Government pay ban threatens university staff and experts
Senate amendments would bar all government employees from outside compensation, risking loss of expert support for national defense. Gallinger vows to fight. impact would hit George Washington University and other schools, with many professors and 125 educators affected. Conference panels debate narrowing the scope to the general education board and affiliates.
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General Education Board
Hume
Washington
George Washington University
Bureau of Education
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Georgetown University
Catholc University
American University
Howard University
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Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Warren
Wyoming
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Lee
Flanger
Towa
Benators Overman
North Carolina
Bryan
Florida
Smoot
Stah
Burns
Tennessee
Sisson
Mississippi
Siand
Iowa
Robert L Thomas Turfman Dies at 14 in Lexington
Robert L Thomas, noted turfman and millionaire owner of many Eastern Track winners, died in Lexington, Kentucky, today at age 14 after a long illness. His death marks the loss of a prominent figure in eastern racing circles.
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Lexington
Robert L Thomas
Harness Painted on Horse in Appleton Night Incident
Appleton Wisconsin February 14 A year ago Frank Herman of Ellington found a bright cardinal harness painted on his horse during the night. Ben Ross appeared before Judge Spencer charged with the act but pleaded not guilty and was released on $200 bail. Herman says the ridicule of the decorated horse spurred him to find the culprit.
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Appleton
Wis
Frank Herman
Ellington
Ben Ross
Spencer
To Cure A Cold In One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine
A patent medicine notice promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It claims a refund if the remedy fails and displays a signature by E W Grove on each box.
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Grove
Latest Mexican raid on U S ranch and bandit leader
Army map shows the border raid 60 miles southwest of Hachita New Mexico where Mexicans invaded U S territory and seized cattle and supplies. Four Americans and two Mexican families were taken prisoner as Gen Jose Ynez Salazar leads forces toward Juarez while Villistas control garrisons between Casas Grandes and Juarez.
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Columbus
Jose Ands Salazar
United States
Hachita
N. Met
Palomas Land and Cattle Company
Jose Ynez Salazar
Villistas
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
Carranza's Pro German Advisers Threaten British Oil Supply
Carranza faces pressure from advisers linked to Germany as he considers an embargo on food and munitions for warring European nations. Zubaran and Cabrara, German-leaning figures, reportedly influenced Carranza toward closer ties with Berlin to counter U S influence. British oil interests in Tampico and various companies are noted as pivotal in the setting.
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Mexico
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Rafael Zubaran
Louis Cabrara
Zubaran
Berlin
Cabrara
Carranza la
Zubarun
Germany
Activi
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan
Tampico
Ignacio Bonillas
Washington
Juan Sanchez Azcona
Pablo Gonzalez
Salvador
Ben Hfil
Pierson Companies
Lord Cowdray
Aguila Petroleum Company
Dutch Shell Company
East Coast Company
Pierce Oil Corporation
Mexican Petroleum Company
Mexican-Penn Company
Huesteca Oil Company
Pierson
Dutch Shell
Mexican Petroleum
Mexican- Penn
Huesteca
Vierce
Indicted in election probe shocks Indiana politics
Five indictments naming 166 political leaders and supporters in both major parties were returned by a federal grand jury in Indiana. The cases target residents in Gary Frankfort Evansville Indianapolis and other cities over alleged 1914 election irregularities. A. B. Anderson postponed jury discharge and no arrests date was released.
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Hvansville
Gary
Frankfort
Afth
Indianapolis
Brumbaugh affair probe funded by House vote
Harrisburg Feb 14 The Sprouls resolution to appropriate 25 000 for an inquiry into the business affairs of Dov Brumbaugh and his departments passed the house 110 to 80 Indications point to a likely veto by Gov Brumbaugh
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Sprouls
Dov Brumbaugh
House
Brumbaugh Youll
Senate halts big bills as work days dwindle
The Senate adjourns amid a looming deadline with eighteen working days left in the Sixty-fourth Congress. Debate over the post office appropriation bill stalls reductions and tube service plans while a commission studies a possible government purchase of the systems. President Wilson nominates Honolulu judges Samuel B. Kent and W. H. Heen for Hawaii’s first circuit court.
