British Empire cable reform movement launches plan for state owned lines
Veteran postal reformer leads push for a two century rate for international telegraphy with a planned conference of postal authorities across the British Empire. London Mansion House hosts discussions on State owned cables to lower distant tolls, while Canada and Britain weigh a Canada Britain Australia line and oppose private monopoly practices.
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British Empire
Mansion House
Henniker-Heaton
Europe
Edward Sassoon
New York
Cable Rate Reform Party
London
Board of Trade and Transportation
Lemieux
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Ofie
England
Australia
New Zealand
North Atlantic
Engineers at Odds on New Haven Electrification
W S Murray electrical engineer of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad spoke at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers on The Log of the New Haven Electrification. He defended early electric train operation from Stamford to New Haven and addressed safety, faults, and the push to extend electrification to Boston. Townley and others voiced cautious support noting earlier dissent and highlighting ongoing improvements.
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W. S. Murray
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
West Thirty-ninth Street
New Haven
Calvert Townley
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Mr. Murray
Mr. Townley
Murray
L. A. Ferguson
Chicago
Institute
Townley
New York, New Haven
Hartford
New York
Boston
W. J. Wilgus
New York Central
Wilgus
Harlem Branch Electrification Plans Face Joint PSC Review
Public Service Commissions in the state sat jointly to consider the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company request to electrify the Harlem and Port Chester line from 129th Street to New Rochelle. The hearing focused on whether the commission must grant consent under the old railroad law and on the scope of its power over motive power and crossings. The company may resubmit plans for cars and devices for approval.
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Public Service Commissions
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Harlem
Bassett
Nct
Ae Commission
Commission
Rivers and Harbors Congress adopts waterway plan
Washington reports the Rivers and Harbors Congress adjourned after adopting resolutions calling for issuing 000 bonds for waterway financing and completing existing projects. The group favors new comprehensive plans, doubling the army engineer corps, and a waterways study commission. President Joseph E. Ransdell and Secretary J. F. Ellison were reelected. The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from the National Conservation Commission members and governors backing a Lakes to Gulf deepwater corridor.
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Washington
Congress
Engineer Corps
Army
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
J. F. Ellison
Cincinnati
Senate Committee On Commerce
National Conservation Commission
W. K. Cavanaugh
Lakes To the Waterways Association
Gov. Deneen
Illinois
Gov
Johnson
Minnesota
Lakes
Gulf
Aldrich Urges Taft On Monetary Commission
Washington dispatch reports Judge Taft and Senator Aldrich reviewing the Monetary Commission's work. Aldrich, a firm believer in the commission's efficacy, advocates enacting permanent laws based on its recommendations. Taft has previously examined the issues with Representative Bar of Ohio, a commission member.
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Washington
Taft
Senator Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Aldrich
Representative Bar of
Ohio
Metcalf Praises New Battleships and Naval Design
Secretary Metcalf lauds the Atlantic fleet practice cruise and the 1907 design selections for North Dakota and Delaware. He notes armor distribution and depth of belt decisions, claims higher muzzle energy for twelve inch guns, and urges two Vice Admirals, extended Pearl Harbor dry dock, and expanded yards at New York Philadelphia Norfolk Puget Sound and Mare Island.
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Metcalf
Navy Department
Pacific
Globe
Straits of Magellan
South America
Naval Station
Cavite
P. I
Oregon
Newport
North Dakota
Delaware
Far East
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Navy Yards
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Puget Sound
Mare Island
Navy
Guantanamo
San Francisco
Bremerton
Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Gifts to Mrs Roosevelt From China
Mrs Roosevelt received gifts sent from China by special Ambassador Tang Shao Yi. The items include a tiger skin lined with yellow silk and bolts of silk and silver. The gifts were presented at the White House by Yung Kwai on behalf of the Chinese embassy to thank the American government for the Boxer indemnity remission.
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Washington
Roosevelt
China
Tang Shao
Yung Kwai
President’s orders cited in tearing down old station
Washington today highlights executive action beyond secret service limits as Col. Bramwell testifies he acted on a written presidential order to raze the old Pennsylvania station on the Mall last summer. The House Appropriations subcommittee questions lawful authority and the use of franking by the Commission on Country Life.
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Washington
Congress
Committee On Appropriations
Pennsylvania
Charles S. Bramwell
United States
Tawney
Minnesota
Livingston
Burleson
Col. Bramwell
Commission On Country Life
Republicans mull Cannon rule changes to curb Speaker power
Twenty five GOP House members met in Washington for three hours to discuss curbing Speaker Cannon's authority. They authorized a five member committee to propose amendments, aiming to limit the Speaker's influence, while denying plans to challenge his re election. Some suggested eliminating the Rules Committee or transferring appointments to a larger elected body.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Hepburn
Cannon
Townsend
Hays
Committee On Rules
Parsons
New York
Bennet
Longworth
Desperate Pomeroy Surrender Ends Edgewater Rampage
Oscar Pomeroy, after a violent spree near the Hudson River Traction power house, surrendered on a bridge as a posse closed in. He fired at the motorman Grant Owens and wounded no one, then boasted of past battles in the Philippines and expressed racist remarks. Doctors deemed him insane and committed him to Morris Plains Insane Asylum for examination.
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Pomeroy
Hudson River Traction Company
Grant Owens
Ee Mallory
Mallory
S. T. Hubbard
Edgewater
Philippines
Nebraska
Thirtyninth Infantry
Morris Plains
Taft Tariff Hearings Push Free Sugar and Tobacco Limits
Herbert E. Miles testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee as Taft advocates free trade with the Philippines while restricting sugar and tobacco imports. About 300,000 tons of Philippine sugar would enter duty free, with higher amounts taxed at current rates. tobacco limits to be set later. Further hearings to resume after Christmas recess, with Andrew Carnegie as the sole subpoenaed witness.
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New York Times
Washington
Herbert E. Miles
House
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Fordnney
Philippines
Congress
Payne
Andrew Carnegie
Goethals Denies Orders to Widen Culebra Cut
Panama December 11 Col Goethals chair of the Panama Canal Commission denies reports he ordered widening of the Culebra cut. He says widening would only ease passage through the narrow section and that the 40 foot level is unattainable with the current width and slope. He notes relocation of the Trans Isthmian Railroad will begin as the dry season starts with over 2 000 men to be employed.
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Panama
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal Commission
Culebra Cut
Culebra
Metropolitan Road Robbed and Mercers Arrested
Acting San Francisco police report Harry and Theodore Mercer arrested after allegedly taking 4000 dollars from Metropolitan Street Railway receivers on November 30 to pay a claim to William Helter. Father of a severely injured child sued for 50000 dollars, with the brothers accused of securing signatures to force a settlement.
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San Francisco
Harry
Theodore Mercer
New York
Harry Mercer
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
William Helter
Ag Yearola Realy
Herter
Columbus Aven
100Th Street
Columba Avenue
Howard
Metropolitan
Mercer Brothers
Remington
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