Panama Road Policy Traffic Monopoly Doomed Readjustment Explained
Secretary Taft declares government policy on the Panama transcontinental traffic rate monopoly. He states no strict regulation will harm railroad interests, and the government expects to adjust rates equitably across the Barama Railroad and Panama routes, while avoiding disruption to shipping lines and overall transcontinental trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seretary Taft
Panama
Barama
Shonts
Wallace
James J Hooke
Taft Selects German Expert for Canal Board
William H Taft writes to Mr James Hooker noting Germany designates Mr Tincanza as its German member of the Isthmian Canal Commission board of consulting engineers. France has yet to appoint. The board may expand to twelve to fifteen members. first real meeting not before August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec UN Taft
Tincanza
Isthmian Canal Commission
Ministry of Public Works
Germany
Bunau-Varilla
Panama
Taft
Canal Commission
Consulting Board
Progress of Ganal Work Demands for Experts in Trades Hotels for Employees Rising
John F Wallace chief engineer of the Panama Commission says an organization of 800 workers already formed with 600 on equipment and construction and 200 in policing and sanitary duties. The force grows by up to 1000 monthly. Demand focuses on mechanical trades experts, steam shovel operators, draughtsmen, track foremen, enginemen, carpenters and heavy timber workers. Seven steam shavels installed, twenty four more requested. sanitation chiefs to oversee hospitals and disease control. If the canal becomes sea level, fourteen miles of summit, 100 steam shovels, 306 engines, 150 dumpers, four double track railways and about fifteen miles of haulage would be required for material removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
West Indian Islands
Varius
Vic Wallace
Stranded Americans Besieging Panama Legation for Relief
The American Minister at Panama reports no room in the Canal Zone for job seekers who have not engaged with the canal commission. Adventurers have reached the Isthmus seeking rough labor, leaving the legation beset by stranded Americans. Meanwhile Ninth Infantry units departed Fort Thomas Kentucky in route to Philadelphia Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legation
Panama
State Department
Canal Zone
Canal Commission
Legaton
Northern Division
Fort Thomas Ky
San Francisco
Cal
Phihyome Island
First of Americans Eloquent Appeal for John Smith Memorial
Mrs A A Blow of Virginia in a congress address urged Daughters of the American Revolution to back a monument to Capt John Smith. She cited Smith as founder of Virginia and New England and urged patriotic societies to support a memorial at Jamestown or Cape Henry and sought honorary chair Charles Warren Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Blow
Virginia
John Smith Memorial Association
John Smith
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
A Blow
Virgina
New England
America
South
Plymouth
Boston
New World
Prince Charles
John Smuth
Jamestown Island
Cape Henry
Chesapeake Bay
United States
Cape Charles
Cape Meary
Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Duchess of Richmond
Gordon
Forraine
Ragabizanda
Turkas
Kalbrits
Fartarla
Callamata
Pokahontes
Prreta
Ariven
France
Madam Chanayes
Charles Warreno Fairbanks
John Smith Monument Committee
Maine
Texas
California
Hell
Lighter Side Of Life And Oddities Of The Week
A quirky column notes Minerva's paper on dinosaur habits at a Ladies' Club session with refreshments. It mentions Miss Clio visiting Miss Challa, Miss Clotholé taking a new job in Destiny rooms, Pluto securing a license for a three headed pulp Cerebus, and Dido buying real estate in Carthage. Echo pines away, Cyclops workers bustle, cemetery work advances, and Olympian games begin with curiosity over the banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Humorous History Inventions and Misquotes From Antiquity
A spoof vignette retells ancient figures reacting to modern ideas and fashion. Nebuchadnezzar jokes about bol weevil extermination, Napolean contemplates fame and misnomers, and Absalom endures a hair dye mishap, as a mock 1805 copyright note closes the piece.
Funeral of Gen Moore at Arlington Tomorrow
The funeral for Brig Gen James M Moore US Army retired will be held tomorrow afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery. Remains arrived in Washington from Chicago and were placed in the receiving vault. Mrs Moore and Mrs Swift attended the procession. honorary pallbearers from the quartermaster's department and Loyal Legion will participate, with Rev William Tayloe Snyder officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
James M Moore
United States Army
Chicago
Arlington National Cemetery
Moore
Swift
George E Pond
C P Miller
George Ruhlen
Bellinger
J B Aleshire
I W Littell
83 Wood
C B. Baker
Quartermaster’s Department
Loyal Legion
William Tayloe Snyder
Red Schoolhouse Echoes in School Ties Remembrance
A nostalgic verse recalls a small red schoolhouse on a hill and the enduring links it forged with its pupils now distant at college, as memories and traditions persist even as the world moves on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
The Lorelei Wig Conscience Fund Exchange
A comic exchange between a banker and a philanthropist unfolds with the Lorelei portrait of a maiden, a brig, and a reveal about a wig. The dialogue questions honesty and repayment for what is stolen or what is not given, ending with a quip about kisses and tales of half lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorelei
Brig
Transvaal to have partially elective assembly under new draft
Gen Cronje denounces the plan as a breach of the Vereeniging 1902 peace treaty promising self government. The constitution sets an eleven member executive body and a volksraad with up to thirty five elected members and restricts voting to British born property holders, with English debates and Dutch allowed by the volksraad president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Assembly
Cronje
England
London
Transvaal
Leutenant
Si Te
Everburgher
South African Republic
Volksraad
Gev Lawley
Lyttelton
Norfolk
Dom Paul Krugers
Paardersburg
America
Pace
Vereening
Edward
Tranevaral
Het Volk
South Africa
Gen Cronje
Dounne
Georgia
Surveys of Steamships Move Toward Mutual Inspections
In a long correspondence between United States officials led by Secretary Metcalf and British Ambassador Sir Mortimer Durand, an agreement is nearly reached to accept each other’s surveys of steamship hulls boilers and machinery at ports. The plan echoes a practice since 1876 and may extend to Canada Germany France and other nations, with formal British action anticipated. A new Porto Rico Attorney General, Frank Feuille, from Texas, is appointed to succeed Stewart. He has Spanish fluency and strong ties to the occupation administration.
