Russia Eyes Trans-Alaska Rail Link With United States
In St Petersburg March 22 officials including Emperor Nicholas and Premier Witte indicate support for Baron de Lobel’s plan to build a tunnel under the Bering Strait from East Cape to Kansk and link 3000 miles of railway to the Siberian line. The project is seen as boosting Siberian resource development, national defense, and Russo American ties, with foreign investment and policy shifts urged to counter Japan and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Nicholas
Witte
Baron de Lobel
Trans-Alaswac-Steerlan Company
Bering Strait
East Cape
Kansk
Siberian
Siberia
Mperial
National Defense Committee
United States
Russia
Far East
Lamsdorff
Zidgler von Schaffhausen
Hich
Japan
China
Europe
Boat Owners Protest Over Isle of Pines Title Dispute
The Cristobal Colon owner protests to the State Department against Cuban demands for a Cuban register to operate between Harabano and the Isle of Pines. He argues Gen Wood’s order granted open traffic to American ships on equal terms. The State Department, viewing Isle of Pines as part of Cuba, relies on the intervening military order and Platt amendment to keep Cuban coastwise laws inapplicable to American shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Pines
State Department
Cristobal Colon
Harabano
Cuba
Wood
Will Go to Dallas Wilson Becomes Dallas Association Secretary
E Wilson, religious work secretary of the YMCA, accepts the Dallas Texas general secretary role and leaves Washington on April 1. A South Carolina native and 1899 State University graduate, he previously served as assistant secretary in Montgomery and Charleston and led college work in the Carolinas. The Washington board conveyed formal appreciation at March meeting. Meanwhile Secretary Root asked Congress to reimburse the French Cable Company seven thousand seven hundred twelve dollars for war damage to its cable and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E . Wilson
Young Men’s Christian Association
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Washington Association
Mr Wilson
South Carolina
Columbia
State University
Young Men's Christian Association
Montgomery
Ala
Charleston
North
Board of
Wilsons
Root
United States
Svein
Japan on Formosa Details Economic Growth and Transport
A Department of Commerce and Labor bulletin on Formosa describes rapid development under Japanese control. It notes 1900 miles of roads, 22 miles of rail, telegraph and telephone networks, and rising outputs in rice sugar coal sweet potatoes and jute. Camphor dominates industry though trees may last only forty to fifty years without renewal. Trade with Japan expands while foreign trade stays steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Department of Commerce and Labor
Japan
Bulletin
May appeal beef gases secret conference discussed trust case
President Hoogevelt held a long conference with Attorney General Moody Secretary Taft and Commissioner Garfield on the chief trust case in Chicago. Moody favors appealing Judge Humphrey's decision and officials plan to review the ground carefully before acting. A bill pending in Congress would grant federal review rights in criminal cases, potentially affecting prosecutions in the packers matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoogevelt
Moody
Taft
Garfield
Chicago
Humphrey
Congress
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Plan Befitting Ceremony At Capitol Corner Block Laying
Ceremonies mark laying of the corner stone for the House of Representatives office building with President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon to participate. Grand Mason Walter A Brown to supervise. Federal Lodge to conduct the rites echoing the Washington Capitol ceremony. Marine Band to escort. Construction advances, with temporary floor and seating prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Cannon Walter A Brown
Mason Lodge
Federal Masonic Lodge
Capitol
Washington
Virginia Lodge
Distret Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Virgina
United States
Cabinnet
Diplomatic Corps
House
United States Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Marine Band
Federal Lodge
Ofice
Winch
Masonic Lodge
Speakee Cannon
Kauffmann Will Admits Probate With Major Bequests
