Government ownership of railroads debated in Alaska bill context
A Senate debate on the Alaska railroad bill shows a growing Republican interest in government ownership of railways as a nationwide regulator. Senators Cummins Kenyon Norru Clapp Bristow and Borah discuss acquiring lines and setting rates with some opposing operation by the government. The New Haven Hartford case and ICC report on St Louis and San Francisco reserves are cited as support for policy shifts.
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Cummins
Bill Frisco
United States
Great Lakes
Gulf
Senate
Kenyon
Norru
Clapp
Bristow
Borah
Alaska
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Steamship rates reduced announced by major lines
Liverpool January 26 reports American Cunard and White Star Lines cutting eastbound passenger fares by 20 shillings and westbound fares by 10 shillings for continental traffic. No reductions yet from Allan Line or Orient Pacific Railway.
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American
Cunard
White Star Lines
Liverpool
Allan Tame
Thentlian Pacific Railway
Obituaries and funeral notices from January 1914
Deaths listed include Armistead August at 2316 Eighteenth Street NW with funeral January 27 private interment. John J. Carry funeral at Pumphrey's Chapel Rocksile January 27. George Z. Colvin service at his sister-in-law’s in northwest DC with January 23 and 27 timings. Di Marco Alessutina daughter of Antonio and Maria with January funeral. Doyle John husband of Grace Stubbs Doyle January 38 service and London Park Cemetery. Harrison Rachel M. funeral January 28 at 2 pm. Minnie H Lowell funeral January 28 at St James Church in Philadelphia papers.
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Armistead
Eighteenth Street
Richmond
James C. Uare
Myrtle Street
John JT Carry
Pumphrey’s Chapel
Rocksile
Casey
Westmoreland
Lyman
Harriet M
Sixth Street
George Z
Mary J. Coligan
Gersuch
Reeta
Colvin
Mre LL Goubeau
J Street
Blanche Horton
Slin
Catletts Station
van Cleveland
Ohio
DI Marco
H Street
Alcustina
Antonio
Maria di Marco
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Doyle
John
Grace Stubbs Doyle
Eleventh Street
London Park Cemetery
Baltimore
Hannon
Hallin Edwards
Samuel Lunt Hlannon
Alexandria
George Hutton
Glasgow
Scotland
Harrison
Rachel M
Robert M
Susan A Harrison
Juuneral
Seventeenth Street
Lowell
Peekskill
Minnie H
Charles T. Lowell
St. James’ Church
Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Three Women Rescued From Burning House Fire
Three women occupants of 1311 Catreet were saved from a blaze that destroyed the building and its contents early yesterday. Pearl Howard was pulled from the third floor after nearly jumping, aided by Lieut Thoman and Private Posey. Gladys Ryan and Eva Wilson were guided down a ladder from the second floor as flames cut off escape, all in night clothing. property loss estimated at $5,000, insured.
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Catreet
Pearl Howard
Thoman
Posey
Gladys Ryan
Eva Wilson
First Church Calls Rev Dr John Brittan Clark
The Rev Dr John Brittan Clark formerly of Westminster Presbyterian Detroit has accepted the pastorate at First Presbyterian Church John Marshall Place near C and D streets northwest. He is expected to arrive early next week and has been a noted civic and religious leader in Detroit. President Wilson sometimes attended services there and past prominent members included several notable city figures.
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John Brittan Clark
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Detroit
Mich
First Presbyterian Church
John Marshall Place
D Streets
Wilson
Cleveland
White House
Sunderland
Clark
Westminster Church
Secretary Bryan Defends China Policy And Trust Reform
Secretary of State William J. Bryan told the American Asiatic Society that President Watson’s trust reform and foreign commerce policies will lower living costs and boost international trade. He said the China loan withdrawal does not reflect bad faith, rather a shift toward a policy he believes will long term benefit American commerce, noting no immediate trade decline due to time needed for effects. The remarks followed Willard Straight’s speech on bankers’ trade support in China and the administration’s stance toward private monopoly and international banks under currency law.
