New Haven Rail Control Condemned by Interstate Commerce
The Interstate Commerce Commission condemns the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad for wasteful outside management and trolley ownership. It urges divestment of trolley lines and warns against merger links that could create a New England monopoly. The report outlines strict national principles for railroad financing and ownership.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New England Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Boston
Albany
Commission
Girl Found Dead in Lake Near Wilkes-Barre Tragedy
Deep mystery surrounds the death of Miss Alice Crispell whose body was found in Marvers Lake near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. She had been missing since Friday night July 4 after leaving home with William Crispell and Herbert John. Johns is under arrest as investigators probe the death.
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Alice Crispell
Marvers Lake
Wilkes-Barre
Miss Crispell
Hether
William Crispell
Herbert John
Johns
Stella Oney
Miss Oney
New Haven and Boston and Maine Merger Scrutiny Report
A federal inquiry into railroad rates and practices in New England reviews the New Haven and Boston and Maine lines. The report details financial dealings, stock moves, and campaign contributions by president Mellen, noting transfers and purchases tied to political funding and corporate operations. It argues some issues should lie with Congress or the courts, not regulators.
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Congress
Clements and
Marble
New Haven
Boston
Maine
Lley
New Eingland
New York
Startford
Boston and Maine
Boston and
Prouty
Massachusetts
J. L. Billard
Billard
Mellen
Republican National Campaign Committee
Buckland
Rhode Island
New York City
ICC Rules On Connecticut Fares To New York City
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled yesterday that the current commutation fare scale from Connecticut to New York City is generally reasonable. It found some stations unjustly discriminated, noting Connecticut commuters were discriminated against by reduced-rate 50 trip family tickets from New Haven not being offered by the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Connecticut
New York City
New Haven
New York Road Plans Await Commission Guidance
The text notes New York City and statewide points with a road project to conform to commission conclusions. It states an order may be issued if necessary, but otherwise the plan follows the commission's guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Interurban Electric Lines Ordered to Set Through Routes
Interurban electric lines between Louisville Kentucky and Indianapolis Indiana were ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission to establish through routes and joint rates for less than carload shipments to intermediate points. Specific class rates are prescribed by the commission. This marks the first time several electric lines have faced such an order. T. Gregory and Jesse O Adkins of the Justice Department are analyzing the ICC report on New Haven railroad operations to assess Sherman antitrust law implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interurban
Louisville
Indianapolis
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
T. &Gregory
Jesse O
Adkins
Department of Justice
New Fingland
New Haven
Election officers named Montgomery supervisors announce appointment
Montgomery supervisors for elections announce the appointment of election judges and clerks with the first-named in each precinct being Republican and the rest Democrats. Entries list districts including Laytonville Clarksburg Poolesville Rockville Colesville Darnestown Bethesda Gaithersburg Potomac Arnesville Damascus and Pitheaton with pairs of judges and clerks named.
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Montgomery
Washington Post
Rockville
Laytonville
Henry H. Griffith
Ledoux E. Riges
Wiliam D. Bell
Lioyd C._Collisianer
Clarksburg
J. William Johnson
Offutt
Howard B. Crockett
Leroy Lochte
Thompas T.robertson
Evans Browne
Dem
Deerred
Omney
Clarence Carroll
George FE. White
Ergens R. Roland Moore
Nicholas R. Griffith
Lafayate M. Speer
Frank B. Musgrove
J. Jamey Sheemaker
William Pp. Innes
Gaithersburg
Eldredge D. Kingsley
Samuel B. Briggs
Harold “J. Kingsley
Edmund L. Amiss
Potomac
Charles R. Stone
J Thomas TE. Jackson
John
Lynch
Harrison Myers
Arnesville
James WW. Benedict
Oliver H. P. Clarke
Fusion ticket agreed in Montgomery County conference
Special to The Washington Post reports a full county ticket representing both Republicans and Progressives will be fielded this fall after a Silver Spring meeting. A Rockville conference will select candidates and plan an active campaign. attendees included Thomas Dawson Willis B Burdette Ormsby McCammon Dr Ryan Devereux Frank Hewitt and Galen L Tait. TD W Baker also voiced support for the effort.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Montgomery
A Ers
Silver Spring
Wrata
Thomas Dawson
Willis B. Burdette
Ormsby McCammon
Ryan Devereux
Frank Tt. Hewitt
Galen L. Tait
Tual
Ieader
TD. W. Baker
Young Business Man Disappears in Eastern Maryland
Charles M. Small, a young Trappe businessman near Easton, vanished leaving a note on his chest saying he was weary of life. He left without explanation and his wife and four children remain. Eyewitnesses report seeing him depart. search efforts continue for his whereabouts.
