Curtis on Stand Says He Did Not Reverse Himself
Curtis tells House committee that original creosote order by Andrew was wrong and that he reversed it after discussions. He cites a conversation with Wayne MacVeagh, who claimed the decision was right, but Curtis says Wayne arrived after the reversal and claimed to represent the Pennsylvania Railroad. Curtis asserts he did not reverse to please others and that the change was his independent decision.
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Andrew—Wayne MacVeagh
United States
Treasury
Curtis
House Committee On
Treasury Department
Andrew
Alfen L. Benson
Wayne MacVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Curtin
Ile
Curtis Eld
Benson
MacVealgh
Mr. Curtis
Wayne
MacVeagh
Ancdhiew
Pennsylvania Rat
Department
Taft Likely to Let Steel Trust Report Reach House Panel
President Taft may permit the bureau of corporations steel trust investigation results to be sent to the House committee probing United States Steel Corporation. Secretary Nagel said the President must authorize submission. The first public hearing, tomorrow, features John W. Gates as principal witness.
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Taft
Steel Trust
Bureau of Corporations
House Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Wilte Ouge
Tett
Capitol
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau
John W. Gates
Grange Lawyers Summoned For Senate Inquiry
National Grange lawyers Allen and Graham of New York were asked to appear before the Senate finance committee on charges of propaganda against reciprocity. Senator Stone offered to summon them after a telegram request and gave them a chance to respond. Vapor manufacturers testified in response to John Morris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, denying claims that mills use antiquated machinery. committee session continues today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen and Graham
New York
National Grange
Wih
Senate Committee On Finance
N. P. Hult
Michigan
Livange
Stone
John Morris
Amarican Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Senate Agrees to Vote on Popular Election Amendment
After a protracted debate among Senators Stone Hesburn Borah and others the Senate voted to take up the popular election amendment on June 12. Stone initially objected fearing it would derail reciprocity rules but withdrew the objection under pressure from colleagues who assured him the unfinished business would be laid aside if no one spoke and that reciprocity or similar measures could proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Hesburn
Borah
Senate
Mr. Stone
Tom
Senate Debates Post Office Policy and Lorimer Probe
Senate leaders clash over postal rate policy and publication admissions. Senator Burton defends administration while Davis attacks Post Office Department. A vote on constitutional amendments and pending measures is planned after conference. La Follette to finish Lorimer talk as Senate resumes at 2 pm.
White House Callers List Of Senators And Representatives
A roster lists Secretary Wilson and a long line of U S senators and representatives by state and district including Idaho Wisconsin New York Tennessee Mississippi Maine Missouri South Carolina Indiana North Dakota Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Wisconsin and Virginia in a governmental briefing. The document enumerates lawmakers including Hanna Sherwood Langley Sells Cooper Wood Wilson Cannon Carlin and others as call recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Hora
Idaho
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Root
New York
Lea
Tennessee
Weeks
Massachusetts
Sisson
Mississippi
Hinds
Maine
Byrne
Dyer
Missouri
Finley
South Carolina
Moss
Indiana
Hanna
North Dakota
Sherwood
Ohio
Langley
Kentucky
Sells
Cooper
Wood
Town
Illinois
Cannon
Tinos
Carlin
Virginia
Postoffice Spending Under Fire In House Hearing
House expenditures committee probed 7500 spending to furnish offices of Postmaster General Hitchcock and the department chief clerk. Chief Clerk Weed said competitive bids did not apply to cabinet offices. Senator Davis attacked the Post Office, defended by Senator Orton over department actions on second class mail a St Louis weekly refused as subscribers.
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Hitchcock
Postoffice Department
Esterday
House Committee
Post Office Department
Weed
Senate
Davis
Orton
Department
Ref Wing
St. Louis
Arkansas
Martin Quits Caucus After Bitter Party Spat
After a four hour caucus Democratic senators voted 44 to 1 to back Senator Martin s resolution for a reinvestigation of bribery charges tied to Senator Lorimer s election. A heated verbal exchange with Senator Bailey arose over party discipline before Martin withdrew, insisting he would not be bound on political questions.
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Martin
Democratic Steering Committee
Lorimner
Sinots
Bailey
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Messrs
Defends Cold Storage Hen Before Senate Committee
Dr Pennington of the U S Department of Agriculture outlined how properly prepared chickens stored in cold storage remain wholesome after nine months to a year, even surpassing fresh meat kept briefly. She cited winter-laid eggs refrigerated for six to nine months as superior to summer eggs fresh kept 24 hours. A large delegation of cold storage warehousemen, led by ex Representative Littlefield of Maine, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Manufactures
Mary BE. Pennington
Food Research Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Pennington
Littlefield
Maine
Senate Rejects Monley Nomination For St. Marys Postmaster
The Senate rejected President Taft's pick William A. Monley for postmaster of St. Marys Ohio replacing John A. Anderson. Anderson allies denounced the nomination as unjust and misrepresented his loyalty to the President. Opponent John Lo Sullivan led the challenge amid ties to Miss Alice Roosevelt Longworth scandal coverage.
