Railways Fear Vigorous Interdiction Campaign In Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission may hold critical facts of a railroad combination. President supports the push to obtain a report on ownership and control among major lines including Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chesapeake and Ohio. Clements cites stock and director cross holdings, warning that common boards lessen competition prospects.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Clements
House
Gillespie
Cavie
Taramission
Pennsylvania
T Dalzell Eneh
Interatete Commerce Commission
Pourstani Railrod Company
Bala Lica
Chesapeake and
Interstate
Commerc Commission
de Commission
Temigh
Tie
Senate Committee On Interstate
Literstate Commerce Commission
Bee 4
Swate Commerce Commission
Penneylyanad Railroa Company
Penn
Baltimore
Idthio Railroad Company
Tesa
Ohio Railway Company
UWV
Noralk and
Western Raileid
Phary
Paradelphia
Baltimie and Washington Railroad Company
Fedlbots
Northern Central Railway
Uant
Pennsylvania Caparryee CO
Pennsylvania Aoaliees Company
Costae
Battmore
Ohw
Lailtosd
SIS
Raiload Company
Pe Sixama
Nortalk Ard Western Railway Company
Pennsylvania Limitead Company
Norther Central Railway Company
Phituwilla, Baltimore and Washington Railwar Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Con- Beis
Northern Central Railway Company
Clemets
Barnes
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Company
Chesapeake and Olilu
McRae
Ue Norfolk and Western
Senator Kean
New Jersey
Mr. Clements
Railroad stock holdings and public service questioned in Congress
In a congressional exchange Senator Kean presses on Pennsylvania Railroad service quality while Mr. Clements defends options and condemns no single director. The discussion shifts to concerns about cross-ownership across boards and its impact on competition and rail rates. Texas Representative Stephens reintroduces a resolution to probe possible railroad discrimination against Texas, urging ICC reports to Congress.
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Pennsylvania Raillroad
Senator Kean
Mr. Clements
Calhoun Report to Prompt Congressional Advisory on Castro Crisis
The Calhoun inquiry on U S Venezuelan disputes is sent to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State and will reach Congress with administration views. France delays punitive steps, hoping to appease Washington while Algeciras conference lingers and Castro faces international pressure.
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W. J. Calhoun
Roosevelt
United States
Venezuela
Roos
Pan
Congress
Calhoun
Senor Castro
France
Castro
States Department
Senate
Santo Domingo
Algeciras
Quai d'Orsay
Foreign Office
Castre
Alve
Toligny
Washington
France Abides Time On Venezuelan Situation
Paris reports France will await developments before taking action on Venezuela. President Castro returns to Caracas to a warm welcome as French warships remain in the Caribbean with ammunition supplies. The three ships and potential French posture are noted amid rising public dissatisfaction in Venezuela. Also ad copy touts Electric Bitters for biliousness and kidney trouble.
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Paris
Caracas
Venezuela
Trinidad
Castro
Washington
France
French West Indies
Markel contract at Isthmus feeds workers questioned
Senate Inter oceanic Canals committee grills Shonts on the Panama Railroad fed laborers contract with Markel. Testimony says Markel was paid 10745 for advisory service. canceled by mutual consent due to high prices. Minutes, bids, and director roles probed amid cross examination and discussion of labor and bid practices.
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Senate Committee
Markel
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Taft
Benson
Ross
Panama
United States Treasury
Morgan
Stevens
Board of Directors
Cromwell
Shents
Wallace
Mdlinois Central
Magoon
Mr. Shonts
Hudgins & Dumas
New York
Senator Morgan
Gov. Magoon
Shouts
Knox, Simmons
Talliaferro
Jhe
Panama Railroad
Simmons
Market
Taliaferro
Knox
Senator Simmons
Roosevelt Daughters Quietly Aboard German Liner Visit
Miss Roosevelt and Countess de Chambrun with Mr. Longworth transfer from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to the Manhattan revenue cutter then onto the Lackawanna ferry to the Goelet residence. Photographers chase the trio as police and officials check baggage and passes. The party dines with the Goelets and attends a theater. a Brook Club stag luncheon precedes the Washington departure.
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Miss Roosevelt
Mr. Longworth
Manhattan
Jim Bradley, Jr
Anchorage
Young Bradley
Countess de Champbrun
Liberty Island
Countess
Longworth
Gegiet
Countess de Chambrun
Harry Payne Whitney
Creighton Webb
Misses Mills
Lloyd Warren
Alphonso de Navarro
Madison Square Theater
Henry de Vries
Brook Club
Congressman Longworth
Wise M D Advises Coal Gift For Cold Feet
A Chicago doctor bargains with a pale man asking for help with cold feet. The physician quips a practical remedy of four tons of coal for two dollars, delivering a dry joke that underscores the era's humor style.
