Taft Says No Further Effort to Cut Tariff
President Taft releases a general message to Congress stating he will not push tariff reductions, leaving tariff revision to Wilson and the newly elected Congress. He opposes Philippine independence for now, backs currency reform, and urges changes to Sherman anti trust law and Supreme Court rules. He cites a war footing for the forces, strengthens militia pay, and outlines plans for a quick volunteer army.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Wilson
State Department
Philippines
National Monetary Commission
Supreme Court
Panama Canal
Goethals
Great Britain
United States
Nationa
Philippine Islands
President outlines national budget and treasury balance
The president spoke on legislation and opposition to measures while detailing the nation’s prosperity and financial state. He described a proposed budget system with expenditures and revenues and noted a general fund balance near $170 million, promising to submit a model budget to Congress.
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Treasury
Congress
Rural credits proposed to ease farmers’ access to money
Richmond December 6 Governor Emmet O Neal of Alabama told the conference of governors that a system of rural credits modeled on the German land mortgage banks should be created under state charters. He called the current money market boycott against agriculture a chief defect of finance and urged forming a bill to authorize land mortgage banks to lower costs and spur development.
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Richmond
Conference of Governors
Emmet O'Neal
Alabama
United States
O'Neal
Germany
O'Neil
America
Europe
Fairbanks Attacks Judiciary Aligning with Blease
Chicago December 6 Critics of the United States judiciary were placed in the same category as Governor Blease of South Carolina by Charles W. Fairbanks former vice president at a Hamilton Club meeting. He warned that undermining the judiciary harms the Constitution and recalled Blease’s alleged remark to hell with the constitution. He urged stronger respect for the U.S. Constitution amid foreign interest in constitutional principles.
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Chicago
United States
Blease
South Carolina
Charles W. Fairbanks
Hamilton Club
Fairbanks
Bulgarians and Turks Reach Peace Terms in Balkans
A Sofia dispatch in the Daily Telegraph says Bulgarians and Turks have agreed on a principal peace term and could sign within forty eight hours. If Salonica is internationalized Sofia would gain direct access to the Mediterranean via a Struma Valley railway. Adrianople likely remains Turkish.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Sofia
Salonica
Orthona
Serres
Struma
Mediterranean
Balkans
Adrianople
Galveston Carnival Draws Thousands Amid Naval Arrival
Galveston Texas December 6 thousands of visitors attend the annual carnival under the auspices of the Mysterious Order of Ancient Seas. Pageants gala performances and other events fill the program. Four American battleships arrived in the harbor boosting the week’s attractions.
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Galveston
Texas
Seiffert Testifies in McNamara Dynamiting Trial
In Indianapolis on December 6 seven words from a government exhibit tied Herbert Seiffert of Milwaukee to the McNamara dynamiting plot. Seiffert said he acted as business agent for the iron workers union and sent explosion reports to John J. McNamara while denying direct involvement.
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Indianapolis
Herbert Seiffert
Milwaukee
McNamara
Seiffert
William E. Reddin
Bsiness
Iron Workers’ Union
John J. McNamara
International Iron Workers’ Union
Ortie McManigal
Reddin
Frank M. Ryan
International Union
International Headquarters
Clinton
Iowa
Green Bay
Wis
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
McNamaras
Reddin, Seiffert
Charles M. Berem
Minneapolis
Daniel Buckley
Davenport
Murray Cannell
Springfield
Preparing Draft of Demands on Turkey
London dispatch says Balkan allies draft a joint demand list to present to Turkey and exchange notes as delegates prepare for the ambassadorial conference in London. Greece maintains armistice stance, continues action at Chios and Janina, and searches ships near the Dardanelles. Reports from Vienna say Serbia has set batteries opposite Orsova on the Danube.
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London
Turkey
Greece
Chios
Janina
Dardanelles
Smyrna
Vienna
Danube
Orsova
First Idaho all-woman jury convicts Mrs Butts
In Twin Falls Idaho on December 6 a jury of women found Mrs Edward Butts guilty of threatening a man with a revolver but recommended mercy. The hearing paused for the jurors to prepare midday meals before reaching a verdict in under an hour.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Edward Butts
Great Keeper of Wampum William Provin Dies
William Provin, 71, longtime grand keeper of wampum for the Improved Order of Red Men and former Massachusetts state senator in 1891 and 1892, died at his Westfield home yesterday.
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Westfield
Mass
William Provin
Great Council of the United States
Red Men
Provin
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast Outlook
West Virginia expects fair but cold conditions Saturday with possible rain or snow at night or Sunday. Virginia shows fair and colder Saturday with a chance of rain at night and rain on Sunday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Richmond Conference Denounces Lynchings and Bonds Rural Credit
Governors meeting in Richmond decry mob violence and demand impartial trials while backing a Taft linked rural credit plan. Blease defends lynching remarks and snaps at colleagues as Kease, Carey, O Neal and Mann voice sharp rebukes. Conference adjourns to meet Taft in Washington and plan a Colorado Springs gathering.
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Dee
Blease
South Carolina
United States Senate
Lease
Washington
Louisville
Pittsburg
Kease
Carey
Wyoming
O'Neal
Alabama
United States
Mann
Virginia
Taft
Colorado Springs
Myron
T. Herrick
France
Union
Plaisted
Maine
Wilson
New Jersey
Marshall
Indiana
Morgan to Underwrite 10 Million Bonds for Union Depot
J J Morgan after talks with James J Hill and others agrees to underwrite 10 million dollars in bonds to support the proposed Union Depot project in St Paul Minnesota. The move comes after discussions with local steel and railway leaders and prominent financiers.
