Amazing claims on radium byproduct in Colorado crops
Joseph M Flannery told the House Mines Committee that leavings from radium ore can double or triple yields of cabbage corn tobacco beans and wheat when mixed with fertilizer. He urged private sale over government ownership arguing radium development aids humanity and could lower prices for farmers.
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Joseph M. Flannery
Lane
Colorado Experimental Farm
House Mines and Mining Committee
Joseph M Flannery
Pittsburgh
Flanner
Colorado
Foster
Corpa
Flannery
Nexr
Magasine Co
Chicago Adopts 77 1/2 Million Budget For 1914
Chicago officials said the city council passed a budget of 77 million 511 thousand dollars for 1914 after an all night session sparked by a fight over salaries led by Alderman Merriam. The measure covers city expenditures and reflects shifts in funding priorities.
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Chicago
Merriam
Japan and United States Seek Peace Amid Far East Tensions
The article notes ongoing Anglo Japanese cooperation to maintain order in the Far East, the Chinese policy of fostering independence, and the aim to secure a favorable treaty framework. It covers discussions on Japan Russia China ties, Mexico dispatch of cruiser Idzumo, and U.S. diplomacy under President Wilson regarding immigration and China loans. It mentions Japanese assistance to Mexican residents and hopes for early peace in Mexico, with officials cautious about public statements.
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Bowers
Far East
Great Britain
China
Russia
Rusa
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Nanking
Idzumo
Mexico
Huerta
Torreon
Idzsumo
Whitten resigns as chief of General Land Office
Judge James W. Whitten quits after twenty years as chief surveyor of the General Land Office. Secretary Lane regrets the loss of his conscientious and efficient service. Whitten will practice law in Washington, saying the salary did not match work demanded. Whitten, Missouri native, was backed by six senators and representatives and eight governors plus over 400 lawmakers across four public land states. He is noted as an authority on public land laws and has contributed to major encyclopedias.
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William H. Cameron
Charles H Viol
Standard Chemical Company
James ©. Gray
Standart Chemical Company
W. B Wilmarth
James W. Witten
General Land Office
Lane
Judge Whitten
Washington
Fudge Whitten
Missouri
Taft Would Shield Aliens with Federal Court Power
Former President Taft urged Congress to enact a law giving federal courts jurisdiction to prevent and punish mob violence against aliens anywhere in the United States. He cited 1811 to 1910 outrages and criticized local authorities for sympathizing with mobs.
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New York
William Howard Taft
New York Peace Society
Congress
Taft
United States
Debaters Clash Over Congress Power in District Debate
Three way debate at the Chamber of Commerce features George Shibley John G Capers and Representative Simeon D Fess arguing on District suffrage popular government and statehood. EL W Oyster challenges Fess as crowd presses for liberal changes while emphasizing Congress must hold power over the District.
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Ohio
Congress
George Shibley
John G. Capers
Chamber of Commerce
American Bureau of Political Research
United States Internal Revenue Service
Simeon D. Fess
Representative Fess
Fess
EL. W. Oyster
Mr. Oyster
Mr. Fess
Capers
Washington
United States
Fire breaks in house as woman falls from ladder
Lottie Thomas 38 fled down a ladder to escape flames in Thomas H. Sturgis residence at 530 Twelfth Street Northeast and fell 15 feet, breaking her left leg. Fireman J H Swan also fell, spraining an ankle, as flames from an overheated furnace engulfed the second story. Residents escaped in night clothes. Miss Grace Sturgis and Miss Mary Fenton aided to the street. House nearly destroyed, with partial insurance coverage.
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Thomas H. Sturgis
Twelfth Street
Lottie Thomas
J. H. Swan
Miss Thomas
William Lynn
Sturgis
Harry
Thomas
Grace Sturgis
Mary Fenton
Miss Fenton
Stevens Heads to Panama for Rest from Washington
Frederick C. Stevens, prominent Washington financier, left yesterday for New York then to Panama. He plans a rest trip lasting about two months in the South, traveling by sea from New York.
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South
Frederick C. Stevens
Washington
New York
Panama
Mr. Stevens
Aviator Hamilton Dead at 28 in New York
Charles K Hamilton famed for the New York to Philadelphia flight died suddenly at his home in New York City at age 28. His wife awoke to groans and a doctor could not save him. He had suffered multiple accidents during his flying career, including broken collarbone and rib fractures.
