Interest High in Trunk Line Rate Meeting in New York
In New York on January 19 the executive committee of the Trunk Line Railroad association discusses differential lower freight rates agreed by New York, New Haven & Hartford and Canadian Pacific. The New Haven argues the arrangement hurts its interests by biasing competition with northern lines and affecting southern connections, river steamboat routes, and western routes. Threats of cutting westward rates loom if readjustment isn’t made.
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New York
Trunk Line Railroad Association
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Canadian Pacific
Trunk
New Haven
Boston & Albany
New Haven Company
Southern Steamship Lines
Grand Trunk
Newport
New England
New London
Root Is Elected U S Senator In New York Vote
Elihu Root is elected United States senator by the New York Legislature voting separately. Democrats backed Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. Root said he will resign as secretary of state upon official notice and Robert Bacon will become secretary. In North Carolina, Lee S Overman was reelected to the U S Senate.
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Alegany
N Y
House
Senate
Elihu Root
United States
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Charles M. Hughes
Washington
Root
T. ©. Platt
Robert Bacon
J. C. O’louglin
Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
Lee
Overman
United States Senate
House May Keep Willett Speech From Record
A House committee of Mann Burton Foster Howard and Burgess was named to review Rep Willett New York speech attacking President Roosevelt and to report if it should be expunged from the Record.
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Washington
Hughes
Mann
Burton
Foster
Howard
Burgess
Roosevelt
Willett
New York
Duke DAbbruzzi’s Himalayan Exploration Trip Planned
The Duke D Abruzzi in London announced a forthcoming trek to the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau for exploration. He avoided discussing his suit for Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter of a West Virginia senator, hinting the match may be unlikely.
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London
Duke D’abruzzi
Himalayas
Thibetan
Katherine Elkins
West Virginia
Bacon Declines Comment on Secretary Nomination
Washington January 19 Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon refused to discuss reports that the Senate may not confirm his bid to be secretary of state after Secretary Root retires. Senators say they have not been treated with courtesy and have waited in the outer office while meeting with the assistant secretary.
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Washington
Robert Bacon
Senate
Root
New York State
Bacon
Judge Willett Declares Hundley Likely Defeated
Colonel J. J. Willett returned from Washington claiming Judge Hundley cannot win Senate confirmation for the U S Circuit Court seat in the Northern District of Alabama. He cites opposition from both major parties and about 1400 pending nominees as reasons for delaying or blocking Hundley’s confirmation.
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J. J. Willett
Washington
Judge Hundley
United States Circuit Court
District
Alabama
Willett
Hundley
Senate
Special stamps approved for Lincoln centennial
Washington January 19 The Senate passed a resolution authorizing the postmaster general to design and issue a special two cent stamp marking the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
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Washington
Senate Today
Postmaster General
Abraham Lincoln
Protocol Settled for US Venezuela Claims
Caracas reports the terms of the protocol settling American claims between the United States and Venezuela have been agreed upon.
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Caracas
United States
Venezuela
Birthday of R. E. Lee Beautifully Observed
The New Orleans and county observances honored General Robert E. Lee with a joint U D C and Confederate veterans program. A large crowd filled the Circuit courtroom as speeches lauded the private soldier, with songs, recitals and performances marking the memorial. Crosses of honor were awarded to veterans. the event closed with “Dixie” and a display of Civil War memorabilia.
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County Court House
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Circuit Court Room
O. M. Reynolds
W. H. Forney
J. F. Walker
A. F. McGhee
South
Lincoln
United States
Alabama Volunteers
Lee Birthday Observed With Closings and Salutes in Virginia
Virginia observes General Lee's birthday as a legal holiday with state and city offices and banks closed. Howitzers fire a salute, and the Lee monument is decorated by the Daughters of the Confederacy this afternoon.
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Richmond
Lee
Virginia
Daughters of the Confederacy
Lee's Birthday Noted Across Texas Cities
Lee's birth day was observed in Houston Galveston Dallas Fort Worth and other Texas cities with appropriate ceremonies and events.
