REJECT THE COLOMBIAN TREATY PROMINENT OPINION
The piece argues that the Colombia panama canal treaty insults United States liberty and Panama independence, condemns past U S administrations, and would force taxes to enrich Colombian politicians. It asserts Panama's justified revolt and urges prompt rejection of the treaty. The text praises Panama's quick, unselfish canal solution and rejects colonial obstruction by Colombia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
United States
Panama Canal
Republic of Panama
Republic
Panaia
Department of Panama
Panama
Press Letter Sees Peace Through Continued U S Trade
A reader questions if selling arms and supplies to Europe helps peace. The Post argues U S production sustains livelihoods and that halting commerce would worsen the war, urging government to protect Americans' right to earn a living and protest interference with neutral trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Europe
Nind
Post
United States
Great Britain
High Seas
Where's the Millennium in Primaries Reform Debate
The piece critiques the primaries era, noting reformers hoped for cleaner politics and citizen rule. It traces promises to reduce bribery, curb party bosses, and shift power to the electorate, yet cites ongoing corruption inquiries in Pennsylvania Illinois and Chicago, with lawmakers facing investigations and prosecutions.
State Banks and Federal Reserve Advisory Council Cooperation
Secretary McAdoo shows willingness to cooperate with the Federal reserve advisory council amid debates on admitting state banks. Leaders seek a unified system including both state and national banks, while cautioning against lax rules that advantage one side. Public interest demands stable, well defined admission standards and enduring governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Advisory Council
Federal Reserve System
Council
Federal Reserve Board
National Bankers
Treasury Department
Bankers Back Treasury as Reserve Act Edits Likely
The text notes harmony between Secretary McAdoo, the Federal Reserve Board, and the bankers advisory council. It suggests minor amendments to perfect the reserve act and states Congress should not object to changes deemed necessary in the public interest. The emphasis is on support and a workable path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Board
Advisory Council
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Britain blocks trade by sea and cargo seizures described
The piece argues Britain is pressuring U S commerce with Germany by coastal warship intimidation at the port of departure, expanding contraband lists, and seizing cargos aiming to disrupt American trade. It warns such actions would provoke U S protest and harm neutral commerce while praising U S neutrality and economic rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United States
Germany
Great Britain
German Porte
Mersey
Thames
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Earl's Daughter Jilted a Prelate in Victorian Scandal
Old Lord Feverahim, at 87, famed for his daughters and odd bill paying, inspired courtly chaos at Duncombe Park as servants strike until debts are settled. The estate spans about 80,000 acres, with the mansion by Vanbrugh and Rembrandt holdings, including a famous portrait later owned by Henry C. Frick. The story traces marriages, inquiries into Lady Ulrica Baring, Lady Cynthia, and Lady Helen Vincent, plus Hubert Duncombe’s US exile, debt, and DSO wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feverahim
Faversham
Yorkshire
Duncombé Park
John
Deuce
Lord Faversham
Duncombe Park
Etty
Charles Duncombe
Vanbrugh
al Brand
Rembrandta
Rembrandt
Henry C. Frick
Fifth Avenue
New York
Lord Feversham
Duchess of Leinster
Duke
Lord Desmond
Edward Fitzgerald
Ulrica Baring
Everard Baring
London
Cynthia
Richard Graham
Netherby
a’Abernon
Edgar Vincent
Marjore Greville
Lord
Warwick
Sam
Hubert Duncombe
United States
Egremont
Cumberland
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
His Forte From Judge
Madge questions taste while Marjorie defends Wagner noting he creates music that rises above ordinary conversation during a judge sourced exchange about taste in art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge
Madge
Wagner
Marjorie
Congress Condensed Senate Actions And House Notices
Senate rejected a motion to take up Cummins resolution on Mexican customs at Vera Cruz and discussed rural credits. Philippine bill considered with preamble removed. District of Columbia excise board special committee appointed. Rivers and harbors bill advanced and then passed at a late night session. House adjourned to noon. Representative Bartheldi proposed an international court of decree and enforcement. Kahn proposed barring import of foreign owned property seized in Mexico. Underwood urged Democrats to stay to avoid quorum calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins
Vera Cruz
Rebata
Banking and Currency Committee
District of Columbia Excise Board
Senate
House
Page
Bartheldi
Kahn
Mexico
Underwood
Stephens
Texas
Carlisle Indian School
Hold Mother as Girl Weds in City Hall
