Cash to Probe City May Work During Recess
The House approved a $16,000 appropriation to extend investigations into municipal affairs of the District of Columbia during recess. The probe will cover hospitals and other federally funded institutions, and will expand on the George inquiry into district tax methods and purchasing department practices. Johnson said the scope includes undervalued real estate, underassessed properties, and inadequate assessors, with estimates showing large increases in assessments for some properties and insufficient funding for proper district appraisal.
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Redfield
Purchasing Department
George
House
Ben Johnaon
District of Columbia
District Committee
Jonagan
Congress
Cannon
India
Chaiman Johnson
Michael E Driscoll
Sin lLork
Cormmuttes
Ma Johnson
Atumbla
Mashington
Printing Office reforms propose savings and consolidation
House committee on printing reported an amended Senate bill to codify and revise printing laws. It calls consolidation of the deputy public printer and superintendent roles, blocks salary increases for officials, centralizes sale of government publications, and streamlines document distribution to Congress.
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House Committee On Printing
Senate
Government Printing Office
Congress
New York Representative Proposes Stop Piano Noise Bill
Representative Thomas W. Bradley of New York presents a bill to the House to curb piano and other instrument noise after a health board warning. The measure targets nuisance noise aggravating a sick person and was referred to the District of Columbia affairs committee.
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Thomas W. Bradley
New York
Fleet
District of Columbia
New Farehive
Congress Condensed Impacts On Budget And Schedules
The report covers appropriation measures for legislative executive and judicial needs, notices to call up items, and Senate actions. Senator Kerm delays Lorimer case until Tuesday with executive session on Sloan. five hours logged with no contusions. The House meets 11 am to discuss DC legislation. a 610,000 budget for municipal investigations is approved. Underwood reintroduces Taft vetoed cotton tariff bill and the inauguration date proposal shifts from March 4 to late April. House adjourns to 11 pm tomorrow.
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Wares
Kerm
Lorimer
Senate
Sloan
District of Columbia
District Committee
Underwood
Taft
Henry
House
Meror
Pujo asserts state rights safe in money trust probe
Representative Pujo told Fidelty Trust president Robert L Fryer that states rights are not being endangered by the house banking and currency inquiry and that refusal to answer questions will be addressed in due course. Fryer said he had not yet received Pujo's letter and would decide after reading it.
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Pujo
Louisiana
House Banking and Currency Committee
Robert L. Fryer
Fidelty Trust Company
Buffalo
Money Trust
Fryer
Democratic House
Snld
House
N. Y
Cotton tariff measure reintroduced after veto
Representative Underwood reintroduced the cotton tariff revision bill at the direction of Democrats on the ways and means committee. The bill would cut average ad valorem duties to 27.06 percent from 1911 levels, with first year revenue about 10.5 million and potential consumer savings on cotton clothing of 80 million dollars.
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Underwood
Representative Underwood
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Congress
Taft
Meat Trust on Grill Witnesses Called This Week
The judiciary committee of the House will begin an inquiry into rising beef prices this week. Witnesses will likely test whether packers set prices arbitrarily as Department of Commerce and Labor reports suggest, or if beef costs rise due to livestock shortages. The panel aims to assess Sherman antitrust law efficacy and potential amendments. The investigation parallels broader congressional concern as prices and policy intersect presidential politics.
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Judiciary Committee
House
Department of Commerce and Labor
Henry D Clayton
Clayton
Congress
Railroad ships threaten freight lines and small shippers
George Patterson, general counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad, warned a Senate canal committee that approving a railroad owned steamship provision in the Panama Canal bill would force either retirement or sale of major freight carriers. He cited roughly 10 million dollars in Pennsylvanian shipping investments and argued the clause would let big industrial interests dominate shipping, harming small shippers and affecting other railroads like Erie and New York Central.
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George 8. Patterson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Senate
United States
Erie
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
Patterson
Henry D Clayton Secretly Reunited With Wife In Street Car
A Pennsylvania avenue street car sped toward the Capitol when a well dressed woman waved a parasol and cried Henry D Henry D. Rival passengers watched as Representative Henry D Clayton leaped from a car to greet his wife. The conductor paused the vehicle, and Clayton was escorted into a carriage to the Capitol.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Henry D. Henry D
Henry D Clayton
Fire damages three houses on Ninth Street NW
A fire around 7 pm last night damaged three houses on 4 Ninth Street Northwest. It started in the middle room of the first floor owned by Re Goetsinger and occupied by William Short and Henry Prigens. The fire marshal could not determine the cause, and the blaze spread to vacant houses on each side but was quenched.
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Ninth Street
Re. Goetsinger
William Short
Henry Prigens
Fight Over Inaugural MANN Sees Trouble Ahead
A House clash in Texas amid a push by Henry to amend the Constitution changing the presidential term and inauguration date from March 4. Mann and Sherley filibuster as a six-year term idea gains applause. Debate hints at constitutional chaos if timing and ratification stretch, with a San Francisco club sending 1068 dollars to support Olympic efforts.
