Bossing Without Guilt, Wilson as Chicago Praise
Mayor Harrison of Chicago, in Washington for a five term mayor, defends presidential bossing as sometimes necessary to fulfill party pledges. He praises Wilson to the press and with officials, noting broad GOP support. Harrison travels to New York to study subway plans for Chicago.
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Beboss
Carter, Harrison
Chicago
Harrison
Windy City
Io Washington
Secretary of War
Sabath
Wilson
Congress
Execuive
Harrizon
New York
Chicago Wins Lake Park Compromise With Army Engineers
Secretary Garrison after a War Department hearing approves a city army engineers plan to extend Chicago's park system along Lake Michigan. The War Department grants a right to make a filling on the lake front from Thirty-First Street to Sixteenth Street about 1 000 feet wide east of the Yanols Central Railroad tracks.
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Garrison
War Department
Yanols Central Railroad
Dr Anthony Lanza Weds Laura Kate Thomas in Nashville
Marquise Clara Lanza di Brolo yester day announced the marriage of her son Dr Anthony Lanza of the United States public health service to Miss Laura Kate Thomas at Nashville Tennessee on November 18. The ceremony was at the bride’s sister and brother Mr and Mrs Vaux Crockett’s home. Dr Lanza is a son of the late Marquis Lanza di Brolo of Palermo and a grandson of Dr William A Hammond former surgeon general of the army. The newlyweds, honeymooning in the East, will live in Washington.
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Clara Lanza di Brolo
Anthony Lanza
United States Public Health Service
Laura Kate Thomas
Nashville
Tenn
Vaux Crockett
Lanza
Marquis Lanza
Palermo
Sicily
William A. Hammond
Army
Washington
Weather warms nation with mild spell and late fall heat
The Weather Bureau reports unusually warm weather west of the Rocky Mountains with the Carolinas and Georgia as the only East states staying near normal late fall temperatures. A cooler spell is expected tonight. November 2 in Washington marked the warmest reading since 1879, at 8 degrees.
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Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Georgia
Washington
Cities bid for Republican national convention in Washington
Washington and major cities including Chicago Indianapolis Philadelphia Detroit and Cincinnati bid for next years Republican national convention. The decision rests with the Republican national committee meeting December 16 in Washington with a possible March gathering. Indianapolis pushes to host if approved.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cincinnati
National Committee
Washington
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore
Wash ‘Ington
Republican Committee
Cummins
Ind
Fred A. Sims
Republican State Central
Brownsville veteran declines pension after illness ends
Ben Martin of Brownsville Tennessee, a Spanish war veteran, told the pension office his disability had ceased, returned the $18 pension check, and asked to be removed from the rolls. Pension Commissioner Saltzgaber praised his patriotism and loyalty.
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Ben Martin
Brownsville
Tenn
Martin
G. M. Saltzgaber
Reopens Alien Fight With Literacy Test Push
Representative A P Gardner of Massachusetts proposes a data driven resolution asking the Labor Secretary for October immigrant figures certified as unfit by public health service physicians and surgeons. Gardner, a Republican and immigration committee member, supported last year’s Dillingham Hurnett literacy test bill which Taft vetoed. Democrats plan to press it early next session.
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Senate
Taft
NEW D C VOTE ISSUE BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
Representative Tavenner reintroduced a preliminary referendum bill in the House to let District residents decide on changing the form of municipal government. It adds two questions on public ownership of street railways and all public utilities, with support from the District Suffrage League. The bill originally asked eight questions on suffrage, representation, voting qualifications, and an elective nonpartisan city government.
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District Suffrage League
Congress
District of Columbia
Des Moines
Iowa
Tavenner
House
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Anniversary notice of Lincoln address referenced in Congress
Representative Kinkead of New Jersey called attention to Lincoln s Gettysburg address in the House. The address delivered November 19 1863 will be printed in the Congressional Record today with Kinkead s observations on its importance.
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Gettysburg
House
Representative Kinkead
New Jersey
Congressional Record
Imperial guests at Panama canal opening invite hinges on congress
Representative Clark of Florida introduced a resolution asking President Wilson to invite Emperor Franz Josef of Austria Empress Eugenie and Charles de Lesseps to attend the Panama Canal opening as guests of the United States. The measure seeks formal invitations from the administration.
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Congress
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Eugenie
Austria
Charles de Lessepn
Panama Canal
United States
Representative Clark
Florida
Wilson
Hope of Panic Vain Interprets His Prophecies
The Senate clashed over the tariff law as critics warned it would not lower the high cost of living. Senator Smoot argued reduction of wool duties won’t cut prices. Senator Stone challenged him, noting no factories closed, no mills ruined, yet pleads for panic. Smoot and Gallinger denied hoping for industrial depression.