Two policemen guarded the city clerk's doors as Alderman John Davie married Jo steph Montague of 244 New Main Street and Mrs Lena Cuneo of 88 Lockwood Avenue. Fears of interference by the bride's mother Anna Cunéo led to a tense scene, with the couple exiting by a rear door after licenses were issued to a twenty year old bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
John Davie
Josteph Montague
New Main Street
Lena Cuneo
Lockwood Avenue
Anna Cunéo
Montague
Smith Car‘pet Works
Woman Sergeant at Arms Guards Lieutenant Governor
The Topeka Capital notes Effie Loder of Clay Center as Kansas legislature’s first woman sergeant at arms guarding Lieut. Gov. Morgan. Loder, a longtime probate judge aide and women's clubs secretary, is accompanied by a male stenographer, Sam Fairchild of Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Morgan
Effie Loder
Clay Center
Clay County
John A Loder
Work in day jail at night scheme draws attention in Racine
The Racine County jail plan lets prisoners work by day and report to the lockup at night. Earnings go to dependents if the prisoner has a family. otherwise, wages are paid at term end. The sheriff helped place workers, keeping the jail nearly empty by day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Milwaukee
Commercial Club
Middle West
Woman Fasts 46 Days to Lose Weight in Stockton
Mrs A H Barnes a well known resident of this city has completed a 46 day fast to shed obesity. She said she weighed 226 pounds before the fast and 196 pounds at the end. Her height is 6 feet 2 inches and she is 87 years old. She ate an orange to break the fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton Dispatch
Irancica Chronicle
A. H. Barnes
Germany
Austria
A. B Doyle
Europe
Raleigh
The Star Sees Night Sky Bloom With Music and Light
An eloquent York Evening Star verse recalls a night when Syrian stars trembled before a single radiant orb. The sky fills with gradual splendor as it pours a musical rain of spirit and song over the breathing hills, mingling myth with quiet awe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Marquis
New York
God
Mary
Chinaman Lu Dangles From Fire Hazard Ad Sign
A Chinese cook named Lymon Lu clung to an electric sign above Pekime restaurant on Broadway near Forty-seventh Street as a kitchen fire and gas explosion broke out. He slid down a ladder, was saved by bystanders, and, with three coworkers, treated for slight burns at Flower Hospital. Diners in the restaurant escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Broadway
Forty-seventh Street
Lymon Lu
Pekime
Iremen
Flower Hospital
Parents Abandon Boys In NYC. Note Seeks Foster Care
Crowds of shoppers at Broadway and Thirty second street found two young brothers alone, Richard six and James three, waiting outside a department store. They were taken inside to the toy department while authorities sought guardians. A sealed letter from a distressed parent requested placement for two months until work returns, asking print to publish their whereabouts to locate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Broadway
Thirty-second Street
Richard Hester
James
dJamea A. Atkinson
West Thirtieth Street
Richard
Winder
Mulligan
New York
Babba
Children’s Society
Lured to wed hunchback story shocks Portland woman
Marie Krok sues for divorce in circuit court claiming John Krok lured her to Vancouver for a marriage after falsely promising a physician’s certificate of fitness. She alleges he hid his deformity with padded clothing and that she discovered the hunchback after the ceremony, prompting her departure the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Greg
Los Angeles Times
John Krok
Marie Krok
Circuit Court
Vancouver
Krok
Erok
Shark's Tooth Found At Great Depth South Of Santa Ana
From 662 feet depth, well diggers for Joseph Mefford recovered a shark's tooth in excellent condition with serrated edges and a petrified bone fragment attached. Found south of Santa Ana in a zone where borers repeatedly uncover shelly material at 450 to 675 feet. Earlier a petrified bone piece three inches across was raised southwest of the same well. Judge quotes a philosophy line about fault finders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banta Ana
San Francisco
Joseph Mefford
Santa Ana
Woman Marshal Jails Two in Point Pleasant New Year
Mrs. Lucella Arnold widow of Point Pleasant founder was appointed January 1 and recently arrested two men loitering in a residential street. One stranger released for leaving town, Martin Frantry given 30 days in county jail for begging. Chief Harker praised the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Point Pleasant
Lucella Arnold
John Arnold
Harker
Mrs. Arnold
Frantry
Man Gives Away Money in Brooklyn Street Stunt
From the New York Press report, Lipp Gemkim selected Pitkin Avenue and Herry Street in Brownsville to give away cash last night. Police shielded him after he handed out large bills to strangers and was roughly mobbed. He was held at the Brownsville station clutching $286, with two bank books for $26,500 in his pocket, jewelry valued in the thousands, and a wife claiming a $1,000,000 worth. She said he arrived from Moscow six months ago after being a woolen goods manufacturer.
