Newcomer in Senate Flays Members Over Tariff Fight
Senator Lafayette Young of Town, only ten days in the Senate, delivered a sharp critique of fellow lawmakers and the Payne Aldrich tariff revision effort. He derided editors as real national rulers, called his colleagues boys, and warned against modifying the tariff, arguing it would hurt farmers and overall agricultural interests.
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Cummins
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House
Young
Congress
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Tillman
Evew
Wilson
PLAN AMERICAN GIBRALTAR AT CHESAPEAKE BAY
The December Popular Mechanics outlines fortifications at Chesapeake Bay with Fort Wool the Rip-Raps and batteries at Cape Henry. It warns Congress of weak coast defenses and notes potential moves by a hostile fleet toward Hampton Roads and the navy yard.
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Popular Mechanics
Congress
United States
Secretary of War
Taft
Debaters Pomerene Hanley at Union Opera House in New Philadelphia
Atlee Pomerene and Edward Hanley faced an audience of about six in Union Opera House Dennison mayor B A Wolfe presided. Pomerene urged opposition to middlemen over tariffs, praised Taft on defense, and pressed public utilities reform while denying ties to corporate interests. Hanley defended his record and denied being backed by big interests, underscoring support for small investors and party loyalty.
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Atlee Pomerene
Edward Hanley
Union Opera House
B. A. Wolfe
Dennison
Pomerene
United States Senate
Democratic Party
Hanley
Harmon
Pomeroye
United States
Dig
Ohio
Ofs
Democrats
Dayton
Senate
John R. McLean
Mr. McLean
Niews
Columbus
McLean
Montgomery County
Taft First To Point Out True Peace Path
Washington December 15 The American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes opened a three day conference stimulated by Andrew Carnegie gift of 11 5 million for abolishing war He urged moving toward a world court to settle disputes by law and urged co operation with the new peace foundation The discussion noted that arbitration treaties have not fully prevented war and referenced Britain and the US 1897 treaty vote failure by three Senate ballots.
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Congress
Root
House
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
American Society For Judicial
Globe- Carnegie
Carnegie
Peace Foundation
American “Society For Judicial Settlement
Foundation
Mr. Carnegie
Elief
Britain
Shake-up in police rank and file on open examinations
The Commercial Tribune notes a major police shake-up with Chief William Jackson transferring two lieutenants and seventeen patrolmen to balance workloads and prep for busier districts. Ten patrolmen and one lieutenant will join the force early next year, while many current officers seek higher ranks through civil service exams.
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Commercial Tribune
William Jackson
Jackson
Detective Bureau
Small
Civil Service Commission
James Casey
William H. Krumpe
Dennis Ryan
William Copelaw
Taft Asked For Pardons In Morse Case
Washington December 15 The petition for pardon for Charles W Morse has been presented to the department of justice. Mrs Morse petitions President Taft directly stating immense popular interest and arguing the sentence was outrageous and Morse harmed no depositor. About 50 000 signatures accompany the petition and a separate request for Morse's wife is before the president.
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Charles W. Morse
Department of Justice
New York
Ada
Morse
Taft
Hale
Wickersham
National Bank of North America
Firms Accused of Counterfeiting Union Label
New York firms are accused of counterfeiting the union label. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, told District Attorney Whitman a list of accused firms and asked the matter be presented to the grand jury.
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New York
Whitman
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
American Monuments Don’t Suit Thomas Nelson Page
Washington December 15 caustic criticism of American art points to the national standard and the role of monuments. The article surveys how public monuments reflect or distort national ideals and mentions Thomas Nelson Page in the critique.
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Thomas Nelson Page
Washington
America
American Civic Association
Page
National Capitol
MacVeagh
J. H. McFarland
Harrisburg
Canton R. Woodruff
Philadelphia
William B. Howland
New York
Richard B. Watrous
Ten Miners Entombed In Denver Mine Fire
Ten miners are lost after a fire at Leyden mine near Denver cutting off escape via Shaft No 2 and destroying surface buildings. One possible route to safety remains if air supply lasts until rescuers reach them. the incident reported December 15.
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Denver
Leyden
Only Lewis Considered for Federal Marshal Post
A Washington dispatch reports Eu gene Lewis as the sole Ohio state figure in line for a federal marshal appointment. House action will soon reappoint his term as the others wait for later posts, with Mooney likely to become Porto Rico secretary and notable Ohio Republicans visiting the president.
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Ohio
House
Eugene Lewis
Congress
Longworth
Lewis
Senate
Granville W. Mooney
Carmi Thompson
Wade Elis
Court of Customs Appeals
Denman
Taylor
Granville W.mooney
Porto Rico
Senator Burton
Mooney
Federal raid targets Capital Investment bucket shops
Federal agents prepared to raid twenty six Capital Investment branches across eight midwestern states following Chicago actions. The company reportedly handled more than ten million dollars yearly with a costly wire service and a practice alleged to defraud customers via mail. Sixty plus officers and agents seized records as raids spread to Joliet Aurora and other cities with multiple arrests anticipated.
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Capital Investment Company
Middle Western
Joliet
Aurora
Ill
United States Secret Service
Rookery
Sidmon McHie
Florida
Illinois
Middle West
Department of Justice
Federal
F. J. Holzapfel
Campbell & Co
Murphy & Co
Sanderson & Co
M. J. Mason
Mayor of Lagrange Killed by Falling Chimney
LAGRANGE reports Mayor D. C. McDowell killed when a chimney toppled in ruins from a town fire. Several others narrowly escaped as debris collapsed during firefighting and rescue attempts. The blazed area was reentered after dark with aid from the Louisville fire department.
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Lagrange
D. C. McDowell
Louisville
Wickersham Says Chicago Bucket Shop Shut Down
Attorney General Wickersham, upon learning of a raid on the Capital Investment company in Chicago, declared the last bucket shop east of Denver had been put out of business.
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Washington
Wickersham
Capital
Chicago
Denver
Local brokerage firms tied to government roundup rumors
In Chicago authorities move to prosecute brokerage concerns with possible Cincinnati involvement speculated. Inspector Rathben denies orders to expand the case to Cincinnati. The Capital Investment company once had agents here. J. B., Jones & Co. represented it briefly, now without a local agent, with branches reportedly in Louisville and smaller Ohio towns.
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J. B., Jones & Co
Carlisle
Louisvile
Ohio
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