Postmasters urge merit system amid red tape talk at meeting
About 150 postmasters of the second and third class gathered at the National Hotel in Washington. Postmaster General Cortelyou praised efficiency and urged nonpolitical service, while President Lawson faulted Wynne for blocking Washington visits. The group, formed in St Louis a year ago, discussed department rules and possible reforms as they plan further sessions and a White House reception.
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Cortelyou
Richard F. Lawson
Effingham II
United States
Roosevelt
White House
National Association of Postmasters
National Hotel
Merritt
Washington
Henry A. Castle
St. Louis
Wynne
Congress
Department
Lawson
Association
George & Marcius
Leroy, NY
Laman
Postume
PoetoMco
Emi
Ite
Limitatioon
Poutmaater
Perehiyanil
Em- Biovta
Ucryou
Postal Service
Frank H. Tiitchonck
de Graw
Nual
St. Louie
Ba Bald
Payne
Gen
Association of Postmasters
Ita Finasa
Joe
Feartesa
Positeus
Ani Tten
Muszle
Pdatmastara
Elvil Sarvice
Benjamin Franklin
George"b. Cortelyou
Thare
Theodore Roosevelt
Afgrica
Sons of the American Revolution Visit Yorktown and Historic Virginia
Members and friends of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution depart Washington this evening at seven to visit Yorktown Old Point Comfort Jamestown and nearby historic sites. They will return Sunday morning aboard a chartered boat with a visiting Jamestown Exhibit band and a committee prepared booklet detailing the places. A Fortress Monroe meeting will consider building a district headquarters.
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Sons of the American Revolution
Virginia Points
District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Washington
Yorktown
Old Point Comfort
Jamestown
Polots
Conaider
Fortress Monroe
New York Heads List Enormous Increase Shown
An analysis prepared for the Postmaster General details free delivery offices by city. New York leads with 100 offices, 18 more than three decades ago, followed by Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Michigan, and Iowa. The national total of city free delivery offices on January 11, 196 is 116, with Chicago serving the largest area and New York City and Brooklyn covered by 2,604 carriers.
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Cortelyou
New York
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetta
Illinoia
Indiana
New, Jersey
Michigan
Towa
Iaera
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Oston
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Baltimore
Washington
District of Columbia
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St Paul
Wichita
Kent
Nanticoke
Plymouth
KOSS
Postal service cost and receipts across regions detailed
The report lists varying postal service costs and receipts by region. Muscogee in Indian Territory shows 2729 gross receipts with a 61 percent carrier cost. Porto Rico totals over 55000 in postal receipts with twelve carriers. Honolulu has eleven carriers. Major cities show costs ranging from 12.57 to 25.26 percent with multiple centers cited.
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Muscogee
Indian Territory
Porto Rico
Mayaguez
Ponce
San Juan
Hawaii
Honolulu
Gnion Je Ag
New Iors
Shi
Philadelphia
Boston
Itimora
Cincinnati
Rathbone Denied Ties to Post Office Dept in Nevada Visit
Officials at the Post Office Department officially denied any connection with E. G. Rathbone former Cuba post director or that he inspected Denver and Omaha post offices as a Denver dispatch claimed. Rathbone, president of Nevada Trust Company, was said to be in Nevada on company business with a $300000 capital Nevada firm.
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E. G. Rathbone
Cuba
Post-office
Denver
Omaha
Nevada Trust Company
Colorado
Rathbone
Nevada
J. B. Jones
First National Bank of
Wellsville
George B. Wilcox
First National Bank
Welleville
Litchfield
Independence, Kane
F. W. Casner
Denver,Wichita
Congresses at Liege three meetings to be held this year
Baron Moncheur reports to the State Department that Liege will host three international congresses this summer. August will see two events, the Mutual Benefit Association and a sequel to the Paris conference of friendly societies. A third conference accompanies the Liege universal and international exhibit. From September 12 to 16 the eighth annual congress of the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property will be held. The programme for the Education and Protection of Children congress is amended with papers due by June 15.
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Belgium
Baron Moncheur
State Department
Liege
Mutual Benefit Association
Paris
Internatonal Association For the Protection
International Congress For the Education and Protection of Children
Fire Devastates Agana Natives. Navy Seeks Aid
Commander Dyer, naval governor of Guam, cables that a disastrous fire swept Agana, destroying many houses and causing heavy losses among poorer natives. He notes Americano residents contribute to a Teller fund and urges U S aid as Agana, with about 10 000 people, faces the aftermath.
