Railroads Oppose Inland Waterway Improvements in Water Wars Debate
Senator Chamberlain warns that railroad interests fight canal related toll exemptions and now oppose river improvements. He argues railways dominate transportation policy, control terminals, and seek to curb inland waterway development to protect freight rates and coastwise trade. The piece links Panama Canal toll repeal to ongoing transportation battles.
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Panama Canal
Miseigaipoi
Oregon
United States
Chamberlain
Hoth
Ghreat
Earth
Two
Oceans
Wanama Canal
Panama
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commissions
Mercury Reaches 102 as City Feels Late Summer Heat
A hot spell pushes the day’s temperature from dawn to 99 by noon with a 12 degree excess over the 29 year mean. Humidity remains high while manyWashingtonians enjoyed a Sunday leisure amid new summer car schedules and open air frames. The Weather Bureau forecasts continuing warmth through Monday and Tuesday as residents ponder what qualifies as hot.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
John Brulee
Dells
Bureau
View City From Heights At Monument On Sundays
Many visitors enjoyed a bird’s eye view of Washington from the monument this Sunday with low rail fares. Public Buildings and Rooms Superintendent Hartley stated extra hours may be added if demand rises and elevator use may extend to a full day. The botanic garden attracted crowds and Immortality was the theme of a sermon by former Judge Norris at the First Baptist Church. A Hindu widow Sukitoda Banerjee will lecture next Sunday to fund a home for Hindu child widows.
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National Capital
First Baptist Church
Norris
Department of Justice
Florence Noack Howard
Sukitoda Banerjee
United States
First Church
Suna
The
Washington Post
Radium Fertilizer Co
Pittsburgh
Bishop Shahan Confirms Class at Moly Cross Academy
Rector Thomas J. Shahan of the Catholic University, announced by Rev. George A. Dougherty and Rev. T. Gibbons Smyth, confirms a class of 3% children at the Moly Cross Academy in Tennellyttown yesterday afternoon.
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Bishop Shahan
Prisshop
Thomas J. Shahan
Catholic University
George A. Dougherty
T. Gibbons Smyth
Br. Ann's
Tennellyttown
Moly Cross Academy
Desert Ambulance Mass for Holy Name in Washington
The Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name Society held a formal opening with a high mass at St Mary’s Church in Washington. Bishop Corrigan presided on the throne, with Rev Clarence Wheeler as celebrant and a strong turnout from clergy and lay leaders. John Burke discussed the war stance and union policy, noting 4,000,000 members in the US and urging nonpartisan religion in politics. Fort Myer soldiers attended, highlighting a branch there under Chaplain O Keefe.
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John Burke
Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Fifth Street
O. B Corrigan
Cardinal Gibbons
Clarence Wheeler
Church of the Holy Comforter
Leopold Ripple
Baltimore
Otterbein
St. Mary‘s
Washington
Maryland
Holy Name Society
Joan Hadley Doyle
United States
Wilson
M. D. Schaefer
Fort Myer
O'Keefe
Vaccine train to Mexico City via Vera Cruz expected today
Vaccines and medical supplies to combat smallpox and curb spread are to be carried from Vera Cruz by a pedal train likely today. Medical auto piles, ordered in New York, were due in Vera Cruz yesterday. A special train arranged through Gen. Carranza will carry mail to Mexico City and return Dorval West, the U.S. special representative, after talks with rival Mexican leaders.
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Vera Cruz
New York
Carranss
State Department
Dorval West
United States
Mexico
Untermyer to Lead Government in Riggs Bank Case
Reported development says Samuel Untermyer of New York will join counsel for the government with Louisa Ty. Brandeis directing the case for the Treasury and Comptroller William Williams to be advised personally by Untermyer. Justice Department stance limits defense to official powers, not beyond. The announcement follows months of rumor and official clarification.
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Samuel Untermyer
New York
Pujo ‘Money Trust’ Inventionation
Treasury Department
Riggs National Bank
Louisa Ty. Brandeis
Untarmyer
John Skelton Williams
Department of Justice
Gregory
Wiliams
Riggs Bank
Attorney Generales Functiona
Yeaturday
Williams
Airman Fails to Save Four Men in San Francisco Breaker
In San Francisco on April 25 an aviator Harry Christoffernon attempted a rescue after a gasoline launch with four Italian fishermen capsized on the breakers of Great Highway. The crowd watched as the incident unfolded and mounted officer E G Pidgeon narrowly escaped drowning while trying to reach the crew.
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Weago
San Francisco
Daspira
Harry Christoffernon
E. G. Pidgeon
Chased by Dynamite Dog, Boy Wakes to Wagging Pup
Special to The Washington Post Indiana Pa April 8 George Verbus a minor started out with his dog Plutarch's Lives for what was to be the last walk. He tied dynamite to a tree and the can away from his head and released the dog pulled free with the dynamite near them. The blast destroyed the Verbus home, and the boy later opened one eye to find the dog alive beside him.
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Washington Post
Indiana
George Verbus
Plutarch
Verbus
Verbue
Top Genead
Indians County
Varbue Homestead
Mr. Yerbua
Fruit in This Eden from Amazon Tale of First Men
A Bohio tribe in the Brazilian-Guinean mountains recites a creation legend to Dr William C Farabee of the University of Pennsylvania. They describe a great tree bearing all fruits, two semi divine figures, and a warning that humans must work for food after the tree is cut down. Photographs of a rock said to be the original tree’s stump accompany the report.
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University of Pennsylvania
William C. Farabee
Amazon
University Museum
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Dawid
Faithful horse Babe follows late owner to grave
Special to The Washington Post from La Crosse Wisconsin April. Babe the horse that drove for Andrew Rebingon a La Crosse grocer for years followed his funeral procession to the cemetery after being sent 18 miles away to pasture. The mare had previously shown similar devotion when her teammate Dalsy died.
