Federal License Plan Urged to Regulate Big Corporations
Washington reports by Victor Metcalf show record foreign trade with imports and exports surpassing all prior years. He backs a Federal license system for large firms, argues for broader immigration limits, and endorses the Ship Subsidy bill to boost trade with South America.
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New York Times
Washington
Victor H. Metcalf
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Europe
North America
Asia
South America
Brazil
Japan
China
United States
Metcalf
Root
Russia
Austria Hungary
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Ireland
England
Sweden
Germany
Denmark
Scotland
Exclusion Act Chides Steerage Travel Friction Eased
The report notes age as most effective and argues large ratios of aliens to ship tonnage reduce total arrivals and ease steerage suffering. Mr Metcalf cites a better application of the Chinese Exclusion Act lowering friction among travelers.
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Metcalf
Escapes From Three Jails Reported
Multiple prison breaks reported across New York on December 7. In Oswego County five inmates fled Oswego County Jail by breaking a cellar lock with an axe in kitchen duty. names include John Case and Arthur Lessing. In Yates County three inmates escaped using skeleton keys, including Frank Moore and Bert Tracey. In Franklin County four inmates attempted escape. one horse thief fled after using a key and dumbwaiter rope, while three were recaptured.
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Oswego
Oswego County
John Case
Arthur Lessing
James Sereno
Charles Raney
Edward Fitzgerald
Pennyan
N. Y
Yates County
Frank Moore
Frank Mays
Auburn
William Shaw
Bert Tracey
Malone
Franklin County
Stacy
Spelling Reform Faces House Move on Government Docs
The Appropriations Committee advances a bill requiring government documents to follow Webster's spelling rules. The measure covers all documents authorized by law, including executive and presidential messages, signaling a push to standardize orthography across federal writings.
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New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court
Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Government Printing Office
Roosevelt to Nominate Choice for New York Judge
Republican State Chairman Woodruff arrives in Washington and plans to urge President Roosevelt to appoint his preferred candidate to the Eastern District seat. Brooklyn’s four congressmen split on a successor to Judge Edward B. Thomas. five names are listed including Chatfield Beattys Hirsch Ford and Benedict.
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Washington
Woodruff
New York
Brooklyn
Edward B. Thomas
George T. Beattys
Hugo Hirsch
Wiliam H. Ford
Edward G. Benedict
Bolos Attack American Force in Leyte Bloodshed
In Leyte on December 5, Captain Samuel V. Ham and Company L of the Eighth Infantry with a constabulary detachment were overwhelmed by sixty bolo men four miles from La Faz on the Taragona trail. Five Americans died and nine were wounded, while the Pulajanes suffered thirty killed. Names of the dead include Sergeants Joseph Clark and James Proven and Privates William Dufferin Edward Keogh and others. Wounded among Americans include Lieut. Yates and several privates.
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Manila
Leyte
Samuel V. Ham
Eighth Infantry
Ralph P. Yates, Jr
la Faz
Taragona
Yates
Tacihan
Tloilo
W. Hadley
Edward Keogh
Corporal Field
Waxefield
Armstrong
Bren
Richardson
Edge
Herron
Holst
Eacioak
Battlefiel
Ocean Travelers Arrivals From Multiple Steamship Lines
Lists of passengers and arrivals on the Celtic Campania Xénig Luise and Pretoria liners with many named individuals including Henry Phipps L H Brown and William Osler among those sailing to Southampton Liverpool Naples and Hamburg. Also notes White Star Celtic arrival with Major Berry Ham pton Osler Paton and others.
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L. H. Brown
Signora Calvic
A. Cockburn
John C. Hawkins
A. W. Knox
Joseph T. McCaddon
Alfred Moseley
Mine. Parry
Leonard Richards
Signora Rizzini
J. C. White
Henry James
Liverpool
W. J. Armitage
John T. Fay
Margaret Dalrymple
H. Hughes
Thomas W. Hanshew
E.W. Murray
Victor Myers
Sidney Robinson
J. A. Richmond
C. A. Schenck
Arthur Noel Roberts
Harry Tate
K. Ushioku
H. P. Warren
Naples
Edward A. Bowen
A. L. Bancroft
James W. Cromwell
Co. J. Hambleton
Louis Luckenbach
Mitchell
Charlton MacVeagh
Edwin HE. Peace
G. Keon
Catherine M. Southwick
W. H.salmon
W. G. Talcott
William van Buskirk
May A. Wardell
Lydia G. Welsh
Hamburg
Pretoria
Emmy Bendéheim
A. W. Cordes
Geer. W. Dickerman
Z.G. Dunn
Halsted
Alfred L. Jacobs
Frank McDonough
L. C. Pearson
Arthur Schieiss
Celtic
Appreciation of Samuel Spencer by Hanover National Bank
The Hanover National Bank board adopted resolutions at a meeting praising Samuel Spencer former President of the Southern Railway and long time bank director for his service and leadership.
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Samuel Spencer
Hanover National Bank
The
Southern Railway
Tainted Candy War Costs Trust 500000
The Corn Products Refining Company admits the Pennsylvania glucose fight cost about 500000 and reveals a new process to eliminate sulfur. Officials cite halted production, shipments back to New Jersey, and legal costs while promising reimbursements to dealers and a sulfur free glucose. The board will prevent sale of condemned candy in New York.
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Corn Products Refining Company
The
Glucose Trust
Pennsylvania
Bedford
New York
New Jersey
Glucose Company
Trust For Aid
Philadelphia
B. H. Werren
Pure Food
Hampton L. Carson
D. C. Gibboney
Pennsylvania Food and Dairy Commission
E. Bedford
Board of Health
Hearst Campaign Fund Discrepancy In Albany Records
Albany reports a $1500 gap between Albany County Democratic Committee receipts and William R Hearst campaign expenditures. McCabe says a sealed envelope from New York delivered by a messenger likely came from Hearst, though source unclear. He recorded it as receipts from Hearst with possible misattribution.
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New York Times
Albany
Albany County Democratic Committee
William R. Hearst
Corrupt Practices Association
Hearst
Democratic State
McCabe
New York
Mr. Hearst
Democratic State Committee
W. R. Hearst
Adjectives Beat Hearst in New York Election Talk
Job Hedges told New Haven Chamber of Commerce that Hearst could have won New York governor this fall by 100000 if he had no adjectives or personality. He said an independent ticket might have defeated all party nominees and that half of Hearst’s statements are true and must be addressed.
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Bedford
Germany
England
New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Hearst
New York
Job Hedges
New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Dr Osler Arrives In Toronto Amid Silence
Dr William Osler, famed for challenging views on aging, arrived from England on the White Star liner Celtic with Mrs Osler. In Toronto he declined to speak to reporters, stating I have nothing to say as he moved away.
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Mrs. Osler
England
Toronto
Wiliam Osler
Oxford
Celtic
Osler
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Lieut. Yates
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James Proven
William Dufferin
Ocean Travelers
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American Line
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R. G. J. Berry
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J. P. Chamberlain
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W. H. Forsyth
Frank Foster
J. B. Hampton
George Hudson
J. H. Jacobs
James A. Moore
William Osler
Ronald Noel Paton
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Elliott-Fisher Co
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Peter Pan
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C. H. Tangerman
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Arthur R. Vosburg
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