Tariff Hearings Hear Subpoena Power To Probe Facts
Washington dispatch reports the Ways and Means Committee seeks authority to subpoena witnesses for supplementary tariff hearings. Critics like W. Van Cleave and C. H. Miles have attacked methods while Taft allies push for unbiased fact gathering. Lace importers urge duty cuts. domestic producers seek steady or higher duties amid lengthy sessions and technical testimony.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ways and Means
Congress
W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
C. H. Miles
Tariff Commission
Parneas
van Cleave
Miles
Payne
Champ Clark
Taft
House
New York
W. Wickham Smith
Rural Free Delivery Report Urges Expanded Service and Uniforms
Washington November 30 The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P V De Graw releases the annual report praising rural free delivery progress. He recommends mail package delivery up to eleven pounds, a uniform for rural carriers, and special post rates for merchandise carried by rural carriers to aid merchants. The plan would require legislation and is expected to boost department revenues and rural life. Carriers serve 3,900,000 homes daily on $45,087 miles of road. next fiscal year appropriations rise to $36,246,000, up $673,000.
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Washington
P. V. de Graw
Bureau
Mr. de Graw
Br Rel
de Grew
Fire destroys Bliss Electrical School in Takoma Park
Wellington reports a November 6 fire at the Bliss Electrical School in Takoma Park resulted from a gas leak ignited by a burning jet, refuting the earlier theory that a defective insulated wire caused the blaze.
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Wellington
Bliss Electrical School
Takoma Park
Tall
Amended divorce action heard in Special Term
Helen Kelly Gould seeks divorce from Frank J. Gould. Justice Seabury reserved decision after arguments on amending the complaint. Herbert Smyth said he would not name co respondents, accusing defendant of seeking publicity the plaintiff claimed she avoided. Counsel challenged the amended bill as improper and urged specifics in the original filing.
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Helen Kelly Gould
Frank J. Gould
Justice Seabury
Herbert Smyth
US Japan exchange notes define Far East policy
Secretary Root and Ambassador Takahira exchanged diplomatic notes outlining each government’s Far East policy. Witnesses included Bacon Masanao Hanihara and Babcock. Notes to be published in the United States and Japan tomorrow night for Wednesday morning release.
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Washington
Root
United States
Takahira
Japan
Far East
Bacon
Masanao Hanihara
Babcock
China
State Department
America
Rejoicing in Japan Over US Japan Accord
Tokyo dec 1 leading papers show unanimous rejoicing over the recent exchange of notes between Tokyo and Washington regarding the American Japanese agreement. In St Petersburg nov 30 the Russ argues the accord merely postpones war until Taft leaves office.
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Tokio
Washington
St. Petersburg
United States
Japan
Taft
Pacific
Taft Wins Golf Match In Hot Springs Event
President elect Taft and Senator Bourne of Oregon defeated Canadian Conservative leaders R. S. Borden and G. H. Perley 8 up in an international golf contest at Hot Springs Virginia. A rematch was planned for tomorrow. Taft discussed cabinet suggestions and noted little input on the State Department post. He mourned the death of Richard Lindsay who had accompanied him through much of the campaign. Taft was invited to Jewellers Association dinner in Providence. University of Pennsylvania announced Taft will speak at University Day on Washington’s Birthday.
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United States
Bourne
Oregon
Borden
Permament
G. H. Perley
Hayward
Frederick W. Upton
Republican National Committee
Taft
State Department
M. Taft
Richard Lindsay
Washington
Lindsay
Mr. Taft
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
Timothy L. Woodruff
Mrs. Woodruff
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Elect Taft
McKinley
Roosevelt
Joseph H. Choate
Taft Brother Elected President Of Ohio Society
Henry W Taft brother of the President elect was chosen president of the Ohio Society of New York at its annual meeting in the Hotel Manhattan He succeeded Colonel John J McCook who received a loving cup The meeting followed a dinner Speeches praised the Taft family and the installation was scheduled for Waldorf on December 16 Other officers named include William S Hawk Emerson McMillan Warren Higley Charles D Hilles David Homer Bates Jr Seth Thayer Stewert Frank W Hubby Jr Howard W Parker Frank N Dowler and Lewis C Ruch
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Ohio Society of New York
Manhattan
John J. McCook
Taft
McCook
Waldorf
Mr. Taft
William S. Hawk
Manhattan Hotel
Emerson McMillan
Warren Higley
Charles D. Hilles
Horace J. Morse
David Homer Bates, Jr
Seth Thayer Stewert
Frank W. Hubby, Jr
Howard W. Parker
Frank N. Dowler
Lewis C. Ruch
Black Opals Shine From Lightning Ridge Exhibition
The Marens & Co. display features the complete last year's output from the Lightning Ridge Mine New South Wales. The collection includes uncut gems and jewelry pieces showcased in their Bath Avenue private showroom at 45th Street, inviting public viewing.
