Rates on petroleum freight under ICC scrutiny
The Interstate Commerce Commission continued hearings on central western petroleum freight rates from Ohio and Pennsylvania to St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Sioux City and Sioux Falls via Chicago. The National Petroleum Association led by Frank E Fretter charged rates are excessive and aimed at crushing competition, especially where Standard Oil ships by water from Whiting Indiana. Witnesses argued about parity with water and rail rates, with debate over a proposed reduction to 21 2 cents per hundred pounds and the impact on Kansas field pricing. The hearing resumes today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Petroleum Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central West
Western Territory
Ohio
Pennsylvania
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sioux Cuy
Sioux Falls
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Frank E. Fretter
National Refining Company
Cleveland
Whiting
Ind
Duluth
Fretter
Olo
Inten Te Commerce Commission
Western
Kansas Territory
Standard
Dawes
Burlington Line
Fretier
Kansas Field
Kansas
Mr Dawes
Mretter
Fallon
Allorne Dawes
Pither
Min Fretter
Mr. Dawes
Vero Thawes
Ur. Crosby
Trafic Manfan O
Burlingtey
Fancy Reatirad
Deminees
Stumiaml O:l Company
Whiting Lad
Rinhard Gas Company
Ins
Frant P. Myoman
Chicago and Northwestern
Chivago
Eyeman
St Paul
Mr. Chamberlain
Standard Oil
Federal Sugar alleges favors by rail carriers
Federal Sugar Refining Company of Yonkers New York accuses the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other carriers with New York freight terminals of discrimination. The complaint before the Interstate Commerce Commission charges that defendants grant allowances to favored shipments, disadvantaging sugar shipments bound west of Buffalo and Pittsburgh or for tie use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Sugar Company
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Yonkers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Shoveling Dirt on Isthmus Steam Shovel Crews At Work
Secretary Tafi asked about canal progress and Col Goethals reported by cable that thirty-eight shovel crews are active. Thirty-four work in Culebra Cut and four at Gatun, with forty-six shovels total. Rainy season likely caused some layoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tafi
Isthmus
Col Goethals
Culebra
Gatun
Arbitration Set for Emery Claim Against Nicaragua
Negotiations between the State Department and Nicaragua near completion for the arbitration of the George D. Emery Company of Boston against Nicaragua over mahogany concession damages valued at 1.5 million dollars. Justice Day was considered as arbitrator but declined. Sherburne G. Hopkins will represent Nicaragua and Judge William Penfield will represent the Emery interests. The arbitration court will convene in Washington soon with dates to be finalized in protocols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber Company
Nicaragua
State Department
George D. Emery Company
Boston
Justice Day
United States Supreme Court
Sherburne G. Hopkins
William Penfield
Washington
United States
Emery Company
Death of Maj. John Corwin Taplin veteran naval officer
Maj. John Corwin Taplin a Civil War naval veteran and former paymaster aboard the Harriet Lane died yesterday in Los Angeles from apoplexy at age sixty six. A resident of Washington for ten years he had recently traveled to California to recuperate. his body will be shipped to Montpelier Vermont for funeral next Tuesday. His career included banking and business ventures in Colorado and Montpelier before and after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Corwin Lapin
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Maj. Taplin
Horatio M. Taplin
K Street
Northwest
California
Montpelier
Maj
Taplin
Harriet Lane
Colorado
Bill for murdering man in Macon building
Attorney General Bonaparte was informed a dead man lay in the unfinished federal building at Macon Georgia. Local authorities refused to remove him. The Treasury Department ordered burial not at public expense. A telegram from the Macon construction supervisor sent the bill for interment and cited authority from the inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
United States
Macon
Treasury Department
Edwards
Testing Value of Camphor in Texas
The Department of Agriculture notes Florida led experiments on camphor cultivation and test plots near Pierce Texas. It clarifies it is not connected to claimed profits from camphor growing in Texas and says reported figures of 450 dollars per acre are exaggerated and not based on department information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Pierce
Tex
Boeing
Wharton
Texas
Credentials for Inspectors Cards For Enforcemen of Pure Food Law
