Help the Japanese Red Cross Relief Appeals Spread
The United States unites in aid after a tidal wave and earthquake in Japan. President Wilson appeals through the Red Cross, and Col. Robert Thompson of the Navy League raises funds via Tokyo connections. Daily contributions will be sent to the Red Cross as relief efforts mobilize nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Wilson
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Col
Robert Thompson
Navy League of the United States
Viscount Kaneko
American Friends Society
Tokyo
Thompson
Annapolis
Admiral Ursu
Order of the Rising Sun
Red Cross Society
Fiollows
Kyushu
Washington
Last Survivors Found By Japanese Warship
A group of 33 refugees was rescued from the lava and ash near Sakura Jima by a crew from a Japanese flagship. The island's contour has changed, and rescuers circled the island before locating survivors sheltered behind a rock. They were aided by warships with food and supplies as authorities restore order and telegraph service resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lwman
Anothter
Vilage
Kagoshima
Little Girl Pleads for Missing Marine Sergeant Father
Eunice Wilson, daughter of Sergt Frederick W Wilson of the U S M C, pleads for his return. He disappeared January 2 and has not been heard from. She crying herself to sleep and vows she will not be happy until papa comes home. Mrs Wilson, at 58 Southeast Bleh street, seeks information for police. Associated Charities officials say they will help if the family is in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice
Sergt
Frederick W Wilson
Sergt. Wilson
Kitty Gurl
Doctor Cook returns to New York with miracle pills in PR bid
Dr Frederick A Cook independent candidate for pole discovery arrives in New York aboard the Oceanic. He touts a self made pill believed to rival a five course dinner and says he will manufacture pills in Brooklyn while pressing Congress to recognize his Arctic feat. He criticizes Peary yet claims he reached the pole four years earlier and notes polar ice movement would have displaced any records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Cook
Brooklyn
Congress
Tom
Admiral Peary
Pole
Peary
Arctic
Polar
Violent quake rocks Leghorn shakes city awake
Six violent earthquake shocks struck Leghorn Italy starting at 4.25 am and lasting until 9.27 am. The tremors caused widespread panic as residents rushed into streets and gathered in open spaces. No casualties were reported.
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Leghorn
Italy
New Regents at Meeting at Smithsonian Board
Representative Scott Ferris was reappointed a regent of the Smithsonian Institution at the board meeting yesterday. Representаtives Maurice Connolly and Ernest W. Roberts were named regents, succeeding the late Representative Irving S. Pepper and former Representative John Dalzell. Judge George Gray presented a memorial for the late Senator John B. Henderson, a long-time regent, and resolutions were adopted on Pepper’s death. Secretary Charles D. Walcott outlined the George Washington Memorial Association project and Langley laboratory progress, with a Panama geological survey announced. Attending regents included Chief Justice White, VP Marshall, Senators Bacon, Stone, Lodge, and Representatives Roberts, Ferris, Connolly, Dr. Andrew D. White, Judge Gray, Alexander Graham Bell, and John B. Henderson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Ferris
Smithsonian Institution
Board of Regents
Maurice Connolly
Ernest W. Roberts
Irving S. Pepper
John Dalzell
George Gray
John B. Henderson
Institution
Pepper
Charles D. Walcott
George Washington Memorial Association
Congress
Langley
Panama
Justice White
Marshall
A. G. Bacon
William J. Stone
Henry Cabot Lodge
Andrew D. White
Alexander Graham Bell
John B. Henderson, Jr
Senator Newlands's stolen train portmanteau with papers
Senator Newlands of Nevada says a portmanteau containing government papers, bills, speeches, and correspondence was stolen December 27 on a Washington to Chicago train. He asks the railroad company to recover the documents, noting they relate to currency and antitrust matters and are mostly for his use.
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Senator Newlands
Nevada
Washington
Chicago
Newlands
Union Station
Shippers to Hear Objections on Freight Rate Increases
Shippers may present to the Interstate Commerce Commission their objections to specific 5 percent increases proposed by 62 Eastern railroads. They need not oppose the overall rise but may testify on costs of moving certain classes of traffic. Railroads have not yet answered inquiries filed December 20.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Single Tax Conference Debates District Valuations and Monopolies
Delegates at the Fels Conference in Raleigh hear Henry George of New York urge true ground value assessments and district equity. Frederic Howe denounces special privileges from tariffs to monopolies, calls for ending private road ownership and patent abuses. Sessions feature Mrs. Alice Thatcher Post as chair and Daniel Kiefer outlining the nation’s single tax work.
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Treasury
Elenry George
New York
Raleigh
United States
Washington
George
Howe
J. H. Dillard
Chicago
Frederic C. Howe
Alice Thatcher Post
Daniel Kiefer
Cincinnati
Teachers Locked In School Amid Fire Department Rescue
Late yesterday afternoon a squad of officers rushed to Henry Wilson School near Seventh and Buckingham Street after two teachers and several students were locked inside. Capt Doyle of the Tenth precinct led the auto patrol response and forced open the door. No children were in the building. The two teachers had locked themselves in while decorating rooms and had alerted police.
