Prohibition Debate Highlights District Voice and Tax Protests
R P Andrews of the Retail Merchants Association urged a referendum or full suffrage for the District, opposing taxation without representation. He warned that a prohibition bill would shift liquor demand out of Washington and urged taxpayers to voice their views before Congress. The annual meeting approved a committee to address the sidewalk vault tax and intangible tax, and elected new members and governors for 1917.
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Andrews
Retail Merchants’ Association
Raleigh
Melandreas
To 1A
Congress
Senate
Washington
Association
Andrawa
Ysaac Gans
M. D Rosenberg
McD. Rosenberg
Charles J. Calumbua
R. P Andrews
Wnejib Hrekiman
Harry Sherby
Walk-Over Shoe Company
William Knabe
Woman strikes lawyer in San Francisco court
In a San Francisco courtroom on January 30, Belle Lavin, spectator and resident of a dynamiter’s house, attacked Assistant District Attorney Edward Cunha after testimony linked Warren Billings to her room. Lavin was seized by two officers and removed as she struggled. The trial concerns Thomas J Mooney's 1918 preparedness day bombing case. Billings and Schmidt are noted dynamiters connected to the case.
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San Francisco
Thomas J Mooney
Edward A. Cunha
Belle. Lavin
Warren K. Billings
Lavin
Cunha
Franklin K. Griffin
Billings
Mraavin
M .A. Schmidt
Los Angeles
Times
Call to Independents Passes Inaugural Revenue Bill Debated
In a tense session the House debated a revenue bill aimed to raise about 250 million dollars via higher inheritance taxes and an excess profits levy with a new 100 million dollar bond issue. Representative Randall called for an independent conference to press progressive control and committee power, while Democrats and Republicans split over preparedness spending and the Payne Aldrich tariff legacy.
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Call TO Independents
Charles H. Randall
California
Randall
Martin
Louisiana
Schall
Minnesota
London
New York
Misa Jeannette Rankin
Montana
M. Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Alvan T. Fuller
Massachusetts
House
Administration
Lega
Republicana
Treasury
Kitchin
Fordner
Ways and Means Committee
Germany
France
Russia
Fordney
Villa
Representative Longworth
Turks Adopt Gregorian Calendar Assertion
Amsterdam dispatch to Reuters reports that the Turkish parliament, advised by the government, has formally adopted the Gregorian calendar. The move marks a formal calendar reform aligning Turkey with Western dating standards.
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Amsterdam
Jan
Constantinople
Reuters
Mrs Byrne Enters Physical Strike On Hunger Protest
New York January 30 Mrs Ethel Byrne the birth control activist widens her protest from hunger to inactivity She submits to feeding via rubber tube but offers no resistance Her sister Mrs Sanger to Albany with Mrs Amos Pinchot to plead for Byrne’s release and repeal of birth control laws
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Sanger
Mindell
Margaret Sanger
New York
Fania Mindell
Jonah Goldstein
Ethel Byrne
Blackwell's Island
Gov. Whitman
Byrne
Spanell Case Argued in Alpine Murder Trial
Spanell trial in Alpine enters final phase as prosecution and defense rest, judge gives instructions, and closing arguments begin with verdict expected tomorrow afternoon. Spanell also charged with murder of Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler, killed when his wife died.
Newspapers Raise Price In Philadelphia
Philadelphia papers announce a city wide price rise to 2 cents due to higher paper costs and restricted newsprint supply. The shift doubles per paper annual expenditures and multiplies of overall publishing costs for the eight papers, with materials rising up to fourfold.
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Philadelphia
Inaugural Plans Set For Today In Washington
The full inaugural committee meets at 11 in the Willard's red room to tackle important matters. A preliminary meeting of the public order committee chaired by Major Pullman is set for Saturday at 8 in the Wizard. The Court of Honor meets Thursday. The Washington High School Cadet Corps, 1,508 strong, with 1,190 white and 400 colored cadets, leads the parade with their band. Mounts for the cadet horses prompt scheduling, with St Johns School Manlius sending 59 horses for 280 cadets. Fort Myer may provide quarters for the animals.
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the Willard
Committee On Public Order
Mai. Pullman
Pollee
Court of Honor
Washington High School Cadet Corps
Harper
Thurston
William E. Mahony
St. John's School
Manlius
Fort Myer
Baltimore man pleads guilty to bigamy in Reading case
Robert J. Hackman a telegraph operator from Washington pleaded guilty in the criminal court to bigamy and perjury. He left wife No 1 in Reading with two children and kept wife No 2, Miss Amelia B Post of Washington. The court set two years in the penitentiary suspended if he sends $20 monthly to wife No 1 for the children and stays away from wife No 2.
