Rail reforms debated as flat fare plan favored by universal transfer
Washington officials push 5 cent fare with universal transfers while hearings on street railway extensions continue. George H. Blarries of the Capital Traction Co. testifies that extensions toward Union Station and northeast routes are ready but hinge on Congress and long term financing. Critics warn the plan must balance public benefit with costs and risk to city services.
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Union Station
Northeast Car
Washington Railway End Electric Company
Caron Station
Congress
I Nas
Seventh Street
Dloble Avenue
Florida Avenue
Eaghth Street
Lawn Mighth
Penns
Gan
George HH Blarries
Tailway Company
House District Committee
Hien Marines
Smith
Ans Stengiun
Capital Tinton Company
Providaei Nur
Sierra Street
Puahth Street
Pansylvania Avenue
Fei Toon
Taylor
Obin
Dian
Andy
Foand Baghth
Ebinas
Washington
Wash
Wanheihe
Amd & Universal
Conte
New York
Congrésa
Union Stathin
Conditiang
Flesehi
Casualty
Amtax
Cutie
Heal Pelateg
Atrat
Street railway reforms urged by citizens associations
At meetings of Heoneath Bruchtwood Park Hightwood and Pokoma Park groups resolutions urged action to have the Metro Commission regulate street railways. A resolution asked Congress to direct the Federal or Interstate Commerce Commission to examine capitalization organization indebtedness and income. A second resolution sought authority for district commissioners to regulate scheduling cleanliness physical condition heating and through service from city center.
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Heoneath
Bruchtwood Park
Hightwood
Pokoma Park
Organ Maton
Congress Condensed House and Senate Proceedings
The House devoted the session to passing 120 private pension bills and adjourned at 1 35 P M until Monday noon. The Senate discussed streetcar routes near the District line and Takoma Park with proposed waiting stations and penalties to ensure compliance by the road under Commissioners authority.
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Srightwood
Takoma Park
Takoma Park Junction
Soldiers' Home Junction
Congresa
Railway Bill Nears Passage Over Probate Fees
Justice Gould and Corporal Tanner back a district bill to modify probate fees and salaries, arguing the current system yields insufficient returns. Senator Gallinger chairs a district committee, with a Monday vote expected, as Hansbrough weighs a universal transfer amendment but may skip a franchise tax for later. A subcommittee will report, and track extensions to Union Station receive minor tweaks.
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Justice Gould
Corporal Tanner
Gallinger
Senate
Hansbrough
Register
Wille Tanner
Senate District Committee
Vustive Cell
Aim Cool Tanner
Syatem
Register of Wills
Tuition Gould
Office of the Register of Wills
Gamble
Long
Harkett
Carter
Whyte
Morrow
Union Station
Winet
Capt. Morrow
Lever
Doctors split over pure food act harmonizing pharmacopoeias
Doctors from allopathic and homeopathic schools argued before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee about a proposed amendment to place the homeopathic pharmacopoeia on equal footing with the United States Pharmacopoeia and the allopathic standard. The panel adjourned without action, noting the public would gain little clarity from the measure.
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Doctors of the Allopathic and Homeopathic Schools of Medicine
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Dalzell
United States
Uch
Mann
Missouri Law Sparks New Anti-Pass Amendments
Representative Hackney of Missouri introduced a bill in the House to permit passes for widows of railway workers and their minor children. Other recent amendments show the unpopularity of the hard line, with Senator Stone proposing passes for newspaper publishers in exchange for advertising.
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Representative Hackney
Missouri
Senator Stone
Senate
Favors Aid for Takoma Park Library Project
Senator Heyburn objected in the Senate to advancing a bill authorizing District Commissioners to accept zero dollars from Andrew Carneme for a Takoma Park branch library. He said he needed more time to consider the measure though generally supportive of library legislation. The bill was laid over and will be reconsidered later.
