Printing Waste in All Departments Sparks Retrenchment Call
Representative Charles W Landis Indiana denounces extravagant waste in government printing urging a retrenchment program. The Joint Committee on Public Printing will investigate North Capitol Street operations, gather documents, and revise laws to curb waste and improve efficiency. A subcommittee led by Landis Gorman and Perkins will summon witnesses including Acting Public Printer Ricketts as the inquiry proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ww. Landis
Indiana
Joint Committee On Public Printing
Congress
Government Printing Office
Landissah
Landis
Joint Committee
Lands
Sandis
New York
Platt
Government Service
A P Gorman
Maryland
Breck Perkins
Washington
Capitol
Ricketts
Land
North Capitol Street
Wage
Albers Report Filed Linked to Murphy Case Denial
Chester Donaldson former American consul at Managua says a report about the Albers case, involving a man later imprisoned in Nicaragua, has been filed with the State Department. Donaldson remains available to add information as officials review the Murphy incident and its supposed ties to Albers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Homilras
Chester Donaldson
Managua
Nicaragua
Albers
State Department
Donaldson
Fred W. Murphy
Honduras
Danis
Narce
Monument to Henry Irving Moves for American Tribute
A national movement led by A F Hartz of Cleveland seeks a monument to Sir Henry Irving as an American tribute to the English actor. Invitations have been sent to New York managers to meet Hartz in Kiaw & Erlanger offices to plan the undertaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
A. F. Hartz
Euclid Avenue
Henry Irving
New York
Hartz
Kiaw & Erlanger
London
St. Faith
Westminster Abbey
Poets' Corner
Catafalque
Whitelaw Reid
Scotland
United States
Rechabite Order Grows With Henderson Members
The Independent Order of Rechabites High Tent reports 16 tents near Washington expected to add 75 members by Saturday. Mrs Mary Foote Henderson, wife of ex Senator John B Henderson, joins Onward Tent No 1021, noted for her anti narcotics advocacy. High Chief Ruler Cordell plans visits to several cities with appointed officers to accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Henderson
Order of Rechabites
New Vigor
William B Kelly
Washington
Henderson
Cordell
Baltimore
Alexandria
Annapolis
Alberton
John C. Moore
Shepherd
John R Mahoney
Wayne W Cordell
Ee Wwoe
Wiliam
Crusade for Early Closing Hits Saturday Night Shoppers
Retail clerks union fights alleged breaches of Saturday night closing by merchants. The campaign includes naming two stores blacklisted and a street parade with a lit sign urging shoppers to complete purchases before 9 pm. Loomis Leaven departs Ohio after retirement while remaining in town for departmental briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Clerks’ Protective Association
Loomis
Ohio
Root
Hoot
Bacon
Taft Plans Panama Trip This Fall
Secretary Taft will depart Washington on Friday night October 27 and sail from Hampton Roads aboard the cruiser Columbia to Panama. Only army and navy officers are expected to accompany him on the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Panama
Washington
Columbia
Hampton Roads
Anama
Army
Navy
Private car lines handle fruit shipments in ICC inquiry
Traffic managers from several Southeast railroads testified on handling perishable goods with Armour car lines. Ice contracting and charging, car ownership, and commissions were scrutinized as officials questioned profitability and whether current rates can be sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. Hillis
Augusta
Chese
Armour Car Lines
W. C. Rowley
Michigan Central Railroad
Reichman
Rowley
For the Children A Call to Grit and Health Reform
A fragmented plea argues for grit and courage to help children. It touts a blood purifying remedy and general health, claiming decades of famine experience and urging broad public attention to child welfare and vitality.
