Presidents Influence Sought on Rail Freight Rate Law
Governors Van Sant Cummins and others urged President Roosevelt to back a law granting the Interstate Commerce Commission power to fix rail freight rates between states. The White House conference discussed reciprocity and tariff revision as part of the forthcoming message to Congress, with cautious remarks from the President and a lengthy delegation from business groups.
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Cummins
van Sant
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Inters
White House
Guv Samuel H. van Sant
Minbia
Guy A B. Cummins
Low
P. Bacon
Milwaukee
Frank Barry
RR. W. Tigbie
New York
National Lumber Dealers’ Ass
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Commission
Ilso
Woo
Mr. Bacon
Geox van Sant
PRESIDENTS DAY AT FAIR AND PRESIDENTS VISIT PLANS
The United States government board for the Lsand Purchase Exposition plans to leave for St. Louis next Wednesday afternoon by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The board will welcome the President and make the occasion memorable. A lecture on Yellowstone Park by Hal Bulkley will be given during the District of Columbia program and repeated during the President’s visit to St. Louis. Bulkley will accompany the board.
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United States
St. Louis
Oclwk
Pennsylvania Ra Road
Dascribe
District of Columbia
Interior Department
Ln Air
Hal Bulkley
Government Board
Bulkley
Hear Schells Charges Interview With President Planned
Edward Rosewater lined up an interview with President Roosevelt for Wednesday with Father Schell who has charged mistreatment of the Winnebago Indians in Nebraska. Tillahcock said he would not meet Father Schell. the piece notes other government actions and appointments.
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Edward Rosewater
The
Omaha Bee
Roosevelt
Father Schell
Nebraska
Tillahcock
Father Ecell
Reception to Envoys at Chaffee Residence
Lieut Gen Chaffee hosted a reception for Lieut Ger von Loewenfeld and Count von Schmettow from 5 to 7 pm with War Department officials and Army staff attending. Guests included Elihu Root German ambassador and military attaché Maj von Etzel. A wreath lay at Washington's tomb followed by a dinner at the Arlington for ceremony participants.
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Chaffee
Army
Ger von Loewenfeld
Count von Schmettow
General Staff of
War Department
Gen. Chaffee
K Street
Hutcheson
Elihu Root
Maj
von Etzel
General Staff of the Army
Gillespie
Bifiss
Story
Cola
Wagner
Kerr
Miller
Wotherspoon
Geethals
Duvall
Harrison
Beach
Mallory
Reber
Alvord
Lynch
Dickman
Hale
Muir
Ramsey
McIntyre
Cleman
Menoher
Haan
Rhodes
Gallagher
Nolan
War College
Morton
Gaillard
Thompson
Michie
Pershing
Scherer
van Deman
Gilmore
Ainsworth
Hall
Horton
Davis
Humphrey
Weston
Dodge
Mackenzie
Crozier
Greely
Helzmann
Edwards
Wallace
Ryan
Burr
Pillsbury
Curtis
Strebier
Roberts
Stevens
En. Hawkink
Hrocke
Grant
Col. Morten
Capt
Andersen
Bromwell
Martin
von Loewenfeld
Mount Vernon
Washington
Arlington
Frederick the Great
Worse Than Tenements In Southwest Washington Tour
A New York philanthropist and eight charity leaders toured Southwest Washington to study housing. They saw crowded two room barrack shacks on Van street and contrasting three to four room Sanitary Housing Company apartments on the same block, rented for 7 to 8.50 dollars monthly.
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Washington
New York
David D. Brew
Associated Charities
Robert W. de Forest
S. W. Woodward
John Joy Edson
George S. Wilson
John B. Sleman, Jr
Charlies F. Weller
Wallace Hatch
Willowtree Alley
van Street
van Wey
de Forest
George M. Sternberg
Sanitary Housing Company
Decrease in Receipts and Religious Visit Report
The October 190 reporting period shows total internal revenue receipts of 20,566,569 dollars, a drop from 1698. Of the sources spirits lead with 12,960,373 up 197,268, tobacco 3,869,890 down 109,140, fermented liquors 2,899,189 down 62,406, oleomargarine 21,654 down, adulterated butter down 32 percent, renovated butter 16,741 up 4,171, miscellaneous 98,418 down 179,083. For four months fiscal year total receipts stand at 80,411,385, down 1,211,367. Baptist ministers from Washington visit Baltimore for dinner at the Butaw House, with addresses and services led by Rev. Dr. Samuel F. H. Gre and others. principal talk by Rev. Dr. J. J. Muir on the Pastor's Intercessory Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Baptist Conference
Washington Baptist Conference
Butaw House
Samuel FH. Gre
Calvary Bantint Church
Temple Bapi
Community backs new synagogue as fund drive opens
A church style meeting yesterday saw substantial subscriptions toward a new synagogue. An eight member committee led by Oppenheimer as chairman and Levy as vice chairman was empowered to devise ways to secure building funds. Circuit Courts to resume sessions November 28 after three months of repairs at City Hall that completed the two Criminal Court rooms ready for trials.
