Food tariff clash faces House Ways and Means panel
The Ways and Means Committee weighs a new tariff bill with a food schedule hearing. Farmers and fruit exporters push for protections while consumer representatives push for broader duties relief, echoing past lemon tariff battles and the 1908 AK fight.
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House
Ways and Means
House Ways and Means
Daniel Cooper
Ways and Theansa
Francis Burton Harrigan
New York
Toin & Sense
Underwood
Peters
Massachusetts
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Payne-Aldrich
Autornia Femons
Alleghenies
Stellan Jemons
Narrison
California
Movements of Ocean Steamers Annonce
Movements of ocean steamers list arrivals and departures between Liverpool New York and Queenstown with Farnborough Caronia and others sailing from Liverpool to New York and from New York to London Southampton St Paul Queenstown and Browhead Paircia reported with various routes and ships.
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Annivew Lew Vora
Mauretania
Liverpool
Fialguard
Carmania
New York
Southampton
St Paul
Queenstown
Carpania
Browhead
Paircia
Hamarg
London
Gill and Parris Married at St John's Georgetown Parish
Theodore Nicholas Gill and Juliet Howison Parris were married on Saturday January 7 191% by the Rev Frederick B Howell rector of St John's Church Georgetown Parish in a ceremony conducted with church rites and التقلي.
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Wl —Darris
Frederick B. How
Len
St John's Church
Georgetown
Parla Theodore Nicholas Gill
Juliet Howison Parris
Death notices from January 1913 D C area obituaries listed
Multiple death notices and funeral details for residents of Washington D C and nearby areas. Names include William Liard Emory James Bentley Charles Fedderick Hammer Clark Alastair Gordon-Cumming Martin Hovererger Elizabeth Kennedy William Carson Keyes Mary J Thomas James A Tupper and others with addresses on Capitol Street North Capitol Street and surrounding streets. Funeral times range January 17 to January 21 with church and cemetery interment details.
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Liard
Thise
Géaom
William
Caroline O Ballard
Memorial United Brethren Church
North Cagltol
R Streets
Apm
Syracuse WV
Bentley
Holmead Wace
Emory James Bentley
Furmal
E.ment
Rock Creek Cemetery
Monroe Wis
Blett
Charles Fedderick
Mary D. Blett
North Capitol Street
Janary
Martin's Church
Philadelphia
Clark
Hammer Line
George W. Clar
Sixteenth Street
Congressional
Gordon-Cumming
de Males Strest
Alastair Penrose Gordon-Cumming
Church of the Epiphany
Hrarriocy
Rochester
Minn
Danthl W
Herriot
George
Zurhorst
Yast Capitol Street
Hovrerger
Tyostath
Ostreet
Marten Hovrerger Taneral
Tery
Tarence R. Jett
Namie
County Armagh Ireland
Sam
St. Stephen's Lurch
Holjsrood Cemetery
Kennedy
Astoria
Hness
Elizabeth
Wright
Telith Street
Slesdae
Sttead
Keyes
William Carson Ovieke L
Hazel Weaver Keyes
Forace
Chandice
J. RK. Wilaht
Tenth Street
Maven
Mass
Ds Bhan
Unitedates Marine Froapical Service
UDFN
Hot Springs Ark
A C. Oden
Kuneral Fem John BR. Wrogight Co
Jos
Shackleford
Anna M Shackleford
Moss
G. @ Shackleford
New Orleans
New, Orleans
Thomas
Mary
John Thomas
Tupper
James A
Lillian Minne Tupper
Morganton Street Contest Ends in Knife and Gunfire
In Glen Alpine last night a street contest left six men hurt and a hundred rounds fired. Dr Hennesses, gravely injured, was taken to Statesville for treatment after being found near death. Gorman Pitte and Erwin Pitts are hospitalized in Morganton with lung injuries. Policeman Bennett was struck in the abdomen but remains hopeful. Eyewitnesses say the clash ended with knives and weapon butts after ammunition ran out.