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Baltimore
Reading
Robert J. Hackman
Washington
Amelia B Post
Heckman
Death book kept by unions of electrical workers
In federal court today a witness testified that a death book listing persons marked for destruction was kept by business agents of some electrical workers unions. The book allegedly aided sluggers and gunmen in a Sherman antitrust case against four former agents and eleven switchboard makers who opposed installation of non Chicago made appliances in Chicago construction projects.
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Chicago
Federal District Court
J. A. F. Nichols
Lieut Catts to Be Retired After Street Duel
Acting Lieut John S. Catts permanently disabled for duty after a street duel with a colored man who killed his wife on November 21, 1915. Catts had his right arm shattered by a close range bullet, confined at Emergency Hospital for months, and cannot return to duty before the retirement board Friday morning.
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John S. Catts
Ieut Catts
Street widening suit to continue before district court
Chief Justice Covington denied a motion to dismiss the condemnation case to widen Wisconsin avenue from Garfield street to District One. Washington Railway and Electric Company plans to appeal on the lack of evidence of public necessity while valuers estimated trees, shrubs, and a wall along the estate Friendship William F. Gude at various sums during testimony by Wilton Lambert and others.
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Covington
Wisconsin Avenue
Garfield Street
District One
William C. Sullivan
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Sullivan
Wilton J Lambert
Exberta
William F. Gude
J. Henry Small
EF Spliedt
Funds to Decide Wilson on Raise
President Wilson considers a federal pay raise for clerks but will act only if the Treasury permits. He has no decision yet and will meet with Senate and House leaders this week. If the Smoot amendment remains, Congress may be forced to grant the same increase to lower paid federal employees.
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Wilson
Treasury
Capitol
White House
Senate
Smoot
Congress
Executive
Death of Jay Durham, longtime editor in Washington
Jay Durham, a renowned old school editor, died of pneumonia at the home of George W. Evans, a clerk in the Interior Department, at 928 Nineteenth Street. He led the old Daily News, later the Washington Mirror, and served as city editor of the Washington Times.
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Jay Durham
Old School
George W. Evans
Interior Department
Nineteenth Street
Durham
Old Daily News
Washington Mirror
Washington Times
Gypsy Smith Jr Delivers First Sermon At Sixteenth Street Tabernacle
Gypsy Smith Jr challenged mechanical churchgoers and habit driven worship in a first spectacular sermon at the tabernacle on Sixteenth Street NW. He labeled many worshippers as grinders and called Samson a fool while noting potential for personal redemption. The service, led by Rev Dr John Carpenter Palmer, drew full attendance with standing room.
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Gypsy Smith, Jr
Evangeliat
Samson
John Carpenter Palmer
Hubert Rex Johnson
James Shera Montgomery
Potomac Bridge Indorsed by House Committee
A bill favoring construction of a railroad bridge across the Potomac near Motomkin Point Virginia 30 miles south of Washington is authorized in a favorable report by the House Interstate Commerce Committee. The proposal is backed by Representative Jones of Virginia and approved by Secretary Baker.
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Potomac River
Motomkin Point
Washington
Washington-Newport
Striking Messengers Back From Western Union Walkout
Western Union messenger boys who went on strike Monday largely returned to work yesterday. Company officials reported many ringleaders among those who came back and showed little concern, suggesting the walkout was more a lark than a serious job action.
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Western Union
Goldheim's to Open New Southeast Corner Store
Washington neighborhood notes the Goldheim's move to the southeast corner of Fourteenth street and New York avenue. The firm will offer ready to wear, haberdashery, high grade tailoring, and full service to attract businessmen and professionals. The renovation is underway and an opening is planned with emphasis on quality and selection. The Wade Cooper of Union Savings Bank welcomes the new store as a dignified addition to the corner and local shopping.
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Fourteenth Street
New York Avenue
Goldheim’s
Wade Cooper
Union Savings Bank
Saya
Goldheim's
Washington
Theatore
Adv
Democratic national committee to reconvene in Washington
Vance McCormick the Democratic national committee chairman called a March 6 meeting in Washington the first since the St Louis convention. The session will celebrate a second term inauguration and set up permanent Democratic headquarters with staff and offices. A congressional campaign program for two years hence may be outlined. Shamokin Pa Jan 30 Monsignor John J Koch longtime pastor of St Patrick’s Church Harrisburg diocese died at 76
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John Walter Smith
Senate
Washington
Vance
Shamokin
John J. Koch
Diocese of
Harrisburg
St. Patrick’s Church
Commerce Men Set for United States Chamber Meeting
Final arrangements for the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States were made at a preliminary session of the chamber's national counsel. A resolution by W. H. Stackhouse denouncing the revenue bill and its excess profits tax was endorsed for debate.
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Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
W. H. Stackhouse
Springfield
Ohio
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