The food and drug inspectors appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture will carry official credential cards to protect manufacturers and prevent impersonation. Each card bears the standard authorization form and includes a pasted photograph, all bound in a cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Burgess & Parsons Win Merchants Bank Contract
Burgess and Parsons secured the contract for remodeling the Merchants and Mechanics Bank at the northwest corner of Seventh and G streets. TB Stanley Simmons, architect, oversaw a low bid process with several competitors. Work to begin this week, with plans calling for about 35 000 dollars, a new Indiana limestone front, full building width on Seventh street and full depth on G street, and a modernized interior for the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess & Parsons
Merchants and Mechanics
Merchants and Mechanics Bank
TB Stanley Simmons
Bank
Simmons
Offer for New York Ave property to build large structure
An offer of 10 dollars per square foot is made for the New York avenue site between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets Northwest once used for the Halls of the Ancients and later as a skating rink. Stone & Co. holds the property and talks with no definite transfer yet. The lot could bring about 140000 dollars and a large building is planned by the buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Stone
Senators Press Browns ville Trip Over Brownsville Shooting Testimony
The Senate Military Affairs Committee debated a Texas field visit to hear Brownsville shooting testimony. Most members concluded negro troops fired the shots, while Foraker urged further witnesses and expert briefing. Confectioner Elkins testified from Leahy Hotel windows about soldiers firing from Barrack B and the alley, with police sheltering in the hotel bath room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Foraker
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Springfield Arsenal
Herbert Elkins
Leahy Hotel
Fourteenth Street
Senator Foraker
Border Customs Service
Tait
Starck
Warner
Cotton Seed Oil Defended at Norfolk Convention
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief chemist at the Department of Agriculture spoke at the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association eleventh annual convention in Norfolk on May 22. He urged using the simple name cotton seed oil over patent designations, warned against adulteration, stressed purity, and praised the product as a great food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Western Railroads Plan 3000 Mile Interchangeable Ticket
The Montana railroad commissioners report an April 22 agreement with Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Butte, Anaconda and Pacific railways to issue a 3000 mile ticket at 2.12 cents per mile. The ticket would be valid for one year across all states reached by the companies, with conditions for Minnesota interstate travel. They seek Oregon Short Line and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
West
Minnesota
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railway
Baron Uzawa Denies Acting as Japanese Emperor's Representative
Baron Takeno Uzawa a member of the Japanese House of Peers and Red Cross vice president yesterday denied being in this country as a special representative of the Emperor. He will remain in Washington a few days then travel to London for the International Red Cross Conference starting June 10. The Mexican Ambassador Creel yesterday left for the Lake Mohawk peace conference to deliver an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takeno Uzawa
Creel
Lake Mohawk
Government patents held by federal employees probe opens
The Department of Commerce and Labor launches a Congress authorized inquiry into patents owned by government workers. It seeks details on patents granted to officers or employees for inventions and processes used by the U S government and how such patents affect cost or use. Large information sheets will be distributed in executive departments and all employees must answer. The secretary will report findings to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
United States
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Pearse Mpc
West Virginia Coal Tests Promise High Grade Fuel
A U.S. Geological Survey station in St Louis reports West Virginia coal tests indicate a shift to producer gas and gas engines for power, with substantial efficiency gains over steam. Pittsburg Upper Freeport Sewell Ansted Powellton and Pocahontas coals show lower coal needs for generating a horsepower hour, and briquettes from waste coal offer promising substitute fuel capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
United States Geological Survey
St. Louis
Geological Survey
Pittsburg
Upper Freeport
Sewell
Dunloop Creek
Ansted
Powellton
Kanawha
Pocahontas
Hikhorn Creek
Quinnimont
New River
Four Guatemalan attackers die by own action after Cabrera attempt
