Tribute and Retirement Honor for D C District Chairman Babcock
Chairman Babcock of the House District Committee retires after twelve years. Representatives Olcott and colleagues present a silver loving cup and read resolutions praising his long faithful service. Morrell Wiley Betler Blackburn Kihe honored other members and Harry W Barney praised as indispensable clerk.
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Babcock
House District Committee
Olcott
New York
Morrell
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Mr. Olcott
District of Columbia
Morrell Wiley
Betcler Blackburn
Kihe
Harry W Barney
Barney
Lacey Receives Loving Cup At Retirement Ceremony
Representative Lacey of Iowa, chair of the House Public Lands Committee, will retire from Congress. On March 4 he was presented with a silver loving cup by committee members. Mondell of Wyoming gave the presentation for Republicans and Burnett of Alabama spoke for minority members.
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Lacey
Iowa
House Committee On Public Lands
Congress
Mondell
Wyoming
Burnett
Alabama
Mileage rate stands for congressmen kept at 11 cents per mile
Far away members protested a proposed reduction as amendments in the deficiency bill were debated. Representatives Angelbright Jones and Humphrey argued for maintaining current mileage, while Engebwright blocked new legislation. The House sustained a point of order, candidates pressed for salary reviews, and a conference report on postal funding was approved along with an industrial peace committee bill and Roosevelt receiving Nobel Prize funds.
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Angelbright
California
Jones and Humphres
Washington
Congress
Engebwright
John Sharp Williams
Engulbright
Littauer
Tawney
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
House
Roosevelt
Tillman to Lecture Tour at 200 Dollars a Night
Senator Benjamin R Tillman of South Carolina starts a Baltimore to Congress break tour, speaking nearly every weekday for months, at 200 dollars per night. Tours span March and April through Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, then New England, the Middle West, and the Pacific Coast with nightly lectures en route and return via a different path.
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Benjamin R Tillman
South Carolina
Baltimore
Congress
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
New England
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Union Pacific
Northwestern
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
S A
Hutchigan
C & Nw-Union Pacific
Zie
Clark St
New Honor for Ecuadorian Diplomat Carbo Named Foreign Minister
Benor Don Luis Felipe Carbo, Ecuador’s minister in Washington, has received Alfaro’s cable to return home to assume foreign affairs. He has long served as Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs and held multiple diplomatic and political roles including envoy to the United States Mexico and Colombia. Carbo’s Washington duties may be handled by a secretary who is likely his son, while he negotiates plans to restore Ecuador’s credit in Europe and schemes to sanitize Guayaquil to prevent yellow fever in the Isthmus of Panama.
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Benor Don Luis Felipe Carbo
Ecuador
Washington
Alfaro
Europe
Guayaquil
Panama
Chile
Senor Carbo
Quito
Carbo
Council of Ministers
Interior and Public Instruction
United States
Mexico
Colombia
Beaudorean Senate
International Bureau of American Republics
Status of Supply Bills in Congress Reaches Agreement
Agricultural budget items remain in dispute while post office and sundry civil provisions move toward final adoption. Senate receded on key amendments including naval station funding at Port Royal and the divisor for mail weight, leaving ongoing debates on agricultural college appropriations and several infrastructure and government building projects.
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Senate
Port Royal
Tillman
New York City
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Exsas City
Pittsburg
San Francise
Fifteenth Street
Botanic Garden
Department of State, Justice, and Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Lynchburg
Puget Sound
Savannah
New Bedford
Mass
New Orleans
Gull Island
Lake Superior
Wisbut
Mexican ambassador Creel hints at Chihuahua governorship
Ambassador Creel of Mexico yesterday confirmed a El Paso dispatch stating his candidacy for Chihuahua governor in June elections. He said friends urged his return but his actions depend on Mexico's politics and where he can best serve his country.
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Creel
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Washington
Rox
Politica
Through Bill for Cattle Gains ICC Ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission under Commissioner Prouty ruled in favor of the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas against the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway and others. It held that through route and joint rates for beef cattle from points on the International and Great Northern Railroad in Texas to New Orleans must be established and maintained. The decision preserves the issue of reasonableness for a separate proceeding.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Railway Mail Promotions And Post Office Department Changes
The Postmaster General announced promotions in the Railway Mail Service. Alexander Grant advances to general superintendent Rail Mail Service. George F Stone moves to assistant general superintendent Rail Mail Service. John W Holliday becomes chief clerk in the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General.
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Post Office
Alexander Grant
Railway
Mei
George F Stone
John W Holliday
Genzal
Forty-One Dismissed Over Disturbance At Government Shop
At a government mail bag repair shop yesterday morning forty-one older workers were dismissed after a disturbance that drew in the foreman and superintendent. Police removed two ringleaders as veterans and widows of soldiers lamented the loss of pay, with many blaming the government for unemployment. The action followed an October personnel investigation led by Theodore Ingalls, Carter B Keene, and G. F. Shaw.
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Dlsmissal
W. B. Severe
Cleveland
Postal Service
Grand Army of the Republic
Navy Yard
Severe
Post-office Department
Theodore Ingalls
Carter B Keene
G. F. Shaw
Stillings Not to Resign Amid Printing Office Turmoil
Rumors rise of Public Printer Stillings seeking retirement after disturbances at the Government Printing Office. Reports say President Roosevelt may favor replacing Stillings with Oscar J. Ricketts, though Stillings denies any resignation.
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Pblic
Stillings
Prees
Roosevelt
Charles A Stillings
New York
Oscar J. Ricketts
Palmer
Ricketts
Venezuela confirms killing of two Americans with Paredes
State Department received an official Caracas dispatch confirming the execution of two Americans during the crackdown on Gen Antonio Paredes and his followers. The Interior report offered no names, and no inquiries had been received from Americans about missing friends involved in the revolt.
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Paredes
Antonio Paredes
State Department
Caracas
Interior
Venezuela
Consul General Seeks Flour Only for China Aid
Consul General Rodgers in Shanghai overseeing famine relief urges that future shipments to China be limited to flour as food supplies remain tight and prices rise. He reports no improvement in famine conditions.
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Rodgers
Shanghai
State Department
Morgan Co Buys $21.5 Million in Railway Notes
J P Morgan & Co purchased rail line notes totaling 21.5 million dollars including Atlantic Coast Line 5 percent notes and Louisville and Nashville 3 percent notes. Public subscriptions are offered for the Atlantic Coast Line issue and part of the Louisville and Nashville issue. Private sale disposed of 1.5 million of the Louisville issue. Lake Bluff naval training station bids delayed from April 1 to May due to few bidders, project cost estimated near 7.2 million.
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J. P. Morgan
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Mar. J.louiisville
Nashville
J. P. Morgan & Co
Louisville and Nashville
New U S Definition for Chinese Students Seeks Admission
Secretary Straus frames a revised student definition for Chinese entrants to the United States clarifying who qualifies under treaty and law. The draft narrows the prior ambiguity by specifying regular study, recognition at U S institutions, and pursuit of professional or specialized training as core criteria.
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United States
Straus
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