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Heyburn
Takoma Park
Senate
Andrew Carneme
Hey
Labor Costs Senate Panama Canal Debate and Canal Record
The Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee discussed the Isthmian Canal Commission newspaper Canal Record, Col Goethals defending and outlining costs and labor wages. He noted skilled labor costs 50 to 70 percent higher than the United States with benefits. sanitation costs exploding and questions about cheaper private contracting versus government work.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Senate
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Canal Record
Culberson
Bishop
Col. Goethals
McCumber
Army
Navy
Blackburn
Flint
State Department
Department
Senator Culberson
Committee On Appropriations
Brandegee
Goethals
Cononuting Board
Col. Guethala
Canal Zone
United States
Panama Railroad
Annapolis Hazing Stops at Naval Academy
Captain Badger, superintendent of the Naval Academy, told the House Committee on Naval Affairs that there is no hazing at Annapolis. He said a light form called running was found last June and stopped. The hearing also noted upcoming public hearings in March on grain inspection bills to regulate interstate grain grading and standards.
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Badger
Naval Academy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Annapolis
Bgdger
Hepburn
Honge Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Federal Interfe Bill Aims to Bar Courts From Blocking State Laws
A House bill introduced by Mr. Hackney of Missouri would prohibit any U S Circuit or District Court from issuing temporary writs or orders restraining state officials or bodies from enforcing state statutes pending federal litigation on their validity. The measure aligns with other proposals including military manpower cuts and campaign finance limits.
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United States
Hackney
Missouri
Sherwood
Ohio
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
The
Monongahela
Braddock
Floyd
Arkansas
Alexander
Adair
Indiana
Keeps Ship Inspectors Busy After Larchmont Collision
Secretary Straus announces four annual inspections for passenger vessels, transferring hulls and boiler inspectors to new districts to ensure annual reinspections by different inspectors. He asserts confidence in officer competency and the seaworthiness of United States passenger ships.
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Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Block Island Sound
Straus
Department of Commerce Aims Labor
United States
Navy hospital ship plan seeks 1.5 million
Surgeon General Rixey urged the House Naval Affairs Committee to approve 1.5 million dollars for a new navy hospital ship with modern surgical equipment. The committee showed sympathy but overall navy funding faces heavy cuts this session, raising doubt on the final recommendation amid a 125 million dollar army and navy request.
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Rixey
Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Foxey
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Iroquois set aside code bill as pension measures pass
The House set aside the effort to codify criminal laws, adjourning at 1:35 PM after swiftly passing 130 private pension bills. Representative Capron read titles rapidly, and few members remained. The code bill may return next week, but focus shifts to the Appropriations Committee budget and urgent deficiency bills.
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Amrica
Capron
Ehate
Appropriations Committee
Patent Committees Plan Hearings on Copyright Reform
The House Patents Committee voted to hold joint hearings with Senate Patents committees on the Smoot and Currier Villa bills revising copyright laws after Supreme Court ruling in current litigation. The Dalzell bill to empower the Court of Claims to hear inventor compensation claims for government appropriation of patents was favorably reported.
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House Committee On Patents
Senate
Smoot
Currier Villa
Supreme Court of the United States
Dalzell
United States Court of Claims
Banished Coffee With Postum Recounts A Family Change
A reader shares how prolonged coffee use caused nerve headaches until switching to Postum, which banished the habit. The story describes a cousin who quit coffee, a mother who followed, and the narrator who now prefers Postum, noting a friend who learned to make it properly and also quit coffee. The testimonial ends with the Plant slogan and Battle Creek origin.
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Jme
Battle Creek
Michigan
Inquiry Chair Seeks Full Goldfield Report From President
Chairman Gardner of the Hayas Committee on Labor told the President that applications for a Congressional investigation into the Goldfield mining troubles were arriving from many viewpoints. The committee ordered a favorable report on the pending resolution requesting the full Goldfield report, while Nevada Governor Sparks urged the President to allow time for the state legislature to organize its police force. The President replied that troops may remain in Nevada long enough for the legislature to establish a state police force to handle policing needs.
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Nevada
Gardner
Hayas Committee On Labor
Goldfielt
Goldfeld
White House
Gay. Sparks
Sparks
Guthorinnes
Riding tests to continue for army officers
General Bell told the House Military Affairs Committee that the horsemanship endurance tests will be extended to better gauge officers physical fitness for field duty. He noted the program has been a success and hinted future tests may involve thirty saddle periods per day for three days, with select officers exempt as the testing becomes more selective.
