Congress Fights Time As Senate Eyes Key Bills
Congress faces a tight week with urgent action on supply appropriations and a statehood measure. Senators work on Indian and treaty items, while House members prepare to push fiscal bills, with adjournment risk looming and nominations under review amid a crowded Senate schedule.
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Senate
Ren
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Smith
Michagan
Nels
Clapa
Minnetota
Phewborn
Dybatia
Peer Scrae Nane
Csposing
Eliot for Ambassador Contention Reaches Across Parties
An article discusses a potential U S ambassador appointment during Taft’s presidency, weighing support and opposition among Republicans and Democrats. It notes Knox’s relation to the president, mentions Steptoe and Caran Camens as figures, and explores the political implications and timing of the possible posting in Europe.
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Knox
Steptoe
Galumatie Post
Chia
Taft
Lila
Europe
Pageant Notes and Suffrage Spotlight From Autumn Society
A fragmented account describes a public pageant with parades and banners, spotlights on suffrage activists, and social gatherings. It mentions Mrs Price, Miss Richards, and an American and English audience, with autographed portals from notable figures.
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Bassin Down
Palace Finn
Hague
Pho- Bros
Price
Dupher of
Serenes
Rlvern
Tiv
Louis No Pasker
Ny Bnghing
Miss Richards
Orlamas
Ais Wilkins
Stenet
Pape
Glenn Speaks on Missions at Camelte Address
Former North Carolina Governor Glenn, visiting Augisca Georgia, contrasted pin money with gifts for missions at the First Presbyterian Camel te church. He cited slum vice, spent totals for chewing gum and theater, noting U S spending around 1.11 billion on such diversions and only about 10 million given to missions last year. A collection near 1,000 dollars was taken.
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Coverner
North Carolina
Augisca
Fen
HR Dlenn
Ner Carolina
Iedas
First Presbyterian
United States
Gov. Ginn
Preacher W W Curry Celebrates Eighty Fifth Birthday
The Rev W W Curry marked his eighty fifth birthday yesterday with a special service at the Universariat Church where Rev Dr John Van Schuick Jr presides. Curry, born in Kentucky, preached a sermon in Shelby county Ky in December 1844 and has served in Indiana and Washington, including chaplaincy in the Fifty third Indiana regiment and on the pension board. An informal reception followed from 4 to 10 at his home 1710 Corcoran Street.
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W. W. Curry
Universariat
John van Schuick
Mr. Curry
Shelby County
Mrr. Curry
Kentucky
Louisiana
Ohio
Indiana
Universalist Church
New Albany
Fifty-third Indiana Regiment
Curry
Washington
Board of Review
Penson Bureau
Corcoran J Street
Lincoln's Life Portrayed In Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln
Rev A kb dingas from West Vir sinix delivered Monday night at Virginan's Hall Brentwood Md describing Lincoln's birth and early life. Hugin praised influence of environment on power and growth, noting Lincoln's love for his mother and steadfast character as he rose in wisdom.
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West Vir' Sinix
Abraham Lincoln
Virginan's Hall
Brentwood
Hugin
Bryan Eyes on 1921 Shively Now Heads His List
A Bryan aide notes the Nebraskan would not run again but backs a Democratic nominee loyal to Bryan. The friend cites progressives like Chamberlain and Burke, and says Bryan will write and lecture for four years. Bryan’s third electoral defeat deeply hurts him, blamed by some Catholic voters’ defection, with advisers urging him to rethink his strategy.
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Bryan
William J. Bryan
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Itu
John Johnson
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Chamberlain
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Champ Che
Missouri
House of Representatives
Washington
Friends of
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Shallenberger
Nebraska
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Marshall
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Glass
Where the danger lies in winter coughs and pneumonia
The piece warns that patent medicines weaken the body by nerve-deadening drugs, increasing pneumonia risk. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as a non patent remedy without alcohol, claiming it cures throat and lung troubles, coughs, and colds.
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Mungon
Neier
Pneumonis
Munyon
Senate Opens With Battle for Key Committee Posts
Speculation swirls over Senate assignments in the new Congress as thirteen new senators prepare for roles on major panels. Chief focus centers on Finance and Tariff work, with Senator Root set for dual military and foreign relations duties, and vacancies anticipated on Appropriations Judiciary and Rules.
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Altison
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Committee On Appropriations
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Root
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Toraker
Fit
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Crane
Committee On Rules
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Piles
Dixon
Cummins
Brown
Rhode Island to Send Inaugural Delegation
Rhode Island announces its delegation to the Washington inauguration next month. Gov and Mrs Avam J Pothier Secretary of State Charles P Bennett Treasurer Weller A Read Attorney General William Greenough Speaker R B Burchar and the governor’s military staff will travel. They will depart Providence on Tuesday March 2.
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Providence
Brl
Feb. U
Rhode Island
Washington
Avam J Pothier
Charles P. Bennett
Tressurer Weller A. Read
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R. B. Burchar
House of Representatives
Woman Tries to Die After Warning Doctor She Must Undergo Operation
Hertha Adams, 22, of 3 South Carolina Avenue Southeast, attempted suicide by placing a rubber tube in her mouth after being told by her physician she must have surgery. She was found by Marie Ogle, wife of a policeman, at Casualty Hospital where Dr. Mott revived her. Adams reportedly begged the doctor to let her end her life and warned she would try again. This was her second admission to Casualty Hospital in a month.