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Federation
Gompers
Gompera
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Brown
New York General Labor Body
American Federation
Military Orders Grant Leaves and Assignments
Leave of absence for two months granted to First Lieut Verge E Swenzey assistant surgeon Col John J O Connell Thirtieth Infantry ordered home to await retirement Maj Merritte W Ireland surgeon to report to Fort Myer Va to accompany the Fifteenth Cavalry detachment Lt Capt Frank Hen King Engineer Corps Oklahoma National Guard authorized by the President to attend garrison school Fort Crook Nebraska instead of Jefferson Barracks Missouri
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Verge E. Swenzey
John J. O'Connell
Frank Hen King
Engineer Corps
Oklahoma
M National Guard
Garrison School
Fort Crook
Nebra
Jefferson Barracks
Grain Rate Hearing Said to Deflect Business
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumed hearings in the freight differential race case in Philadelphia on May 21. Baltimore Boston and Philadelphia merchants attended as New York lines objected to the differential seen as exporting advantage for New York. Witnesses including CC Wight and J G Wilson argued the rate should be equalized. Philadelphia and Baltimore exports rose less than New York’s, and some officials claimed New York’s superior port facilities justify a differential.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Arthur G. Brown
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
John B. Daish
Washington
American Shippers' Association of Baltimore
Col. A. C. Trippe
Merchants’ Association of Baltimore
CC. S. Wight
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Joseph G. Wilson
Baltimore and Ohio
Chamberlain
Erie Road
Mr. Chamberlain
The
Commercial Exchange
Hoston
K. T
Neall
Peter Wright & Sons
Kensington
Southwark
Delaware
Naval movements and political actions in brief history note
The board appointed to pick a Great Lakes training site held its final public hearing with Senators Knox and Burrows and Representatives Bates Bishop Cooper and Stafford in attendance. A naval movement report notes ships sailing to Gibraltar and the West Indies and the Hartford sailing to Newport after dedicating a statue. The president remitted the remainder of a two year military sentence for Second Lieutenant Murtaugh. Bucklen's Arnica Salve ad ends.
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Great Lakes Training Station
Knox
Pennsylvania
Burrows
Michigan
Bates
Bishop
Cooper
Wisconsin
Stafford
Hartford
Newport
Farragut
Frederick the Great
Newport News
Bucklen
Tuskegee’s Money Needs Urgent Appeal for Help
Booker T. Washington urges public support for Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. The school has 1,242 students and 6,900 graduates working as teachers and in trades across the South. Needs include 490,067 to raise, endowment growth to 3,000,000, and 65,000 for a new dining hall with 19,000 in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Friends
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Tistlegate
Alabama
Colored Citizens Counsel Moderation Rally Notes
Over 100 attendees at Second Baptist Church discussed the black role in the United States from the negro's viewpoint. Delegates praised Roosevelt's election, urged decorum and citizenship, and referenced Booker Washington's post election remarks as guiding ideals for progress and opportunity.
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Second Baptist Church
United States
Wiliam T. McKinney
West Virginia
John H. Paynter
Colorado
Edward Webster
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Booker Washington
Success of Negro Education in New Haven Speech
Booker T Washington addressed a packed United Church audience in New Haven on the success of negro education. He cited statistics from his Hampton and Tuskegee context and southern schools, arguing that diplomas from chartered institutions correlate with moral and social progress, noting no prisoners among diploma holders in Alabama.