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Dallas
Tex
Lee
Houston
Galveston
Fort Worth
Texas
General Lee Birthday Observed in Augusta Court House
Augusta Georgia observed General Lee's birthday with principal exercises in the courthouse under the Augusta chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Augusta
Lee
Court House
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Alabama observes Lee anniversary with closing of banks
Mobile reports nationwide observances of the Lee anniversary with veterans groups and affiliated societies holding exercises. In Lee’s city banks public offices and many businesses were closed for the day.
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Mobile
Alabama
Talk on infallibility draws crowd at Sacred Heart Church
Father Costello explains the pope’s infallibility and the pope as successor of Peter. He argues Christ made Peter supreme teacher and that the pope inherits the same teaching office. He plans a second lecture at 7 30 on Confession and the Forgiveness of Sins.
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Sacred Heart
Father Costello
Jesus Christ
Church of Christ
Christ
Peter
Rome
New Accounting System Adopted by Model City
Model City council in adjourned session last night adopted major accounting reforms to take effect February 1. Auditor J B Mooring recommended the changes, including bills payable records, carbon receipts for taxes, prisoner money receipts with carbon copies, daily convict labor reports, and a new reporting system to the clerk. The meeting also covered paving disputes with Anniston City Land Company, pool room licensing, and tax on meat wagons. Mayor pro tem Cooper presided. councilmen Houser Lapsley Thrasher Todd Ward Whiteside attended.
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Sessior
Anniston City Land Company
William A. Davis
Lapsley
Cooper
Houser
Thrasher
Todd
Ward
Whiteside
Robinson testifies before grand jury in Panama libel probe
Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt, testified before the grand jury in the Panama libel investigation. He was on the stand about ten minutes and declined to comment on the hearing or his testimony as he left the building.
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Washington
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Wrench Syndicate
Panama
Robinson
Fire kills two in New York due to frigid weather
In New York on January 19 a blaze caused by attempts to stay warm in cheap lodging houses killed two people and left 12 families homeless while 41 families were driven from their homes. One more resident remained critically burned as the fire spread through a tenement with ill fitting windows and overheated flues.
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New York
Robert Freedman
Smyrna Earthquake Triggers Panic and Casualties
Smyrna awoke to widespread fear as an earthquake struck the area. No major damage in the city itself, but Phosea, about 30 miles away, reported numerous houses destroyed and several people killed.
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Smyrna
Phosea
Reverberation From Ante-Prohibition Days Noted
Montgomery January reports the Supreme Court holding that keeping open a saloon during the prohi bition era is a legal question under old statutes. The brief notice signals continuing debate over temperance era enforcement and historic interpretations.
Man Arrested After Asking Roosevelt’s Room Address
Charles M. P. Evans, who gave a local address, was arrested by capitol police for inquiring about the location of President Roosevelt's room. He was turned over to Washington police for examination of his sanity.
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M. P. Evans
Capitol
President Roosevelt
Washington Police
Railroad men clash in Tennessee assaulting auditors
In Chattanooga Henry J. Birdsong, clerk to the Southern Express auditor, tried to kill General Auditor Henry A. Kropp after a dispute over work details. He fired twice, grazed Kropp, then beat him with a heavy revolver butt. Both men were bloody. officials released no statements.
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J. Birdsong
Southern Express Company
Henry A. Kropp
Birdsong
Kropp
Express Company
Prohibition Upheld by Judge Sayre in Montgomery
Judge A D Sayre denied W Y Johnsons mandamus to issue a liquor license in Montgomery County. The ruling affirms the prohibition law as valid statewide.
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Sayre
Montgomery
A. D. Sayre
W. Y. Johnson
Montgomery County
Saloon Open After 9 P.M. Not Violation in Alabama Case
In John Young vs State of Alabama the Montgomery city court conviction for keeping a saloon open after 9 pm was overturned and the case remanded. The ruling notes prohibition then legally reigned in Alabama making the prior closure rule less clear to saloonkeepers.
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Alabama
John Young
State of
Montgomery
Young
Mrs Reily Visits City From State Normal College
Mrs Reily the wife of Prof George Reily of the State Normal college is visiting in the city.
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Reily
Prof
George Reily
The
State Normal College
City
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