Gas bill amendments reported on District gas law
The Callinger gas bill passed Senate committee and was reported as a substitute for a House bill. If approved, the measure would adjust capital limits for Washington Gaslight and Georgetown concerns and set a maximum price for gas, while projecting dividends, reserve funds, and property valuations amid a potential conference between houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gaslight Company
George~town Concern
Senate
Senate District Committee
House
Failiinger
Taxicab Company Investigation Shifts to City Committee
District investigators pursue charges against a Kansas Street taxi firm amid wage and fare disputes. The inquiry focuses on working conditions and vehicle routes, with the case referred to the district committee for review and action.
May Get District Day In Legislature
The House may designate a District day this session if Chairman Smit or a Distrikt committee ally presses the plan. District matters could move after passage of the Andry Civil bill, with public school teachers retirement and hospital admission acts likely to be delayed amid strong opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smit
Distrikt Committee
Florac Ealera
Andry
Mondas
Otleinaly
Dovernment Hospital
Naval Conference Ends With Questions Left Open
The international naval congress at Dorchester House concluded with the United States agreeing on entrainment and blockade terms, but several issues may nullify the conference outcomes without US participation. Attendees included Lord Desart Lord Reay and Mrs Reid among others. hosts were Mrs JR Carter and embassy staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Naval Congress
Italabas
United States
Reid
Dorchester House
JR Carter
Marl of Desart
Lord Reay
Irving B Dudley
Brazil
Dudley
W G Rockefeller Jr
Congress Condensed Senate and House Actions
The army pension appropriation carried 164 million plus. the relief bill 108 million. The Indian appropriation moved toward a vote. Forty nine House bills were passed, including tariffs and fortifications. The sundry civil bill and pestomice appropriations advanced, with a tariff committee recommending reductions in wood pulp and print paper. The Senate will meet at noon. the House recess ends tomorrow at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Committee On
Select Committee of Wood Pulp and Print Paper
Howe
Commission urges duty cuts and new materials for paper making
New York tech John Norris chairs the commission on pulp and paper which urges reducing news print duty from 3 a ton, placing ground wood on the tree list, and a tax of one twelfth of a cent per pound for mechanically ground wood pulp. It calls for investigations by the Bureau of Plant Industry to breed annual and perennial plants for papers and for the Forest Service to study ground wood and sulphite fiber from other woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
York Tech
John Norris
American Newspanel Association
Select
Congressional Commission On Pulp and Paper
Methodists To Raise Fund In New York Conference
The Methodist national foundation fund association launches in northern New York, aiming to grow into a 210400 corporation. A committee led by Millington, Marsh, McGlenihan and Redhead organizes a New York trust company to handle funds and distribute income to needy churches and church industries nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stelal
Westington
Luca NY
Methodiat Tolrocal Foundation
New York
United States
Representate Millington
Jerkimer
Marsh
Little Falls
McGlenihan
Vuca ER Redhead
Tulton
Age Hoard
State of
Washington Water Color Club Exhibit Private View
The thirteenth annual exhibition will be shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art hemicycle this evening. The show runs from to p clock with trustees sending invitations yesterday and admission by card only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Water Color Club
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Church OF the Covenant
Mendelssohn
St Cecilia
Armand Gumprecht
Anne Grant Fugitt
Miga
Father Gumprecht
Melville D Hensey
Arthur Porter
Nerses of
Alice of
Areness
Weehington Post Company
Washington Peet Company
Washington Post Company
I O'Corh
Salt Campiles
Washington Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
Omer
John R Nclean
Edward McLean
Galls on President Bill Reorganizing DC Militia Signed
George S Terry in Washington spoke with the President amid Senate hesitation on his nomination as assistant treasurer in New York. The White House offered no indication of a new nomination. The President signed the Dick law reorganizing the District of Columbia militia, with radical changes deferred until after the inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S Terry
New York
Senate
Washington
White House
District of Columbia
Senate Acts Quickly As Appropriations Pass in Five Hours
The Senate swiftly approved key fiscal bills within five hours, including the army and pension appropriations totaling $283,050,060. Senator La Follette urged careful debate but yielded. pension agency consolidation was struck from the bill. Alaska road funding of 350,000 and a St Louis to Jefferson Barracks road were added as amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
McCardber
la Folletté
Lodge
Wisconsin
House
Weiren
la Forleite
la Follette
Lie Chamber
Alaska
Warner
National Cemetery
St Louis
Jefferson Barracks
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal
Tariff Reform Defeated in Commons After Two Day Debate
London February 19 After a two day debate the tariff reform amendment to the address in reply to the king's speech was defeated in the house of commons by eight votes to 107. The proposal was led by Austen Chamberlain with opposition support. The debate reflected Unionist push for duties favoring colonial products to secure empire markets for British manufacturers.