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Henry Wilson School
Seventeenth
Buctidatreeta
Doyle
Tenth Precinct
Wilson to See Plans for Self Government in District
Citizens' committee of forty met at the Public Library to endorse direct talks with President Wilson on a democratic plan for Washington. A drafting committee outlined a charter with an elective commission, city manager, initiative and recall, open records, and home ownership incentives, while universal suffrage for law-abiding adults was proposed.
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Wilson
District of Columbia
Citizens’ Committee of Forty
Public Library
A. J. McKelway
Congress
Wilsen
Washington
Committee of Forty
Mnea
House District Committee
Henry A. Cooper
Wisconsin
Maj. W. QO. Owen
Miss F. Ethridge
Maj.Owen
Bureau of Municipal Research
Miss Ethridge
Senators plea for boy pardon in New Jersey case
Petition from two thirds of New Jersey Senate and many House members asks Gov Fielder to pardon 16 year old Thomas Beker of Boonton Landing for killing his stepfather Hudson Weber on July 4 to defend his mother. The boy's sentence was fifteen years hard labor. Mrs Leonard Hoffman and Senators Martine and Representative Kinkead led efforts.
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Goveroir
James Fielder
New Jersey
WIII
Senate
House
Thomas Beker
Boi
Lieut
Hoffman
Admiral Dewey
Martine
Kinkead
New Jeresy
Goethals to Govern Panama Zone Under Wilson Plan
President Wilson and Secretary Garrison move to reorganize the Panama Canal Zone government with Col George W Goethals likely to be list governor. Garrison to outline the scheme based on Goethals ideas while Richard L Metcalf favors a three member commission which would require Panama Canal act repeal. this approach is not expected to be adopted.
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Wilson
Garrison
George W. Goettals
Wiser
Garriagon
Col. Goethals
Richard L. Metcalf
Richmond as Reserve Bank District Urged by Virginia and Peers
Bankers from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and southern West Virginia urged the federal reserve committee to place a Richmond Va district headquarters for a reserve bank. They argued a Richmond location best serves tobacco cotton and peanut interests and that a Washington or Baltimore site would not suffice.
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Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Virginia
Federal Reserve Banks
Richmond
Wheeling
W. Va
W. 8
Irvine
Pittsburgh
Saunders
Mann
Reserve Bank
Baltimore
Washington
McAdoo
Houston
Oliver J. Sands
John T. Bruton
Wilson
W. T. Reed
T. M. Carrington
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
8. C. Mitchell
Richmond Medical College
Joseph G. Brown
Raleleh
N. C
George 3. Wallace
Huntington
D. Y. Cooper
Henderson
More Pay for Postal Clerks Demand Higher Wages
Thomas F. Flaherty of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks argues Congress should raise wages due to parcel post work. He cites a $3,000,000 surplus this year and a projected $25,000,000 next year, proposing raises from $1,200 to $1,400 for clerks and faster promotions. The plan would cost about $360,000 in the first year.
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Postoffice
Congress
Parcel Post
Thomas F. Flaherty
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
American Federation of Cebor,ia
Washington
Postoffice Department
Flaherty
Rich land owner in asylum in England held for observation
Thomas W. Poole, a wealthy landowner from England, was removed from the National Hotel this afternoon and admitted to the Government Hospital for the Insane for observation. Police report six months of peculiar conduct and a belief a secret English society will kill him unless protected. He has a Maryland farm and paid cash for an automobile, living at the hotel for months. He will be kept at the institution until mental state is determined. He has asked the State Department to investigate his complaints. officials advised filing civil action in England if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Poole
England
Thomas W. Poole
National Hotel
Government Hospital
Poole
Maryland
State Department
Trade Bureau Expands Abroad Trade Drive
Secretary Redfield advances a plan to boost American trade overseas by sending Dr E A Thayer, commercial agent, to the New York bureau branch at 315 Custom House. Thayer will visit Philadelphia next week. A new bureau branch opened in the Federal Building with H H Garber in charge in Chicago.
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Redfield
EA. Thayer
Bursau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau
Custom House
New York City
Thayer
Philadelphia
Redfeld
Federal Building
Chicago
H. H. Garber
AG McReynolds Recommends Plaza Awards Approval
Attorney General McReynolds sent to President Wilson a recommendation that executive approval be given to awards for property owners affected by the condemnation of land between the Capitol and Union Station plaza. Payment had stalled due to legal objections raised by Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky. The President directed the Justice Department to investigate, and department officials indicated the award would likely be approved following the recommendation.
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McReynolds
Wilson
Capitol
Union Station Plaza
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Department of Justice
Diplomatic Service Entrance List Drawn from Exam
Thirty seven candidates passed the recent entrance examinations for the U S diplomatic service. The successful names will join the eligibles list for future appointments as vacancies occur. Notables include Robert B. Davis Virginia Elbridge G. Greene Massachusetts Catesby L. Jones Georgia George A. Messersmith Delaware Oscar Milmore District of Columbia Oliver C Molem Colorado Glen Stewart Pennsylvania Louis Suesforf New York A Campbell Turner Missouri John G White Maryland.