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Guam
Dyer
Navy Department
Agana
United States
CATTLE RAIL RATE CASE HEARD BY ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas charge most railroads, except Great Northern and Union Pacific, with unjust cattle shipment rates. They allege high Chicago terminal charges, excessive en route feeding costs, and a rise in rates since 1838, while railroads defend higher costs and service and deny unfairness. An extensive legal team appeared for both sides.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Chicago
Great Northern
Union Pacific
ICC Rules Delivery Of Hay Shipments In Interstate Traffic
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that when a carload of hay bound for East Saint Louis is delivered at a shipper designated warehouse or on a team track before arrival, railroads may require acceptance of delivery. If the consignee intercepts and sells the car on arrival but before delivery, they accept delivery. The decision hints Congress could authorize a post arrival clarification window for West of Louis deliveries under Illinois intrastate movements.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis Hay and Grain Company
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
St. Louis
Consignes
Tn Cane
Consignee
East St. Louis
Illinois
Congress
Masons to Lay Corner Stone at Whitney Avenue Hall
The Masons will lay the corner stone of Kimmel Memorial Hall this afternoon around 4 33 at the hall site behind the Whitney Avenue Christian Church Whitney Avenue near Brightwood Avenue A church service will feature Rev Walter F Smith and other city pastors Grand Master Tur tin R Ginn will officiate The hall honors Rev Ira W Kimmel, former pastor of the Whitney Avenue Church who died two years ago.
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Whitney Avenue
Brightwood Avenue
Walter F. Smith
F. D. Powers
Vermont Avenue Church
B. E
Bagby
Ninth Street
J. Murray Taylor
Southwest Church
Btuart
Southeast Church
Jones
Thirty-fourth Street Church
Grand Lodge of Masons of
District of Columbia
Turtin_R. Ginn
Kimmel Hollis
Ira W. Kimmel
Sunday Post
Washington
Shea Escape and Chicago Strike Tensions
Corrupt leaders face contempt of court after refusing to answer questions in habeas corpus review. Shea and Mulligan and Donohue remain under legal pressure as Chicago braces for labor unrest. Police say few volunteers and limited troop deployment. no state troops called today.
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
International Teamsters’ Union
Kohlimaat
Sherman
Shea
Kohlsaar
Bernard Mulligan
Express Drivers’ Union
John Donohue
United States
Ares
Roundabout Shakespearean Mix in Odd Dialogue
A garbled text blends literary names with playful anachronisms. It references Macbeth, Banquo, Rosalind, Orlando, Louis XIV and Versailles, a ballroom scene, and a commentator on a Washington horse in the Brooklyn Handicap, all in a nonsensical misquotation style.
Teddy Kissed Me Verse Excerpt From Apology Poem
A short playful verse recounts a child named Teddy kissing the speaker when they met. The speaker, a veteran at age three, declares that every kisser earns a bat in and notes weariness and mild madness from the affection. The fragment ends with a final claim that Teddy kissed me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Hunt
Teddy
Five men attack nonunion driver in city street
A mob of five men described as union sloggers beat and left Louis Flint bleeding on Twenty seventh Street and Princeton Avenue. Police found him unconscious as attackers fled. Flint was hospitalized. Senator Platt said ex press drivers in Chicago won't be rehired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louia Flint
Twenty-seventh Street
Princeton Avenue
Max
Funt
New York
Senator Platt
United States Express Company
Chicago
Burial for John Salkeld at Congressonal Cemetery
Funeral services for John M. Salkeld Jr. will be held at Congressonal Cemetery this afternoon. He died diving from a Connellsville bridge about three weeks ago and was interred there by mill friends. Survived by two brothers Eugene and Raymond Salkeld of this city. a Spanish American War bugler. He was praised as a diver and swimmer by local officials while employed at the bathing beach. The death involved a medicine show stunt that lured crowds. the dive into 100 feet of air over six feet of water struck a jagged rock, and recovery occurred two days later. Tenth undertaker Adolph Schippert brought the body back to Washington.
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John Selkeld
John M. Salkeld, Jr
Congressonal Cemetery
Connellsville
Mr. Salkeld
Sui
Adolph J. Schippert
Washington
Honor Name of Grant Day at Capitol by G A R Ladies
Ladies of the G A R and U S Grant Circle No 1 plan annual exercises at the Capitol in memory of General U S Grant. Rogers will deliver the main address with other speakers from Post Department and military circles. The event includes a marble room gathering and a procession to the rotunda with music.
