Integrity Prevents Scandal in Railroad Mail Pay System
A Bennettsan inquiry exposes no auditing of railway mail weights used to pay rail lines. The auditor lacks data to verify weights, relying on Second Assistant Postmaster General statements. Hearings reveal only certificated figures and routine bookkeeping to issue warrants, not true audit.
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Ira E. Bennett
United States
Postoffice Department
Post-office Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Manes
Post Office Department
Department
Congress
Post Offce Department
Treasury
House
House Committee On Post-offices
J J McCardy
C. A. Ikram
Elue
Dwyerstreet
Stafford
Murdock
Gardner
Snap
Mr McCardy
Railway Mail Service
Ir Murdock
Mr McCurdy
McCardy
McCardy—Yea, sir.The Chairman—Is That the First Information? Mr McCardy
Kram
Eport
Mr. Kram
Mr. McCardy
Mr. Kramr
Mr Kram
Star-Route Service
Open Hearings on Divorce Causes Debated in Congress
Delegates vote to bar new divorce grounds and push public hearings. New York and Pennsylvania clash over parliamentary rules as experts propose clear standards for divorce a vinculo and mensa cases, including residency, notice, and co respondent rights.
Senator Recalls Mail Padding Fraud by Railroad Clerk
A United States Senator recounts how he and colleagues were duped by a railroad employee posing as a Congress committee clerk. The man supplied books to constituents, and the weighings of the mails revealed the padding scheme. The senator estimates at least two thousand pounds of mail were inflated annually for four years.
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Post-office Department
United Atatan
Congress
United States
Senate
Robber Returns Ring Deep Mystery In Burglary
Police believe the intruder was someone familiar with Dr Philip Frowne Brooks's home at 318 Phid Street SW. A $200 diamond ring hung on a bottle, $5, clothing, and jewelry were scattered. A seventeen year old or younger black boy delivered a mysterious package from an address that does not exist. Arrests expected today as police pursue the messenger who brought back the ring.
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Phillip Frowne Brooks
Phid Street
Burelar
New Jersey Avenue
Capitol
Dr. Brooks
Weather Summary from U S Dept of Agriculture Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports an eastern low pressure area notching rains east of the Mississippi while the Central valleys enjoy high pressure and clear skies. Temperatures remain above seasonal averages with colder dips in the Middle Plateau and east of the Mississippi, while the West sees rain or snow from the Rockies to the Pacific followed by fair conditions. Winds vary by coast and region, with storm warnings on the Pacific coast toward Point Lobos.
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U. S
Middle Plateau
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic States
Southwest
Middle Eest
Slops
Pacific
North Pacific Coast
Northwest
Wes
Epider
Slope
Missouri
Upper
Mississippi
Lake Region
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic Coast
East Gul
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
Point Lobos
Divorce Law Debate At Congress Section
Rev Caroline B Crane of Kalamazoo argues the church may discipline members but should not force views on the congress. Miss Fanny Leake Cummings of Washington cites statistics to oppose the resolution as promoting vice. The congress adopts an amendment allowing divorce from bed and board at any time and classifies causes into groups. Zach McGee of South Carolina addresses the floor over his state lacking a divorce law. Vice President Amasa M Haton presides in Pennypacker's absence. three committee resolutions remain before a uniform code is taken up.
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Congress
EB. F. Huffcut
New York
C. la Rue Munson
Pennsylvania
Munson
North Dakota
Huffcut
Brennan
Menia
Huffeut
Henry C. Winton
Trenton
N. J
Smith
Winton
Caroline B. Crane
Kalamazoo
Mich
Miss Cummings
Fanny Leake Cummings
Washington
Zach McGee
South Carolina
Pennypacker
Harrisburg
Amasa M. Haton
Rhode Island
Gov. Pennypacker
Will Erect New Factory in Twining City South of New York
G A Bealer and Emil Schmid, owners of Columbia Iron and Wire Works, buy ground on Eastern Branch in Twining City. They will build a two story factory and iron foundry to manufacture elevator enclosures, cars, doorways, and wire work. Site near Pennsylvania Avenue and Potomac Electric power plant. Building contract awarded to Robert F Bradbury. foundations to start within a week.
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G. A. Bealer
Emil Schmid
Columbia Iron and Wire Works
Railroad Avenue
Carroll Street
Twining City
Pennsylvania Avenue
Randle Highlands
Potomac Electric Light Company
New York
Robert F. Bradbury
Carbolic acid kills child in hospital death report
Dennis Simms two years old died at Emergency Hospital after swallowing carbolic acid, believed mistaken for milk by his mother Mrs Simms who was preparing dinner. The removal of nearly an ounce of poison occurred as the child cried in agony on the floor. A delegation from the commission on uniform State insurance laws met the President to urge reforms and federal action toward uniformity, led by A M Maton Rhode Island Libby Maine R F Willams Florida John Richberg Chicago John L Webster Nebraska C Larne Munson Pennsylvania and Ralcett H Russell New Hampshire.
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Dennis Simms
Twenty-first Street
Commission
A. M. Maton
Rhode Island
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