Death of Senator Cullom Loses Illinois a Statesman
Former U S senator from Illinois and Lincoln Memorial advocateCullom died at his Washington home after a weeklong illness. He served in the House and Senate, was governor for six terms, helped create the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was named resident commissioner of the Lincoln Memorial. Memorial services were planned in Springfield and Washington with addresses by Sherman and Dunne.
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Cullom
Congress
Taft
Bivaen
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Hey
Whariea Wood
Church of the Covenant
Springfield
Mr Cullom
Charles Hidgely
Statehouse
Donald MacLeod
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Edward F. Dunne
Oak Ridge Cemetery
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Senate
Sherman
Dinos
Clark
Wyoming
Wathars
Mississippi
James M. Graham
Tmnoia
House of Representatives
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Woodrow Wilson
Shetbs
House
Wren Mrullom
Togan
Wentworth
Blaine
Conkling
Flayes
Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Grant
Philadelphia
Cullem
Mount Morris Seminary
United States
Cullam
Mr Cullam
Montierlie
Wayne County
Tietard Northcraft
Elizabeth Coffey Cullom
Yazewell County
Mlinois
Ventilors
Mount Morris
Springfeld
Stuart & Edwards
Ful
United States Senate
Wirhols
John T. Stuart
David Davis
Father of
Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Hawaiian Islands
Hanna M. Fisher
Tula Fisher
West
Henry P. Parker
Phelps Brown
William Barret Ridgely
the Currencer
Minois
Allmois
Illinoisa
Iinois
Government Rail Project Sparks House Debate
Senate and House action heated over Alaska Railroad plan with debate on government build proposal. Highlights include criticism of prior post office site deals and calls for an Alaska rail bill, plus discussions on pacer transport for police and firemen and looming committee votes.
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Senate
Alaska Railroad
Rules Committee
Ashbrook
Omo
House Public Buildings Committee
Shaw
Pittsburgh
Oliver
Taft Asked to Call Commission Meeting in Washington
Former President Taft was urged by the Secretary of War to convene a Lincoln Memorial Commission meeting in Washington at the earliest moment. The session aims to add a clause in foundation and superstructure contracts designating the joint War Department and commission agent for supervision. The contracts must be signed by Secretary Garrison, and Taft may be traveling to Canada for speeches. the meeting is expected next week.
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Secretary of War
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Washington
War Department
Commission
Garrison
Trust Bill Hearings Underway As Congress Deliberates Sherman Act Amendments
Lawmakers push antitrust measures with hearings starting today. Clayton idles on interstate trade commission changes, with Henry of Texas and Lenroot of Wisconsin urging amendments. Untermyer and Henry discuss defining monopoly while executive efforts seek to shield business secrets from public view.
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Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Clayton
Stanley
Kentucky
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Davies
Bureau of Corporations
Clayton Interstate Trade Commission
Commission
Adamson
Interstate Commerce
Untermyer
Floyd
Carlin
Judiciary Committee
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Salaries Fight in Interstate Trade Commission Debate
Opposition grows to proposed pay in the Interstate Trade Commission bill granting five members $10 000 yearly and a $7 200 secretary The measure also faces an amendment to cap membership at three and to add a Texas style exemption from the Sherman act for certain producers and farm products amid broader anti trust concerns and conspiracy claims.
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Commission
Bristow to Seek Reelection to U S Senate in Kansas
Topeka Kan Jan 28 United States senator J L Bristow announces plans to run again on the Republican ticket for the U S Senate position. In a letter released by a friend Bristow says he will seek the nomination at the Republican primaries next August and opposes a third party movement.
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J. Ll. Bristow
United States
Senate
Senator Bristow
Republican Party
Hands Off, He Warns At Least Not This Year
Chairman Cantor and Metz seek repeal of the collection at the source feature of the income tax law. Underwood says no changes will be entertained this session. Hull defends the law, calling criticisms premature and urging patience until Treasury regulations are understood.
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Underwood
Jacob A. Cantor
New York
Herman A. Metz
Cordell Hull
Fennessee
Areek
New York State Bar Association
New York City
Huji
Treasury
Virginians Discuss Progressive Democracy With Wilson
Rep Carter Glass says a Virginia delegation met President Wilson for an hour on progressive democracy and primary legislation. Eugene Withers of Danville and Attorney General Pollard joined the White House talk. no appointments were discussed and Glass did not participate in the conference directly.
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Wilson
Carter Glass
White House
Eugene Withers
Danville
Pollard
Glass
Virginia
Poultry Show Opens At Hyattsville With 300 Birds
The Washington Fest report from Hyattsville Maryland describes the annual Central Maryland Poultry Association show in Masonic Hall. About 300 birds from DC Maryland and Virginia compete with awards announced by judge Roy H Waite including multiple firsts seconds and thirds across White Rocks Silver Wyandottes Barred Rocks White Wyandottes Black Orpingtons White Orpingtons Dark Cornish and Buff Rocks. The exhibit runs through Saturday night with many prizes awarded to local breeders such as George Godey Rheinhold Marx and Ellwood Taylor among others in a lively regional poultry event.