A dispatch to Senor Herrarte reports four men who tried to kill President Cabrera on April 23 died by suicide Monday after being cornered in a hut. The brothers Jorge and Enrique Avila Echevarria and Julio Valdez Blanco along with Baltazar Rodil killed themselves as soldiers closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Herrarte
Guatemala
Cabrera
Jorge Avila Echevarria
Enrique Avila Echevarria
Julio Valdez Blanco
Baltazar Rodil
Police Officials Question Delay in Mathews Mulhall Verdict
Marty Brown of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Charles Bendheim, attorney, asked Commissioner West why the police department delay in announcing the Mathews Mulhall case verdict. West could not explain the delay but said he would investigate and press for an announced verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty 8. Brown
Division 317
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Charles Bendheim
Commissioner West
Police Department
Mathews-Mulhall
Hugh Murphy
Southern Railway
West
Mr. Brown
Plague Deaths Reported as New Case Appears in Honolulu
A Honolulu cablegram to the Marine Hospital Service states two plague deaths occurred Monday and a new plague case was reported. A Havana dispatch notes one yellow fever patient from Matanzas was admitted to Havana Hospital Tuesday, the first case there in months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Hospital Service
Honolulu
Havana
Matanzas
Navy to create trained nurse corps for sailors
Surgeon General Rixey plans a Congress appeal to fund a trained nurse corps for the Navy. He notes the fleet lacks trained nurses and relies on hospital stewards and apprentices. Afloat, nurses would be men. ashore, women would handle delicate cases. A $5,000 start is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rixey
Congress
Naval Service
Connecticut
Army
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Nurse Corps
Garfield Hospital
Fort Areas Inspected By Murray And Logan
Gen Murray and Lieut Com Logan returned to Washington from a coastal fortifications inspection from Savannah to the Chesapeake. They carried plans of the national defense board to define each fortification area under army and navy jurisdiction to avoid wartime confusion. Naval lighthouse inspectors joined as advisers and will proceed to Fort Monroe then up the Potomac to Washington and toward Baltimore along the Chesapeake Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Com. Logan
Washington
Seacoast
Savannah
Chesapeake Capes
Joint National Defense Board
Army
Navy
Gen
Fort Monroe
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Army Horses Expensive and Procurement Tightens
Army horse and mule buying shows price hikes across cavalry and artillery stocks. About 725 horses average 175 dollars, 350 artillery horses at 211 dollars, heavy mules 188 dollars, lead mules 168 dollars, and pack mules 191 dollars. Fort Riley tests pedigreed colts with 36 purchased for cavalry training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artillery Corps
Quartermasters Department
Fort Riley
Kans
Cavalry
Brisbin Case Dropped After Ensign's death
Commander Tappan of the cruiser Tacoma cabled the Navy Department that Ensign A. T. Brisbin will be shipped to Meadville Pennsylvania. Secretary Metcalf ordered no further proceedings in Brisbin's Santiago case due to his death. It is said he previously attempted suicide on the China station, suggesting possible mental imbalance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tappan
Tacoma
Navy Department
A. T. Brisbin
Guantanamo
Cuba
Meadville
Navy
Metcalf
Brishin
Santiago
Young Brisbin
China Station
ARMY OFFICER LEAVES AND NEARBY ASSIGNMENTS POSTED
Army orders list leaves of absence for Second Lieut BR Palmey First Lieut J Gaujot Capt C E Babcock Maj C B Hunter and others with moves to Fort Monroe Pittsburg Washington and Seattle along with shore artillery station changes and naval officer assignments. Also notes arrivals departures and naval movements plus a light humor item Anxious Mother dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. P. Palmey
J. & Gaujot
Eleventh Cavalry
E Babcock
Lewa
C. B. Hunter
Coast Artery
Charles L. Willard
Signal Corps
Pittsburg
Coast Artillery
James A. Shipton
Fort Totten
Robert E. Callan
Washington, D. C
Forty-eighth Compay Coast Artillery
Waywoot S. Hansell
Fort Snelling
Minn
Walter D. Webb
Washington Barracks
James W. McAndrew
Third Infantry
Seattle
Wash
George L. Byroade
Hotels and Guests Across Major Cities Listed
A long list shows guests staying at prominent hotels in Baltimore Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburg California Connecticut Kentucky New York State Virginia Ohio and other regions. Names include Edward A. Johnson F Schneider James, Charles Edwards A W Gage C B Allen J J Center Joseph McGraud Wm. Jackson and many others with associated hotels such as Willard St James Metropo litan Ebbitt Riggs and Raleigh.
