Insurance top policy aims at uniform laws for nation
At the National Insurance Convention in Chicago, over 100 state officials including governors and commissioners attended the opening session called by Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Drake. The group aims for a uniform federal approach to insurance regulation via a congressional bill and district law changes, while deferring decisive action to a committee report.
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Chicago
National Insurance Convention
Thomas R. Drake
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
National Underwriters’ Association
Insurance
Drake
New York
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
United States
Congress
Districts of Columbia
A. L. Worys
Onto
John A. Johnson
Frederick i
Massachusetts
Normey General Mayer
Armstrong Committee
R. BE. Folk
Tennessee
Gomertactoner
M. Host
Wisconsin
FE. M. Wolf
Californda
R. W. Weeks
New York Life Insurance Company
Ratora
SH. Woit
Antormey
Axhe
Aid
Gov. Commins
Iowa
General Assembly
Bea
Rolt
Committee On Resolutions
Leeds Exits Rock Island Group Amid Management Shakeup
William B. Leeds resigns from Rock Island Company directorship and finance chairmanship while John J. Mitchell is elected director of Rock Island Company and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway to succeed the late Marshall Field. Leeds, the youngest of the original four promoters of the Rock Island system, faces rumors of misfortune and health issues as he steps back from influential roles.
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John J. ‘Mitchell
Marshall
Washington Pont
New York
William EB. Leeds
Rock Island
Leeds
Rock Island Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
John J. Mitchell
Chicago
Marshall Field
W. B. Leeds
Moore Brothers
Wiliam H
James J
Daniel G. Heid
American Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Japan Faces Famine Threat Due to War Debts
Embassy reports northeast Japan provinces loom on famine edge unless relief arrives. Rice crop at 15 percent of normal with $7 million in losses and silk at $2 million. War debts and earlier famines have weakened the population. committees in the capital and major cities are urged to raise funds for relief.
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Japan
Russia
Convention to Honor William Shaw with Banquet Schedule
The Christian Endeavor societies of the District convene at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 4 15 this afternoon for a four day series. Dr Albert Evans of Metropolitan Presbyterian will speak this afternoon, with Dr E B Begley leading the quiet hour. Junior rally is set for Saturday at 3. A banquet honoring William Shaw of Boston is planned Saturday night at Y M A hall. Sunday features a good fellowship meeting at First Congregational with ten members giving five and ten minute speeches. Monday Shaw addresses the tors conference with Rev Dr Paulace Radcliffe presiding. The convention closes Monday night with Shaw delivering an address at First Congregational followed by the rally call.
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Christian Endeavor Societies
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Albert Evans
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
E. B. Begley
United Associations
Y. M
William Shaw
Boston
First Congregational Church
Shaw
Tors
Aulace Radcliffe
Fraud charge shocks Woodmen of the World case in Waterbury
Three Waterbury men, Martin Brophy Louis Strouse and Patrick J Mc Kiernan were arrested for allegedly attempting to defraud the Woodmen of the World. A preliminary hearing was postponed until Saturday with bonds set at 2000 dollars each. The scheme involved issuing a 2000 dollar policy to Frank Reynolds who died in November. Reynolds did not take a physical exam and a substitute was used. James Quillen a prisoner in Princess Anne County jail attempted suicide after learning he faced daylight execution.
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Waterbury, Conn
Woodmen of the World
Martin Brophy
Waterbury Buckle Company
Louis Strouse
Patrick J. McKiernan
Brophy
3Ana
Ickiernan
Woodmen
Frank Reynolds
Reynolds
John T. Yates Camn
McKiernan
Reynold
Reynald
B. Wood Jewell
Omaha
Neb
Sovereign Camp
Secial
Norfolk
James Quillen
Princess Anne County
Quillen
Universities Plan Two Year Abolishment of Football
Chicago February 1 The Big Nine conference proposes reforming football at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Faculties vote to abolish the old style for two years and to seek a broad agreement among member schools. Northwestern adopts the plan, dropping graduate coaching and enforcing student eligibility, with professional coaching prohibited and a revised rule set to curb alleged evils.
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University of Chicago
Chicago
Big Nine
Northwestern University
Hunter
Joseph Hunter
Evanstone Institution
Northwestern
Worthwestern
Dr Sturgis argues Florence Crittenton aid as third option
Dr Frederic D Sturgis, field secretary for the National Florence Crittenton Mission, spoke at Asbury M E Church on the third alternative for ruined lives. He urged women to seek Crittenton homes as open access shelters offering love, training, and a path to reintegration, stressing transformation through spiritual support and practical aid.
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Frederic D. Sturgis
Florence Crittenton Mission
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Crittenton
Sturgis
Florence Crittenton
Christ
Gtrl
Crittenton Home
Reformatory Asylum
Lfe
Rescue Efforts Aboard the Meade Endure Extreme Smoke
Firefighters and crew battled a slow blaze in the Meade’s cargo hold as Capt Gilbert and others were overcome by smoke. Hosemen Clunie, Mattlock, and Brown endured perilous climbs, while D. Hennedsy died after falling into the water. The Meade’s crew and fire teams saved many, with investigations underway into the fire’s cause and a rumored plot dismissed.