Samuel Hay Kauffmann will admitted to probate in District Supreme Court. Major bequests go to his three children Louise Simpson, Victor Kauffmann, and Rudolph Kauffmann, each $70,000. A $5,000 trust funds a memorial window for Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, and $2,000 goes to Children’s Hospital. The will also leaves property and stocks valued around $410,000 plus real estate in the District to the sons and daughters, with smaller legacies to relatives and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral
Children's Hospital
Samuel Hay Kauffmann
Evening Star Newspaper Company
District Supreme Court
Louise Sapson
Victor Kauffmann
Rudolph Foulfrann
Evening Star
Louise Simpson
Rudolph Kauffmann
Little Sisters of the Poor
Cathedral of
St. Peter and St Paul
Sarah Clark Fracker Kauffmann
Henry V. Satterlee
Louiss Simpson
Massachusetts Avenue
Son
Srimson
Emma J K Pumk
Sarah L Phillips
Wooster
Ohio
Sarah K Arnold
Mary Far Ker
Zanesville
Sarah Kavuitmann Fracker
Mary A. Downey
Filizabeth Quinlan
Rudolph Kauffmin
Fraud Order Blocks Purity Chemical Company Mail Service
A Post Office fraud order bars Purity Chemical Company of New York from receiving mail. Officials say the firm used the mails for deception by soliciting funds for at home letter work. Applicants pay $1 for a starter outfit, receiving a small box with a pencil pen holder and other items in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purity Chemical Company
New York
Maula
Post-Office Department
Enid
Boston Business Booms in Census Bureau Report
A census bulletin shows Boston manufacturing up about 1 percent in most areas. The number of establishments fell by 2 percent due to consolidation. Salaries rose 22 percent to 10,464,168 with 59,160 wage earners. Materials cost edged up 1 percent to 354.6 million and product value rose 18 percent to 254.95 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
Boston
Pan American Conference Delegates Adjourn Pending Programme
American delegates to the Pan American Conference have adjourned after three days at the State Department and will reconvene when Secretary Root, chair of the Bureau of American Republics committee on programme, approves a tentative agenda for the convention. The group will discuss issues to be raised at the July conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Root
Bureau of American Republica
Commission to Criticize Agricultural Census Report
A forthcoming Keep Commission report will again question the Agriculture Department crop reporting. The inquiry, prompted by Secretary Wilson, challenges Census Bureau data as potentially more reliable than department figures and suggests that crop reporting may be deemed inadequate. The findings aim to inform Congress despite Wilson's request to withhold the report pending accuracy checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
Keep Commission
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Department
Rheap Commission
Congress
Truth on whisky labels sparks London court ruling impact
Dr. Wiley cites a North London Police Court decision defining Irish and Scotch whiskies and labeling them as improperly labeled. Government agents found common samples contained under 10 percent real whisky. dealers were arrested, convicted, and fined. The ruling bars misbranded liquor from U S import unless labeled by contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North London Police Court
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
London Court
Mqnor
Scotch
NO NEW COURT FOR TEXAS
President Roosevelt vetoed a congressional bill to create a new division of the Western judicial district in Texas saying the seven counties Uvalde Zavalla Maverick Kinney Valverda Terrell and Pecos have too few cases. He argued the division would not generate enough work to fund a deputy clerk and would reduce revenue for the San Antonio court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Texas
Congress
Lone Star
Uvalde
Zavalla
Maverick
Kinney
Valverda
Terrell
Pecos
House
San Antonio
Prof Hays Returns West in Breeders Association Talks
Prof Willet M Hays Assistant Secretary of Agriculture has returned from the West where he conferred with men about the next American Breeders Association meeting He notes Cleveland Ohio as a candidate city and a January convention is likely Committees are being formed by association trustees to study and report on various aspects of the work The Agriculture Department has aimed to bring plant and animal breeders into closer relation for better coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
American Breeders’ Association
Willet M. Hays
Clevaland
Ohio
