Aim to Cut Coal Cost Conference Held Here
A conference was held yesterday between Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Lane and representatives of anthracite carrying railroads as part of the commission’s inquiry into railroad operations and mining and sales by affiliated coal companies. An additional session is planned in New York City early next week to discuss questions on transportation charges property values and coal company relations. The railroads could not provide exact first cost figures for their properties and named the railroads Central of New Jersey Delaware and Hudson Lackawanna Dirie Susquehanna Wilkes Barre and Western Lehigh Valley New York Ontario and Western Pennsylvania Northern Central and Reading as respondents.
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Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
L Coal Companies
Comunission
Central
New Jersey
Delaware and Hudson
Lackawanna
Dirie
Susquehanna
Wilkes- Barre
Wastern
Lehigh Valley
New York
Ontario and Western
Pennsylvania
Northern Central
Reading
Commission
Garden Annual looming feature and Panama Canal notes
Gorgas arrived from Guayaquil to report to Secretary Knox on sanitation plans for the Panama Canal Zone. The Post previews its Garden Annual issue and urges readers to order the Sunday edition for extensive outdoor content. Samuel Greenberg filed suit in District Supreme Court seeking 135000 damages from American Amusement Company Inc over alleged fake arrests and related charges.
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William C. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Guayaquil
Henador
Knox
The
Post
Oan
Sunday Post
Samuel Greenberg
District Supreme Court
American Amusement Company, Inc
Sol Minater
Abe Minster
Abe Burnsting
Lemen
City Advertisements and Local Goods Listings
City bulletins advertise dining options and meals, oysters from certified beds, and various goods. The page lists solicitations for services, films at Virginia Theater, beauty and stonography courses, and local shop offerings including seafood, produce, and groceries with prices and contact details.
Oliver Kelley dies founder of the Grange and Father Kelley
Oliver Hudson Kelley founder of the National Grange and longtime Washington resident died of pneumonia at his home on Kalorama Road Northwest after a 24 hour illness. Born in Boston January 7 1826 he worked for the Chicago Tribune and later as a telegrapher before moving to Minnesota where he operated the first reaping machine and joined the Free Masonry. He organized the Grange from Washington and chaired its early meetings including the first National Grange in February 1878. He is survived by three daughters Grace Julia and Fanny and by a brother the Rev Charles W Kelley. Funeral in Rock Creek Cemetery with services at the family home.
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Oliver Hudson Kelley
the Grange
Kelley
Kalorama Road
Jhne
Chicago Tribune
Minnesota
Indians
Ife
Temperance Lane
Beaton
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
South
Grange
National Grange I
Mr. Kelley
National Grange
Caroline Hall
Knapp
Wis
Grace
Julia
Fanny Kelley
Charles W Keiley
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Robert Talbot
St Paul’s Episcopal Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Confederate Birthday Celebration Praises Lee and Jackson
Tennessee Representative F. J. Garrett spoke at the Confederate Memorial Home marking the 106th Lee birthday and 85th Jackson birthday. The event, hosted by United Confederate Veterans Camp 171, awarded crosses of honor to veterans and descendants, with remarks praising Lee and Jackson as supreme military figures and defenders of principles foundational to government.
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Tennessee
South
Republic
F. J. Garrett
Confederate Memorial
Robert E. Lee
Thomas J. Jackson
United Confederate Veterans
Veterans
Sons of Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Southern Society
Southern Relief
Mildred Lee
Children of the Confederacy
Representative Garrett
Garrett
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson Bbeen
Jackson
Magnus
Thompson
T. Hubert Jones
T. W. Hungerford
Clifton P. Clark
Confederates
Maryland
Old Camp Ground
Dixie
A. R. Bird
Gustavus Werther
M. C. Bass
A. W. Fairfax
Theodore F. Hodgson
W. W. Iirkland
Joseph Reynolds
George A. Rouzee
Madge McKhenny Bolen
J. G B. Bulloch
M. D
James Carey
N. Coleman
F.H. Elwore
Georgia Lawton Morgan
Sarah Orrison
Eugenia
Zea Rolling
Health officials seek man with hidden smallpox case
Deep concern is shown by health department personnel over a man with a well developed smallpox illness who is believed to be moving about the city and exposing many people. The patient is said to be unaware of his condition. Inspectors have spent two hours hunting the man without a call. No new cases were reported yesterday.
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Xen Oy
Health Department
Health Office
Stop Cough Stop Coughing Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Ad
An old time medical ad urges readers to stop coughing and throat irritation with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. It markets the remedy as a throat soother and cough suppressant in a persuasive period voice.
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Ayer
Alabama Governor Challenges Blease and Lynchings
Governor Hmmet O'Neal of Alabama in Washington condemned lynching as unrepresentative of the South and warned against cocaine as a greater menace to the region than whisky. He urged stopping cocaine sales to Black Americans, backed Secretary Wilson on beef production, and predicted the South will solve the cost of living. He favored Judge Henry D. Clayton for Attorney General and noted concerns over Democratic Senate majorities.
