3 pints of whisky Sunday afternoon. Also notes funeral services for Mrs Cecilia Strader and Mr Henry W Wildt, and invitations for the marriage of Jessie Lea Cochran to Orlando H Kirk in Baltimore on January 1.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Noah Green
Corporation Court
Robinaca Mongure
John Evans
Green
H. Kirk
John Edwin Cochran
Baltimore
Jessie Lea Cochran
Orlando H. Kirk
Short Trip for President Taft Heads to New York
President Taft leaves Washington at noon for a two day stay in New York. He is due to arrive around six and attend the Economic Club dinner at Hotel Astor before visiting his brother Henry W. Taft. He will tour Brooklyn banquets of the New England Society and the Young Republican Club, then lay a corner stone for a settlement house for the blind and attend further banquets with the Automobile Club of America and the Young Men's Republican Club.
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Taft
Washington
New York
Economic Club
Hotel Astor
Henry W. Taft
Brooklyn
New England Society
Young Republican Club
Automobile Club of America
Young Men's Republican Club
Hawaiian King’s Estate Found Not His Property
The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that property in Honolulu valued at 40 to 50 million dollars, where King Kalakaua lived from 1874 to 1891, was not his. Lewers & Cooke Limited claimed the estate via the king’s widow, but title was denied since 1843 the king declined to recognize an oral will. Justice Holmes affirmed the Hawaii court’s decree, noting the limits of English chancery rules for Sandwich Islanders at that time.
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Supreme Court
Honolulu
Kalakaua
Hawaiian Supreme Court
Lewers & Cooke, Limited
Sandwich Islanders
Holmes
Hawaii Court
Columbia Country Club to admit associate members
At a large Columbia Country Club meeting in New Wizard last night, the club agreed to permit associate memberships to attract younger city residents to golf and tennis. Active members own the 128 acre site and $4,000 clubhouse near Chevy Chase Lake, with associate members gaining prior rights to purchase active memberships when vacancies occur. Active memberships have sold for $10 and may rise in price. Since 1908 the club reports $186,000 in receipts and $183,000 in expenses.
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Columbia Country Club
New Wizard
Chevy Chase Lake
Nagel Reunites Italian Family in US Admission
Secretary Nagel overruled immigration authorities to admit Paolina Matera Spione and four children to join their father in New York City. Deportation was recommended for a 12 year old with necrosis of the bones. The sick child was placed under bond to prevent public charge.
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America
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
United States
Paolina Matera Spione
Tle
New York City
Death of John Samuel Wimsatt at 66
John Samuel Wimsatt, 66, died after a month's illness at his daughter Mrs. Frederick Russell Roberta’s home on 1343 Clifton Street NW. He is survived by his wife and four children P. R. H. and Charles E. Wimsatt and Mrs Roberts. Funeral at Wright's undertaking tomorrow at 2 p.m. Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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John Samuel Wimsatt
Frederick Russell Roberta
Clifton Street
Charles
Wimsatt
Roberts
Wright
Torrow
Rock Creek Cemetery
Damages Sought From Bayless Pulp and Paper Co
Twenty five damage suits totaling 48340 were filed in Coudersport against Bayless Pulp and Paper Company of Austin for losses from the dam failure on September 3. Attorneys F P Cummins of Williamsport and L B Seibert filed for disaster victims.
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Coudersport
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company
Austin
F. P. Cummins
Williamsport
L. B. Seibert
Promote a Healthy Smile With Syrup of Figs and Senna
A health note touts syrup of figs and senna as a natural laxative aiding digestive balance. It emphasizes gentle cleansing to support active, comfortable aging and overall well being.
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Kimball and Whitney
Safe and Sane
Kimball Company
Herchman
Kimball
yaTh Heinze
Bece Steinway
Antonelle
T.P. Culley & Son
11Th St
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
Stove
St. N. W
John F. Ellis &Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pease
John F. Ellis & CO
Pennsylvania Avenue Piano and Music House
Police
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Hostetter
Teherar
Czar
Shuster
Cubs
U. S
U.S. Supreme Court
Finois
Milncig
SUE Coast Plumbing Trust
T. D. Weddell
Francis
Ohio
MaMeesport
Wildts
Henry W Wildt
Edgar Carpenter
Union Cemetery
Mr. Taft
John Samuel _ Wimsatt
Calvert
the Calvert Co
Fat Fourteenth
8Th Street
Victrola
D. G. Pfeiffer
Georges & Son, Inc
Foot Specialists
F Street N. W
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