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Washington Post
Easten
Charles M. Small
Trappe
Faston
Neoone
Richmond 10-Year Term For 19 Cents Robbery
Special to The Washington Post reports Percy Rice victim of highway robbery when a boy was robbed of 19 cents and a machine. Joseph Price, a Black man, found guilty in Henrico circuit court and sentenced to ten years in State prison by Judge St. Carter Scotton after the jury verdict. Newport News and Petersburg baseball results supplied, including Petersburg’s doubleheader wins and Newport News home runs. Portsmouth and Roanoke game ends in 3-2 with a twelfth-inning homer by Captain Evans. Richmond sweeps Norfolk 5-1. Gov. Goslin recovering from illness in time for update.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Percy Rice
Joseph Price
Henrico
St. Carter Scotton
Kresk
Newport News
Petersburg
Brooks
Hedgepeth
Eh Petersford
Gongeim
Simman Kernan
Ilkreppe
Fe Maidan
Tarjoton
I Spencer
Smith
Bronegen
OlBarnett
Kernan
Haddow
Simmons
Skrepps
Busch
Spencer
Breneran
Barnett
Schalat
Damrau
Brencens
Kropps
Buseh
Sacri
Krepps
Waldorf
Carter
Balta
Om Carter
Hernan
OW Waldorf
Wirst
Bail—ieroan
Tacleton and
Chagtant
Mr. Clarke
Ates
Aesé Powell, Jr
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Evans
Sinn
Olhowedeh
Pressly
DiConk
Irmscher
OlMunday
Mattis
OlBoyds
McCracken
Noel
OlKeating
Riley
Holloman
Tolson
Brown
Roatuke
Aii Totsch
Munda
Womerans
Polson
Loans
Olen Pleases
Cook
Norfolk
el Norfolk
Tau
Ube
Whiterert
M'Bladehorn
Vanes
Mr. Meiniuter
Noreum
Braddock Memorial Unveiled in Maryland Ceremony
A 1913 dedication marks the 158th anniversary of Gen. Edward Braddock’s death with a granite memorial in Rockville. Dignitaries include Rep. William Borland of Missouri and Rep. David J. Lewis of Maryland, plus DAR officers, who unveil the tablet and hear remarks on Braddock Trail and the Ohio watershed amid inclement weather. The event features U S Army brass, the Royal Grenadiers, and a closing Maryland anthem.
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Lewis
Maryland
Bngland
Missouri
John Barrett
David J. Lewis
Lillian Fields
Marie Talbott
Rockville
Rebecca, Fields
United States
William J. Borden
Chester
Thomas A. Haughton-Burke
Christ's Episcopal Church, Rockville
Maryland Public Service Commission orders valuation probe
Maryland Public Service Commission signs an order to valuation of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company property in Baltimore and Maryland. Osbourne I Yellett may prepare interrogatories to test need for physical valuation, with 20 days for the companies to respond. Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Public Service Commission Plams
Baltimore
Maryland Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Osborne I
Yellett
Injunction Awarded Against Union Picketing Demand
Indianapolis July 9 Special Judge W. W. Thornton granted the Key Lock Company an injunction fund eight thousand dollars against the International Brotherhood of Armature and North America. The ruling followed a strike led by the union against the lock company and seeks to prevent picketing by the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Key- Lock Company
International Art
Nan
North America
Judes W. W. Thornton
Lords to adjourn to kill home rule bill strike
The Marquis of Lansdowne announced in the House of Lords that unionists plan to move that no further consideration of the Irish home rule bill proceed until it is judged by the country. They argue a Lords adjournment beyond the current Parliament’s life could prevent Liberal aims from passing the measure under the Parliament Act. The move appears to be a step toward blocking the bill.
