United Fruit Company Denies Pooling and Rates Alliance
Andrew Freston of United Fruit testified the firm operates independently from pooling agreements and rate systems. He said the company aims to expand traffic with Central and South America, maintains its own wireless and maritime services, and has grown from chartered ships to a fleet of 20 vessels.
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Preston
United Fruit Company
Aventa
Iitself
United States
Central
South America
Ita
Norwexian
Fruit Company
Acaulrtna
Tropical
America
Banas
Cuba
United Fruit Company Laporte American
Banaries
Central America
West Indies
Central and
Puerta Barrios
Guatemala
Punta Gorda
Utile Island
False Cape
Honduras
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Fight Over Filipinos Jones Arraigns U S In Island Clash
Virginia Representative W A Jones harshly attacked the American administration in the Philippines in the House. He argued independence talk and demanded an investigation while opponents warned Filipinos were not ready for self rule. The debate highlighted a Democratic rift over Philippine policy and governance.
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Virginia
Philippines
House
Islands
W. A. Jones
Offaire
Jones
Njod Wilson
Sherley
Kentucky
Murmy
Bemoorah
Massachusetts
Jonas
Hauge Committee On Insular Affairs
Congress
Moros Defeated After Battle Near Jolo in Philippines
Details report sharp fighting last Thursday between American troops and Moros near Jolo. One American killed and six wounded after a large Moros assault on U.S. cavalry and Philippine constabulary. Moros allegedly suffered heavy losses. numbers unconfirmed. General Pershing dispatched forces to clear the area as a Moro stronghold faced a decisive assault. Count Inouye is reported critically ill in Tokyo.
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Manila
FP. i
Jola
United States Cavalry
Philippine Constabulary
Philippines
Jolo
Farshing
Han
Pienth
Jole
de Belg Setakty
Boouta
Hig
Salo
Taglidi
Suffragette Campaign Tactics Amid Washington Visit
The article describes intensified suffragette activity and a bold plan to pressure leadership. It notes a reportedly staged capitulation by a figure named Miss Irwin and hints at a delegation traveling to Washington to influence her to cancel a theater engagement for inauguration week and join the protest at the Capitol.
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Uganda
Eatric
Mise Irwin
Irwin
Washington
Tariff Debate Splits Tailors and Importers Over Luxuries
U S lawmakers weigh tariff changes on silk gowns and laces as American tailors plead for higher duties while importers argue Paris gowns have become necessities. Hull signals possible income tax to offset tariff cuts, with ratification hurdles slowing action.
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Hull
Paris
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Robert Pluym
Washington
National Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers’ Assorciation
Tailora
Tennessee
Committee On Ways and Means
New Jersey
Wyoming
New Mexico
West Virginia
Florida
Antisaloon League Leader Attacks Blair Lee in Maryland
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Md Jam 2 In a Montgomery County Antigaloon League meeting W H Anderson superintendent of the State league attacked State Senator Blair Lee of this county over the last legislative session. He warned the temperance group will oppose Lee for the U S Senate if he does not answer questions deemed necessary by the State league. Anderson said defeat of a statewide local option bill would end the temperance effort for that law and trigger a broader campaign.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Montgomery County
Antigaloon League
W. H Anderson
State League
Blair Lee
United States
Lee
Anderson
ig@aturat
Temperance Forsea
Boilermaker Flees Hospital After Appendicitis Handling
In Newport News Virginia Jane Brnet Carpenter, a sturdy boilermaker, fled from a hospital laylight after surgeons warned of surgery for appendicitis. He dashed from the sterile slab, grabbed clothing, pushed past attendants, and returned home. Ernest had a good night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast, then resumed work as a steam riveter.
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Newport News
Kia
Ernest
DOUBTS CANAL LAW CHANGE DISCUSSED IN BALTIMORE
Y Gorman stated that Democratic policy favors free passage and that a repeal of the Panama Canal free passage would wait for another national convention. He noted the 1912 platform supported free passage for coastwise ships, a stance he says will hold for four years. Representative Mann indicated Republican support for the O Gorman view, saying opposition to free passage comes from transcontinental railroads fearing competition.
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Mann
O’gorman
Lincoln Memorial Debate Shapes House Vote Today
In a House speech Representative Cooper defended the proposed $2,000,000 Lincoln memorial. He contrasted the Washington monument as an Egyptian obelisk and described the Pension building as a jagged shed disfiguring Judiciary Square. Borland urged a Washington to Gettysburg highway project and Stephens introduced a concurrent resolution for a Lincoln memorial bill.