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Lightning Ridge
New South Wales
Marens & Co
Marenus & Co
Bath Avenue
45Th Street
Supreme Court limits Virginia 2 cent passenger rate
Justice Holmes announces that railroads may challenge the Virginia State Corporation Commission's two cent a mile rate in federal courts, clarifying the commission acts legislatively not as a court. The decision directs retaining the case in federal court while appealing in Virginia, with possible federal review if the state appeals court finds the rate confiscatory.
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Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Virginia
State Corporation Commission of
United States Circuit Court
District of Virginia
Supreme Court of Virginia
Commission
Circuit Court of the
United States
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Court of Appeals
Circuit Court of the United States
Circuit Court
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals of
Virginia Court of Appeals
Harlan
Virginia Commission
Railroads
Hitchcock's Action Reversed on Cherokee Lands
Supreme Court ruling declares Secretary Hitchcock acted without law in 1907 removing Cherokee land rules. Fifteen hundred tribe members, led by John E. Goldsby Ida Allison and George A. Allison, will share in Oklahoma lands. property value estimated at about a million dollars. The suit, filed in the District of Columbia, tested Secretary jurisdiction.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Hitchcock
John E. Goldsby
Ida Allison
George A. Allison
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Supreme Court takes Delk case on automatic couplings safety
The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in E. M. Delk v. St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad over whether the safety appliance law requires automatic couplings to be in good order as well as installed. Originating in Tennessee, a trial awarded damages to a railroad employee, reversed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, with the Interstate Commerce Commission showing strong interest.
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Washington
E. M. Delk
St. Louis
6Th Circuit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court upholds Phenix Construction suit against steamers
The Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller affirms a Southern District of New York ruling in Phenix Construction Company versus the steamers Poughkeepsie and Homer Ramsdell. The action seeks damages for harm to Hudson River borings used to locate the New York aqueduct, after steamers contacted platforms over the borings. The case was maritime in nature, reversing a district court dismissal.
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Washington
Fulier
Supreme Court of the United States Today
District Court For
Southern District of New York
Phenix Construction Company
Poughkeepsie
Homer Ramsdell
Construction Company
Hudson River
New York Aqueduct
District Court
Supreme Court rules for government in sugar refining case
In an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller the Supreme Court decided American Sugar Refining Company v United States. The case centers on a Treasury regulation adding to the polariscopic test of sugar as a correction for temperature. The Southern District of New York Circuit Court sustained the Collector of Customs for New York who collected the money.
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Washington
Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States Today
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Treasury
Circuit Court
Southern District
New York
Collector of Customs
Railroad Mail Block Injunction Issued in Utica
Judge George W. Ray directed the U S District Court clerk to issue an injunction restraining the upstate Public Service Commission from enforcing an order that would force the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad to stop two fast mail trains at Danville or provide equivalent service to Buffalo. The carrier says it is bound by a government contract to move mails within set times and cannot comply with the stop.
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N. Y
George W. Ray
United States District Court
Upstate Public Service Commission
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Danville
Buffalo
Porto Rican coffee growers seek 6 cent duty plan
In Ponce a meeting of Porto Rico coffee growers and merchants approved sending a memorial to Congress for a six cent duty on foreign coffee. A committee will travel to Washington, and dispatches were sent to Roosevelt Taft and Congress for protection of Porto Rican interests. Governor Post plans to appoint Captain George R. Shanton head of Porto Rican police. he currently leads the Panama police.
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P. R
Porto Rico
American Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
Post
George R. Shanton
Shanton
Panama
Calderon to resign as Peruvian minister in US Mexico
Mexico City says Manuel Alvarez Calderon, Peruvian Minister to the United States and Mexico, will relinquish his post to take a higher position. He will be succeeded by Alejandro Deuster. Calderon previously resided in Washington.
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Mexico City
el Imparcial
Manuel Alvarez Calderon
United States
Mexico
Alejandro Deuster
Beftor Calderon
Washington
Canal System Closes Navigation For Winter
Early by month the Erie Canal halted navigation at midnight. The Champlain and Oswego canals followed with winter closures in November, signaling the end of shipping for the season across the linked waterway network.
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Alearly
Erie Canal
Champlain
Oswego
Steinheil case hearing proceeds amid hostilities
Paris scene in Steinheil inquiry shows little progress as M. André reviews secondary witnesses and Mme Steinheil’s testimony is set for tomorrow and Wednesday. Court prep includes guards and confinement in the conciergerie. The anti Semitic Libre Parole accuses wife and political police in a claimed plot, while toxicology head M. Ogier assesses glasses for poisons with slim hopes of results.
