Urges change in law amendments to present law
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports broad changes to the national commerce law. It calls for abolition of railroad rebates, curbing arbitrary traffic-rate changes, and publishing tariff schedules to curb evils. Proposed amendments include extending rate authority, joint-rate reforms, and tighter supervision of refrigeration and terminal charges with bookkeeping by railways to detect abuses.
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Interstate Commerce Commignion
Inter State
Congress
Commission
Rathways
Preliminary rail earnings report shows 1963 per mile rates high
Preliminary earnings for 752 railways cover 214 478 miles with total gross of 2 973 177 32 dollars. Passenger 672 109 36, freight 1 449 182 702, miscellaneous 51 845 257. Net earnings near 68 592 99 for year ending June 30 198, with surplus 9 294 783. final report to June 20 194 shows larger totals and dividends near 221 9 1 01 1.
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Igo
Inccome
Tas
INS
Vermonters Fraternize At State Association Meeting
The Vermont State Association of the District met Wednesday night in Washington Chub room to hear Prof. Willis L Moore of the Weather Bureau discuss Climate and Politics. Officers were named for nominations for January elections. the evening closed with a social hour and musical program.
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Vermont State Association of the District
Washington Chub
Willis L Moore
United States Weather Bureau
H. Moulton
Delphid S. Fietcher
B. C. Johnston
Fred A Emery
James H. Bradford
Grace Ross
F Wilkins
Dlenry T. Offferdinger
E. R. Campbell
C. BE. Fairman
A. S Caywood
Moore
Judge Moulton
Fred C. O'Connell
Bramme
Law to stop slave trade closes loophole in statute
Paris December 34 The minister of the colonies Clemental has signed a law punishing with two to five years imprisonment and a heavy fine any one engaging in the slave trade in the French African colonies An old law only prohibited importation of slaves by sex leaving West African natives traded The law reverses the previous state and removes the last vestige of slavery
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Paris
M Clemental
MARY HUNT UNDER BOND IN FUGITIVE CASE
Boston December news reports Mary Hunt also known as Roberts arrested on fugitive from justice charges. She faced Philadelphia accusation of illegal operation with a hearing postponed until December 10 and was held on three thousand dollar bond. Authorities link her to William F. Hunt tied to a recent dress-ault case mystery.
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Boston
Mary Hunt
Roberts
Philadelphia
Wiliam F. Hunt
Coupon offer for Liquozone free bottle sample
A reader is urged to request a Liquozone coupon promising a full-size bottle mailed to the requester with payment to the local druggist. The misspelled note implies a promotion tactic asking the recipient to send the coupon to receive an offer. No clear date or organization is stated.
Gen Haupt Dies on Train on Way to Washington
Gen Herman Haupt veteran Civil War officer and railroad pioneer dies on a Pennsylvania Railroad train between Jersey City and Newark. He suffered heart disease while speaking to his son Louis Haupt en route to his former home in Philadelphia. Survivors include six children and several sons who are clergymen and professionals.
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Newark
N. J
Herman Haupt
West Point
Jersey City
Louis 4. Haupt
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Pennsylvania
Haupt
Philadelphia
Jackson
Old
Pennsylvania College
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hoosie Tunel
C. Edgar Haupt
A. J. D. Haupt
St. Paul
H. H. Haupt
New York
Franksin F Haupt
Redlands
Chicago bookkeeper says loan sharks drove forgery
William J. Smith, longtime confidential bookkeeper for the Robert Stevenson Drug Company, was arrested for forgery after taking nearly $3,000. He blamed debt to loan sharks who threatened wage garnishment and said he would try to support his family from prison, noting his own poverty and worn clothes.
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Chicago
William J. Smith
Robert Stevenson
Smith
Test of stock ownership in Singer Manufacturing case
In Trenton New Jersey on February 14 the Court of Chancery heard a stock ownership dispute over 5574 shares of Singer Manufacturing Company stock based at Elizabeth New Jersey Paul Charles William Sohege and John I Ryan brought suit Sohege claims the stock as heir of his deceased wife once Mrs Isaac M Singer owner of about 2800 shares that produced life income and the balance was to revert to her children upon death After Mrs Singers marriage to Sohege dividend stock increased her stake to 3574 shares.
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Trenton
N. J
Bec
Court of Chancery
Singer Manufacturing Company
Elizabeth
Paul Charles William Sohege
Paria
John I. Ryan
Jersey City
Sohege
Isaac M. Singer
Exhibition of Shaker Goods in New Hampshire
A party of Shaker community members from East Canterbury New Hampshire are at the Shoreham Hotel showing Dorothy or Shaker cloaks and other holiday goods since Monday. The exhibition will continue today.
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East Canterbury
New Hampshire
Shoreham Hotel
Dorothy
Shreker
Lecture on Photography at National Rifles' Hall
Dr. Dixon presents a striking talk on modern camera wonders at the National Rifles Hall. He highlights photography in education and travel with vivid hall displays showing views for many professions and historic milestones. The lecture and exhibition mark photography’s progress from daguerreotypes to Graflex and daylight system demonstrations.
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Dixon
National Rifles
Daguerreosyetero
Ailes
Ann
Catherine Draper
New York
Graflex
Lou Dillon
Washington
Traited
Kodak
Velox
Accused by M Adoo head of anti vice squad charged
New York December 14 Detective Sergt Beeers led the commissioners Independent crusade against gamblers in the lower city. He faces formal charges of suppressing evidence against violators. Eggers rose from the regular force to head the wire squad with rapid advancement. The squad had early success and raids drew protests from disorderly-keepers. Several police captains were later transferred for the good of the service.