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United States
Great Brita
Ir Mortimer Durand
Great Britain
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
State Department
Mortimer Durand
British Board of Trade
Great Lakes
Germany
France
Porto Rico
Trank Feuille
Wice Stewart
Texas
Guy Winthrop
Executive Council
Y M C A Campaign Boost From Railroad Support
The Y M C A in Washington reports a boost as Southern Railway funds a 5000 contribution toward a building and turning fund, with 4000 previously set aside for railroad workers housing. Directors and committees push for further pledges this week as ladies and captains intensify canvassing across divisions, aiming for broad participation and smaller gifts from many members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway Company
Young Mens Christian Association
Washington Association
MCA
National Metropolitan Bank
Macfarland
John B Larner B . Warner
L L Pierce
Spencer
Messrs Macfarland
Larner
Southern Railway
Young Men’s Christian Association
Washington
Laksen
Thomas H. Anderson Charman
Citizens Comm Nittee
Clun
Acréss
Stamps for Philippines honor native heroes and explorers
The War Department prepares a Philippine government stamp series with Rizal Magellan Levaspi and other figures. Denominations above one peso feature the Philippine coat of arms. A special delivery stamp depicts a Filipino messenger and Mount Mayon landmark.
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Tnsular Studies
War Department
Hiying
United States
Rizal
McKinley Magellan
Philippine Islands
Levaspi
Magellan
Lot Lincoln Sampson Washington Cairedona
Manila
Franklin
Mayan
Albay
Charlton Law Clerk Named for Insular Bureau Post
The Insular Bureau plans to appoint Paul Charlton of Omaha Webb to succeed Charles Magoon as law clerk. The position is in the classified civil service and requires examination. Charlton, a Yale and University of Pennsylvania Law School graduate, is a Connecticut native who has long lived in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insular Bureau
Paul Charlton
Omaha
Webb
Charles T Magoon
Charlton
Yale
Law School
University of Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Nebraska
The Other Chris and the Double Life Mystery
A serialized mystery continues as Buckson and allies unravel the twin Chris stories. Anna Spurman’s long-hidden birth substitute reveals a web of duplicity linking Captain Chris, Mrs Spurman, and the Crawforth death, with Buckson’s runaway wife tied to a past case and a sanitarium circle including Silas, Matilda, Olga, Chapel, and Dr Dick. The tale traces inheritances, secrets, and loyalties across years, ending with renewed bonds and unresolved questions.
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Edward
Anna Spurman
Brunswick
Olga Eileson Buckson
New York
Edward Spurman
Christopher
Buckson
Chris
Bee
Ronald Gooch
Washington Square
Gooch
Spurman
Anna
Silas
Mat Hildebrande
Sanitarium
Matilda
Weston Sanitarium
David
Elsie van der Venter
Olga
Mommie
Uncle Bee
Fred
Gramp
Mat
Chapel
Dame Dou
Old Bee
Warle
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Tetir
York
Ralea
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Tarama Ani
Cur East
Mr Hooker
William H Taft
James J Hooker
Cincinnati, Ohio
Panama Canal Consulting Board
Ehippines
Capt
Massachusetts
Susan Constant
Goodspeed
Whesipeake Bay
Plymouth Rock
Palmetto
Jamestown Colony
Roanoke Island
Spain
Mexico
Florda
Pilgrim Fathers
Europe
Bimgiry
Transyua
Lindow Company
Nova Scotia
South Carolina
Newngland
Atlantic
Christopher Columbus
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the Olympian Press
Miss Clio
Muse
Miss Challa
Pluto
Dido
Carthage
Cyclops
Mauselos
Olympian Games
Wonder
Nebuchadnezzar
Department of Agriculture
Napoleon
Elba
St Helena
Absalom
R F Aye
Gen. Moore
Ilocisch
Veh Gibson
Frank Gibson
Pierce
Dierte
Linus
Board of Directors
Philippines
Pattnors
Arte Lel
Jackson Crawforth
Young Buckson
Young Buck
Judge Buckson
Rabhie
Crayforth
Hunter
Qiga
Chis
Fudge Buckson
Mat’ Hildebrand
Sunday Post
Second Avenue
Earle
New Yor
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Cassare
Young Bee
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