No Report From Senate Campaign Expenditures Panel
The Senate campaign expenditures committee will not report to the dying Congress on funds from 1904 1908 and 1912 and the ties of John D Archbold and Standard Oil to Congress members and federal officers. Five members could not agree on the report or scope and will carry the matter to the next Congress. Some members may push new laws regulating campaign funds and cross state fund transfers by national committees.
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Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Congress
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Special Committee
Clapp
Pomerene
Oliver
Jones
Paynter
Girls Farm at Night in Castle of Mystery
Miss Vera and Alta Austin of New York birth set up in Cumiculums Park Franklin Road Me live in a basement while building a $100000 castle of mystery. They rise at sundown to tend stock and study literature art and music via phonographic records. Their father Mr Austin, a wealthy former jeweler, manages the late wife estate as he returns from New York.
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Austin
Fifth Avenue
Castle of Mystery
Franklin Road
Vera
Alta Austin
Thomas P. Austin
New York
Cumiculums Park
Austins
Allies Demand Stingent Peace Terms as Balkans Press Ahead
Rome dispatch reports Balkan states insist on immediate ceasefire after treaty signing and a set of demands arrayed by Allied mediation. Objectives include ceding Adrianople Scutari and Janina to Allies, redraw of Bulgar Turkish frontier, Gallipoli and Aegean island terms, war indemnity, POW exchanges, and a special Ottoman religious representative in Balkan lands. In Constantinople, a coup scare prompts arrests, heightened garrison security, and dismissals amid ongoing severe winter conditions.
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Rome
Mar
oMicia
Balkan States
Turkey
Adrianople
Scutari
Janina
Rodosto
Midia
Gallipoli
Aegean
Balkan
Suffragette Parade Signals Growing Demand for Equal Rights
The suffrage pageant is a milestone in the women’s campaign for the ballot. Supporters and opponents alike acknowledge it as a rising force, with thousands of poised participants marching on the Avenue to press Congress and the nation to adopt an amendment enfranchising women.
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England
Congress
United States
Huerta and the Maderos in International Clash
Mexican and Cuban tension grows as Huerta seeks extradition of Francisco and Ionesio Madera and two Maderos in Cuba. Houston dispatches report Cuba’s gunboat aide and possible plotting against Huerta’s government threaten to provoke a three nation diplomatic clash.
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Cuba
Texas
Tluerta
Fuerta
Francisco
Ionesio Madera
Zapatistas
Hlabaua
Huerta
Madero
Suarez
Mexico
Mexico City
Gulf
Tabane
Ituerta
Republic
Fragmentary political remark signals potential downfall
Partial OCR fragment notes a warning that renewal of acts of political assassination would almost surely hasten a leader's downfall and extinction. The isolated sentence hints at heightened peril for an unnamed figure amid political tensions.
Lane on the railroads and public interest in policy
The article discusses Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission arguing railroad regulation must balance investor returns with public service. It criticizes dominance of Wall Street in railroad policy and urges cooperation among shippers, government, and railroads to realize a fair, profitable, and serviceable national system.
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United States
Lane
Wall Street
Thackeray
Ane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Overriding the Veto On Webb Bill Prohibiting Liquor Shipments
The Senate and House defy President veto to pass the Webb bill restricting liquor shipments into dry areas. The piece argues Congress upholds federal interstate commerce power, warns of constitutional limits if states gain control, and accuses the move of boosting States rights and enabling moonshine stills in dry regions.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Britain’s Hay-Pauncefold Note Draws Taft Clash
The piece criticizes Britain for a belated and pointless note on the Hay Paunceforte canal treaty, arguing it wastes effort as the issue shifts to a new US administration. It questions Britain’s motive and cites Knox and Bryce as factors in the spat.
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Great Britain
United States
Knox
Ambassador Bryce
Protecting the District in Public Buildings Fight
The Senate resists House elimination of capital improvement funds including 1.75 million for an armory, 1.5 million for a memorial bridge, 2.3 million linking Rock Creek with Potomac parks, and 0.4 million for a Red Cross building. It claims the capital belongs to all Americans and should be worthy of national pride. The article notes other political quips and local notices amid a broader discourse on federal spending and civic projects.
