Taft Measures Emphasize Postal Banks and Reform
President Taft in New York highlighted postal savings banks, interstate commerce, injunctions, statehood and conservation as priorities for early Congress action. Ship subsidy rests in flux with Senate passage likely, House opposition looming. A select committee on the cost of living to be announced soon, with Lodge as chair and Simmons and Clarke potentially representing the minority. House will likely defer to Senate on the high cost of living inquiry while pursuing rivers and harbors and other appropriations.
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Interstate’ Commerce
Taft
Washington
New York
Congress
Senate
Lodge
Elkins
McCumber
Smoot
Crawford
Simmons
North Carolina
Clarke
Arkansas
trans-Mississippi
House
Americans Drink Record Import Levels in Coffee and Spirits
Washington reports a surge in imports with Americans consuming over a billion pounds of coffee in 1905 valued at $86 million, roughly per person. Spirits wines and malt liquors reached a record 1909 import value of $26 million, more than double 1898. Great Britain remains the top tea consumer globally.
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Washington
Americana
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Great Britain
Postal President Sees South Prosperous for Telegraphs
New York February 13 Carence H Mackey president of the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Companies returned from a south inspection tour and said the telegraph business acts as a barometer. The south has retained its impetus despite panic, remains philosophical and prosperous, and plans extensive extensions and expansions of facilities. He warned against fear of court actions and urged business to proceed with expansion while conditions require.
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New York
Carence H. Mackey
Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Companies
South
Supreme Court
Congress
Dearth of Teachers for Indian Schools
Washington reports a shortage of teachers in the Indian service as the Civil Service Commission notes the need for married male instructors to lead day schools and for female staff in boarding schools. An April 12 examination in multiple cities will influence next year’s appointments. Most schools are in the west and southwest with day teachers earning about 460 a month for ten months, plus a housekeeper wife at 50 a month. Quarters are provided. Those showing executive ability may advance to principal or superintendent roles. Female teachers enter at 540 to 500 a year.
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Washington
Indian Service
Civil Service Commission
Bazaar Ends in Cartersville Profits for Confederate Reunion
Cartersville Georgia February 10 special a successful bazar conducted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy netted 135 dollars. The funds will finance the entertainment of the state reunion of the United Confederate Veterans to be held in the city in October. Elaborate preparations are underway for welcoming the old soldiers and making their visit memorable.
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Cartersville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
United Confederate Veterans
Doctor and Millionaire Relative Accused in Swope Death
Kansas City February 33 Counsel for Dr Bennett Clark Hyde deny charges of causing Colonel Thomas H Swope death. Coroner's verdict linking Dr Hyde to the millionaire uncle of his wife is disputed amid conflicting evidence. Estate valued around 4 million with multiple deaths among Swope relatives. lists the deceased cousins nieces and a sister-in-law.
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Kansas City
Bennett Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Hyde
Swope
B. C. Ayde
Missouri
Cotton Gambling to Be Stopped by Federal Bill
Washington February 13 Special The hearing on exchange gambling in cotton resumes tomorrow at 1 pm before the Neuse committee on agriculture. Vice President B Marsh of the New York cotton exchange will testify. The committee favors a bill to prohibit gambling in cotton and farm products and plans to report it to the house within two weeks. Support from cotton state representatives and farmers unions is anticipated to pass the measure. The committee also considers delaying enforcement for six months to a year after passage. Next Friday the committee will study wheat speculation and the proposed removal of the wheat pit.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Neuse Committee On Agriculture
B. Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
House
Farmers’ Union
Engineer to Survey Atlanta Battlefield Details Delayed
Washington reports that no army engineers are available to survey the Peachtree Creek battlefield now. A September start is possible if funds permit. Colonel Livingston has introduced a bill for 1000 dollars to cover the survey, aiming to secure an officer and ensure a timely historic site plan.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Bacon
Secretary of War
Peachtree Creek
Dickinson
Army
Livingston
House Committee On Military
Brantley Sways House With His Masterful Speech
Washington February 13 Representative William G Brantley of Georgia drew rare praise for a landmark speech on Congress power over summons of its members as witnesses. His argument convinced wavering members and earned bipartisan acclaim from colleagues, including those who had previously opposed the resolution.