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St. Paul
Minn
Dee
J. P. Morgan
James J. Hill
Union
Archbold Impeachment Trial Heated By Verbal Clash
Washington December debate in the Archbold impeachment trial sees W A May of Scranton denounce a house managers claim as a lie. The chairoverrules an objection allowing deposition evidence from Risley Brown to counter E J Williams testimony. Witnesses from Erie railroad subsidiaries testify as proceedings continue with tense exchanges.
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E. J. Williams
Brown
Williams
Washington
W. A. May
Scranton
Robert W. Archbold
Commerce Court
Archbold
Worthington
May
Erie Railway
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Er. J. Williams
Mr. May
Bacon
Senate
George M. Brownell
New York
Erie Railroad
Charles Conn
Erie
Lackawana
Wyoming Valley Electric Road
Charles *. Pryor
House Judicial Committee
House
Risley Brown
Department of Justice
Camorrist De Marinis Sent to Asylum After Madness
Giuseppe de Marinis, a Camorra convict from Viterbo judged for complicity in Cuccolo's murder, has gone insane and was moved to an asylum in Pisa on December 6.
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Camorrist
Pisa
Italy
Giuseppe de Marinis
State closes case in Sidna Allen trial at Wytheville
After two minor witnesses, the state rested in the Sidna Allen murder trial of William M. Foster. Defense evidence began with bank deposit proof to counter a conspiracy claim. Traveling salesmen testified on merchandise, while Deputy Clerk Quesenberry allegedly warned of trouble. The court did not admit Beckie Ayers dying statement and another woman testified Ayers said Clerk Goad fired.
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Wytheville, Dev
Sidna Allen
William M. Foster
Hillsville
Commonwealth
Thomas Gardner
Carroll County
Quesenberry
Allens
Beckie Ayers
Court House
Miss Ayers
Goad
Insurance Against Twins Claims in London
Brokers quote a five percent rate for insurance against the birth of twins. It is also possible to insure against a child who might deprive someone of an estate or title.
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London
Col Mosby Nearing Recovery From Illness
Washington December 6 Col John S Mosby the famed Confederate cavalry commander is slowly recovering from a severe illness and is described as improving today. Mosby’s health update comes as he remains under medical care in Washington.
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Mosby
Washington
John $. Mosby
Col Mosby Birthday Birthday at Edgemont Virginia
Orn Mosby born December 6 1833 at Edgemont Virginia quietly celebrated his birthday and near four score years. He practiced law at Bristol when the Civil War began and was among the first to enlist in the Confederate army. He served continually except for a wound until Lee's surrender and later disbanded his troop and was paroled on Gen Grant's recommendation.
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Orn
Edgemont
Col. Mosby
Bristol
Lee
Grant
Democrats in Congress Debate Postmasters and Jobs
In Washington on December 6, Representative Bartlett led an attempt to strike a $2,000 civil service provision from the appropriation bill in protest of Taft’s order placing about $6,000 fourth class postmasters in the classified service. The move failed amid a heated debate. Bartlett argued patronage has governed state postmasters for sixteen years.
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Washington
Bartlett
Taft
House
Representative Trimble
South
Representative Hill
Connecticut
Mann
Wilson
Get Together Dinner in New York Attended by President Taf
President Taf to attend a get-together dinner January 4 at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Republicans plan to counsel on rehabilitating the party. Ex Representative Olcott of New York informed the president and secured his promise to go.
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Washington
Taf
New York
Waldorf- Astoria
Olcott
White House
Congressman Brown Steadily Improving Through Illness
Washington December 6 Special report says Congressman W G Brown has improved steadily all day though remains very ill. Temperature dropped about two degrees and symptoms show gradual progress. Specialists consulted last night and again today express gratification at the improvement and believe the crisis passed last night.
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Washington
W. G. Brown
Taft Speech to Daughters of the Confederacy Printed
Washington December 6 The senate agreed to print as a public document President Tafts recent address to the United Daughters of the Confederacy at their annual convention Senator Johnson of Alabama urged distributing the speech saying it contains statesmanship and noble sentiment for every American household.
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Taft
Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Senate
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Governor to Lunch with President Today in Washington
Governor Glasscock plans to urge the January legislature to ratify two federal amendments the income tax and popular election of U S senators. He departs for Baltimore for a portrait then proceeds to Washington to dine with President Taft. The income tax amendment previously failed 17 to 13 in the state senate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
United States
Baltimore
Washington
Taft
State Senate
Pageant for Women's Titanic Memorial Fund at Century Theatre
In New York on December 6 a starred cast performed at the Century Theatre to aid the Women's Titanic Memorial Fund. Daniel Frohman oversaw programs featuring Ruth St Denis Julie Opp and Edith Wynn Mattison in a grand symbolical sea pageant plus several one act plays by prominent actors.
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New York
Century Theatre
Store Insures Employees in Pittsburg
A local department store in Pittsburg insures the lives of its thousand employees against death in a broad group policy announced today. The measure aims to provide financial protection for workers and their families.
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Pittsburg
Secretar y Wilson ends sixteen years of farm progress
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson submitted his final annual report to President Taft after sixteen years. He cites farm wealth rising from 4.0 to 9.6 billion dollars, a 141 percent gain, with 1912 the most productive year and total farm wealth near 9.58 billion. He credits agricultural colleges, experiment stations, and printing efforts for lowering living costs by boosting crop production.
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Washington
Wilson
Taft
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Congress
Philippine Commissioner Resigns as Taft Accepts
Charles B. Eliott of Minnesota, a member of the Philippine commission now in Washington, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by President Taft. He was charged with matters concerning commerce and the police department. It is expected a vacancy will be filled by an appointment of someone already in the islands.
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Washington
Charles B. Eliott
Minnesota
Philippine Commission
Taft
Islands
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