Child Labor Bill Debate Goes On In Senate
Senator Beveridge of Indiana pressed his proposed amendment to restrict child labor in factories mines and sweatshops drawing on witness affidavits and photographs. He cited census figures and firsthand accounts from Florence Kelley Jane Addams and Owen Lovejoy to argue the danger to American institutions and the race, while noting England has already acted and urging federal action beyond states’ rights to end child labor nationwide.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Beveridge
Pitt
Washington
Senate
Dle
Beveriddge
Senator Beveridge
John Sparge
Atlanta
Sparge
Paterson
N. J
Florence Kelley
Owen R. Lovejoy
Child Labor Committee
John van Verst
van Vorst
Jane Addams
All America
England
South
Congress Condensed on Labor, Pay, and Race Debate
Senator Beveridge argued for child labor reform and constitutional limits as he faced House debate on pension and pay raises for Congress. The session covered aging deficiencys, wage increases to 12 000, and school attendance versus white race concerns amid tariff advantages.
Waterways bill big Washington remembered and approved
The river and harbor bill allocates 89.5 million with 34.6 million cash and 48.8 million authorizations. Potomac and Anacostia improvements lead Virginia support. Norfolk harbor and Hampton Roads receive major sums. West Virginia gets Little Kanawha River funds. Maryland gets 3.31 million. no 14 foot Lakes to St Louis deep waterway.
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House
Burton
Bih
Potomac River
Washington
Anacostia River
Virginia
Norfolk Harbor
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Cape Charles City
York
Mattaponi
Pamunkey
Carter's
Nomini Creek
Rappahannock River
James River
Nansemond River
Appomattox River
Blackwater River
West Virginia
Little Kanawha
Maryland
Patapsco
Baltimore
Crisfeld Harbor
Susquehanny River
Nanticoke River
Wicomico River
Dih
Lakes
St. Louis
Gulf
Sunday Grocery Moratorium Sparks Senate Petition Rush
Senators Overman of North Carolina and Gearin of Oregon presented petitions against Houge bill 16483 to ban Sunday sales of groceries meats and vegetables in the District. The bill previously passed the House and would restrict Sunday commerce until October 1 with limited delivery for meats. Also noted were Senate credentials and a proposal to limit railway telegraphers hours to eight per day following the Terra Cotta disaster.
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Overman
North Carolina
Gearin
Oregon
Houge
Senate
House
Congress
Terra Cotta
Senator McCreary
Kentucky
Salary Bill Adopted Increases Pay For Congress
The Senate approved a pay raise for members of Congress and top officials, raising Senators and Representatives to $7,000 a year and the Vice President, Speaker, and Cabinet to $13,000 starting March 4 next year. The vote was 53 to 21 after a heated debate. the House had already concurred. The plan adds about $1.23 million in annual government outlays and hinges on presidential approval.
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Senate Committee On Appropriations
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Ife
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Carmack
Tennessee
Money
Stone
Servins
Bacon
Pettus
Hls
Morgan
Alabama
Davis
Minnesota
Army
Navy
Smoke Menace to Health Pleads Smoke Law Action
R Harrison Johnson president of the South Washington Citizens' Association urged Senator Gallinger to pass the bill enforcing the smoke law against steam railroads in the District. He claimed 1,400children are endangered by locomotive smoke and cited Jefferson School Bradley School Potomac School as the affected sites.
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R. Harrison Johnson
South Washington Citizens’ Association
Senator Gallinger
Johnson
Jefferson School
Sixth Street
Virginia Avenue
Bradley School
D Street
Potomac School
Maryland Avenue
President's Act Indorsed by Tennessee Representative
Representative Sims of Tennessee introduced in the House a resolution approving the President's discharge of Companies A B and C of the Twenty-fifth Army, deeming it within his authority and proper. The move follows a Tennessee legislature request urging Senators and Representatives to back the President's action.
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Sims
Tennessee
House
Tafa
President Urges Subsidy for Ocean Lines to South America and Orient
President urges Congress to enact subsidies to build large sixteen knot American steamship lines from Atlantic and Pacific coasts to South American ports and to the Orient. He argues state aid will boost trade, support shipyards, and strengthen naval reserve, noting Europe and other nations subsidize lines and that America now lags in cargo connections.
