Foreign born citizens praised as true Americans by official envoy
Bo Sweeney Assistant Secretary of the Interior spoke at the Hammond Chamber of Commerce banquet lauding foreign born citizens as core Americans. He urged against hyphenated labels, urged stronger armed defenses, and praised Wilson while stressing loyalty to the United States and readiness to defend its honor if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hammond, Ind
Wilson
Washington Post
Hammond
United States
Bo Sweeney
Mr. Sweeney
America
Europe
Toyield
Sweeney
Deniso
Congress
Senate rejects Cummins Amendment on Shields water power bill
The Senate yesterday rejected SenatorMrains amendment 10 to the Shields water power bill. It would have required the Federal government to pay fair value for physical property and the original construction cost when taking over Dover Planta developed over license periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Senate
Mrains
Shields Water Power
Dover Planta
District committee weighs adverse report on Smith for excise board
In Congress, the District committee reviews the adverse subcommittee report on R. G. Smith nomination to the excise board. A die vote looms for a favorable report. Senator Chamberlain backs a favorable report on a District citizens voting rights amendment. In the House, the legislative appropriation bill proceeds without discussion of the Borland rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
District Committee
R. G. Smith
Excise Board
Friends of the
HOUSE
Navy personnel bill edges toward passage with promotion plan
Congressional leaders and Navy officials signal broad support for the personnel bill though changes are pending. Secretary Daniels told the House naval committee that draft revisions will be shown, with costs pared to about 900000 and promotion by selection limited to captain to rear admiral. Opposition is expected mainly on personal grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
House
Congress
Josephus Daniels
Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Naval Committee
Old Dutch Market Co hosts annual supper and dance
Eight hundred employees attended the Old Dutch Market Company second annual supper and dance at Odd Fellows Hall. Entertainment featured the Old Dutch Market Orchestra, Henry R Evans feats, Masurgia quartet, Mrs Ethe Holtz claw Gawler, Richard P Backing, Edwin Callow, and telepaths the Zancigs. The event included a buffet, dancing into the night, and an executive and reception committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dutch Market Company
Odd Fellowa Hall
Old Dutch Market Orchestra
Henry R Evans
Masurgia Quartet
Ethe Holtzclaw Gawler
William T Reed
Richard P Backing
Edwin Callow
Harry Wheaton Howard
Tony Callow
Zancigs
Charles H. Tiedman
John I Power
Charles H Borman
William H Padgett
Roy Robertson
John B Kearney
Iva Whitehair
Mabel Penton
Elizabeth Clark
M A Pumphrey
Catherine A. Larkin
Alice Ferrer
Come Back Night at National Press Club Features Uncle Joe Cannon
National Press Club held a Come Back Night with speaker Senator Curtis introducing Uncle Joe Cannon as “the greatest Roman of them all.” The evening included performances by mandolin roysters and appearances by Curtis, McKinley, Hil, Longworth, and Rodenberg former lame ducks. Cannon defended his reputation, denying profanity and a fondness for telling funny stories, attributing humor to Gridiron Club dinners and the month of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Press Club
Joe” Cannon
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Willam B. McKinley
Ebenezer Hil
Nicholas Longworth
W .A. Rodenberg
Gus Karger
Cincinnati Times-Star
Rodenberg
Jerusalem
Mandolin
Uncle Joe
June
Senate Tables Gore Resolution Amid U Boat Debate
Senate moves to table Senator Gore’s warning resolution as the chamber braces for a vote on foreign policy amid a looming House delay. The White House press for a record vote on aid to defend freedom of the seas fuels a heated exchange with Republicans and Democrats over war risk and President Wilson’s diplomacy.
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Senate
Gore
HOUSE
Congress
Wilson
Wleon
Fleot
Foreign Affairs Committee
McLemore
Mann
White House
At & O
Lansing
Stone
Oratory
Thia
Jones
Washington
Executive
Senator Stone
Senator Lodge
Williams
United States
Administration
Harrison
Administration Committee
Flood
Germany
District Court Sifts through Inaugural Parade Case and Wills
District Supreme Court hears suit by hotel operator Mary Croasjey against the District of Columbia for 10000 in damages after a timber fell during a review stand demolition near Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The docket also includes probate actions for Christine Tyner and other estates, plus a railway ejectment claim by W Albert Price and wills distributing substantial securities and real estate across multiple states.