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Chicago News
M. D
Striving for pianos as city aids in contest
The Washington Post pianola piano contest captures citywide fever as organizations and individuals vie for five $1,000 Weber pianola pianos. Campaigns include Mrs. Joel Hillman’s Jewish Women’s Council, the Washington Canoe Club, St. Joseph Orphan Society, Wilson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Sunday School, Letter Carriers’ Relief Association, and candidates like Mildred Wallace and local figures in Alexandria. Votes are earned via subscriptions and certificates printed by the paper, with prizes displayed in Sanders and Stayman’s showrooms.
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Washington Post
Joel Hillman
Council of Jewish Women
Milton J. Roseman
Issac Neuman
Hetty Abraham
Planos
Washington Canoe Club
Willard Fracker
Carl Stodder
W. B. Whipple
L. F. Weberbach
W. R. Garrett
John QO. la Gorce
W. F. Fletcher
P Street Northwest
Charles Gherwood
Alexandria
Mildred Wallace
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Wallace
Sanders and Stayman
Weber Pianola
Post
Magoon Meets President Over Isthmus Conditions
Gov Magoon of the Canal Zone and American Minister to Panama visited the President to discuss isthmian conditions. He noted ongoing work aims to improve Panama sanitary conditions for white workers and cited seventy three days with no yellow fever cases. He warned that Jamaica and Martinique workers face climate-related disease risks if conditions are not improved.
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Gov. Magoon
Canal Zone
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Poultney Bigelow
Jamaica
Martinique
Deathbed irony Gen Wheeler plugs ears before sleep
Special to The Washington Post describes Gen Joe Wheeler in his final days. Several days before death he asked when firing would begin and, to humor him, a nurse said at 9 o'clock. At 8 56 he picked up cotton and plugged both ears, then settled back and slept.
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Wheeler
Washington Post
New York
Joe Wheeler
Gen. Wheeler
Anti Cigarette Bill Passes Ohio Lower House
Cincinnati reports the McFan den anti cigarette bill passed the Ohio lower house by 78 to 33. The measure bans buying selling and manufacturing cigarettes with stiff penalties for violations. Informants who report violations receive half of the collected penalties.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Life Insurance Company of Virginia Shows Strong 1905 Results
Richmond Times Dispatch notes the Life Insurance Company of Virginia posts 1905 admitted assets of 2 391 477.81 liabilities 1 956 120.96 surplus 435 356.85 with gross income 1 969 900.75. Insurance in force 49 021 276. Increase in assets and policies in force cited. The paper praises home-state management, thrift, and staff, congratulating Richmond leaders and wishing further prosperity in 1906.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
South
Life Insurance Company of Virginia 18
New York
Virginia
Hhe
Life Insurance Company of
Limes-Dispatch
Walker
Pemberton
Rogerson
Plan Wheeler memorial led by Miss Heth at Arlington grave
Movement to erect a monument on Gen Joseph Wheeler’s Arlington grave gains momentum led by Miss Nannie Randolph Heth of Virginia with United Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy backing. President Roosevelt met with Camp A Wheeler Confederate Cavalry veterans, praising Confederate service and noting appointments to West Point and Annapolis. A battered cornet from Civil War days, carried by Bugler Bryan, was shown to the President as a symbol of the era.
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Arlington Cemetery
Joseph Wheeler
United Confederate Veterans
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Nannie Randolph Heth
Virginia
Gen. Wheeler
Harry Heth
Confederacy
All Dixie
Arlington
Gen. Lee
Rooseveltesterday
Camp A. Wheeler
Atlanta
Sons of Confederate Veterans
West Point
Annapolis
South
Bugler Bryan
United States
Wheeler
Puts Him to Sleep From the Chicago News
Mrs Jones laments her husband’s ear for music while Mrs Smith claims hers lacks it. He believes every church piece is lullaby, highlighting domestic anecdotes about musical taste.
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The
Chicago News
Mra Smith
Desaussure Trial Opens at Naval Academy Court Martial
Annapolis January 30 The court martial at the Naval Academy began the trial of Richard L Desaussure of Charleston against hazing charges with seven specifications. Midshipmen testified Desaussure forced them to stand on their heads as part of hazing during September. Desaussure requested Lieut Charles S Bookwalter as his counsel. The court heard testimonies from Max B Demott and Stanley Roscoe Cant fourth class about being made to stand on their heads. Charles Cant and others described similar incidents. Midshipman William J Boyd Jr of Peoria will face hazing charges after Desaussure. Capt C P Rees, president, learned of his son's death in a Northern city and may suspend sessions tomorrow.
