President orders cut in Canal Zone expenses
President directs a major but tight reorganization of the Isthmian Canal Commission in Washington. The auditor’s office is abolished and auditing moves to the War Department. Purchasing will be handled by a military officer. Joseph Bucklin Bishop may go to the isthmus to serve as secretary there at $10,000 a year. David R. Ross and Ernest Benson remain in their posts with continued consideration of the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
New York
Bishop
David R. Ross
Ernest
Benson
Empire of Panama Canal Scandals and Fairbanks Biography Controversy
The piece notes resignations of AM auditors who each received $10,000. Major Hodges of the army may succeed them with increased pay. It cites anticipated canal criticisms in Congress and Taft’s cost-cutting. It questions funds spent on the canal, the French contract, and construction appropriations. It ends with a dispute over Charles Fairbanks birth in a log cabin and a reply from William Wolff Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pwyvas
Fairbanks
Indiana
Charles Warren Fairbanks
W. B H. Smith
William Wolff Smith
Eastern Weekly
William Wolft Smith
Controversy Over Fairbanks Birthplace Picture
The piece disputes claims about a pencil sketch used to illustrate Fairbanks birthplace. It states Fairbanks was four when the cabin burned and that the sketch was memory-based, prepared at the request of Mr. Smith, with Smith denying further connections to the photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fairbanks
Tragic Fate Blights Life of German Ambassador
Baron Speck von Sternburg, German ambassador, faces a disfiguring cancer that threatens his career and social prospects of his American wife. Despite treatment in India and Europe, his condition worsens. Rumors of recall arise after a Kaiser breakfast invitation, but German officials deny an immediate recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Speck von Brernburg
Germany
India
Europe
Washington
Congress
Speck von Sternburg
Sternburg
Foreign Office
White House painters scrape century of lead from sandstone
Twenty painters are at work cleaning and repainting the White House exterior to remove the century's accumulation of white lead. Virginia sandstone, porous and damp, caused coldness in early days. Last year a chemical cleaner cracked the paint. now crews scrape away old coating and will apply several fresh coats, a multi month project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Oyster Bay
Virginia
Adams
President
Uity
Advice to Lovers Turns to Card Players
In a chatty scene a woman sighs over evenings spent with suitors and chaperones, noting how social obligations collide with romance. A stray newspaper column titled Advice to Card Players warns readers not to overplay their hand as more invitations and dinners unfold amid a lively circle of acquaintances.
Des Moines Letter on Transportation Laws and Coal Notes
Iowa Attorney General Byers clarifies that contracts with common carriers for fixed periods are not void under the anti passa law and that reduced or excursion rates remain allowed if open to all. The report covers pools and trusts enforcement, bond valuation practices, coal storage urges to prevent famine, interurbans profit, and C O D liquor shifts under new tax rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H. W. Byers
Iowa
Thirty-second General Assembly
Jmmon
Department of the State
Executive Council
Express
Where Doctors Failed and a Kidney Cure Found
BP A Sutton of Belem Oregon suffered acute kidney distress and rheumatism for ten years. After using Deans Kidney Pills his pain lessened, headaches faded, and sleep returned. He improved after three boxes and remains better than in 15 years. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sutton
Belem
Oregon
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Submarine Coal Mines Off Cape Breton
Immense underwater collieries near Cape Breton extend over a thousand acres and rise beneath the shore. Operators trace veins under the water for more than a mile, with ocean pressure sealing the bed like cement. The roof is lined with fireclay and sediment is packed tight, preventing water intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Breton
Quandary of molecular necrosis teased in barber shop
In a humor sketch a porter finishes polishing shoes as a flamboyant patron asks for deductions on molecular necrosis. John answers with a suave, cryptic line stating it is an infinitesimal affinity, prompting curious banter in the barber shop setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Des Moines White Line Transfer Co Offers Freight Savings
Notice promotes shipping household goods to Washington Oregon and California via White Line Transfer Co of Des Moines to cut freight costs. Readers asked to request a booklet with full details and send shipments to Des Moines in care of the company at 311 Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
California
White Line ‘Transfer Co
Des Moines
Pooklet
4Th St
Baye Annoyance
President Jordan to Lecture in Australia and New Zealand
Stanford University president Jordan travels to Australia and New Zealand to lecture before Antipodean colleges on the American university system. The trip follows a note on railway passengers and a sales boast for Defiance Starch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Stanford University
Cal
Australia
New Zealand
American University
It Cures While You Walk and Other Patents and Ads
An OCR fragments mix lists remedies and claims: Allen's Moot-Mase cure for hot smarts feet sold by druggists for 25 cents with address in La Roy New Mexico. Russi, age 101, oldest alpinist who scaled Gutsch mountain. Krause's Headache Capsules from Norman Lichty Mfg Co Des Moines Iowa. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children. references to wind colic and rice bottles with advice on baths and rumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen S. Olmsted
la Roy, N
Krause
Norman Lichty
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Maj. Hodges
Engineering Corps
Taft
S. E. Kiser
Jonesby
Mama
Will Budlong
Grassmere Country Club
Ned Haney
Grassmere Club
Forest Will Park
Harry Irwin
Mamma
Mrs. Weston
Arthur Buford
Fanny Prentiss
Miss Watterson
Mr. Thornton
Conwell
Charley Danforth
Jack Eastbrook
Reser
Crepes
Rock Island Railroad
Lila
Dakotas
Uncle Sam
Col. M. J. Temple
United States
Department Or Justice
State
Carroll
Municipal Accounting Department
Parole Board
New State Board of Parole
Springfield
Toliet
Infllana
Reformatory
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Busse
Novak
Anamosa Reformatory
Central
Northwestern
Northwesern Railway
Rock Island
Chicago
Clinton
Minnesota
Ica
Salem
Bama
M, GC. Russi
Andermath
Gutsch Mountain
Carters
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