Rail rate reform debated as Congress weighs commission power
Washington dispatch notes strong prediction that Congress will split on rail rate policy, boosting Interstate Commerce Commission power while avoiding new courts. It cites expected modest ICC expansion, no extra courts, and penalties on railways failing to obey decisions, with burden of appeals on railroads and efforts to curb private car and switching abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Arthur J Dodge
Washington
Milwau-kkee Bentine
St Paul Pioneer Press
Ecoming Congress
Tts Interstate Commerce Commission
Romsevelt
Legisla
Cpl 1
Congress
Senate Committee On ‘Interstate Commerce
Inter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eleas
Interstate Commerce Commission Compromise Proposal Noted
The Interstate Commerce Commission is described as a potential major gain with no new complications or constitutional questions and no desire to assume broader power over rates. It is presented as the sole compromise proposal that has appealed to the commerce committees in both Houses of Congress.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Committees
Houses of
Congress
Pennsylvania Officials Meet Navy Oleomargarine Case
Dr B H Warren dairy and food commissioner and State Senator McCarroll of Pennsylvania conferred with Acting Secretary Darling at the Treasury Department about alleged sales of oleomargarine in the state. Some of the product was reportedly supplied to the League Island Navy Yard. They also discussed with Agriculture Department officials the information needed by state authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
B H. Warren
McCarroll
Darling
Allege Seilera
Navy Yard
League Island
Navy Department
Warren
McCarre
Agricultural Department
Sealing Pirate Arrested After May 1904 Search Ends
Captain Alexander McLean was seized in Victoria British Columbia on an indictment for conspiracy in outfitting the Carmencita sealer. The vessel, later renamed Acapulco, operated under Norwegian and Mexican papers, evading three mile limits while past raids on Copper Islands and a clash with the Russian Ferrol. Evidence gathered by the Secret Service under Chief Wilkie supported charges as the Mexican registry was repudiated and the crew described as robber-bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander McLean
Victoria
British Columbia
Pacific
State Department
Acapulco
Kidd
McLean
San Francisco
Calfornia
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Wilkie
California
High Seas
Sheerwater
St. Paul Island
Carmeniita
Copper Islands
Seattle
Wash
Customs Appraisers to Wear Gray Fedoras on Wharves
The New York Port of New York appraisers protested red hats calling them a badge of anarchy. After review by Treasury officials the order was amended to require gray fedoras instead of red headgear for quick identification on crowded wharves.
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Port of New York
Reynolds
Treasury Department
Whitehead
Washington
Shaw
Heynolds
Broderick Released on Bail in Child Abduction Case
James Broderick, recently indicted for abducting his two children, arrived from Pittsburgh in custody of a deputy marshal and was released on $500 bail by Chief Justice Clabaugh. He is represented by Attorneys Joseph R. Fugue and Wilson and Barksdale. The children have been returned to their mother.
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James Broderick
Pittsburg
Westeraay
Clabaugh
Broderick
Joseph R. Fugue
Wilson and
Barksdale
The Truth Tellers at Columbia Theater Next Week
The Truth Tellers by Fiet G Berger arrives at the Columbia Theater next week. Seats are now on sale for this anticipated production praised as a major event of the year.
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Fiet G Berger
Columbia Theater
Young Men's Christian Association Plans New Quarters
Albert M Chesley new boys department secretary outlines summer outings and two weeks camp on Po tomac River near Cumberland. Delegates attended elder boys conference at Silver Bay Lake George with talks by Booth Smith Hinckley and Fisher. New building will house the boys department with increased capacity up to 1000 and a waiting list plan. Chesley Taylor Goodhue to assist. 250 to 390 new members expected by November.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Albert M. Chesley
Chevy Chase Lake
Camp Good Will
Washington
Baltimore
Potomac River
Cumberland
Great
Jim
Silver Bay
Lake George
Young Men’s Christian Associations
Fort Ticonderoga
Black Mountain
Paradise Bay
Edmund W. Booth
New York City
Fred B. Smith
George W Hinckley
Good Will Farm
George J Fisher
Physical Department
Fred E. Taylor
New York
Albany
Newark City
A. M Chesley
Boys’ Department
Chesley
James E. West
John Boleman
Chase Taylor
David Cowell
Allison Miller
Lloyd Moyer
Fred Legge
Wilson Silsby
JUDGESHIP MOWRYING. Crowded field for Police Court judge race
A lively contest for the Police Court judgeship unfolds as President Roosevelt may decide soon. Twenty candidates are listed with more expected. names include A Leftwich Sinclair Anson B Taylor and Francis Carroll Mattingly amid persistent campaigns for Mills O Neal T Carey and Webb. A rumor of Justice Bundy withdrawing is denied.
