Alaskan railroad work halted by ice and delays
Alaska’s new railroad corridor faces winter stoppages with ships turning back and freight held at Seward. Fifteen hundred pioneers lie ice locked in Anchorage awaiting spring, while the line from Seward to Fairbanks, 471 miles, progresses slowly with winter work and winterized crew plans.
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Anchorage
America
William C. Edes
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Alaska
Secreitary Lane
California
Seward
Cook Inlet
Steamera Admiral Farragut
Northwestern
Kansas City
Alliance
Resurrection Bay
Fairbanks
Tanana River
Baden Increases Taxes in Germany Diet Passes Tax Rise
Berlin reports Baden has passed a bill raising income tax by 20 percent on incomes above 2400 marks. The diet notes that Prussia and Saxony also plan to raise income tax rates, signaling a broader move among German states.
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Berlin
Baden
Reichstag
Prussla
Saxony
Quits Navy Test Board in Dispute Over Policy
Henry A. Wine Wood, of the American Society of Aeronautic Engineers, resigns from the naval consulting board appointed by Secretary Daniels. He says the administration’s naval policy is dangerously weak and urges substitution of the original Navy and Army reports. Wood will remain as a consultant to the board and leads a nine‑organization committee on national preparedness.
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American Society of Aeronautic Engineers
Daniels
New York
Henry A. Wine Wood
Naval Consulting Board
Wood
Daniele
Garrison
General Board of the Navy
General Staff of
Army
General Board
Mr. Wood
Conference Committee On
Army engineers seek 837000 for post and school buildings
Gen Kingman chief of engineers asks Congress for additional funds to complete the engineer post at ASES and the Washington barracks. An estimate of 23000 covers stables, a trade school, and a fuel shed. Despite 100000 set in 1912, urgent needs remain to finish the post and school plan.
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Engineer Post
Washington Barracks
Congress
Kingman
Army
Freight Is Still Moving Washington Shippers Not Seriously Affected
Washington freight officials report the Eastern trunk embargo limited to outgoing shipments with little impact on local business. The delay may affect occasional shippers, storage terms at Atlantic ports debated before the ICC, and a hearing sought to ease congestion. Funeral services for William M. Clayton held at Emery M. E. Church with interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Washington
Eastern Trunk
New York
W. W. Bowie
Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio
D. M. Fisher
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Philadelphia
Atlantic
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Parts
Atlantic Terminals
J. P. Lincoln
Merchants’ Association of
Herbert Sheridan
Baltimore
William M. Clayton
Longfellow Street
BE. L. Woolf
Emery M. E. Church
Clayton
Leonard M. Gardner
York Springs
Clifton Ray
Gardner
Mr. Ray
District Court News From City Docket and Crimes
District court appoints James O Gorrell receiver for Crescent Shoe Company and considers bankruptcy petition. Admin letters go to Gilman Tiffany for estate valued at 46 000 with 10 000 debts. Turkish embassy aide testifies in police court about threatening letters to the chargé. Convictions: Albert Wallerstein three years, Moy Sing two years with fines. Absolute divorce granted to Harry Seamark from Hina Seamark with custody to be decided after January. Llaneon G Gowan gets life for second degree murder of his wife. Clara Ward sues for absolute divorce from Walter Ward with custody and alimony sought. Justice Anderson issues rule for January 7.
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W. B. Carhart
Atlanta
National Shoe Manufacturing and Repair Company, Inc
Charles D. Cogle
Washington
Justles Anderson
James O. Gorrell
Crescent Shoe Company, Inc
Atreat
Northwest
Gilman P. Tiffany
Justice McCoy
Julia G. Tiffany
Gilman FP
Dorie
Bumphrey
Tiffany
A. Hussein Bay
Harry Nevian
M. H. Nevianzads
Justice Anderson
Harry F. Seamark
Hdna Seamark
T. W. Bramhall
Llaneon G. Gowan
Covington
Dorothy F. Gowan
Fifth
F Streets
Gowan
Clara E. Ward
District Supreme Court
Walter G. Ward
Annapolis
District of Columbia
Mark Stearman
Anderson
Police News In Brief From Yesterday Thefts and Fire
Police reported numerous robberies including a black overcoat from a Ninth Street business and a Hudson Bay fur muff from a Park Road home. Items stolen included a gold Elgin watch, a Singer sewing machine, a diamond ring, a pocketbook with cash, and a frame bicycle. A fire in a Massachusetts Avenue northwest home caused 50 damage and 85 year old Jesse Parker died from burns. Motorcycle officer S J Marks was injured chasing a speeding vehicle on Mary land Avenue NE.
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Sebastian Aman
Ninth Street
Hudson Bay
John Ferry
Park Road
Charles W. Bartley
Center Market
Misa McWilliams
Irving Street
Woodridge
D. C
Elgin Watch
Joe
Frank Kinkid
Nichols Avenue
Anacostia
Mia
Nellie Saunders
Hudson Bicycle
Christie Woodworth
Tenth
M Streets
Smith & Wesson
Charles J. Rolls
Seventh Street
Airdale Terrier
Pollock
M.s
Eleanor M. Peterson
Dupont Circle
James Wynne
Stanton Road
Birnet School
Samuel Mendenson
Rosslyn
Nettie Mangium
Benjamin der
Martin I. Wilbert
Singer
Harry Zehm
Turckman
New Jersey Avenue
Margaret Lenhart
L Street
Lillie Champ
George Iphns
C Street
H. Katzman
Tenth Street
Case
W. M. Moore
O. R. Harr
Massachusetts Avenue
Jesse Parker
Blugett Place
Parker
Louise Parker
J. Marks
Ninth Precinct
Maryland Avenue
Eighth Street
Inside Bath With Hot Water and Limestone Phosphate
Readers urged to drink hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The ad claims four million Americans suffer constipation bilious attacks nervous days and sleepless nights improved by a daily interior cleansing.
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Ady
Reports deny revolt in China provinces
Official cables from Peking to Dr Wellington Koo and U.S. officials refute rumors of a five-province rebellion after China shifted from republic to monarchy. Advices confirm no province has revolted and the claims are unfounded.
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Europe
China
Wellington Koo
Peking
State Department Fails to Free Mansfield Doctor in Cologne Jail
State Department officials notified Senator Harding of Ohio that efforts to secure the release of Dr. F. N. Seeley of Mansfield from a German jail in Cologne have failed. Seeley was arrested for attempting to enter Holland without proper papers and sentenced to remain jailed until the end of the war.
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State Department
Harding
Ohio
F. N. Seeley
Mansfield
Cologne
Dr Seeley
Germany
Holland
Water power bill on public lands advances in House
Administration proposal to develop waterpower on public lands would replace revocable permits with a definite 60 year tenure. The House public lands committee favored the measure, which mirrors a prior bill. A provision added yesterday ensures the Hetch Hetchy project for San Francisco water supply is unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Public Lands Committee
House
San Francisco
Mrs Elizabeth A Murphy Dies at 96 in Burgaw N C
Dr Walter C Murphy received notice last night of his mother Elizabeth A Murphy widow of Dr Hanson F Murphy. She lived 96 years reared many children and left 35 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. She was mother of former Judge James D Murphy and grandmother of Dr John A Berree. Dr Murphy departed to attend the funeral.
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Walter C. Murphy
Burgaw
N. C
Elizabeth A Murphy
Hanson F. Murphy
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