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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1906

Page

5

Economy bill proposes franking limits and pay rises

Report of the Committee on Post roads includes measures to restrict the franking privilege, shift postal expenses to freight, and collect detailed second-class mail data. It also calls for uniform clerk salaries, raises for certain post office inspectors, and possible abolition of star routes to boost efficiency. overall cost estimates show a substantial increase over prior appropriations.

Wilburn Crafts International Reform Bureau Franks of Representatives Postal Service Post-office Gersice Post-office Department Congress Secretary of the Treasury Post- Office Department Committee On the Post-office and

Stevens supports three lock canal at Gatum site

Wien professor Burr and Parsons of the Panama Canal consulting board argued the hill at Gatum cannot hold three locks. Chief Engineer Stevens in Panama countered with an on site examination citing ample length and foundations for longer locks. The Canal Commission will hear John F. Wallace as the testimony on canal type continues.

Stevens Gatum Pam Board of Consulting Engineers Burr Parsons Nature John Fr. Wallace

Senate Seeks Names of Land Relinquishers Near Forest Reservations

The Senate adopted a Hansbrough sponsored resolution directing the Interior Secretary to report by December first which individuals firms or corporations have relinquished lands within forest reserve vicinities. The list should include those who have not yet staked land claims and provide means for such claimants to obtain patents to lands to which they are entitled.

Senate Hansbrough Secretary of the Interior United States

First Step in Extension of C M & St P to the Coast

Reports indicate plans to extend the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway lines to the Pacific Coast via South Dakota Montana Idaho and Washington. Rep Burke SD introduces a bill to bridge the Missouri River at Yankton and the other measures follow. Taft forwards to Senate Moro combat telegraphic dispatches from Mount Dujo without new details.

Senate Walter Th HL New Hampshire Register of the Redding Cal Clarence W Leininger Carson City Mers Louis J Colin Stecrivera Earl W. Treroont Nev Llgud I. Carter Reduing Army Allen Allensworth Twenty-fourth Infantry Massachusetts Sears Millbury Fof Richardson Winchester I. Walt Ipanicus A. G. Thompson Lowell F. Martin Nachlehew New Jersey J. D. Mackey Lambertie Kenene Kenilworth A Burt Halmetta W H Stirkey Eoming New York J H. Stephens Clifton Springs Peyne Clinton E. L. Hodaskin Mairport M. TF Horton Southold ELM Nichols Elizabathtown Hadaway Montgomere Mills Warwick Penngylvante- Tanner Lansford I. Newton Taylor Mount South Hoethiehem J Harna C. Collies Conneltavine J Bickerton Duqueana FR. Cyphers Fast Plotstars Tparrett Lansdowne Sutter Meieas Rocks J. E Bunor Natrona A. Eppenhimer Hoyers Fora J.C. Gallup Smttport H. Kennedy Craton Vvermont A Perrin White River Junction Arizens Leure G. Crable Tombstone California T. Dimock Lompoc F. Kelley San Bernardino Georgia Midateton Vienus Sinaw J. H. Firebaugh Abingdon Woc Dare UN Dwight Gibson City Waleh Harvard Greenwood Iowa C. H. Anderson Anamosa EH. Allison Grandy Center DW Rathbun Marlon H A Fertin Monrost Oskatonsa A. McClellan Deaga W. H. McIntyre Ashland Kentucky A M. Mughes Loulea Louisiana C. Labit Crowley Michigan A. Nutty Grand Haven Sharp Litchfield A. R. Wheelnr St. Louis C. Bellows Stanton Spring Valley C. Goss Wabasha Ichols Delteplaine Missouri Hearne Tore Pittsburg J. Darling Temple Florence Burke Eleto Virginia Charles ‘T. Holtzmann Garay Stith Halling Petersburg Jackson Bladstone West Virginia A E Linch Monadsville R. A. Hall Weston Wisconsin Stewart Clintamilts Conners Hurley Edith E Baker C. M ST. P Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt Pam South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Capitol Yellowstone Columbia Burke Missour River Taft Culberson United States Mount Dujo Department

Enormous Increase in Official Salaries Highlighted by Tawney

Representative Tawney detailed dramatic growth in salaried special agents and inspectors across federal agencies. He cited leaps from 708 to 2105 such officials since 1896 and expenditures from 521,950 to 4,546,328, noting Treasury’s smallest rise and large overall cost increases across departments.

Tawney House Treasury Bureau of Labor Department of Justice Treasury Department Interior Department

Simmons Amendment Extends Time of Hepburn Bill

Senator Simmons of North Carolina proposes an amendment to the Hepburn rate bill. The plan extends the start date from thirty to sixty days to allow court review before the rate takes effect. Aggrieved parties may seek court review within twenty days of notice, with twenty days for an answer, so the court can decide before the rate becomes operative. If no decision is reached in time, no preliminary suspensive order is granted.

Simmons North Carolina Interstate Commerce Commission Senator Simmons Flongreas Congress

WANTS NEW CHAIRMAN FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITT

Republican Congressional Campaign Committee leader Babcock seeks a date for a joint caucus with Senator Allison and Representative Hepburn to choose a new chairman. He says health limits continue, naming Sherman and Tawney as potential successors while noting his five campaigns without defeat. Also lists several fourth class postmaster appointments and a Franklin anniversary observance by lawmakers.