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Smoot
Senator Stone
Missouri
Mr Stone
Irving
Gallinger
Bryan Hails Wilson Policy Ahead of Dollar Diplomacy
Secretary of State William J. Bryan, in Baltimore before the Credit Men's Association, championed the Wilson policy as a counter to dollar diplomacy. He linked the Panama Canal to South and Central American development and urged American ideals to uplift the region over the next quarter century.
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Baltimore
Nov. W
Wilson
Wilam J. Bryan
Credit Men’s Association of
Panama Canal
United States
Central
South America
Bryan
Kentucky Lawmaker Pushes Early Adjournment Over Mileage
Representative Robert Thomas of Kentucky urged adjournment before the regular session ends claiming both he and his creditors need mileage money to influence voters in his Republican district. He proposed November 22 as the adjournment date and noted a broad House sentiment, while an amendment could authorize the $300,000 mileage payment for merged sessions.
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House
Robert ¥. Thomas
Kentucky
Congress
Mr. Thomas
Congressional Record
Pindell Named for Russian Post in Senate Fight
The nomination of Henry M. Pindell of Illinois to be Ambassador to Russia was sent to the Senate and expected to face opposition. Senator Burton of Ohio signaled intent to attend committee consideration and present elements for investigation. A long list of nominations and transfers followed, with many consular postings and other diplomatic appointments across Europe and the Americas.
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Maryland
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New Jersey
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South Carolina
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Canada
Cornelus Ferris, Jr
Colorado
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Turks Island
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Paul H Yoster
Texas
Crez de la Wrontera
Postal Reform Urged In Senate Action
Senator Bankhead introduced a bill that would make postoffice money orders a form of currency if enacted. The plan would authorize payment of money orders at any post office, whereas current law only redeems them at the issuing office.
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Navy Opposed Socialists Praised By Great Peace Agency
Senator Thomas and Representative Bailey clashed over naval policy at the Capitol. Bailey urged a 5 percent surtax on incomes over 20 000 to fund a larger fleet while Thomas praised what he called a peace stance tied to dollar diplomacy. He warned that socialists view the navy as a force for empire and questioned Latin American trust in U S intentions.
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Dollar Iupromacy
Coloradan
Bailey
Colorado
Winston Churchill
Warren Worth Bailey
Pennsylvania
Batley
Porto Rico
Panama
Norris Bill Aims Car Comfort and Fare Rebates in DC Streetcars
Nebraska Senator Norris introduced a Senate bill to require Washington street railways to provide comfortable seating for every fare payer. If no seat is provided after boarding, conductors must issue a rebate check valid for six months for one full fare including transfer. Penalty for violations is a $1 fine per offense. Senator Norris, a daily streetcar rider, pushes for improved service for District riders.
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Nebraska
Senate
National Capital
Asid
Navy yards policy urged for New Orleans and Pensacola
Acting Secretary Roosevelt expected to recommend reopening New Orleans navy yard for repairing fighter draft vessels. Roosevelt, returning from a Southern inspection, also visited Pensacola to assess a camp site for marines. A bill to authorize a survey board for a Hampton Roads naval armor plant was introduced.
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Navy
Roosevelt
Pensacola
Fla
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Culebra
Guantar
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Holland
Virginia
Secretary of the Navy
House
Proposed National University in Washington Sparks Backing
Senator Dillingham of Vermont plans a bill to revive the Senate committee on the University of the United States and push a major Washington based university. He backs a graduate and advanced study institution here with support from the National Association of State Universities and the National Educational Association. No strong Senate opposition is anticipated.
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Association of State Universities
Washington
National Capital
Dillingham
Vermont
Washington, Jefferson
National Association of State Universities
National Educational Association
Senate
American Battleships Honor Dowager Queen Margherita Birthday
In Genoa Italy American battleships dressed in celebration of Dowager Queen Margherita's birthday as crowds visit the ships. Officers from Arkansas and Florida tour Castello yard and watch a dreadnought under construction while a large cannon is cast. In Nice a rifle team from Utah defeats the Twenty fourth battalion chasseurs by twenty three to sixteen.
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Genoa
Italy
Naples
United States
Arkansas
Florida
Navy Yard
Castellamare
Nice
France
Utah
Chasseurs
Martine Introduces Bill to Promote Gaillard for Canal Work
Senator Martine introduced a bill authorizing President Wilson to promote Lieut. Col Gaillard to colonel in recognition of his notable Panama Canal locks work. Gaillard is hospitalized in Baltimore, in danger from strain of the tropics.
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Wilson
Col Gaillard
Panama Canal Locks
Col. Gaillard
Baltimore
Goethals Silent On Plans For Panama City Manager
Panama, Nov. 2 Cal George W Goethals chief engineer of the Panama Canal refused to discuss an offer from Dayton Ohio authorities that he become city manager or other propositions made to him. Cumberland Wis Nov 2 returning home from a country school George Ladd 13 son of George Ladd was kicked to death by two schoolmates after a fight.
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Cal
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Dayton
Ohio
Cumberland
Wis
Here
George Ladd
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