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London
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Roebuck’s Two Families Revealed In Will Tale
Mrs Bird, daughter of S H Roebuck, whose existence was unknown until Roebuck’s will surfaced, claims her father deserted her and her mother fifty five years ago. The case traces Roebuck’s 56 years abroad, a rare return, and a meager 3 a week allowance before her mother’s death, with later interest in her welfare and patent wirework ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Post
Northampton
Whzaneth Fird
Millonaire S H
Suffragettes Sentenced at Bow Street Court
Sixteen suffragettes arrested during the disorder in London faced trial at Bow Street police court. Ten were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from one month to six weeks, two offered sureties, and four were discharged. A Russian woman Mme Borovikovski received one month for refusing to bind over to keep the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asquith
Bow Street
Mme. Borovikovski
Boni appeals after sons custody ruling in France
Paris reports Count Boni de Castellane has appealed a French court decision from December that his three sons remain in the custody of their mother Princess de Sagan. The count aims to reopen the matter to press a private settlement with de Laguna.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
de Laguna
Fragmented Cabinet Names and Political Figures Listed
A garbled OCR list enumerates numerous federal officials and politicians including Secretary of State Bacon, Treasury Cortelyou, War Wright, Navy Newberry, Attorney General Bonaparte, Interior Garfield, Agriculture Wilson, and others. It names senators, representatives, bishops, archbishops, and aides with scattered New York, Florida, and Washington references, all in a single dense roster.
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Bacon
Treasury
Cortelyou
Wright
Newberry
Bonaparte
Meyer
Interior
Garfield
Wilson
Straus
Page
Vermon
Warren
Wyoming
Curtis
Kansas
Milton
Florida
Marshall
North Dakota
Law
New York
Fassett
W. H. H Smith
Paul Morton
Stader
Nee, Broward
Georges Terry
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphs
Merrille Gates
Washington
Bishop Walker
Andrew 8 Draper
M E Bannon
O'Laughlin Chiat
Secret Service
Wilkie
Gev White
Charles A Stadler
Bucket Shop Crackdown Dominates District Law Session
The Senate passed a bucket shop prohibition bill for the District of Columbia and a probation system for felons, plus eleven other district bills and road widenings. The measure imposes fines up to 1000 dollars and up to five years on repeat offenses, while the probation plan appoints a chief probation officer and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
District of Columbia
House
Supreme Court and
Police Court of
Imperial Palace Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Twentieth Street
Nineteenth Street
Euctit Street
Minesota Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sheriff Road
Milly Avenue
Franklin Street
Ordered to Annapolis for duty at Naval Academy
Sarg Charles F Stokes who commanded the hospital ship Relief on a cruise from Hampton Roads to San Francisco and the Philippines has been on special duty at the Navy Department since returning from the Orient. He has been ordered to Annapolis and will go on duty at the Naval Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarg
Charles F Stokes
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Philippines
Navy Department
Orient
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Emergency and Maintenance Bill for Rivers and Harbors
House Committee chairman Burton introduces a rivers and harbors bill with a total appropriation around 9.0 million dollars. The measure funds surveys and existing improvements, plus 50 thousand dollars for a national waterways commission to study U S waterway needs including Delaware River and Great Lakes provisions. It expands Maryland projects and plans preliminary surveys across Delaware Maryland Virginia and adjacent waters for channel widening and depth upgrades many named rivers and harbors are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
House Committee of Rivers and Larbors
Aransas Pass
Ohio River
Oah River
Petershiys
Big Sandy River
Hales Harbor
Tennessee River
Delaware
Bil
National Waterways Commision
House of Representatives
Congress
Commission
Europe
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Sault Ste Marie
St Marys Ityer
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Maryland
Patersen
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
Pocomoke River
Snow Hill
Gurmboro
Middlefard
Dewbridge Harbor
Salisbury
Main Street
Salisbury Mil Dam
Chesapeake
North Point Nighthouse
Baltimore County
Cheax ‘Peake
Kent County
Virginia
Pymer 4
Chincoteague Inlet
Matter Creek
Wattapani
Totus Key Rhye
Rappahannocke
Nantomond
Hampton Heads
Afone
Hampton Roan
Elizabeth River
Boothern
Waxy Yard
Lambert's Point
Pinners Point
Lambert
Ellexbeth
Nace
Army Officers Granted Leaves and Reassignments for Philippines Deployments
Leaves of absence granted to Lieut A J Baia of engineers until companies F and H depart for the Philippines. Capt Clyde D VY Hunt reassigned to Fort Missoula Mont to oversee construction, relieving 2nd Lt De Witt T Grubbs. Capt William Brooke to Chicago to assist Chief Quartermaster, relieving Capt Harry B Chamberlin. First Lieut Richmond Smith to Fort Mendota to procure evidence for an enlisted man’s trial. Capt Charles DC Tayman to Sedalia Mo to obtain evidence for the same trial. Coast Artillery officers report to Maj Thomas Rideway at Fort Monroe for promotion fitness reviews. Maj Kenneth Morton to Savage Arms Co Utica NY to inspect ordnance. First Lieut Frederick Hadras to home awaiting orders. First Lieut Madison H Bowman to Fort McDowell Cal for temporary duty at the depot of recruits.
