District House Delays Move to 3-Cent Fare Plan
In a heated session the House in Committee of the Whole approved four cent fares and eight tickets for a quarter for at least one street railway route, then defeated the broader 3-cent proposal on a 54 to 61 vote. The debate centered on district transit reform with remarks by Olle James and opposition from District Committee members. The measure went over to next District day amid questions of quorum and broader transit policy.
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Gate of Brent
Atrest
Olle James
Kentucky
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
AD Street Railways
Claipman Babcock
Congress
Shackleford
Missouri
James
District Committee
Sind
Babcock
Union
Madden
Hhnom
Teror
Sims
Tennessee
Sayi Champ Clark
House District Committee
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Longworth
Nick” Longworth
Mad-den
Mlinois
Washington Spa Spring and Gretta Raihway Company
Prince George County
Bladensburg Road
Fifteenth
Shackelford
Spa Spring
Grette
Kiouse
Washington Aqueduct
War Department
Fitzgerald
District committee blocks free gpu exam move in suspected cases
A district panel approved a proposal for free examination in suspected cases but did not bring it to a vote after the Committee of the Whole rose. A measure making it illegal to throw headbills or advertising matter in any vestibule or yard failed. The House adjourned at 10:00 o clock until noon today.
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Nike
White House holds Panama Canal contract conference
A conference on the Panama Canal contract award was held at the White House yesterday afternoon. Paul D Cravath and George F Wick ersham appeared for the McArthur Gillespie group. No decision was reached and adjournment was set for tomorrow when McDonald Pierce attorneys will be heard. Attendees included the President Secretary Root Secretary Taft Chairman Shonts and Isthmian Canal Commission Counsel Rogers.
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McArthur
Root
Taft
Shonts
Rogers
The
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal overtime pay would raise Isthmian cost says Shonts
Chairman Shonts testified before the House Appropriations Committee that President Roosevelt recommended an overtime pay policy for Isthmian Canal Commission workers beyond eight hours daily. He noted unions opposed the original eight hour limit, but the administration now urged pay and a half for overtime, potentially increasing canal costs. Shonts and Taft discussed contract terms and cost controls amid questions of eight hour laws applicability and project funding.
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Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Shonts
House Committee On Appropriations
Joey
Commission
Taft
Rogers
Panama Canal
Culebra
United States
Mann
Ilmois
Congress
War Department
Favors Pension Agencies Rehabilitation In Senate Action
The Senate Committee on Pensions plans to amend the pension bill to restore all eighteen agencies and provide continued support. An additional appropriation of 8 million dollars is urged for increased expenditures from the service pension bill. The panel cites workload from new legislation as justifying distributed work and nearly all members supported restoring the agencies. Senator McCumber would report the Appropriation bill favorably.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Senate
Boune
McCumber
Railroads Face Fast Mail Pay Cuts May Halt Trains
St Louis managers warn House action cutting railway mail pay by 2 to 35 percent threatens fast mail service in West South and Southwest. They say reduced compensation could lead to discontinuance and would burden other traffic and raise costs.
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Washington
Chicago
West
South
Southwest
St Louis
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Louisiana
Texas
Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
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Post-office Department
Carnegie Must Amend Bill
Supreme Court Justice Giegerich denied a motion to quash a writ of certiorari by Andrew Carnegie to review taxes on his property. Carnegie sought a reduction. a 5000 reduction was allowed. Petition defects include failure to admit a 315000 reduction and lack of jurisdiction. Court orders amendment and 350 costs within twenty days or the application will be refused with costs.
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Washington
New York
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Andrew Carnegie
Jin
Bank Robbers Sentenced in Sawyer State Bank Heist
Minot North Dakota February 11. Sentences range from fourteen to twenty years imposed by Judge Fudge Goss on Charles Sullivan John Hayes E G Robinson and Robert Conroy for robbing the Sawyer North Dakota State Bank of three thousand dollars.
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Minot
N. _Dak
Fudge Goss
Charles Sullivan
John Hayes
E. G. Robinson
Robert Conroy
Sawyer
N. Dak
Peer Gynt Triumph at National Theater amid Theatrical Surprises
The National Theater stages Peer Gynt to strong acclaim led by Richard Mansfield whose high artistry elevates Ibsen beyond mere emotional reach. The production blends intellect and spectacle, tracing Peer’s dreamer arc from childhood to aging wanderer, Solveig’s fidelity, and the fated return, ending with reconciliation and hope.
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Peer Gynt
National Theater
Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Norway
Peer
Barrie
Tommy
Solveig
Dovre
Bogg
Law
High Mother
Button Molder
Button Moide
Pee Gynt
Three Asphyxiated in Wilmington Gas Tragedy
On February 11 in Wilmington Delaware Michael Ryan aged 35 Mamie 25 and infant Mary A. were asphyxiated by illuminating gas in their home. A policeman forced entry today and found them all dead on a bed with a gas stove on the floor.