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Morganton
N. C
Ba” Hennesses
Glen Alpine
Statesville
Gorman Pitte
Erwin Pitts
Bennett
Atc
Estate Contest Highlights Eckert Siblings Battle
Thomas T Eckert Jr heir to nearly whole estate of Gen Thomas T Eckert. Clendennin Eckert accuses his brother of undue influence aided by Minnie Egan, former maid and housekeeper, amid a supreme court contest over more than 3 million dollars. The elder Eckert previously disinherited the younger in the will dispute.
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Thomas T. Eckert, Jr
Washington Post
New York
Thomas T. Eckert
Supreme Court
Justice Platzek
Clendennin Eckert
Western Union Tlelegraph Company
Glendennin Eckert
Bride Drowns in Potomac and a Dam Tragedy Near Hancock
A Boston report describes a young woman jailed for forgery after refusing to reveal her name, claiming wealth and social standing in New York. Separately, Mrs. Joun C. Shives, bride of two months, drowns near Hancock after a skiff capsizes at dam No. 6 while crossing the tomac River with her father-in-law Jacob Shives who is injured. Mrs. Shives’ body remains unrecovered.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
New York City
Polie
Abbie L Moulton
Hagerstown
Akif
Jacob Shives
Shives
Vote Must Be In Soon States Warned About Delinquent Returns
Fifteen states have reported electoral returns by messenger or mail to Washington, with a deadline of January 27. States failing to submit on time risk losing votes and messengers may lose mileage pay of ten cents per mile. Penalties are optional but typically enforced by the presiding officer of the Senate.
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Washington
The
Senate
President of the
Messenger
Connecticut
Delaware
Linois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Nebraska
New Jersey
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Child Labor Across the Nation Revealed by Gauss
H C Gauss of the Department of Justice told the Young People's Christian Union that child labor is widespread across the United States not confined to any region. He cited improvements in Pennsylvania mining areas and urged northern and southern regions to address the issue locally. A preceding discussion included Eliza Tonks James Walters Watson Davis Miriam Simon Mary Warren and Hazel Powers.
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United States
H. C. Gauss
H. C Gauss
Department of Justice
Young People’s Christian Union of the Universalist Church
Thirteenth
L Streets
Gauss
Pennsylvania
Eliza Tonks
James Walters
Watson Davis
Miriam Smon
Mary Warren
Hazel
Miracle Excites Beziers as Virgin Statue Cures Child
In Beziers France a reported miracle draws pilgrims after a mother cleaned moss from a mausoleum statue and touched her paralytic daughter with her handkerchief. The child reportedly recovered and crowds visit the tomb daily to witness the alleged healing.
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Beziers
France
Arnaud Palvagnac
Raid on Gambling House in Lynchburg Jan 19
Police raided a gambling joint in Lynchburg at 2 AM uncovering ten men in a game. Authorities seized a large pot and two sizable outfits, with the establishment allegedly run by M. J. Wall.
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Lynchburg
Ron
M. J. Wall
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Name and Addresses
A fragmented list of funeral homes and embalmers with addresses and telephone numbers. Names include Thos. M Hindle, WM. H. Sardo & Co, W. R. Pumphrey & Son, Frank Geier's & Sons, Geo. Zurhorst, J. WM. Lee, R. F. Harvey's Sons, Thos. S. Sergion, and others. Local Washington DC area street addresses and contact details appear, reflecting multiple firms offering first class services and reasonable terms.
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M. ‘Hindle
Wirth
WM. H.sardo & CO
Phanaster
W. R. Pumpherey & Son
Maryland
Rockville
Frank Geier
Modern Chapel
North Om
SPE
F Street
N. W
Ane A
Spdarg
Ce—Iain
Geo
P. Zurborst
Zorhorat
Mer
J. WM. Lee
spdErstalmer
Pennsylvania Avenue Nw
R. F. Harvey
Serieuy
Commotions
Thos. S. Sergeon
R A. Cain
Taft Favored for Connecticut Chief Justice Post
A New Haven dispatch notes whispers that President Taft could be named chief justice of Connecticut's supreme court to fill the vacancy left by Chief Justice Hall. Taft, soon to reside in the state, would join Yale Law School professors and be connected to Yale institutions.
