Tennessee Senator Taylor Dismisses Balance in Tariff Debate
Senator Taylor of Tennessee delivered a maiden Senate speech on tariff currency and kin dred issues. Known for wit, he entertained colleagues while arguing centralization threatens the Union and power rests with states. He criticized reform planks and warned of imperial ambitions under centralized wealth.
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Senator Taylor
Tennessee
Senate
Taylor
Fenere
White House
Congress
Lyall
America
Ettie
Chicago
Bryan
Feeding for Health The Diet Letter You Read
A health advice letter promotes a diet plan using boiled eggs fruit toast peanut butter Grape-Nuts and Postum. It urges boiling methods and digestibility tips, claims certain foods ease digestion, and warns against overeating while linking diet to business success and vitality.
Senate and House Debates Ended in Brief Session
Senate session adjourned today at noon after a speech by Taylor of Feunenshe praising wit and reputation amid light humor. Conference report on the restrictive bill and important minor measures were approved. The House passed the appropriation of 5 500 000 for representation at the Tokyo Exposition in 1917 and adjourned shortly.
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Senate
Seostor
Taylor
Feunenshe
Alice
Wan
House
One Word Bothers Senate Inland Waterways Bill
Senate and House inland waterways bills clash over wording. Senate favors appointing a new commission and restricts salaries to 3000 for the secretary, while House seeks to continue an existing Inland Waterway Commission. Differences center on form and authority.
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Inland Waterways Commission
Senat
House Inland Waterways
Senate
House
Commission
Revolt Over Anti injunction Plan Rocks House
Republican lawmakers clash with Speaker Cannon over anti injunction legislation. A petition by Townsend Pollard Maddoom and Hayes seeks a law on restraining orders with notice and limited duration. Conference tonight will weigh broad versus specific action as adjournment looms and party leaders warn against forcing a bill.
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Messrs. Townsend
Pollard
Madjoom
Hayes
House of Representatives
Congress
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Cannon
Senate Agrees On Conference Report For Agricultural Bill
The Senate approved the conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill. House figures totaled 11,503,806, Senate increased to 12,1540 but cut by 480,380. Net increase over House amount 263,200. Forest Service roads and other works capped at 600,000 as House fixed. 2 percent of forest reserve income retained to states. Other amendments kept include boll weevil extermination in Oklahoma 10,000 and a national bison range 340,000. Porto Rican regiment maintenance passed. Senate adjourned after executive session at 2:10 PM until noon today.
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Senate
House
Forest Service
Oklahoma
Mortana
Idaho
California
Currency legislation battle stalls with no clear path
Congress faces deadlock over emergency currency measures as Senate backs the Aldrich plan while the House supports the Vreeland bill. A formal session aims to highlight divisions, with prospects of a commission rather than a comprehensive bill and fears of market disruption from the proposed notes.
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House
Senate
Aldrich
Congress
Vreeland
Weels
Senate Committee On Finance
Legislative Briefs Report On Immigration and Naturalization Fees
The Senate Committee on Immigration favorably reports the House bill to amend naturalization laws, raising fees from 3 to 10 dollars. A broad alcoholic Hauer traffic investigation bill by Rep. Gennet of New York seeks a commission of investigation. The Senate Education and Labor Committee will vote on the national child labor bill December 8, while Beveridge argued constitutional grounds amid a preliminary committee poll.
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Nave Wee
Committee On the Judiciary
House
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Yeaterday
Speater Cannon
Senate Committee On Immigration
Gennet
Senate
Education and Labor
Beveridge
Political Representatives List Skewed Names and States
A garbled Tuesday May 19 list shows many miswritten names and states for senators and representatives including Borah Wakio, Curil Kansas, Moore Avania, Bherman Fok, Madison Kamias, Capeon Rhode Inland, Wanger Penney, Burton Delaware, Miles Bt Anmustine Fla, with inconsistent spellings and titles. The fragment lacks coherent context or event details.
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Amator
Gary
South Caroline
Borah
Uwakio
Curil
Kansas
Bherman
Fok
Moore
Avania
Small
North Caroline
Coulden
New York
Hale
Tennessee
Madison
Kamias
Capeon
Rhode Inland
Wanger
Penney
Burton
Delaware
Miles
Anmustine
Ives Brothers Citizenship Bill Reported Favorably
A House immigrant bill reported by Representative Loud confers full U S citizenship on George and Benjamin Bennett of West Branch Michigan who arrived from England forty years ago with their father and later discovered their lack of naturalization while seeking to title public land in Michigan's upper peninsula. The brothers had sought congressional aid after uncovering the omission.
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Representative Loud
Michigan
Committee On Immigration
Les
George
Benjamin Bennett
West Branch
England
Upper Peninsula
Congress
Transfers or Nothing House Considers It Today
Tennessee Representative Sims vows to fight for universal transfers for District people. He rails against street railway interests claiming they profit from watered stock while labor groups demand universal transfers. Senate District chair Gallinger warns no streetcar legislation if House rejects the conference report.