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Senate
House
Bryce
Rock Creek Park
Potomac Park
Red Cross
United States
Root
Lodge
Bristow
Feud of the Guelphs and Hohenzollerns in Hanover claim
The wedding of Princess Victoria Louise and Prince Ernest Augustus does not end Guelph Hanover claims. The Guelph party pursues Hanover autonomy within a united Germany by peaceful, constitutional means. Duke of Cumberland supports his loyalists and keeps Hanover as a Prussian province until his death, after which Ernest Augustus may rule Brunswick.
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Victoria Louise
Prince Ernest Augustus
Great Britain
Brunswick
Henry
Prussia
Hohenzollern
Guelph d' Este
Ernest Augustus
Hanover
Duke of Cumberland
William
Kingdom of
German Empire
Germany
Baron von Scheeler Schoelenberg
Deutscher Volksaeltung
House of Hanover
George III
England
Gmunden
Jong Aa
Hying
Duchy of Brunswick
John Albert
Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Netherlands
Ziethen Hussars
Bavneriand
Kingdom of Prussia
Brunewick
Carlyle
Offenbach
Wey
Duchy
House of Guelph
Este
Charlemagne
Cunegonde
Guelph
Corinthia
Albert d'Este
Albert II
Tuscany
Italy
Guelph IV
Otto II
Bavaria
Heul
Cellé
Ernest Guelph d'Este
Celle
William Guelph d'Hare
Line of
Queen Victoria
May Kill Workmen's Bill At Senate Clash
The workmen's compensation bill passed by the Senate last season was amended in many particulars in the House and passed there just before mid-Right Saturday. Senators Hoke Smith Cal person and Bryan opposed the measure while Senator Sutherland moved Senate approval of the House amendments. Filibuster fears hang over the bill though proponents claim the plan would raise annual payments from 10.5 million to 17.5 million with every dollar reaching injured workers.
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Senate
House
Sutherland
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Calperson
Texas
Bryan
Florida
Labor Leaders Quit Prison in Bond Release
Olaf A. Tveitmoe and Eugene A. Clancy, labor leaders from San Francisco convicted in Indianapolis last December for conspiracy in the illegal transportation of explosives, were released on $60,000 bonds each from Leavenworth Federal Prison. The release order was arranged by Edward Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor. They left the prison at 6:30 PM, heading to Chicago with Nockels, and plan to return to California after two weeks in Chicago.
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Leavenworth, Kans
Mar
Olaf A. Tveitmoe
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Iecal
Edward Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
Tycit- Moe
Clancy
Nockels
Chicago
Tyeltmoe
California Building Trades Council
California
Porto Rican Democrats Oppose Free Sugar Tariff Change
The Porto Rico delegation arriving for Wilsons inauguration denounces free sugar and a one cent a pound tariff cut. Chairman Francis H. Dexter says defining the Porto Rican sugar status in the tariff bill is essential, with Dooley and three native Puerto Ricans Texidor Guerra and Amado among the members seeking talks with House leaders.
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New York
Mar
Porto Rico
San Juan
Wilson
Francis H. Dexter
House
Henry W. Dooley
National Democratic
Eight-Hour Day Extended to Dredge Work
Agreement reached on a bill extending the eight hour day to all government employees engaged in dredge work for river and harbor improvements across the United States. The measure, amended in the House, awaits the President's approval and defines a continuous work day with meal and rest breaks. exemptions include those not directly dredging and workers on levee or revetment construction for flood protection.
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United States
House
Borah
Mishap to King’s Train Near Naples
News from Naples reports a minor incident on the royal train carrying King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena en route to Naples. A detached iron piece struck another carriage causing only trifling damage, but rumors of an attempted attack spread briefly before the sovereigns were aware.
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Naples
Mar
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Arabs attack Italian post repulsed with heavy losses
Arabs attacked an Italian post at Tripoli today, several hundred assailants driven off after heavy fighting. Reports say 35 Arabs were killed and others taken prisoner or wounded. On the Italian side two native soldiers were killed and an officer wounded.
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Tripoli
Mar
Woman Hannah Johnson Found Dead in Blyth River
From the London Chronicle. The body of Hannah Johnson of Cowper Quay, mother of 33 children with 17 surviving, was recovered from the Blyth river. Her youngest child is 4 months old. Her husband left home for employment at Barrow-in-Furness. A child’s crying led to the discovery she was missing. She was 46.
