President Wilson Urges Immediate Naval and Tax Measures
President Wilson argues for government owned ship construction to link America’s markets, cites a 27 battleship fleet and other vessels, and urges early adoption of measures for Philippines governance and Puerto Rico political reform. He outlines budget projections, deficits, and the case to pay new expenditures with internal taxes rather than bonds.
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Americas
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Philippines
Porto Rico
the Treasury
Panama Canal
General Fund of the Treasury
Treasury
Nation of Americans Must Crush Secret Foes at Home
A charge that certain U S citizens born under other flags have betrayed the nation with disloyalty in wartime is issued. The speaker urges swift federal laws to purge corrupt distempers and to mobilize industry and education for national security and an impartial hemispheric role.
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Europe
America
New Age Heralds Call for Broad Public Government
In a speech praising the common man’s role in self government the speaker urges full use of law and institutions to ensure energy safety and progress. They present themselves as nonpartisans guiding a new era.
Elbert Bede on Liars and Social Wit in Old Age
Elbert Bede muses on liars prognosticators and human folly. He quips about women talking at length, the cost of ease, family life and aging, noting virtues of wit, restraint, and the value of an active mind in old age.
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Elbert Bede
Satan
Purgatory
Library notes list recent fiction and children's reading picks
This week’s library additions include Still Jim by Honore Willsie about the Reclamation Service, Jim by virtue of New England training, Felicity by Clara E Laughlin on sacrifice for fame, and Patriotic plays and pageants for you People by Constance Mackay. Also Finger posts to children's reading by W T Field, library reading by Miss Olcott, and In King's Fairy Tales volumes one and two for younger readers.
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Jim
Honore Willsie
Reclamation Service
New England
Felicity
Clara E. Laughlin
Ladies’ Home Journal
Constance Mackay
U. S
W. T. Field
Miss Olcott
Pittsburgh Library
Regulations to Meet Railroad Problem
A speaker urges a national commission to thoroughly assess railroad regulation and coordination. He argues for a fresh, comprehensive view of laws and administration to improve efficiency and usefulness of railways for national service and security.
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Northwestern Fuel Co
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C. D. Milloy
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