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Senate
William A. Monley
St. Marys
Ohio
John A. Anderson
Anderson
Taft
John Lo Sullivan
Roosevelt
Sullivan's
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Root Amendment Seals Fate of Reciprocity Bill
Senator Taft learned the administration needed at most one more vote to defeat the Root amendment in the Senate finance committee. Publishers and others backing the trio say the amendment would kill the treaty by delaying its effect until the President proclaims that Canadian paper, wood pulp, and board enter duty free. Lewiston Maine reports Senator William Poorree arriving from Washington to seek rest and health, staying tonight with W H White, and noting his planned visit with relatives.
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Taft
Senate Finance Committee
Representatives of Publishers and Oths
Hall
United States
Canada
Lewiston
William PooRrae Oeming
Washington
Maine
Fia
W. H. White
GALLS ROOSEVELT ERRA TIC AT MOHUNK MEETING
Mohonk Lake conference denounces Theodore Roosevelt's arbitration remarks. John Wester labels his stance erratic and inconsistent yet acknowledges his push for arbitration, including diplomacy with Venezuela and the Alaskan boundary issue. Cardinal Gibbons sends a letter expressing hope for Anglo German peace and a permanent pact of peace.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Mohonk Conference
Mohonk Lake
Theodore Roosevelt
John Wester
Col. Roosevelt
Senate
Lfe
Hague Court of Arbitration
Venezuela
Pacific
Secretary Way
London Commission
Roosevelt
Foster
Ghent
Baltimore
England
Germany
Gen Wood proposes substitute plan for army staff merger
General Leonard Wood proposes abolishing the adjutant general and inspector general bureaus and transferring current officers to the line. He suggests consolidating the two bureaus into the general staff and having work handled by officers detailed by the Secretary of War.
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Adjutant General
Army
General Staff Corps
Leonard Wood
House Military Committee
Wood
General Staff
Secretary of War
Morgan Gift Relic Heads to Louvre in Paris Exchange
Paris officials sent two representatives to England to recover St Martin's head gifted by J Pierpont Morgan. Morgan thanked the donor and said its return should be decided by France. The undersecretary announced the relic would be placed in the Louvre due to poor local guard.
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Paris
England
St. Martin's Head
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ambassador Cambon
France
M. Dujardin-Beaumets
Fine Arts
Morgan
Commune of
Soudeille
London Growth and Wales Decrease in Census Figures
Provisional census figures show England and Wales population at 36,075,269, up from 32,527,843 in 1901. Greater London reaches 7,252,963, all increase in outer ring as crowded centers shed people. New York population estimate 6,395,719, about 875,244 less than London.
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London
England and
Wales
Greater London
New York
Inciting to Massacre in Russia Sparks Jewish Alarm
New York reports the Jewish Aid Society of Berlin notes no massacres yet but warns that open preparations in Kiev and Bessarabia create grave fear others may erupt. Authorities restrain not the Black Hundred who are provoking the populace toward renewed violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Jewish Committee
Jewish Aid Society of
Berlin
Russia
Kiev
Bessarabia
Black Hundred
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Arrived ships include York Lusitania from Liverpro Pimrath Noordam from Rotterdam and others. Sailed vessels include New York Kaiserin Auguste Victoria to Hamburg La Savoie to Havre and Uranium to Rotterdam. Reports note dock times near Saturday and Friday with various routes including New York Southampton Cape Race and Havre.
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Em York
Lusitania
Liverpro
Pimrath
Noordam
Rotterdam
Adelaide
New York
Pliny Friedrich Wulhelm
Campanelia
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Cleveland
Nea
Frida
Liverpool
New Uh
Southampton
Breshead
la Tourains
Havre
Delano Says Rate Refusal Aids Railroads
President Delano of the Washington Railroad says the Interstate Commerce Commission’s refusal to raise freight rates is a blessing in disguise. He argues the current law benefits invested capital and that proposed changes would not yield net gains after higher costs for labor and public needs are considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
Washington Post
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
F A Delano
Wabash Hailroad
Mellon Accuses Wife in Pennsylvania Divorce Case
Special to The Washington Post Pittsburg May. John F. Cox, speaker of the Pennsylvania House, expected to be appointed master to hear testimony in the Mellon divorce. Attorney James H. Beal filed Mrs. Nora McMullen Mellon’s petition alleging numerous indiscretions in New York, Paris and London. The petition requests a master be authorized to take testimony in these cities to avoid bringing witnesses to Allegheny County.