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Wilson
Courty House
Mary A. Croas Jey
District Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Ninth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Rideout
George W. Drew
Christine Tyner
James N. Tyner
Ella M. Barrett
Mount Washington
Adelia Ward
Boston
Mass
Iong Street
Albert E. Tyner
Camaguey, Cubs, & Stepson
Frank W
Charles Youmans
Harrison J. Barrett
Cora Beech
American Security and Trust Company
Harrison J Barrett
Frank W. Youmans
Troat Company
Southern Railway Company
Washington Terminal Company
Union Station
Alexandria
W. Albert Price
Price
Heis
Edmund Hill, Jr
E L. Gies
Sarah M Ford
Isaac‘Henry Ford
East Washington Savings Bank
American National Bank
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Joseph H. Ford
U.S. A
Ella & Ford
May
Ford
John Ford
Theis
Ontario
Maryland Historical Society
Maryland Society
D A. R the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Cecil County
Eighth Street
Martha §& Orem
Flrat Street
Mary W
Julia Winfield
Union Street
Thomas C McCracken
Sarah Elizabeth Holcraft
John Edwin Ford
Laura Virginia Terhune
John Nelson Ford
Susan Ella| Manning
Mary Alverda Ford
Willbur Ellsworth Ford
North East
Ruth McCracken
Clara V. Mearns
Jeannette Ruth Cramer
Army and Navy Changes of the Day Officers and Arrivals
A roundup of officer detachments and assignments including B Nelson and Virgil L Peterson, movements of pay and engineer officers, leaves of absence, and sailing orders for Capt Freeborn P Holcomb and other personnel with ships and stations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
House Votes Against Reducing Members Mileage
Crowded galleries heard the House debate the annual mileage measure with a 160 to 48 vote. Representative Cox of Indiana led the motion to cut mileage from 2 to 5 cents per mile, denouncing the 1/2 cent allowance as graft while defenders argued the necessity of the pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Indiana
Ifa
Naval Orders Shuffle Officers to Stations and Ships
A Navy dispatch lists Lieut Comdr D E B Theleen detached to Cavite and to Mare Island Naval Hospital California, Lieut H W Hosford reassigned to Sperry Gyroscope in Brooklyn after leaving Bausch & Lomb, Lieut W D Shed Jr moved to Sperry Gyroscope, Lieut G H Brandt to await orders from Saratoga, Ensign Roy Dudley moved to Abarenda, P S Garriso n and W H Massey shifted to Abarenda, Paymasters Hacker and Merritt reassigned to Abarenda, Chief Boatswain F D Balkely reassigned to Guam, A E Skinner reassigned to Atlantic reserve, W N Fanning to Ban Wego radio station, and machinist J Coelm to North De.
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EB Theleen
Naval Station
Cavite
Philippine Inlands
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Cal
H. W Hosford
Jores Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Brooklyn
W. D Shed, Jr
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Sperry
HE. M. Hacker
South Dakota
Maryland
Jomiah Merritt
Pompey
Abarenda
F. D. Balkely
Navy Yard
Boston
Naval Station Guam
Guoner
A. E. Skinner
Tennessee
Atlantic
W. N. Fanning
San Diego
Naval Radio Station
Ban Wego
D. J. Coelm
North de
Inside Bathing Claims Health Benefits For All
An advertisement extols morning health routine to drink two glasses of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims internal cleansing removes poisons, improves skin, breath, and digestion, and warns waste must exit daily to avoid illness. Endorsed as a public health tip with price notes.
Knights Display Talent At Gonzaga College Hall Benefit
Rare talent surfaced at a Knights of Columbus benefit at Gonzaga College Hall under Columbus Country Club auspices. The program opened with The Futurist Minstrels, a musical comedy, and a one act farce My Lord in Livery directed by Henry F Dolan, with a Monday Rehearsal closing the show. Notable attendees included Father Donnelly, Judge Michael M Doyle, Dr J R Briggs, and many parishioners and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Columbus, Country Club
Gonzaga College Hall
Aam
Dennis E Connell
William Stack
Bernard Fitzgerald
John C Merkling
Harry Schwartz
Amiee Steinmetz
Estelle Murray
Edna Stradley
Marie Strudley
Mary Regan
Hannah Regan
Margaret Keane
Martha Ford
Anny Ford
Virginia Ford
Charlotte Paro
Minna Pairo
Agnes Holden
Marie Holden
Lorege Luitich
Sadie Lipp
Harbin
Molly Swing
Ada Stack
Virgie Stack
Edith Lohmeyer
Agnes Whelan
Blanche Slattery
S$ L McCarthy
T J Horrigan
BL Myers
J J Degnan
William J Howard
John Castello
M. Hillyard
Margaret
F Harbin
Amice Steinmet
D E Connell
J Costello
A MecCreight
A Holden
E Murray
Miss & Lipp
Misa M Ford
