Lobbying Ties Uncovered in Beet Sugar Campaign
The Senate panel disclosed private papers from Clarence C. Hamlin guiding beet sugar interests in a campaign to sway public opinion against tariff cuts. Letters and telegrams show Hamlin, Palmer, and Clark coordinating publicity through newspapers, press associations, and interviews while seeking allies in railroads and academia.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Duces Tecum
Clarence C. Hamlin
Colorado Springs
Colo
American Beet Sugar Association
Harry A. Austin
Truman G. Palmer
Association
Palmer
Hamlin
Clark
Wyoming
American Beat Sugar Association
Friends
Associated Press
HE At Sugar Co
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Congress
Associated” Frees
Austin
Overman
Reed
Walsh
Senate Sargeant-At-Arms
Aaron Gove
Charles B. Warren
Michigan Sugar Company
Wilson Nominates Pages for Italy And Stovall for Switzerland
President Wilson yesterday announced ambassadors and ministers including Thomas Nelson Page to Italy and Pleasant A. Stovall to Switzerland, with other federal posts for Montana and Alabama. The dispatch references letters and efforts to gain publicity through the Associated Press, mentioning Senator Works and Hamlin, and notes ongoing committee discussions.
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Wilson
Italy
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Switzerland
Pleasant A. Stovall
Georgia
Montana
Andrew J. King
Register of the Land Office
Montgomery
Ala
Cato D. Glaver
Tolls not involved say senate will ratify arbitration protocols
State Department officials believe the Senate will approve five year extensions of arbitration treaties with several nations, including Mexico Sweden and Japan, despite prior delays. Britain’s government has not yet replied fully to a recent note, leaving the next move to London. Negotiations proceed from Bryan toward preliminaries before Congress reconvenes in December.
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Senate
State Department
England
Mexico
Panama Canal
Edoward Grey
Forte
Hig
United States
Great Britain
Bryan
Congress
Sweden
Japan
Burleigh Leaves Hospital For Atlantic City
United States Senator Burleigh of Maine has left Johns Hopkins Hospital with his wife and daughters to recover in Atlantic City after two critical operations. He arrived in Baltimore March 4 and underwent surgeries March 14 and April 23, with doctors reporting a path to permanent recovery.
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United States
Summeuh
Maine
Johna Hopkins Hospital
Atlantic City
Martin
Williamson
Burleigh
Baltimore
Senate
Kid
Atlantic
Judge Lovett denounces rumors on Union Pacific deal
Judge Robert E Lovett in New York rejected emissaries offering influence to Congress to aid dissolution talks between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. He said no lawyers were hired, no intent to control Baltimore and Ohio, and dismissed banking-house takeover rumors as preposterous while noting no current negotiations for stock exchanges.
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Lovett Teaues
Congress
Baltimore
Ohio
New York
Robert 8. Lovett
Union Pacific Company
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
Union Pacific- Southern Pacific Management
Mo|tives
Union-Southern Pacific
Toe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tinton Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Waldo Held by Aldermen After Police Probe
New York aldermen rejected the special police investigating committee report by 45 to 23. The majority proposed removing Police Commissioner Waldo following an inquiry after the Herman All Rowenthal shooting, with politics alleged by Tammany Democrats and fusionists as a motive for the document and its opposition.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Special Police Investigating Committee
Waldo
Wourder
Herman Rowenthal
Charles Becker
Tammany Democrats
Peary Returns to America From Europe Expedition
Rear Admiral Robert Peary and family arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm III after attending the International Geographical Congress in Rome. He planned a brief Boston stop before going to Washington to file his report and then to his Maine summer home. The journey included visits to Egypt France and Switzerland en route.
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New York
Ramira
Robert Peary
Mia. Peary
Robert Peary, Jr
Admiral Peary
Rome
Explorer
Egypt
France
Switzerland
Boston
Fall From Crib Kills Child Ward of Guardians
Edna Geesinger, 13 months old, ward of the board of children's guardians, died after falling from a cot while in the care of Mrs. Mary A. Hurd at 1633 Galea Street Northeast. The child suffered a fractured thigh and was moved to Children's Hospital where she succumbed yesterday.
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Edna
Geesinger
Board of Children’s Guardians
Mary. A. Hurd
Galea Street
Dead Man Identified as George A Mainhart
The man found unconscious Monday afternoon at Ninth and D streets NW died hours later at Emergency Hospital. He is identified as George A Mainhart, 4 years old, formerly a Central Union Mission inmate and recently employed at Glen Echo park. His brother Harry Mainhart of Johnstown Pa has been notified.
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Ninth and
D Streets
George A. Mainhart
Central Union Mission
Glen Echo Park
Harry Mainhart
Johnstown
Bryan Prefers Washington Over California Trip Plans
The article states Secretary Tyan will travel to Los Angeles for a Christian Endeavor convention next month, drawing many invitations to speak. It clarifies that Mr. Bryan has no plans to visit the Pacific coast and will remain in Washington indefinitely.