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Roosevelt
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Anson B. Taylor
United States
Francis Carroll Mattingly
Samuel C. Mills
Lewis I. O'Neal
Justice of the Peace
Robert H. Terrell
James L. Pugh
Charles S. Bundy
Justice Webb
Justice Mills
A. R. Mulloway
Dark Horse
Emanuel Hewlett
Sidney Webb
Edward van Dyke
Wills B. Riley
Oscar N. Nauck
Col
Albert Sillers
Charles S. Carr
Lorenzo Bailey
Ju. A. Dent
School graduate becomes boys work secretary in Washington
After earning his degree, he served as physical director in Southbridge Massachusetts and Orange New Jersey before accepting the boys secretaryship of the Washington Association. His wife is active in Sunday schools and boys clubs. They will live at 3012 Q Street Northwest.
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Southbridge
Mass
Orange, N. J
Washington Association
Q Street
Tobacco Examiners Shifted in New Customs Policy
Treasury Department transfers tobacco examiners among ports to inject fresh ideas and methods. Seven ports involved with New York and New Orleans exchanging places, Chicago to Tampa, and Boston to Key West. Boston tobacco to Tampa examiner, Key West man to Philadelphia, Philadelphia examiner to Chicago.
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Treasury Department
Shaw
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Tampa
Boston
Key West
Philadelphia
Verdict against Albers in Nicaragua case shocks diplomats
The Nicaraguan court at Ocotal convicted William Albers, American resident agent at Jalapa for Port Simon Company, of resisting legal process and insulting President Zelaya. No sentence yet. State Department will pursue a diplomatic inquiry into the alleged intrusion by Nicaraguan officials. Lee, former Panama consul general, has not yet departed for Ocotal. Minister Merry’s advices expected but not at hand.
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Trestoot Roussvelt
Ryes
Jtugsete
State Department
Ocotal
Segovia
Willam
Albers
Jalapa
Port Simon Company
Zelaya
Managua
Lee
Panama
Merry
Train Stalled In Tunnel Near St Clair River
Passengers on Grand Trunk No From New York to Chicago faced a narrow escape after a coupling failed and the emergency brake engaged. The through Lehigh Valley Flyer stalled for about half an hour in the tunnel under the St Clair River, air growing thicker as passengers stayed calm.
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Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk
New York
Chicago
St. Clar River
Big Bore
Pas- Honea
Springfield Man End His Life After Breakfast Row
In Springfield Ohio a 61 year old bachelor, a wealthy former political figure and Green County elder, killed himself after a domestic dispute heard downstairs at breakfast. Ill health is blamed.