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New York
Charles K Hamilton
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Officers And Women Hurt In West Point Coasting Accident
Highland Falls New York January 22 1923 officers of the United States Military Academy and three women in their party were injured when a bobsled hit a sled drawn by two horses Mrs George Vidmer wife of a cavalry captain was most seriously hurt Lieut James G Steese had a leg broken Also injured were Capt Vidmer adjutant of the post Lieut and Mrs George H Baird Capt Frederick B Downing Lieut Daniel I Sultan and a Mrs Jonathon
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Highland Falls
N. Y
United States Military Academy
West Point
George Vidmer
James G. Steese
Vidmer
Women shun poll duties for Chicago primaries
Chicago officials report only about half of the 1400 precincts will have women judges and clerks at the April primaries. A court ruling makes women eligible for election posts, and about 70 women are listed among 5,000 appointed judges and clerks for the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Election Board
Stricken at Fourteenth and G Streets Mrs Connor Dies
Mrs Norma Hoover Connor of Brookland 1215 Quincy street died after apoplexy on Fourteenth Street near G while being taken to Emergency Hospital. Her husband Paul D Connor a War Department clerk accompanied her. she collapsed after complaining of head pain near a theater. Recovery efforts failed and relatives were notified.
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Fourteenth
G Streets
Norma Hoover Connor
Quincy Street
Brookland
Paul D. Connor
War Department
Fourteenth Street
Connor
Eva Hoover
Fred Johnson
Brooklyn
Margaret Walker
Hudson
G. Carroll Hoover
Norristown
Year of Prosperity Here President Wilson's Words
New York January 22 Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels told the Brooklyn Merchants and Manufacturers Association that administration confidence grows in prosperous outlook under Democratic rule. He cited tariff and currency measures and President Wilson's reassurances as evidence of rising optimism beyond party lines.
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New York
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Brooklyn Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Lake Carriers Banquet Highlights Great Lakes Waterway
United States Senator Charles E Townsend told Detroit Lake Carriers Association members that upgrading the Great Lakes to Gulf of St Lawrence waterway would yield tenfold the Panama Canal trade estimate if ocean-going ships could reach lake ports. He cited railroads international issues and cost as main obstacles, doubting a total price exceeding 150 million dollars and asserting the investment would be recouped in power value.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Charles 3 Townsend
Michigan
Lake Carriers' Association
Great Lakes
Panama Canal
Head of
Townsend
Canada
Detective Pardoned In Incubator Baby Kidnapping Case
Topeka Kansas January 22 F H Tillotson a detective who abducted Marion Bleakley known as the incubator baby was pardoned by Gay Hodges. He had faced a term of one to five years in the Kansas penitentiary while an appeal to the United States Supreme Court was heard. Marion born in 1904 at a St Louis hospital was placed in an incubator at the world’s fair and later adopted by Mrs James G Barclay of Moline. The Bleakleys had fought for custody until the Supreme Court dismissed the case enabling Mrs Bleakley to gain possession.
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Marion
Bleakley
Topeka
Kans
F. H Tillotson
Marion Bleakley
Gay Hodges
Kansas Penitentary
United States Supreme Court
Tillotson
Lottie Bleakley
Topeka Kans
Kansas City
James G. Berclay
Moline
Sulgrave Manor Sold to British Centenary Committee
Sulgrave manor in Northamptonshire, ancestral home of George Washington, was sold today to the British committee for the celebration of the centenary of peace between Great Britain and the United States. Deeds signed in London. price $42,000. Duke of Teck presided. James Bryce donated a portrait of Washington's mother to be placed at Sulgrave manor.
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London
Sulgrave Manor
Northamptonshire
George Washington
Great Britain
United States
Duke of Teck
James Bryce
Washington
Viscount Bryce of
Dechmont
French Govt Seeks 400000 For Panama Pacific Exhibit
A bill to appropriate 400000 dollars for French representation at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco was introduced in the chamber of deputies. Rene Viviani presented the measure for the ministries of finance commerce and foreign affairs with cabinet approval, and observers predicted a quick vote.