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New York
Watson
William J. Bryan
American Asiatic Society
Bryan Dison
Bryan
Orient
South America
Willard Straight
Society
China
Consul Moser Wins Suit for Damages
London reports Charles K. Moser American consul at Colombo Ceylon obtained 23000 dollars in damages in a defamation case against Mrs Virginia Graham an American visitor to Ceylon The verdict was delivered amid reports she is currently in America
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London
Charles K. Moser
Virginia
Colombo
Ceylon
Calcutta
Daily Telegraph
Virginia Graham
Graham
America
Senators urge Waller for Marine Corps commander
Senators Thomas Martin and Claude Swanson of Virginia urged President Wilson to appoint Lieut. Col. Littleton W. T. Waller as major general commanding the marine corps. They left seeming not encouraged. Secretary Daniels favors Col. George Barnett for the post.
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Martin
Swanson
Waller
Thomas
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Wilson
Littleton W. T. Waller
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Col
George Barnett
Truth in Deals Bill Passes House to Record True Consideration
Representative Ben Johnson leads opposition to a House vote of 233 to 6 for a measure requiring an affidavit of true consideration with every deed offered for recording. Proponents say it aids tax collection and district assessors while curbing real estate scandals. opponents argue value fluctuations render true consideration unhelpful.
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Ben Johnson
Congréss
House
Senate
Sisson
Mississippi
Gardner
Massachusetts
Johnson
Deeda
George
New York
Careers of the men in Congress shaping antitrust reform
The article surveys nine Democratic senators and fourteen House members on judiciary and interstate commerce panels, detailing their legal backgrounds and business ties as they draft bills to strengthen the Sherman act to regulate big business. It highlights training, offices held, and ownership interests of key lawmakers, portraying a Congress shaped by lawyers and merchants.
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Congress
U. S
Senate
House of Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
United States
Houses of
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Newlands
House of Senate
Pomerene
Senate and House News Notes and Nominations
President Wilson announced nominations including George Tey Summerlin as secretary of the legation at Santiago and Roeland B. Harvey as second secretary at Berlin. Hearings on stock exchange fraud and the Owen Dill bill begin February 4 before the Senate banking committee with Samuel Untermyer as the first witness. Substantive measures cover sugar cane syrup standards, public raid commissions, and international drainage meetings. The House will study investigation resolutions endorsed by caucus. R. P. Andrews Paper Co. to supply about 2,000,000 pounds of print paper under a government contract amid 40 bidders.
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Ohio
Gov
Harmon
Senate
Pomerone
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Myers
Montane
Joseph T. Robinson
Washington
Wilson
Santiago
Chile
George Tey Summerlin
Louisiana
Peking
Berlin
Roeland B. Harvey
Maryland
Stock Exchange
Owen Dill
Senate Banking Committee
Samuel Untermyep
Edward P. Lyon
New York Bank
Nota Company
Ana& Grain Exchanges
Chicago
Milwaukee
Macon
Georgia
Bankhead
Hoke Smith
National Drainage Congress
Savannah
Ashursts
Thomas’ de" Stray
Colorado
Senate Labor Committee
House
U. S
R. P. Andrews Paper Company
Joint Congressional Committee On Printing
Duncan A. Fletcher
Congressional Committee
Bryant Paper Company
Kalamazoo, Mich
Perfect Safety Paper Company
Connecticut
American Writing Paper Company
Randle Citizens Hear Tax Speeches
At the regular monthly meeting of the Randle Highlands Citizens Association at the Baptist Church speakers included H. Martin Williams reading clerk of the House of Representatives and W. A. Swanton on Taxation in the District of Columbia and the Half and Half Principle S. B. Snyder presided An invitation was extended to Herbert J Brown to address the March meeting
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Randle
Randle Highlands
Senator Works Seeks Commission to End Patronage System
A Senate speech by Senator Works of California advocates a presidentially appointed commission to review all federal appointments. The bill would ban congressional recommendations and aim to reduce patronage burdens on the President and Congress, citing 148,714 government officers and 10,839 presidential appointments in 1910 and noting postmasters increases.