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South
Hmmet O'Neal
Alabama
Washington
Blease
South Carolina
O'Neal
Wilson
Henry D. Clayton
Gov. O'Neal
Gov. Wilson
Senate
Cleveland
Congress
Objects to Slate in Coal Prosecution Hinted
Sealer W C Haskell plans to prosecute coal dealers over slate content in coal as short weight following consumer complaints. He will seek a legal interpretation of whether slate in coal constitutes short weight and could lead to prosecutions if the slate raises the weight beyond the law’s allowances.
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W. C. Haskell
Col. Haskell
Washington
Thomas
Sealer of
Kentucky corn grower Lester Bryant dies in rooming house
Lester Bryant a two year old Kentucky corn grower who won a Department of Agriculture prize was found dead in a rooming house in Rockfield. Coroner Nevitt suspects accidental asphyxiation from illuminating gas after the room was found locked and the wind may have blown out the flame. The body was sent to the morgue as relatives were notified.
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Lester Bryant
Kentucky
Ester Bryant
Rockfield
Department ‘of Agriculture
Delaware Avenue
Nevitt
Canal dredging suit filed against canal company
Gol W. C. Langitt, engineer in charge of Potomac improvements, petitions District Attorney Wilson to initiate action under the river and harbor act against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. He alleges the firm’s dredging dumps material into the river, risking navigation.
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Sayn Canal
Wilson
Gol
W. C. Langitt
Potomac River
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Col Langfitt
Throng packs new bank as assets surpass million mark
The Federal National Bank opened its doors amid a record throng last Thursday. By day’s end assets exceeded 1,000,000 with deposits around 456,000. Justice Barnard designated the bank as a depository for bankrupt estates, as crowds applauded officials and flowers were sent to the Children’s Hospital.
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Justice Barnard
Federal National Air
Inj
Bankruptcy Court
Federal National
Children’s Hospital
Tributes paid to Lee mark birth anniversary in Alexandria
The annual R. H. Lee Camp banquet to celebrate Robert E. Lee’s birth drew speakers from Congress and clergy, with Lee Camp auxiliary serving. Also reported: William H. Grady’s death, banks and schools closed for Lee’s birth anniversary, a divorce decree in Alexandria court, a dead letter sale at Sloan’s, and Retail Merchants’ Association election plans.
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Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
United Confederate Veterans
Robert E. Lee
Lee Camp Hall
Representative Addenberg
Georgia
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
William Jackson Morton
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
M D Corse Gamp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Edgar Warfield
R. E Lee Camp
Gen. Lee
Jt Neel Garner
M. D. Corse Camp
C. V
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lea Camp
Lee
Gen
Astrology reading for a fortuitous yet perilous day
The article describes planetary influences for the day highlighting Sun and Uranus bringing noble aims and creativity, while Mercury in aphelion favors education and information. It warns against quarrels, carelessness with fire or weapons, and reckless writing. It notes astrology as favorable for hiring women and for shopping, millinery, and dressmaking codes. Copyright 161s Mocture Newspaper.
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Uranus
Mercury
Aphelion
Admit Stealing Newspapers by Juvenile Defendants
In juvenile court Judge William DeLacy sentenced two young defendants for stealing Sunday newspapers valued at 1.05 dollars. Royden K. Whitford testified he left his wagon briefly, a bundle of 21 papers disappeared, and the youths were later arrested. Harry McPhearson and Jeremiah Trayman pleaded guilty and confessed. McPhearson, with prior records, was committed to the Board of Children’s Guardians for one year. Trayman was sent to the National Training School for Boys during minority.
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Harry McPhearson
Blagdén Alley
Jeremiah Trayman
M Street
Boy Farmers to Meet Taft in Washington Visit
Nearly all state winners in the Boys Corn Club tour plan arrival in Washington for a week of sightseeing. They will visit President Taft at the White House after noon tomorrow. A Navy pay director, George Washington Simpson, bequeathed proceeds of a $10,000 life insurance policy and undrawn government pay to Clara Gaines Shelbley, executrix, in his probate filing.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Lee
Taft
George Washington Simpson
United States Navy
Clara Gaines Shelbley
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Cheviots
Percales
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14Th St. N. W
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Uae
Burchell
WN. W. Burchell
Chas. G. Stott & Co
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New York Ave
Judd & Detweiler
Ane
Commerce Commission
Gorgas
Ecuador
Panama
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Accusera
City Bulletins
Cate Republique
Great Bear
Am Hical
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Oyster
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Virginia Theater
Anne Akers
China
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Grier
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Lincoln Bee
Oliver Kelley
Alerk
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NEW Bank
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William H. Grady
Alexandria Police Force
Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria Corporation
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Cathy Dade
Post Office Department
Sloan
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Chamber of Commerce
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R. P. Andrewa
M. A. Leese
W. ¥. Eiler
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N. H. Shea
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Leon ‘L'Ebriner
Princeton
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Fineman & Goldsmith
Fourteenth Street
Adams
N.Y
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Tesapes
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Maring Corps
Patent Office
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the Sunday Post
Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th Street
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