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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
9
A redrafted measure aims to regulate utilities use of another railroad’s tracks, limit depreciation fund transfers, protect against overcharges, and curb long regulatory delays. It seeks commission oversight, reduced litigation, and clearer valuation rules for public utilities while excluding certain complex work provisions.
Sir Bertrand Dawson, physician to King George V, criticizes American doctors for speaking to reporters. He witnessed an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital and said English physicians halt press interviews to uphold professional ethics. He and Lady Dawson were hosted during their visit and departed for Boston.
Joseph Sellwood told the House steel investigating committee that Lake Superior holds about 140,090,000 tons of available ore with United States Steel Corporation controlling roughly 650,000,000 tons excluding TIM lease ore. He cited the Birmingham district’s vast undeveloped ore and warned the steel industry would need a 50,080 ton monthly pig iron plant for 40 years, requiring 72,000,000 tons of ore and a 100 year ore guaranty of 190,000,000 tons.
The Senate labor and education committees denounce steel plant conditions at United States Steel as industrial peonage. Senator Borah reports the proposed eight hour law for government contract labor is constitutional and would improve work and living conditions, framing such abuses as a duty of government to protect citizens.
Representatives from New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Ohio and New Jersey urged the House agriculture committee to appropriate 2000800 dollars to fight the chestnut blight. Timber valued at about 500 million dollars is said to be at risk of destruction.
In Philadelphia the miners and operators committees reported progress on a new wage and working arrangement for anthracite workers. A 1 percent wage rise was contingently discussed while unions seek abolition of the conciliation board. Local unions nationwide reported a five year wage contract approval, with official results due Monday night.
George W Neville president of the New York Cotton Exchange defended the exchange against pending antioption bills arguing futures trading keeps market equilibrium and a free market year round. Howard Ayres and George R Rembert also spoke on maintaining liquidity while opposing abolition. IL R Brooks of Augusta added his critique of the bill.
Senate Brown and representative chairmen introduce a bill to revise patent laws after a Supreme Court monopolies ruling. Commissioner Moore at the Patent Office frames mandatory license provisions and prohibits patent owners from restricting the sale of materials used with patented devices. Justice Department officials discuss possible indictments in the United Shoe Machinery case and ways to respond if quashed.
Attorney General Wickersham conferred with the House committee on merchant marine about excluding foreign owned ships adjudged guilty of Sherman antitrust law violations through pools or combines. Amendments, approved by the Attorney General, set to be drafted next week with Mr Wickersham. Proposals include American owned or controlled vessels in the exclusion.
New Berlin New York bank closes its doors by order of the board of directors amid a large funds shortage. Former cashier Frank D Arnold at his home in New Berlin is named in the suspension. Comptroller Murray calls it a clear sky event and orders a further examination by National Bank Examiner Rorebeck to assess the trouble. January 4 examination showed assets of 9620000 with 100000 capital stock 6000 surplus and undivided profits and 271008 individual deposits.
The Great Blue Hill summit observatory and all equipment are left to Harvard University by Abbott Lawrence Rotch founder and professor. Rotch also bequeaths funds to Harvard to maintain the observatory.
About 1,000 stevedores at Locust Point Baltimore walked out to demand a 6 cent an hour wage increase. Major lines affected include North German Lloyd, Hamburg American, and the Hamburg Amerikan line. Organizing drives aim to extend the strike to waterfront workers and halt loading and unloading of incoming ships.
Persian philosopher Abdul Baha, leader of the Bahai movement advocating world unification, arrives in New York aboard the Cedric from Alexandria. After banishment to Acre, he travels to address a Lake Mohonk peace conference and speaks on women’s suffrage, noting Bahai views on universal brotherhood and service. He is greeted by about a thousand followers, predominantly New Yorkers, before his hotel suspension.
Former Ambassador Joseph W Choate reportedly did not undergo surgery after rumors at a Union League reception. He has had a slight eyelid inflammation blamed on strain from reading and plans to return to work by Monday.
Ashland levee in Gum Ridge district collapses amid Mississippi flood. No loss of life reported as floodwaters spread across six plantations totaling about 2800 acres. Many stock and household goods removed. crops on overflowed lands at risk. Government engineers expect levees to hold with flood crest moving toward Greenville.
The bodies of Leroy Cannon of Harrisburg Pat and Leonard Grace of Galveston Texas arrived in Panama from Nicaragua and are in the charge of Nicaraguan Minister Manuel Velasquez. Cannon and Grace were executed by lovers of President Zelaya in 189 after capture with the revolutionary army. The bodies will be transshipped to the Nicaraguan consulates in New York and New Orleans respectively.
Detectives credit film sightings with solving a four year forgery case after spotting a suspect in a crowd at a battleship launch. A West End cinema clue leads to arrest of a pickpocket and a separate case traces a lost Paris heiress via a Toulon cinema scene. A Seine crime is solved when a moving picture shows a man stabbing a woman and pushing her into the river, aiding police in the Montmartre case.
A narrator reflects on the camera's surprising power beyond entertainment. Despite lack of photography knowledge, the operator notes nearly indistinguishable bank figures and the camera proving a perceptive tool, even as a reliable detector in noisy scenes.
Pittsburgh professor James Harley Heal, holder of the chair of pharmaceutical jurisprudence at the University of Pittsburgh, leads a campaign to appoint him to succeed Dr Wiley as chief of the bureau chemistry in the Department of Agriculture in April.
In Carroll county reports say Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards evaded officers after the Hillsville court tragedy. Judge Oglesby fixed Hillsville as the trial place for Floyd Allen and others indicted. A roving posse believes Allen and Edwards are heading west, with sightings near railroad stations and in the mountains.
A state holiday marked the unveiling of a $22,000 to $23,000 statue group by sculptor Ruckstuhl in Columbia. The commemorative piece honors South Carolina women of the Confederacy, with an oration by Joseph W. Barnwell praising steadfast devotion amid hard times.
A funeral service for aviator C. I. Rodgers was attended by Army and Navy officers yesterday in Long Beach California. Rev Roland Cotton Smith conducted the rites and the interment took place at Roch Creek Cemetery, following his death in the line of duty.
In a New Year address Senator Newlands pledges conservative leadership to push national drainage and irrigation programs through Congress. He criticizes party in power for unkept pledges and urges steady progress on inland and agricultural development with support from key speakers and allied officials.
Readable fragments describe a shooting on a northeastern street near a car line. The text mentions a person named Hoban and asks where a suspect was seen, with uncertain details about the timing and location. The garbled report hints at a prosecution and an investigation on a street near Belmont.
A fragmented 1920s style clipping hints at a court case involving an alias or nickname and a demand for whisky equivalence. The readable text names a judge and local officials while suggesting unfamiliar terms and a dispute over intoxicants.
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