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Baia Corps of Engineers
H Corps of Engineers
Philippines
A Department
Clyde D VY Hunt
Fort Missoula
Mont
de Witt
T Grubbs
Department of the Takes
Harry B Chamberlin
Camberlin
Fort Morgan
Ais
Richmond Smith
oMcer
Springfield
Mendota Fi
Charles DC Tayman
Kansas City
Sedalia
Coast Artillery Corps
Thomas Rideway
Fort Monroe
Henry H Whitney
Arthur W Chase
Samuel A Pephart
William R Bettlaon
Alfred A Maybach
Resolution Aims District Probe and Possible Government Change
A resolution introduced by Senator Gailinger of the District committee seeks a thorough investigation of the District of Columbia government. It would empower the District committee to sit during Senate recesses, send for persons and papers, administer oaths, and employ assistants, with expenses paid from the Senate contingent fund. The panel has no fixed plan but wants readiness if a change is necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gailinger
Denage
District of Columbia
Senate
Galliinger
Rates Not Affected By Grain Elevation Deductions
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that weight deductions for foreign matter removed during grain elevation by rail do not affect rates. Commissioner Harlan said the practice is not rate related, though supplying grain to offset dirt and chaff at New York Stevatork was deemed to influence rates as a shipper benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harlan
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York
Baltimore
Naval Officers Ordered to New Duties and Vessel Movements
Orders issued appointing Commander A P Niblack to unspecified duties and assigning C F Stokes and H C Richardson to naval stations in Annapolis and Philadelphia with TD Hall to Mare Island. Also noted are transfers of Ensign W P Beehler to Denver and movement of ships including Prairie, Standish, Culgaa, Marietta, Salled Dixie, Yankton, Wickes, and Tinges between Key West, Norfolk, Hampton Roads, Newport News, Philadelphia, Natchez, and Washington on a busy Feb 18, 1000 timeframe.
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A P Niblack
Prairie
Key West
Standish
Norfolk
Culgaa
Hampton Roads
Newport News
Marietta
Guantanamo
Dixie
Philadelphia
Yankton
Washington
Second charge against Gray dismissed and rehased
Justice Barnard ordered the return of Gray to custody after a habeas corpus petition was denied. Gray, formerly with the Washington Loan and Trust Company, faces a second forgery charge tied to a $6000 loss by former employers. Bond set at $5000. attorney Crandal Mackey argued illegal detention and service issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Barnard
Oden
Gray
Washington Loan and Trust Company
United States
Baker Gray
Crandal Mackey Grays
Six illicit stills raided near University of North Carolina farm
Special to The Washington Hos Chapel HM, NMC, Feb 19 Revenue officers raided a farm three miles from here owned by Prof Horace in of the University of North Caro and captured six blowers distilleries. Robinson denies knowledge, saying two men came months ago claiming to make corn whisky for students. The men warned of trouble. stills destroyed, no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hos
Nmc
Thomas Robinson
Horace In
University of North Carolin Robinson
Robinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gallinger
Ustare Moyer
Anl
Ema Es
Peta el Ab
Fed Inn Test Company
Tlerstim Mieves
Smith
Romeo
Congress Condensed
Special Commission
Association
Terry Galls
District of Columma
Dick Law
Chamberlain
Roebuck
Milllionaire
Boni
Bucket Shops
Supreme Court
Police Tribunal
Houge
Monroe Street
Michigan Avenue
Twelfth Street
Bunker’ Hill Road
Such Street
Washington, Spa Springs
Grand Hotel
Persa
Sarouk
Press We Peters
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street
Corner
11Th
I Ai
ARMY
the Home Building Association
Geo W J.inking
E Claughtop
A Sylor
Milburn, Heister & GO
Ington, DO. c
Shooma
Wallace
E Street
Interstate Commission
Trust Company
Revenue Officera
Toanon Ai i NA
ECOND
Knights of Columbus
Arlington
Marine
Ludwig Wallner
Columbia Theater
Wisegon
Frederick Male Athre
Nanenal
Charles Frohman
Marie Doro
Sant
Orbin Johnson
Elling
Mat
Mor
Brady Anugecoce
Lyons
Macbeth
Hamlet
Thara
Richeliea
Louis KE
King Richard Til Prices
Belascoin
William Faversham
the World
His
Charlee Frederic Nirdlinger
Esssna
Wonay
Louise Gunning
Pixley
Juters
Marcelle
Jeos Candy
Lawrence Wheat
HY Casino Co
Washington's
Toros Algabaste
Henrietta Crosman
Ham
Everbods
NEW Academy
Ines
NEW Lyceum
Uncle Sam Belles
Recilar Pricfa
Gayety Theater
Rentz-Santley CO
Convention Hall
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Georgetown
George Washington
Spaldings
Fourteenth Street
Hickman & White
Masonic Auditorium
Burton Holmes
MR Wright Kramer
Berlin
Vienna
Faris
Lowdon
Alhambra
Ras Me Lee
Satorder
Lady Feathers
Palace Theatre
Jere
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