Senate Rail Bill Debate Highlights Deep Partisan Frictions
A Senate debate over the Crawford Hiking amend ment to the railroad bill's frame agreement provision drew sharp exchanges between several leaders. Senator Dolliver attacked the pooling system and called for scrutiny while Senator Root argued the provision is necessary based on executive experience. The discussion touched on rate setting, antitrust concerns, and the need for practical law over rhetoric as lawmakers clashed over enforcement and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Root
Senate
Iowa
Elkins
Heme
Senatnt la Follette
Dolsine
Spain
Dalliver
Root Vast
Doliver
Eom
Riont
Ames seeks to promote Canadian trade reform petition
Representative Ames of Massachusetts circulated a petition urging the Ways and Means Committee to consider improving trade relations between the United States and Canada. If he secures signatures, he aims to push for a caucus of House Republicans to discuss the matter and advance a conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olitier Ames
Massacnuselty
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Canaan
Ames
House Repubicans
Alt ‘Ames
Culberson Seeks Reeletion Amid Ill Health Rumors
Notices show Aenatur Culberson planning another bid in July primaries while hospital stays in upstate New York spark questions about his term ending March 4 184. A Senate judiciary panel moves to back a five member inquiry into police third degree interrogations. Also promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as strength and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aenatur Culberson
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Heyburn
Congress Condensed Senate Debates On Expenditure And Rail Bill
Senate discussions touched on a 65000 wartime inquiry expenditure and opposition to a railroad bill. Speakers cited administration support, with Stoné and Percy voicing appointee concerns. House actions included a near session focus on District of Columbia affairs and a move to revise House rules, while adjournment came at 12 noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Leonard
Stoné
Percy
Lodge
Butt
Obrome
Lodge Stops Probe Fight Amid Tariff Debate
Senator Lodge ends bid to authorize a $63,000 probe into commodity costs after sharp attacks by Senators Percy and Stone. Republicans claim the move would aid the fall campaign while Democrats blame tariffs and trusts for price rises. Senate hearings continue on storage rules for canned goods and poultry with witness Dr. Harvey Wiley reiterating arguments for regulated price impacts.
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Lodge
Jone
Percy
Bississippi
Stone
Republian
Pimgeis
Ratton
New York
Cot~ Tan Exchange
Republican Party
Newlands
Senate
Senate Committee On Manufactures
Harvey W. Wiley
Select Committee
Peter W. Peterson
South Dakota
Senator Lodge
Transfer Bill Passed Extends Nineteenth Street Debate Ends
The House passed the Wiley universal transfer measure with amendments, directing an investigation of George Washington University’s finances and Morrill act use. An extension of Nineteenth Street from Belmont Road to Pilmore Street was considered but left unsettled by adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
District of Columbia
George Washington University
House
Nineteenth Street
Belmont Road
Piltmore Street
Johnson
Senate
Kahn
California
Stafford
Wisconsin
Carlin
Virginia
Capital Praction
Washinton, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon
Sims
Tennnessee
Houge
Scott
Jone
Amt Investine
Boutell
George, Washington University
Millions of Acres Damaged by April Frost News
Damaged cotton areas stretch across Georgia South Carolina Tennessee northern Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and beyond with frost and freezing temps. seed shortages feared as mills urged to halt seed crushing until farmers are supplied. New York Cotton Exchange sees bullish activity driven by southern weather fears. replanting seed prices reach high levels in New Orleans as old crop reliance grows.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Tennesse
Alabama
Louisiana
Misafeéippi
Ste
Atlanta
Atlantic
Shaw
Selma
Ala
Columbus
Misa
C Riqbus
Tennessee
Mieslasipp
State Ofdale
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Sully
Messrs. Brown and
Hayne
New Orleans
Ghapppy Moran Prisoner Held After Large Grain Swindle
Charles Moran known as Chapny Moran, titled dean of American swindlers, is under arrest in Chicago awaiting Philadelphia removal. He lived in costly hotel quarters, rode to jail in a taxicab, and allegedly led the Eastern Grain Company with William Clark, extorting over 950000 from investors through grain margin swindles in Providence New York and Philadelphia. He was caught after a Philadelphia bail arrangement and was found near a race track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Ar “Chapny
