Bitter Senate clash over Aldrich bill tax plan and security edits
Democrats vow united opposition to obstructive tactics while Culberson and Bailey push for changes and bullion options. Debate centers on tax rates for currency issues and railroad bonds as Republicans defend high rates and banks. Emergence currency and government custody of securities loom as key points as house action nears.
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Bailey
Porta
Enaire
Athuiberson Sauid
Crete Et Ly
Wita
Finuma Canal
Tulseisen
Une
Bacon
Wolke Stoxter Dacon
Ase
Palosan
Fuley
Trua
Billig
Littlefield Pushes Inquiry Into Agriculture Department
Representative Littlefield of Maine chairs the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture. He tapes a resolution calling an investigation into the department’s workers and their hours outside official duties, arguing only full devotion yields the best service.
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Littlefield
Maine
Department of Agriculture
Dave
Trent
Littlefeld
Ilan
Bill to fund U S consulate buildings abroad introduced
Representative Perkins of New York introduces a bill to buy or erect buildings for United States consuls in London Paris and Berlin in line with Secretary Root recommendations. He suggests purchasing Ambassador Tower's Berlin residence at a reasonable price and seeks swift action. A separate report from the District auditor notes District government contingent expenses for the last fiscal year total $29,161.62.
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United States
Chin
London
Paris
Berlin
Perking
New York
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Root
Perkins
Ambassador Tower
Congress
Congress Condensed House and Senate Proceedings Brief
The House spent three hours reading the DIN revising the U S criminal code while John Wemley Gaines urged an appropriation for the preservation of Andrew Jackson’s home. The House adjourned today at noon. The Senate was not in session yesterday but will meet today at noon.
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United States
John Wemley Gaines
Andrew Jackson
Teday
Senate
Noio Sa
Justice Temple House for Supreme Court to Cost 100000000
Representative Littlefield of Maine proposes a plan to erect a palatial Supreme Court building on Capitol grounds costing 100 million dollars. The bill sets aside a site opposite the Congressional Library, includes a law library and international conference rooms, and appoints a three member commission to purchase the site and oversee construction. Plans exist and a commission may finalize the project this session.
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United States Supreme Court
Capitol
Littlefield
Maine
Allison
Congressional Library
Congressional
Capiol Plaza
Congress
Supreme Court
Pension List for Navy Reform Bill Introduced
Representative Olcott of New York introduced a bill in the House to create naval and marine corps civil war service pensions. To be eligible a veteran must have served at least one year during the Civil War as an officer or enlisted man. Pension would be one half of the highest rank pay at age 64 and three quarters of that pay later. receivers must relinquish all other U S pension claims.
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Olcott
New York
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Widening Twentieth Street Near Rock Creek Park Sent To Senator
District Commissioners forwarded a bill to Senator Gallinger to widen Twentieth Street and Park Road near Rock Creek Park. A letter with the draft notes a private parcel narrowing the highway by about ninety feet in total, affecting roughly half the roadway.
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Twentieth Street
Rock Creek Park
Senator Gallinger
Park Road
Fowler Plan for Guaranteed Bank Notes in House Debate
The House Banking and Currency Committee plans to take up Representative Fowler's bill proposing guaranteed bank notes secured by gold in the Treasury and supported by U S bonds. The plan contrasts with the Aldrich scheme and aims to retire greenbacks while creating a national guaranty fund and redemption districts supervised by a deputy comptroller.
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Aldrich
Senate
House Committee On Banking
Treasury
United States
House
Fowler
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Canada
France
Secretary of the Treasury National Bank
Board of Managers
Both Senators Improve After Illness
Senators Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio and William B. Allison of Iowa have shown improvement after a grip illness. Foraker remains at home at 1800 Sixteenth Street and hopes to resume duties soon. Allison, at 1124 Vermont Avenue, is reportedly not seriously ill and much improved.
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Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
William B. Allison
Iowa
Senator Foraker
Sixteenth Street
Senator Allison
Vermont Avenue
Station Tracks First for House District Committee Meeting
The House District Committee meets at 10:80 this morning to organize with Chairman Smith appointing subcommittees. They will push extending street railway tracks to Union Station while deferring the public school controversy. The Burleson bill would abolish the board of education and appoint a school director by the President, with Senate investigation likely delaying action. Prohibition hearings are not expected until February, per Representative Smith. The committee favors members with municipal experience from major cities to guide District governance.