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London
Ireland
House of Lords
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lords
Lora Lansdowne
Eagles Elect Officers At Maryland Convention
Cumberland Md July 9 Officers for the Maryland State Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles were chosen for the ensuing year including President Bernard Hughes Frostburg VP John Wickertsheim Cumberland and Secretary Albert Neuhahn Baltimore Also Lonaconing and Frostburg members named to posts with Lonaconing selected for the next gathering and a plan to invite the District of Columbia and Delaware to form a tristate aerie.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Maryland
W. Roth
Frostburg
George W. Siaup
Lonaconing
T. Hogan
Brunswick
James H. Stoner
Westminster
Joseph C. Weissner
Hagerstown
G. A. Thiede
Baltimore
Grand Aerie
John B. Macfarland
Carolina bankers meet in Asheville July session speakers
The seventeenth annual North Carolina Bankers Association convention in Asheville featured Dr. Bradford Knapp of the USDA and James J. Britt discussing agriculture and one cent postage. Joseph B. Blades reported on the American Bankers Association meeting in Detroit as bankers were honored at a dance hosted by local financiers.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Bradford Knapp
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
James J. Britt
Joseph B. Blades
Newhern
American Bankers’ Association
Detroit
West Virginia Man Accused in Attack on Mrs Kittie Johnson
Grover Ketterm an a Mill Creek district resident was arrested in Hampshire County West Virginia and charged with an attack on 40 year old Mrs Kittie Ann Johnson. He is held in jail pending a preliminary hearing. A Washington Post item notes a July 9 wedding in Cumberland Iowa with Elizabeth Horke Howard marrying Harry Ward Burr.
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West Virginia
Kittie Johnson
Washington Post
Cumberland
Grover Ketterman
Mill Creek
Hampshire County
W. Va
Kittie Ann Johnson
Young Ketterman
Hyattsville
S. Sherman James
Elizabeth Horke ‘Howard
Washington
Harry Ward Burr
Brookland
Clement W. Howard
R. P. Williams
Wton
the Cathedy
Baward Perry
Was
Albert D. Burr
Alleged Cavalry Deserter Held in Bristol Trial
Washington Post dispatch reports Judge Arthur Spean presiding as a six year old boy is cited. The article mentions an alleged deserter from the Eleventh United States Cavalry who marched through the area recently. Philadelphia notes scientist Dr. Horace Jayne died suddenly of heart disease at his home near Philadelphia. he was son in law of Dr. Horace Howard Furness and a Shakespearean scholar.
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Poral
Wastengton
Bristol
Teun
Arthur Spean
United States Cavalry Regiment
Spencer
Philadelphia
Horace] Jayne
Here
Horace Hioward Furness
Jayne
Hope to Unite with Moose in Baltimore Plannings
Chairman Hanna of the Republican State committee announced a fifteen member committee to cooperate with a Progressive group to form plans for amalgamation. A full committee meeting is expected within a week to arrange a mass convention in Baltimore in the latter part of July or early August. The Republican slate includes Gov. Phillips Tee Goldsborough Senator William P. Jackson and Hanna. The Progressive committee was appointed by Chairman Carrington several days earlier.
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Baltimore
Hanna
Republican State Central Committee
Phillips Tee Goldsborough
William P. Jackson
Carrington
Accused Legislator Denies Good Faith Bribe Offer In WV Trial
Testimony details a bid by Joseph A. McClane to buy four votes for United States senator. Duff allegedly sought 100 per day expenses plus 16 000 for four votes, but claims the offer was not in good faith and was a test of bribery patterns.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Joseph A. McClane
United States
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Ruth Duff
McClane
Duff
Elkins
Davis
Guy Biddinger
W. S. Edwards
McClaney
Stolen Gem In His Tooth in Baltimore Case
John Lone pleaded guilty to larceny of Norman Warden's diamond from the front tooth setting. The judge ruled the diamond must be removed before Lone's 80 day jail term begins, after attempts to dislodge the stone failed due to the dental work.
