War and commerce nets dominate Panama Canal talks
The House appropriations and military panels weighed a $5 million canal fortifications fund and confidential shipping projections while debating open competition with European machinery suppliers. Goethals and Hodges defended American bids, noting foreign entries but arguing price safeguards limit foreign participation.
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Panama Canal
Secretary of War
Congress
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Virginia House Candidate Attacks State Political Machine
Representative William A. Jones of Virginia denounces the Democratic State organization as an “office brokerage trust.” He declares he will run in the Senate primary to succeed Senator Martin in March 1913, urging Virginians to overthrow the entrenched machine and mobilize Democrats against corrupt practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Jones
Virginia
Wiliam A Jones
Senate
Martin
Yesterdet
Democratic State Organization
Jones
Mate
Virgina
War scare oratory nipped in House military bill talk
The House began debating the army appropriation bill carrying 39281197 and limited speeches to five minutes. It includes 550 for field artillery for state militia and recognizes aircraft as war machines via a Sulzer amendment, though no numbers or totals were set. The measure was not reached before adjournment.
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Bnl
Repesentative
Sulzer
New York
Armap
Veeder Named for U S Judge and Other Nominations
President Taft sent to the Senate nominations including Van Myentes Veeder for the Eastern District of New York U S judge William J Youngs for U S attorney in the same district Marcellus O Markham for customs supervisor at the port of Augusta Ga and other names. The Mann bill to rename the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service the Public Health Service with expanded powers drew protests from Christian scientists and chiropractors. A House census committee report projects 433 members with optimism about no danger of domination by parliaments or rings, suggesting improved parliamentary procedure as a remedy.
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Taft
Senate
New York
van Myentes Veeder
United Stat
William J Youngs
Ausata
Marcellus O. Markham
Georgia
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Mann
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Public Health Service
United States
Crampacker
House Census Committee
Crumpacker
Congress Condensed Senate and House Proceedings Brief
The Senate considered a constitutional amendment for direct senatorial elections. A district bill and a tariff measure faced blocking threats, while the army appropriation bill totaled 62,311,954 dollars. Capt Peary thanks and retirement measures moved forward as the War Department sought immediate Panama Canal fortification funds. Representative Jones announced a Senate bid. Senator Gore attacked opponents at a bribery hearing. The House adjourned at 4 39 o'clock for noon today.
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Army
Bates
Congress
Robert E Peary
Naval Affairs
War Department
Panama
Jones
Virginia
Senate
Martin
Gore
House
Oppose Forts on the Canal Aims at World’s Biggest Warship
New York January 13 Emphatic opposition to fortifying the Panama Canal urged by Taft with Rep David J Foster and Tawney of the House, arguing armed armaments tempt war and burden canal maintenance Foster warns fortifications would cost 50 million initial and five million annually while canal revenues remain doubtful amid Tehuantepec railroad competition.
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New York
Panama Canal
Taft
David J. Foster
House
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
New York Peace Society
People’s Institute
England
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Cacel
Foster
Tehuahtepec
Congress May Honor Peary For Pole Discovery
The House naval affairs committee favorably reported a Bates bill to honor Capt Robert E Peary, claimant to discovering the north pole, with thanks from Congress and retirement as rear admiral with pay. Retirement would date from April 6, 1909, the pole reach date, with possible minority report but expected passage. Congress has extended thanks to only 22 individuals since its founding.
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House Naval Affairs Committee
Robert E Peary
North Pole
Congress
Senate
Capt Peary
Pole
Roberts
Massachusetts
Macon
Arkansas
Bates
Pennsylvania
House
Direct Vote on Senate Seats Debate Faces Ratification
The Senate yesterday debated a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of senators. A motion to postpone consideration failed 44 to 17, with 23 Republicans voting yes. Borah sought unanimous consent for a final vote date but warned that without an agreement little other business would proceed next session.