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Carotina Avenue
Fevever
Marie Ogle
Uste
Anneostry
Seung
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Afteen
Wes
Mannin
Casualty Hospital
Detest Japan Says Japanese Official In America
Tatsubo Ito, a leading Sui Yukai member who quit his seat to study America, told Goleit Kwai Society youths that post Russo-Japanese War unions have risen and that Americans should be taught there is nothing to fear from Japanese. He urged harmony and blamed ignorance for anti-Japanese sentiment on the Pacific coast.
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New York
Tatsubo Ito
Sui Yukai Party
Japan
Imperial Parliament
America
Goleit Kwai Society
Nnions
Pacife
Pacific
Fight to Begin on Marines in Senate Action
Senate debate heats as provision to restore Marines to regular crews on battleships moves forward. Roosevelt order faced initial criticism but aligned with Navy channel approvals, dating back to Admiral Converse and Pillsbury recommendations. House action struck a clause on grounds of new legislation and presidential powers, then Senate Hale restored it.
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Roosevelt
Bureau of Navigation
Th Navy
Converse
Admiral Pillsbury
Secretary of Navy
Metcalf
House
Gen. Kiefer
Hale
Weather and disaster sweep across states in severe winter storm
A northwest storm pounded Texas learned Mississippi and Ohio with blizzards and sleet. In Mississippi a church collapsed killing a wife and child, injuring several as 75 people were inside. The blizzard paralyzed telegraph and rail lines across the Midwest, with hundreds of poles down and services disrupted in Ohio and Missouri.
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Dick Harris
Magéie Bennett
Dallas
Tex
Western Union Telegraph Service
Kansas City
Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Ohio
Sandusky
P A Young Still Critical At Home In Indiana
Peter A Young private secretary to Representative Barnhart of Indiana remains critically ill at 404 New Jersey Avenue Southeast from pneumonia. His wife and brother in law are with him after being summoned from Indiana. Since Friday his temperature has not fallen below 100 degrees and yesterday it rose to 106.
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Peter A. Young
Representative Barnhart
Indiana
New Jersey Avenue Southeast
Inna
Sincere U S Intentions Warned By Cuba Evacuation
Dr E B Rowe chairman of the U S delegation to the Pan American Scientific Congress reports South American distrust fading and a new desire to cooperate with the United States. He cites Cuba's evacuation as evidence of pacific aims and notes American ignorance of South American conditions slows progress toward continental solidarity.
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U. S
E. 8 Rowe
United States
Bacon
Washington
Rowe
South America
Cuba
Venezuela
Langley Prize Awarded to Wrights for Aerodromics
The Smithsonian Langley medal, established in memory of Samuel Langley, is awarded to Wilbur and Orville Wright for advancing aerodromics and proving the practicability of flight by humans. A committee on award, including Octave Chanute and Alexander Graham Bell, announced the decision.
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Samuel Fierpont
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Langley
Wilur
Walcott
Octave Chanute
Chicago
Alexander Graham Bell
George O. Squier
C. A
John A. Brashear
Allegheny
James Mean
Aeronautical Annual
Boston
J. C Chaplain
Paris
French Academy
Augustus Isail-Gaudens
Eulogies for Congressmen Whyte Parker and Brick
Special House session honors three late members William Whyte of Maryland William Parker of South Dakota and Abraham Brick of Indiana. Eulogies praise Parker Whyte Brick with addresses by multiple representatives and a poem read for Brick.
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House of Representatives
William Pinkney Whyte
Maryland
William K. Parker
South Dakota
Abraham L. Brick
Indiana
Overstreet
Mr. Parker
Granna
North Dakota
Kelfer
Ohio
Martin
Hall
Whyte
John Gill, Jr
Talbott
Abraham Lincoln Brick
Barnhart
Brick
Chaney, Dixon
Holliday
Gilhathe
Bennet
New York
Lloyd
Missouri
Hamilton
Michigan
Trespasser fatalities rise on Pennsylvania lines
Reports from the Pennsylvania Railroad general offices detail 1,479 trespassers killed or injured on its lines in 1908 and 1,57 killed in 1907. Authorities urge strict penalties and note rising arrest figures for trespassing, bridge jumping, and illegal train riding across the system.
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Pittsburg
Penmsylvania System
Indiana
Taxicab Strike Deferred After Company Hearing Request
Taxi operators threaten to strike over a wage scale change at Terminal Tastes Company. They sent a letter requesting a conference with the board and a hearing of their side. The company has until Tuesday to respond while manager J Fickling remains silent. The men insist on a twenty percent wage increase and refuse to supply gasoline, asserting they are organized and will not operate under the new terms.
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Terminal Tastes
J. Fickling
Unspecified Curacao coal ship and Venezuelan diplomacy
The Biulve coal carrier due from Colon to Curacao did not arrive by afternoon with word of an accident unconfirmed. Venezuela lifted the traffic ban on small geese between Curacao and Venezuela as envoy Pani praised protections and hoped for wider diplomatic resumption. Raymond L. Corbin, 19, of 3241 N street NW, is jailed after alleged robbery of a Laurel man’s ticket and valuables near Lafayette Square, with arraignment planned.
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Curacao
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Biulve
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Venezuela
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Harry O'Brien
Laurel
Raymond L. Corbin
N Street
Corbin
O'Brien
Lafayette Square
J. C. Helms
Beresford Loses Command in Channel Fleet Split
London Feb 14 Announcement that Admiral Lord Charles Beresford will vacate command March 24 as Channel fleet shifts to form second division of main fleet under Vice Admiral May. Milne to command remaining Channel vessels. Beresford to be placed on half pay. Government aims to group ships for home defense, sparking long running acrimonious debates over Beresford.
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Admiralty
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Channel Fleet
Great Britain
Archibald Berkeley Milne
Lander
William H. May
Oyer
Charles
Channel
May
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