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Congress
United States Treasury
Treasury
House Banking and Currency Committee
Fawker
Fowler
House Committee
Hach National Bank
House District Committee
Smith
Union Station
Burleson
Board of Education
House
Senate District Committee
Favors a Peace Congress in North Carolina
North Carolina delegation in Congress met in the Bartholdi committee room to plan a peace congress in North Carolina. The motion to hold the congress was unanimously adopted to back the Hague conference resolutions and mobilize public opinion for peace in Europe ahead of the third Hague conference. Senators Simmons Overman and Representative Small are honorary presidents of the North Carolina Peace Society. Four senators and five house members, plus ten North Carolina Representatives, are expected to participate in the state congress.
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Bartholdi
Interparliamentary Union
North Carolina Peace Society
Simmons and Overman
Representative Small
Europe
Senate
House
Congress
Yields floor to De Armond in polite House clash
In a tense House exchange Democrats back a rule for revising the criminal code while Missouri’s De Armond opposes, arguing it would shield Republicans from other bills. Williams yields ten minutes to De Armond, vote ends 207 to 7 with Kimball siding with De Armond. Reading of the revision consumes most of the session. The House resumes with Gaines urging Jackson home preservation.
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John Sharp Williams
de Armond
Missouri
United States
Williams
Sherley
Watkins
Houston
Macon
Committee On Rules
John Dalzell
Kimball
Kentucky
House
John Wesley Gaines
Andrew Jackson
Senators Discuss Treaty At Mexico City Meeting
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported a Pan American treaty ending naturalized citizens’ dual protections. It states that citizens naturalized in another republic returning home become citizens after two years. The move follows Haiti dispute tensions and U S policy questions. Also, President Wilson nominated James F. Tracey and Gregorio Araneta for Philippine positions.
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United States
Mexico City
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Haiti
Takahira Likely to Succeed Aoki as U S Ambassador
Viscount Had friction with his government over affairs, likely to retire. Japan may recall Aoki and appoint Baron Takahira as Ambassador to the United States. Takahira, formerly U S minister and now Italy envoy, is viewed as highly suitable amid current U S Japan diplomatic tensions over Japanese laborers.
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Tsunejiro Miyaoka
Root
Kogoro Takara
United States
Italy
Viscount Siuzo Aoki
Japan
Foreign Office
Pacific
Baron Takahira
Aoki
O'Brien
Tokyo
State Department
Ambasdor Aoki
Baron Tekahira
San Francisco
Manchuria
Recai
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Portsmouth
Pacific Coast
American Battleship Fleet Passes Pernambuco En Route to Rio
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans was sighted at noon near Pernambuco on its way to Rio de Janeiro. The ten day stay includes visits to the ministry of marine, the Naval Club, and a series of formal entertainments for officers by Brazilian officials and diplomats, with dates set in January for banquets, breakfasts, and receptions.
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Marina
Admiral Alencar
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Mth I
Irving B. Dudley
Petropolis
The
Republic
Dr Penna
Crystal Palace
Ith
Baron de Rio Branco
Monroe
Dudley
Curtail Right of Appeal in Habeas Corpus Bill
The House Judiciary Committee favors a Maine bill avoiding Supreme Court appeal after final U S court habeas decisions if the detention comes from state process unless probable cause is found by the rendering court or a Supreme Court justice. The panel also backs a Missouri bill extending reimbursement time to January 1, 1910 for governors funding Spanish American War volunteer forces.
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House Committee On Judiciary
Littlefield
Maine
United States
Fir. de Armond
Missouri
House to Draw Rooms Today
The new House office building will have rooms allotted by lot at today’s session. Three hundred thirty one offices will be drawn, committee chairmen excluded due to existing offices. The process mirrors the opening day seating draw, with a blindfolded page selecting marbles from a box.
Spirits Aid Marriage Sparks Bigamy Claim in Chicago Suit
In a separate maintenance case Chicago millionaire woolen magnate J H Lesher is accused by Mrs Belle Scramlin of bigamy, alleging he was inveigled into marriage through a "spirit portrait" of his deceased mother by May Bangs and the Bangs sisters. May Bangs allegedly advised Lesher via spiritual influence, while Scramlin says she was sent to Europe and given an interest in Lesher's business. The case echoes the Vanderbilt Pepper saga in New York.
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Jan
J. H. Lesher
Chicago Athletic Club
New York
Lesher
Mr. Lesher
May Bangs
Bangs Sisters
Iek
Funk
Europe
Belle Scramlin
Wall Street vs Rage Bets On Gambling In Markets Debated
New York report surveys stock exchange members turfmen and gamblers on Wall Street as gambling. Figures like Kid McCoy and Henry Clews weigh in on whether speculation equals gambling, noting risks, legality, and the market’s broader role.
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Jan
the World Today
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Thomas
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Philip Dwyer
George Considine
Bob Fitzsimmons
Henry Clews
William Harman Black
Oj Waltian
J. 8
Bache & Co
Broadway
Stock
Transacion
Union Pacific
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