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Gilbert
Ireman McCloskey
Dakin
Clunie
Mattlock
Brown
Thire
Rown
Hart
Curtin
Regan
D. Hennedsy
Meade Transport Fire Not Delaying Sailing
Reported fire on transport Meade will not delay sailing beyond Saturday. Gen. Humphrey says Meade ready to sail today with Capt. Walton as sailing master of the Warren. Damage minor. hatch area flooded by water, Capt. Wilson injured by gas. Investigation to determine cause, possibly a cigarette tossed into a hatch.
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Wilson
Wallace
Dahl
Manila
Devol
Meade
Humphrey
A. H. Walton
Warren
Somone
Devoy
War Department
Second Infantry
Dr Hale Deposition in Libel Suit Over Vermont Campaign
Dr Edward Fiverett Hale testified in a Senate committee room deposition in a libel case. Samuel D Wilson of Bogton sues Percival W Clemment of Rutland for damages over Clemment's Vermont governor campaign remarks published in a Rutland, Vermont paper. The deposition was before special Federal Court commissioner William W Millan with attorneys T L Jeffords for Wilson and Alexander Dunnett for Clemment.
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Edward Fiverett Hale
Senate
Senate Committee
Commerce
Samuel D. Wilson
Bogton
Percival W. Clemment
Rutland Vt
Wilson
Clemment
Vermont
Rutland
T. L. Jeffords
Alexander Dunnett
New England
Hale
Wiliam W. Millan
Federal Court
Fatal mine explosion rocks Bail Knob No 2 mine
A 6 PM explosion at Bail Knob No 2 mine of Red Jacket Coal near Delorme Mingo County West Virginia killed one miner and seriously injured three others. Victims' identities were not known as rescuers prepared to check for more casualties and officials limited details from the scene.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Bail Knob
Red Jacket Coal and Coke Company
Delorme
Mingo County
Feeder Johnson Nuptials at Home of Bride's Parents in Memphis
Nuptials for Feeder Johnson solemnized at the home of the bride's parents in Memphis Otisiie N Feb 1. Three workmen were killed and two injured in a tunnel collapse during debris removal after a blast in the Erie railroad tunnel near herd. The camera being built by private contractors.
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Memphis
Otisiie
Erie Halfiroad
Conactors
East Washington Association backs compulsory schooling and higher teacher pay
East Washington Citizens Association urged compulsory attendance to age fifteen and graduation certificates to eighth grade, backing a business school east of the city and higher salaries for teachers. It endorsed the Commissioners' bill and warned against radical changes while proposing clearer superintendent duties. Col John Mosby visited the White House with a Wheeler letter urging a federal appointment for an Alabama man.
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East Washington “Association
East Washington
West Washington
Washington
Rauna Numopers
District of Columbia
United States
Board of Education
Committee On Street Railways
W. Mosby Williams
Anacostia Road
Eleventh Street
Georgia
South Carolina Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Maryland Avenue
Fifteenth
H Streets
Northeast
Washingtonitizens’ Association
John .B. Mosby
White House
Joseph
Wheeler
Alabama
Washington teachers honor J. R. Keene after forty years
A large Petworth School celebration marked Supervising Principal J. R. Keene’s forty years of service in Washington public schools. Speakers included Commissioner Macfarland Superintendent Stuart and Board President Gordon. Music by Alys Gentley and others underscored the event as tributes praised Keene’s faithful, steady career.
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Washington
J. R. Keene
Petworth
H. B. F. Macfarland
Board of Commissioners
A. T. Stuart
Public
BP. T. Janney
J. Holdsworth Gordon
Board of Education
Keene
Rev Dr Montfort Editor of Presbyterian Church Dies
Rev Dr Joseph G Montfort longtime editor of the Organ of the Presbyterian Church and noted preacher died at his Walnut Hills home in Cincinnati aged ninety five. Born Warren County Ohio February 1. B W Andrews Grocers and Importers Exchange president and prominent Newark business man died suddenly at his Woodbury New Jersey home aged sixty six.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph G. Montfort
Earlad and Presbyter
Walnut Hills
Warren County
Oro
Philadelphia
B. W._ Andrews
Grocers and Importers’ Exchange
Woodbury
WN. J
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Universities For Football Reform
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Cleveland
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Pac Simile Signature
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Gordon
J. G. Montfort
Buffalo Lithia
University of Virginia
Geo
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Southern Surgical’ and Gynecological Assn
Virginia Medical Society
Eerie Hospital
Richmond
Materia Medica
James L. Cabell
Uric Acid Board of Health
Lithia
P. 8. Barringer
Charlottesville
University of Va
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General Drug and Mineral Water Trade
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