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C. L. Milmore
Diplomatic Service of
United States
Robert B. Davis
Virginia
Elbridge G. Greene
Massachusetts
Catesby L. Jones
Georgia
George A. Messersmith
Delaware
Oscar & Milmore
District of Columbia
Oliver C
Molem
Colorado
Glen Stewart
Pennsylvania
Louis 9. Suesforf
New York
A. Campbell Turner
Missouri
John G. White
Maryland
Gypsy and Children Flee From Washington Family
Mrs Mary Adams and seven children four boys and three girls wandered from home in gaudy costumes. Police say the woman threatened to leave for days and may have joined a caravan of gypsies, disappearing from Washington yesterday afternoon with her youngsters.
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Mary Adams
Washington
Militia Pay Bill Backed by National Guard Adjutants
Adjutants general from 30 states closed their convention by unanimously approving the militia pay bill. They agreed with Secretary Garrison that the Oneal ar ep has been taken for the first time in the nation. The statement notes the national guard can be mobilized in war and expects the bill to go to Congress after submission to the President.
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National Guard
Garrison Wednessey
National Guardia Monde
Congress
Williams Nomination Faces Scrutiny in Senate Hearing
The Senate banking and currency committee questioned John Skelton Williams, nominee for comptroller of the Treasury, as two witnesses from Riggs National Bank voiced concern over his temperament and qualifications. The session revealed tensions over a Treasury statement cited by critics, with Bristow and Reed clashing over its use, and the inquiry to continue today.
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The
Seaboard Air Line
Bristow
Reed
Williams
Senate Committee On Banning and Currency
John Skelton Williams
the Treasury
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Milton FE. Ailes
Riggs National Bank
Ailes
Willam J. Fiather
Riggs Bank
Willams
Washington Clearing House Association
Treasury Department
United States Trust Company
School editors seek hearing on bill to halt public school funding
Desperate high school editors plan to protest to congressional committees against a bill stopping all collections for public schools. Watsey Davis H L Yates Thelma Miller and others form a delegation led by Miss Miller to request hearings, fearing the law would kill school papers spirit and athletics.
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Congressional Committees
Watsey Davis
Tasterner
H. L Yates
Central Review
Mips
Thelma Miller
Businses
Ernesty Fortier
McKinley
Miss
Navy changes in command and assignments announced
Lieut Comdr William Pometer y takes command of the fifth torpedo flotilla of the Atlantic fleet and succeeds Lieut Comdr William C Watts as supervisor of movements of all U S Navy vessels at the Navy Department. Watts transfers to New York City to serve as navigator of the superdreadnought New York, to be commanded by Capt William T Rogers, with Commander Watts as first assistant.
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William Pomerty
Multiple Annual Meetings Mentioned For 1914
Notice lists several corporate meetings in Washington DC including The Washington Gas Light Company and The Washington Post Company with dates January February 1914. It notes dividend actions, stock transfer closings, and secretary notices for stockholders and directors. Also mentions Salentine's Newark Ale advertisement and a tonic claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Telegratmmnioni
Wmeistin
Washington, DC
American Tuiegraphine Company
Mine Itriveter
Waterington
Tim
Shail
Amy Kleetan
Passi
Charles Rood
Harlos & Ballard
Secretars
Dawson Leary
District Title Insurance Company
Thurddat
Alode
H Lawson
Serretart
Washington Gas Vight Company
Srytian
Wuaslingto Gas Vight Company
Tenth Street
Mos Day
WI Orme
Tam
National Saving and Trust Company
Northeas Corner
New York Arena
Salentine
Newark
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Navy League
Col. Thompson
Galt. & Brg
Jeweslerg, Silversmiths
Penmbylvania Ave
HIVE
Eunice Wilson
Tke
Connolly and
Roberts
Smithsonian
Rowlands
Rowe
Nesbitt
Insurance
Charles F. Nesbitt
O. P. Newman
Edward Keating
Jackson B. Ralston
Iwo
Sey
Virginia Dopits
District Trust Company
Continental Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
Munsey Trust Company
Asylum
Trade Bureau
Dr. Thayer
Commerce Department
Approves Plaza
Militia Bill
Adjutants General
Pere Ie
Chas. G. Stott & Co., Inc
New York Avenue
Saturday Evening Post
Sole Agents
I-P Twinlock
Milton E. Ailes
Nic
Alles
Stuart Olivier
Cal
Publcation
Senators
Thnz
Lieut. Comdr. Cronan
Watts
Yi Lae
Ite
Washington Post
Cereal Foods
Kellogg
Force Food
Cook's
Pettijohn’s
Wheatlett
John
Magruder
Connecticu
Roe Fulkerson Optician
F St. N. W
Wizard Hotel
Georges & Son, Inc
St. N.W
Xander
7Th St
Giawsie Raye
RY Leese
F Gettis
M. A. Leese Optical Co
Ninth Street
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