Congressional Battle Lines Form Over Tariff Currency and Taft Appointments
Busy week ahead as House committees resume inquiries into tariff currency and antitrust reform under Wilson while Senate fights Taft appointments. Archbald impeachment trial closes today paving way for constitutional amendment vote and new six year term plan. Conference talks on tariff revision expected soon as Democratic leaders clash over confirmations and budget bills.
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Wilgon
House
Senate
Taft
Carter Glass
National Monetary Commission
Lasue
Money Trust
Wilson
Sote
Archbald
Rute
United States
Week Wall
Tresdent Wilson
House Committee On
Jafta
Crisia
Army
Death notices and funeral announcements from Washington area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices dated January 1913. Entries name deceased and survivors, residences in Washington District of Columbia and surrounding areas, funeral details, interment at local cemeteries, and funeral home references. Notable names include CHARTES, WILLIAM REES, JULES, SARAEL BE, McMAHON, MAHONEY, and TEWETLYN with dates January 1 to January 18, 1913.
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Chartes
Emma Castiuee
John Schwinghammer
Washington, DC
Harbor City
Fifth Street
William Rees
Alice A Kdelen
Homeopathic Hospital
Jules
Mattle Kendrick Inquit
Hyattsville
George Pearhurst
East
Canltot Street
Sixth Street
Iit
Sarael
Joseph D
McMahon
Mellis
Francis McMahon
George P Zurhorat
East Capitol
St Aloysius’ Church
Mount Olivet
Hugo
New York
Soppy Mahoney
Gallitzin
Minnie Mahoney
Ieneral Zombie
Fhinds Street
Joseph’s Church
Mount Olvet
Senate confirms some Taft appointments amid party fight
Republican leaders vow no plan to discriminate against Taft appointees while Democrats press for broader confirmation. Senate proceeds with army navy and diplomatic posts but Republicans push for action on all pending appointments. Hearings resume on shipping combine allegations and a Senate inquiry into Hearst letters linked to Archbold and Congress members.
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Senate
House
Wiliam R. Hearst
John D. Archbold
Standard of Company
Campaign to Save Women Trafficked to Underworld
The Department of Justice plans a national mobilization led by Stanley O Finch and supported by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to fund and operate 2000 rescue homes across the country. Investigations into segregated districts will broaden to build histories of inmates, with aims to rehabilitate and place rescued women in honorable work.
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Country
Department of Justice
Stanley O Finch
Finch
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Department of Advance
Ferris Seeks Public Lands Chair Amid Caucus Fight
Representative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma has won selection by the House Ways and Means Committee for the chairmanship of the Public Lands Committee. A major Democratic caucus battle is expected with extreme conservationists opposing Ferris. James M. Graham of Illinois leads the opposition, advocating government retention of title to public lands held in forest reserves with limited timber and agricultural leases. Ferris favors selling the lands outright.
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Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Ways and Means Committee
House
Committee On Public Lands
James M Graham
Ilinois
Farris
Ferris
Fired Fatal Shot for Fun in Cecil County
Elkton, Md January 12 Samuel Moore, a very young suspect, stands charged with murder for shooting Herbert W. Dorsey, a Conowingo district farmer, claiming he did it for fun. Coroner William P. Dean led the inquest. the boy’s criminal capacity is under question as authorities decide next steps. Charles Arthur Moore, his brother, is held as a witness in the Elkton jail cell during the inquiry.
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Elkton
Samuel Moore
Herbert HW Dorsey
Conowinge
Cecil Country
Henry Constable
William P. Dean
Moore
Charles Arthur Moore
Dean
Sammy
Siasy
Charles
Casey
Darsey
Perryville
Hilton
Realty value rift delays Southern building probe
In Washington the Johnson committee weighs the Southern building valuation at Fifteenth and H Streets as the key issue in a costly inquiry into local insurance firms. Conflicting expert estimates split lawmakers between 8 to 3 per foot and 45 to 60 per foot, with testimony from Insurance Superintendent Ingham and city officials shaping debate on insurers’ assets and potential law changes.