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Springfield
Ohio
Mays
Green County
Washington premiere of The Truth Tellers at Columbia Theatre
Fred G Berger presents Martha Morton's The Truth Tellers at Columbia Theatre next Monday in a locally produced, elaborate staging led by Maude Fealy as Ernestine with a strong cast including Orme Caldara and Esther Lyon. The program also features The Wizard of Oz at New National, Nancy Brown at Lafayette, vaudeville acts, and Dollar troupe acrobats with mixed shows and advance ticket sales underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Berger
Martha Morton
Columbia Theater
Washington
Mr Merger
Lafayette
Beltona
Hea
London
Lord Fauntleroy
Berger
Miss Fealy
Orme Caldara
Sheldon Lewis
Alfred Hudson
Robert Rogers
G2n Denton
Palmer Collins
Frank McDonald
Louise McIntosh
Esther Lyon
Blanche Moulten
Frances Nordstrom
Columbia
New National
Fairyland
Kansas
Land of Oz
Charts for Keep Commission Inquiries in Government
The Keep Commission inquiry prompts charts of official responsibility in departments. War and Navy diagrams illustrate authority and communication lines, revealing how chiefs, clerks, and bureaus interact under scrutiny. Commissioners work diligently across offices, though public confidence remains mixed.
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Keep
War Department
Navy Department
Congress
Dockery
Representative Dockery
Representative Dingley
Commission
Adoo
Wedding of Miss Lazme vuuusen and Sylvester King
Miss Lazme vuuusen wed Sylvester King last night at the bride’s mother's home 450 Franklin Street NW with Rev 8 P W Drew officiating. Attendants wore white and blue. Miss Maude Duvall played the wedding march as roses and autumn leaves decorated the rooms. In Leavenworth Ira N Terrill once Oklahoma’s capital punishment advocate and a Kansas penitentiary inmate was declared insane and to be returned to the Territory after commutation of his sentence.
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Lazme Vuuusen
Sylvester King
Bettie Johnson
Franklin Street Northwest
P. W. Drew
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
Mixses Dorsey
Johnson
Dodson
Maude Duvall
Leavenworth, Kans
Ira N.terrill
Oklahoma
Kansas Penitentiary
Terrill
Judge to Rule on Taggart Divorce Saturday in Wooster
Wooster Ohio September 20 Judge Eason will decide the Taggart divorce case on Saturday September 23. Attorneys for Captain and Mrs Taggart were informed today that the verdict will be ready Saturday morning.
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Taggart
Wooster
Ohio
Eason
Capt
Barkeeper Sues for 5000 Over Slander
Frederick Vogelsang, a barkeeper, sues Thomas F. America for 5000 alleging slander harming his character. Attorneys Campbell Carrington and Irving Williamson represent Vogelsang.
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Frederick Vogelsang
Thomas F. America
Campbell Carrington
Irving Wiliamson
Cassatt Not to Resign From Pennsylvania Railroad
A Chicago rumor of Mr. Cassatt's retirement is denied by a Pennsylvania Railroad official who says Cassatt is in strong health and eager to push improvements to completion. Shareholders are assured he will provide many years of service based on his experience and ability.
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Dallyhoo
Nancy Brown
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Pasyroad Company
Salvation Army Harvest Festival at Hall on Pennsylvania
Salvation Army Washington branch outlines a four day harvest festival September 23 to 26 with special meetings and fund drives. Contributions of fruits canned goods clothing shoes and other items are requested from local business and residents to support various Army efforts and homes.
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Washington
Salvation Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Adjt
Gale
May
Relief for the Bremen Passengers Aboard Neckar
The Neckar left Locust Point for Halifax to take on Bremen passengers after the Bremen’s shaft broke and it tow. Neckar will then proceed to Bremen with the evacuees. Expected delay exceeds two days for the Neckar’s passengers. Also notes incorporations of Globe Life Insurance Association and Protection Benefit Association, a Phoenix Club theater party with Billy Link, an injury to Yancey Austin at the union station, and the Marietta editor George M. Cook’s suicide. Also an excursion offer to Niagara Falls on Sept. 22 via Pennsylvania Railroad with special vestibule coaches and Pullman cars, leaving Washington Sept. 22 at 7:55 a.m. from lth and G sts, $10, good for return within ten days. last season excursion leaves Oct. 13.
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Neckar
Baltimore
Locust Point
Halifax
Bremen
Tfalifax
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
B. M. Newbold
G Sts
Ban on Sure Tip Man and Fraud Orders Issued
Post office inspectors report on questionable schemes including sure tips for horse racing and copying letters. George W. Eddy of Chicago denied mail privileges for advertising infallible methods and fake tips tied to famous patrons. Debarred entities include multiple doctors and portable medicine firms. Fraud orders target fountain pen schemes, information sellers, and instrument sellers for gold finding.
