Rights of the roads fair return on investment
Boston and Maine President Lucius Tuttle testified to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee arguing Congress may regulate interstate commerce while rail owners resist constitutional limits. He defended eminent domain for public use, urged an investigating role for the ICC, and said rebates are largely a thing of the past. He contrasted private car lines with common carrier needs and warned against fixed rates by any single party or by government ownership.
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Boston
Maine
Congress
Lucius Tuttle
Boston and Maine Railroad
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Presdeunt Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prout
Tuttle
Prouty
Miulls
Manchester
Mr Tuttle
Rebr
Tattle Sail
New England
Interstate Commerce
New York
New Haven
Hartfid
Albany
Goold Morgan
Harriman
Vanderblt
North Atante
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cather
Germany
Puttly
Conerss
Tiquidar
Worth
Tutule Sant
Europe
England
France
United States
Liverpool
Cutlom
Dolliver
Cullom
Clapp
Senator Clapp
Mr. Tuttle
Supreme Court
Marquette Railroad
Armour Lines
Michigan
Elkins
Brady Defends Alaska Mining Tie in Governor Report
Governor Brady responds to Secretary Hitchcock on his link to a mining and development enterprise heavily promoted in Alaska. He asserts the company is legitimate and offers no resignation, with action postponed until the President returns.
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Hitchcock
Brady
Alaska
Tter
Aliens Landed at New York Port in February and March
Immigration Bureau figures show February arrivals of 51 367 aliens at the port of New York with 641 debarred about 0 0125 of them March arrivals reached 9 78 with 423 debarred about 0 424 of them debarred per cent figures are given for debarments and landing totals.
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Immigration Bureau
New York
Yerkes Heads West to Review Pacific Coast Tax Affairs
Commissioner John W. Yerkes of the Internal Revenue Bureau departed yesterday for California to examine the Pacific Coast tax matters and related revenue concerns. He will focus on inland and border issues affecting collection and enforcement during the inspection trip.
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John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
California
Internal Revenue
Goast
Braw
Golf Tournaments Open Season at Columbia and Chevy Chase
The Columbia Club prepares for its spring tournament April 27 to 29 with the Governors Cup and multiple prize categories. Chevy Chase follows with a late May event as the All-Philadelphia versus Washington match looms. Course changes include a new No 18 hole and re numbered greens, while Dr. Harban contemplates resignation as captain though plans for a strong lineup remain.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Quaker City
Columbia Links
Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Jr
Charlotteaville
Lee Harban
Pinehurst
Herreshoff
Harban
Alan Lard
Columbia
Travis
Lard
Hanban
Chevy Chase Club
Ike
Golf revival at Chevy Chase and Pinehurst hero Harban noted
The piece highlights new club developers and Capt Harban working with youngsters, praising Lee Harban who dominated at Pinehurst with a 240 yard drive. It details Chevy Chase team structure under Capt McCammon, three equal teams, and a planned fifty plus matches, plus course changes at Chevy Chase and ongoing Washington club outings.
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Chevy Chase
Gden Horstmann
Philadelphia
Ormsby McCammon
Capt. McCammon
McCammon
O McCammon
G C Lafferty
W. M. Gray
W. P. Compton
W. FR. Tuckerman
Alex. Britton
Horace Wylie
Mervin Thompson
W. G
The White House Name Change by Roosevelt Order
President Roosevelt directed a designation change for the Executive Mansion to The White House in all official documents. An earlier 1901 order had already named the residence White House, and the new action simply prefixes The to the existing term.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Southeast
Treasury Department
Executive Mansion
White House
Persian Pressure on Punishing Labaree Murder Reach Crisis
U S government records show Secretary Hay pressed Persian authorities after Rev. Benjamin W. Labaree’s murder. President warned of Congress action if Persia did not arrest accomplices. Persian promises led to a settlement a month later with $30,000 paid to Labaree’s widow and swift punishment of those guilty.
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Benjamin W. Labaree
Tyler
Teheran
State Department
Hay
Laharee
Congress
Pearson
Labarea
Dir. Laharee
Labaree
Lace-Weavers’ Petition For Writ Of Certiorari
A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday in the habeas corpus cases of Peter Pearson and Enoch Pearson, two English lace weavers who immigrated to the United States a year ago and were deported for allegedly contracting with a Gouverneur lace manufacturer. The issue is whether an alien immigrant may be retried on the same charge without new evidence after full examination and admission. The circuit courts have divided, with Southern District of New York ruling for the petitioners and the other circuit court ruling against them.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Peter Pearson
Enoch Pearson
Gouverneur
Board of
Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Death of Leanto Under DOJ Inquiry Report
Acting Secretary Loomis reviews a Department of Justice investigation into the death of Joseph Leanto, an Italian citizen, shot at Lorton near Alexandria on April 6. The agent states Leanto died from gunshot wounds while resisting arrest. Governor of Virginia report pending. both findings will be sent to the Italian Embassy.
