Taft Rebuffs Rivers and Harbors Bill After Final Message
President Taft sent a final message denouncing the Rivers and Harbors appropriation while signing a separate $22 million Public Buildings bill after Cabinet consultation. He warned against unscientific, small-advance funding and urged reform in future river and harbor legislation to avoid waste.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Taft
Burton
Ohio
National Waterways Commission
Senate
Appalachian
White Mountain
Chicago
White House
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
Minneapolis
Missouri River
Hudson River
Troy
N. Y
Savannah River
Augusta
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Bandits Raid Ends in Fatal Shootout and Manhunt
A gang of three bandits robbed a shoe store and fled through Lynn streets. The pursuit ended on High Rock with one bandit dead and another wounded. a third captured after a fierce confrontation near Miss Baker's home. Carroll died later. Landregan slain in the initial exchange. Police recovered Iwankowski, Ipsen, and Joe after a chaotic chase through Highland Square and High Rock.
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Carroll
Charles Carrow
High Rock
Lynn Boundary
High Street
Highland Square
Ipsen
Joel
Iwankowski
High
Oxford
High School
Bessie Baker
Miss Baker
John W. Hutchinson
High Rock Street
Maple Street
Abraham Lyons
Western Avenue
Thompson
Desperado
John Grady
Joseph P. Lidon
Thomas Welch
Joe
Bill Wiadepski
Hughes Cruises Taft Clash Over Labor Union Clause
Representative Hughes of New Jersey criticizes President Taft for opposing his labor union exemption from Sherman Act prosecutions. Hughes argues the amendment protects workers from prosecution for peaceful combinations seeking higher wages in interstate commerce. He notes Taft backed corporate action against the labor measure in a separate message.
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Washington
Hughes
New Jersey
Taft
W. S. Carter
Congress
No Report on Steel Trust
Lloyd W. Bowers acting Attorney General sent a reply to the House Speaker regarding a resolution seeking information on steel industry combinations violating the Sherman Act or affecting competition, hours, or wages. He states that a report at this time would be incompatible with the public interest and should be withheld as terms of the resolution require.
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Lloyd W. Bowers
House
Department of Justice
Iron and Steel
Bowers
Schwartz Quits Land Office Chief Post in June
Harry H. Schwartz resigns as Chief of the Field Service at the General Land Office. James M. Sheridan will take the job July 1. Schwartz leaves to practice law in Portland Ore after delaying to aid in clearing officers in the Balinger Pinchot controversy.
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Washington
Harry H. Schwartz
General Land Office
James M. Sheridan
Denver
Schwartz
Portland
Ore
Senator Stone raises inquiry into Nicaragua finances
Senator Stone informed the Senate of a reported U.S. syndicate seeking to exploit Nicaragua’s debts with a former State Department official as its Washington representative. He urged a Foreign Relations Committee inquiry into U.S. relations and risks to Americans, especially Bluefields interests and Estrada's revolutionary forces.
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Senate Today
Stone
United States
Nicaragua
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Committee On Foreign Relations
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Madriz
Bluefields
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Estrada
Santo Domingo
Cullom
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Knox
Senate
Missouri
Taft
Pittsburg
University of Pennsylvania At
Philadelphia
Honduras
Salvador Castrillo
Columbia
New Orleans
Julian Jrias
Venus
J. Castrillo
Wilson
Department
Madrid
Olivares
Managua
Gen. Baca
Acoyapa
Guard for Our Consulate in Managua
The Government placed the American Consulate and several American residences under special police protection in Managua Nicaragua on June 23. Consul José Olivares prepared to leave with a few Americans for the gunboat Vicksburg at Corinto to seek safety amid reports of a hostile public meeting. Police guarded Americans and prohibited the meeting as tensions rose but residents were deemed not in immediate danger.
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Managua
Nicaragua
José Olivares
United States
Vicksburg
Corinto
Postal Savings Bank Bill Signed by Taft
President Taft signed the Postal Savings Bank bill late today. He used three pens that were presented to Representative Weeks of Massachusetts Gardner of New Jersey and Murdock of Kansas for their indefatigable work on the measure.
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Washington
Taft
Postal Savings Bank
Weeks
Massachusets
Gardner
New Jersey
Murdock
Kansas
Morse seeks permission to witness Yale graduation
Charles W. Morse, imprisoned at Atlanta, asked President Taft for leave to attend his son’s Yale commencement. The Justice Department noted such a pardon ground and asked Morse to clarify whether this was a full pardon request or if other factors should be considered before forwarding the matter to the President.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Yale
Taft
Morss
Morse
Hale
Maine
Department of Justice
Department
Department Holis
Taft seeks million for Colorado River relief
President Taft asked Congress to authorize a $1,000,000 appropriation to avert damage along the lower Colorado River fearing loss of life and land values. The measure, supported by both Senate and House, would allow spending on both sides of the boundary with Mexico's permission sought. Separately, Union Railway seeks to extend Bronx lines to connect with the Third Avenue Railroad, with a Public Service Commission hearing set for next month.
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Colorado
Republic of Mexico
William H. Taft
House
Union Railway
Union Railway Company
Bronx
Public Service Commission
Fordham Road
Sedgwick Avenue
University Heights Bridge
207Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Emerson Street
Broadway
Union
Third Avenue Railroad
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