House Looks With Favor In Salary Increase
The House shows inclination to raise salaries for the Vice President, Speaker, Senators, Representatives, and Cabinet officers. Littauer proposes increases to 15,000 for top leaders, 12,000 for cabinet, and 7,500 for senators and reps, with debate set as an amendment to the legislative bill. Other items include a 250,000 tick eradication bill and pension adjustments for Civil War veterans.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Littauer
New York
Unederwood
Alabama
Sureos Ios
House
Dee
Representative Rangell
Texas
Court action followed by writ ten motion to set aside indictments
The court took the same action and the defense will return to the statutory ground in their written motion to set aside indictments. On Monday next the grand jurors will be interrogated regarding bias and prejudice. Washington December 13 Representative Hayes of California introduced a resolution seeking guidance from Secretary Taft on whether Chinese or Japanese workers are used in the canal zone and if such employment is contemplated.
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Taft
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France
Jacobin Party
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Christ
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Roosevelt
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Leo XII
Ievy
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Constega
Ag Beat
Congress Must Act on Child Labor Evil
At the first session of the child labor convention in Cincinnati on December 13 a resolution urged states to address local abuses while endorsing the Beveridge Parsons bill for a national child labor law. Jane Addams cited census data showing the United States lagging behind Europe except Russia. Senator Beveridge pressed for a national remedy and urged mobilizing public opinion to awaken Congress.
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Beveridge
Maine
South Carolina
Congress
Million-dollar flood fight proposed in Imperial Valley
Representatives of the Southern Pacific railroad and a large Imperial Valley gathering proposed a one million dollar subscription contingent on Colorado River control. The railroad would fund the project up to about 2.56 million dollars, with preliminary closure work already moving ahead amid strong public enthusiasm.
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Southern Pacith Railroad
Imperial Valley
Colorado River
Court Denies Motion By Schmitz And Ruef In Indictment Challenge
San Francisco December 14 The oral motion by Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef to strike five indictments found by the grand jury was largely denied by Judge Dunne He refused to admit testimony about Grand Juror Wallace Wise serving on a prior panel in Judge Lawlor's court from January 1 to July 9 Special Prosecutor Heney objected and the court sustained the objection The defense pressed the motion and reiterated its offer of evidence through their league members
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Mayor Schmitz
Abraham Muef
Wallace RE. Wise
Dunne
Act
Killef
Wise
Spelling reform order dropped after House vote
Washington reports President Roosevelt will restore old spelling in all executive documents. Representative Landis urged the House to require standard orthography, citing cost and confusion from the simplified system. The proposal passed with no opposition, though some members warned against premature conclusions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Executive Departments
Representative Landis
Joint Committee On Spelling
House of Representatives
Landis
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Congress
Government Printing Office
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Massachusetts
House Committee On Appropriations
Government
Committee On Printing
Twelve Killed in Battle Near Azogues in Ecuador
Guayaquil report states rebel losses in the Azogues river clash near Leon province as twelve killed and eighteen wounded. Colonel Vegas, leader of the rebellion, and thirty-two followers were captured. Other rebel bands in Leon have not been confirmed.
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May Now Build Great Dam at Eagle Engle
Private dispatches to the Mexican consul report Mexico has ratified the treaty with the United States on the great irrigation dam at Eagle sixty miles above El Paso. The accord ends a ten year dispute over water rights and resolves a $20,000,000 damages claim, clearing the way for U S completion of the dam.
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Morning Journal
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Tex
Mexico City
United States
Eagle
el Paso
Mexan
Scientific Torture in Russian Prisons
A New York dispatch from Odessa describes police repression with a political prisoner kept in a cell where a phonograph blasts the Russian national hymn day and night to spur patriotism. Other inmates suffer blinding blue light exposure aimed to break their minds.
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Lemion
Odessa
Patrick's Pate in Hands of Governor Commutes Patrick
Washington December 13 The case of Albert T Patrick convicted of murdering William Marsh Rice and under sentence of death against New York was dismissed in the US Supreme Court on motion by his own counsel to clear the way for Governor Higgins to commute Patrick's sentence to life imprisonment
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Washington
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Higgins
Postmasters Receive Higher Salaries In Western Posts
The Postmaster General advanced Dawson New Mexico and Farmington New Mexico offices to presidential class and raised the postmasters salaries to 1206 and 1000 dollars respectively. Vand Canyon Arizona office also advanced with salary set at 1100 dollars.
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Dawson
Morning Journal
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC
Cortelyou Todas
Farmington
N. M
Ivand Canyon
Ariz
Wax
Inheritance Tax Laws Reported by Census Bureau
A census bulletin notes that about half the states had inheritance tax laws. Officials estimate a large annual revenue impact, with figures around 612 million dollars, reflecting changes since the initial assessment.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Senator DuBois Charges Roosevelt Intervened in Mormon Vote
Idaho Senator DuBois reviewing the Mormon church and Smoot case accuses President Roosevelt of using his administration to aid the Mormon Republican vote in the last election. Adjournment was taken at 4 p.m. until Monday.
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Idaho
Smoot
Roosevelt
House Asks Statement of Land Withdrawals
The House adopted a resolution directing the secretary of the interior to provide a complete description of all public lands withdrawn or reserved from entry since July 1 1906. It seeks a state by state tabulation of withdrawn areas and the total nationally, supporting Congress in evaluating the president's coal land withdrawal recommendations.
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HOUSE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Cabinet Dinner At White House Highlights Washington Social
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted the annual cabinet dinner at the White House with Vice President Fairbanks and numerous officials attending in formal dress. Notable guests included Secretary Latta, Attorney General Moody, Admiral Rixey, Senator Proctor, and Ambassador Henry White, among others.