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Wilmington
Del
Michael Ryan
Mamie
Mary A
White Bread Lacks Key Nutrients Says Story of Grape-Nuts
A Missouri woman credits Grape-Nuts with reversing a long list of digestive and nerve problems caused by white bread. She stopped white bread five years ago and improved. she remains 70, praising Grape-Nuts as a nerve and brain builder and endorsing its digestibility and nutty taste.
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Missouri
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mach
Wellville
Washington theater notes on Blue Moon and Our Friend Fritz
A detailed critique praises Ethel Jackson and Phil Ryley in The Blue Moon while lauding Joe Hortiz in Our Friend Fritz for his debut at the Majestic. The review commends songs, dance numbers, and a strong supporting cast, with vivid scenes and stage settings. It also covers National Elmendorf England lectures and Columbia travelogues by Frank Caldwell with Alaskan demonstrations.
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Ethel Jackson
Phil H. Ryley
Modraj
Mr. Powers
Joe Hortiz
Fritz
Washington
the Majestic
Joe Hertiz
Fritz Schiller
John Ravold
Nathan Hammond
Ed la Saint
Darrell Daly
Bart Vaneil
Wayne Weston
Eleanor Daines
Nora Hammond
Emma Frederics
Blanche Hazelton
Sarah Sumner
Mrs. Hammond
Ernie Beronce
Rags
Ada Boshell
Milton Gardner
Walter Coulman
National
Elmendorf
England
National Theater
Mr. Elmendorf
Liverpool
Chester
Scott
Ann Hathaway
Warwick Castle
Drwds
Elizabeth
Earl of Leicester
Columbia
Columbia Theater
Alaska
Klondike
Frank Caldwell
BH Smith
West Virginia
Alaskan
Puccini’s Madame Butterfly Opens at Metropolitan Opera
New York February 11 Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in Italian was staged at the Metropolitan Opera House for the first time in America in its original form. Signor Puccini attended and aided stage management. Geraldine Farrar as Cio Cio San impressed, with Carazzo as Pinkerton and Louise Homer as Suzuki. Vigna conducted.
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Puccini
Metropolitan Opera House
Signor Puccini
Cio-Cio-San
Pinkerton
Geraldine Farrar
Mr. Carazzo
Louise Homer
Suzki
Scott
Sharples
Mr. Vigna
Metropolitan Company
Ellen Terry Debuts The Good Hope in New York
Miss Ellen Terry presented The Good Hope at Empire Theater in New York on February 11, billed with Nance Oldfield. The Dutch drama by Herman Heijerman follows Knertje, widow of a shipowner whose greed and brutal ships bring death, portraying Dutch women’s poverty and suffering.
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Miss Terry
Knertje
Evangelical Alliance Blocks Salome in Cincinnati the Opera
The Evangelical Alliance of Cincinnati resolved to prevent the proposed presentation of Salome by the Connell Grand Opera Company of New York after a fierce denunciation. The event had stirred religious opposition and local controversy amid February actions in Ohio. The Washington Post Book Catalogue notes educational contest titles ready in a few days.
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Ohio
Evangelical Alliance
Grand Opera Company
New York
Washington Post
Grand Army to Meet as Encampment Plans Issued
The thirty ninth annual encampment of the Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic convenes at Grand Army Hall in Washington on Friday at 7 PM with a Saturday banquet honoring the commander in chief. Committees named for resolutions, credentials, addresses, relief, employment, and administration list officers and members, while Capt. Edgar and Lieut. Patten are assigned as officer of the day and guard.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Thomas
Hopkins
B. F. Bingham
John McElroy
A. P. Taske
Edgar
F .L McKenna
Edward Webster
B. Chase
P C George
Newton M. Brooks
S E. Faunce
A. EL Johnson
L P. Williams
W. Wo Ethridge
J J Davenport
Ww Stone
A H G Richardson
Me Eberry
J L H Winfeld
H A Martin
J Thier Powell
J H Brooks
Relief Committee
A. P. Tasker
E. W. Holbrook
Archie Burgess
Charien Matthews
R. M. Calhoun
Thomas H. Jenks
Alexander Oglesby
J. Vanderhoef
G. M. Husted
Charles T Keefer
George H. French
Alva
Tabor
M Lewis
Charles T Bexjamin
S BE. Faunce
Newton Ferree
James M Edgar
James ©. McCabe
E. R. Campbell
EP Seaway
Thomas Hrady
Council of Administration
I G. Kimbal
JD Bloodgood
Albert Carew
George Newton
Lawrence Wilken
LF Randolph
H. L. Johnson
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