Plan Insurance Law Faces 23 States Opposition
Twenty three states opposed the plan at the ration al insurance convention. New York abstained, and a fifteen member committee will report in Washington on future policy. Delegates condemned the deferred dividend system and urged annual accounting and policyholder influence in management, with a separate plan for mutual companies to be considered.
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New York
Chicago
Armatron
beo-Tda
Jinurears
Conventim
Drake
Lee Stone
Corplus
Cannon Receives Broad Brimmed Southern Hat Gift
Col Hemphill of Charleston sends Speaker Cannon a wide black wool hat as a playful tribute from the Carolinas. Cannon jokes it will make him look like a wood-hot Democrat, noting the hat is broader than any Bailey ever wore and commenting on Southern generosity.
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Col. Hemphill
Tréston
S. C
Cannon
Carolinas
Capitol
Col. J. C. Hemphill
Charleston News and Courier
Bailey
Washington
Joe
North Carolina
South Carolina
Earliest Carter ties showed to harbor contracts in Savannah trial
In Savannah on February 4 the federal case against Greene and Gaynor explored how contracts for harbor improvements were issued by Capt. Carter to relatives or associates of the defendants rather than directly to them. Evidence linked government payments to the defendants with these contracts, and witnesses described Carter’s role through the Atlantic Contracting Company and the Allintue Contracting Company.
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Savannah
Marion Erwin
Greene
Gaynor
Capt. Carter
Ori Vlargely
J. W. C. Sterley
Engineers’ Office
J G Gallager
Arthur S. Cooper
Wat Curtis
Washington
Erwin
Carter
Secretary of State of
West Virginia
Atlantic Contracting Company
Wes
Carer
Allintue Contracting Company
Moroccan tax plan discussed at Algeciras conference
Ambassador White reports in Algeciras that the Moroccan conference adopted a tax scheme called termil with a stamp tax and a 2 percent real estate levy. The plan mirrors Tangier 1903 provisions on foreign-held property, expanding to apply beyond Tangier and aligning with the Malaga 1880 framework. The United States participated in the original convention.
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State Department
Ambassador White
Algeciras
White
Morocco
Tangier
United States
Big Saving in Printing Sparks Government Waste Probe
Charles B Landis of Indiana told reporters after a White House meeting that despite no bills yet, agitation for smaller government printing has yielded a potential saving of one million dollars annually. Landis, chair of the House Printing Committee, said the committee will continue investigations into printing waste.
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Joint Printing Committee of Congress
Charles B Landis
Indiana
House Committee On Printing
Landis
Wisconsin Senators clash over patronage and postmasters
Wisconsin figures La Follette and Spooner clash over postmaster appointments. Roosevelt sides with Spooner on distribution, while La Follette blocks Amos Wilder’s consul post to Hong Kong. Executive talks hint at further obstruction and possible open battle before the session advances.
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la Poilette
Spooner
Wisconsin Range
Senate
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
la Follette
Senator Spooner
Quarles
Fon-du-Lac
Dodge
Washington, Sheboygan
Ozaukee
Amos P. Wilder
Hongkong
Wilder
Madison
Favors Lock Canal Commission Completes Taft Report
The Isthmian Canal Commission completed work on its report to Secretary Taft proposing a lock canal as the most efficient and practical option for the United States. The majority and minority reports of the consulting engineers are transmitted, with a separate appendix from Chief Engineer Stevens favoring a lock canal for defined time and cost. The signing of the final document was postponed to a later meeting after further minor verbal changes.
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Stevens
Consulting Board of Engineers
Board of Trade Meets in Washington at New Willard
The Washington Board of Trade met last night at the New Willard to review committee reports on progress of improvements and new proposals. The water supply committee said daily consumption reached 65 000 000 gallons, near filtration capacity, with waste threatening future shortage. Other reports covered libraries, public buildings, parks, railroads, mercantile interests, conventions, and membership, which rose by eighteen. A buffet luncheon followed.
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Washington Beard of Trade
New
Willard
Commerce and Manufactures
Potomac
Suffrage progress at Federal Women's Equality meeting
Mrs Belva Lockwood reelected president of the Federal Women's Equality Association at the Victoria annual meeting. She cited Senate committee promises to print and circulate 10 000 copies of hearing proceedings. Speakers included Rev Mr Brown Mrs Cecil Gradwell Miss Lamont Joseph Cohen and Mr C M Hoyt. Officers except president were renewed.