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Bell
House Committee On Military Affairs
Breeders to Meet Here For Annual Association Session
Arrangements for the annual meeting of the American Breeders Association are set. The event will be held in two sections at National Rifles Armory and Carroll Hall starting January 18. A joint meeting with the American Carnation Society is planned for January 28. Officers include James Wilson of Washington as president and H Kerrick of Bloomington as vice president with Prof. Oscar Ert of Manhattan as treasurer and W M Hays of Washington as secretary.
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American Breeders’ Association
National Rifles’ Armory
Carroll Hall
Breeders’ Association
American Carnation Society
James Wilson
Washington
H. Kerrick
Bloomington
Oscar Ert
Manhattan
Kang
W. M. Hays
A. P. Grant
Winchester
C. B
Davenport
Cold Spring Harbor
Charles W. ‘Ward
Queens
N. C
Cateman
N. B. Hangen
Brookings
Georges Creek! Coal and Iron Company
Baltimore
Equitable Bulla
King
WM. H. Cooper
Albert Pike
Cathedral of the Rite
G St. Aw
Stirling Kerr, Jr
C. H
TOR, Holcott
Anne AL
American Security and Trust Company
Tha
T Ofice
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Charles J. Brill
James F. Hogd
Plasterers Hall
Lana
Johde E. Reubsam
Immense Foreign Commerce Report for the Year Ends
The United States foreign trade reached a record total of 3 346 825 114 with a $22 080 103 increase over 4 190. Imports rose to 1 472 895 108 while exports totaled 1 921 498 434. The year’s trade balance favored the U S by 40 177 4 against last year’s 477 741 862 decline. December imports fell for the first time in years to 92 788 771, while exports rose to 267 179 498 the highest monthly figure. Gold movements showed imports 143 108 085 and exports 55 215 6 98 506 522 higher than prior year. Theatrical Mechanical Association officers for 1908 were installed in Washington Lodge No 7. Columbia Building Association officers and committees for the year elected with Hazen as president and Taylor as vice president.
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United States
Rate Rulings Announced by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission released major rate rulings yesterday. It held that when a rate is reduced after an answer but before the hearing, the order must set the rate as a maximum for at least two years. It also said delivering carriers cannot absorb liability for claims and must determine lawful rates via their own investigations. The commission ruled that Canadian joint through rates cannot deviate from United States rates by selling tickets at one cent per mile to specific immigrants certified by Canadian authorities.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
United States
Canada
Roosevelt replies to Warner on central bank plan
Alfred Crogler of Wilmington asks Roosevelt to deny Warner's claim that the administration backs a central government bank. Roosevelt replies that he will speak only in his own statutes and will not confirm or deny other reports. Gen. A J Warner, ex-Congressman from Ohio, heads home after urging a central bank. he met the President January 10 and warned against Aldrich, saying only a central bank of issue could provide relief.
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Wilmington
Del
Alfred
Crogler
Roosevelt
Warner
Ohio
Crogier
Loeb
Abelird
A. J. Warner
Congress
Oho
Washington
Gen. Warner
White House
BAPTIST AND OTHER CHURCH SERVICES AROUND TOWN
Church notices list services at Zion Baptist and Fifth Baptist on E Street with Sunday School and various classes, then Shiloh Baptist on L Street, revival meetings, and multiple church listings including Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church, First Congregational, All Souls Unitarian, First Church of Christ Scientist, Evangelical Christian Science, Seventh Day Adventists, and others with sermon topics, times, and special programs. It notes revival speaker Rev. J Milton Waldron and pastor sermon series on Revelation, plus youth and Bible class activities across denominations.