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Connecticut
New York
New Haven
Conn
New
Taft
Kent
Yale Law School
Supreme Court of Connecticut
New Haven Country Club
John K. Beach
Lake Whitney
Yale
Taft Guest of Order and Jewish Fraternity Heritage
Joy and the order’s leaders recall the group’s civic role, honoring founders and Jewish members who helped sustain republican principles. The speaker lauds religious liberty, national service, and the order’s worldwide reach from Philadelphia’s statue to missionary support in Roumania, praising grants to widows and orphans and Benjamin F Perrotto’s credentials under President Grant.
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Joy
Lfe
United States
Fairmount Park
Mosely Ezekiel
Richmond
Rome
Italy
Roumania
Grant
Benjamin F Perrotto
Taft Visits New York Museums Amid Crowded Public Welcome
President Taft arrived from Washington for Ohio Society dinner and Andrew D White ceremony then spent the night with his brother Henry W Taft. He attended Marble Collegiate Church with Mrs Taft and later viewed the Morgan collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Henry W Taft and Secretary Hilles. Police controlled crowds as Taft toured the museum. He rode Riverside Drive with Mrs Taft before a Yale meeting tomorrow and a late return to Washington.
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Metropolitan Museum
New York
Fatt
Washington
Ohio Society
Andrew D White
Cornell University
Henry
W. Taft
Taft
Marble Collegiate Church
David James Burrell
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Henry ‘W. Taft
Hilles
P. Morgan
Sundby
Mr. Taft
Meet for Hebrew council in Cincinnati gathering Jewish leaders
Hundreds of well known Jews arrive for the twenty third biennial council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations opening in Cincinnati. The preconvention sermon by Rev Dr Abram Simon addressed The Weal of God and Modern Culture. The council lasts until Thursday with events including the dedication of Hebrew Union College buildings. Prominent delegates from New York Chicago Louisville Albany Cleveland San Francisco and Philadelphia attend. An endowment from Mrs Herman August and Joseph E Schoenberg funds health care and education plans at the National Leusen Hospital for Consumptives in Denver. A further gift of 80000 for an infirmary is announced by Samuel Grabfelder of Philadelphia with other gifts from Benjamin Altheimer of St Louis.
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Cincinmnati
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Abram Simon
Washington D.C
United States
Hebrew Union College
Counies
Jacob J. Schitt
Adolph S Ocha
New York
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
I T W. Bernhelm
Louisville
Juwan W. Mack
Simon Rosendale
Albany
N. Y
Martin A Marks
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Schomthal
Columbus
Adolph*Kraus
Phinp, Stein
Justus Kahn
San Francisch
David Léventritt
Jacob .Brenner
Brooklyn
National
Lewisn Hospital For Consumptives
Denver
Colo
Herman August
Joseph E. Schoenberg
New York City
Samuel Grabfelder
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Presierit
Hospital
Benjamin Altheimer
St. Loui
Objects to alien bill sparks Jewish group concern
Louis Marshall, president of the American Jewish Committee, warns that the immigration bill as drafted would bar many Hebrews from Russia and Romania who cannot obtain required character certificates. He notes practical and financial obstacles facing refugees such as Kishinev residents and those expelled by police or labeled political offenders.
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New York
Louis + Marshall
American Jewish Committee
Congress
Reossig
Roumania
Kishenef
Divorce Bar Blocked Bishop Coadjutor Vote
The Kansas bishopric bid of Rev. H Percy Silver fell short of needed consents as 48 bishops agreed and 32 did not amid the divorce issue. Silver, former army chaplain and Topeka district secretary, faced opposition over a legally separated wife. Voting window closed with 3 months for gathering approvals.
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Louis
Jaf
H. Percy
Silver
Kansas
Daniel
Tuttle
Church of America
Alokeee
Kansan
Gall-The
Omaha
Seventh Missionary District
Topeka
Kans
Kanana
Armed Utes Stand Firm After Agent Plea
Indian Agent John Spear failed to move 50 Ute Indians holed up in the mountains to surrender Big Habit wanted for shooting Mexicans. He awaits instructions from Washington and plans no action until then. Two weeks earlier Big Rabbit and another Indian clashed with Mexican sheep herders. one Indian was killed and herder Vichel was wounded, later carried to the reservation. Vichel is expected to recover.