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Senate
Mir Borah
Bailey
Tarif Commission
Engineer Corps
Borah
Democratic Caucus Fights Over Schedule and Adjournment Motion
The Democratic caucus meeting next Thursday faces protests from opponents who oppose timing and committee plans. Justice Richardson of Alabama aims to move adjournment at order, with Representative Page of North Carolina and new member Martin W Littleton of New York expected to back them, arguing that absence of several members-elect could make any decision unfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neat
Justice Hichardson
Alabama
Representative Page
North Carolina
Martin W Littleton
New York
Taft Interests Knox in Charge of Reciprocity Talks
President Taft shows keen interest in negotiations toward a reciprocal treaty with Canada. Secretary Knox has lately chaired talks at the White House, with Knox optimistic a favorable conclusion will come. Congress must ratify any tariff affecting agreement, while leaders show little attention at this stage. Cabinet ponders retrenchment as bills loom. Taft visits Washington Monument and Capitol after hours, noting Senate tunnel access and lingering murkiness from the smoggy day.
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Faft
Canada
Knox
White House
Senate
House
Congress
David Elians
Flint
California
Henry T. Gage
United States
Portugal
Woelker
New York
John J. Farrell
Brooklyn
Farrell
Post Office Department
Foelker
Washington Monument
Taft
Mr. Taft
Norton
Secret Service
White House Callers and Listed Officials
A dated roster lists Friday January 12 attendees including Secretary Knox Ballinger Nagel Meyior Dickinseh Hitchcock and top officials. It names Postmaster General Hitchcock Henry T Gage Henry W. Gage and federal representatives Humphrey Forsk er Weeks Butler Princh Poindexter Guernsey Hughes Ew all.
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Knox
Ballinger
Nagel
Macveagh
Meyior
Dickinseh
Hitchcock
HK Topakyan
Persia
New York
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Ayrton
Ohio
Flint
California
Curtis
Kansde
United States
Henry T Gage
Humphrey
Washington
Forsker
Weeks
Massachusetts
Butler
Pennsylvania
Princh
Ilinois
Poindextr
Guernsey
Maine
Hughes
Georgia
James L. Ewall
Kellogg urges dissolution of Standard Oil Jersey before Supreme Court
Frank B Kellogg argued before the Supreme Court that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey violated the Sherman antitrust act and should be dissolved. He traced the 1890s reorganizations to a perpetual trust and cited past condemnations of similar arrangements, warning that immense wealth enables unfair methods. The official documented profits and the mystery surrounding a purchasing agent were presented as evidence of monopoly, with Kellogg pressing for legal remedies over private gain.
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Frank B Kellogg
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Kellogg
Standard
Atnd
Company of
Standard of
Justice Holmes
New England
Mr. Kellogg
Sugar Trust
New York
Whisky Trust
Illnois
Test Trust
Missouri
White
iMe
Cartier Sfocaryitian
Justice McKenna
Trainer
Justice Lurton
New Idérany
Kelloge
Milburn
John PD. Rockefelled
Rockefeller
Tustlee Holmes
Jekia
Strenudud
Deera
Taft on Forestry and National Conservation
Taft stresses forestry needs in the United States and urges state action alongside federal efforts. He cites limited reforestation progress, the difficulty of growing trees locally, and the value of private and state partnerships to protect watersheds and forests while supporting conservation movements backed by Gifford Pinchot and Henry Graves. The piece notes congressional support for Weeks Bill and Appalachian forest plans, and outlines proposed funding, education efforts, and demonstrations to boost public awareness and fire protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Hile Ad- Vocady
Uhléis
Bagt & Forest Reserve
Yellow&toné
United States
Senator Lodge
White Mountain
Congress
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
Thomas Nelson
Page
Graves
Henry Graves
Taft
Yexard
Opponents Panel 20 Lodge Challenge in Legislature
A Boston conference of 60 of 153 Republicans failed to decide on Lodge. Twenty members remained to discuss Speaker Walker and Butler Ames, seen as Lodge opponents. Regular caucus on Monday will present Lodge to the 29-member joint convention needing 141 votes for selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jatt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Lodge
Joseph Walker
Butler Ames
Walker
Lodge
Caucun
Gore defends stand amid bribery probe vote