Refrigerated Car Lines Debate Over Rates and Profits
Dodge testified private car lines are paid one cent per mile for refrigerator cars and three quarters of a cent for ventilated cars, claiming profits on mileage. Emerson of Atlantic Coast Line described Armour Lines contracts for refrigeration service and showed berry crate rates declining from 6 1/2 cents to 27 cents under contractual systems, noting shipper direct dealings and the need for 1600–1800 cars to move the 1905 Carolina berry season. adjourned at 4:30 am to reconvene at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.ls
Augusta
Armour Car Lines
Barry
Reichman
Knapp
Bilis
J. H W. Kerr
American Refrigerator Transit Company
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis, Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain
American Refrigerator Company
Judsona
Ark
St. Louis
Kerr
A Ellis
Armour Lines
Ells
A. G. Jackson
The
Georgia Railroad
Dodge
Chicago
Armour Car
Armour Line
Mgr
Dodger
Stickney
Mr. Ripley
Yackers
Mr. Dodge
Atlantic Coast Line
Carolina
New York
Emerson
Noted clubman John Heckscher weds widow in secret duel era tale
Special to The Washington Post recalls John G. Heckscher, famed New Yorker and secretary of the National Horse Show, marrying Virginia Otis in a secret ceremony sixteen months earlier. The couple, living at elite addresses, share a turbulent romance sparked by a bloodless duel over a former lover, and Heckscher’s dramatic social rise from Civil War veteran to Manhattan society figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modellar
Washington Post
New York
John G. Heckscher
McClellan
Virginia Otis
Afteen
Mr. Heckscher
West Sixty-eighth Street
West Sixty-fifth Street
Heckscher
Henry Rogers Winthrop
Mira
Otta
Eliza Proctor Otis
Mia
Otis
Central Park ‘Weat
Marie Antoinette
T U ELECTS TRUSTEES IN W C T U MEETING
The executive committee of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at 523 Sixth street NW with Mrs. Clinton Faith presiding. Gillenwater and Anna C McDowell elected as trustees and many members re elected including Mrs Jennis H Robinson and Mrs Mary Brow. Delegates to the Anti Saloon League chosen as Mrs Noerr Cusick Bradley Sara Smith and Mrs Boyd. A conundrum contest was announced for the W T U Building at 6% Sixth street NW on Friday evening November 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sixth Street Northwest
Clinton Faith
Gillenwater
Anna C. McDowell
Jennis H. Robinson
M. Ef. Catlin
Emme Sanford Shelton
Mary E. Brow
Anson & Tuslor
Clinton Senith
Helen Grace
Noerr
Cusick
Bradley
Sara Smith
Boyd
Doctors On Barred List Physicians Cannot Prescribe Whisky
Commissioner of Internal Revenue answers letters on alcohol compounds and tax. No special tax for apple cider sale. advise selling under true name. Drugists may use alcohol in prescriptions and tinctures for medicinal use without liquor dealer tax. A physician cannot prescribe whisky alone for a patient without tax liability, even if for medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Iin
United States
Hissing of The Clansman draws praise at Columbia show
George R. Koester from Columbia, S.C., writes that audiences at the local performances of The Clansman showed strong approval. He notes only a small hiss from a few young men during Dixon’s interlude, quickly drowned by cheers for the play and the author, with nine in ten theatergoers supportive of Dixon’s aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
South
Dixon
Opera
Bie Saben Pd
South Carolina
George R. Koester
B. C
Warner After Shylocks Notices of Misconduct
Commissioner Warner orders an immediate purge of the Pension Office accusing moneylenders of high rates. He reports written charges against suspected clerks and vows a thorough investigation, refusing to name individuals. A separate Navy report notes wireless signals heard 700 miles distant from Guantanamo. Maryland appoints postmaster at Friendly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Secretary of the Interior
Navy Department
Colon
Guantanamo
Elvidge Denies Guilt In Presidential Carriage Incident
Automobilist Elvidge, a government messenger, says he used no profanity and questions his alleged offense. He describes passing the President’s carriage on the left and claims he did not know the officers on bicycles were involved. He doubts the full facts are known and expresses that a square deal should apply. He was discharged and left his St. Paul job for Washington posting with wife and child awaiting his future.