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New York
Sergt. Beeers
McAdoo
Eggers
Novice in an airship loses control and is saved
Chicago observers watched Horace B. Wild an Chicago electrician fly a new airship to 2500 feet. After gasoline ran out and the engine stopped Wild released gas to regain control. Two women and a boy dragged the craft to Earth as parts detached and the balloon rose again. Wild would have died without rescue.
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Chicago
Horace B. Wild
Wild
Tate
Sailor transfers listed among port calls and routes
Olympia from Sanchez for Culebra, Marcellus from Sanches for Norfolk, Vixen from Guantanamo for Pensacola, Nina from Rockland for Boston, Minnengella from Ponta Delgada for Hampton Roads.
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Marcellus
Sanches
Norfolk
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Pensacola
Nina
Rockland
Boston
Minnengella
Fom Ponta Delgarda
Hampton Roads
Smooth Run by Louisiana Battleship Exceeds Speed Target
Boston December 14 The battleship Louisiana exceeded its contract 18 knot requirement with an average of 18.8 knots during a four hour endurance run along the New England coast. Propeller revolutions averaged 127.6 per minute. The trial started near Rockland and finished off Boston light before proceeding to Newport News Shipbuilding yard.
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Boston
Louisiana
New England
Rockland
Gira
Monhewan
Boon Island
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Admiral Chester reports on European observatories visit
Admiral Chester and his squadron concluded a European observatory tour after observing the August 9 solar eclipse. The party, including Professors Littell and Eichelberger, visited Frankfort Heidelberg Munich Vienna Brussels Leyden London Greenwich Paris Nice Rome Naples Genoa and Florence to study methods and secure optimal records for the Naval Observatory.
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M. Chester
Lisbon
Azores
Navy Department
Genoa
Italy
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F. B. Littell
U. N
Chester
W. S. Eichelberger
Frankfort
Germany
Grand-Ducal Observatory
Heidelberg
University Observatory
Munich
Vienna
Royal Observatory
Brussels
Leyden
Holland
Norman Lockyer
London
Greenwich Observatory
Paris
Nice
Rome
Naples
Florence
Army and naval transfer and leave notices
Miscellaneous military orders list leaves of absence for several army officers from December 2 to January 7, transfers between field artillery units, acting quartermaster duties assigned to multiple lieutenants in various posts, a prison commandant appointment at Fort Leavenworth, and naval officer movements including retirements, assignments, and ship arrivals at several ports.
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Artillery Corpa
Leo F. Foster
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James C. Ord
Dave
William Lassiter
Edward L. Glascow
Edward T. Donnelly
William H Ware
James A. Logan, Jr
Lawrence
Simonds
Bennest Hines
Louis H. McKinlay
Field Artillery
le Roy Bartlett
Adam F Casnil
Edmund J. Gruber
Fild Artillery
Benjamin H. L. Williams
Joeph
Kay
Second Intestry
St. Louis
Robert McC. Beck, Jr
Twelfth Cavalry
Jeffersonville
Ind
Lawrence D. Cabell
Fourteenth Infantry
San Francisco
Cal
Charles JH. Danforth
Seventeenth Infantry
Philadelphia
Stephen ©. Fuqua
Twenty-third Infantry
Boston
Masa
James W. Furlow
Eleventh Infantry
Chicago
Fernand W. Fonds
Tenth Cavalry
New York City
George 8. Young
United States Military
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Meningitis claims seaman at Newport naval station
Cerebrospinal meningitis killed Seaman Apprentice George Henry Craddock of Brooklyn at the Newport naval training station. Four other cases linked to new arrivals prompted quarantine actions as all new apprentices in the detention building were moved to the Reina Mercedes.
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Newport
Naval Training Station
George Henry Craddock
Brooklyn
Enterprise Bank's Tangle in Pittstry Pa
Receiver Rinaker said it will be many months before the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny affairs are shaped to report. Nine hundred ninety accounts remain unbalanced and depositors should present their peoks at once. Special Government Examiner Edward P. Moxey called the failure the worst wreck in his fifteen years with the government.
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Pittstry
Rinaker
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny
Edward P. Moxey
Piano buyers beware the expert judge in the trade
The article urges buyers to seek a capable practical piano judge when purchasing. It spotlights D G Pfeiffer of 128 F street as an experienced piano man trained in major factories across the United States and abroad. His Hazelton, Haines Bros. Price & Teeple stock demonstrates his ability to select reliable instruments.
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D. G. Pfeiffer
Germany
Switzerland
France
England
Hazeltons
Haines Bros. Price & Teeple
Pfeiffer
Jealous Husband Kills Wife in Michigan Farmhouse
William Clark, a Paris township farmer near Grand Rapids, shot his wife in bed and then killed himself, jealousy given as motive. The incident occurred today. the report notes fatal firearm wounds and a tragic domestic tragedy in Michigan.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
William Clark
Paris Township
Appendicitis urged for early surgery by Dr Macdonald
Dr T L Macdonald of Washington DC urged early appendicitis operations before Allegheny County Medical Society. He cited a boy with normal pulse and temperature and warned most fatalities occur in late or suppurative cases, stressing surgery in first 24 hours improves survival.
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T. L. Macdonald
Washington
Pittsburg
Washington, D. C
Allegheny County Medical Society
Christmas Votes at Washington Markets
The Washington Post readers are advised on daily market buys for meats fish and more. Center Market operates daily with telephone connections and delivery across the city. Christmas turkeys at cost for buyers of four pounds Elgin Butter prices held until January 1 Elgin Creamery Co represents the listings with phone contact and delivery details.
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Washington Post
Center Market
Elgin Butter
Elgin Rngamery .Co
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