Navy Hearing Pushes 12 Inch Guns and Torpedo Boats
House Naval Affairs panel hears Captains Schroeder and Wainwright recount lessons from the Russo Japanese war. They urge big 22 inch main guns, 3 inch secondary guns, and a robust torpedo boat force to deter rivals and win future battles. Debate centers on ship gun batteries and substitutions during repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Seaton Schroeder
Office of Naval Intelligence
Richard Wainwright
General Board of the Navy
Japan
Togo
Naval Committee
Auditorium Association Seeks Charter for Congress Hall
Senator Gallinger introduced a bill to incorporate the Washington Auditorium Association with power to acquire land and erect a hall for conventions balls lectures concerts and other legal exhibitions. Capital stock set at 1 000 000 stock subscriptions to open after incorporation. The corporation would be tax exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallinger
Washington Auditorium Association
St Elizabeth's Board of Visitors Favorable Report
The House Judiciary Committee approved a favorable report on Grosvenor MM calling for a thorough investigation of Government Hospital for the Insane. The board gains power to summon witnesses. Amendments favored Runs dell anti-pasa bill and criminal appeal rights. Senate confirmed Amos D P Wilder as consul at Hongkong and David C Owen as Milwaukee postmaster amid Wisconsin party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Judiciary Committee
Board of Visitors
Government
Billa
Athet
Aircuit
United States
Big Stone Gap
Senator Spooner
Wisconsin
la Follette
Senate
Amos DP. Wilder
Hongkong
David C. Owen
Milwaukee
Wilder
Owen
Republican Party
Spurser
Dr. Wider
Mr. Owen
Henry C. Payne
Mail transportation costs swell post office appropriation
The House Post Offices and Post Roads committee finds railway mail transportation funding will rise to about 344 million dollars for the fiscal year 1509 with an additional 6 million for railway post office car rentals. They oppose cutting these funds within the regular supply bill and consider reform via separate legislation, planning to curb abuses by departments sending bulk items through the mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On
Ratiroa
Overstreet
Raiway Mail Transportation
Hepburn Pure Food Bill Reported to the House
Representative Mann of Chicago reported to the House the Hepburn pure food bill as a substitute for the Hepburn bill. He explains the measure aims to aid state enforcement without forcing dietary choices, prohibiting deceptive labeling and interstate food manufacturing with poisonous or deleterious substances, and leaving toxic determinations to science and the Secretary of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Chicago
House
Senate
Cill
Secretary of Agriculture
KIM
Secretares
Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor
Congress
Alaskan Opposition to Cushman Fisheries Bill
Alaskan canners and fishermen urged House Territories Committee to oppose the Cushman bill. San Francisco rep C W Derr Seattle figures Captain T A Jarvis and Destymson and representative Trumphreys addressed the panel, arguing the bill would affect Alaskan fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
House Committee On
Territories
C. W. Derr
San Francsco
T. A. Jarvis
de Stymson
Seattle
Trumphreys Aldresad
May yield on tariff opinion of A H Sanders
Alvin H. Sanders of Chicago, chairman of the American Reciprocal Tariff League, calls a national committee meeting in Chicago next week to decide carrying the fight into congressional campaigns. He argues for reciprocal trade with continental Europe and pressures for aggressive protection for farmers, linking the issue to possible shifts among stand-out Congressmen and the 1897 Dingley tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee of American Reciprocal League
Chicago
Alvin H. Sanders
American Reciprocal Tariff League
Washington
Congress
National Committee of
League
Fanerrade
Europe
Sanders
Curtis
Ways and Means
McCleary
Minnesota
Germany
United States
America
Republican Party
Middle States
Cure by the Cuticura Remedies Patient Testimonial
Mrs M E Falin of Speers Ferry Virginia.reported eczema on hands lasting ten years. after trying three doctors she used Cuticura Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent and was completely cured. she praised the remedies and advised others with skin or blood disease to try them. May 19, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Falin
Speers Ferry
Cure for Itching Humor Claims Complete Relief
Mrs H D Ludtoum of Ocean City Maryland reports a four to five year itching and burning sensation at the back of neck and head. After three months using Cuticura Lamp Ointment and Reservant Pills she is completely cured. Sold through Propad Boston and affiliates. July 28 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Ludtoum
Ocean City
Ra Hoan
Boston
Caw Sain
Goalp
West Urged to End Tariff Toll on Western Farms
The article argues that Western farms and ranches produce vast outputs but suffer from restricted markets and tariff burdens. It contends that Washington representatives have become the "allies" of tariff beneficiaries, preventing the West from fair access to markets and challenging the original protectionist intent.
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Washington
Court Martial Sentences Reported for Four Privates
Private Frank McKay of Troop H Thirteenth Cavalry was convicted of violating the thirty second article of war and sentenced to three months confinement in prison at hard labor and forfeiture of pay plus ten dollars monthly for five months. Major General Graf reduced the confinement to two months and approved the rest of the sentence. Private John Taylor of Company I Second Battalion Engineers was found guilty at Washington Barracks of frauds upon enlistment and sentenced to a discharge with forfeiture of pay and allowances and six months in prison at hard labor. Private Walter N Gains of Forty second Coast Artillery was convicted at Fort Myer of assault and sentenced to dishonorable discharge and one year confinement in prison at hard labor with forfeiture of pay.