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Baltimore
Edward A. Johnson
F. G. Schneider
Bt. James
Frank Snow
J. J. Farrell
National
van V. Dorr
G. A. Huntington
BE. BR. Carmichael
C. W. Easterday
J. C. Pickett
A. Ditley
HB. Wise
C. C. Campbell
Charles Merz
Raleigh
Boston
Charles B. Edwards
New Willard
P. CG. Palmer
G. G. Fidsburg
St. James
A. W. Gage
Metropolitan
C. B. Allen
Riggs
Curtis Chipman
Ebbitt
Chicago
E. L. Shepherd
F. J. Hortman
J. H. Kelled
Fred Hatch
Murphy
James D. Hoitman
Arlington
Owen F. Aldis
H. CG. Whitehead
Mre
W. J. Johnston
Lilian Rueckbain
Florence Rueckbain
Shoreham
New York City
C. E. Case
James J. Lawler
Homner Adjams
A. J. Robinson
Arington
J. Gilbert Gordon
J. Alexander Hayden
Henry Smith
F. Provost. Shersham
W. Crumb
Riggs FP
HH. Perry
A. 3. Streasby
Albert A. Hirsh
Whitt
George C. Hurlburt
J.C. Hurlburt
I. Hurlburt
Peter J. Canel
Regent
Philadelphia
W. M. Hilligas
Henry C. Riley
New Wilard
B. Bowen
F. E Lever
W. C. Alexander
Charles A. Hawk
F. M. Murphy
F H, Canfield
S. Jackson
J E Bowen
James A. A. Harley
James D. Shaffer
W. Lissner
Samuel Kurtz
Clement Beecroft
M. Nichol
Arrington
G. W. Gadd
Jennie Gadd
Wiliam Reberts
P. W. Pummill
G. L. Bayard
Fittsburg
J. P. Kirbey
Joan Kirbey
Robert Kirbey
W. B. Ward
John K. Kochke
W. F. Smith
W. B
Kentucky
J. M. Stevenson
Winchester
Thomas J. Stevenson
Georgetown
New York State
Edgar
Buffalo
South Carolina
J. H. Hampton
W. H. Burton
Asheville
Eewin Howard
Charlotte
M. B. Mc
Ucher
B. W. “Browne
M. E. Wilt
Cleveland
R. Lee Whatto
Belle Center
Dora Gundell
Virginia Gundell
Hoenlin
A. V. Burkett
Toledo
A. E. Warner
Akron
J. L Sexell
Dayton
F. T McGail
R. Hair
A. EB Bickers
Miss Bickers
Culpeper
M. Dober
Norfolk
T. B. Bisland
Richmond
Charles Baylor, Jr
William E Miller
Herndon
J. C. Kennedy
Staunton
Charles Hine
Alena Hine
Vienna
Hartken
Front Royal
G. M. Harrigan
Metropoli
John B. Kimberley
Old Point Comfort
P. Kitson
J. L. Whitlock
J. M. Ourdort
P. H. Light
L R. Lettra
I. N. Good
Rigas
M. Price
Charlottesville
Yellow fever case reported in Havana raises city caution
A Havana health department report notes the discovery of a second yellow fever case this year. The patient arrived from the island interior and officials say there is no danger of wider infection in the capital.
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Havana
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Macon, Ga
Agricultural Department
Ces Biau
Senate Committee
Dr. Wiley
Mikado
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Burt’s Greater Stores
Arthur
Burt
F Street
At. Droop
Caruso
Melba
Calve
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Farrar
Gadeki
Plancon
Scott
Campanari
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Ensign
Maryland
Kobe
Rhode Island
Navy Yard
New York
Saturn
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Sterling
Newport News
San Francisco
Morris
Newport
Rocket
iNanshan
Cavite
Chitego
H. Robert
E. &. Hamilton
F. H. Holbrook
New Haven
John J. Cahill
Hartford
Munyon
White House
Boston Baking Co
Daniel Doody
N. Cap
N. Cap, St
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America
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