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Monument
Capitol
U. 8
Grant Circle
Capital
House of Representatives
Grant
May Corn Erratic Breaks Centa and Recovers in Chicago
May corn for delivery broke 8 cents a bushel after a day of volatility caused by profit taking and attempts to corner the market. Early quotes opened up 11 to 12 cents but declined to 6 1/2 cents before a partial rally as shorts covered. Final prices around 6 8/ to 6 9/8 cents, a daily net drop of 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents.
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Chicago Board
Chicago
Shorts
Rubber Merger Ratified in New Brunswick
Stock holders of the United States Rubber Company ratified a contract with the Brady syndicate to acquire at least 67 percent of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company. They approved increasing capital stock from 50,000,000 to 79,000,000, with details released at the May 25 meeting in New Brunswick, N. J.
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New Branswick
N. E
United States Rubber Company
Brady Syndicate
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
Ill Recent Takoma Park Adventist Conference Actions
At Takoma Park the Seventh day Adventist Conference chose a board for the Washington Missionary Training School and set sixteen grades as the standard edu cational system. Reports from publishing houses worldwide were presented, and numerous officers elected. Addresses on religious topics were given, and a long list of nominations announced.
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Washington Missionary Training School
Takoma
The
Institute For the Blind
Takoma Park
Washington
Mountain View
Cal
Nashville
Tenn
J. M Rees
A G. Haughey
H. Burkholder
E. K Slade
L H Christian
E. Wight
R. R Kennedy
W. A. Young
A. R. Sanborn
W. D. Curtis
W. D Parkhurst
J. & Bloaser
F. F. Peterzon
M .N. Campbell
Arthur Bnaulding
A. T. Jones
JG Lamson
N. W. Lawrence
P. S. Edwards
R. T. Dowsett
J. O. Miller
N P Nielsen
N. W. Kaubie
J. H. Haughey
B F. Machlan
Arthur Halleck
W. H. Edwards
Washington Missionary ‘Training School
A. G Daniels
J W. Lawhead
G. B Thompson
W. W. Prescott
H. Evans
Irwin J. B Scott
W. F. Bland
A. P Needham
United States
Eixteen
W W Prescott
Review and Herald
Cleveland
Columbia Polytechnic Institute For the Blind
E. G White
Manufacturers In District Show Growth In Five Years
A summary by W M Stewart, chief statistician, reports rising investment, wages, and product value in Washington DC area manufacturing over five years. While establishments fall from 491 to 482, capital climbs from 7,960,498 to 9,199,7. wage earners rise 14 percent to about 6,300, with total wages up to 1,658,210. Bakers gain despite fewer bakeries, with output value up to 2,675,981 from 1,940,7.
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W. M. Stewart
Director North
District of Columbia
Informal Deep Waterways Commission Meet With Canadians
Gen Ernst presented the Canadian members to Acting Secretary of State Loomis. The commission organized at Gen Brust's office and began an informal exchange on future deliberations. Till the St John River inclusion is decided, deliberations remain tentative. Canadians insist it be included per government instruction. Secretary Taft’s return to Washington early next week will settle the issue.
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International Deep Waterways Commission
Ernst
Loomis
Gen
Brust
St John
Taft
Washington
Settlement of Braun case announced by State Department
Austrian detective who tampered with Marcus Braun’s mail will be dismissed and punished. Braun, the American immigration inspector at Budapest, will be withdrawn from his post and reassigned. His successor is not yet chosen.
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State Department
Baron Giskra
Marcus Braun
Budapest
Braun
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Siews Parrr Heruhive
Hannibal A. Hopkins
St. Clair
Mich
St. Paul
Minn
Marcellus
LeRoy
N. Y
Post Office Department
Ttis
Yorktowwn
Powell
Arlington
Philip T. Powell
United States Army
California
Ninth Cavalry
Santiago
George W. Boyd
Bella W. Bridges
Meson
Tex
J. H. Hopkins
Narrows
Firat Ae
Axen
New York City
Marshall
Calumet
Camden
Augusta
Agawa
Masons
Kimmel Memorial Hall
Dunne
Teamsters’ Union
O'Neil
O'Neill
Express
Macbeth
Banquo
Lady Macbeth
Rosalind
Forest of Arden
Orlando
Louis XIV
Versailles
Courster
Mr. Fly
Miss Ply
Sax
Jaggers
Mrs. Myshen
Hub
Garfield
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
James R. Garfield
Topeka
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