Moran
Postoffice
Spector Stuart
J. T. Cortelyou
Phiadelphia
Philadelphia
Jake
Cortelyou
A. ‘Axtead
Girls Lure for Faro Game Hit Boston Swindle
Special to The Washington Post reports a sophisticated gambling scam using young women as decoys to lure Boston men to a New York gaming resort. Prominent figures, including George W. Coleman of National City Bank of Cambridge, fall victim amounting to about $2,000,000. A key conspirator, Ele Billy Kelcher, remains jailed on $25,000 bail as justice agents chase leads to West Forty fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
New York
Men of Means
Department of Justice
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of Cambridge
District of Columbia Bills On Transit and GWU Oversight
The House passed measures directing universal fare controls on street railways in the District of Columbia and authorizing the Attorney General to investigate the financial and educational affairs of George Washington University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
District of Columbia
George Washington University
Revision Upward May Be Needed In Tariff Debate
Congressman J Sloat Fausett urged examining rising imports and potential downward revisions while maintaining employment and wages. He warned against excessive tariffs that could flood markets with foreign goods and harm American labor, calling for careful protection of domestic industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sloat Fausett
New York
J. A. Watson
Insana
John W. Fordney
Michlean
Taggart Expects Victory in Indiana Senate Fight
Hundreds of Indiana Democrats gather in Indianapolis as delegates arrive for the state convention. Former Rep Miers enters the race but seeks to unite behind a candidate at the convention and push for a primary after November. Gov Marshal appears set to lose, with Taggart poised to block naming a senatorial candidate by a two thirds vote. Michigan Republicans including Blodgett Lemon Stair McMillan and Brennan confer with Burrows camp, signaling cross-state maneuvering for reelection.
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Marshall
Vezi
Weahington Post
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ormer
Miers
Senate
Bis Friends
Marshal
Taggart
Namas
Ain
Nama
Cenfer
Michigan
John W. Blodgett
Grand Rapids
Republican National Committee
Samuel Lemon
E. D. Stair
Detroit
Philip McMillan
McMilan
Mike Brennan
Benatar Burrows
Chamber Plans to Send Committee to St Paul Convention
The Chamber of Commerce votes a 750 dollar appropriation to send Granville Hunt Thomas Grant and EL Stiles to St Paul for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen meeting. The goal is to secure the Washington convention and recruit national associations to meet in the United States in the future. The move marks the first active step in fundraising to influence a national gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
St.Paul
Chamber’, of Commerce
St Paul
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Oval
Washington
Granville
Minnesota
United States
Eareldeg
Brother of Sugar Trust Head Expires After Fame
The article reviews the death of the brother of a Sugar Trust leader, noting his long-tenured theater career behind the curtain. It describes stage life cues from Detroit to Chicago, mentions Tanguay and Lulu Glaser, and records that he lived at an Eighty-fourth Street apartment though estranged from his family.
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Evan
Bbc
Detroit
Ballatore
Sonia
Tanguay
Trixie Friganna
Chicago
Hevemeyer
Lulu Glaser
Wolter Maintains Innocence Ahead of Death Sentence
New York April 5 Albert Wolter a YW year old youth faces the electric chair for the murder of Ruth. He asserts his complete innocence and hopes an appeal will save him. He hints at a mythical witness Abner who could appear and claims he spent March 24 in Central Park. During cross examination he admits having only 4 cents on March 34 and notes 6 cents owed for rent.
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Jim
New York
Albert W. Wolter
Ruth Sec Ts
Central Park
Walter
Frank Moss
Katie Musller
Albanian Uprising Escalates With Turkish Retrenchment
In Albania fierce fighting erupts as Albanian forces repel Turkish battalions near Shtimiz and take Dulya Pass. Rebels seize Kachanik Pass, block Vekub links, and disarm ten Turkish soldiers. Reinforcements promised, raising fears of broader conflict. Reports suggest high casualties though details are incomplete.
