Regulating Railroad Rates Debate Summary in Senate Panel
A Washington May 24 report distills a month of Senate Interstate Commerce Committee discussion on railroad rate regulation into a parley between Public and railroad advocates. They debate rebates discrimination and the balance between protecting small towns and broad national development, with Germany as a comparative model and the role of government tribunals and courts in rate shaping. The exchange contrasts free enterprise with public protection, noting the Interstate Commerce Commission’s limits and calls for potential reform.
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Senate Committee ON Interstate Commerce
Gilson Gardner
Washington, D. C
United State Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Big Trust
Interstate Commerce Commisson
Bacon
Fry Elxine Inn
Chicago
Jess
Germany
New York City
Wallecads
Berlin
New York
South
Fort Dodge
A. Danville
Cannon Falle
Mint
Great West
Pennsylvania
France
Pit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Elking and
Foraker
How Japanese Emigrants Live and Work Here
Special to the Sun Omaha May. Japanese were imported to fill striker gaps in packing plants last year. They number 1H and earn the same wages as other workers. They live in South Omaha and are industrious but considered weaker in skill. Local merchants blame Japanese imports for labor shortages and rising hostility. Kinga Okajima, a Japanese leader, claims daily baths are common among the community and lectures weekly to the colony.
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SUN
Omaha
South
W. J. Nagle
Marshhants’ Association
South Omaha
Kinga Okajima
Moijikai College
Tokio
Japan
Dartmouth College
Ig Min
South Onmda
The Fate of Mr. Butterin and the Dog's Rescue
An excerpt shows a muddled older text where cries to save a distressed dog mingle with calls for kindness. The dialogue echoes moral pleas about mercy to animals and loyalty, implying a tale of devotion between humans and a dog amid hardship.
Japanese Workers In Omaha Packery Camp A Community Tale
The article profiles Japanese laborers in a Cudahy packing plant camp near Omaha. It notes wages equal to locals, language learning efforts, and Konda and Okajima acting as interpreters, timekeepers, and purchasing agents. A two story brick hotel houses sixty five Japs with meals and dormitory style rooms, rent paid to the company, and police raids at the club. It concludes with English studies and some attending public schools.
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Wan
Jpan
Konda
Imperial University of Tokin
Kondz
Fldci
Cudany Group
Cudaby Company
Okijima
Cudahy
Namber
Bauth Omaha
Japanese Workers In Cudahy Packing Reflected In City Tensions
Fourteen Japanese workers, including six in a church parish school, faced local tensions as a strike at Lowel School prompted a lockout threat. Supt P J Beehy said Japanese labor is efficient and similar pay to white workers, while Amalgamated Meat Cutters leader Stephen Wall warned citizens and property owners about displacement due to Japanese employment in packing houses. He noted some Japs gain skills but may not compete with whites long term, and reported departures as a result.
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Lowel School
Board of Education
Malata
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Wessons
Supt
P. J. Bheehy
Cudahy Packing Co
St Andpoint
Wystan TI
Stephen Wall
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Atlantic Copy Through Trains From Indianapolis Route Details
Inquiries note Atlantic Copy service from Indianapolis via Pennsylvania connections. The Delaware River Bridge route 16 Atlantic Car details appear for fuel information. Contact local ticket offices for specifics and scheduling.
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Atlantic
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Phibaquy
Delaware River
Bridow
Citizens Win Over Machine in City Hall Rift
Philadelphia May 3 Mayor Weaver asked for and received resignations from Davie Smythe director of safety and Peter Ostelle director of public works. The move signals a break with Republican leadership and jeopardizes the gas lease. Church leaders protested the pending lease after a council vote to privatize city gas works.
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Scripps-Mare Press
Philadelphia
Weaver
Davie Smythe
Peter Ostelle
Cas
Freemansburg Widows Paradise Draws National Notice
The eastern Pennsylvania town of Freemansburg is famed as a widows paradise where nine in ten residents are widows or single women. The community, noted for peace and absence of dangerous industry, supports many widows through dressmaking and small-town enterprises led by Emma Wathere and other notable figures.
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Freemansburg
Pennsylvania
Paradise
United States
Fintte
Isa
Vreemansburg
Iitele
Woodiiig
Mia
Emma Wathere
B. KF
Knipe
Freemanshure
Vistors
Davenport Promotes May Baby Show with Roosevelt Backing
George Wo Havenport of Greenfeld Masa announces a baby show to aid infant welfare with proceeds to benefit Franklin County babies. Davenport bank accounts offer small savings incentives and Roosevelt approval signals strong local support for the effort.
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George Wo Havenport
Greenfeld
Davenport
Matt
Roosevelt
Trevenport
Franklin
Atv
Daverport
Loonevert
Marvelous cure claimed for hay fever asthma in New York
Reported miracle drug ascateo from the Austrian dispensary at 32 Wy Twenty-tttn New York City touted as a preventive for hay fever asthma and catarrh. Free test treatment offered by writing for one, with seven doses claimed to avoid stomach issues and to prevent annual recurrences.
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New York
B—oWever
Ascateo
New York City
Arrest of James W. Smit in Michigan City case
James W. Smit was arrested Tuesday for an alleged violation of Rix Carole from Michigan City prison. Listed as from Lexington Indiana, the arrest grew from a former guard Tk. Wavait recognizing Smith at Windsorr and calling the prison to verify the wanted status.
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James W. Smit
Tureday
Rix Carole
Michigan City
Lexington
Ind
Wavait
Smith On
Windsorr
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Mic ® Konda
Okajima
Qhia
Rhent
Atlantic City, N. J
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Sta
Dennis Walter J. Buzey
Brighton
F. W. Hemsley & Son
ST. Charles
Hwaddon Hall
Leeds & Lippincott
Marlborough House
Josiah White & Sone
Traymore Traymore Hotel CO
Rudolf Jean
Eurpean
Chas, R. Myers
Wiltshire
Phoebus
Galen Hall Wate
Santrarium
Young
Mer
Adestry
N. J
Chalfonte
Atlantié City
Otherlers
Alwave Span
Lebls
Aquos Distilled Water CO
People’s Credit
Washington St
Magenheimer's
North Illinois ST
the Union Trust CO
Market Ste
Haines
Fishback Realty & Loan Co
State Life
Indiana
UC Ecs
Josiah White & Sons
Rudolf
America
Atlanticity
CHAS_R. MYERS, Oper
Prosrieter
Atlantic City Real Estate
E Coming
Ventnor-By-The-Sea
Ventnor
Wheelock & C
Es Henry Bloom
Sloom's Money Loan Office
Wash
St. Ope
Court House
Tolan
Polk
Polk Sanitary Milk Co
College Ava
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