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Johnson Committee
House
Commercial
First National Fire
Fifteenth
Johnson
Washington
Institutors
George W.ingham
Col. Judson
Ingham
Rudolph
Board of Commissioners
Ridolph
Messrs. Curry and Hall
Darneille, Hensey
Tipscomb
Arion Carnival Date Set By Trust Board
At a board meeting of the Arion Gesangverein held in the clubroom at Eleventh and BW streets, three new members were admitted. The Ladies' Arion Society received permission to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary tonight. The carnival is set for February 4 with August Schwartz named to head the arrangements. Trustees also voted to attend the Plattdeutsche Verein ball January 20 at the old Masonic Temple. Attending trustees included August Schmidt, William Wiegmann, John Weber, G. M. Siebert, John Wischenhaus en, Tl. Wassmann, N. Wiegand, F. Reckeweg, J. Bruegger, Ex & Schaefer, C. Gerner, and M. Eolwbefenieln.
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Arion Gesangverein
Arion Society
Plattdeutsche Verein
Old Masonic Temple
Ninth and II Streets
William Wiegmann
Avion
1 Pirp Deutsche Verein
August Schmidt
John Weber
G. M. Siebert
John Wischhausen
Tl. Wassmann
N. Wiegand
F. Reckeweg
August Schmidt ' 2d
J. Bruegger
Ex & Schaefer
C. Gerner
M. Eolwbefenieln
MURDERED MAN TURNS UP IN LA AREA
Nelson Mc Manus, a Jena lumberman, reappeared at his mother's home in Alexandria after three months believed dead. Leland Walker admitted with Robert Harp to the murder and body disposal near Jena. Harp was acquitted. Walker’s case goes to La Salle parish grand jury next week. Mc Manus says he left over business troubles and wandered, riding freight trains to St. Louis and Memphis.
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Alexandria
Nelson McManus
Jena
Leland Walker
Pollock
McManus
Robert Harp
Harp
la Salle Parish
Walker
St. Louis
Memphis
Wilson Puzzles Democrats with Silence on Cabinet
President-Elect’s measured quiet unsettles party leaders in Washington and Trenton. Rep Sims warns against misinformation while noting aloofness from Congress. Democratic hopes for a cooperative approach clash with a climate of tale bearing and cautious access.
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Sims
Washington
Trenton
Mr Wilson
Bermuda
Capitol
Democratic Party
House
Thetas W. Sims
Tennessee
Gov. Wilson
White House
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Masquerading robbers flee after city holdup
John McLain reports two youths, white, under 21, robbed him with a revolver on Montello Avenue Northeast. One dressed as a woman with a veil, the other in a dark suit. They escaped with 20 cents as Policeman Steele pursued, but no arrest by nightfall. McLain works in a government department and described the assailants and their disguises.
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John McLain
Florida Avenue
Montello Avenue
Morse Street
McLain
Steele
Ninth Precinct
Extension of Emergency Currency Act Proposed by Senator Smith
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia will introduce a joint resolution to extend the emergency currency act past June 30 1914. The measure would reaffirm banks may issue emergency notes up to 500 million dollars during crises and tax those notes to deter long term use.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Gev. Wilson
Smith
Latten
Sendler Smith
Senate Finance Committee
Frost Costs Billions Sweep Hits California Fruits
New Fangisco January 12 The recent cold wave cuts fruit growers losses to 19 369 880 while Southern Pacific Santa Fe and Salt Lake railways suffer 5 760 000 combined. Fruit shippers cancel 30 eats and 44 thousand Haid phen ordered, with more orders possible.
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New Fangisco
California
Southern Pacific
Sqfita Fe
Salt Lake
Twe
Phen
Wilson campaign party departs Chicago amid Wisconsin drift
Governors Final push moves through Chicago with remarks about cooperation as Wisconsin delegates including William La Follette and John Aylward ride to Gary Indiana. Joseph E Davies named in context of cabinet portfolios. Davies or Davies potential as secretary discussed without doom.
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Commercial Club
Wilson
Chicago
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Charles Ro Crane
Wilson Campaign
la Follette
Wisconsin
Gary
Ind
William la Follette
John Aylward
Joseph E. Davies
Democratic National Committee
Schultz
Wisconsin State Central Committee
Morgan J Davies
Joseph Davies
Joseph E Davies
Gov. Wilson
Misunderstood Says Ettor On Hotel Strikers
Lawrence Mass January reports that Joseph J Ettor labor leader rejects newspaper claims of his remarks to New York hotel workers. He says his talk did not advocate threats or violence and defends a measured approach to the strike. The Hotel Men's Association says it will confer with authorities to punis h those who advocated violence.