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Washington Monument
Judiciary Square
House
Representative Cooper
Lincoln Memorial
Borland
Washington-to-Gettysburg
Cooper
Lincoln Memorial Commission
G. AR. Offfetala
Stephens
Waterways Bill Shows Debate Over River Spending
The House passed the rivers and harbors appropriations bill totaling about 40.8 to 105 million dollars with 108 thousand for Anacostia and Potomac river improvements. Representative Callaway fought the bill’s principle claiming waterways transportation has played out, while Moore pressed Delaware River funding and Mondell accused a regional beneficiary “combination.”
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Anacoqua
Potomac
Callaway
House
Texas
Anacostia
Anacoatia River
Potomac River
Washington
Lower
Cedar Point
Moore
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Dowm
Phila Megaure
26 Of Rark's Crew Lost In Fog Collision
News recounts the sinking of the German bark Pangani after a collision with the French steamer Earl Man in a fog off Havype France. Ninety crew members perished. only four saved as the Pangani went down swiftly near Pygtieh.
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RARK
Havype
France
Hague
Phryne
Mail Rate Inquiry On Danger to Saving Rail Pay Plan
Second Assistant Postmaster General Stewart testifies that shifting railroad payment to space used rather than weight would likely erase savings of 90000 a year from a proposed 80000000 annual mail bill. Ralph Peters of Long Island Railroad heads opposition, saying space payments are unfair and would cause multiple rates and confusion. railroads argue current underpayment of about 15000000 yearly may rise.
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Stewart
Peters
Malwaa
Joint Congressional Committee
Peesvida
Generel Stews
Questor
Boume
Post Office Department
Congress
Bourne
Hoyrne
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
Boston Man Arrested in $ Million Wall Street Scam
Boston resident James H. McNicholas was arrested on a charge of using a wall street scheme with Idaho and Dragon fronts. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Hayes in $10,000 bail and held for extradition after agents from Cleveland arrived. Police found him at a Back Bay hotel he had been sought since last October. The case involves substantial alleged losses from the operation.
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Boston
Jan
James H. McNicholas
Cleveland
Ohto
Walle Fe
McNicholas
United States
Hayes
Back Bay
Idaho
Dragon
Chotr Boy Admits Theft From New York Employers
A youth admitted stealing 15 from the W. F. Crane Company payroll on December 7 in New York. He told investigators he felt remorse and wished to be punished. he had turned himself in at St. Enniss on Monday.
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New York
Secant
W. F. Crane Company
Stenniess
Exploding Metal Burns Seven at Upson Nut Plant
Seven Upson Nut Co workers were seriously injured and about a dozen others suffered cuts and bruises when molten iron spilled from two casting furnaces, igniting steam and flying drops. The blast damaged the Cleveland plant, breaking steam pipes and wrecking the facility. all seven injured are expected to recover.
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Wut Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Sevyen
Upson Nut Company
Former Pennsylvania treasurer urges paper legal tender fix
W H Berry former state treasurer speaks to the House currency committee proposing paper legal tender backed by bonds and gold reserves to solve currency problems. He faults current laws for shrinking bank reserves and creating a money trust while opposing the Aldrich plan and linking finance to unemployment and discrimination against borrowers.
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Pannsylvania
Jeane
J. S
Banka
W. H. Berry
Pennsylvania
House
Herry
Berry
Aldrich
Industria
Wellesley Students Strike for Visiting Rights
Wellesley College students vow an equal rights strike demanding permission to entertain male visitors without chaperons. Freshmen through seniors join the revolt, arguing the faculty must grant the right to host men guests as other colleges do.
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Wellesley College
Boston
Pujo Begins Money Trust Committee Testimony Analysis
Representative Pujo, chairman of the House money trust committee, opened a review of testimony to craft a report for Congress on banking and currency regulation. He sequestered in his hotel room with documents as other committee members and Attorney Untermyer assist. They plan a trip to Jekyll Island to interview William Rockefeller.
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Pujo
House Money Trust Committee
House
Untermyer
Unterm
Jekyl Island
William Rockefeller
Waiters Faction Clash At Union Hall
In New York on January 2 sitters and hotel workers marching for strike relief faced a violent split as several hundred of their own members heckled and stoned the meeting. A faction that had quit work days earlier blocked the effort to reclaim jobs as windows at the hall were shattered and the gathering dispersed. Stones were reportedly thrown from an elevated rail station nearby as assailants boarded a train and fled.