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Mann
Sherley
Kentucky
Henry
United States
San Francisco
New York
Proper amendment to the Constitution debated in council
The council will vote on several amendments to the Constitution before final action on the resolution. A proposal to fix the presidential term at six years is among the measures to be considered.
Veesrans Elect Officers At Spanish War Veterans Encampment
Members of the United Spanish War Veterans six DC camps held their thirteenth encampment at Eagles Hall and elected department officers. Jere A Costello named department commander with J L King HC Wilson Caspidy and others chosen. national delegates named for Atlantic City. Auxiliary officers also elected with Tillie M Roth retiring president honored with a gold pin.
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United Spanish War Veterans of
District of Columbia
Eagles’ Hall
James F P. Greeley
Jere A. Costello
J. L. King
Serst
HC. Wilson
J. F. Caspidy
John Lewis Smith
William A. Dowling
A. E. Smith
John A. Hogan
Herry B. Coulter
M. D. Mettee
James E. Maynard
Joseph D. Wilkinson
Atlantic City
Tillie M. Roth
Lucifer Fehl
Cora M. Campbell
Mary Phillips
Jeannette Sikken
Naval Academy inspection week opens with visiting board
Four members of the Naval Academy Board of Visitors have arrived in Annapolis and are quartered at Carvel Hall to oversee June week activities. The party includes Rosecrans W Hillsbury G St L Abbott Thomas R Proctor and Stuart W Cramer with Mrs Proctor Mrs Cramer Miss Cramer and Miss Whitten accompanying Mr Cramer. Supt Gibbons hosted a luncheon for distinguished guests including Ambassador and Mme Jusserand Secretary of War Stimson and Gen Leonard Wood.
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Washington
Annapolis
Board of Visitors
Naval Academy
Carvel Hall
Rosecrans W. W. Hillsbury
Manchester
N. H
G. St. L. Abbott
Boston
Mass
Thomas R. Proctor
Utica
Stuart W Cramer
Charlotte
N. G
Proctor
Mra. Proctor
Cramer
Miss Cramer
Miss Whitten
Supt. Gibbons
Academy
Mme. Jusserand
Stimson
Gen
Leohard Wood
Middies to sail on Atlantic fleet battleships this month
First and second class men from the Naval Academy will go to sea aboard Atlantic fleet battleships, about ten from each class per ship. First class aims for deck duties and junior officer roles in watch, gun divisions, boats, signals, and mates. Second class focuses on engine rooms, electrical work, and navigation with radio-telegraphy study.
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Naval Academy
Atlantic
Chamber of Commerce committee meets on proposed clerk tenure
A. Leftwich Sinclair, chair of the law and legislation committee, calls Tuesday 4 PM meeting to draft a report for the board. The subcommittee opposes the legislative appropriation bill provisions affecting civil service clerks. Directors meet Wednesday evening, last meeting before summer adjournment on Tuesday evening, date 11.
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A. Leftwich Sinclair
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Law and Legislation
Board of Directors
Civil Service
Bonds Offered by Baltimore Trust as Collateral
Baltimore Trust Company advertised for sale $1,250,000 in improvement and refunding bonds secured by collateral to cover a $330,000 note on the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company. Joseph H. Hoadley, Alabama director, contends an illegal issue of $1,740,000 bonds, of which $1,260,000 was swapped for preferred stock. Prospective defendants named include Douglas H Gordon, Samuel C Rowland, Wiliam C Sedden, Summerfield Baldwin, William Middendorf of Baltimore and Erakine Hewitt of New York. Protective committee seeks arrangements to satisfy the note. unless funds or alternatives arrive by noon Monday, bonds may be bid to the highest bidder.
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Baltimore
Joseph H. Hoadley
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
Baltimore Trust Company
Alabama Company
Hoadley
Mr. Hoadley
Douglas H Gordon
Samuel C. Rowland
Wiliam C. Sedden
Summerfield Baldwin
William Middendorf
Erakine Hewitt
New York
Alabama Consolidaed Coal and Iron Company
Trust Company
See's Accuser Recants in Cult Trial
Chicago June 1 Stephen Bridges principal witness against Evelyn Arthur See leader of the Absolute Life Cult in the trial for contributing to the delinquency of a minor has sworn an affidavit repudiating his testimony. He says he did See an injustice in making the statement. See is now a prisoner in the county jail awaiting review by the supreme court.
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Chicago
Stephen Bridges
Evelyn Arthur See
Absolute Life Cult
Lee
Supreme Court
Senate Civil Service Budget Revisions Packed with Changes
Senate committee endorses Commerce Court funding and civil service rules, rejects House cuts to clerks and War Department, and adds to the State Department trade relations bureau. The bill totals 34 537.86 dollars, modestly up from the House version and well below the full appropriation. Debates loom as Chairman Warren moves to push the bill for continuous consideration.
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House
Commerce Court
State Department
Trade Relations Bureau
Senate
Se Committee
Senate Committee
Civil Service
District Victory
Department
Bureau of Trade Relations
War Department
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Warren
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