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New Haven
Conn
Booker T Washington
The
United Church
Washington
South
Alabama
Land condemnation award for Patterson estate lands
Robert Fleming John A Hamilton and C W Howard reporting for the board of commissioners appointed by the District Supreme Court to appraise benefits and damages in a land condemnation case. The total award is 45302.50 with 392.50 allotted for damages to adjoining property. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will use the land known as the Patterson estate. Twenty seven thousand two hundred twenty five square feet condemned at 1380 per foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert §. Fleming
John A. Hamilton
C W. Howard
Board of Commissioners
District Supreme Court
Florida Avenue
Delaware Avenue
Brentwood Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Patterson
Sale of Lots Enjoined In Bankruptcy Case
Justice Anderson issued a temporary restraining order in the George J. Stinging bankruptcy to stop Charles F. Benjamin from selling 609 Maryland Avenue Southwest. The move follows a petition by Joan R. Tung asserting Stinging lacked authority due to no default on monthly dues to Perpetual Building Association and improper notice of foreclosure. Attorney Lucas P. Loving represents the trustee.
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Justice Anderson
George J. Stinging
Charles F. Benjamin
Maryland Avenue Southwest
Joan R. Tung
Benjamin
Perpetual Building Association
Stinzing
The
Building Association
Lucas P. Loving
Simple Life lecture drew crowded Lafayette Theater
Pastor Charles Wagner author of The Simple Life will speak this afternoon at the Lafayette Theater with President Roosevelt expected to introduce him. The Washington Young Men’s Christian Association organized the event, District Commissioner E B F Macfarland will preside, and notable officials and social leaders are among the patrons. This marks Wagner’s first visit to America.
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Charles Wagner
Lafayette Theater
Roosevelt
Wagner
Hay
Wilson
Hitchcock
Washington Young Men’s Christian Association
E. B. F. Macfarland
America
AFL delegates uphold Chicago federation ruling seat Schardt
The American Federation of Labor delegates resolve to seat William Schardt of the Chicago Federation, with a 30 day stay while Gompers negotiates. They warn that continued discord could end Chicago’s suspension permanently and back Japanese exclusion measures.
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Gompers
jChicago
Chicago
San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Federation of Labor
Yoling
William Schardt
Gomipers
Chicago Federation
Scharat
Executive Council
Fitzpatrick
American Federation
Farmer Health From Soil and Digestive Health
A farmer’s hard work and poor nutrition breed illness from greasy foods and bad digestion. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is praised as a nonalcoholic tonic that strengthens the stomach, purifies blood, and supports robust health, with testimonials from Roxboro and Andover. The ad promotes traditional remedies and a Health and Advice book from Buffalo.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
The
N.Y
R. J. Hall
Roxboro
N.C
Edna L. Goodhne
Andover
Mass
Ndmother
Doctor Pierce
Common Sense
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Barry Bulkley
Schell
Henry C. Payne
National Association of
Rouge- Selt
Stephen B. Elkins
Hilliott Northcutt
Republican State Committee of
West Virgina
Northcart
West Serennia
Shure BP, Iown
District of
Penneylamia
Henry Lear
Georgetown Pai National Bank
Russell
Bogota
State Department
WW. W. Russell
Venezuela
necticmi—Leach Wilton
Erma F. Davies
land—Stoyer
Henry E Gras
Eminente
Orson D Myers
Vex
Augustus V. Henderson
Sam
Pr Ning
Niewepaper
Internal Revenue
New Synagogue
Adas Israel
Commerce Commission
Lake Naval Station
Criiers Vievelana
Des Moines Leff Leghorn
Villefranche
Gibraltar
West Indies
Olympia
Genoa
Thomas B. Murtaugh
Artillery Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Myer
Feld
Fifteenth Cavalry
Culgoa
Navy Yard
Tingey
Leonidas
Norfolk
Nezinscott
Eagle
Yankton
Lebanon
Fpraine
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Hio
Monadnock
Justin
Shanghai
Kentucky
Detroit
Sanchez
Samona
San Juan
Des Moines
Leghorn
Cleveland
Tuskegee
Indorse Booker Washington
Pastor Wagner
Lafayette
Schardt
Federation_of Labor
Peabody
Victor Berger
Gov. Peabody
Western Federation of Miners
Citizens’ Alliance
Cripple Creek
F Street
N. W
A. F. Burnot
Heurich’s
West 34
Senate
Heurich Brewing Co
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Walter B. Stevens
the Post
Washington Post
Forest City
Adler Clothing
Adler
Victor E.adler
Clothing House
Tth
St. Nw
Tisbis
Cite St
Beware
Dhuggists
Yale Laundry
10Th St
New York Ave
Wellville
Warner
Warners
Warner's Bar Cure
Warner Base Cure Company
Rochester
Genul Penese
Uneeda Biscuit
Niwerpaprer
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