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Senate
Senator Works
California
Congress
Army
Navy
Wilson
Death of Lyman R. Casey Former North Dakota Senator
Former North Dakota Senator Lyman R. Casey died suddenly at age 66 in his Westmoreland apartment at 11 p m Sunday He helped shape early western state development and irrigation policy after arriving in Washington in 1889 from Michigan He was a longtime rancher in Foster County NY native survived by wife Marian M Clapp two sons Frank and Carl daughter Mrs Atwood Toplit of New York Funeral set for Baltimore tomorrow afternoon.
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Lyman R. Casey
North Dakota
Westmoreland
Casey
Washington
West
Foster County
Michigan
New York State
Senate
New York City
Marian M. Clapp
Frank
Carl
Dughter
Atwood Toplit
New York
Baltimore
Seath in West Coast Storm Drowns Four Men
Four men drowned and many forced from homes as a heavy rainstorm hit Southern California. Among the deceased were Louis Jones a retired banker of Montecito and Rico Rodriguez who perished in the San Gabriel River near Whittier. Hugh Spear Haven listed as a Chicago financier was carried away near Monrovia. Rail traffic and highways were badly disrupted across Los Angeles County.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Callifornia
Los Angeles County
Louis Jones
Montecito
Hugh Spear Haven
Chicago
Monrovia
Rico Rodriguez
San Gabriel River
Whittler
Move Picture Panic in Dutch East Indies Kills 75
Fire panic at a plantation cinema in Surabaya Dutch East Indies causes 75 deaths among 58 children 16 women and 1 man. Most victims trampled or suffocated in the crowded theater.
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Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Surabaya
Roosevelt Tiger Hunt Through Brazil Hearts Indian Chiefs
Roosevelt undertakes a five day tiger hunt toward Manaus, Brazil, amid warnings from scientists. He travels with a Brazilian army medical team, sails by riverboat, and endures tropical rains and insect pests. Indians along Chile and Argentina urge him to visit, while a country store sleepover marks a rough, improvised march toward Neuquen.
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Colonel
Buenos Aires
Theodore Roosevelt
Paraguay River
Amazon
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil
Manaus
United States
Col. Roosevelt
Phyalchin
Tropics
Chilean Republic
Col
Roosevelt
Lake Lianquihue
Lake Todos Santos
Lake Nahuel
Bariloche
Girl's Body in Suitcase in Avalanche Case Mystery
A dismembered white girl's body allegedly carried in a suitcase for days was part of a murder inquiry led by Chief Allender after Charles Anderson admitted his father-in-law Reaea McAlister offered to burn the remains in a laundry furnace. McAlister denies the accusation as police probe disappearances from the era.
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St. Louis
Allender
Charles Anderson
Anderson
Reaea McAlister
McAllister
Missouri clubwomen meet Anne Morgan on federation plan
In St. Louis on January 26 Miss Anne Morgan daughter of the late J Pierpont Morgan and Miss Maude Wetmore daughter of former Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island addressed Missouri clubwomen. They discussed affiliating the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs with the National Civic Federation and outlined the work and aims of the women's department of which Miss Morgan is treasurer.
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Federation of Clubs
St. Louis
Clubwomen
Missouri
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Maude Wetmore
Senator Wetmore
Rhode Island
Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Civic Federation
Morgan
Women’s Department
Telegraph Deal Unites Marconi and Western Union
Special to The Washington Post from San Francisco reports a working arrangement between the Marconi Wireless Company of America and the Western Union Telegraph Company. The pact is described as the most important in the history of the telegraph telephone and cable industry in the United States.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Marconi Wireless Company of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraph Telephone and Cable
United States
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Henselt
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O. J. DeMoll & Co
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Storre
Utah
Anna Packovich
W. Thorne
A. P Webb
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Western Union
Edmonston
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