Bitter Senate clash over president message secrets debate
The article details a heated senate debate sparked by a presidential message described as deliberate and insulting. Senators McLaurin and Bacon defend dignified response while questioning motives and urging caution about the use of a secret service. The committee fails to reach a unanimous decision and adjourns pending further talks.
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Wilte House
Tilsan
Culberson
Mr. Bailey
Congress
Senate
Cal- D
de Vonbon DY
Genktor McLaurin
Mississippi
Bacon
Walt
Gifls
Hawail
Vette
Cas
House
House Debates Penal Code Revision and Mail Shipments
The U S House debated revising penal laws with few routine actions and two bridge bills. An amendment by J Houston Tenn making it an offense to deposit or ship intoxicating liquors through the mails was adopted. The Gaffett proposal banning information on futures trading via mail was defeated.
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Washington
House of Representatives
United
Gaffett
J. Houston
Tenn
In Rero
Mississippi
Goebel Loses Fight in Post Office Committee
Representative Goebel was defeated in the post office subcommittee during a dispute over pay raises for post office clerks and railway mall clerks. The cited bill contains no pay increases due to revenue limits, with Goebel planning to press the issue before the full committee and, if needed, the House.
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Goumbecht
Goebel
House of Représentatives
Ohioan to Be Promoted in Post Office Appointments
President nominates E. S. Slanker of Ohio as confidential secretary to the postmaster general and names John A Holmes as private secretary. Leslie M. Owen of Leroy is chosen as a justice of the supreme court on the Isthmus of Panama.
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E. &. Stanker
Iaene Washington
Adaebeile
Roumana
seVia
Bulgaria
Hufftington Wilson
Thtis
TRIFA
William Philipps
Massachusetts
Harvard
Fnof
Arizona
Joseph H. Kib
Afigona
Sénate
John A. Holimés
Pri
Géh
Suon
Patiana
Brownsville Affair Holds Up Soldier Re enlistment Vote
In Washington on December 16 the Senate informally postponed action on bills to re enlist Negro soldiers from the Brownsville incident of 1906 until after Christmas. Senator Foraker's resolution seeking information on detective work in the WisVille affair was adopted. Lodge supported a bill allowing the president to re enlist the discharged Twenty fifth Regiment at his discretion.
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Washington
Senate
Brownsville
Panama Report Indicates No Americans In Panama Canal Purchase
President Roosevelt transmitted a war department memorandum to Congress detailing a report by Judge Clarence D. Jarvis and Richard R. Rogers. The document supports the claim that Americans had no direct interest in the Panama Canal property purchase by the United States and that investigations found no American involvement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of War
Srpparea
Cnariton
Law Orv
Bureau of Fisular Affairs
Richard R. Rogers
Csounsel
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Oe Ae
United
Taft and Sherman Act Talk At National Dinner
Speech highlights debate on Sherman act amendments with focus on railroad law and monopolization risks. Taft urges modification to permit production-cost alliances while banning anti-competitive combinations. Hughes and Spooner offer supportive remarks. Booker T. Washington praises Taft’s understanding of race relations in the South.
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Bose
Mr. Taft
Bill
Henry W. Taft
Booker Tashington
Taft
North Carolina
Hotel Astor
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Campaign Against Salary Sharks Gains Momentum in Cincinnati
City officials and campaigners press a wage loan crackdown led by Tolman allies to enforce license fees and weekly reports. Warrants seek Miss Katie Beimforde and Tolman associates as auditors’ office files strengthen a citywide fight to curb illegal loans and protect borrowers.
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Cincinnati
Deckebach
Katie Beimforde
D. H. Tolman
Auditors Office
Morrill
Miss Beimforde
Tolman
Lineders
Cuy
Stich & Thitte
Citizens’ Mortgage Loan Company
Ideal
Legal Aid Society
Focal
Archives and stockholder lists lost after property transfer
A 1905 examination finds no stockholders lists in old Pan dina Capital Company records aside from formal minutes. Law officers note US government possession of archives limits access and suggests noAmericans profited from the sale.
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Chafitoh
Rogers
Néw Pandina Cé&ital Company
United States
Rainey resolution urged. call for federal inquiry
The article urges adoption of the Rainey resolution and demands Congress conduct a thorough investigation into all facts and circumstances surrounding the Pattatia activities of the government, asserting editors protect the nation's interests alongside the president.
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Congress
Women in London Divorce Case Turns Violent
In London a heated divorce suit draws in Mrs Taylor and Mrs Stirling. Mrs Atherton, cited as a correspondent in Burling proceedings, is accused by Mrs Taylor of libeling Stirling. An altercation at Atherton's residence leads to a physical struggle until police intervene. both women bound over to keep the peace.
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London
Taylor
Mra Stirling
Atherton
Taft Pleads for Honest Tariff Revision at Ohio Dinner
Judge Taft discussed party government and tariff policy at an Ohio Society banquet. He urged honest tariff reform aligned with the Chicago platform, warning against superficial changes and stressing cost of production differences between here and abroad to guide rates. He identified as a protectionist while opposing extremes that foster trusts and monopolies.
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Taft
Ohio Society
New York
Philippines
America
United States
Mr. Taft
England
White House
Committee of Congress
Chicago
Washington
Indianapolis News replies to Roosevelt over Panama canal report
The Indianapolis News issues a rebuttal to President Roosevelt's Panama canal communications. It accuses the president of invective and a degradation of the dignity of the office, while defending its own stance and questioning motives behind publishing related reports.
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Ang
Roosevelt
New York World
Peonage Charge Building Near Summit Chicago
Federal grand jury to hear a peonage case alleging a fifteen foot stockade imprisoning laborers under a debt bondage system. Subpoenas issued for thirty witnesses as a manufacturing camp near Summit, thirty miles from Chicago, is described by Chamberlain as modern and secure with guards, tunnels, and a fence to deter disturbers.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Summit
Chamberlain
ELOPER S LEGACY HELD UP IN HEMPTON
An attempted appeal sought the $5,000 legacy left by Kesiah Whaley to Floretta Whaley who eloped with Jéra Knode Cooke two years ago. Mrs. Whaley refused aid fearing it would aid Cooke and endanger the bequest that reverts on her grandmother’s death to Floretta.
Four Killed As Pier Falls On Potomac Bridge Work
Four men died instantly and four others were seriously hurt when a concrete pier collapsed from a new Potomac River bridge under construction near Williamsport Maryland. Victims include Roasts Bickel of Pennsylvania and James G. Myers of Pennsylvania. other identified workers hail from Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Wilamaport
Colle
Bickel
Ee Pa
James G. Myers
Bendersville
George Stiff
Pahoke
Charles Gussler
Duncannon
Charles Moore
Steelton
Jerome Holtenbach
John L. Nate
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