Lodge Speech on Rail Rates Signals Presidential View
Senator Lodge delivered a landmark speech that many see as voicing President Roosevelt's stance on railway rate regulation. He argued against replacing courts with a federal commission, warned of political interference in rates, and urged keeping judicial review while strengthening anti rebate laws and curbing discrimination.
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Spong Rage
England
Australia
Canada
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Congress
Talks With President on Chinese Exclusion Hearings
Representative Perkins of New York, a member of the Chinese exclusion subcommittee, conferred with the President about hearings. It was unofficially stated the subcommittee will report a bill after hearings. Perkins said the aim is to satisfy Chinese susceptibilities, but not admit Chinese coolies. better to lose all trade with China than admit the infamous.
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Representative Perkins
New York
Perkins
United States
Tie
China
Tillman
T. Foraker
Foraker
Aroge
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Dixit
Pete
Reclamation Service Threatened by Philippine Tariff Bill
Hayward Leavitt of Omaha warned the Senate Philippine Committee that the tariff bill would be a knife in the vitals of the Reclamation Service and West development. He said irrigation costs could run to 36 dollars per acre and sugar beet farming would be used to support it, risking American sugar markets. A subcommittee will study snow removal law after Senator Gallinger introduced a measure to resolve District snow and ice issues, noting annual costs around 100000 dollars for five storms.
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Reclamation Service
West
Hayward Leavitt
Omaha
Senate Philippine Committee
Leavitt
Philippines
Senate District Committee
Senate
Gallinger
House Speech Denounces Russian Jewish Atrocity
A resolution urging the House to denounce Russian outrages on Jews was introduced by Representative Towne of New York, condemning official inaction and sympathy for the sufferers. Annapolis inquiry opens today as the Naval Affairs subcommittee heads to Maryland to probe hazing.
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Russia
Representative Towne
New York
Annapolis
Vreeland
Hous Committee On Naval Affairs
Bank Bill Clears House For Federal Bank Oversight
A House passage moves toward government supervision of banks and trusts not under the National Bank Act. The bill requires all banks and trust companies in the District of Columbia to follow regulations to be set by the Comptroller of the Currency, regardless of where organized.
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House
National Bank Act
Chistil
District of Columbia
Representative Cushman Pushes Alaska Fishing Bill
In a House Territories panel Cushman of Washington warned that Japanese vessels were near Alaskan waters and heavily engaged in fishing. He urged that aliens be barred from fishing in Alaska, calling Japan a special target of his proposed bill.
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Cushman
Washington
House Committee On Territories
Alaskan
Tillman Attacks Railroads In Senate Farce Claim
Sen Tillman rages at Pennsylvania Railroad and its allies amid a Senate session. He labels the Hepburn bill a stupendous farce and accuses lobbyists of steering policy. He cites West Virginia coal cases and calls for an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry to expose monopoly abuses.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Atlantic
Cassatt
Cuticura Remedies Credited With Eye Ulcer Cure
Agnes Wright of Ossining, Pennsylvania recalls eight years of use for her boy’s eye ulcers from vaccination. She cites hospital care, discharge, and facial scarring averted by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, praising cleansing and healing. Written 1905 in Oss Wright address.
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Agnes Wright
Wright
Chestnut St
Oss
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Skin Health
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for antiseptic cleansing and treatment of inflammations itchings irritations relaxations and related nervous debility. Mentions Fones Drugs and Chas Gorse Co as suppliers with branding scattered.
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Tae Weidt
Lawmakers Clash Over Railroad Connectivity Proposals
Senators debated laws forcing railroads to connect with rival lines and criticized state inaction. Mr. Newlands pressed to read a Harvard economist article into the Record, but Mr. Aldrich blocked partial reading and preferred the full piece, prompting Mr. Kean to move executive session.
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Newlands
Prof
Ripley
Department of Economics
Harvard College
Aldrich
Kean
Senate
Government departments report no gain from 4 30 p m closing order
Heads of executive departments answer Senator Money inquiry stating the 4 30 p m closing order provides little or no profit to the government. They report widespread opinions from bureaus that extra half hour did not improve work quantity or quality, with some cases showing a decline in performance.
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Senator Money
Mississippi
Isle of Pines treaty reports made public in Senate
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee released both majority and minority reports on ceding Isle of Pines to Cuba. The minority supports vested American investments on the island citing Platt amendment and Cuban constitution. the majority warns turning over the title endangers Americans and suggests arbitration. Also noted is Congress’ authority to decide title by law and consider care for affected people. A 5 cent coffee duty bill was introduced by Porto Rican Commissioner Larrinaga.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Morgan
W. A. Clark
Meikler John
United States
Paris
Republic
Aforgan
Congress
Larrinaga
President Favors Plan To Save Niagara Falls
Mrs. Miriam Mason Greeley of New York presented President Roosevelt with a 2500 signature petition urging Congress action to preserve Niagara Falls as a world natural wonder. The president pledged support and advised engaging New York congressional members, with Mrs. Greeley returning to press the matter before relevant committees.
