08 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
1
Secretary MacVeagh outlines large federal savings in 1911 estimates and supports Taft's push for economy and reforms including the fight against white slave traffic. The President and Taft emphasize honest figures guiding proposed appropriations and reductions from 1910.
The article describes the release mix up in the Senate and President desk involving the 1911 treasury estimates. It notes reductions in expenditures sought to align with revenue gaps and outlines two types of economies: permanent savings from tighter handling and temporary deferrals of nonessential outlays.
A stalled bid situation arises as a New York syndicate offers 17 cents a pound for the 120 million pounds of pooled Burley tobacco, with $2 million to bind the deal, while Burley officials push for 20 cents and eastern negotiators are instructed not to sign. Separately a sale of 23 million pounds of 1909 pooled tobacco from Swemming District to W Ga Head & Son at 7 cents averages completes that portion of the market.
The president backs a plan to shorten court procedures and curb delays. The proposed reform, under the title Sale Law To Prevent Issuance of Labor Dispute Injunctions Without Notice, aims to gain executive approval and streamline labor dispute processes.
Washington dispatch reports Congress adjourned until Friday after reading the president's annual message. Republicans praised the message's concise style and economy measures, while Democrats supported economizing but questioned the Monroe Doctrine. The message was referred to the committee of the whole for committee review.
Solicitor General Bowers of the Department of Justice in Washington is among the latest suggestions for the supreme court vacancy caused by the death of Justice Peckham. He has many loyal friends urging his selection.
President Taft formally named census supervisors for Southern Ohio and Kentucky. In Ohio the appointees span eight districts led by Fred C. Hicks and include Frank P. Richter Joshua E. Russell John H. Schrider Stacy A. Mitchell Harry B. Weaver Core S. Ireland and R J West. Kentucky appointments list ten supervisors from John R. Jones to H C Kennedy with various first to eleventh district names.
The Henderson, Kentucky report notes the balance of the 1909 commodity sale, with Associated Press details indicating a concluded deal. Prospective buyers and market observers awaited final figures as trading closed.
New York Dec 1 The actor John Drew was thrown from a horse on the bridal path in Central Park and seriously injured. A passing car stopped. Drew was taken to Presbyterian Hospital with a severe fracture of the left shoulder and possible internal injuries. His daughter held his head as volunteers offered transport.
Charles Peters, manager of the Union Iron and Steel plant of Rogers Brown and Co., Ironton, died early today from heart trouble. He was a prominent city figure and head of the local plant.
The record in the Burley Tobac co society versus J E B Galtskill appeal from Clark circuit court was filed in the court of appeals. The case, advanced on the docket by special arrangement, will hear oral arguments Friday. Circuit Judge Benton had appointed Lee S Baldwin and Rufus Lisle of Winchester as receivers for the society.
A large barn owned by Frank McClanahan burned to the ground last night in Manchester. The loss includes 5000 pounds of tobacco and valuable farming implements. No insurance and no clue to the fire’s origin.
Indiana tobacco growers formed the Indiana Tobacco Growers' association pool and opened a Dale warehouse. The pool offers $3 to $14 for Burley and $4 to $8.50 for dark tobacco.
The fragment lists several 19th century policy ideas including subsidies to encourage American shipping, publicity of political contributions, civil pensions, a higher postage rate on periodicals, a $50,000 fund to aid in suppressing slavery, expediting legal procedure, naval construction near Chesapeake Bay, Pearl Harbor base considerations, a national health bureau, statehood moves for New Mexico and Arizona, Alaska governance, lighthouse board control, and a push to consolidate commerce bureaus, plus a district of Columbia remodeling appropriation.
An explosion at the Kleines Glassbroke gasometer on the Hiibe front causes a massive fire. Twenty-five workers near the tank vanish in flames. ten dead and seventeen missing by nightfall, with forty injured. The 200,000 cubic meter gasometer, largest in the world, stored 14 million marks for construction.
Hogs sold for 8.40 a hundred at Kansas City's stock yards setting a 27 year record. The peak was driven by a cholera epidemic reducing fat hog supply, with prices last year around 5 a hundred.
The vets won the election in Somerset by eighty seven votes in a hot campaign that resisted until the end. The days won by 181 three years ago and the dull business mood over the past three years were cited as key arguments for reopening saloons.
William Astor Drayton son of J Coleman Drayton and nephew of Colonel John Jacob Astor, a Columbia University student, was knocked unconscious and robbed on East Fifty seventh Street while returning home from a social gathering. He suffered facial lacerations.
Cincinnati and Ohio officials will dominate the national rivers and harbors congress at the New Willard hotel. Gov Harmon and Senators Dick and Burton headline Ohio participation as 500 Cincinnatians travel on a Chesapeake & Ohio special. Taft opens the session urging broad waterways funding with a $10,000,000 annual program for ten years.
Congress will be asked to grant a national charter to the Pan American Bank proposed by New York capitalists with headquarters in New York and branches planned across Central and South America. President Taft’s annual message references such an institution to pave the way for the application. The charter would help promoters gain national government recognition for their branches.
In Williamstown Kentucky on December 7 Earl Thompson was indicted tried found guilty and sentenced to death for criminal assault all within about two hours to avert a lynch mob of 500 plus outside the courthouse. The judge set January 7 for execution and the mob dispersed after the verdict and sentencing.
Cincinnati’s big delegation leaves the city in three divisions aboard B&O, C&O, and Pennsylvania trains for the national rivers and harbors congress meeting in Washington. They plan talks with President Taft on a bond issue to fund Ohio River and waterways improvements. Thomas P. Egan chairs the group alongside leading Cincinnati businessmen.
Kaiser Wilhelm intends to witness performances by famed French actors such as Coquelin and Suzanne Despres and summon Jeanne Granier to the castle for a personal appearance. The dispatch notes his interest in French stage stars and hints at political tensions in Central America and ongoing tariff and canal bond discussions.
President Taft’s first annual message to Congress opposes an immediate congressional probe of sugar import scandals and any tariff revisions for now. He notes Nicaragua issues for later, calls for injunctions without notice limits, postal savings banks, and ignores new tariff tinkering until the tariff commission finishes its cost study in two to three years.
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