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London Chronicle
Hannah Johnson
Cowper Quay
Blyth
Barrow-in-Furness
Ossified farmer offers$1000 to break his back
Frank Worden of Colfax Iowa declares he will pay $1000 to any surgeon who can bend or break his rigid ossified body using no sledge hammer. He has not moved since an eight year long process of hardening left his neck and limbs immobile with only his eyes tongue and forearms still functioning.
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Omaha
New York World
Frank Worden
Colfax
Iowa
United States
Worden
Pickpocket Outwitted and Lost Jewelry at Blackstone Bar
Dr. Peter J. Peel at the Blackstone Hotel grillroom found his watch stolen then recovered a second watch from a stranger’s coat pocket. The pickpocket, who had concealed a jewelry collection, slipped away as Peel reclaimed his timepiece and the mystery of ownership remained. Baltimore Dispatch reports Theresa E. Deems in Philadelphia_RECORD notes her long-awaited kiss joy after a boy’s innocent first kiss.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Peter J. Peel
West Jackson Boulevard
Peel
Blackstone Hotel
Baltimore Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Theresa E. Deems
Mrs. Deems
Mixed Metaphors and Mirth from The Strand and Philadelphia Record
The Strand mocks politicians with clever misphrases as Lord Curzon and others rail at government overreach while The Philadelphia Record shares a quip about luck at love over unlucky cards. An optimist jokes he has never been married, contrasting pessimistic quips about fate.
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Strand
House of Commons
Balfour
Lord Curzon
Willam Hart Dyke
Lowther
Commons
Philadelphia Record
1006 Fewer New York Fires This Year
New York reports a drop in fires for January and February 1912 to 287 from 3902 the previous year, credited to an arson crusade led by Fire Commissioner Johnson. Indictments for arson and convictions accompany ongoing prosecutions in the arson trust cases.
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New York
Mar
A. Rarke
Johnson
Upper St
International Good Roads Congress closes in Chicago
The fifth International Good Roads Congress ends in Chicago with a resolution allowing convict labor on public highways. Sentence commuted ten days for every thirty days of labor. The next congress will meet in San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific exposition in 1910.
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Chicago
International Good Roads Congress
San Francisco
Weather Bureau bulletin details moving disturbances and forecasts
The Weather Bureau reports rising pressure in the East and South with a central disturbance in the northern plains and another over the Newfoundland gulf. Local rains and snow flurries occur from the middle Atlantic to the Great Lakes, with temperatures falling east of the Mississippi and warmer in the plains and Rockies. Generally fair weather expected Monday and Tuesday across most regions, with winds varying by coast and region. Steamers to Europe face brisk westerly winds and deteriorating conditions toward the Grand Banks. Local temperatures and humidity are provided for midnight to evening hours, with notes on precipitation and sunshine percentages.
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U. 8
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Plains States
Miraiasippi Valley
Gulf of Newfoundland
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Paige Sakes
Idaho
Nevada
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Maryland
Mississippi River
Plainy States
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
Upper
Lake Region
Missiselgn
Great Central
Atlantic
East Gulf States
New England
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
Interviews with Capital's Visitors at Shoreham
A compilation of remarks from visiting figures in Washington. Former Senator Henry Heitfeld reflects on fading names in Congress and Idaho's growing grape prospects. Niagara Falls financier Adolph Keyser discusses oleomargarine tax debates spurred by a curious case involving a silver knife and sulfur bleaching. A Texas observer notes spinal meningitis disrupting the state legislature and a potential half Saturday holiday for clerks. Stockholm’s L R Savage comments on Thorpe’s awards and public adulation. A Fayette City raid ends with most suspects fleeing a church cooking event.
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House of Congress
Henry Heitfeld
Idaho
Shoretham
Senate
Heitfeld
Washington
Leitfeld
Canada
Dominion
Stl
Union
California
Snake River
Treasury Department
United States
Adolph Keyser
Niagara Falls
Raleigh
Fort Niagara
Department of Agricultne
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Congress
Fayette City
Philadelphia
Indey
Mckman
Anderson
Tilley
United Brethren of
Gillespie
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