Shonts Says Clover Leaf Holdings Top $1 Million
Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, told the Senate that his Clover Leaf Railroad holdings exceed $1,000,000. He would resign only if remaining would embarrass the administration, and noted his plan to follow the President’s wishes. He described ties of canal officials to transcontinental railroads and urged swift canal type decisions with expert input from Gen. Ernst.
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Canal Commission
Canal
Theodore P. Shonts
Isthmian Cin Commission
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Clover Leaf Railroad
Road
Morgan
Foa
Hns
Shonts
Benson
Southern Pacific
Stevens
Great Northern
Rock Island
Rasa
Windiw Central
Omaha
Clover Leaf
Wallace
Taliaferro
Dea
Markel
John Lb. Rockefeller
Union O T Company
California
Panama Railroad
Shonty Salate
Union Gi Company
Texas
Horn
Oswald
Ernst
William H. Burr
William Barclay Farsons
Lithographers pledge to print truthful pure food labels
Chicago lithographers announce they will refuse to print food labels that do not truthfully describe products. The stand was promised by a committee from the Federation of Labor after a visit to the Illinois pure-food commission.
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Chicago
Federation of Labor
Rosedale Mission Incorporated Formed In Chicago
Mrs Edna Turner, follower of Dowie doctrines, died after days of acute suffering with care from a physician under the city health board. Rosedale Mission was incorporated yesterday to be run under the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Incorporators include William H. Henn Hattie Worthington Alls 8 Browne Margaret Runyan and Harry W. Shipe.
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Dochelte
Chicago
Edna H. Turner
Alexander Dowie
Ey Board of Health
Rosedale Mission Incorporated
Rosedale Mission
Woman's Home Minsionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
William H. Henn
Hattie Worthington
All's
Browne
Margaret ©. Runyan
Harry W. Shipe
Gillette Quits Army to Lead Philadelphia Filtration Plant
Maj. Cassius E. Gillette of the Corps of Engineers arrives in Savannah amid a government subpoena he left the army to become chief engineer of Philadelphia's filtration project. He explains joining an informal board that found contractor profits on the plant, condemns desertion, and predicts delivering filtered water in fourteen months despite typhoid fears.
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Washington Post
Savannah
Cassius E. Gillette
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Flitration
Philadelphia
Greene-Gaynor Cus
Ginetti
Alsteess
Inebont
Army
Engineering Corps
Point for the Government in Greene and Gaynor Trial
In Savannah on March 6 Judge Speer admitted testimony from witnesses who have since died, given before Commissioner Shields in New York, regarding removal of the defendants to this court. The day was largely consumed by reading the testimony of W. H. Venable, Thomas J. Agnew, and Charles Van Neventer, with more witnesses to read.
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Savannah
Greene and Gaynor
Rate regulation and wealth control in the nation
Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission urged the Presbyterian Men’s Club to view rate regulation as essential and providential. He argued Congress must power to regulate commerce, end rebates and discrimination, and balance private enterprise with public welfare against Wall Street wealth. He warned wealth domination and questioned government ownership versus regulation.
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Congress
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Assembly Prebyterian
Firland I
Knapp
Medway
United States
Bates
Judelal
State rate appeals urged for the Hepburn bill
Advocates contend states must confer power on commissions to fix rates or allow judicial review in interstate matters. Senator Knox cites Wisconsin and Texas examples where courts may review commission orders. The Wisconsin act allows any interested party to challenge rates, while Texas enables petitions to court and appeals to higher courts, underscoring need for explicit federal review.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin Commission
Inter Sse
Commission
Texas
Indigestion Dangers and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A medical warning links undigested food to deadly outcomes and urges using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. The ad touts quick relief, claiming tablets digest large amounts of food and restore stomach function, promising improved vigor and longer life with regular use after meals.
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Bright
Stuart
States guard railroa d rate review against admin control
A survey of state laws shows railway commissions face judicial review before becoming binding. The piece notes varied rights of appeal and bond requirements across Louisiana Minnesota North Dakota Indiana Kansas Virginia Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Dakota Florida and other states, arguing courts keep commerce within constitutional bounds while preventing abuse. It cites that over 9 000 complaints were filed in eighteen years with few reaching courts.
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Alabama
Supreme Court of
Arkanspe Commission
State Supreme Court
North Carolina
Yates
Umer
South Dakota
Commissionera
Thenit
Commission
Florida
United States
Relief of Famine District Funds Sent by Red Cross
The State Department wired 5000 dollars to Huntington Wilson for famine relief in northern Japan, sent by the Red Cross Association. Total contributions exceed 30000 dollars with rapid aid as cold, hunger and mortality mount. Millet is bought for distribution as relief work continues. Governors of Massachusetts and Nebraska urge state subscriptions.
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State Department
Huntington Wilson
Tokyo
Japan
Red Cross Association
American Red Cross
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Fear that Navy Yard May Be Reduced to Repair Shop
Widespread fear grips 400 Washington Navy Yard workers as talk of shrinking ordnance output grows. The Post reports government gun factory costs show ordnance cheaper when produced in house under Capt. E. H. Leutze, arguing for a foundry rather than dismantling the yard to cut costs.
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Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard
House Committee On Naval Affairs
E. H. ©. Leutze
Do You Want To Die Of Kidney Disease Warning
A cautionary note claims vague health signals like back pain stiffness morning stiffness eye puffiness and pale lips warn of kidney danger. It urges heedfulness to avoid suffering.
Le Nard's Uric Acid Solvent Promises Kidney Relief
An advertisement extols Le Nard's Uric Acid Solvent as a kidney medicine that cures dyspepsia, dissolves uric acid deposits in joints and kidneys, purifies blood, and strengthens kidneys. It claims to flush secretions and hold uric acid in solution for elimination, touting widespread cures and urging purchase at drug stores.
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le Nard
Dr. L
Repairing to Preserve Home Furnishings at Low Cost
A local service advertises restoring worn furniture at about two thirds of standard prices using factory facilities. They claim most homes have pieces that can be fixed for under ten dollars, offering free pickup and delivery and a whole-house estimate to revive several neglected items.
Mechanics Seek Pay Rise as Navy Yard Gun Factory Faces Extension
Washington Navy Yard workers urge Congress to raise pay to match private shipyard and war plant wages. They argue skilled mechanics, essential to ordnance, would face unemployment if the gun factory is downsized or shut, jeopardizing national defense and local employment.
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Sun Factory
Washington
Navy Yard
Congress
Washington Navy Yard
Steer Stops Train in Cuba Delays Longworth Arrival
Engineer delays train near Santiago to coax a steer off the tracks as Nicholas Longworth and his bride travel. The steer shakes its horns and bellows until hot air and steam finally move it aside, while witnesses recall the dramatic welcome as a cordial farewell.
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Nicholas Longworth
Cuba
Santiago
Longworth
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