Taft Submits Third Message Proposing Cabinet Seats in Congress
Washington reports President Taft has sent to Congress a plan to seat cabinet officers in the chamber. He urges a public utilities commission in DC and reforms to land and postal laws, aims to expanding Panama exposition funding, and defends civil service for postmasters. He rejects a price fixing trade commission as impractical.
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Berlin Protest Against Higher Theater and Brewery Taxes
Protests spread in Berlin over new taxes on admission tickets to nickelodeons and motion picture shows and higher duties on brewery malt. Socialists call it aimed at the cheapest leisure, while Lydia Mehle, a hairdresser, is jailed for a romance swindle involving a Servian prince.
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Gift from J. P. Morgan found in second hand store
Ridgefield, Dec. 20. Mrs. William S. Rainsford, wife of Dr. Rainsford, says a book titled Centennial story in the Protestant Episcopal church of New York, presented to him by J Pierpont Morgan in 1886, was found in a New York second hand shop. Morgan reportedly bought it from the dealer. Mrs. Rainsford suspects the caretaker who handled valueless books may have included it when leaving their New York residence, with the library now in storage abroad. The vasa committee of the Commoners will meet in City Hall.
Governors clash over New Haven line extension plan
Providence December 20 Governor Baldwin of Connecticut defend New Haven railroad prompting Rhode Island Governor Pothier to say RI manufacturers are unhappy with current freight facilities. Pothier pledges to build or spur extension to Providence if Grand Trunk or Boston & Maine plans fail, to weaken the New Haven monopoly.
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Scarlet Fever Closes Havemeyer School in Greenwich
An epidemic of scarlet fever at Havemeyer School in Greenwich led Health Officer Klein to close the third and fourth grades on Tuesday. Three cases were reported in the two rooms and fumigation is underway while remaining pupils are to be examined. In Stamford, Christopher Bray remains hospitalized with a skull fracture after an incident involving a hayloft climb.
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York society forms to oppose objectionable plays
In York at Cara Fairey’s home a society formed to oppose objectionable plays and a censorship committee will be appointed. The fragment mentions Hackensack New Jersey, a young couple, a bundle, and an inductor, but details are unclear and unfinished.
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