Proceedings of Congress in Brief
The Senate and House acted on revenue and appropriation measures with no debate on the annual pension bill totaling $160 million. An armed neutrality bill faced opposition and possible conference delays. A strict rule curtailed debate on the dry district bill and a sundry civil appropriations bill of $139 million passed. Committees moved to advance or amend various finance, taxation, and district revenue proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Underwoods
La #ollette
Consumers Democratic Steering Committee
Sutherland
West Virginia
Senator Cumming
McCumber
William Alden Smith
Townsend
Michigan
House
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
Martine
New Jersey
Kern
Congress
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Klingle Valley
Federal Trade Commission
Foreign Affairs Committee
Flood
Rainey
Ofllinois
Archbishop Laud Beheaded After 1645 Treason Trial
A historical account details Archbishop Laud's 1641 arrest, 1643-1645 treason proceedings, and execution. It covers charges like subverting laws and church-state authority, Laud’s defiant defense, parliamentary conflict, and his beheading at the Tower on January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laud
House of Lords
Westminster
Caesar
Gigan Laud
Pointe Caffia
Commons
Jesus
Church of England
Parliament
John Clotworthy
Army Orders and Promotions Across Departments
War Department orders revoke, assign, and detach officers across medical, infantry, cavalry, engineers, and artillery. Promotions and examinations for junior aviators and various regiments are outlined, with leave approvals and officer attachments for routine instruction. Also includes remarks on campaign leadership and road improvement advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Te
Brooke
War Department
Dean F Wann
Medical Reserve Corps
Dean F Winn
Army Medical School
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington
Gulielmus V Heidt
Infantry
Ivan N Bradley
Ninth Field Artillery
Thomas H Scott
Hawaiian
Adjutant General of the Army
Scott
Thomas H. Scott
Arthur Williams
Corps of Engineers
William L Sibert
U S.A
Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Cal
Samuel McP. Rutherford
Eleventh Cavalry
Adjutant
Signal Corps
Walter W Wynne
Cavalry
James F. Byrom
Benjamin G Weir
Clifton W. Howard
Field Artillery
Joseph T McNarney
Twenty-first Infantry
Earl L. Naiden
Harry B Anderson
George Pulsifer, Jr
Thomas J Hanley, Jr
Benjamin W Mills
Lucius R. Holbrook
Seventh Field Artillery
Harrison Hall
Fourth Field Artillery
James P. Robinson
Fifth Field Artillery
Howard L. Landers
John T
Eighth Field Artillery
Willam A Pendleton
Ordnance Department
Whitman R Conolly
Sixth Field Artillery
Gustav H Franke
Hubert G Stanton
Willam E Larned
Charles L Byrne
Roscoe
Batson
Alvan
Sand
Forrest E Qverholser
Quartermaster Corps
Patrick H McAndrew
Medical Corps
Fort Blies
Tex
Veterinary Corps of
the Army
William J Lawler
Sherman R Ingram
Henry Thomas Juen
Allen E Cherry
Thomas H Jones
Edward P O'Connell
Robert Beattie
Robert H C Kelton
Coast Artillery Corps
Alexander Greig
Greig
Stanislaus Meisser
Philippine Scouts
United States Army
Adam F Casad
Act of Congress
National
Guota
Regular Army
Southern Department
Washington Post Subscription Rates Listed
All subscriptions by mail payable in advance. Remittances should be draft, checks, postoffice orders, registered letters or express orders payable to The Washington Post Co. Edward B McLean, President. The notice outlines Sunday and daily rates, including options for one year, six months and other periods with postage prepaid.