Association
Department of Agriculture
Abner R. Leech Dies at 62 in Washington
Abner R. Leech, longtime War Department quartermaster official and chief of the transportation division, died at his home in Washington at noon yesterday. A George Washington University alumnus, he was born in the city and once wrote for a newspaper. Survived by a widow, four sons, three daughters, and a brother, Rev V Leech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner R. Leech
Washington
S Street
Mr. Leech
Quartermaster General
War Department
Mr Leech
Columbian College
George Washington University
Washington Republican
Song
Rev
V. Leech
Wheeling
W. Va
Louis A Leech
Abner Y., Jr
Samuel V
Edward O
W. F Roe
Irene
Caroline F. Leech
Exhibit Weighing 5000 Pounds Shown in Interference Case
A 5000 pound exhibit was shipped from New York at about 00 dollars and presented in a patent interference hearing before the Commissioner of Patents. Frederick W. Barnacle, attorney for the New York firm, produced the piece after drawings and photos were declined. The case, involving a centrifuge pump and an estimated 500000 dollars at stake, was taken under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commissioner of Patents
Frederick W. Barnacle
New York Corporation
Patent Office
Land fraud cases heard in district court of appeals
Hyde Benson Dimond and Schneider charged with conspiring to defraud the United States by claiming large tracts of public lands in California and Oregon. A special appeal by Benson, indicted for bribery, was argued. Benson allegedly paid money to land office clerks for advance information from government agents. The court took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Benson
Dimond
Schneider
Oregon
California
District Court of Appeals
Frederick A. Hyde
John A. Benson
Henry BP
Dimord
Joseph H. Sehneider
United States
General Land Office
Inspectors Blameless in Valencia Disaster Report
A federal commission appointed by the President will report that inspectors are blameless for the Valencia wreck near Cape Beale in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The group will study life saving devices, likely recommend more coast stations, additional government boats, and Steamboat Inspection Service improvements, with no blame placed on North Pacific inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Federal Commission
Ateamship
Cape Bealé
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
Murray
Herbert Knox Smith
Department of Commerce
Burwell
Navy
Smith
Washington
North
Pacific
Washington Coast
Steamboat Inspection
Steamboat Inspection Service
North Pacific Coast
Fourth-class Postmasters Appointed in Various States
A notice lists fourth-class postmasters appointed in multiple states including Connecticut Thompson F A Mangan New Jersey Binxwood Richard Van Houten New York Erinville Charles M. Sergent Pennsylvania Aaronsburg William J Krapp Bilmeyer William Munson Octorara Abraham Roop Worth Carolina Candor Clement Dowd Sioux John Adkins Virginia Greendale John H Dentom Oceana Enoch D Ferebea and other entries indicating upcoming changes in postal staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Thompson
F. A. Mangan
New
Jers —Binxwoot
Richard van Houten
New York
Eéenvile
Charles M. Sergent
Pennsylvania
Aaronsburg
William J. Krapp
Bilmeyer
William Munson
Octorara
Abraham Roop Worth
Carolina
Candor
Clement Dowd
Sioux
John Adkins
Virginia
Purify Waters Measure Aims Federal Action on Pollution
Commissioners send draft bill to the President to curb interstate water pollution of the Potomac and other rivers. It calls for a three member commission with a physician, an engineer, and a plant manager, appointed by the President, to study pollution sources and designate a possible Federal bureau. The draft defines pollutants by suspended matter, certain metal salts, acidity, arsenic, and biodegradability with a salary of 1000 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac River
Iyig
Congress
Washington Board of Trade
Business Mens’ Association
Medical Sacety
The
Medical Society
Division of Hydrography and Reclamation
Valentines Pouring In At Dead Letter Office
More than 10 000 valentines were received in the dead letter division over seven days. Clerks are busy opening mail as misdirected cards pour in after Christmas and holidays. Postage shortages cause many to be returned or disposed of. A set of mammoth false teeth and a stuffed owl in transit are noted curiosities.