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John Corrignam Jr
Washington
William G. Brantley
Georgia
House
House of Representatives
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Representative Moon
Pennsylvania
Judiciary Committee
House of Congress
Brantley
Clayton
Underwood
Henry
Study of Industrial Education Prompted by Public Interest
Washington February 13. Industrial education likely to be the subject of an exhaustive study by the United States bureau of labor in early spring. Public interest has urged Secretary Nagel to authorize Commissioner Charles Nelli to conduct the inquiry, with backing from the American Federation of Labor and other economic organizations.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Labor
Jed Seeretary Nagel
Department of Com‘merce ‘and Labor
Labor
Charles ©. Nelli
American Federation ‘of Labor
Eid
Quelling Disorder Marshal Is Shot in Davisboro
In Davisboro Georgia on February 13 Marshal W J Prince was shot by William Brown known as Bub Brown at a negro house where he had gone to quiet a disturbance. Brown fired twice with a double barrel shotgun first striking the marshal in the left thigh. Prince fell but escaped the second load and remains alive with doctors hopeful for recovery though Brown has not been arrested.
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Davisboro
Marshal W. J. Prince
William Brown
Bub Brown
Marshal Prince
Brown
Prince
National convention to push federal auto registration plan
Washington February 13. A national legislative convention under the American Automobile Association opens here with a preparatory meeting tomorrow. Governors from 20 states will send delegates and the auto trade will be largely represented. The proposed federal registration bill, introduced by Rep Cocks New York, would allow owners who meet their state requirements to obtain federal registration for a nominal fee enabling travel through any state without multiple taxes or registrations.
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Washington
Congress
American Automobile Association
New York
Jefferson Defied Court in Burr Treason Case
Washington reports that President Thomas Jefferson refused to appear in court and withhold papers during Aaron Burr treason proceedings. Officials note potential executive immunity. Burr was tried in Richmond in 1807 and acquitted.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Senate
House
Juduh Wright
Joint Committee
Congress
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
Jefferson
Burr
Southwest
Richmond
Maine Anniversary Observances Planned for Destruction of Warship
The twelfth anniversary of the Maine destruction in Havana harbor is marked with memorial services across the nation. In Washington the commemoration begins with a service at First Congregational Church led by patriotic groups. Rear Admiral Charles Sigsbee delivers the principal address.
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Washington
Havana Harbor
Arington National Cemetery
First Congregational Church
Charles PD. Sigsbee
Navy
Maine
NO CARNEGIE WAR ON CHRISTIANITY DENIAL
Andrew Carnegie denies plans to fund a campaign for agnosticism in general education. He and his family travel to Los Angeles to address the controversy sparked by Rev Dr Burrell. Carnegie states he will not interfere with Burrell’s views while maintaining his own beliefs and Paine admiration.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
David J. Burrell
Marble Collegiate Church
Presbyterian Alliance
Chicago
Carnegie
Los Angeles
Carnegie Foundation
Christian Foundation
Burrell
Thomas Paine
Paine
Princeton
Princeton University
Bermudas
I. Burrell
Neval
A. Hingham
Varnesie
Cardul credited for health revival in Sevierville woman
Mrs Martha Hown of Sevierville Tenn reports Cardul cured her after doctors failed. She says since taking Cardui she is stronger, can do housework, feels steadier, and no longer faints. She notes the remedy strengthens the whole female system and urges women to have it on hand.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Martha Hown
Cardul
Cardus
Bribery Scandal Grips Senate Inquiry Depths of Corruption Rumors
February report from New York outlines reactions to the Conger Alds bribery charges. Taft and Governor Hughes led a conference as senatorial inquiry may widen to alleged corrupt influence in the American Bridge Company. The fragment notes personal angles and growing public curiosity about broader ties.
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Atban
New York
Assembly
Dielauer
American Bridge Company
Diller Cvers
Catholic Knights Elect Officers in Alabama Section
The Alabama section of the Catholic Knights of America re-elected officers including Memes Hughes of Mabite as president and Killian as treasurer. They also chose delegates to the national meeting in Nashville in May.
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Alabama
Tatholic Knights of America
Oul
Memes Hughes
Mabite
Secretars
Killian
Raper
Bath
Traper Pee
Delicaly
National Association
Nashville
Quote on Catholic critique of Carnegie plan threatens church
The article quotes a speaker denying any conspiracy to attack Christianity and the church. He expresses disbelief that such a scheme could exist, praising Andrew Carnegie’s organizational ability and wealth while voicing concern over potential harm if the claim were true.
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Carnegie
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