M. Strudley
E Strudley
Schwartz
Insurance Statements of Baltimore Maryland 1815 balance sheet
Damaged OCR shows a 1815 insurance statement listing assets such as cash in office and bank, real estate, mortgages, stocks, premiums, and interest. Liabilities include net unpaid claims, reserves, salaries, rents, unpaid dividends, and unearned premiums, with figures for industrial and ordinary business and a note of losses and surcharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
District of Columbia
Credita
Strobridge
Wa MacGill
Jesse D Laupheimer
Berkshire Life Insurance Company
Pittafeld
Mass
Ea Fc
Alb Recreta
John N. Uetary
Oie
Milwaukee Insurance Report Funds and Assets 1925
A detailed 1925 condition report for a Milwaukee insurer lists capital stock 1 million 900 thousand, bonds and stocks valued at 4.6 million, cash, real estate, mortgages, premiums uncollected 407 thousand, and various reserves and expenses. Officials Wilford M Patton and Joseph Huehl sign the sworn document dated January 1918, with notary and branch office details. The filing includes reinsurance recoveries, salaries, commissions, and other liabilities, plus references to Philadelphia Fire Underwriters and related financial entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford M Patton
Joseph Huebl
Dist of
Wisconsin
Woodward Building
J Walsh
Philadelphia
Capital
Rick
Preresford
HA Oterhune
Kings County
New York County
Boss & Phelps, Inc
14Th St. N. W
Bank Data in Sisal Case Linked to Chicago Bank Fight
Senate evidence reveals the International Harvester Company sought to block Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago from lending to sisal growers. Balances show November 1915 at 1,270,600 with Heynolds noting threats by Cyrus McCormick. January 1916 balance drops to 64,100 as telegram denies withdrawal. figures show deposit fluctuations for legit business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
Confinental and
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Senate
Sisal
Cyrus McCormick
Harvester Company
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OLD Dutch Market CO. Host
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Lodge
Smoot
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Mississippi
Missouri
Kern
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Oklahoma
Kernegard
Illnear
James
District Court News
Hoa L. Bennett
Deeda
Guy H. Johnson
Miss Bennett
Parienta
Testatrix
Mary I Davenport
Esther E Butterfield
Derby Line
Grover May
F. Sprigx Perry
Thomas Beavers
Annie
Te Vera
James G Rogers
Harber
Ardsley Electric Company
Irwin L. de Golis
Richard P. Evans
de Golis
Government Hospital
Ashley M Gould
William A. White
de Golla
St Elizabeth's
Golia
Charles M Emmons
William E. Philes
Ikota
Idaho
Machhist
Nelson
Davirgil
L Peterson
Engi Kota
Colorado
P. A Card
New Orleans
C. I. Bahrendt
New York
W H Bicanell
Aberenda
Ivens Jones
First Field Artillery
Henry D F Munnikhuysen
Ninth Cavalry
Freeborn P. Holcomb
Tenth Cavalry
Quartermaster Corps
Warren W Whiside
Holcomb
Philippine Islands
Homer R Oldfield
Coast Artillery Corps
United States Military Academy
West Point
Tana
Jackson Barracks
Coast Defenses of
Harry G Wood
Medical Reserve Corps
Lawrence R Weeks
United States Army Mine Planter
Edward O . Ord
Richard 17
Nicholas
Myin Bertman
Leo J Dillow
Washington Barracks
Harry A Flint
Fourth Cavalry
Robert C. Williams
Charles C Morton
John F Morrison
China
Mantle
Philippine Department
Fort William McKinley
Hunter Liggett
Charles H. Martin
Eighteenth Infantry
Celtic
Hampton Roads
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Corinto, KG
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la Pas
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Jason
Newport
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Jouett
Smithtown Bay
Lawreace
Bremerton
McDougal
Monaghan
Patterson
Mayaguez
Prairie
Quantanamo
Stewart
Portsmouth
Boston Navy Yard
NAVAL
York
Shoreham Hotel
Paris
Millinery
Cate
Gonzaga
F D McAuliff
James S&s McKee
Edward Handibee
William Walsh
Misses Barron
Francis Wally
Blanche Madigan
William E. Pairo
J M Tabler
S J. Brinkiey
John Kiley
Joseph Marsden
Joseph O'Lone
James Bullivan
Martin J. McNamara
Joseph I Moriarity
Thomas Finnix
Baltimore Life Insurance Company
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
George T Dearing
Pierce Boteler
EB Ware
Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Fitchberg
Mutual
Jeney
Lincoln B. Welch
Fred A. Toung
Notary Public
Northwestern National Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Imperial Assurance Company of
Capital Tock Capital
the Sunday Post
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