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California
Tyan
Los Angeles
Christian Endeavor
Bryan
Pacific Coast
Wash‘Ineton
Address on Social Welfare Work by Dr. E C Wolkmar
Dr E C Wolkmar delivered an address last night at the public library before the School of Social Workers on What the World Is Doing in Social Welfare Work. Mrs J D Mattson presided in the absence of president Stanley Finch and introduced the speaker. He traced progress since the inception of the movement in 1897 and outlined activities of equivalent organizations abroad.
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E.C. Wolkmar
School of Social Workers
Stanley Finch
J. D. Mattson
Folkmar
Euun
Three routes proposed for Alaska railroad by Senate bill
Three routes are under study for a government built Alaska railroad with Cordova and Cantrolier Bay and Seward as probable terminals. Senate Territories committee members note Panama Canal era machinery could push a Behring coal field line to Controller Bay within three weeks in an emergency.
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Chamberlain
Cordova
Cantrolier Bay
Seward
Resurrection Bay
Senate Territories Committee
Pacific
Behring
Controller Bay
Row Over Indian Bill Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate adjourned today without a vote as the Indian appropriation bill stirred sharp exchanges. Oregon's Lane accused colleagues of poor information, while Stone defended them saying Lane was uninformed. Chilton blocked a 2500 salary increase for Indiana commissioner Bells, and Gallinger trimmed land dispute provisions in eastern Oklahoma.
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Senate
Senator Lane
Oregon
Senator Stone
Chilton
West Virginia
Cato Bells
Yekas
Indiana
Gallinger
Oklahoma
Fall
Igtbyrat
Omeone
Ashurat
Witherspoon Named President A M A Urges National Health Board
Dr John A Witherspoon of Nashville Tenn becomes president of the American Medical Association at Minneapolis on June 17 and urges a national health board with centralized power backed by the government to prevent epidemics and stamp out infectious diseases. The association backs stronger enforcement of medical laws while noting its push for national recognition aims to advance preventive medicine rather than personal gain.
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Minneapolis
John A. Witherspoon
Nashville
Tenn
American Medical Association
National Board of Health
Witherspoon
Bubonic plague breaks out in Haiti seaport Jacmel
An epidemic of bubonic plague has erupted at Jacmel port, 30 miles from Port au Prince. Many cases have proven fatal and a cordon of troops isolates the town. Surgeon General Blue moves to establish seven day quarantine. Outside Haiti the West Indies situation improves as Porto Rico and Cuba are believed to be rid of the disease.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Jacmel
acTne
Blue
Public Health Service
West Indies
Porto Rico
Cuba
United States
New Steamers Link Guatemala and Mobile Trade
Guatemala eyes direct steamship service with Mobile Alabama after a Mobile chamber delegation met President Cabrera. The plan envisions a line of steamers between Puerto Barrios and Mobile, aiming to boost growing Guatemala trade with the United States as transport facilities improve.
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Puerto Barrios
Guatemala
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce of
Ala
Herrado Cabrera
Tia
United States
Anil
Government tests to audit railroad freight scales
The Bureau of Standards will begin nationwide tests of railroad freight scales in response to shipper complaints. They estimate annual freight expenditures at about 2.2 million dollars, tied to railroads' own scales, with a special car set to start tests around July 1 to probe government fairness options.
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Cipal
Bureau of Standards
Railroad Actieg
Memorial fund for William AR. Smith appeal launched
William I. Gude, chairman of a special committee of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, yesterday sent out appeals for subscriptions to a memorial fund for the late William AR. Smith, longtime superintendent of the United States Botanic Garden. The campaign began last year at a society convention in Chicago, with the society voting to aid the fund and delegates to the convention subscribing $1,500 more.
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William I. Gude
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturiste
Wiliam AR. Smith
United States Botanic Garden
Gude
Chicago
Hitchcock Presses Graduated Tax on Big Corporations
In Senate, Senator Hitchcock insisted on a graduated income tax targeting corporations with over 100 million in capital and control of at least a quarter of their field production. He threatened to bring amendments to the caucus and then to the floor if the finance committee blocks them. The debate also touched on free meat and a pending tariff plan as work continues on sundries and income tax provisions.
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Hamlin
Hamilin
Senator Clark
Palmer
Austin
Hamiln
Washington
Clark
James
Senate
Hitchcock
Finance Committee
Simmons
Jamies
Catus
Angora
House
McReynolds to Appeal Oil Lands Decision in Wyoming
Attorney General McReynolds announced an appeal of Judge River's ruling upholding Midwest Oil Company's title to 4000 acres in Wyoming. The case, paired with a Los Angeles suit, aims to halt oil withdrawals pending ownership settlement. Supreme Court potential noted, reflecting a conservation stance linked to Taft policy.