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Miriam Mason Greeley
New York
National Society of the Daughters of the Empire State
Roosevelt
Niagara Falls
Congress
Greeley
New York Society
Sewall Seeks Island Falls Postmastership With White House Aid
Bil Sewall, Maine trapper and friend of the President, visits the White House to seek early relief from his two fee offices by having his Island Falls postmastership reassigned. He wants to quit sorting postal cards and take the Arstook district customs job. Representative Flack asks the President to back a 400 acre Fort Ticonderoga military park plan and a government purchase.
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Bil” Sewall
Maine Woods
White House
Sewall
Island Falls
Arstook
Fourth-class Postmasters Appointed in Several States
Fourth class postmasters have been appointed in New Jersey Pennsylvania and Virginia with names including Isaac C Trout Anos Burt Ella V Seaman Angua W Louthar Settle P Barcley Rexmont Abram Bru baker Thomanville Daniel W Hubley Francis A McGi Ernest Benfiie Critten sen Henry L Bush Lulie B Daven port Sandy William C Dearing Russell's Duties in Venezuela Mr Jusserand called on Secretary Root to discuss US minister Russell's duties at the French consulate in Venesuela The plan is to take charge of archives and not handle French business at Venatuels capitol.
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Cclaas
New Jersey
Cherryville
Isaac C
Trout
Penneylvania
Burtvills
Anos Burt
Harford
Ella V. Seaman
Moro
Angua W
Louthar
Reeds Gap
Settle P
Barcley
Rexmont
Abram
Brubaker
Thomanville
Daniel W. Hubley
Westline
Francis A. McGi
Virginia—Borthwick
Ernest Benfiie
Crittensen
Henry L.bush
Bilereau
Lulie B. Davenport
Sandy
William C. Dearing
Russell
Venezuela
M. Jusserand
Root
State Department
Bottled in Bond Whiskey Under Scrutiny in Minnesota
State chemists from the Dairy and Food Department tested Bottled in Bond whiskey sold to Twin Cities retailers and found samples with about 0.5 percent fuse oil. They warn distillers may bottle poor goods to pass them off with a green stamp. Proceedings discuss rectification processes and legal context in U.S. court references.
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Bond
Twin Cities
Dairy and Food Department
State
St. Paul
Julius Hartvet
Dairy and Food Department of
Minnesota
Death of W. M. Grinnell in New York City
William Morton Grinnell a longtime New York resident and notable financier and author died last Friday. He served on the boards of the Tenois Central Railroad Rio Grande Sierra Madre and Pacific Rail road Mount Morris Bank Gunly Mountain Coal Company Sea Beach Land Company and held membership in several clubs and the Bar Association of New York. He studied at Harvard and in German universities and earned a law degree in Paris. He once served as Third Assistant Secretary of State in Washington during the Barrison Administration and authored Regeneration of the United States and Social Theories and Social Facts. He married Elizabeth Lee Ernst in 1898 and had two children who survive him. He came from French ancestry and was among New England’s early settlers. A passenger train note appears regarding sleeping car service to Memphis via Seaboard Airline through Atlanta and Birmingham, with departures from Washington at 6 15 p.m.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Knox
Senate
South Caroline
Mr. Tillman
Tillman
South Carolina
Road South of the Potomac
Pennsylvania
New York
Pennnsylvania
Reading
Pennsylvania Read
Batonere
Olvs
West Virginia
Smig
Griggs
Northern Securities Company
Morton
Equitable Insurance Company
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Morton A Certificate of Government Character.” Mr. Tillman
Republican National
McCall
New York Lift Insurance Company
Repwblican National Committee
Ms. Tilman
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt
Nicholas Biddie
Bliss
Cortelyou
Money Power
Fitbutaut
Nicholas Biddle
Lis
Patse
William Morton Grinnell
New York City
Tenois Central Railroad
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific Railroad
Mount Morris Bank
Gunly Mountain Coal Company
Sea Beach Land Company
Union and Metropolitan and
Lawyers’ Clubs
Bar Association of New York
Meadow Club
Southampton
Metropolitan Club of
Washington
Legion of Honor of
France
Society of the Mayflower
Harvard
Paris
Barrison
Grinnell
United States
New Hneland
Elizabeth T.ee Ernst
Corps of Engineria
H. Ernst
Your Thirty Feet of Bowels
An old health note explains digestion by bowel muscles and the peristaltic wave that moves food in about twelve hours. It warns that laziness weakens bowels and that laxatives waste digestive fluids, advocating Cascarets as a natural stimulant. The ad promotes Sterling Remedy Co. pills and a gold plated box offer, urging readers to send ten cent stamps.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Sterling Rempay Company
Chicago
New York
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