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emi/ployen
Rockefeller Foundation
Carnegie Institution
Kenyon
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Burleson
Simmons
Wilson
Samuel B. Kent
Honolulu
W. H. Heen
First Circuit Court of
Hawaii
Leak quiz ends today denies Tumulty tip in New York
New York February 14 191? hearings on the leak to Wilsons peace note wrap public portion tomorrow. Subcommittee to examine brokers statements. officials involvement cannot be learned unless dummies volunteer. Regan hotel owner says Tumultys visit yielded no hint and denies selling short in U S Steel. Hutton Connolly telegram discrepancy questioned. Hutton and Barrett urged to appear but no compelment.
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Congressional
Wilson
Mr. Campbell
Sterling
Joseph FP. Tumutty
James B. Regan
Tumutty
Regan
Mr. Regan
Tumulty
Washington
United States Steel
Hard Coal Output Grows in January 1917
Coal shipments reported to the Anthracite Bureau at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, rose in January 1917 compared with December 1916 and with January 1916, marking the highest figure for any month in 1916 except March and November and the strongest January since 1915, amid a labor shortage. In January 1917, 6,940,725 tons were shipped versus 5,582,747 in December and 5,884,350 in January 1916.
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Anthracite Bureau of Information
Wilkes-Barre
Man charged after attempting to pass new $1 bill as five
Louis Man des, 23, of 307 H Street NW, was arrested after trying to use a 1917 new one dollar bill folded to resemble a five at a fruit store on Four and a Half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. He faces attempted false pretenses or $10 collateral. Police seek two unidentified men matching Morris Wolf and Rockeill descriptions who passed similar bills.
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H Street
Mandela
David Rockeill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rockeill
Rockett
Mandel
Morris Wolf
Seventh Street
Wolf
Rockelli
Wolt
Minnehaha Wills Lead White House Pickets for Suffrage
Descendants of Mayflower pilgrims and Six Nations Indian women join sister suffragists in a White House picket line during inauguration day. Mrs. Dorothy Hile of Boston leads the militant Indian sisters demanding woman suffrage nationwide.
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Washington
Six Nations
White Hous
Dorothy Hile
Boston
Cuba Revolt Expands as U S Warns Intervention Possible
Secretaries warn Cubans to rush arms to Habana while Army and Navy prepare to intervene. Revolt spreads across the island, with President Menocal accused of provoking clashes. Reports say Alfredo Zayas appears elected. U S cables urge restraint and promise action if violence continues.
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Baker
Army
Navy
Cuba
Lanning
Republic
United States
Gonzales
Habana
Lansing
Valentine’s Day Court Delights With 26 Valentines
The District Supreme Court relaxed decorum to note St Valentine’s Day as 26 valentines arrived. Twenty-five came from National Park Seminary with instructor Miss Harriet Freeley, chaperoning to view trials at City Hall. She joked about praising the girls’ brains over looks.
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National Park Seminary
Misa Harriet Freeley
Miss Freeley
Miss Freeby
Knitting Needle Wound Hits Harbor Officer in Bed
Police officer George Totten of the Harbor precinct was struck by a knitting needle while in bed at a late hour. Doctors at Casualty Hospital were called to treat a deep thigh wound caused by an accidentally left needle from a female relative knitting in his room.
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Harbor Precinct
Casualty Hospital
Totten
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Friedlander Bros sells huge trousers sale in Washington
Friedlander Bros at 428 Ninth Street advertises a near thousand pairs of unsorted trousers at drastic discounts. The note promises style and quality, urging early visits as remaining stock dwindles and prices drop, with a playful claim that 482 men readers will win big values in Washington’s trousers era.
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Washington
Ninth Street
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