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Orient
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
South America
United States
Philippines
Senate
House of Representatives
Root
Kansas City
Eurape
Europe
Fiies Ig Ag
Cunard
Admiralty
Bii
South American
Pacific Coast
Australia
Asia
Mississippi Valley
Seaboard
Hawaii
Proposals Aim to Revise Littauership Subsidy Bill
The article discusses calls to limit subsidies to ships routing to South America and Panama, dropping benefits for Hawaii and the Orient. It notes Republican support and Democratic debate, with House leaders wary of allowing amendments to the bill.
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Hawaii
Orient
South America
Panama
Oriental Lines
James J. Hill
EH. B. Harrimany
House
Jenders
Senator Alles Secures Federal Post Amid Dover Politics
Senator James Frank Alles of Delaware, defeated for re election, secured federal patronage by the White House and Senate action. His brother Countess C Allee remains Dover postmaster with term through March 16, while Alles allies push for a four year term for Allee. Republican Dover factions react with wrath and weeping.
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Delaware
C. Allee
Dover
Richardson
Senator Allee
White House
Postmaster Allee
Senate
Senator Alles
Million loan to Exposition aids Jamestown build
Senate Appropriations Committee adds a 1 100 000 loan to the Jamestown Exposition Company for building, secured by a first lien on gross receipts. An additional 54 000 is allotted to build two piers for small craft access to naval ships, part of the deficiency bill noted as 264 650 total.
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Te House
Senate Committee On Appropriations
House
Naval Affairs Panel Presses for Extra Battleship
The House Committee on Naval Affairs is likely to back a second battleship in addition to the one already decided. Members, including Chairman Foss, expect the naval appropriation bill to be reported to the House before week’s end as Roosevelt and Metcalf had urged. The panel meets daily and holds the naval programme firmly in hand with minimal delay anticipated.
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House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Roosevelt
Metcatt
Foss
Taft Urges Philippine Bank Plan at Capitol Meeting
Secretary Taft met yesterday with the Philippines Committee of the Senate and the Insular Affairs Committee of the House to discuss a proposed cultural bank for the Philippines. The bank would loan natives money on lands to promote farming and expand industries, aiming to raise prosperity and contentment on the islands. Also noted is word of Simmons’s reelection to the Senate for a second term by the North Carolina legislature, with limited GOP votes for Spencer B. Adams.
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Taft
Philippines
Senate
House
Simmons
North Carolina
Faleigh
Spencer B. Adams
Maine Representative's liquor regulation bill advances in House
After eleven ballots the House Judiciary Committee favors the Littlefield bill giving states power to regulate their whisky traffic. The measure ends interstate shipments at state borders and subjects carriers to destination state laws, with C D shipments treated as local deliveries. Vote 5 to 7 with names Littlefield Pearre Tirrell Birdsall De Armond Stith Clayton Henry Brantley for and Parker Alexander Nevin Sterning Foster Bannon Jenkins against. Minority and majority reports to be presented Saturday.
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Iowa
Maine
Littlefield
Pearre
Tirrell
Birdsall
de Armond
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Clayton
Henry
Brantley
Parker
Alexander
Nevin
Sterning
Foster
Bannon
Jenkins
Mrr
House
Small Manufacturers to Benefit From Denatured Alcohol Bill
The House Committee on Ways and Means agreed to a favorable report on a bill aiding small manufacturers to produce denatured alcohol. It proposes a locked still and tank system for plants under 106 gallons daily, with denatured alcohol exempt from internal revenue tax when used in chloroform or other chemically altered substances. The measure blends portions of the Marshall and Hides bills, and has approval from Secretary Shaw and Internal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes.
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House Committee On
Wars and Means
House
Shaw
Internal Revenue
Philippine sale bill and street railway plan surface
Representative Clark of Florida proposes selling the Philippines to Japan or any buyer who will reimburse the United States for its costs and expenses. Senator Gallinger gives notice to bring up a large amended street railway bill on Monday to connect tracks with the new Union Station amid rising urgency.
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Clark
Florida
Philippine Islands
Japan
United States
Union Station
Gallinger
Senate
Velthoye Dagther
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New York
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