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Paris
Steinheil
M. André
Mme. Steinheil
Mme
M. Aubin
Libre Parole
Felix Faure
Dreyfus
Adolphe Steinhel
M. Faure
Mariette Wolff
Switzerland
M. Ogier
Laboratory of Toxicology
Britain and Holland to Seek Protective Alliance
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a forthcoming treaty and alliance between Great Britain and Holland. It predicts other governments will soon arrange protective treaties for the Netherlands, signaling a new step in Germany's diplomatic isolation and the long‑held English concern that Germany might gain Holland.
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London
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Great Britain
Holland
Netherlands
Germany
England
Amesty Edict Sets Reform but Denies Original Crimes Growth
Peking on November 30 reports the Crown will issue an amnesty next Wednesday. The edict approves the reform program but remains vague on broader policy. Rewards for long service are promised while amnesty for the ten original crimes is denied. an eleventh crime, harboring rebels, is added. Reformers banished earlier will not benefit.
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Peking
Crown
Hilmi Pacha Appointed Interior Minister in Turkish Cabinet
Constantinople dispatch notes a cabinet reshuffle with Hilmi Pacha named Minister of the Interior after governing Macedonia, seen as a potential Grand Vizier. Refik Pacha takes the post of Minister of Justice as the customs boycott continues to affect port operations.
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Hilmi Pacha
Constantinople
Macedonia
Refik Pacha
Young Turk Committee
Foreign News Notes From Berlin and Beyond
Berlin reports Count Bernstorff has not yet met Emperor William and may get an audience late this week. Grand Trunk Pacific to launch Lake Superior service from Fort William to Superior Junction, Ottawa signed last contract for a 204 mile New Ontario segment. Berlin dispatch notes an and investigation into antediluvian animal remains by Professor Fraas in German East Africa. The Hague ratified arbitration treaty with the United States praised by Foreign Minister Van Swinderen. Fire at St Jerome’s College damages two wine houses, loss $40,000 with students escaping. Cholera rises in St Petersburg with unsafe canal water and unfiltered Neva pumping. Hugo Reisinger art exhibition plans sail to New York on Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse with 150 paintings and 50 drawings from German museums.
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Count Bernstorff
United States
Baron Speck von Sternbure
William
Roosevelt
Germany
Montreal
Grand Trunk Pacific
Lake Superior
Fort William
Superior Junction
Winnipeg
New Ontario
Ottawa
Hugo Reisinger
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Kaulbach
Lenbach
Liebermann
Tooma
Rudolph von Hi
May Satterlee Offered Navy Assistant Secretary Post
Washington reports Herbert L. Satterlee of New York has been offered the job to succeed Truman H. Newberry as Assistant Secretary of the Navy as Metcalf moves to the Navy's top post. Satterlee, a lawyer naval officer and author, declined to discuss his candidacy while in talks with government officials.
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Washington
Truman H. Newberry
Victor H. Metcalf
Herbert L. Satterlee
New York
Navy
Mr. Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Columbia
Evarts
Morton
Black
Naval Reserve Association
Navy League of the United States
Province of
Woodruff Drops Out of Senate Fight Sparks Mixed Reactions
State Chairman Woodruff announced yesterday he would not run for the Senatorship. County Committee President Parsons praised the move, while Brooklyn leaders expressed disappointment. Kings County lawmakers had supported Woodruff, expecting a strong challenge, with Albany and Onondaga leaders seen as allied with his camp.
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Parsons
Hot Springs
Brooklyn
Kings
Barnes
Albany
Hendricks
Onondaga
Secretary Root Pleased by Woodruff Senatorial Decision
Washington November 30 Secretary Root was Roosevelt's first call today and he praised Timothy L Woodruff for not seeking the New York Senatorship. He called the statement patriotic and said he was much pleased with the utterance after the hour long conference.
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Washington
Root
Roosevelt
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Shooting Mystery Besets Washington Police
In Washington a shooting left William Sykes, a Black man, in critical condition at Emergency Hospital. A man and a woman, seen near the Portland apartment building, fled after the incident. If Sykes dies, police may canvas all legations unless the shooter’s identity is established.
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Washington
William Sykes
Portland
Thomas Cirele
Postal changes urged by commission to Congress
The Tribune reports a congressional commission proposes sweeping postal reforms. It favors abolishing four assistant postmasters general, creating a director of posts with seven assistants, and appointing district superintendents in 13 regions. A new appeals commission would handle violations and class mail decisions, aimed at efficiency and continuity.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Cams
Penrose
Carter
Craig
Overstreet
Gardiner
Moon
Meyer
Ihe
Commission of Appeals
Berris Sons to Discontinue Brooklyn Carpet Business
William Berri's Sons announced that their carpet business, operating since 1860 at 5½ and 523 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, would be discontinued after January 1. The firm stated it would close its doors after more than six decades of trade.
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William Berri
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
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