Amortization fund fate in Santo Domingo crisis
The Roosevelt administration pursues an amortization fund for Santo Domingo debt via promissory terms tied to a disputed treaty. Congress may delay action, risking funds managed by National City Bank and potentially redirected to a de facto Santo Domingo government amid revolutions and shifts of Morales. The scenario blends policy, finance, and comic opera elements as the fund’s final disposition remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleims
Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
National City Bank
Senate
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Santo Dominican Affairs
Morales
Chapparal
Printers to Strike Today in Eight-Hour War
About 2000 members of the Columbia Typographical Union No. 1 will strike at 8 a m today to demand an eight hour day in effect at 8 oclock. Only a portion will walk out while committees meet at the Temple on Street northwest. Dispute centers on arbitration and contract termination with the Typothetae claiming breach. Union officials say they have honored the agreement and prepared for strikers families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Topographical Union
No. Wi
Temple
Eightenant Committee
Ninth and
Dth Streets
Typothetae
Umom
Typographical Union
Ioral
Ecity
Mother fears foul play in missing Hoboken youth
A Hoboken mother reports her son William Wilson disappeared after leaving North Carolina for home, with traces only found in Washington. Police in Washington and Philadelphia search jointly, awaiting any contact from him while the worried mother appeals for news and prayers.
Man Arrested at White House Seeks Roosevelt Aid
Paul Frederick, 56, of Tiga Pennsylvania, was arrested at the White House entrance by Secret Service. He claims a Pennsylvania coal company owes him 2.9 million dollars and threatened to act in a way that would shake the world if the president does not help. He was taken to police headquarters and pronounced insane after examination by two surgeons. Funeral services for W Burns Payne set for 4 p.m. at J William Lee chapel in Washington. Rev. Dr. Joseph Dawson to officiate. pallbearers to be drawn from the church Bible class.
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Paul Frederick
Tiga
White House
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Frederick
W Burns Payne
National B
Washington, D.C
Bank
Seventh Street Northwest
Cty
Washington, D
Cauntel
Sunu
Washington Post
Washingxton
D. Co
John C. Ecklofe
Delid&s. Jassine
Mutual Tre Insurance Company
District Columbra
Washington
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Comany
TL. Pimach Botelii
Deit
Columbia National Land Lredging Company
Gardner Y. Boothe
South Wairfax Street
Alexandria
Ensula
Joseph KE. McCammon
Gustav A. Bonnet
Georges Cores Coal and Iron Company
Baltimore
Equitadia
A. Goode
Capital Traction Company
Charles H Bochan
Franz Co
G Bornschein
Peabody
Infonet Io
Dr. White
Pa Ave
Baltimore Sun
WM Smith
Arthur Plan
Heltimere Sun Bureau
Car Hits Milk Wagon At Seventh Street Intersection
A Capital Traction streetcar crashed into a milk wagon at Seventh Street and Virginia Avenue SW yesterday afternoon, overturning the wagon and slightly injuring driver W. Clinton Adams who was buried to the ground. The wagon and car started with little or no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Traction
Seventh Street
Wirginia Avenue
W. Clinton Adams
Daisy Richardson Dead by Carbonic Acid After Engagement Breaks
Daisy Richardson a pretty twenty year old girl in Benning drank carbonic acid after a quarrel with her fiancé Marty Anderson at a New Year dance. She died forty minutes later at home. Coroner Nevitt issued a death certificate for self inflicted poisoning.
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Daisy Richardson
Benning
L. F. Savage
Nevitt
Vernon Investigated for Treasury Post Charges
Chicago lawyer I. S. Williams emerged as likely successor to Judson W. Lyons as register of the treasury instead of W. T. Vernon of Quindaro Kansas. Charges of serious character have been filed against Vernon with Senator Long who has taken them to President Roosevelt for explanation. The senator refuses to disclose the charges.
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Register of Treasury
I. S. Williams
Chicago
Amegro
Register of the Treasury
Judson W. Lyons
W. T. Vernon
Quindaro
Kan
Kansas
Vernon
Senator Long
Roosevelt
Per Capita Money Circulation Reaches Record High
The report shows total United States money in circulation at 2,671,643,571 on January 1, with a per person figure around 81.82 dollars. The data notes year over year changes and compares to prior years, highlighting the peak per capita measure amid historical figures.
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United States
The Value of Charcoal in Health and Breath
A Buffalo physician praises Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a safe, effective remedy for gas in the stomach and bowels, improved complexion, purer blood, and sweeter breath. The lozenges, made of willow charcoal and honey, cost 25 cents a box and are sold by druggists.