Senator Gore says corruption allegations amount to a prodigality of perjury as he testifies before the House committee investigating bribery charges in Indian land cases. He argues his speech saved Indians from losses, estimating up to 34 million dollars. Cecil Smith defends the alleged payment joke claim. Senate advances bill to establish a John Paul Jones tomb testing site at Annapolis. prepares to send to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
House Committee
Senate
Muskogee
Oklo
Jake Hamon I
John Paul Jones
Naval Academy At Annapolis
House
Gardner bill aims to bar illiterate aliens from U S
The Gardner bill prohibiting admission of any illiterate alien over sixteen was favorably reported to the House yesterday by the Committee on Immigration. A separate measure for limited parcel post on rural free delivery routes also advanced in the Senate from the Post Offices and Post Roads committee. Senator Burrows presented the report, and it passed unanimously. The Senate also ratified a morality treaty intended to curb obscene publications, signed in Paris on May 4, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Housesterday
Committee On Immigration
Senate
Committee On
Burrows
Paris
More Space Sought for Supreme Court Chambers
Senator Bailey urged rapid action to enlarge the Supreme Court’s quarters in the Capitol citing cramped conditions. Lawmakers proposed converting the old library area to court offices and justices’ chambers, with Senate rules committee led by Hacon and Bailey to push the plan despite opposition to relocating out of the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Capitol
Baltey
Committee On Rules
Hacon and
Bailey
Batley
Capitol Building
Portugal Battles Mutiny and Rail Strike Paralyze Lisbon
A Madrid dispatch reports Portuguese troops at Elvas mutinied demanding higher pay as workers strike. Rail traffic in Portugal halted, southern express barred, and regional authorities in Oporto resign amid mounting unrest. Electricians and fire crews may join, while Elvas sits near the frontier with tenuous loyalty to the monarchy’s fall.
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Paris
Madrid
Badajoz
Portugtese
Rivas
Portugal
Eivas
Lisbon
Republic
Europe
Mali
Oporto
Pistol Battle Kills Brother in Mount Vernon Cafe
In Mount Vernon New York on January 13 Arturo Tiso was killed and Alexandro Tiso fatally wounded after a cafe incident. Policeman Pasquale J Ruffalo was seriously wounded by a revolver shot from the suspects during the scuffle on the sidewalk.
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Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Washington Fost
Mount Vernon
Pasquale J Ruffalo
Arturo Tiso
Alexandro Tiso
New York City
Arturo
Tiso
Ruffalo
Atruggie
Alexandro
Sale of famous flag in Stedman library auction
New York reports two sessions raising 1628 dollars from the late Ed mund Clarence Stedman collection. A 4 by 2 foot fragment of the Confederate flag once displayed at the Marshall House in Alexandria was sold for one dollar along with rope, Ellsworth bloodstained cloth, and a staircase splinter. George D. Smith bought a first edition of How Lisa Loved the King and a seven page Emerson letter dated April Philadelphia 18%.
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New York
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Marshall House
Alexandria
Col. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
George Eliot
Lisa
Hoston
George D. Smith
Senator Hughes Funeral Observed in Denver Rotunda
The body of Senator Charles J Hughes Jr lay in state in the Colorado capitol rotunda from 5 to 1 today guarded by militia. Officials including Gov Shafroth and Lt Gov Fitzgerald viewed the casket and escorted it to Hughes home for private funeral services. The casket was placed in a vault at Fairmont Cemetery until a mausoleum is built. Colorado suspended business for an hour by governor’s proclamation. Also, Rep George F Huff of Pennsylvania has recovered from an operation and will return to Washington.
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Denver
Charles J Hughes, Jr
Colorado
Capitol
Shafroth
Fitzgerald
Straker
George McLachlan
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
House
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Fairmont Cemetery
Black Hand Threats Target New York Official
Four Italians were jailed after allegedly sending threatening letters to Grifenha gen, New York County register, demanding money under threat of death. The letters, part of a Black Hand extortion wave, prompted police action in New York City as investigators label the case among the latest threats against officials.
