Supply Bills Lead Appropriations First on Senate Calendar
Congress reconvenes after a short recess with aims to press supply bills and the immigration measure with literacy test. Leaders expect extended debate on naval and military appropriations, ship purchase, and suffrage rule, while quorum in the House remains unlikely until after New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houx
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Public Lands Committee
Committee On Commerce
Villa furious overBryan agent in Mexico denounces meddler
Mexico City dispatch reports Gen. Villa angrily denouncing Leon Canova, a supposed State Department representative, for smuggling Eduardo Iturbide toward the U S border. Officials say Iturbide aided Huerta forces and Zapata demands execution as traitor. Assistant agents pursue Iturbide on a northbound train. Canova denied boarding search.
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Villa
Bryan
Mexico
Mexico City
el Paso
Chihuahua
Eduaro Iturbide
Iturbide
Federal District
Carranza
Zapata
Gen. Villa
Leon Canova
Amus
Csnova
Huerta
Gutierrez
Cuernavaca
Tex
Secret Service
Eduardo Iturbide
United States State Department
Canova
Coneva
Convicts Turn Honest at Sing Sing Under Osborne Welfare
New York reports from December cite Warden Thomas Mott Osborne describing welfare driven reforms at Sing Sing prison. Increased accommodations and liberty, alongside Christian doctrine, foster honesty. An inmate returned stolen envelopes. another yielded coins, and shoe shipments have not been stolen since December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing
Osborne
New York
Bing Sing
Thomas Mott Osborne
West Side
Osborna
Shoe Department
Cella
Wife of Mayor Harrison Lets Him Run Again
Special to The Washington Post Chicago, UK, Dec. 87 Carter H. Harrison, five times mayor of Chicago, may remain mayor for four more years if the required votes are cast. Mrs. Harrison has absolved him from a promise not to run again made four years ago, removing the last obstacle. The announcement was to come at a New Year rally, but the decision leaked early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
Har
Rison
Mrs. Harrison
Masons Elect Tonight Woman Fatally Burned In Washington
The fourth stated communication of the grand lodge of Masons in the District of Columbia will meet tonight at the Masonic Temple with Grand Master T John Newton presiding. Officers named include Newton Grant and many others. candidates for junior steward are William H Singleton Roe Fulkerson and William Dyre. A separate notice reports Mrs Mary L Tryon 68 died from burns after her clothing ignited while lighting an oil stove. husband Noah A Tryon 72 was badly burned trying to help. He is at Emergency Hospital.
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Grand Lodge of Masons of
District of Columbia
Masonic Temple
T. John Newton
Grand Lodge
Alexander Grant
William W. Jermane
James W. Witten
Arvinse W. Johnston
James A. Sample
Thomas HE. Young
J. Henning Nelms
Hugh T. Stevenson
Lem Towery
Joseph H. Milans
J. Harry Cunningham
Charles J. O'Neill
Charles C. Coombs
Mark F. Finley
Charles F. Hoberts
Warren
William H. Singleton
King Solomon Lodge
Roe Fulkerson
Harmony Lodge
William Dyre
Takoma Lodge
Mary L. Tryon
Noah A. Tryon
Twelfth Street
Tryon
Girard Street
Fete for 2 500 Children Christmas Show at New National Theater
President Clarence P. King leads the Washington Railway and Electric and Potomac Electric Power Co to host 2,500 children for the fourteenth annual Christmas entertainment at the New National Theater. Children will ride in special cars, receive gifts, and enjoy vaudeville acts and a Marine Band interlude starting at 1 30 with doors opening at 12 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Railway and Electric
Potomac Electric Power Companies
Clarence P. King
National Theater
William L. Clarke
Marine Hand
Villa revolt split with Zapata spares no peace quake
Agents of Gen. Villa announced the Green Book, a new diplomatic paper on the Mexican revolution, to be issued this week. Villa plans to explain his opposition to Gen. Carranza and publish secret documents to argue Carranza would have ruled as a dictator if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Villa
Gen. Carranza
Carrensa
Tragic Christmas Dispute Ends With Gunfire in Northwest
Grover Glasscocke, 23, grocer of 2202 Fourteenth Street NW, lies critically wounded at Garfield Hospital after a dispute over a buckskin vest with his brother-in-law William P. Manning, 30, who fired twice, injuring Glasscocke in the abdomen. Manning was arrested. Glasscocke’s condition remained serious as doctors operated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Glasscocke
Garfield Hospital
W. P. Manning
Buckskin West
Grover
Glasscocke
Fourteenth Street
William P. Manning
Isabella
Newton Street
Beverley F. Rogers
Rock Creek Road
Rogers
Donald
Manning
Senson
Alvagh Clabaugh
New Jersey Avenue
Maning
Alvahlabaugh
Tenth Precinct
Thomas Judge
A. A. Snyder
Lpr
L. Fleet Luckett
Rhode Iidland Avenue
Mount Pleasant
Grace H Dodge dies famed New York philanthropist
Miss Grace H Dodge, longtime leader in charitable and educational efforts, dies at her New York home after a brief illness due to a heart strain. Born in 1857 to industrialist William Earl Dodge, she used her wealth to support many causes, with a focus on the Young Women's Christian Association.
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New York
Grace H. Dodge
Janet
Miss Dodge
William Earl Dodge
The
Young Women's Christian Association
Yale Dramatic Assn to Present Four Plays in Washington
Yale University Dramatic Association members arrive in Washington to perform four one act plays at the Columbia Theater this afternoon before continuing a Christmas tour to about a dozen cities. This marks their first visit in over two years and alumni plan a hearty welcome. They will attend a Working Boys Home tea benefit at Rauscher's, then join a dance hosted by Mrs Stephen J. Wiking tonight.