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Amny
Clerkas
Civil Service
Eividge
Elvidge
S. Street
Idge
Mividge
Salls
Sherman
Bureau of Standards
Biidge
Washington
St. Paul
Department of Commerce and Labor
Elvidige
Hiidge
Fire Company Shakeup Follows Trial Board Findings
District Commissioners receive trial board findings on No 3 Engine Company after a duty time clique was alleged. Recommendations include dismissal of Lieut Davidson Driver Long and Privates Markwari and Witex, transfers for Crompton and Clements, and promotions for Weaver Swann Caton Moreland Riley Bieber Robbins Geucher Crimmins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Long
Markwari
Witex
Belt
Fire Department
No. 3
Co. B. Proctor
Suit Over Kentucky Land Commission Dispute
William A. Milliken sues Napoleon B. Dotson for a 25 000 commission claiming Dotson caused a sale fall through by falsely promising Southern Railway line access to 124 000 acres in Harlan County Kentucky. Milliken alleged a 10 000 acre deal with Tri State Coal and Coke Pittsburgh dissolved once the line promise proved false. J Darlington for Milliken. Hazleton and May for Dotson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam A .Milliken
Napoleon B. Dotson
Clabaugh
Circuit Court
Milliken
Dotson
Harlan County
Southern Bailroad Company
Tri-State Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
Southern Railway Company
J Darlington
Stiniken
George C. Hazleton
Ebert May
Dryden Bill Questioned by Ohio Policy Holders
The Ohio Policy Holders Association replies to Senator John F. Dryden outlining support for stronger life insurance regulation. It argues federal power to regulate interstate commerce could cap premium charges and protect policy holders, and invites Dryden to share his proposed bill for member consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
John F. Dryden
Ohio Policy Holders’ Association
Ohio Life Policy Holders’ Association
Insurance Companie
Hiie
Lay Hollars’ Association
Congress
Roosevelt
Insurance Control Debate Troquois Club Votes By Mail
Chicago October 19 A Troquois Club meeting ended in a mail ballot on national versus state regulation of wife insurance companies as both sides feared defeat. Paul Hersh suggested using assets to circulate bank notes, a plan likened to voluntary control by bonds. Mayor Dunne pressed questions about federal control of oil and meat industries amid beef trust litigation assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troquois Club
Chicago
Paul Hersch
Rock Island
Personal Note On Pensioner Returns And Deaths In City
Col Frank H ie resumes official duties after a pension, while Gen and Mrs John W Foster travel to Indiana due to a death. Mrs Conpess Shepherd’s daughter is at home as the younger son George Lemon Tucker dies in the Philippines from appendicitis and remains await arrival of Maj and Mrs Tucker with the remains. Burials planned at Calumet Price home of Mrs Logan A after a West trip lasting a few weeks.
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Frank H. Ie
Sogre Roe
Haw
Phénela
John W. Foster
Indiana
Iiphter
Conpess Shepherd
John
A. Logan
Calumet Price
Williams F. Tucker
George Lemon ‘Tucker
Logan
Officials urged to grant Hawaii natives discretion
At Lake Mohonk conference on Filipino and Hawaiian affairs, speakers urged empowering local officials with discretion to adapt policies to conditions. Prof. Jenks warned against private interests steering dependences, while others praised Philippine education and the need for qualified administrators. Hoemer pressed for admitting Chinese labor under a new treaty compromise to ease Hawaiian labor tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Lake Mohonk
New York Observer
Philippines
Jenks
Orient
United States
Philippine
O'Briay
England
Leroy
Devine
Islands
Devins
W. A. Sutherland
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
Mr. Sutherland
Filpino
Boston
Los Angeles
Hawai Wrank A. Hoemer
Amherst College
Hawai
Chentung Ligne Cheng
Hawaiian Islands
Charles Henry Hitchcock
Dartmouth College
Hosmer
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Landis Sage
House
Crusade
Gost OF Ige
Gars
Michigan” Central
J. G. Heckscher
John Heckacher
Miss Whitney
Stephen Whitney
Henry Winthrop Gray
Clubland
Sixyward
Gray
Union Club
Carroll Livingston
Clayton
George Peters
Canada
Montreal
John Heckscher
Stratford
Philadelphia
Shylocks
Bach
Troy C. Thorne
Friendly, Md
Atebisot
Topekse
Ani
Santa Fe
Ie Commerce
Treasury
National Bank
Kentucky
W. A. Milliken
Dryden
Association
Diao Rana
Massachusetts Avenue
TSN Ee
Prof. Jenks
Government of Dependencies
Crittenton Mission
Florence Crittenton
C Street
Atresia
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