President Talks Limitations Not Power As He Refuses Expansion
The president discusses restraint under the Constitution, noting that even a leader’s momentary authority should yield to legal bounds. He warns against omitting constitutional limits and praises wise checks, while urging lawful reform and caution toward broader executive power.
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National Geographic
Henry Gannett
Gilbert Grosvenor
Howard Gore
Joy Héson
Putin
GRIDIRONERS TO MEET TAFT AT NORFOLK
An investigative committee plan to review data from Dr Frederick Ay Cook on polar exploration after a Washington meeting. The National Geographic Society considers Peary and Cook records, with Admiral Colby M Chester and Secretary Walcott among speakers at the University Club addressing northern exploration issues.
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Pesary
North Pole
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Peary
Beng
Cook
Moore
Henry Gannett
Geographical Board
United States Geological Survey
M Chester
United States
Navi Observatory
H Titmann
Coast and Geodetic Survey
JH Gore
Georg Washington University
Arctic
Gilbert Grosvenor
Pears
Othey
Directl
Societys Board of Managers
Bartlett
Pearys
New York
Coast and Georetic Survey
Peary Peary
Colby M Chester
University Club
Admiral Chester
Cook Charlea Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Dew ‘York
Frederick Ay Cook
di Cook
Supreme Court Vacancy Amid Congress Session Delay
The article discusses a pending Supreme Court vacancy after Justice Peckham's death and the delay in Senate confirmation of Justice Harlin, appointed by Hayes, amid the upcoming December session. It notes concerns that Senate inaction could undermine court legitimacy and influence major decisions.
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Supreme Bench
Peckham
Congress
Justice Harlin
Hayes
Hartin
Senate
Auto Kills Schoolboy In Hyattsville Front of Car
A Washingtonian car struck a boy who leaped from a moving wagon on the Ilidensborg road near Washington Port Hyattsville Md. He suffered a severe brain concussion and died early today at Caswill Hospital. The wagon rider had been returning from school when the boy jumped from the rear and directly into the path of the car.
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Washingtonian
Washington
Hyattsvill
Gustavo Muai
Yeats
Lowa
Ilidensborg
Moraiog
Cas Will H
Walring
Delegates Named for Uniform Legislation Conference
Washington groups moved to appoint delegates to the National Civic Federation uniform legislation conference in Washington from January 7, 1919. Proposed delegates include J H Small Jr of the Washington Board of Trade, Vir Gude of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, Nathaniel Wilson of the Association of the District of Columbia, and others such as Charlotte W Needham C Glover R Boss Perry and Walter Clephane plus Charles Henry Butler.
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District of Columbia
National Civic Federation
Washington
Yeaterday
JH Small, Jr
Washington Board of Trade
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Nethaniel Wilson
Wid Ions Walter
Clephane
Charles Henry Butler
Suffragettes to be Tried for Ballot Destruction at By election
Mrs Chapin militant suffragette committed for trial after an attack on a polling plaza during the Bermondsey by election. She allegedly broke a bottle of corrosive acid on a ballot box, injuring an election officer. Alison Nellans also committed for trial on a similar ballot destruction attempt at another booth.
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Balote
Tendon
Chapin
Bermondsey
Mins Alison Nellans
National Beagle Show Opens at Shadwell Grounds
The twentieth annual field trials and third beagle show of the National Beagle Club of America begin at Shadwell near Charlottesville, running from tomorrow through November 15. Exhibitors include Rockefeller, Burden, Post, Whitney, Appleton, and Higgs. judges are Dr Ernest L. Jones and James P. van Dyke. headquarters at Hunters Ball.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
N National Beagle Club of America
Shadwell
American Kennel Club
Shedwell
Hunters Ball
H.A . Hamilton
She Breces
Wiliam G Rockefeller
A L. Burden
George 8 Post Jr
Winfiela Aclexy
General Coppinger Dead Had Distinguished Career
Brig Gen John J Coppinger US, born in County Cork Ireland, died last night at his home in Washington after two weeks of pneumonia. A veteran of the Crimean conflict, Papal War, Civil War, and Spanish-American War, he served in multiple regiments and rose to brigadier general. He married Alice Blaine, daughter of James G Blaine, and leaves two sons. Funeral services at St Matthew's Church will be followed by interment with military honors at Arlington Cemetery.