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Federal Women’s Equality Association
Victoria
United States
House of Representatives
Belva Lockwood
Olympia Brown
Select Committee
The
Senate
Brown
Washington, D. C
Cecil Gradwell
Lamont
England
Joseph ©. Cohen
New Orleans
C. M
Denmark's Queen Mary and Royal Copenhagen entombment details
The piece traces Denmark's new Queen Mary from Ulriksdal Bohemian circles to Copenhagen court life. It notes her wealth, strict etiquette clashes with her mother in law, and close ties with Princess Waldemar. It describes Roskilde Cathedral's standing royal tombs, Frederick V's Chapel, and the Chapel of Christian II with decorative optical illusions and royal orders of knights.
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Denmark
Robertson
Mary Queen of Scots
New York
Ulriksdal
Charles XV
Sweden
Oscar
Carl V
Copenhagen
Louise
King of
Holland
Waldemar
Duke of
Chartres
McClelan
Queen Louise
Czarina
Queen Alexandra
Duches of
Cumberland
Christian
Grand Ola
Roskikie
Charlemagne
Aix-les-Chapelle
Charles V
Roskilde
Frederick V
House of Oldenburg
Christian I
Peter the Great
Alexander III
Nicholas II
Russia
Christian TV
Knights of the
Order of the Elephant
Order of Garter
Order of the Holy Ghost
France
Bourbon Royalty
DE Fontenoy
Anniversary of Gov Stuyvesant proclamation in New Amsterdam
The 253d anniversary was celebrated by the Society of Colonial Wars at the New Willard with readings on colonial history and debate on Braddock’s arrival near the Naval Observatory. Col Jorn Van Hensselaer Hoff spoke on the army medical corps in Manchuria and urged broader sympathy for wounded and sick soldiers. Building permits were issued for two two story brick dwellings at 501 3 Irving Street NW and a five story club building at 1700 H Street NW with estimated costs of 6000 and 15000 respectively.
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Manchuria
Army Medical Corps
Utrecht
France
Canada
England
New Willard
Ashford
M. B. Vernon
Irving Street
N. H. Haller
J. Mandley
Metropolitan Club
Washington
H Street
Hers & la Forge
Guildera, Richardson & Burgess
Pay for Railroad Mail Debate Defends Current Rates
The Post sought views on railroads being paid for mail transport. W W Baldwin of Burlington contends current pay is fair and in the public interest. He rejects claims of padding the mails and defrauding the government as unfounded and undetected by officials.
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The
Post
W. W. Baldwin
Burlington
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Bennett
Baldwin
Bennet
Post-office Department
Congress
Vilas
Senate
Saved Baby Lyon's Life
An anxious parent details a dramatic recovery of their infant from infantile eczema after trying Cuticura remedies. Despite initial failure by the family doctor, a druggist in Mazon Illinois provided Cuticura products that led to improvement and eventual recovery. The letter credits Cuticura with saving the baby's life and restoring skin.
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Bisy
Mazon
Complete Treatment for All Humors Sold for One Dollar
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills as a complete treatment for various skin conditions described as humors. It claims one dollar buys the trio and notes many cases fail with gentler approaches, urging readers to try this remedy.
Wolcott commission findings on mail service weight checks
Investigative notes show the Wolcott commission conducted thorough inquiries into mail weighing during the weighing period. Witnesses were questioned on gossip and alleged fraud, with six reports filed and Senator Chandler alone deeming the issue noteworthy. The report argues no proven fraud and critiques selective quoting by Mr. Bennett, while detailing Adams and Moody positions and the ongoing debate over railroad pay and service costs. Senator Weyburn's health remains critical after an appendicitis attack.
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Wolcott Commission
Chandler
Walcott Commission
Bennett
Henry G. Adams
Wolcott
Allison
Martin
William H. Moody
Adams
Eizit
Adams T
Congress
Catchings
Burlington
Wollcott Commission
Chicago
Omaha
Brightwood Association Urges Sewer Plan and Street Opening
Brightwood Citizens Association will assist District Commissioners in urging Congress to fund the construction of the northeast intersecting sewer, long promised. Members will push the opening of Mortroe Street from Seventh to Bunker Hill, a project delayed by the Sulpician Order but now agreed upon. The group also comments on improved Maryland Line service and G Street car schedules. The Columbian Debating Society at George Washington University held a semi annual officer election naming M. S. Ross as president and a slate of officers and committee members.
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Ims
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Tnts
Colorasdo
District of Columbi
Iowa
Maryland
Massachusetts
Melgan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Wisccoesin
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampire
New Jersey
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Wington
Virginia
Wyoming
Hawaii
Congress
Great Northeast
Mortroe Street
Seventh Street
Bunker Hill
Maryland Ine
Brookland Cluzeng
Debating Society
Columbian Debating Society
George Washington University
M. S. Ross
Herbert W. Myers
Paul A Behr
J Mag D. Sheridan
Crinc
L A McGee
Jerry, Simpson
A. M. Goodall
T. D. Conden
Lloyd Burlingham
Intercollegiate
A. G. Flowers
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