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Central Maryland Poultry Association
Masonic Hall
District of Columbia
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Virginia
Roy H. Waite
Maryland Experiment Station
White Rocks
George Godey
Berwyn
A. Krieger
Baltimore
J. Sanders
East Hyattsville
Silver Wyandottes
Rheinhold Marx
Eugene Grove
Limekiln
George Redhead
Fails Church
Ellwood Taylor
A. I. Carver
East Riverdale
Harry Nalley
Mount Rainier
E H. Roberta
Brightwood
Riverdale Orpington Yards
W. E. Thorne
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B. E. Hutchinson
Brookland
D. C
Walter T. Kline
H. M. Trubbeil
Warreniort
Kate P. Strawn
Serrar
Tecoma Park
First Maryland Senator Blair Lee Seated by Senate
Blair Lee, Democrat, becomes Maryland's first directly elected senator, taking oath amid disputes over the 17th Amendment. He is assigned as chair of the Expenditures in the Postoffice Department Committee. Republicans opposed seating him. Smoot abstained. Senate shows 61 Democrats, 43 Republicans, 1 Progressive, with Alabama vacancy.
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Blair Lee
Senate
William J. Jackson
Lee
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Smoot
Rayner
Jackson
Bradley
Clark
Wyoming
Dillingham
Fal
Goff
Lippitt
Lodge
Nelson
Page
Hoot
Stephenson
Sutherland
Weeks
Cemes
Alabama
Hasten Coal Trust Suit Moves On in Court
In Philadelphia on January 28 Judge Gray of the United States appellate court filed a decree appointing Charles H. Guilbert as special examiner to take testimony and submit notes by May 23. The government’s suit to dissolve the coal trust targets Reading Company and related railroads and coal firms once accused of monopolizing coal production.
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Coal Trust
Gray
United States Appellate Court
Reading Company
Charles H. Guilbert
WASTE BY SPEER CHARGED IN GEORGIA CASE
Georgia Attorney General Thomas Felder told a congressional committee that bankruptcy estates were wasted in Federal Judge Emory Speer s court. He cited the W A Huff bankruptcy as proof, alleging fees of 23178 with 10000 to be disallowed and 3000 still tied up on appeal. He also accused the judge of consistent partisanship.
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Georgia
Savannah
Thomas 8. Felder
Congressional Committee
Emory Speer
Felder
W. A. Huff
Attorney General Faces Atlanta Prison Feeding Charge
Attorney General McReynolds criticizes recent charges against the Atlanta Federal penitentiary. He argues inmates gain weight shortly after entering the prison, claiming this proves prisoners are well fed.
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McReynolds
Chreynolds
Federal
Urge Bull Run Bills Move Toward Public Reservations
House and Senate military affairs committees will review Carlin and Swanson bills to acquire the first and second Bull Run battlefields in Virginia as public reservations. An appropriation of 50 000 dollars would fund battlefield markings and a commemorative tablet at Manassas marking where President Taft welcomed veterans on the 50th anniversary. Veterans from both sides back the measure.
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Senate
Carlin
Swanson
Virginia
Army Board
Congress
Bull Run
Grant
Lee
Manassas
Taft
Stonewall Jackson
Longstreet
Henry House
Washington City News in Brief Highlights February Events
The Washington Traffic Club dinner is set for February 7 at the Raleigh Hotel with Fairfax Harrison of Southern Railway as principal speaker and several senators and representatives slated to speak. Edith D Johnson begins a Girl Scouts camp drive as plans for local scouting expand. Clarence S George, once a private, is pardoned by President Wilson on Tumulty’s request after a court martial for letters to officers. A lecture on The Balkan Situation by Prof Joseph Schumpeter is announced for February 4 at the New National Museum, with GWU and Columbia ties. Glenn Frank will address Calvary M. E. Church alumni on February 1. Florence Crittenton Home dining room needs are noted, plus several social and club events, lectures, and notices from local organizations.
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George
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Austria
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Schumpeter
Columbia University
New York City
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Northwestern University of Chicago
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Stewart A. Maltman
Harrison E. Patten
Florence M. Brown
Young Women’s Christian Association
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Margaret Fox
Grant Place
Caroline B. Dow
National Training School
Brown
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Washington
Canton
Ohio
Florence Crittenton
Wyoming
Washington Sunshine and Community Society
W. H. Howard
John Bankhead
Duncan A. Fletcher
William H. Thompson
Dudley
Great Trials of History Dreyfus Trial and Reinstatement
Alfred Dreyfus, a French Alsatian officer, faced a secret court martial in 1894 after a dossier was allegedly forged. He was convicted on false handwriting evidence, degraded, and exiled to Devils Island, with later retrials leading to exoneration and restoration to major.
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du Paty de Clam
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de Clam
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Devils Island
Louhbet
Court de Caseation
Death of Mrs Ida M Steele in Winchester Va
Mrs Ida Way Steele wife of Luther Steele died last night in Winchester Virginia at age 43 She is survived by her husband and three children.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Ida Way Steele
Luther Steele
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