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Washington Post
la Grosse
Wis
Babe
Andrew Rebingon
Frigh Coulee
Rebingen
Dalsy
Rebels Seize Cape Haitien in Bloodless Move
Forces led by Morency and Petion enter Cape Haitien without firing a shot, as the revolt against President Guillaume gains ground. Dr Rosalva Bobo, former Haitian minister to the Dominican Republic, started the uprising amid fears Guillaume would turn Haiti’s finances over to the United States.
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Cape Haltien
Morency
Petion
Cape Haitien
Guillaume
Rosalva Bobo
Dominican Republic
Hatti
United States
Man dies after pitched ball hits batter in Needham
Newton Mass April 25 The death of William Downing was announced today after he was struck on the head by a pitched ball during a Needham baseball game. Downing was at bat when the ball sailed wild and he could not dodge. He returned home and later lost consciousness before dying.
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Mass
William Downing
Needham
Downing
Folk on Business Probe at Fourth Presbyterian Church
Former Gov Joseph W Folk chieft counsel of the Interstate Commerce Commission spoke at Fourth Presbyterian Church urging higher ideals in commerce. He warned against exposing wrongdoing just to protect business and urged enforcement of law to safeguard both big and small enterprise. He argued against civic apathy, urged progress, and called for balancing property rights with public interests.
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Joseph W. Folk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Folk
Etriva
Seach
Shot Cheats Enon Arden Dead Then Commits Death by Own Action
In Chicago on April 24 Mrs. Gabriel Loeffler, awaiting her missing husband Gabriel Loeffier for three years, accepts a marriage proposal from Leopold Kellner after receiving a letter claiming a share of a gold strike. Kellner and the distraught fiancée exchange words before Kellner shoots Loeffler and then kills himself with a bullet to the temple.
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Chicago
Gabriel Loeffier
Alaska
Leopold Kellner
Mra. LoaMer
Kellner
Reno Fears Women In May City Election
Reno Nev April 25 The enfranchised women will be a factor in the May city election with suffragists aligned to a reform movement to curb liberal administration and lower liquor licenses from zero to 40. 1 506 women are registered.
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Liberals
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Heat Victim in Baltimore Woman 75 Dies in Heat Wave
Mrs Kate Sage a 75 year old rouge manufacturer died in her home and factory at 1425 Madison Ave Baltimore after being stricken by heat on Lexington Street near Eutaw. She collapsed yesterday and could not be revived. Sage leaves three sons David W Carey Th and Edward Sage the latter living in Washington.
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Baltimore
Kate Sage
Madison Avenue
Lexington Street
Eutaw
Mount Vernon
Annapolis Graduates Name First Second Ship Choices
Midshipmen of the graduating class have received blanks to state first and second ship assignments after graduation. They must return by May 10. Many will go directly to ships rather than thirty day delays, with six graduates bound for Pacific ships and the rest assigned to Atlantic fleet battleships.
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Annapolis
Navy Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Funeral for Daniel H. Dugan at St Aloysious Club
The funeral of Daniel H. Dugan of the Washington navy yard was held at his grandfather Tan jiet Claughton’s home on 27 We Street Northeast and drew a large gathering. Dugan belonged to St Aloysious Club and the Third Sunday Brigade. services were conducted there with pallbearers Thomas Reynolds THilon Miller Farrall and Leofer present.
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Daniel H. Dugan
Washington Navy Yard
Tanjiet Claughton
We Street
Try
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St. Aloysious Club
Third Sunday Brigade
Messrs
Thomas,Reynolds
Thilon
Miller
Farrall
Leofer
Baby Shot and Killed in Hyattsville House
A 2-year-old boy died from a birdshot blast from a 12 gauge shotgun found in the Hyattsville home where a 6-year-old sibling was left with two baby brothers. The mother fainted upon learning of the tragedy as the family supplied few explanations. The father claimed no shell was left in the gun and suspects remain. the injured 6-year-old avoided serious harm, while funeral care and hospital treatment followed.
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J. L. Bursey
Hyatteville
Eon
Bursey
Laurence
Tittle
Lewis Bursey
Sthley
Latimore
New York Legislature Nears Adjournment After License Measure
Albany April 25 The New York legislature barely ends its session after a win for a bill to raise liquor license costs one fourth statewide. Senate and assembly adjourned in the early hours as appropriation bills and a state budget near 64.08 million were paused. Public service commissioner removal bills were killed. fate now rests with Gov. Whitman who is expected to sign the license measure.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Senate
Whitman
Rockefeller Replies To Walsh Over Colorado Letter Claims False Inferences
John D Rockefeller Jr issued a statement amplifying yesterday’s reply to Frank P Walsh United States industrial relations chairman. He rebuked Walsh for drawing wrong conclusions from correspondence involving L M Bowers Colorado Fuel and Iron and said he did not dictate letters to the President or to governors of states.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Frank P. Walsh
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Mr. Rockefeller
L. M. Bowers
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Rockefeller
Walsh
Walsh Tithe
United States
Colorado
Acknowledgment of German Raider Kronprinz Wilhelm in Norfolk
Thousands aboard excursion steamers lined the harbor to glimpse the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm as she stood off the coast. Captain Thisfelder, the Wilhelm’s youthful commander, predicted today could be his last Sunday in port. British warships patrolled off the capes, with two cruisers near Cape Charles Lightship and a third near the gas buoy, awaiting a possible breakout.
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Norfolk
Wilhelm
Thisfelder
Capes
Cape Charles
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