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Stuart
Buffalo
Hill on trial over alleged falsified records in filtration project
Philadelphia January 3 John W Hill former filtration bureau chief faces charges of falsifying official records to aid contractor D J McMicol & Co In testimony Frederick Schaffhauser an assistant engineer said Hill ordered him to eat it up by crediting 2620 cubic feet of extra excavation not performed The district attorney ordered jury custody until trial conclusion and other engineers testified about alleged tampering and threats of dismissal in the work notes
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Philadelphia
John W. Hill
Audenreidh
Hill
Bell
Audenreid
Frederick Schaffhauser
Chief Hill
Torresdale
D. J. McMicol & Co
Schaffhauser
Scchiaffhauser
George S. Graham
Hil
Schaffhanger
Aft
Perilous secrecy hid illness of Justice official
Hon. Charles W. Russell assistant attorney general lay hidden at George Washington University Hospital after an operation during Christmas. He deceived family by claiming a fort night business absence and later wrote of his recovery. Russell, long in charge of colonial and insular divisions, previously aided Panama Canal transfers and Cuba legal status. His father led the first Confederate Congress. his relatives include Col. John S. Mosby kin.
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Charles W. Russell
George Washington University Hospital
Vernon Jackson
Mr. Russell
Russell
Philander Knox
Panama Canal
Paris
Panama
Alan
Cuba
Department of Justice
House of Representatives
Confederate Congress
John S. Mosby
Southern Army
Roosevelt Dines with Roots and Fairbanks Guests
President and Mrs. Roosevelt attended a dinner hosted by Secretary and Mrs. Root. Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks also gave a dinner with Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Longworth of Ohio among the guests.
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Miss Alice
Roosevelt
Root
Fairbanks
Miss Alice Roosevelt
Representative Longworth
Ohio
Photographer's son attempts suicide with poison
Edward H. Pullman, 36, son of a Ninth Street studio proprietor, drank potassium cyanide kept in his room above the studio after breakfast. Found in agony by groans, he was rushed to Emergency Hospital in critical condition. motive unknown while police confirm the poison used.
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Edward H. Pullman
Ninth Street
Pullman
Anasingis
President can't aid Howard in Kentucky murder case
No application has been made to the President on behalf of James Howard who was convicted in Kentucky of Gov Gosbel's murder. The White House says if an application were made the President could not intervene as Howard is sentenced to life and the case rests with Kentucky authorities. Also Gov Carter granted absolute pardon to Stephen Mabaulu for embezzlement and land office frauds. Mabaulu was chief clerk under former Land Commissioner Heyd who is serving ten years for embezzlement.
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James Howard
Kentucky
Gov. Gosbel
White House
Howard
Supreme Court of the
United States
Honolulu
Ban
Francisco
Carter
Stephen Mahaulu
Mabauli
E. 3. Heyd
Street Car Route Bills Debated at New Willard Dinner
Gen George Harries of Washington Railway and Electric Company discussed routes to the new union station at a Willard dinner with citizens and officials. Opponents urged changes to proposed streetcar approaches while plans for EMS and rail legislation drew remarks on municipal supervision and suburban service improvements.
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Union Station
Washington Railway and Electric Company
George H. Harries
Washington Railway and Eledtric Company
Tost
New Willard
J. J. Darlington
William F. Ham
Supt. Fuller
Charles & Bundy
William G. Henderson
Mr. Lawson
A. B. Brown
J. B. Kinnear
C. S. Emig
W Mosby Williams
Frank S. Carmody
Gen. Harries
Union Statiion
Washington Traction Company
Congress
East Washington Citizens’ Association
W. Mosby Williams
Affable Robber Steals Watch and Purse in Home
Mrs. B. P. Erb reports a well dressed young man who rented a room at 214 Delaware avenue northeast early yesterday morning. While showing him apartments he stole a gold watch and chain worth $6 from a bureau in one room and Mrs. Erb's pocketbook with about $6 from another bureau. The victim described the thief and believes she can identify him if caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Erb
Delaware Avenue Northeast
Returns from Panama III
Harry Gallagher a Cincinnati carpenter lies in serious condition at Casualty Hospital with pernicious malarial fever contracted in Panama. He was en route home from Panama when he fell ill hours before reaching Washington and fainted on the Baltimore and Ohio train. He gave his name and address 404 Warner Street Cincinnati May Sylvester notified police to locate relatives.
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Harry Gallagher
Cincinnati
Casualty
Panama
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Sixth Precinct
Warner Street
May
Sylvester
Tha
Roosevelt urges Shonts to stay on at Isthmian Canal Commission
President Roosevelt expresses unwavering support for Shonts, stressing confidence in his leadership to weather criticism of Canal Commission heads. The president fears Shonts may resign if pressure continues and hopes to retain him through Congress, hoping he will remain at the helm after the current session.
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Roosevelt
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Clover Leaf Railroad Company
Secretary Shaw Delays Registering Arrival at Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was three minutes late entering the Treasury Building and nearly stopped by a vigilant watchman. He rushed past a registration desk, hurried to an elevator, then admitted to later regretting not registering his arrival as required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Treasury Department
Teachers Appointed And Pay Reform Critique
The board of education met at Franklin School and accepted Miss Mary G. Blake's resignation while naming Miss Gertrude Fuller as assistant. Substitutes in sewing were chosen: Misses M. G. Gray Amy Riggles BE H Wilson C H Powell and Mabel Griffin. In division twelve Martin was promoted. teachers criticize payroll delivery causing delays and inconvenience.
