Secret Service to be Merged into Federal Criminal Bureau
A New York Times report from Washington describes a plan to merge the Secret Service with all federal investigative bodies into a Bureau of Criminal Investigation under the Department of Justice. The proposal aims to centralize power to detail agents, bypass Congressional restrictions, and streamline operations across departments. Chief Wilkie is noted as having suggested similar reorganizations, and supporters argue it would reduce duplication and better define service uses while offering the president a strategic outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Secret Service
White House
Government
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Federal Police
Department of Justice
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Uikely
Wilkie
Navy overhauls structure with nine member Board of Construction
Secretary Newberry dissolves the five member Board of Construction and creates a nine member team led by Rear Admiral Converse to overhaul the bureau system. The move pairs the new board with the General Board to streamline plans for new warships and reduce friction across bureaus.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy
Newberry
Board of Construction
A. E. Culver
General Board
Central 8
Navy Department
George A. Converse
Reorganized Board
Newton E. Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
W. S. Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
T. C. McLean
Board of Inspection and Survey
W.L. Capps
Bureau of Construction and Ts
William W. Kimball
Sidney A. Staunton
I. S. K. Reeves
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
John F. Barton
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Department
Everding Admits Perjury in Patent Trial
Henry A. Everding, a Philadelphia patent attorney, confessed to perjury before the Grand Jury to aid Ned W. Barton, former Assistant Patent Examiner, who had testified to conspiracy forgery and destruction of public records and received a three year penitentiary sentence. Everding claimed Barton may have supplied false specifications in support of Heany’s patent bid.
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Washington
Henry A. Everding
Philadelphia
John A. Heany
York
Penn
Ned W. Barton
Everding
Barton
Baker
Major Morrow Transferred to Washington Aqueduct Post
President Roosevelt relieves Major Jay J. Morrow as Engineer Commissioner District of Columbia and transfers him to lead the Washington Aqueduct. Major Spencer Cosby succeeds him as Engineer Commissioner amid ongoing disputes with local interests over school construction and inspector challenges. The action follows reports of a controversial letter by Morrow deemed indiscreet by authorities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jay J. Morrow
District of Columbia
Spencer Cosby
Washington Aqueduct
Taft Weighs Hammond for Public Works Post in Cabinet
President elect Taft conferred with John Hays Hammond in Augusta about future Cabinet appointments and other potential roles for the National League of Republican Clubs leader. Hammond denied candidacy, but voiced interest in heading a public works department if created, linking engineering to natural resources conservation. Taft noted Cabinet rumors arise from published names and said Knox invitation may precede a formal conference.
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Augusta
Taft
John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
Hammond
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Public Works
Knox
Fire destroys Bloomingdale Asylum barn in high wind
A three story barn at Bloomingdale Asylum in White Plains New York burned tonight in strong winds. A nearby building housing private care staff was briefly endangered as nurses and volunteers fought the blaze. Thirty five horses were saved, fire officials say. The cause remains unknown as help from local departments arrived.
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White Plains
N. Y
Bloomingdale Asylum
Ce Oe
Harrison
Tourist Dept Offers All-Expense Tours by Union Pacific Line
The Tourist Department of the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line announces First-Class escorted tours ranging twenty-one to fifty three days. Destinations include Old Mexico California and Colorado with routes through January and February 1909. Departures from Chicago and other points use direct Southern Routes for California and Utah returning trips.
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California
Engineers to Join Taft in Panama Canal Inquiry
President elect Taft plans to sail with four to six civilian engineers to the Isthmus to study the Panama Canal. Alfred Noble of New York is likely to chair the group and Hammond may be invited. officials want an unbiased, frank report on the canal and its progress. Hammond says he has not been asked to go.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Canal Commission
Alfred Noble
New York
White House
Noble
Pennsylvania
North River
Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Canal
Col. Goethals
Gatun
War Department
Chicago Bee Company $50 Million Telephone Issue
A trust deed was filed in Chicago securing a $50 million first mortgage issue by the Chicago Bee Company. Bonds dated December 1 will mature in fifteen years with interest not exceeding 5 percent. Proceeds fund extension of the company's telephone service.