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Cortez
Cole
John Spear
Big Habit
Spear
Interior Department
Washington
Big Rabbit
Vichel
Denison crew survives six days at sea after Gulf storm
The Thomas S. Denison crew, ten men from Baltimore bound for Texas, survived six days in an open boat after a New Year storm ruptured their ship. They rigged a sail, kept to pumps, and finally were found by a Greek sponge vessel near Cedar Keys Florida before reaching New York.
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Gulf’ of Mexico
Thomas S. Denison
AMS
HL. Strong
Sonkengthooner
Denison
Baltimore
Texas
City
Tex
F. Brown
Cedar Keys
Florida
Burning Boat Rescue Near Sheepshead Bay In Fire Disaster
Special to The Washington Post. Nimbus crew rescued passengers and crew from the fishing schooner Bare after it burned north of Sheepshead Bay Inlet. Fire forced passengers to leap overboard and many went into frigid water as Nimbus arrived to save them and the final crew member. Several people were injured or drowned despite nearby help.
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Washington Post
New York
Hames
Nimbus
Tmne
Bare
Sheepshead Bay
Fred Nelson
Gould Wedding Attended By Duke Of Talleyrand In New York
Duchess Anna Gould arrives with Duke of Talleyrand and son Howard de Sagan in New York aboard Mauretania to attend Miss Helen Gould and Finley Drexel wedding at Lyndhurst. Decorations planned with Miss Gould’s plants, pink robes, asparagus festoons, and a possible rehearsal. Drexel family, George Gould, and J. Drexel attend.
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Duke and Duchess de Talleyrand
A. J. Drexel
New York
York
Duchess of Tallyrand
Anna Gould
Duke of Talleyrand
Prince Howard de Sagan
Mauretania
Helen | Gould
Finley
Shepard
Anthony J. Drexel
Jorle “Gould
George
J. Gould
Fonmorrey
Lyndhurat
Misa’ Gould
Misa Gould
Lyndhurst
Ohio Flood Unchecked Across Three States
Ohio River levels surged in Evertsville Indiana Golconda Illinois and Cairo Illinois areas. Officials say floodwaters threaten livestock crops and thousands of acres of farmland as river rises approach danger marks with further increases expected.
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Evertsville
Ind
Ohio River
Government Weather Bureau
Golconda
Cairo
Caro c
Ohia
Mauretania Suffered Heavy Gale During Transatlantic Run
The Cunarder Mauretania arrived in New York two days late after a violent gale. A section of the ship's rail was torn, bridge windows shattered, and passengers were hurled from berths in darkness. Over 600 people were aboard during the treacherous crossing.
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Mauretania
New York
COLT S ELECTION ASSURED IN RHODE ISLAND
Boston dispatch reports Rhode Island will elect Judge Labaron B. Colt on the first ballot, while New Hampshire remains deadlocked after a week of ballots. An informal vote is set for tomorrow as defections and combinations reshape the field. Republican Quinby leads a split slate, Hollis runs close, and Progressives back Bass amid ongoing realignments.
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Boston
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
United States
Labaron B. Colt
Henry F. Hollis
Henry B. Quinby
Bass
Polticians
Drexels May Not Make Up in Philadelphia Visit
In Washington Post dispatch from Philadelphia dated January 19, circles deny A J Drexel’s trip is to reconcile with his wife. Relatives say he is here for his annual voyage, to see the newly born son of Anthony J Drexel Jr. Miss Julia Rush, tied to Philadelphia society, confirms Mrs Drexel had no intention of reconciliation or coming to the United States.
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Brotherhood of the
Order
Europe
Asia
George Washington
Linegin
T. Tat
Washington Post
Philadelphia
A. J. Drexel
Ne Rumér
Pajama Girls Stir Harvard Dorm Room Parade
Pajama clad women caused chaos at Harvard in a private dormitory room. Dattt W. Lewis Jr. hosting relatives in Littles Block led to two parties with multiple young women present. Authorities did not approve and Lewis left Cambridge after the incident.
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Boston
Van
Dattt W. Lewis, Jr
Brooklyn
Littles Block
Harvard
Lewis
Cambridge
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