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Lneut
Bookwalter
Desaussure
Wiliam JT. Boyd, Jr
Peoria
C. P. Rees
Rees
Annapolis
Army Orders Leaves and assignments across the forces
The army issued orders for leaves of absence Major William P. Hoxtorn from January 31 to February 2 and extended ten days for Lieut Col Henry A Reed. Various officers including Maj Joseph Clarke and First Lieut William G Murchuson received duties or travel to Seattle and Manila. The board adjourned to February 1906 with Col Valery Havard resuming duties and Maj George R Cecil to report to Puerto Rico.
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William P. Hoxtorn
Henry A Reed
Artillery Corps
Joseph “. Clarke
Wargeom
Wiliam G. Murchuson
Tenth Infantry
Jesse M. Baker
Roger
Seattle
Wash
Frank A. Grant
Joint Board of Medical Officers
Army and Navy
Valery Havard
Governors Island
Xiii
Department of the East
George R. Cecil
San Juan
Porto Rico
Tha
Vica
Robert F. Ames
Sixteenth Infantry
Philip Powers
Twenty
Milwaukee
Wis
Oshkosh
Marinette
William M. Wallace
Fifteenth Cavalry
Hot Springs
Ariz
Army and Navy General Hospital
Plate
Louis McL. Hamilton
Fourteenth Infantry
Charles Durnett
Pitlenth Cavalry
Philippine Islands
New York City
Fourth Cavalry
Samuel C Stanton
United States Army
Wil
Department of the Lakes
Kenneth Morton
Ordnance Department
Fort Bower
Fort McDowell
California
Fort Miley
Fort Mason
Fort Winfield Scott
Willard D. Newbill
Newbi
San Francisco
Cal
Manus
Philippines
Laurence Halstead
Thirteenth Infantry
Hinton
W. Va
Fort Springs
Arthur F. Halpin
Eighth Infantry
Ark
Bates Orders Changes and Movements of Cavalry Units
General Bates issues a series of force realignments. Eleventh Cavalry first squadron moves from Fort Riley Kansas to Fort Des Moines Iowa. Second Cavalry shifts stations with units to West Assiniboine Montana Fort Snelling Minnesota and Fort Riley Kansas. Sixth Battalion of Field Artillery and Second Infantry arrive at San Francisco en route to the Philippines. Naval movements list ships sailing from Charleston and other ports to Caribbean and Atlantic stations. Death of Col Willard noted in Springfield Massachusetts. Wilard a retired U S Army officer and Artillery graduate.
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Bates
J. C. Bates
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Second Cavalry
Manila
San Francisco
West Assiniboine
Mont
Fort Snelling
Minn
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Wells Willard
Welle Wilard
Springfield
Mass
Willard
The
Artillery
Taft Board Reports On New York Defenses
The Army Board on Coast Defense and Fortifications, the Taft Board, completed its report after review of New York harbor defenses. They found the defenses near perfect and indicate no changes will be recommended. submission to Secretary Taft is expected within days.
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Army Board On Coast Defense and Fortifications
Taft Board
Vreadent
Roosevelt Kist
Taft
New York
Duffield Farewell Reception as He Leaves Coast Survey for New York
Will Ward Duffield chief of the Drawing and Engraving Division of the Coast and Geodetic Survey resigns to pursue civil and mining engineering in New York. A farewell reception was held with nearly all division staff attending and a gold watch fob presented bearing the inscription and symbols of the five sections: printing, photography, electrotyping, drawing, and engraving.
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Will Ward Duffield
New York
Duffield
Will Waerd Dufheld
Drachmge
Isga-1901
George IL
Flower
Buttreld
George L Plowen
T Paul Vonricksen
CG Loan
DM Eldreth
Karlow Bacon
H. 3. Gamble
Sally Maize
J W. McGuire
Capt HM. Bought
Wo L. Davin
Goo Waserbach
H. L.thompson
W G van Doren
We Mackenzie
J Fondren
G Rabinette
Chewwine
Cy, Locraft
G@ Fitzgerald
L. Ladson
C H. Claud
New York Assembly Adopts Unanimous Banking Department Inquiry
The New York Assembly passed by unanimous vote a concurrent resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the State banking department. Former Senator F. L. Kilnurn of Malone is named as superintendent. the measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Albany
Jana
State Banking Department
Fld Kilnurn
Malone
Senate
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