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Chicago
Chicago Bee Company
Wright Gold Medal Plans
President Roosevelt will present Wright brothers gold medals from the Aero Club of America in the White House during the week of Jan 23. The Medal Committee selected Victor Brenner’s design featuring the Wrights and a flying plane. Costs top $2,000 with over $1,200 raised. Congress may be asked to recognize the Wrights separately.
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Roosevelt
Wright Brothers
Aero Club of America
East Forty-second Street
White House
Victor D. Brenner
Wright Aeroplane
Club
Congress
Wrights
America
Herbert Parsons
Haseen
The
Aero Club
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Charles R. Flint
Orville Wright
Europe
de Witt C. Morrell
Gutzon Borglum
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry B. Hersey
Charles J. Glidden
Peter Cooper Hewitt
D. J. McComb
Christopher J. Lake
Octave Chanute
James Means
Albert F. Zahm
Charles M. Manly
Alan R. Hawley
Stickney Quits as Receiver of Chicago Great Western
A. B. Stickney resigned as a receiver of the Chicago Great Western Railroad in U S District Court St Louis. Horace G Burt was appointed to succeed him while Stickney remains president. The docket foresees Burt as next president. the road may exit receivership in about six months with reorganizational committees forming to protect various security interests.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
A. B. Stickney
C. H. F. Smith
Chicago Great Western Railroad
United States District Court
Stickney
Burt
Messrs. Smith
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Missing New York Broker Reunited With Family After 31 Years
In Philadelphia on December 21 a 31 year search for Peter Dexter ends as Mrs. Peter Dexter and her daughter Miss Anna Reed identify a man in the Tenderloin. Dexter, once a prosperous New York broker, deserted his wife and family but is now apprehended and to return to New York with them.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Peter Dexter
Anna Reed
New York
Dexter
Chicago
Tenderloin
Man Arrested On Mayor Street Steps For Disorderly Conduct
Francis Donohue of 821 Jackson Avenue Long Island City was arrested by Policeman Becker at 10 Washington Square North on the Mayor’s doorstep. He rang the bell at 12:30 and refused to leave until removed. Magistrate Walsh ordered a one month workhouse after Donohue claimed he would warn the mayor to secure a job.
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Francis Donohue
Jackson Avenue
Long Island City
Becker
Mercer Street
McClellan
Washington Square North
Donohue
Walsh
Fifth Avenue
Oliver Seeks Allegheny Support in Senate Bid
Allegheny County legislators plan to caucus on a U.S. Senate successor to P. C. Knox who joins Taft’s cabinet. Pittsburg candidates include John Dalzell James F. Burke and George T. Oliver who says his candidacy depends on county support and indorsement by the delegation.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Allegheny County
United States
P. C. Knox
Taft
John Dalzell
James F. Burke
George T. Oliver
Oliver
Knox
Republican Club Backs Root for U S Senate Seat
The Republican Club unanimously endorsed Secretary Root for the United States Senate to succeed Thomas C. Platt at its monthly meeting. Treasurer Charles H. Treat led the pro endorsement, while Robert S. Kenyon questioned pre caucus endorsement but joined in the vote. Clark Williams spoke on bank supervision.
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Republican Club
Root
United States Senate
Thomas C. Platt
United States
Charles H. Treat
Robert S. Kenyon
Clark Williams
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New York City
Elgin Watch
Otto Goldsmith
Broadway
Scott
Intelli
Gence
Bureau OF Investigation
Friends of President
Lee Chante
Saks & Company
34Th Street
C. G. Gunther’s
Examiner Barton
Morrow
Bloomingdale
Asylum
Isthmus
Panama
Judge Taft
Eatra Pg
Chicago Great Western
H. G. Burt
James M. Fulton
Coast Artillery Corps
U. S
Governors Island
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
S. C
Axe
Republican Club For
Park &Tilford
Barton & Guestier
Twenty-first Street
Forty-first Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Ninth Street
Columbus Av
Seventy-second St
101St Street
Lenox
126Th Street
Mark Cross
Boston
Summer Street
Derby
Horrocks
207 Street
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