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Constantinople
Elaht
Shtimizs
Gant
Albania
Dulya Pass
Kachanik Pass
Uskub
Vekub
Kospovo
Ther Peliet
Dadygverd
Vie
Sultan Abdul Hamla
Guards Kill Two Convicts at Colorado State Penitentiary
In Canon City, April 25, guards killed two convicts John Bradley and Andrew Johnson during an attempted escape from the state penitentiary. Three others were wounded as they dynamited toward the yard, met by Warden Tynan and officers. Brophy, linked to the plan and with prior parole due, and Williams and Miller among the injured, were serving burglary terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Colo
John Bradley
Andrew Johnson
Penitentiary
Tynan
Miss Esteeeld Identified as Drowned New Yorker
The American Consulate in Naples identified the drowned woman found on the local beach as Miss Esteeeld, a native of New York City and sister of Mrs. Bertha Reid Wells. Post mortem found death by drowning and a letter to Mrs. Wells aided identification.
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Naples
Esteeeld
Bae
New York City
Bertha Reid
Wells
That City
Il A
Welia
Death of William C. Whittemore at Arlington Hotel Rye
William C. Whittemore aged 77 of Rye New York died suddenly from heart trouble in his Arlington Hotel apartment at 1 20 am yesterday He was born in upstate New York in 1849 a Yale College graduate class of 1875 and spent years in railway supply before retiring ten years ago He traveled in the United States and Europe and spent the winters for the past twenty years in the city making the Arlington Hotel his home Funeral services will be held at his residence in Rye tomorrow afternoon.
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Wiliam C. Whittemore
Rye
N. E
Arlington Hotel
Mr. Whittemore
Upper
New York State
Yale College
Lied States
Europe
City
Fall from eighth floor leaves man unhurt in escape
Henry Dade, a Black man, fell from the eighth floor of the Cumberland apartment house at Fourteenth Street and Magenshielts Avenue NW. He survived with only a minor arm injury and was taken to Emergency Hospital where doctors treated him. He had been working on damage control when he lost balance.
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Henry Dade
Cumberlang
Fourteenth Street
Magenshuielts Avenue
Plekeq LI
Thénegro
Hotels and Guests Across Major Cities Listed
A long OCR fragment lists numerous hotel guests and residents in Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia San Francisco and other locales. Names include W ie, James, Willard, Woodward Raleigh and many others with wives and companions, spanning characters such as L J Canfield Edward Dove C R Fargo J Stuary Walker Morris and more, reflecting travel and lodging patterns. The list reads as a crowded roster of individuals staying at prominent hotels in late period urban centers.
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Boston
F. W. Wie
St, James
J. Wiranaki
Shorgham
W. Hall
EbbiCt
Barke
Wte
Wiliard
Chicago
L. J
Juan Yrs
Rotiny
Stuart Walker
Morris
Q. Konti
Taylor Holes
Joan Wl. ‘Arlington
EL A. Geterridge
Cherie Hi. Sinnott
RT. Bete
MC. Wilken
Axhur L. Merlin
Baris
J. W. Smith
Walter H. Bowie
Henry T. Wille
Loulnertine
Charlotte Langer
Fhoreham
Edvin Stevens
Mier
Marshall
WH. Hinton
Rigen Willis
Simgwnod
Maslin
Ebbitt
Samos Hoover
Maxwell Weert
George
Etgrens
B.S
Crafterd
Beoper
Eps Waite
Rg Akswm O'S
Howl Banks
Miline
Dire
Wiliam Hielgchel
Josaph S. Firény
Peters
ML. Chortock
Kiel Welsé
Aurion D- Welks
J. ¥. Sternarob
B. Miecie
Mes
B.A. Wolkar
Wittens
F Bead
J.C. Shobrer
Tompking
Hosibekbridee
Gall
Brite
Jas Cook
Arlington
W. Price
Riggt
Charies
B. Baines
W. A. Emory
Gok
Pryntials
George Tatlace
W.wylcox
Hemford
Willard
B.L. Ramphrey
Raleigh
Delaware
HH. Walker
Dover
Blox Ghostes
Shorabata
Garton
List of names and spouses across states in64 era directory snippet
A long, fragmented OCR listing many individuals and their spouses across New Jersey Pennsylvania Texas Virginia Wisconsin and beyond. Names include J Vergahy Srrscusa Charles A Boos George W Davison Druaklyn Kellogg and many others with scattered places and towns. The text resembles a social register or directory fragment with numerous misreadings and partial surnames.