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Lawrence
Mass
New York
Joseph J. Ettor
Ettor
Joseph J. Ettersleafore
Hotel Men’s Association Tonight
Confort
Propa
Forty Murder Suspects Held In Large Chicago Arrests
Chicago police report wholesale arrests of forty murder suspects connected to a suitcase mystery. A portion of the man found in a suitcase was identified by witnesses. One suspect, Hassin Sina, a Turk, was partly recognized as holding the suitcase. The case stems from the discovery yesterday of the suitcase contents.
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Chicago
Hassin Sina
Grrest
Stimson Denies Chicago Plea for Drainage Permit
Secretary Stimson, in a long War Department opinion, denies Chicago sanitary district permission to divert 10,000 cubic feet per second of Lake Michigan water. He cites likely navigation injury, Canadian protests, and Congress’s role, noting no clear need for such extra flow and highlighting vast harbor interests and costs.
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War Department
Stimson
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Canada
Joint Waterways Commission
Taft
Congress
Stimacn
St. Lawrence
Huron
Michigan
Great Lakes
Montreal
United States
Ailla
Chief of Engineers
International Waterways Commission
Possible Ways to Purify Chicago Sewage
The speaker believes multiple methods could purify Chicago sewage enough to require far less water for dilution than in its current unpurified state. The discussion outlines feasibility and suggests practical approaches without detailing specific technologies or costs.
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Chicago
Aluminum Inquiry Aims at Alcoa and Waltham Watch Co
Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee plan to scrutinize the Aluminum Company of America and the Waltham Watch Company at an adjourned hearing tomorrow. Represented here Friday and Saturday, they were not reached before adjournment. The session will also cover tariff schedules on wood and its manufactures and on milks and silk goods.
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House Committee On Ways and Means
Aluminum Company of America
Waltham Watch Company
John P Bartlett
New York
Satre
Arthur W. Davis
Pittsburgh
Aluminum
E C Fitch
Waltham
Money found in postoffice lobby after mail theft
In Waco Texas on January 1 checks drafts and money orders totaling about 200000 were recovered scattered across the postoffice lobby. Police seek a 13 year old boy believed to have rifled mail boxes last night though little if any money appears to have been taken.
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Postoffice
Waco
Tex
Waco Postoffice
Directors list names and affiliations from local board
Directors James FE Fitch Damel Franci Witham J Piather Henry H Jlather ames M Green Bears Hurt John Larcombe Jom R McLean Edward B McLean is recorded as the board roster with multiple individuals listed. The note preserves the exact sequence of names as readable in the source.
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James FE
Fitch Damel
Franci Witham
Piather Henry H
Jlather Ames
Green Bears
John
Larcombe
McLean Edward B
McLean
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Vz. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Speare
EO. P
Wm. Lee
Orba Ser
Ldses Imtoanection Comimodiors
Ihases
Asl
Pentrania Avenue
Alain
M. Hindle
Towaker
Finlalmer
Maryland
Rorkville
Frank Geier's Sons
J H. Small & Sons
Corner 15Th
Hata
Waldorf Astoria
Broadway
Geo
Sions
Haven
Probera
ARION
Gesangverein
Manhattan
Tokalon Co., Inc
Barre
Kitching
Guy Wilson
MR. Mlain
W. W. Clues
Sloane
San Francisco
Chaumont
Kalliston
H Street
Secretary of War
Th Thomas
Ansonia
R. Harris & CO
The
Femalers
D Streets
United States Treasury
Charles J. Bell
Henry F. Blount
Corcoran Thom Howard
Beeside
James F. Hood
Charles E. Howe
Alfred B. Leet
David N. Houston
John G. Holden
W. W. Keek
Istant Trust
Milton E Ailes
Charles J Bell Tleary
Blount
John C Boyd Sanuel S Burdett
Albert Carty Murray A
Cobb William M Coates
Robert Dornan
Ralph Eis
Clarence F
Norment Trank
Naves Mirron M
Parker Joseph Paul Albert M
Howard & Reesule
Cavoran Thom
Vanderhip
John FE. Wilkins
Joseph Wright
American Security and
Geast Cal Genee
Pennsylvenia Avenue
Olene
Crewsury
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