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New York
Lipp
Gemkim
Pitkin Avenue
Herry Street
Brownsville
National City Bank
Union Square
Manhattan
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Moscow
SQUAWS BOWLS RELICS DEALER ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA
Juan Segura sold prehistoric Indian relics to tourists at Riverside near Santa Fe depot. He was arrested after authorities allege he inflated bread bowl prices, forcing Indians to travel miles for bread. Segura pleaded guilty in U S district court and faces sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Juan Segura
Santa Fe
Riverside
Segura
Sam
United States District Court
Weather and tide table with regional forecast notes
U.S. Department of Agriculture weather bulletin dated Tuesday January 19 provides sunrise and sunset, high and low tides, and a broad forecast for the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and nearby regions. It notes unsettled and partly cloudy conditions, shifting winds, and potential local snows in northern areas, with temperature readings and sunshine hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
District of Calumna
Virginia
Maryland
Hes
Saint Lawrence
Alberta
Tilijnol
South Atlantic
Middle
New England
One
Middle Atlantic States
New Englana
Plains States
Missouri
Swiss mobilization saved Paris, Frazer says in Vevey
Dr E F Frazer US consular agent in Vevey recounts Swiss action in war mobilizing 46 000 soldiers in four days to block German routes from Basle to Geneva. He notes Americans stranded and recalls aid from volunteers including Juda Townsend Scudder and Judge Bates. Other comments cover European food hopes, Virginia and Parkersburg figures, and Gen Wood on national guard readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Paris
E. F. Frazer
Macon
United States
Vevey
Frazer
Belfort
Delle
France
Dr. Frazer
Willard
Rasie
Peasle
Geneva
Basle
Germany
Paria
Gerra
Faris
Juda Townsend Scudder
New York
Bates
Gormant
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Washington Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Alexandria
Pennsylvania
Illineis
Chicago
Niewera Perfleiye
State Banks
Mr. Vick
Mr. Bryan
Gov. Goldsborough
Fheo Burton
Oscar Underwood
USA
Congress Condensed
Hunchback
Bride
Anusband
Richard Avery Little
Chicago Herald
Mike
Sara Teasdale
P.M
Local Weather Report
Reinfell
Minnem
Asheville
N c
Atlants
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Jows
Deaver
Cola
der Moines
Jow
Duluth
Minn
Galveston
Tex
Indianapolis
Alb Beas City
Rock
Marquet
New Orteane
North Platte
Nebr
Aha
Ay i
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pa Oo
Salt Lake Clity
Utah
Louis, Paul
Minc
St. Cala
Ban Francisco
Tampa
Fir
Toledo
Ohio
Vicksburg
Machington
D.C
West Virginia
Lewis Lamm
Parkersburg
W. Va
Adam Feick
Daliison
Col Venk
TH le
Pacific
Fred B Wood
Minnesota National Guard
Wood
National Guard
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