Conference on Rate Bill Advances Amid Debates and Negro Protest
The Railway Rate conference committee made progress on Senate and House amendments with forty agreed and eleven remaining. Key issues include the Lodge pipeline and Elkins ownership provisions affecting Standard Oil, and plans to preserve the sleeping car and express amendments. A Negro delegation pressed the Jim Crow car amendment, warning Northern states may move against Southern practices.
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Tribune Bureau
Weekington
Senate
House
Tillman
Allison
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Judson W. Lyons
Register of the Treasury
George H. White
Congress
North Carolina
W. A. Sinclair
Philadelphia
A. H. Grimke
Boston
Elkins and Cullom
Sherman
New York
B O and PennsRailroads summoned for coal inquiry
Washington reporters say witnesses from Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania Railroad have been summoned to appear in Cleveland for the coal inquiry. Hearings in Philadelphia will resume Tuesday. Standard Oil’s counsel seeks rebuttal evidence. Cleveland officials say the government will reopen the Standard Oil case. Independent operators may add new evidence.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tillman-Gillespie
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
John B. Thayer
Napp
Cleveland
Meveland
Washington, D. C
Chamberlain
National Petroleum Association
Standard Oil
Wired FP
Kline
Copyright Bill III proposed in Congress
Washington May 31 Senator Kittredge and Representative Currier introduced a comprehensive copyright bill. Hearings by Patent committees will be public. key provisions cover registration timing, notice simplifications, manufacturing clauses, and extended protections. The measure defines works protected, sets terms up to life plus fifty or twenty eight years, invokes injunctive relief and damages, and standardizes fees while preserving author rights after sale.
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Washington
Kittredge
South Dakota
Currier
New Hampshire
Senate
House
Copyright Commission
Herbert Putnam
Congress
Putnam
United States
Senate Passes Immunity Bill and Other Measures
Washington May 31 The Senate passed the Knox Immunity bill and the Omnibus Lighthouse bill with little debate Also approved the Military Academy Bill and blocked the Employers' Liability bill by an executive session motion Most of the afternoon covered the nomination of James Wickersham to the United States Court for the District of Alaska, no confirmation vote taken
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Washington
Senate
James Wickersham
Taitea States Court
District of Ika
Nim
Coffee Wrecks The Children
Dr. Elias G. Brown, medical examiner for New York City public schools, warns that heredity and improper diet contribute to malnutrition and nervousness. He highlights tea and coffee as harmful stimulants, noting children often consume them with white bread and starch at breakfast and meals, impairing performance and requiring parental education.
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Elias G. Brown
New York City
Brown
Demand Meat Report President May Yield
Washington May 31 report urged public release of Special Investigators Neill and Reynolds meat industry findings. Congress debates Beveridge amendment cost of inspection while packers seek court review and government funding. House and Senate leaders expect strong demand for strict inspection and prompt passage of a beef inspection bill despite opposition and substitute measures.
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iFrom
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Neill and Reynolds
Congress
Beveridge
House
Senate
Friends of the Beveridge Amendment
Beef Trust
Representative Henry
Connecticut
Agricultural Committee
Henry
Crumpacker
Wadsworth
White House
Cannon
Carter
Representative Wadsworth
Mr. Wadsworth
Leveridge
Secretary of Agriculture
Health official tours meat houses. unions defend conditions
Dr. Darlington health commissioner conducted a fourteen-site inspection of slaughter, canning, and packing plants in New York City praising sanitary conditions. Union leaders countered critics, noting cooperation and public transparency, while Mayor McClellan expressed confidence in the Health Department’s oversight.
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Darlington
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Butcher Workmen
North America
Joe Masterson
Meat Cutters
John Kennedy
Inspectors Bribed in Brooklyn Sausage Scandal
Edward Scheiner of Brooklyn's Butchers Union No 211 charges widespread unsanitary sausage practices. He alleges bribed inspectors overlook filth in 15 Brooklyn sausage houses, with meat adulteration using potato flour, water, and preservatives. A pattern of killing sick cattle and dumping putrid meat into sausage mixes is cited while some houses allegedly operate decently.
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Brooklyn
Edward Scheiner
Butchers’ Union No. 211
Scheiner
Coney Island
Lincoln party nominating ticket at state convention
The Lincoln party in Philadelphia with 278 delegates from 40 of 67 counties nominated a full ticket led by Governor Lewis H. Mery Jr of McKean County and Lieutenant Governor Rudolph Blankenburg of Philadelphia. Coray of Luzerne declined, prompting a July 10 withdrawal deadline and possible further changes.
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Philadelphia
Lincoln Party
Coray
Musical Fund Hall
Mr. Emery
J. Bayard Henry
Robert K. Young
Tioga
Elisha Coray
Mr. Coray
Emery
Weaver
Republican
Agree on Statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma
Washington May 31 Republican managers in the House said the conference report on the Statehood bill would be ready tomorrow or Saturday. It follows the Foraker amendment allowing Arizona and New Mexico to vote on joint statehood at a regular delegate election. Guthrie named as Oklahoma capital until 1915 with building funding limits. timing set for site vote.
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Wadsworth
New York
House Committee On Agriculture
Neill
Committee On Agriculture
Agricultural
Washington
House
Foraker
Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
Senate
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Tribune Bureau
Gardner
Massachusetts
Cannon
Committee of Rules
Port Chester Franchise Signed by Mayor and Board
Mayor McClellan signed the Port Chester Railroad Company franchise yesterday, after formal approval by the Board of Estimate last Friday. The mayoral signature clears the final obstacle pending bond approval by the Controller, enabling road construction to begin.
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McClellan
Port Chester Railroad Company
Board of Estimate
Diplomatic and Consular Bill Passes After Filibuster
Washington May Democrats resume filibuster tactics as the House passes the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill with an appropriation of 1,103,909. Amendments shift the Ambassador to Japan’s salary from 17.50 to 12,000 and set minister salaries to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg at 10.00 a year instead of 12,000. Executive Legislative Judicial and Postoffice bills sent to conference as the House adjourns at 4:18 pm.
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Washington
Japan
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxemb
House
Benjamine Graham
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
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Coal Inquiry
New York Public Schools
William H. Maxwell
America
Iocewea
Edward Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Meat Houses O. K
East 44Th
G. A. Christian
Sausage Makers’ Union
Health Department
Christian
West
Meat Cutters’ Union
Butchers
Lincoln
Mayor Weaver
Frederick Shoyer
Department of Supplies
Emery Unanimous
Railroad Commission
Quay
William H. Berry
Prohibition
Harrisburg
Penrose
Conferrees
Port Chester
Tobey
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Tobey Furniture Company
West 32d Street
Stewart
Mr. Gardner
Vichy
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