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Sims
Tennessee
Smith
Tom Arcused
Mr. Sims
William Sulzer
New York
Kean Stays On Guard as Senate Adjourns Early
Sundry Civil Bill conference reports arrive as Senator Kean remains in the chamber watching the calendar. His lone objection prompts an executive session proposal while conferees for the sundry civil appropriation report to disagree and report back, only to find the Senate adjourned for the day. Officials worry the delay costs valuable time in the closing week of the session.
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Kean
Senate
Hale
Allson
Senate Chamber
Wiley Wins Reelection In Alabama District 2
Congratulatory telegrams poured in for Representative A A Wiley of Alabama after his overwhelming Monday victory to regain his seat in Congress from the Second District. He was the sole contested Alabama delegation seat. Wiley resides in Montgomery and his son Lieutenant Wiley recently returned from Cuba, along with his wife and daughter staying with him at the Metropolitan Hotel where he has been ill with inflammatory rheumatism.
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Alabama
A. A. Wiley
Metropolitan
Jantex
Congress
Montgomery
Col. Wiley
Lieut. Wiley
Senate adds 3.6 million for District public buildings plan
Senate committee backed amendments to the District of Columbia bill allocating about 3.61 million for a new building for State Justice and Commerce and Labor, Meridian Hills and Graceland Cemetery parks, plus additions to the District courthouse. A Paris embassy building project at 400000 was included and several House allocations were adjusted or removed as the measure nears Senate consideration.
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Senate
Scott
Committee On
House
Department of State, Justice
Commerce and Labor
Meridian Hills Park
Sixteenth Street
Graceland Cemetery
Garpenter Tract
District Court of ‘Appeals
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and Labor
Treasury Building
Pennsylvania Avenue
Union Station
Armory Square
B Street
Sixth
District National Guard
Agree On Yard Track Bill Amid Conference Report
Conferees settled on a plan for new track connections with the Washington Navy Yard and will report to the House through Representative Moore of Pennsylvania. The Senate bill’s right of way payment to the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad is struck out, with government property used. The arrangement requires two years to complete the new connections and to remove existing tracks under the Union Station act to eliminate grade crossings.
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Washington Navy
House
Moore
Pennsylvania
Sims
Senate
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad
North Refutes Statement Witness Testimony in Paper Inquiry
Director North of the Census Bureau testified before the House committee on the wood pulp and print paper investigation refuting Herman Ridder’s claim of false figures on newsprint prices. North said he provided data to Representative Dalzell from the paper trade journal and that the figures were not from a bureau investigation. William Bruce, head of the Pulp Mil Workers union in Franklin Falls NH, described wage gains for mill workers. A lawn fete at St. Margaret's Parish is planned on Thursday on Col Truesdel's grounds from 4 to 10 PM, run by the Rector's Aid Society.
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Census Bureau
Special House Committee
North
Herman Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Dalzelt
Riders
William Bruce
Mil Workers
Franklin Falls
N. H
St. Margaret’s
Col. Truesdel
Nineteenth Street
Columbia Road
Contina
Lilley Report Due Today on Submarine Legislation Probe
The House special committee investigating Lilley charges against the Electric Boat Company will present its findings to the House at noon. The report is expected to be read and debated for the remainder of the day as members review its voluminous contents.
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House
Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Congress
Oow
Aratelhan
Houges
Eegles Hall
Sth
Cornell Wall Paper CO
Ale
N.Y. Ave
Madden Bros
WN. W
J. Gerstin
Washington Railway and Electric Company
F. J. Bhead
Mantels, &c
Edwin Sllett
Merkel Motor Cycing
Harry F. Seamarh
St. N
H. C. Hale
DR. White
D. Sundeys
V. Prud’homme
McGill & Wallace
Strest N
Democrats Pass House Omnibus Agenda On Numerous Bills
The House approved a series of measures including a Alaska liquor law with a $1 license, a Valdez bond issue to guard against a glacier, and a 1 500 000 appropriation for Tokyo 1912 exposition representation. An omnibus Indian bill and a public land bill advanced, while sundry civil reports were postponed. A lease bill for Panama Canal lands prompted a late recess.
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Alaska
India
House
United States
Valdez
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Gillett
Massachusetts
Henry
Texas
Gaines
West Virginia
Tokyo
Radenberg
Ilinois
Williams
Panama Canal Zone
Contested Sundry Civil Bill Faces Key Disagreement
House conferees report heavy discord over the sundry civil bill with about forty of 163 amendments rejected. Major items unsettled include a 3 million dollar appropriation for a site for the Department of Commerce and Labor, and billions in other projects such as two Panama trade steamers, the Alaska Yukon exposition in Seattle, and revenue cutters and light ships funding. No action yet on the report.
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Department of Commerces and Labor
House
Department of Commerce and Labor
Seattle
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Tokyo Exposition
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