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Post-office
George W. Eddy
Temple Court
Chicago
Eddy
Vanderbilts
Belmonts
Keenes
Wallace
French Remedy Company
Gordon
Revere
J. Henry King
Dr. Davis
Butz
Mrae Wilson
Garmo Company
Rober
Rogers
Good
Philadelphia
8S. Regan
Atlantic City
Ideal Supply Company
St Louis
Robert Lee
East Madison Street
Eureka Supply Company
Albion
Mich
A. J. King
Tyler
Tex
Lee
Letonia
Hureka
Rena Brownell
C. O Brownell
Alban Specialty Company
Michigan
Agast
Marine Band Concert at the Marine Barracks
The United States Marine Band led by Lieut William Santelmann will perform at 450 oclock this afternoon at the Marine Barracks. The program includes Sousa Overture Poet av Peasant selections for cornet Wagner and Verdi arias, a Lucia di Lammermoor sextet, and the Star Spangled Banner, featuring Solos by Liewelsn Stone Brearton Giovannini and McIntire.
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Marine Barracks
United States Marine Band
William Santelmann
Marth
Se Sousa
Supps
Promotions in Indian Service Elevate Several Clerks to Superintendents
Charles M. Ziebach of the Fort Belknap Indian School and John M. Commons of the Carson School are promoted to superintendents. Ziebach will lead the Kickapoo Indian Training School at Horton Kansas and Commons will run the Indian School at Omaha Nebraska. E. S. Kidney, a teacher on the Rosebud reservation, is named superintendent and assigned to the Indian School at Klamath Agency, Oregon, marking a broad reorganization within the program.
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Charles M. Ziebach
Fort Belknap
Mont
John M. Commons
Carson (New ) School
Ziebach
Horton
Kans
Omaha
Nebr
E. S. Kidney
Roseoud Reservation
Klamath
Ureg
Postmasters Appointed In Four States And Territories
The fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday include Harriette H Hinman for Coos New Hampshire Lemuel Bovey for Clayhill Pennsylvania Somerset Vermont Mrs Nellie Goddard Elk Garden Virginia and Bert C Taylor Also listed are additional appointments for Bovey and Somerset with details noting the new post positions Diminished vitality is described as a loss of appetite strength and endurance and the advertisement promotes Hood s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for vitality.
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New Hampshire
Coos
Harriette H Hinman
Pennsylvania
Clayhill
Lemuel
Bovey
Vermont
Somerset
Nellie Goddard
Virginia
Elk Garden
Bert C Taylor
Lood
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Carmencita
RED Hat
Y.M.C. A
G Street
M.C. A
Lynn, Mass
Boys' Department
Carnegie Library
Richmond
Ind
Portland
Carnegie
John B. Sleman, Jr
Nicaragua
President Zelaya
Ovne
Lafayette Theater
Nancy! Brown
Bijou Theater
Mies Marr Marble
Chase’s
Misa May Vokes
Neil O'Brien
Dockstadar Minstrels
Lady and Gentlemen
Nat Clifford
Alle
Alfonso Silvano
Taylor Twin Sisters
Charles E Blaney
Howard Hall
Academy
Gotham National Bank
Robert Rose
Alice
Eddie
Aline
Alice Morrison
Howard Hella
New York, Jr
Beck
Lyceum
MR. Keep
Keep Commission
Uptown
Salvation Army Festival
Tutulla
C. B. Tt. Moore
Tutuila
Globe Life Insurance Association Capital
John J Tunatell
William Elmer Na
Phoenix Club
Phoenix Pleasure Chub
Thase
Billy Link
Yancey Austin
Maryland Avenue
Union Station
Marietta
George M. Cook
Muskingum River
Clocker Eddy
Massachusetts Avenue
RING
Uae
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