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J. Vergahy
Srrscusa
Charles A. Boos
George W. Davison
Druaklyn
W. GO. Kellogg
Dedeasbers
Wipard
NEW Jessey
C. & Brownmiller
Cape
Jemer Jobo B. Smith
New Branmwic
Waener Love
Morristown
Shoreham
Tighard M. Colgate
Orange
T. C. Steyrm Dersey Ulty
Seymour Biener
Red
Burnt
Willard
Ohio
J. Green
Cleveland
St. James
Joan GS
August Schmdat
Te. Weallendorf
J, Ballinger
Sandusky
Charles Bworth
Gravésand
Kelley
Gibxen
Cinconath
Frank G Nascin
Clever
George L
Wess
Graveland
Hale
Pennsylvania
Migs
A.W. Koigey
Chestnut Si
Shorthem
C. A. Fras
York
WH. Tagnibton
Barerbury
Mrsdale
Abner Hooperty A. Jounxion
Rewickem
Witten H. Mans
Morrieville
Blair Reoship
Blair Renstlp
Richmond
T P
Newport News
GE Ceakle
G Moore
Eyeehbure
T. G
Earthcart
Lirey
Whitard
WEST
C. Slaughter
J. G. Heochine
Alieson
Wiiard
Wisconsin
H. F. Crogby
J. Ed Eng Wile
E. Ball
Milwackies
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Senators Dolliver
Yowa
la Follette
Golliver Sant
Vonaress
Roosevelt
Fromeena
Flo
Swuator
Niewspaper
Gul
Congress Condensed
Stouse
Comeldoration
Underwood
Tod
Ghappy’ Moran
FARO
Hill
New York Dispatch
New York Herald
James J. Hi
Harmon
Tame T. Lloid
Democratic Congressing
Teele
Rew -York
Mimmetonka
London
Chicaroe
Havre
Cedric
Liverpaal
Duca di G Gva
Bretagne
Tron
Hevre
Chilatiene
Copentingen
Pismond Expo
Bovey Vadeniatas
Liverpabl
Baltis
Newt Yorke
Ghaugpe
Crifornia
Blew York
Foite Delzdu
Oi Fark
Fox Naeples
Genoa
Ates
Brother of Sugar Trust
Wolter
Miss Red
NEW Yorker
W.B. Moses & Sons Office Furniture Department
William C. Whittemore
Negro
N—H. L. Gapeto
Catcutta
Indie
Mises A. McAndraw
Mieu Moat
Toronto
Canada
Adlington
Count Guida Auerspers
Viewua
Harris
Jamre
Forbes
Aborn Opera Company
Mite
Prodinte
BI Capitan
Merry Monerch
Dodo Semson
Mechete
Columbia
Thurston Sauceesnor
Kelvin
Garang
Dramade Stack
Columbia Players
Winchell Smith
Grewster
We. Fe
Belasco
BOO
Bulasco
Les Burenstein
Dally Motingo
Bowim Stevens & CO
Jotun Hyams
Lallk MeIntyre
T” Maballa Crrelyp-Ciureh
Fawerds
Morrey
Woods
Plu
Odell
Minter
Rockies
Vitagrapy Next Werk
Homer Lind & Co
Joyn
Bazmard
Academy
Honey B
Severin de
Werk
East Lysre
Thes Wres
Ma’ Eveny
Gragkerjacks
Rome Weskbon
TODAY
Alvanona Theater
William Airey
Plaza Theater 3
Sonne
Eee
Nek
Apianton
Tauaster SF SY
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Iqhgbinetals
Margaret Keyes
Sablet
Metropolitan OF
Roberta Ra Ames
Wepsmsnat
Erenie
Feemstad
Droop’s
Park Road
Kings of Pool
King Pion
Eadeyt
Cetad Ity
Barbor Aed
Elgbi
Mering Pletyren
Lyceum
Tiny the Brigadiers
Martell Family
Cole & Johnsox
Red Moon
Sto. Mont
Amer
WM Morris
Sonn
Ave. N. W
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