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Frank McKay
Thirteenth Cavalry
Graf
Department of the Mast
Int
John Taylor
Engineers
Washington Barracks
Prigate
Walter N. Gains
Coast Artillery
Fort Myer
Kara Labor
New York Republicans seek new State committee chairman
Representative Edward B. Vreeland withdraws from consideration for the State chairmanship after investigation at Annapolis. He supports renominating Gov. Higgins and favors electing a new leader to hold the party together. he urges a committee vote after legislative adjournment to avoid delaying Albany business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
New York
Washington
Annapolis
Thirty-seventh
Congress
Pineo
Odell
Hoops Sail for Manila Transport Logan Carries Eighth Infantry
The transport Logan sailed from San Francisco yesterday for Manila with on board the Eighth Infantry and troops B and M of the Third Cavalry. Also noted are movements of naval vessels and resignations of midshipmen at Annapolis, with Sigsbee’s squadron due at Beirut then Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Eighth Infantry
San Fransisco
Manila
Third Cavalry
Sheridan
Man- Mme
San Francisco
Twentieth Infantry
Bailey and Tillman clash over rate bill power
The debate centers on the Hepburn rate bill with Senator Bailey urging Congress can bar lower courts from issuing injunctions to suspend rates. He argues the commission sets rates and courts lack inherent equity power, while supporters warn the move could block relief and spark a constitutional fight. President Roosevelt has shown mixed signals, approving amendments but wary of constitutional issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bailey
United States
Mr. Tilman
Minnesota
Mr. Clapp
Congress
Supreme Court
Bailey
Tillman
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Harley
Tilman
Roosevelt
Cowan
Samuel H. Cowan
Hart Worth
Tex
Texas Live Stock Association
Senate
Texas
Interatute Commerce Commission
Court of First Instance
Commission
Circuit Court
A New Baby A Mother’s Responsibility to Care
A mother’s love and duty frame a meditation on new life and the critical task of safeguarding infants. It urges mothers to choose medicines carefully and shield their babies from worthless or narcotic drugs, likening maternal care to civilizational responsibility.
Wavering Among Friends of Hepburn Bill Cited by Aldrich
Senator Aldrich urged decisive action on the Hepburn bill, warning that wavering allies risk failure. He asserted steadfast resolve, likening the ship to a schooner anchored firmly with the pledge that if it sinks it will do so with flying colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Army Orders Advance and Details From Fort Sherian
Army orders list leave extensions for several officers of the Fifteenth Infantry and Artillery Corps, promotions of assistant surgeons to captains, and a board of officers to meet at Fort Sheridan for chaplain appointment examinations. Capt. Jere D B Claxton and others receive specific leave durations. surgeons Moore Woods and others promoted. Paragraph 4, special orders No 44, February.
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Ieavas
Jere DB
Claxton
Asagiant
Eleutheros
Fifteenth Infantry
Gaya
Tiret Lyent
John Stores
Artillery Corps
Benjamin
Purssell
Payzhaster
Frank T. Woodbury
Jay Ralph Shook
William TB. Vase
Fort Sherian
Alfred EH. Bradley
James A. Smery
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Eiger W. Howe
James T. Moore
War Department notices on officers and duties 1908
War Department actions revoke Capt. Jesse M. Bakers commission and detail several officers for inspection visits at the Presidio San Francisco and Cambria Steel works. Resignations accepted including Philippine constabulary officer John N. Tur. Assignments place Lieut Col. Lithdeen and others on examining boards and recruiting duties in New Jersey Ohio and Winchester Tennessee.
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War Department
Jesse M. Baker
Winthrop
Wood
Tacona
Wash
John A. Lithdeen
Mel. Charnes H. Hunter
Artillery Corps
Presidio of
San Francisco
Onivice
Sedgwick Pratt
Edward T. Grown
Artilery Corps
Samuel Hof
Ordnance Department
Cambria Steel Company
Johnstown
William ¢. ‘Tremaine
Fifteenth Cavalry
Newark
N. J
Elizabeth
John N. Ture
Henry Page
Cal
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
United States Military Prison
Jere B. Cleyton
Prion
Glayson
Herman A. Stewart
Ninth Cavalry
Robert 0.Welsh
Joh Fope
United States Army
Springfield
Winchester
Eminent Doctor Praises Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey
A physician praised Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a beneficial tonic. Letters from Dr J. B. Guisinger of Pendleton Indiana and his son Earl J. Guisinger of Lapel Indiana extol its strength, purity, and calming nerves. The ad claims doctors prescribe it, hospitals use it, and it is sold widely with the Old Chemist trademark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
J. 8. Guisinger
Pendieter, Ind
Earl J. Guisinger
Duffy's
Lapel
Ind
Dufty's
Dufty
Daffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
New York
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St. Elizabeth's Board of Visitors
Spooner
Gost
Macfarland, Wast
Biddie
House Committee On Appropriations
A. H. Sanders
Dingley Lasy
Eczema
Vreeland
New York State
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Nero
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Scorpion
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New Or
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Brooklyn
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E. W. Bliss Company
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Interisland
Tawalla
Digis
GHOVE
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TY Murray
New York City
DR. J. S.S. Guisinger
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Radway
Mall
Tango House
Washington Gas Light
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Hubbard Heating
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HE Keeley
North Capital Street
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