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Fifth Baptist
E Street
Seventh Southwest
Waston Bruger
J. F. Moore
Pard
Baraca
Beréa
Washington
Cina Seol
Minm
Shiloh Baptist Church
L Street
Seventeenthtreet North
John A Miles
Kzhatpa
J. Milton Waldron
Poster
Roxdenes
Atreet
C. E
Methodist Episcopal
Metropolitan Memorial M
Frank M Blutol
Matthew E. O'Brien
Connecticut
District of Columbi Gunday-School
Metropolitan Bible
Epworth League
FIRST
Unitarian
ALL Souls Church
Ulysses
Pierce
Claen
Miniakor
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Colorado Building
Evangelical Christian Science
CHURC
Beottlah Rite Hall
Street Wonhwert Services
Wa. m
Oliver ©. Sabin
Mian
Martha E. van Voast
New Thought
Weiineniay
Seventh-Day Adventists
Memorial Church
Seaton
Seventeenth Street
T Street
Multiple 1900s Washington area stockholder meetings announced
Notices announce annual and special meetings for Washington Gas Light Company Mutual Investment Fire Insurance Company of DC City and Suburban Railway Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Brightwood Railway and Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown. Meetings set January 16 to February 3 1908 at various DC offices with directors elected and business to be transacted.
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Washington Gas Light Company
Tenth Street Northwest
Oliey
Mutual Investment | Fire Insurance Company
of Columbia
Richard J. Beall
Secy
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Comany
Boa
Fourteenth
East Septet Streets
Washington, D. C
M. BS
Whitehead
City and Suburban Railway of
Washington
Fourteenth and
East Restreets
F. J. Whitehead
Brightwood Railway Company
14Th
East Capitol Streets
Noringist
EF. J Whitehead
Secretar
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Sornot
Saventh Street
Louisiana’ Avenue
Eldred
Davis
J Wilson
F.C Ainsworth
R A Casilear
ED Damrick
John Queen
Geo. W .Mogs
Allan E Walker
Edwin D Jones
Roger T. Mitcheel
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Gon Haris
Istigat
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Owen
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TELIS
Senate Committee
Tilton
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Agit
Postum
ASK Goldfield Inquiry
House Committee On Labor
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Washington Lodge
Theatrical Mechanical Association
John A. Gayer
W. M. Griffith
Ww. E. Talbert
J. L. Devin
Thomas J. Trundle
J. Sharp Graves
Theo. Miles
Albert A. Toogood
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Mc Michael
Harry Sellers
T. H. Trundle
M. B. Strickler
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Columbia
Permanent Building Association
the Fear
Melvin C Hazen
A. H Taylor
Clarence I. Geanford
Floyd E. Davis
C. C. James
Malvin C. Hazen
Henry P. West
A. E. Riddle
Floyd G. Davia
Nathan Hazen
Ford
Henry
ST John's Church
Holand Cottonsmith
Oh. Aigalon
Church OF the Epiphany
G Street
Pourtonsth
H McKie
Haly Communion
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My Trinity Church
Third
E Streets
Richard P Williams
Lionel A. Wye
St. Cor
W. B. Moses & Sons
Shoemaker
Tennessee
Frank P. Milburn & Co
Metropolitan Bank
Fifteenth St
Treasury
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Leon
Ave
Hodges
Star
Otter
McGill & Wallace
Rev. Thomas
Fulton
Ninth Street N. W
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Olitzka
Oppezas
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Rossi
Si Tani
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Corp ¢E Ballet
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Henry Miller
Willam Vaughn Moody
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Tate
Rose Stahl
Augustus Pitou
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Theodore Burt Fayre
Montgomery
STONE
Diinghan
RED Mill
Seai I. Orepsh Stevens
Mme
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Foe
Polite
Jelly Amie
Btellar
Offeriza
Jelly May Irwin
James Neill
Edyth Chapman
Holl Dens
Manikins
Charles F Siemus
Juno Salmo Schenk
Hsothern
Barr & Evans
Ireland
Marcels
John Huame
Leila Meintyre
Gracie Emmett & CO
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Good Sea
Antony EZ
Wills Amusement Colony
Premics
Arizona
NEW Academy
Dec
Laura Jean Libbry
Mia Kathryn Fore
WEE
Mexi Wesk
Fred. Irwin
Majestics
Cook & Madison
Weexbobert
Lyceum Wane
Anne ER
Imperials
Larry McGaletha
Vrishwan
Sivek
Watson's
Southern Relief
NEW Willard
Rosalie H. Bocock
USS Marioe Bend 1Th Cavalry
Ficketa
Cnessle Willard Newa
Convention Hall
Fordham
National Theater
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