Babcock Republican Congressional Campaign Committee Allison Representative Hepburn Sherman New York Tawney Minnesota

Kelling of Moros and the juramentado threat

Capt. Cloman’s statement explains Moro violence tactics in Jolo. Moros vow to die while killing infidels under juramentado rites, shaving eyebrows and arming with knives. Desperate outlaws may kill Christians or turn amok, aided by family and friends against capture.

Jolo Finn Col. Pratt Twenty-third Infantry Sulu Maibun Jura Mentatlo Cloman

President Restricts Governor Steele From Campaign

President opposes furlough for Indiana Soldiers Home governor George W. Steele to run for Congress in the tight Landis Steele contest. Taft letter to Gen. Mellahon says duties should not be released for campaigning. McMahon sees no reason Steele cannot run if properly addressed, while critics say his influence over 300 inmates could sway the race.

Iné Steele Landis

Blackburn Denies Affidavit Mentioned Before Senate Subcommittee

North Carolina Representative Blackburn denies a Post report about an affidavit from Casper being presented to the Senate subjudiciary committee. He calls the claim a gross falsehood and says no such affidavit was discussed by the subcommittee or officials including Hayes and Robb. He links Casper to repeated federal indictments and questions motives behind the report.

Blackburn North Carolina Senate Casper Hayes Internal Revenue Robb Asheville N. C Holton Helton

Demorgta May Exclude Reporters from Meeting

Richmond Va March 19 The Democratic committee is expected to adopt a rules committee report barring reporters from central body meetings. Previously the by laws allowed Democratic press representatives to attend the meetings.

Sam Oe Aelineton Richmond Ety Democratic Committee Rules Committee

Mantell Delivers Lear In A Tempest Tossed Soul

Public reaction follows Mantell as Lear in a staging praised for dignity tenderness and magnetic presence. Critics note restrained vocal power and deep pathos, with strong support from Marie Booth Russell as Cordelia and Oswald by Franklin Bendsten. later Henrtta Crosman shines as Rosalind in As You Like It at the National.

Lear Robert Mantell Forrest Booth Mr. Booth Gr Jman Dom Parbage Betterton Garrick Kean Teyment Mr. Mantell Terras Forbes Robertson Hamlet Avery Hehelier Marie Booth Russell Miss Russell Cordelia Kent Gordon Burley Harry Deighton Edgar Fool Arthur Ebbets Oswald Franklin Bendsten Giles Shine Gloucester Polonius Heath Wolwar Eyen

Entertaining Stage Week With Ade, Eye Witness and Vaudeville Acts

George Cohan features open the bill with curtain speeches as Jimmy Barry, Waterbury Bros. and Tenny, Arlington Four, Parros Brothers, and a Vic ory of visual comedy. Ade’s Peggy from Paris shines at the Majestic noted for character massing and stage pictures. The Eye Witness melodrama by Lincoln J. Carter runs a convoluted plot of mortgages, coal, and a cyclone ending in tragedy and triumph with Wilbur Mack, Fiorenca Huntly, Sulivan, Nicholson, and St George Hussey delivering strong turns.

Mabel McKinley Chase Macy and Hall Clay Clement Miss Meinky Ardette Ellen Wright Karama Anona Carleton Macy Maude Hall Julius Tannen Mansfield Goodwin de Wolf Hopper George Cohan Jimmy Barry Waterbury Bros Tenny Harmony Island Arlington Four Nobody Parros Brothers Vitagraph Ceylon George Ade Peggy Paris Majestic Theater Pegey Ade Reginald Hickey Julia Weat Arthur Deagon Hickey Ephraim Lamont George Xapers Wilbur Mack Fiorenca Huntly Maurice Sulivan John T. Nicholson Miss St George Hussey Bridget O'Ratterty Johnny Ray

Washington Epworth League concert closes season

Last night at the Methodist Episcopal Church the second annual entertainment course in Washington featured the Cleveland Ladies' Orchestra conducted by Alfred Metzdorf with soloists Adda Hutcheson Bechtel Alcock KR Parsons and Metzdorf. Selections included The Merry Wives of Windsor The Diplomat Sho Gun In the Mill and a brass quartet arrangement of Sullivan's The Lost Chora.

Washington Epworth League The Methodist Episcopal Church Cleveland Ladies’ Orchestra Alfred Metzdorf Adda Hutcheson Bechtel Alcock Kr, Parsons Sullivan

The Coffee Debate and Postum Claim Support

A broad asserted campaign by coffee importers and roasters to promote coffee and oppose Postum Food Coffee is challenged by opponents who demand clear facts. They urge readers to test health effects, urging ten days off coffee for Postum to observe changes in aches, nerves, and general well being while detailing Postum’s supposed purity and nutritional value.

Fhe Worl Colfes Postum Lfe

Postum Testum Cereal Co. reports from Batule Creek Michigan

Postum Testum Cereal Co. of Batule Creek Michigan announces operations update and financial status. The release cites production figures and local employment impacts, highlighting market demand and regional economic effects.

Testum Cereal Co., Ltd Batule Creek, Mich

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