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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
3
Washington dispatches report stalled labor and rail safety debates and Army funding moves. Key figures include Senator Hale voicing against mill subsidies, and House leaders adjourn planning strategic recesses. Other items mention the "paper trust" veto and naval retirements, with notices of county deaths and regional political notes.
New York report says Thomas F Ryan Thure testified in Harlem municipal court that a 500000 Metropolitan Street Railway fund intended for the Wall Street ferry line was not earmarked for political use. He claimed it was paid to William C Whitney as a corporate benefit with no formal ledger entries. Whitney allegedly described the fund’s disposition to Ryan, who offered 100000 contributions from each of several directors.
Representative O Connell of Massachusetts told the House military committee that installing State or Industrial schools within the army would popularize service and reduce desertions. He urged schooling during enlistment so veterans can re-enter civil life after their term. The Times says Roosevelt's anti anarchism push earns global sympathy and moral support as details await full proposals.
In Court Square Memphis the inscription The Union must be preserved will be restored to Andrew Jackson’s monument after 43 years. Col Galloway park commission member notes a Confederate patriot removed the line during the Civil War and says reestablishing it honors the Union.
Representatives of the Yellowpine Manufacturers association headed by Harry Foster of Little Rock met with President and Gifford Pinchot in Washington to push forest preservation. The group covers the South from Virginia to Texas and uses 13 billion feet of yellow pine annually, a rate that could exhaust forests in about fifteen years.
Columbus Ohio temperance supporters claimed a victory as the Woods antibooties bill passed the lower house by 75 to 19. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
The navy appropriation bill was reported by the house authorizing two first class battleships and eight submarine torpedo boats, with totals for arms and armor. It covers a fiscal year ending June 30, 1909 and lists current construction including seven battleships, four armored cruisers, and five torpedo boat destroyers. Carr preliminary hearing notes robbery and murder on a Santa Fe express train. Kansas City elects Democrat Thomas Critenden Jr. as mayor. Republicans hold police judge and city treasurer posts.
Washington senate committee on the judiciary agrees on a bill prohibiting shipment of liquor with fictitious names in interstate commerce. The measure, to be reported by Senator Knox, requires consignor and consignee names to be stated, aiming to curb railroad and express agents for liquor houses. Minority views to be included in the report, setting stage for floor debate on broader rights.
Postoffice Inspector Russell Wednesday arrested Tom Vance and Jim Mark two ex convicts believed by federal authorities to be the men wanted for several postoffice and bank robberies in Oklahoma and Arkansas since January Vance served a term in Kansas penitentiary and Mark was recently released from Wisconsin prison.
Des Moines reports the death of Aunt Becky Young a famed Civil War nurse and nurse leader who married forty years ago. She died Monday at her Des Moines home aged 76. Her service as a nurse during the war made her a notable local figure.
Washington DC lawmakers consider a bill introduced by Representative Hill to bar the federal government from issuing tax receipts for liquor sales to any buyer lacking a state county municipal or local license. A subcommittee hearing Wednesday noted that about one third of retail liquor outlets operate under such local licenses.
Washington hearings on Venezuela pause as Congress considers treaties from The Hague. Secretary Root urges full presidential authority to engage Castro if needed. Plans progress for joint military naval presence in Venezuelan waters after sanctions are secured. In Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, Cecil A. Lyon replaces Myron T. Herrick on the board after the Dallas annual meeting.
Washington D C under suspension of the rules the house passed a bill amending the anti pass provisions of the interstate commerce act. it would permit issuing passes to furloughed pensioned and superannuated employees disabled or infirm in service of common carriers and the bodies of those killed on the job, plus former employees traveling to enter service and their families.
A Missouri crop report notes no green bugs in wheat by April first and limited damage from insects due to dryness. Overall state crop value averages $1, the fall sown acreage down 8 percent from last year, oats are largely sown and in good shape, and fruit has faced frost since March but remains promising with only 5 percent peach buds killed. Weather remains dry though local rains aided some areas, and winter stock conditions were good.
Missouri headlines report a court ruling criticizing a missing phrase in the state constitution and ordering a new trial in a criminal case. In Joplin, Missouri, railroad officials Scullin Sands Francis Kerens and Dowley discussed completing the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, including a park beside the passenger terminal.
State Superintendent W G Vandiver renewed licenses for Aetna Life Insurance Hartford Conn Par ile Mutual Life Los Angeles Cal and National Life and Accident Association vibe Tenn The Hadley attorney general had investigated fire insurance rates and agreed to readjust them in Missouri and halt prosecutions A Jefferson City conference with Judge E L Scarritt John F Lee and Charles W Bates led to the agreement
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