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Baltimore
John Lone
Norman Warden
Stump
Long
Eleventh U S Cavalry Camped In Lexington After March From Georgia
The Elev enth United States cavalry, 6046 men, marched from Georgia to Winchester for maneuvers under Col. Lockett and arrived in Lexington this afternoon. They held an open air concert by their band. Cel Spencer C Jones Improving. Special to The Washington Post. Rockville Md July 9 The condition of Cal Spencer C Jones of this place who was operated on in a Washington hospital and was briefly in a critical state is reported to be much improved He can now sit up and read.
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Washington Pert
Tickville
Maryland
Edward Braddock
Alexandria
Fort Duquesne
Brudreck
Monongahela
Janet Montgomery
Washington
Gary Wish
Washington Pokt
Hagerstown
T. H. McKay
Western Maryland Railway
H. P. Hoewes
Illinois Central Railroad
Buffalo
N.Y
George J. Davis
Western Maryland
Philadelphia
New York Central Railroad
R. B. Machmer
Reading
Mary E. Dawson
Washington Post
Rockville
James M. Dawson
Dawsonville
David M. Dawson
Ardmore
Okla
Monoracy
Bealisville
This County
U. S. Cavalry
Lexington
United States Cavalry
Georgia
Winchester
Lockett
Cal
Spencer C. Jones
Post
Marriage Licenses Listed Across Cities and Ages
A scrambled list of individuals from various cities including Chicago Philadelphia and Richmond with ages ranging from 21 to 47 tied to marriage licenses. The Rev. clerical names accompany each entry, connected to the license notices across multiple states.
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Trolley
Haston
New Englamu
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
New England
Il Reiilroads
iInterstatur
Dawsonn
Spm
George A
Mary A. Dawson
Ann
Kertlier
M. Hindle
H Ste. Aw
H. Sardo
CGO
Modern Chapel
B. W.R. Pumphrey & Son
Punehal
Hockville Pione
Frank Geier’s Sons
Nis
Seventh St. Nw
Empalmer
Pennsylvanie Avenue
RF. Har
Em Toiner
Phans North
Sergnon
TVTN
TOL
Telepinne M. Ifad
Moe Ira
F &Treat
Vadttat & Egwebalee Wiswantee Archive
Lake
Herbert Johns
Bopy
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
D Streets
I.C. C
Montgomery Republicans
Bull Moose
Briana
To-Ralon Co., Inc
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N. News
Qdndolf
Minens
Tarleton
Laughlin
Beyer
Harnett
Quinn
Ofdehmidty Hf
Matthews
Kamrau
Barton
Lad Powell
Boo Carter
OlRichmond
Berten
Pay Brooks
Balis
O Barton
Brooke
PGA
Petersbur
Haddon
Goslin
Federalsburg
Honor Gen. Braddock
Peter
Circuit Court Room
Féward C. Peter
John T. Coolahan
St. Mary's Gatholic Church
Croxall
Janet
Lhe Memorial
Corra Bacon Foster
Ohio
Borland
Perry Mays
U.S. A
Pan-American Union
Rayo Bowers
Mr. Bower
Welsh
Tyne
Keyless Lock Company
Fifth Avenue
46Th Strent
Tang
Schoen
H Street
N. W
Shore” Coats
Seashore
Bill
Eagles
Maryland Aerie
Tristate Organization
Carolina
Miss Howard Bride
H. W. Burr
F. A. Kelly
Frank AL. Kelly
Duden Tasepa
Southwest
Virginia
John 3. Kelly
Evit
Horace Jayne
Iiam J. MacDonald
Chicago
Iave Bo Kern
Kansas City
Gur UW
Edith G. Neokan
A. Hannan Themar T. Atkins
Carrie M. Cole
Nichmond
J.C. Ball
Irwin Wo Sette
Marie B. Bauman
Rev
Wilting A
Aula C
Rawingham
Ala
Bare
Irean H. Bray
Merri
Sev. Wray
Shales
Mare & Fes
Brez
M. Tucker
Philadephia
The
Washington Prest
Tan
Ce, MH
Pilcresinert
Ashington Post
the Post
Aaveraper
Briyes
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