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Loomis
Department of Justice
State Department
Joseph Leanto
Lorton
Alexandria
Teanto
Virginia
Trtlian
Threaten Revolution and Diplomatic Tensions Rise
Senor Munoz Guatemala minister waited at the State Department to discuss suspected movements of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico and Salvadoran tensions seen as threatening a revolutionary movement against Guatemala. The issue followed long-standing government watch but had not warranted formal action or friendly representations.
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Senor Munoz
State Department
Loomis
Mexico
Salvador
Guatemala
United States to Represent at International Agriculture Conference
The United States will be represented by Ambassador White and Dr Albert F Woods at an international chamber of agriculture conference proposed by Victor Emmanuel. The plan envisions two houses and aims to regulate livestock disease, trade, emigration, and prices, with a world exchange for agricultural products and treaties. Woods, chief plant pathologist, also to attend the Vienna Botanical Congress.
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United States
Ambassador White
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Italy
David Lubin
Victor Eimmanuel
Chamber of Agriculture
Rome
Vienna
Germany
International Organization For Protection
Albert F. Woods
Dr Woods
Belvidere
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Nebraska
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
George T. Moore
Woods
Amercan Association For the Advancement of Science
Botanical Society of America
Botanical Society of Germany
Society of Morphologists and Physiologists
Botanical Society of Washington
Washington Academy of Science
The Other Chris and a Paris Letter 1879
In a snowbound New York nights scene a doctor known as Chris is linked to a dangerous double life and a murder plot. The narrator reflects on love, guilt, and justice as a storm drives the city and memories collide with a letter from Paris revealing past ties and unresolved betrayals.
Trying to Aid Strikers in Porto Rico
Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor spent much of yesterday seeking a way to help strikers in Porto Rico win free assembly and free speech, but found little success. He found the island’s government largely autonomous and not directly under the Interior Department, concluding an appeal to the governor may be required and planned to cable for striker protection under the law.
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Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Porto Rico
Federation
Workin g Hard for Fund M C A Building Drive
The M C A building committee reports about 1500 dollars subscribed yesterday toward the 85000 dollar goal with 4000 dollars daily needed to secure a 25000 dollar offer by May 1 from Woodward and Lothrop. Women committee met at headquarters and several rooms were taken for furnishing a project to fund the new Y M C A.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Messrs. Woodward & Lothrop
Washington
General Committee of Women
Uist
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Epworth M. E. Church South
A. Lisner
Southern Industrial Parliament to gathering in May in the South
Dr Walter Murphy says misinformation on sanitary conditions and investor rights will be corrected at the Southern Industrial Parliament gathering in New Orleans May 23. He notes strong southern interest, with governors from eight states sending delegations and a push to show favorable laws for investors and maintained private rights. Commissioner Frank P Sargent predicts the Mississippi Valley will be a world gateway, with the Panama Canal completion boosting Southern commerce and ports like Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, and Wilmington benefiting.
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Walter ©. Murphy
South
Washington
Department of Commerece and
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tilerida
Louisiana
Sargent
Frank P Sargent
United States
Mississippi
Voelles
Givat Sradhes
Kent
New Orleans
Parimi Canal
Galveston
Mobie
Savannah
Wilmington
Sapling planted in White House grounds by Secretary Hitchcock
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department planted an oak sapling near the first gate of the White House grounds. The tree originated from an acorn grown on his Missouri farm, the acorn once from an ancient cherry in St Petersburg. A similar sapling was planted last year. it died in winter. Postmasters appointed in several states follow. Official State Department note reveals President’s desire for peace in Peru during the Aguarico clash.
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Clir
White House
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Fist
Missouri
St. Petersburg
Russia
St Petersburg
Washington
Mount Vernon
Peru
State Department
Aguarico
Adee
Lima
Love and Law Entangle a New York Family Tale
A tangled correspondence reveals a desperate plea for an honorable divorce for Chris from her husband who fled New York. He seeks freedom for their child, promises support, and hints at remarriage, while others reflect on love, betrayal, and moral duty amid a complex, long affair that ends with “TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.”
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Chris
New York
Crawforth
Frederic S. Chapel
Sve
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