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Oun Nas Eee
Ceesessegere
Washington Post CO
Washington, D.C
Edward B McLean
Food Probe Raises Question Of Government Responsibility
The discussion centers on who bears fault for food shortages and high costs amid freight congestion. It notes potential government influence on farming and regulation of railroads, the impact of submarine policy on embargos, and hints at hidden factors behind rising costs and market power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wilson
Yar Hesin
Aliens in This Country and the Call for Restraint
The Council of National Defense urges Americans to be fair to aliens amid wartime tensions. Protect law abiding aliens and punish aggression to deter hotheads. aliens can aid in teaching American ways and bolster loyalty, including German-born residents pursuing citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of National Defense
Germany
Fragmentary note on theft prevention and community safety
Partial text references a wall, people, a goad trade, theft avoidance, and Taleo 4. The readable fragments imply a local discussion on crime and prevention measures within a community. No clear individuals or organizations are identifiable from the readable portion.
Falsehood and Foul Play in German Actions
The article condemns Germany for detaining American envoy Ambassador Gerard and Yarrowdale sailors, denounces Germany’s pretenses of releases, and asserts that conciliation weakens the United States. It claims Germany plays a new war game where deception and foul acts are deemed acceptable when advancing German interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tog
Yarrowdale
Germany
United States
England’s Way Out Through Intensive Farming Plan
Sir Arthur Lee urges a civilian army to convert Britain’s fallow lands into a garden by using 2000 American tractor plows. Taxicab drivers will drive tractors 24 hours with night headlights, learning the mechanism quickly to ease labor shortages and boost home food production for wartime independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Arthur Lee
England
Great Britain
Sir Arthur
Germany
China
Submarine Bases and Coast Defense Proposals
A naval bill adds submarines mainly for Pacific use but lacks a base plan. A special board urges a southern California submarine station, with forts and mines to defend exposed coasts. Submarine safety hinges on shore facilities for care, repair, and replenishment, plus safe refuges with supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
California
San Francisco
Atlantic
United States
German pastors hail merciless violence in war letters
A wartime sermon collection from German American Lutheran pastors portrays cheering violence toward the United States. It cites ministers from Kiel to Leipzig praising submarine warfare and mass destruction as divine vengeance, framing Germany as Christian and ordained to crush enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tansy al
Atlantic
Germany
Sonntags-Rote
Julius Kaftan
Kiel
Prussian
Schleswig
Holstein
F. Philippi
Satan
Songland
Tn Rheinhold Seeberg
University of Berlin
United States
Marquis DE Fontenoy
Treasury report shows deficit and asset totals at Feb 27 1917
United States Treasury figures list net general fund balance 66,505,399 with total receipts 1,801,116 and payments 2,863,675. The fiscal year deficit stands at 162,962,3513 against last year, and breakdowns include ordinary disbursements, revenue receipts for the month, and asset totals across gold, silver, and bank holdings ending with net general fund balance and total cash assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
General Fund
Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve
National Bank
Ece
Federal Reserve Banks
National
Pet
Philippines
Cornbread Persists in the South as Food Tradition
The Nashville Banner cites a New York Sun piece praising corn and cornbread as enduring human food in the South. It notes hot corn bread, pone, and eggbread remain common, while northern baking days contrast with southern daily hot bread practices. It references Bob Taylor on regional differences and remarks on Southern cooks and bread culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Banner
Champ Clark
New York Sun
New York
South
Bob Taylor
When Peary Met Doctor Cook
The Rev Philip Cook rector of St Michael and All Angels Church objects to being called Doctor Cook and prefers Mr Cook. In Washington he met Rear Admiral Peary who was introduced as Doctor Cook but the cleric clarified he is not the Dr Cook of arctic memory, avoiding offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Cook
Baltimore Evening Sun
Philip Cook
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Michael and All Angels
Washington
Doctor Cook
Haltmore
Doctor’ Cook
Dr. Cook
Do You Blame the Hottentot Language Rally
A Birmingham Age-Herald item parodies German South African terms and a phrase laden tale about Hottentots and marsupials. It weaves comic misrenderings of German words with a murderer’s capture and a potato peeler patent joke, reflecting light satire in a clipped, newspaper card style.
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Birmingham
Herais
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