Paper Trust Inquiry Forced By Speaker Cannon
Washington April 21 Speaker Cannon wins House approval 184 to 110 for a six member special committee to investigate the Paper Trust and wood pulp tariffs. Republicans Mann Miller Stafford and Bannon named to lead, Democrats Sims and Ryan less influential. Delegations of papermakers welcomed the move while critics press for tariff repeal and transparency.
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Chicago
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Kansas
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Wisconsin
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Newspapers Protest at AP Annual Meeting
Representatives of 774 daily newspapers urged President and Congress to grant immediate relief from exactions of combinations of papermakers. The address was adopted during the Associated Press gathering at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel with broad attendance from across the country.
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Congress
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
TDOT
Senate to Do Nothing Shadowed by Do Nothing Charge
The Republican Steering Committee met in informal session in Washington to discuss escaping the do nothing label amid Democratic tactics in the House. The group concluded no change to the do nothing programme will occur and Beveridge urged staying in session until President's recommendations could be acted on, though no action is expected.
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Washington
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Beveridge
Congress
Loeb Explains Washington Railway Stock Holdings
In a Washington dispatch dated April 21, a letter from Secretary to the President Loeb explains the ownership of 4700 shares in the Washington Railway and Electric Company. He states 100 shares are his to qualify as Director, 4600 held for friends as his representation, and he acted to assist at the last annual meeting with possible future presidency in view. Loeb adds no improper interference with traction legislation and notes his trustee role over Senator Newlands's Sharon estate shares.
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United States
Europe
America
Roosevelt Likely to Sign Employers Liability Bill
President Roosevelt practically decided to sign the Employers Liability bill. Attorney General Bonaparte sent a formal opinion that the measure as passed by Congress will stand the test of the courts. Earlier the Cabinet met and Bonaparte advised the President to attach his signature.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Congress
Lilley seeks cost records on Electric Boat Holland boat
Representative George L Lilley urged the committee to compel Electric Boat Company to produce records showing the cost of producing the Holland boat and the prices charged to the United States Government. He also asked President Bowles of Fore River Shipbuilding to submit all records of contracts between his company and Electric Boat.
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George L. Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Electric Boat’ Company
United States
Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Electric Coat Company
Post Office faces over 15 million deficit this year
Washington reports the Post Office Department will run a deficit exceeding 15 million dollars for the current fiscal year based on first half results. The six month shortfall totals about 7.62 million, compared with 4.06 million in the previous year. Last quarter receipts were 52.15 million against 52.38 million in expenditures, with officials citing higher salaries as the main cause.
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Post Office Department
Army assigns officers to militia duty and inspections
The Army detailed Capt G R Armstrong to organize the North Dakota militia. Major T F Sins and Major C H Muir are assigned to inspect furniture and join regiments. Capt E Walton witnesses a court martial at Vancouver Barracks. Lieut Cols Bowen Nichols move between regiments. Major A W Kimball inspects material in Lawrence Mass. Capt L Hardeman to Fort Reno to establish remount depot. Major G W Ruthers to Ellsworth Kansas to inspect supplies. Col A B Dyer to Berenda Cal for horse purchases. Capt S H Ford to Havana as deputy quartermaster, relieving Capt A W Butt who returns to Washington.
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Ensigns Stott Baggely Powell Assigned to Ships
Ensign E. C. Stott Jr joins the St. Louis Ensign W. Baggely moves to the Kearsarge Ensign H. Powell reports to the Yankton in a naval personnel transfer notice.
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H. Powell
Yankton
Naval Vessel Movements and Arrivals Reported
Movements show vessels arriving at Bremerton Guantanamo San Francisco San Pedro and Tompkinsville with ships named Maryland Eagle Glacier Albany and Tacoma listed. Other ships Idaho Prairie and Eagle Callao sail from various ports toward Guantanamo Boston Canton and Hongkong.
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Prairie
New York
Boston
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Hongkong
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U.S. Sends Gunboat DuBuque to Venezuelan Waters
The State Department orders the gunboat DuBuque to Curacao and hints Des Moines may follow. La Guayra is under two‑week quarantine with possible extension as diplomatic tensions rise over the Venezuelan question.
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Washington
Venezuela
State Department
Venezuelan
Navy Department
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Haitian
Curacao
Des Moines
Port Au Prince
Russell
STRAYS ON CITIZENSHIP DECLARES SHAME AT CARELESS GRANTS
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor decries careless naturalization abuses. He told Assistant Attorneys General that their duty is to prevent improper grants and to prosecute past frauds, protecting the country from fraudulent American citizenship.
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Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Department of Justice
Mr. Straus
Etere
Senate battleship fight signals Roosevelt demand
President Roosevelt, using Senator Beveridge as spokesman, notified Congress he will press for four battleships in the Naval Appropriation bill. An amendment sponsored by Senator Piles is planned for tomorrow. The bill lacks funding for the two authorized battleships, causing surprise.
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Washington
Agr
Beveridge
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Piles
Bluejackets Entertain in Los Angeles Landing Parties
Los Angeles hosts 3500 sailors from the American battleship fleet as they ashore for boxing, barbecues, wild west shows, dancing, and shooting the chutes. Officers attend luncheons and a Redondo banquet honors Rear Admiral Sperry. citywide illumination and daily entertainments draw thousands to beaches and port celebrations.
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Adna R. Chaffee
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Chamber of Commerce
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Secret Service Used in Navy Divorce Case
Hearings before the House Appropriations Committee revealed Secret Service detectives were lent to investigate a government employee in a Navy divorce matter. The case involved a lieutenant at Annapolis who used the agents to obtain evidence against a midshipman, leading to the midshipman’s expulsion and the lieutenant’s divorce.
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New York Times
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
United States Secret Service
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Navy
Annapolis
Publicity bill approved by House committee in 2 state funding push
The House Election Committee reported in favor of the McCail Campaign Publicity bill. The measure would require committees influencing two or more states to file full receipts with the House Clerk ten days before elections and ten days after, but donor and recipient names remain unsettled.
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Washington
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McCail
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