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Washington
Pittsburg
John F. Cox
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Mellon
James H. Beal
A. W. Mellon
Nora McMullen Mellon
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
New York
Paris
London
Allegheny County
Actress Sues Millionaire Over Alienation Suit
New York May 25 Special to The Washington Post Attorney Herman L. Roth filed in supreme court against George Mulligan senior seeking 50 000 dollars in an alienation of affections suit to separate George Mulligan from his show girl wife Bessie Van Ness The couple wed five months ago after which a butler denied George entry to the Morris Plains New Jersey mansion built by his father The groom later worked as a chauffeur and Coney Island bus driver while the wife lives with her mother and the suit argues the father caused the separation
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Washington Post
New York
George S. Mulligan
Herman L. Roth
Supreme Court
George
George Mulligan
Bessie van Ness
McCurdy
Morris Plains
N. J
Coney Island
Bessie van Ness Mulligan
Balloon ascent escape ends with light injuries near Innsbruck
Ingolstadt Bavaria May 25 A garrison officer novice at ballooning lost control of a captive balloon rising to 16500 feet He climbed the gas bag opened the valve and the craft began a headlong descent near Munich Jumping from the bag into a tree spared serious harm After relieving the man’s weight the balloon rose again and was later found near Innsbruck Austria
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingolstadt
Bavaria
Munich
Iis
Innsbrueck
Austria
Miss Ethel Lorimer Weds Ralph Graham in Chicago
The wedding of Miss Ethel Lorimer daughter of Senator William Lorimer to Ralph Richard Graham son of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Graham took place at St Agatha Catholic Church. Attendants included Miss Lorimer sisters and Miss Madeline Gregory. Best man was Janiath J Graham. A reception at the Lorimer home followed. The couple will honeymoon in the East.
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Senators
R. R. Graham
Chicago
Washington Post
Misabet Lorimer
United States
William Lorimer
Ralph Richard Graham
Andrew J. Graham
St. Agatha's Catholi Church
Misa Loretta
Lorine Lorimer
Madeline Gregory
Ruth Gunderson
Janiath J. Graham
Mrs. Graham
Fatal fall from Woodward building injures inspector
Ironworker Barney Coughlin fell from the ninth floor of the new Woodward building at Fifteenth and H streets NW. He struck steel inspector A B Galt on a fifth floor girder, sending both men to the sidewalk. Coughlin died from his injuries. Galt was treated and discharged from Emergency Hospital. Mrs Coughlin, in New York, had been told of his plans to bring her to Washington.
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Woodward
Fifteenth
Barney Coughlin
Coughlin
New York City
Washington
Widow in Washington Receives Husband’s Body for Burial
A widow, informed of her husband’s death earlier in the day, arrived in Washington to take charge of the body. She will return to New York for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Taft's Message Cheerful At Church of Scotland Meeting
Dr. J. A. MacDonald of Toronto bore President Taft's message to the Church of Scotland assembly in Edinburgh on May 25. Taft urged an unlimited arbitration treaty and expressed hope Canada would prosper under the British flag and share North American civilization. A motion praising the proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain was adopted.
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J. A. MacDonald
Toronto
Beara
Church of Scotland
Edinburgh
Scotland
Taft
General Assembly
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Bryan Firm for Free Wool
New York May report says William J. Bryan reaffirms commitment to the free wool doctrine. He denies Speaker Clark pressured him to change stance and argues wool should be free whether duties are removed now or gradually. He warns that protecting interests seeking a tariff compromise could rebuke the Democrats like the Republicans last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wiliam J. Bryan
Clark
Congress
Hotel guest listings by city in early 20th century record
A sprawling directory style listing names of guests and their hotels across cities including Boston Chicago New York Raleigh Philadelphia Pittsburgh California New Jersey New Jersey and Texas Virginia and Argentina. The fragment shows numerous individuals with surnames and households associated with specific hotels such as Willard Raleigh Ebbitt and St James among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fred C. Cook
H. Steven Love
Raleigh
W. Nie
F. Batchelor
Willard
J. F. Masters
Capitt
Chicago
Charles 8. Burton
W. H. Alford
W. D. Soule
F. H. Wells
A. Miller Belfield
Hubert Lackitt
T. T. Wing
Ebbitt
New York City
S. Heyman
Archibald Mahon
William Wallace White
Philadelphia
Bert L. Well
H. M. Measen
William College
J- M. James
H. D. McVett
J. H. Well
W._C. Williams
E. E. Hopkins
PH. Wilean
Willan
Pittsburg
Hardy
Bollinger
C. A. Smith
John J. Bracks
Lifornia
C. E. Chapman
Herkeley
B. W
EbMtt
Shenden
Prize Awards for Vote Counts Across Limited Time
A series of prizes offered for top vote getters includes a Gold Watch with diamonds for the next highest, a Diamond Ring for the third, a Steamer Trash for the largest overall, and a Silk Umbrella. Additional awards span a Silk Umbrella, a Traveling Bag, and a Solid Gold Watch for subsequent runners up between May 7 and June 3.
Contest Twenty first-class trips to Europe by votes
The Post runs a voting contest offering eighteen trips to Europe with two reserved for out–of–district residents. Readers vote via coupons and paid subscriptions, with daily five vote values and Sunday ten vote values, plus a voting receipt option. Entry is open any time and ties pay cash or extra trips.
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Daily Post
District of Columbia
Poat
Subscriptions Pricing for Daily and Weekend Plans
The listing shows various subscription options with daily and Sunday combinations. Examples include 1 month daily at 50 cents, 2 months daily and Sunday at 1.40, 3 months daily at 1.50, 6 months daily and Sunday at 4.20, and 1 year daily at 6.00.
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Chase
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