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Paris
San Francisco
Chamber of Deputies
Rene Viviani
Commerce
Chamber
Steamship Oceano Reaches Port After 400 Mile Tow
After five weeks of storms and adverse winds the Italian steamship Oceano arrived in port in tow of the German steamer Elizabeth. With coal exhausted and boiler tubes damaged, Oceano was picked up January 14 about 400 miles southwest of Sandy Hook as Elizabeth sailed from Galveston and Norfolk toward Aarhus Denmark.
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Niew York
Italan
Oceano
Elizabeth
Galveston
Norfolk
Aarhuus
Denmark
Sandy Hoek
Setback in Gun Plant 2.25 Million New Project
Rear Admiral Strauss told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the Board of Inspection for Shore Stations had disapproved the Navy Department plan for a Washington gun factory expansion. The proposed project would cost about 2.25 million, requiring land purchase and new buildings, while the department favored expanding the Indian Head powder works with total outlay around 750 thousand. The cost of making guns at the Washington shop was estimated with bids lower than Waterford and other rivals, capable of producing twenty fourteen inch guns annually.
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House
Naval Affairs Committee
Board of Inspection
Navy Department
Home Naval Affairs Committee
Strauss
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington
Department
Navy
Indian Head
Novuy
Watervilet Arsenal
Midvale
Bethlehem Steel
Packer Defeats I C C As Fruit Car Service Debated
At an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on railroads private car lines and shippers Packer Defties I C C United Fruit Company receives favored refrigerator car service while Atlantic fruit distributors get old cars with poor fruit protection Frederick W Ellis Armour car lines vice president defies the commission by refusing to answer questions and Commissioner McChord says he will seek a federal court order to compel Ellis to testify The report notes Chicago January 22 charges that re
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United Fruit Company
Atlantic Fruit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frederick W. Ellis
Armour Car Lines
McChord
Eils
Chicago
Westminster Grave Refused for Lord Strathcona Burial
Westminster Abbey will not be the resting place for Lord Strathcona former Canadian high commissioner who died Wednesday. Relatives decided to bury him at Highgate Cemetery beside his wife who died in November A public funeral service will be held at Westminster Abbey to recognize his empire builder and philanthropist roles.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Canada
Highgate Cemetery
North London
Westminster
Elopement Leads to n Present Marriage in Cumberland
Dr. Charles W Birdsall aged six, and Miss Myrtle Wilkes aged two, eloped from Lonaconing to Cumberland yesterday and wed at the First Baptist Church with Rev H F Loomis officiating. Lloyd I Shaffer witnessed. Birdsall recently moved from Midland to Lonaconing and had not known the bride a short time earlier. Bride is daughter of Benjamin Wilkes. Parents opposed the match. This is Birdsall's third marriage. his second wife died last year. He was active in Midland church work and came from Baltimore.
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Lonaconing
Hirdsall
Midland
Baltimore
Capital Heights Promises School Bond Bill
A Maryland delegation led by Judge John Weast and William Beavers met with the Prince George’s county delegation in Annapolis to secure a pledge that a bill will direct county commissioners to issue bonds totaling 15 000 dollars for the erection of a ten room school building in Capital Heights Maryland yesterday.
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Capital Heights
John Wf. Weast
Citizens’ Association
William Beavers
Democratic Club
MCC
MecKay
Prince George County
Annapolis
Movements of Ocean Steamers Reported This Week
Ocean liner crossings update with ships including Olympic Cymric Baltic Majestic St Paul Cedric and Oscar II. Entries list routes from New York Queenstown Liverpool Southampton Plymouth Copenhagen and Bremen with arrival or docking times through Saturday afternoon.
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la Lorraine
New York
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Land Office
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F. C. Stevens
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Mra
Secretary Daniels
Peace Centennial Committee
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Queenstown
Ireland
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Axminster
Brussels
Wilton
H St. N. W
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Lonaconing, Md
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Union Station
Canal and
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Los Angeles
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul
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Southern Pacific
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G. A
W. B. Johnson
D. P
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Sunny Brook
Bond
Woo
John H. Magruder
Connecticut Ave
K St
F St. N. W
Willard Hotel
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
1300 & Street
Steinway
Victrolas
Xander’s
Leese
M. A. Leese Optical Co
Ninth Street
Washington Post Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D C
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Edward B. McLean
Washington Ga4 Light Company
Ponpal
Ashington Gas Light Company
Comany
Tenth Street
Wilee
Liam Borme
Balentine
Newark
Shoemaker Co
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