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Joba
New York
Dorder
Hyattsville Lines Up 15 MPH Speed Limit Law
The mayor and common council plan to pass an ordinance fixing Hyattsville's speed limit at 15 miles per hour within the city limits, arguing local authority to deviate from state law. Fines dispute over rightful repository delays action, as the state automo bility commissioner says fines belong to the state and suggests a settlement. Local officers have not arrested anyone for speeding since the ordinance amends their fee rights.
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Washington Post
Hyattsville
False Arrest Verdict in $10,000 Suit in Roanoke
Special to The Washington Post from Roanoke Virginia reports a jury awarded F. T. Muddim an a verdict of 50 in his favor in a $10,000 damage suit against City Clerk W. L. Craft for false arrest. The suit claims Craft overpaid Muddim an about $1,000 and then swore out a warrant accusing him of larceny of the money.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Jan S
F. ‘T Mud@diman
Rockinghem County
W. L. Craft
Craft
Muddiman
An & Municipal
Roller Skating for Charity at Naval Academy Winter Diversions
The Naval Academy in Annapolis plans a series of charity roller skating events in February March and April at the academy armory. An admission fee will be charged with proceeds benefiting the Naval Relief Association. Also noted are early baseball player sales by Anderson High to teams in the Caroling Association and North Carolina League, including Pitoharira Bogus to Boston Nationals and Cetcher KK to Asheville.
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Naval Academy
Wavel Acad
Academy
Naval Relief Association
Barbara Arnold On Trial For Incendiary Fire
Miss Barbara Arnold, a 14 year old, faced a jury for alleged attempts to set the Windemers Hotel aflame on November 5. Authorities tied her to confessing a November 3 Merlin Hotel fire that killed three people, a statement she later repudiated. Witness W. J. Williamson testified as a principal witness in the case.
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Barbara Arnold
St. Louis
Modan
Barbara Gladya Arnold
Windemers
Merlin
Hersond
Herpicide hair remedy advertised with cautions at Paterson
An early 20th century ad touts Herpicide as a solution for thin and brittle hair. It claims quick scalp relief and promising results, with a money back guarantee and special agents listed at a local pharmacy.
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Adaréw
W. Preston Tella
Andrew Freston
Alst
House Shipping Trust
Hig Company
Raitraade
Robert W Holssergain
Walker B Spencer
Fatima
Arphre
Moro Forges
Jol
McHally Wan
Count Inouye
Tokyo
The
Agahi
Katsuyosuke Inouye
Inouye
Germany
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Cooper Mall
House of Waterways Bill
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Mississippi
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Dole
Mondell
Tadville
Able Mountain
Fred Dixon
Uncle Tom’s
Powell Peterson
Agdt
Peterson
New York World
Charles Martin
Brooklyn
Martin
Martin Leatt
Qcaan
Kranprinscesln Cecilie
Breser Renin
Rotterdam
Minnespori
Seveeneng
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Editer Wilken
Yew Tet
Bremen
Loadon
Mlazeionis
Reforyrd Sabie Island
Freathant Elpagin
Hamburn
Southampton
Committee of Congress
James McNicholas
Chotr
Thrit
Rockefeller
NEW Hyattsville Sfeed Law
Anderson Club
Poerle
Loy
Palais Royal
A.lisner
Federal National Bank
Canital
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J. J. Darlington
N. H. Shea
Arthur D. Marks
Frank B Noyes
John L. Newbold
Clarence B. Rheem
Leon Tobriner
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Hoops
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Trempraad
Ogam's
Zaza
Tanezew Toe
Tenqueray
Sat
Gertrude Woffmank
Broadway
Batis Taferter i
Beautiful
Percy Haswell & Ca’ Wires Players
Frank
Maser
DE Caen von Hiragle
P. Thur
Alta
Asery Cawthorn
Eltinge
New Mugle
Hamel
STS
EE Academy
SIS Hopkins
Newt
Lyceum
Ee Darnen
Poe Bowemian
Gunlesquens
Nicolas Ios
Queens of the Folies Bergere
Couiene
Oleman
Haltatee
Celembia Theater
John Friday
Gee
McCormack
Sigrenreers
GJ Geet
Great
Irish Teast
Edward Hines
Percy Voster
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