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Wyoming
California
McReynolda
United States
Judge River
Cheyenne
Wyo
Midwest Oil Company
Los Angeles
Iwhl
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Merger Talk at Cabinet Meeting Over UP Schism
Plans to dissolve the Union Pacific merger were discussed at a cabinet meeting in St Paul. Officials signaled that exchanging Southern Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio stocks between Union Pacific and Pennsylvania was a step in the right direction, but no conclusion was reached.
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Union Pacific
United States Court
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sample Free Pocket Booklets on Baby Akin Soap
Ad claims Cuticura Soap best for babies with a free sample offer. Mentions 32 pages of akin facts mothers should know and references Boston.
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Ept
Boston
Guest of Craftsmen with Roosevelt at Cosmos Club smoker
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt was guest of honor and speaker at a Washington Society of Marine Craftsmen smoker at the Cosmos Club. He thanked the group for the invitation, promised to learn from them, and shared political anecdotes while stressing Navy Bureau cooperation and openness to suggestions from craftmen.
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Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
American Society of Marine Craftsmen
Cosmos Club
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Department
Wilson Delays Reading of Currency Bill Details Revealed
President Wilson held a three hour conference with Treasury Secretary McAdoo and chairs Owens and Gilss on banking and currency. No reading date fixed. Newlands urges changes to regional reserve plan and calls for a federated national board. Henry and Neeley push for another money trust inquiry as party monitors seek to preserve unity.
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Owens
Glass
Newlands
Wilson
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Owen and
Gilss
Senate
House
Representative Glass
Congress
Senator Kern
Representative Underwood
Underwood
Henry
Texas
Neeley
Kaneps
National Reserve Board
Money Trust
Safety devices urged for railroads after Stamford wreck
Representative Roberta of Massachusetts introduced a bill to require interstate railroads within two years to install safety signals automatic switches and other devices approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce wrecks and within four years to equip all cars with steel construction sleeping dining and parlor cars. Directors officers and operators could be held liable for misdemeanor with penalties up to 10000 or imprisonment from 80 days to one year.
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Roberta
Massachusetts
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Stamford
Conn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parlol
Telegraph Chief Shifted to Seattle War Office
Charles O Pierson chief of the telegraph division War Department is appointed auditor and assistant to the officer in charge of the Washington Alaska cable and telegraph system in Seattle. He served 1878 to 1888 in the Signal corps and later in the telegraph division. He was a lieutenant in the volunteer naval corps during the Spanish American War and remains with the telegraph division. He is a member of the Spanish War Veterans.
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O. Pierson
War Department
Seattle
Wash
Charles 0.Pierson
Washington-Alaska
Pierson
Signal Corps
Army
Spain
Mnal Corps
Secretary of War
Spanish War Veterans
Boston Loses Rate Case in ICC Ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission overruled a plea to lower westbound import freight rates from Boston. After a rehearing of the differential case involving Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore, the ICC held Boston rates must not be lower than New York's. It refused to base findings on sympathy for Boston to retain import business.
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Boston
New York City
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Watch on Oil Companies Probe Trust Decree
Attorney General McReynolds seeks more information to decide if the decree dissolving the Standard Oil Trust was violated and whether contempt or grand jury actions are warranted. Investigators found the trust’s parts used unfair methods, and the inquiry questions if former subsidiaries are not competing or are fixing prices.
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McReynolis
Army Chief Warns War Is Imminent and Training Urged
Pittsburgh June 17 Maj Gen Leonard Wood chief of staff U S Army urged that war will come and every young man should have years of military training. He warned preparedness is essential noting public events drive wars and that 600000 would be needed immediately, with 10000 to 17000 officers, yet only 4000 ready to command, else disease and unprepared troops would worsen the conflict.
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Pittsburgh
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie
Weed
Capt Quinby Exonerated In Naval Intoxication Charge
Norfolk discloses Capt John J Quinby of the receiving ship Franklin is exonerated after a court of inquiry behind closed doors finds the intoxication charges untrue. Witnesses testified to his sobriety in all associations, and Quinby had requested the inquiry. The ruling ends the Navy controversy with a formal exoneration.
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Norfolk
John J . Quinby
Franklin
Naval Station
Quinby
Department
Congressional notes raise calls for budget reform and term limits
Representative Palmer of Pentnayd vants chairs the Democratic caucus and seeks a 2am June 2 meeting to consider a budget committee overseeing House appropriations. Senator Fall proposes repealing Taft era arms export ban to Mexico. Senator Owen seeks oil price investigation in Oklahoma. Borah pushes homestead entry relief for Western states. Rucker proposes a new six year presidential term with post1981 eligibility limits. Campbell seeks to shrink House to 233 members after March 3, 397. Sarcon moves to inform Navy expenditures. a naval affairs objection blocks actions.
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Palmer
Pentnaydvants
House
House Democrats
Sarcon
Ser
Fitzgerald
New York
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