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New York
Grifenhagen
Register of
Banquet attendee list from a Washington association meeting
A long roll of names appears for a banquet with directors including J T Rothrock and Otto Laudkert and guests of honor like Senator Lodge and James Mann. The last seven directors named are the new board members, with many attendees listed by title and surname.
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Vermont
Chester W Lyman
New York
C M. Quincey
Robert S. Woodward
District of Columbia
H. B. Chapman
Connecticut
A. E. Sterling
Pennsylvania
Thomas Nelson Page
Senator Lodge
James RR. Mann
Henry Graves
Robert §. Woodward
Duncan V. Fletcher
Duno H. Rudolph
Carroll S. Page
James R. Bradley
Hev
A . .G. Pierce
Philip W. Ayres
Joshua I. Batley
Clifford Barnes
H. Blaine Beale
George Becker
F. E. Bourne
Harry J. Crowe
Henry Lewis Drinker
A. R. Hartman
Fairchild
George 8. Fairchild
J. ‘A. P. Farnham
Jessie B. Gerard
B. Grandin
H .B. Graves
Robert W. Hall
Samuel L Hartman
Stewart Hartshorn
John E. A. Hussey
Frederick W. Kelsey
Florence Keen
J M. Lawford
Clyde Leavitt
Mr. Litchfield
Miss Luebkert
Clarg Luebkert
Luebkert
Otto Luebkert
Chester W. Lyman
Arthur Mathewson
George H. Maxwell
Miss Morgan
Charles Lathrop Pack
Pinchot
A H. Potter
Quincy
Mr. Quincey
Mr. Riviere
Reservoir Bursts Killing Eleven Near Huelva Mines
Eleven people died when a large reservoir burst near copper mines at Huelva Spain on January 13 releasing 260000 cubic feet of water. The flood swept through about miles of countryside destroying buildings and infrastructure and toppled a mineral train off a cliff.
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Huelva
Spain
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Dickinson
Canal Commission
Col Goethals
Pacific
Lowey
Col Goethale
Col Hodges
Veeder
The
Congress Condensed
Mr. Roosevelt
Peary
Bill
Explorer
New Jersey Corporation
Petit
Secretary of Agriculture
Forestry ‘Service
Cust
Yale
Aic
Cuba
Mexico
Watts
Association
Atronfly
Appalachian National Forest
Curtis Guildah
Joshua I. Bailey
Charles W Eliot
Fermon
Ontario
W W. Finley
Dasvid R
Francis
Rutherford B Hayes
George F Peabody
J. H. Ransdell
Louisl
Assembly
Beford
Council of
Oporta
Elvas
Alemtejo
Mivas
Manuel
Hivas
Senator Hughes
Colorado Capital
Huff
Pittsburg
George F Huff
Twenty
Almas Temple
Mystic Shring
Royal & Adams
Avenur
Ogram’s
13Th & Pa. Ave
Arcade
Are Lee
N. W. Burchell
Fia
Olumbia
THOR
AMD
Frederic Thompson
Porter Emerson Brown
Henry Barris
Break J. Melotyre
la Eilat Et Talkers
F. Eugene Farnsworth
Cra Rs
Nett
Ian
Schumann
Heine
Columbia Theater
Droop's
Belasco
IRWIN Gibbler_& Managers
Tarkington
Leon Wilson Ree
Richard L. Garner
NEW National
Montgomery Sand Stone
George Ade
Guetay Luder
Charles Froaman
Bierce
Edwards
Mr Edwards
Agnes Scott
Henry Keane
Billy Gaston
Minerva Coverdale
Valerie Bergere
Fred Irwin
Ida Crispi
Irwin
Casino
Nat Garr
NEW Lyceum
Aise
Dave Marion
Dreamland
Burlesquers
Pa. Ave. S. E
BNR Ar
Hurningrpfir Ake Boe—Mate., Sc
Gripple
Beulah Poynter
NEW National Theater
Wm. J. Hutchins
Oberlin College
Mele
Armstrong Manual Training School
Deere
9Th
Post
Noewspar
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