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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1916
Page
1
President Wilson backs an independent Tariff Board to study duties and reforms. He spoke with Representative Claude Kitchin and urged quick consideration of legislation to empower a board to assess administration costs, duty structures, and effects of tariffs in a postwar economy.
London dispatch reports William J. Bryan accepting membership on the Ford Permanent Peace Committee and preparing to depart the United States for Stockholm.
President Wilson pressed Majority Leader Kitchin to accelerate House action on the administration program and arrange further talks with leaders. House assurances say no delay and focus on upcoming appropriation and other bills, while Senate debates on defense, shipping, tariff and revenue could slow progress.
A westbound car on Forty third Street and a southbound vehicle on Tenth Avenue collided at 6 45 last night. Five people were struck including Miss Maud Payne the actress who suffered a fractured arm. Police arrested the driver of the westbound car, Ambulances and doctors attended the injured at Polyclinie Hospital.
Police Commissioner Arthur Woods of New York City met Governor Whitman in Albany to discuss the vacant Prison Department job left by John B. Riley. The governor said Woods might stay atop the NYPD, while reports circulated that Woods accepted the post but he declined to confirm.
Paris dispatch reports General Valeriano Weyler appointed President of a newly created Central General Staff of the Spanish Army. The former Cuba governor, noted for harsh measures during the Cuban war, is said to be 77 years old. The notice lists Cuba Florida Savannah Augusta and features an Atlantic Coast Line timetable snippet.
Albany scene centers on the Thompson Committee as it secures an extension to March 7 and a $50,000 appropriation. The dispute touches R Hun ter MacQuiston and a broader probe into legislative spending and Panama Exposition hearings.
United States Steel Corporation resumed dividends on common stock at 4 1 2 percent for the quarter, with earnings for the December quarter at 51 282 788 and cash deposits near 105 million. Secretary Lansing cabled a strong remonstrance to Britain opposing the proposed extension of the Trading with the Enemy Act to block neutral trade.
London sources report intense interest in Parliament as the government plans no dramatic shift in blockade policy. The New York Times notes Asquith and Grey will not announce a new approach while critics push for a firmer line and stricter enforcement under the current Orders in Council.
Daily 1 08 P M train to Augusta via Southern Railway offers compartment car service to Augusta from the New York office at 2 4 Full Ave. Plus full service notes.
London dispatch describes the German Emperor at Nish during a royal banquet with King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The observer notes the ruler's fatigue and aged appearance, his limited eating, constant coughing, and a plain, informal close to the gathering attended by Bulgarian Premier Radoslavoff and German Chief of Staff von Palkenhayn.
London report notes no official word from British authorities on President Wilson's note regarding the Trading with the Enemy Act. Arthur M. Samuel argues in The Evening News that American opposition reveals German American trade influence and risks to American partners with branches in England and the United States.
In London the government issued a four column statement disputing Dutch and Danish listed wartime import figures cited by The Daily Mail and The Morning Post. It argues the Danish Borsen data inflated totals by including prize court cargo and shipments for storage, Norway, or Denmark, with no policy change announced.
London January 25 Pemberton Billing resigned from the Royal Naval Air Service to seek Parliament over Zeppelin raid protection but was defeated in the Mile End by election by the coalition candidate Warwick Brookes poll 101 to 60 The canvass drew attention for Billing's use of motion picture devices and his helicopter campaign imagery related to his aeroplane Twentyish connection at the meeting where he spoke.
London reports Norseman sunk after recent Liverpool to New York voyage. Portland notes the Dominion Liner Norseman once made cargo runs from Portland and was sister ship to the Irishman. Built 1907 at Belfast by Harland & Wolff, the steel four mast liner carried troops previously, commanded by Captain G. Herry.
Viscount Bryce urged Ambassador Page to interpose in aid of Armenians driven from their homes by Turks. He said the Armenians face starvation unless the United States provides swift relief, and asked that Washington be informed of the facts.
Berlin dispatch cites Turkish headquarters claim of 6000 British casualties at Kut el Amara on January 21 after six hour engagement near Memorie and 35 kilometers east of Kut. British losses said to include 3400 dead and 300 more dead and wounded in earlier fighting near Sheik Sand. Turkish gains reportedly slight with another British detachment forced to retreat. A day of truce was requested to bury dead.
Washington reports President Wilson and Secretary Lansing rejected the German informal proposal on the Lusitania sinking. They planned another morning conference with Count von Bernstorff to draft a counter proposal for Berlin. Berlin’s stance rejects formal liability while proposing a potential indemnity as grace, delaying settlement for a written admission of illegality.
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