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Board of Education
Franklin School
Mary G. Blake
Gertrude Fuller
M. G. Gray
Amy Riggles
BE. H. Wilson
C. H. Powell
Mabel Griffin
Martin
Has Ricketts Resigned Examine Doubts and Vacation
Public Printer Charles A. Stillings denied yesterday that Oscar Ricketts resigned. Stillings says he has heard nothing to that effect while Ricketts, in New York on a ten day vacation, may announce plans to start a printing plant with L. C. Way, reportedly optioned at $22,000, upon return tomorrow.
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Oscar 4. Ricketts
Charles A. Stillings
Stillings
Ricketts
New York
Ihigety
L. C. Way
Government Printing Office
Shuster to accompany Bryan on Philippine trip
Washington man W Morgan Shuster, customs collector for the Philippines, will join Willam Bryan on his southern islands tour as civil government representative. Galiciano Aposible, ex‑president of the Filipino junta, will accompany as Radical party representative. James M. Walker of Baltimore fell from a moving car at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, suffering a head wound, was taken to Emergency Hospital and revived.
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Washington
Marija
W. Morgan Shuster
Washington, D. C
Philippine Archipelago
Willam J. Bryan
Galiciano Aposible
Hongkong
Radical Party
James M. Walker
Baltimore
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ten Men Hurt in Wreck on Chicago Line
Ten men were injured in a rear end collision between freight trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad at Kedgle Avenue. The men were asleep in the caboose of the first train when the second train’s locomotive crashed into the caboose in dense mist and darkness.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Kedgle Avenue
Dewey Out of Range for Wireless Messages
No word arrived yesterday on the progress of the dry dock Dewey bound for the Philippines. Navy officials and Cape Henry wireless operators say the vessel is beyond reach by wireless and that further advices will come from ships passing the expedition.
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Dewey
Philippines
Navy
Cape Henry
Letter Wanders Wide Goes Around the World
A letter written by Washington soldier Samuel Feland during the Spanish War drifted from Key West to Tibet before reaching Archibald Ruart in this city. The note, sealed in a bottle aboard a U S volunteer regiment ship, was later carried by a British steamer captured near Santiago, then by a Japanese captain, finally arriving with a local clerk who searches for Feland. The indorsement notes it was picked up off the keys by Capt Merlin aboard Restormel and that Feland is not in the city.
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Forbidden Land
Tibet
Washington
Samuel Feland
District of Columbia
Archibald A. Ruart
Agricultural Department
Key West
Cuba
Cervera
Weland
St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Mr. Ruart
Restormer
Merlin
Liverpool
St. Paul
Santiago
England
Feland
Japan
India
Fumalaya
Ireland
Maerlin
Restormel
William
Navy Department
Snowfall blocks traffic across Iowa Wisconsin Michigan
Snowfell for twenty four hours in Iowa averaging eight inches blocking rail traffic. In Lacrosse Wisconsin heavy snow delays passenger and mail trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. Menominee Michigan reports sleet with crippling storm as a major traffic disruption unfolds.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Des Moines
Lacrosse
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Menomimes
Mich
Weather conditions and storm forecast across the United States
A Weather Bureau bulletin reports a large central United States storm moving northeast from Northwestern Louisiana into Iowa, bringing heavy precipitation. Snow falls in the Mississippi Valley north of Missouri with strong NW winds. Expect rain along the Atlantic coast with clearing and colder conditions coast to coast by Friday. Temperatures and wind details, warnings for rivers in the Carolinas and Georgia, and storm advisories for Atlantic approaches are noted.
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Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Louisiana
Hhas
Iowa
Madison
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
Atlantic
Upper Lakes
Ontarly
Take
Middle Atlantic
New England
Lake
Ohio Valley
Allant
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banks
Carolina
Georgia
Jacksonville
Eastport
Remy
Maexmun
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William Wilson
Capital
North Carolina
Willam Wilson
Hoboken
W. EB. Wilson
Mapte Street
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Jag
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Loy
W. B. Payne
Palis
Miss Richardson
Marty Anderson
Brooks
Roosevelts
Father
Hawaii
Cen. Harries
Canal Zone
Alfred W. Hunt
Canal Terminal
Chillicothe
Spargur Muliiz
Bainbridge
D. Sakhallis
Tharpise
Greece
Alfonso
Madrid
Treasury
Shuster
Bryan
Man Hart
Key Weat
Co. Dist
Lansburgh & Bro
Batiste
Marine, &c
Speloe
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth Street
Oppenheimer
54Th St
Asheville
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Nebrae
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Misa
Penn
Era
Orde Schwartz & Peltman
1Th Street
Home Savings Bank
Yth
Mass. Ave
Connecticut
Tharp
N.W
Miller
B. B. Earnshaw G Bro
UTH
M Sts
Pedro Domecq
D. C
Christian Xander
Peter Grogan
Shoomaker
Gamuarnny National Bank
Still College
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Marin
Partameuth
Rere
Bigeep
Bond Bidg
York Ave
Gevaoms
Arlington
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