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Yale University Dramatic Association
Columbia
Washington
Yale Dramatic Association
Yale
Association
Rauscher's
Stephen 3. Wiking
Navy adds submarines and destroyers in new bill
House naval subcommittee moves to report a bill funding ten submarines six destroyers and a larger air fleet totaling about 146 million dollars up from last year. Dispute over more subs persists with battleship advocates winning as one dreadnoughts will be built. Senate plans to raise to about 150 million with extra submarines and destroyers.
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Senate
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Daniels
House Committee
House
Bomb drops and air raids hit Brussels and Rochester
The report details British airmen dropping bombs on an airship shed in Brussels and a London area target near Rochester. Eight bombs likely struck the shed, while another bomb near Rochester caused no damage, scattering in the roadway.
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Brussels
Richard B. Davies
Naval Air Service
England
Rochester
St. Paul's London
Gravesend
Cabinet Men May Run Rel y on Wilson Prestige
New York December dispatch reports that President Wilson may see two cabinet members enter elective politics in 1916. Postmaster General Burleson is eyeing Senator Culbertson's seat, while Secretary Garrison is viewed as a likely contender for Senator Martine's seat. Garrison gains support from New Jersey Democrats, and Burleson faces multiple rival candidates. Secretary of War is praised for independence and quick action, boosting late Republican and Democratic strategic options.
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Senator Culberson
Martine
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Tribune
Wilson
Burleson
Culbertson
Texas
Garrison
Senate
New Jersey
Brazil Forms International Law Society in Rio de Janeiro
Ambassador da Gama informs Senator Root that the Brazilian Society of International Law has been formed in Rio de Janeiro. The new body grows from Robert Bacon’s Carnegie Foundation for International Peace tour with Brazil’s vice president, cabinet officers, and supreme court Justices aiding its launch. Key figures include Justice Cavalcanti as president and Lauro Muller on the executive committee.
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Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
Root
American Society of International Law
Brazilian Society of International Law
Rio de Janeiro
Robert Bacon
South America
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Supreme Court
Justice Cavalcant
The
Manual P. Silva
National Library
Alfredo Vinta
Membe
Lauro Muller
United States
Etvat
Crime and poverty tied to vice in Dr Moore address
Dr. R. F. Moore spoke at Socialist headquarters 11 E Street NW arguing crime grows from poverty and nervous instability as well as liquor. He faulted prohibition advocates for overemphasizing liquor while noting crime rose over 300 percent in twenty years and urged humane treatment of criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Moore
Socialist Headquarters
E Street Northwest
Moore
Vie Saii
Indians Classified as Distinct Race Says Commissioner
Commissioner Selig announced that Indian schools will ban any classification of Indians as Mongolian or other groups. He cites anthropologists who label Indians as a distinct red race, separate from white, yellow, brown, and black races, after talks with Smithsonian’s F W Hodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selig
Dureau
F. W. Hodge
Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
WHILEY 18 FATAL TO CHILD INDIANA CITY (UNSPEC)
Milton Hill a three year old colored child living with his grandfather James Johnson at 613 UW street northwest died at Freedmen's Hospital from acute alcoholism after finding and drinking whisky. The coroner Nevitt will investigate today.
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Milton Hill
James Johnson
UW Street
Freadmen's Hospital
Freedmen's Hospital
Nevitt
Annual Meetings of Washington Area Utilities Companies
Notices announce annual stockholders meetings for The Capital 1 Company Washington Railway and Electric Company Georgetown and Tennallytown Hallway Company Potomac Electric Power Company and Washington Rapid Transit and others in Washington DC during January 1915. Directors to be elected for ensuing year. Secretaries urge attendance and stock transfer cutoffs on late December and early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waetington Fest Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
John B. McI
Edward B. McLran
American Recurve and Trust Company
Charles J. Bell
James F. Hood
TIE Iremen
Inslance Company
Washington
Georgetown
Beventh
Louisiacne
Lus Airaree
Washingtocr
Treargefew
Wildnee
Rymute
Caypil 1
Electron
Inre
Engin
Ate
Crampton
Waslington
Seventh Street
Center Market
D. d
Ants Wilkins
D.C
TLIT
Washington Ralway and Eiectric Company
LD. A
Ty and
Sutsbar
H. Bowen
Georgetown and Tennallytown
Fourteenth and
C Streets
Sail Company
Busin
R. Howen
THI
Potomac Electric Power Company
Ward Company
Bowen
Mutuat, Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
L. Pierce Boteler
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Italy
Lewis
Illinois
Democratsa
Smith
South Carolina
Immigration Committee
Iulex Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Department
Naval
Masons
Newton
Mrs. Tryon
W. B. Singleton
W. E. Dyre
Washington Railway and
Potomac Power Companies
Miss Grace Dodge
Dramatic Club
NAVY
Cuxhaven
LAW
Branch
American Organization
Dr. Moore
EL W. Grovt
Roe Fulkerson Optician
F Street N. W
Willard Hotel
Steinway
Milliard Shop
Toriee
Beard Hotel
14Th Street N. W
Xander
Hleith Street Annes
Tranklin National Bank of Washington
Seid Benk
House of L
Oulock P.m . Fonuall
Federal National Bank of Washington
Owen
Renate
Goodyear Sfsln
Cem O'Donnall
Young
Newspapet
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