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Payne
Sherman
William M. Howard
Henry White
Winthrop
Porto Ries
Robert Peary
Paul Morton
Shonts
Harding
Proposed battleship to be most powerful afloat
Washington December 13 Congress today received from the secretary of the navy the plans for a new battleship. The vessel would have greater elevation and range, improved defenses, and a hull and armor surpassing by over 3 000 tons all existing ships. Length 510 feet beam 85 feet 2 1 2 inches draft 27 feet 20 000 tons displacement coal capacity and speed 21 knots. Armament includes ten 12 inch guns fourteen 5 inch rapid fire guns and machine guns for torpedo boat defense. Cost capped at 6 000 000.
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Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Santa Rita Mines to Close Temporarily in New Mexico
Boston owners and officers of the Santa Rita Mining Company have ordered the Santa Rita copper mines at Santa Rita Grant County New Mexico shut down for what is described as a temporary measure. The reason is not clarified but the mines have long been among the region's heaviest copper producers.
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Morning Journal
Boston
Mass
Santa Rita Mining Company
Santa Rita
Grant County
New Mexico
Santas Rita
Passenger killed in peculiar accident near Grayton
In Texas a Sunset Limited train car broke apart near Grayton injuring and killing a passenger. William H. Fairclough of Ridgeway New Jersey died after being crushed between cars. A Mexican passenger and several others were hospitalized or continued their trip.
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Tex
Grayton
Southern Paeitle
William H. Fairclough
Ridgeway N. J
California
Pairclaugh
New York Publisher William J Brown Dies in Massachusetts
William J Brown former publisher of the New York Daily News died at his home in Great Barrington Massachusetts early today aged 64 His death follows a prior decline of a government post Washington dispatch dated December 12 notes Pref Henry Pairfield Osborn was elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and has defined the action official notification made public today
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Dread
William J. Brown
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Great Barrington
Mass
Washington
Henry Pairfield Osborn
Smithuanian Institute
Civic Federation Debates Income and Inheritance Tax
Melville B. Ingalls argues for an income and inheritance tax to curb wealth concentration. He cites tariff, railroad favors, and contracts as sources of multi millionaires andCalls for wealth to be divided at death. Belmont and Guthrie discuss implications, while Carnegie cautions against punitive taxation yet supports fair redistribution.
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New York
Melville B. Inalls
Cincinnati
Civic Federation
Ingalls
Trafic
August Belmont
National Civic Federation
Belmont
Willem D. Guthrie
Andrew Carnegie
Guthrie
Myr Carnegie
Carnegie
Txim
George B Poster
Finant
Canada
Battleship Kansas proves speedy vessel in trials
The Kansas built at Camden New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding company exceeded contract speed targets during her official screw standardization trial on the Owls Head measured mile near Rockland Maine.
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Neehip Kansas
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Owls Head
Kansas Battleship Undergoes Marine Trials At Sea
The Kansas reached 18.3 knots in testing while trials measured 126.5 RPM to meet an 18 knot target. On five runs the ship averaged 138.23 knots hour and logged 120.5 RPM for 18 knots, highest among its four battleship class. A four hour coast run will precede a 34 hour endurance test toward the Delaware capes.
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Delaware Capes
Hartje Coachman Sentenced to State Prison
Pittsburg December 13 Clifford Hope a negro coachman convicted of perjury in a deposition before the Hartje divorce trial was refused a new trial and sentenced to pay a $50 fine and costs and to six years imprisonment. He was taken to the penitentiary August Hartie the tipeant in the divorce case commented that he was not surprised. Mrs Mary Scott Hartie, against whom Hope made sensational statements, said it was just that the false accuser should suffer.
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Pittsburg
Clifford Hope
Hartje Svorce
Hove
August Hartie
Mary Scott Hartie
New York Actor Commits Hari Kari in Saloon Death
A 40 year old man described as Rankin Duval, an actor, entered a Sixth Avenue saloon and used a large cheese knife on his abdomen, killing himself. He died at Roosevelt Hospital the same night. Duval had been performing in the play The Darling of the Gods, where he acted a death scene nightly.
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New York
Rankin Duval
Sixth Avenue
Duval
Roosevelt Hospital
Duvall
Fiery Briand Speech Sparks Liberty Clash Across France
A Morning Journal Special Leased Wire report sees Cardinal Gibbons voicing alarm at France’s crisis and anti clerical measures. He warns of vast property seizures and expulsion of clergy while praising American justice and liberty amid French political strife.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Priest and Woman Found Dead in Gas-Filled Room
The bodies of Father Cs Quinn and Bridget Kiley were found in a boarding house room on East Eighteenth Street. Gas from a half open jet caused their asphyxiation, with police unsure if death was by action. Quinn, 35, formerly of St. Agnes in Atlantic Highlands NJ, and Miss Kiley, 22, recently a housekeeper, were identified at the morgue by Michael Killey.
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New York
Cs. Quinn
St. Agnes Church
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Bridget Kiley
St. Agnes
East Eighteenth Street
Michael Killey
Bredice
Quinn
America
Ireland
Siverware
O' Farrell Pather
Parrell
Atantic Highlands
Youthful Train Robber Given Stiff Sentence
Clyde Humsey, a Chicago youth, pleaded guilty to robbing the Alton Burlington train near Glasgow Missouri and the Rock Island Limited. He received a minimum of ten years on each charge and was sentenced to twenty years in total. The Missouri maximum for train robbery is death.
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Clyde Humsey
Chicago
Alton
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