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County Cork
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Washington
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Gen Conringe
Alice Blaine
James G Blaine
Blaine
Conor Coppinger
Gen Coppinger
Metropolitan Club
Ofice
St Matthew's Church
Arington Cemetery
Pallwearers
Mrs Davis Returns Home From Chicago Domestic Suit
Mrs Anne Ansley Davis arrived in Washington after a lengthy journey from Chicago where she sued husband David Shelby Davis over a demand for love. She was met at Union Station by her father HC Ansley and taken to 168 Nineteenth Street. She declined further discussion, preferring seclusion until court decision.
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Anne Ansley Davis
David Shelby Davis
Washington
Union Station
HC Ansley
Southern Railway
Nineteenth Street
Davie
Divorce Granted for Deaf M mute Wife in Mount Pleasant Park Plan
In St Louis on November 4 Judge Withrow granted a divorce to Mrs. Joseph Burns of Granite City, a deaf mute, from her deaf mute husband. Testimony was given by deaf and hearing witnesses, with a sign interpreter. The Burns claim desertion and incompatibility. the couple has three children. Citizens formed Mount Pleasant Citizens Association to preserve a triangle plot as a park and prevent business development, planning funds and action when Congress convenes.
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Granite City
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Byron & Adams
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WE Colwell
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G Lindtle Smith
Thorg
Byron 8 Adams
Congress
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Itle
Adams
Manchurian crisis draws U S attention amid railway rights dispute
Washington coverage notes contested railway control in Manchuria tied to Russian and Japanese interests. It flags China's weak unified foreign policy, Western reluctance on Harbin settlement, and calls for clear division of spheres under Portsmouth terms. McHarg criticizes conservation politics and argues vast U S water power potential.
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United State
Struck Down with Knife at Soldiers' Home Gate
Hugh M. Boyer, a real estate man of Reeves and H streets northwest, is in a dangerous condition at Soldiers' Home Hospital after being attacked at Eagles Gate by WS Nelson, a carpenter at the home. Nelson fled after the assault. Boyer was found and rushed to hospital. police and reserves searched for the suspect.
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Soldiers Home Grounds
Soldiers Home
Boyet
Slattery
Kelson
Legal Test of Wheel Tax Constitutionality
Eugene A. Jones represents Le Roy Mark in a District Supreme Court action challenging a March law that requires automobile owners to pay a wheel tax in addition to the existing personal tax. The petition argues the wheel tax is unconstitutional as it duplicates a tax already levied on personal property and questions Congress’s authority to impose the new annual charge and seat-based surcharges.
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Eugene A. Jones
Leroy Mark
District Supreme Court
Wickersham May Act on Naturalization Races
The Justice Department issued instructions to pause naturalization proceedings for applicants of Syrians Turks Egyptians Arabs and related groups until further study. Attorney General Wickersham, away from the city, will review the matter on his return.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
William R Harr
Hubbard estate valued for probate filing after death
The estate of Mrs. Gertrude Hubbard is valued at 1.3 million dollars in a probate petition filed yesterday. Real estate in Washington is worth 275 thousand dollars, Brookline and Maye property 200 thousand, Cambridge mass property 6 809, bonds 47 700, stocks about 580 thousand, household goods 1000, jewelry 1000, cash 7 320. Mrs Hubbard, widow of Gardiner Hubbard, was killed recently in an automobile accident.
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Explorers Safe in North Remain at Whale River Unit
Arthur Leith and Kenneth Leith, exploring in Hudson Bay country, are safe. Arthur will stay at Whale River post with Adams until February while Kenneth resumes instructor duties at University of Wisconsin. Parents, wives relieved after telegram from Cochrane Ontario dated yesterday.
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Veterans Army and Navy Club Formed After Resignations
About sixty former Army and Navy Union members met at GAR Hall last night to form the Veterans Army and Navy Club. They adopted resolutions distancing the new body from the Army and Navy Union, elected Charles Wilder president, Van A Zahn secretary, and Noel A Martin treasurer, and appointed a committee to draft constitution and bylaws. Gen Andrew Burt, Col Benjamin A Chaze, and others spoke, with meetings to continue next Monday.
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Tucker A.J Lee
Edward G Burch
Andrew Burt
Addrasgee
Col Benjamin & Chaze
Thomas J Brown
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Weather conditions and river bulletin report
Weather notes from US Department of Agriculture forecast unsettled conditions Friday into Saturday across the Midwest and Mississippi Valley with cooler temperatures in the north and warmer in the southeast. Winds on the Atlantic coast turn variable and southerly later, with fair conditions to Grand Banks. Also reports Dr Franklin B Ives dead at Long Beach California, former New York native living in Washington.
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