District Hill debate on four cent fares ends in defeat
House in Committee of the Whole approves four cent cash fares and eight for a quarter on street railways in the District by an 80 to 56 vote but the measure is defeated in the full House by 54 to 61 after quorums issues. Proponents, led by Olle James of Kentucky, push a 3 cent fare and universal transfers amid claims of watered stock profits. The session also considers the Spa Spring and Greta Railway entry and transfers of the aqueduct management, with mixed votes and adjournment orders.
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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 scrutiny on gpu tum bill fails to advance
A district free examination item gained committee approval but was not raised after the Committee of the Whole rose. The unlawful throwing of headbills dodgers or advertising within district vestibules or yards met a Nike fate. The House adjourned at 10:00 until noon today.
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Nike
Canal Contract Talks at White House Agenda Adjourns
A Panama Canal contract conference at the White House discussed the McArthur Gillespie bid. Paul Cravath and George Wickersham argued for the firm with no conclusion reached. Tomorrow Donald Pierce and others will be heard. Attendees included President, Secretaries Root Taft and Isthmian Commission counsel Rogers.
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McArthur
Root
Taft
Shonts
Rogers
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal overtime pay would raise Isthmian cost
Chairman Shonts testified before the House Appropriations Committee that President Roosevelt urged allocating overtime pay and a half for workers beyond eight hours a day on the Isthmian Canal Commission. Taft and officials defended the plan while discussing cost limits and contract terms for canal construction.
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House Committee
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Shonts
House Committee On Appropriations
Joey
Commission
Favors Restore Pension Agencies After Committee Action
Senate Pension Committee recommends restoring all eighteen agencies and funding for continued support. An additional $8 million is urged to cover labor costs from the service pension bill. Senator McCumber to report the appropriation bill favorably.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Senate
Boune
McCumber
Railroads Fear Fast Mail Pay Cuts Could End Service
St Louis managers warn House reductions of railway mail pay by 2 to 35 percent threaten fast mail trains across the West, South, and Southwest. They argue lower compensation may force discontinuance, raising costs and delaying mail, with substantial impact on commerce and distant markets.
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Louisiana
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Mexico
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Post-office Department
Carnegie Must Amend Bill in Tax Review Case
New York February 11 Supreme Court Justice Giegerich denied a motion to quash a writ of certiorari by Andrew Carnegie to review tax assessments. Carnegie sought a reduction, was granted 5000, petition deemed defective and without admitted reduction. Court orders amendment and 350 costs within twenty days or the application will be refused with costs.
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New York
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Andrew Carnegie
Jin
Bank Robbers Sentenced in Minot Court
In Minot North Dakota on February 11 judge Fudge Goss sentenced Charles Sullivan John Hayes E G Robinson and Robert Conroy to fourteen to twenty years each for robbing the Sawyer State Bank of North Dakota The bank was valued at an amount not disclosed in the report and the four defendants facing lengthy prison terms were remanded to custody pending further proceedings
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N. _Dak
Fudge Goss
Charles Sullivan
John Hayes
E. G. Robinson
Robert Conroy
Sawyer
N. Dak
Peer Gynt Triumph At National Theater Amid Ibsen Revival
Review lauds Richard Mansfield for a high spectacle of Peer Gynt at the National Theater. It credits Mansfield’s artistry with elevating Ibsen’s drama beyond mere comprehension, outlining the tale of Peer’s dreams, elusions, and fate ending with Solveig’s fidelity.
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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
Tragic Gas Asphyxiation Kills Three in Wilmington Home
A Delaware police report states Michael Ryan aged 35 Mamie 25 and infant Mary A were found dead by a gas stove in their Wilmington home after asphyxiation from illuminating gas Saturday night. A policeman forced entry and discovered the trio lying on a bed.
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Wilmington
Del
Michael Ryan
Mamie
Mary A
Grape-Nuts Replaces White Bread For Health Claims
A Missouri woman credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health after years of poor digestion and nervous exhaustion tied to white bread. She stopped white bread, started Grape-Nuts, and reports improved digestion, stronger nerves, and weight gain. The testimonial notes she is seventy and that the product is from Postum Co. and linked to The Road to Wellville.
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Missouri
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mach
Wellville
Washington Theater Notes on The Blue Moon and Our Friend Fritz
Review coverage describes Miss Ethel Jackson and Phil H Ryley in The Blue Moon with praise for songs and specialty acts. It also covers Joe Hortiz in Our Friend Fritz at the Majestic, noting strong cast performances, a melodrama plot about a mail robbery, and notable stage settings. Additional items summarize National Elmendorf England lecture at National Theater and travelogue series at Columbia Theater with Alaska beyond the Klondike and demonstrations by BH Smith and dogs.
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Washington
Columbia Theater
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Hawarden-Kellie
Paris
United States
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Oregon
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Mr. Thomas
Margaret Bender
Miss Bender
Hmily Jarrett
Miss Jarrett
Shea
Miss Drake
Ethel Jackson
Phil H. Ryley
Modraj
Mr. Powers
Joe Hortiz
Fritz
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
Alaska
Klondike
Frank Caldwell
BH Smith
West Virginia
Alaskan
Puccini’s Madame Butterfly New York Met Opera Debut
Puccini's Madame Butterfly in Italian was staged at the Metropolitan Opera House New York tonight for its first U S viewing in this form Signor Puccini attended and aided with stage management Geraldine Farrar as Cio Cio San gave a favorable impression Carazzo sang Pinkerton Louise Homer Suzki and Scott shared honors Vigna conducted after each act there were recalls Puccini expressed satisfaction with the interpretation by the company.
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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 Opens The Good Hope In New York
Miss Ellen Terry presented The Good Hope by Herman Heijerman at the Empire Theater in New York. The Dutch tale follows Knertje, a widow, as her husband and sons perish at sea aboard unseaworthy ships, exposing the owner's greed and the Dutch women's poverty.
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Miss Terry
Knertje
Evangelical Alliance Bars Salome in Cincinnati
The Evangelical Alliance of Cincinnati, after a fierce denunciation of the grand opera Salome, passed a resolution to prevent its proposed presentation in the city by the Connell Grand Opera Company of New York. The note also mentions Washington Post Book Catalogue listings preparing in a few days.
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Ohio
Evangelical Alliance
Grand Opera Company
New York
Washington Post
Grand Army Encampment Plans Banquet and Meetings
The thirty-ninth annual encampment of the Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic will meet at Grand Army Hall in Washington on Friday February 22 at 7 pm. A Saturday banquet honors the commander in chief with committees named to arrange the event and manage resolutions and other encampment duties.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army Hall
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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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