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Benefit Claims
An Orrville Ohio advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as quick relief for headaches neuralgia and nervous distress. It promises no heart effects and refunds if the first box fails. Two doses cost 22 cents and the product is not sold in bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Orrville
Queen of Sheba lecture opens Sanders Staymans music hall
Miss Marv A Cryder led a lecture recital at Sanders & Staymans as part of a timely series on operas to be staged in the city by the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Goldmark work Queen of Sheba was analyzed with pianola illustrations by W. Gray Hawley. the audience applauded the engaging presentation and Miss Cryder's efforts to deepen appreciation. She will discuss Lucia and Pagliacci at 10:45 today and Saturday's selection will be Hansel and Gretel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders & Staymans
W. Gray Hawley
Miss Cryder
Miss Cryde
Hansel and Gretel
Temporary Injunction Over Funds In Rival Union Dispute
Justice Anderson signed a temporary restraining order in the case of the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America against the Regular Army and Navy Union of the United States of America and Johan Hansen. The order bars Hansen from paying out or disposing of funds he holds as paymaster for Gen W. Barry Garrigan No 26, amid claims that Garrigan seceded on September 27, 1905 and Hansen refused to hand over charter, seals, papers, and union funds. The complainant says Hansen planned to deliver $120 to a rival organization that had welcomed seceding members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Anderson
Army and Navy Union of the United States of America
Army and Navy Union of
United States of America
Johan Hansen
Hansen
W . Barry Garrigan
Barry Garrison
Army and Navy Union
Union
Rar
Pastors Efforts Succeed At Massive Boston Mission
Very Rev A P Doyle led a record-breaking Catholic mission in Boston drawing crowds to the cathedral in Brookline and beyond. He denounced executions of incurables, defended life as God given, and opposed divorce while preaching temperance and morality. Elmendorf Lectures preview Spain travel with Alhambra and Prado highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A P. Doyle
Brookland
Boston
Archdiocese of
New England
A. P. Doyle
United States
Union
Armerica
Father Doyle
Anna 5S Tall
Cimernati
Club Womer
Charles Eliiot Norton
Harvard
Maude Baliington Booth
Salvation Army
God
Father Doote
Heaven
Hell
Fraternity Plans Grand Arch Council in City
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity Prepares for the twenty fourth Grand Arch Council in our city April 18 to 20 under Washington Alumni Association auspices. Activities include a smoker, theater party at the Belasco, a New Willard ball, a Roosevelt reception, and a final banquet. The event draws about 10,000 members and 40 chapters nationwide with strong Civil War and Spanish-American War legacies and notable educators and leaders among its ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ph. Kappa Psi Fraternity
Washington
Phi Kappa Psi
New Willard
University Club
Belasco
C P T Moore
Moore
Elwell
W Va
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Fraternity
South
Spain
Columbian University
Edmund J. James
Northwestern University
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
White
Harvard
Crawford
Allegheny College
Amos Dolbear
Tufts College
Penniman
University of Pennsylvania
Ph Psis
Congress
Foraker
Keffer
Watson
Gibert
Bannon
Sm+ser
Bates, Acheson
Dale Bingham Needham
Hogg
Legare
Tinley
McKinuts
Power of an Idea lecture at YMCA series
The second in a series of tree lectures will be delivered at 7 30 PM in the YMCA Building by Rev Herbert Bigelow of Cincinnati. He will speak on The Power of an Idea, a topic said to have been well received in many communities. Moritz Glaeser names his widow Theresa Glaeser sole beneficiary and executrix in a will dated December 2, 1805, offered yesterday for probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bigelow
Cincinnac
Moritz Glaeser
Theresa Glaeser
Every Little Counts Bank Savings Pitch
A vintage banking line urges careful saving and highlights the bank as the safest place for funds. It emphasizes starting smart, choosing a strong home for savings, and encourages readers to trust their resources. The note sounds like a local bank advert or promotional copy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asia-Alaska Railway
Baron Lobel
St. Petersburg
Schafthausen
Boldeurer
Ministry of the Imperial Household
M Toulchinak
M Grebnetsky
Ministry of the Interior
Committee of National Defense
G. Wilson
Nwaera
Aaphive
Representatives
Fydit
S. H. Kauffmann
Commission
Dr. Wiley
London Police Court
Prof. Hays
Ayer
Commissioners’ Special Committee
Valentines
Dr. Miles
Sheba
Sanders & Stayman’s Hall
Elmendorf
Dwight Elmendorf
National Theater
Avila
Granada
Toledo
Cordova
Grenada
Alhambra
Madrid
Prado
Willard
Washington Alumni Association
Aliis B Browne
C A Snow
James J. Norris
Davis
Harry Li Clakaugh
Power
Shallenverger
Isthman Canal
Shonte
WC Alexander
F B Hay
Cormittice
Aiezender
Missision
Ice
John Sherman
Arthur
Snes
Vance
Middleton
Wiliam
Curtisa
Edward M. Bassett
EF Burchard Press
Seaman Health
W. Ashby
Frankland Music
Melvile D Henser
I Gregg
Peoples’ Savings Bank
14Th St. N. W
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