Tariff Hearings Push for Subpoena Power and More Evidence
The War Ways and Means Committee seeks authority from Congress to subpoena witnesses for supplementary hearings on tariff revision. Witnesses have often been unprepared or one-sided, slowing progress as the panel weighs labor costs and the impact of duties. Lace importers urged a cut, arguing lace is essential, while manufacturers advocated maintaining or increasing duties.
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Tariff Commission
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Miles
Champ Clark
Jtsfi
House
New York
W. Wickham Smith
Jace
Mors
Rural Free Delivery report urges wider service and reforms
Washington November 30 The annual report by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P V De Grax highlights the growing usefulness of rural free delivery and urges a uniform 11 pound bag limit with a special rate for merchandise carried by rural carriers. It calls for legislative changes and increased funding to $36.246 million for next year, noting five hundred thousand miles of rural routes and 3.99 million homes served daily.
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P. V. de Grax
Bureau
Mr. de Graw
de Grew
Fire at Bliss Electrical School blamed on gas leak
A Takoma Park blaze that destroyed the Bliss Electrical School on November 6 is attributed to a gas leak ignited by a burning jet, disproving earlier theories that defective insulation or wiring caused the fire.
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Wellington
Bliss Electrical School
Takoma Park
Ci Vy
Divorce Action Favors Amended Complaint Held in Special Term
Helen Kelly Gould versus Frank J Gould faced an argument over the filing of an amended complaint in divorce proceedings. Justice Seabury reserved decision as the court debated form and specificity, with defendant’s counsel asserting improper form and plaintiff’s counsel declining to name co respondents for strategic reasons.
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Frank J. Gould
Justice Seabury
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Herbert Smyth
Nations Define Far East Policy in US Japan Notes
Secretary Root and Ambassador Takahira exchanged diplomatic notes establishing each nation’s policy in the Far East. The formal ceremony at the State Department included witnesses and will be published publicly tomorrow night. Officials say the move clarifies mutual attitudes while some outside observers misinterpret them.
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Japan
Far East
Bacon
Masanao Hanihara
Babcock
China
State Department
America
Rejoicing in Japan Over US Japan Accord
Tokio headline reaction is jubilant as leading papers and the Japanese press greet the U S Japan agreement with uniform approval. In St Petersburg the Russ predicts war would follow Taft term, noting the accord delays inevitable conflict but prepares both nations for future naval arms build up.
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Russ
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Japan
Taft
Pacific
Taft and Bourne Lead In International Golf Match
President-elect Taft and Senator Bourne defeated Canadian Conservative leaders Borden and Perley by 8 up in Hot Springs Va. A rematch is set for tomorrow. Taft and Hayward met on the road West after Hitchcock dinner. Taft weighs Cabinet suggestions and may attend Jewellers' Association dinner in Providence. Lindsay’s death saddened Taft, who praised his colleague. Elkins heads for Washington. Woodruffs depart for home. In Philadelphia, Penn announces Taft to speak at University Day on Washingtons Birthday.
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Oregon
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Hayward
Frederick W. Upton
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Taft
Washington
Mr. Taft
Jewellers’ National Association
Providence
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
Timothy L. Woodruff
Mrs. Woodruff
Taft Brother Elected President of Ohio Society NY
Henry W. Taft, brother of the President elect, was chosen president of the Ohio Society of New York at the Hotel Manhattan meeting last night. Colonel John J. McCook received a loving cup as Taft family praise filled speeches. The annual dinner at Waldorf on December 16 will honor Taft, with officers elected including vice-presidents William S. Hawk Emerson McMillan Warren Higley Charles D. Hilles and Horace J. Morse secretary David Homer Bates Jr recording secretary Thayer Stewert treasurer Frank W. Hubby Jr and trustees Edward W. Parker Frank X. Dowler Lewis C. Ruch.
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Taft
Waldorf
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William S. Hawk
Manhattan Hotel
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Warren Higley
Charles D. Hilles
Horace J. Morse
David Homer Bates, Jr
Eth Thayer Stewert
Frank W. Hubby, Jr
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Frank X. Dowler
Lewis C. Ruchtary
Black Opals From Lightning Ridge Shine in Marens & Co Show
Marens & Co samples the past year’s uncut opals and jewelry from the Lightning Ridge mine in New South Wales. The private exhibit at Ath Avenue 45th Street invites the public to view the collection, touting the opals’ color shifting beauty and claimed good fortune.
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Marens & Co
Ath Avenue
45Th Street
Supreme Court voids two cent Virginia rail rate ruling
Justice Holmes announces a US Supreme Court decision in the Virginia railroads versus the State Corporation Commission. The court holds the commission acted legislatively not as a court, allows state court appeal, and keeps the federal case on docket to review potential constitutional issues.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Virginia
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District of Virginia
Supreme Court of Virginia
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Supreme Court
United States
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Hitchcock's Action Reversed in Cherokee Land Case
Supreme Court reverses Secretary Hitchcock on the 1907 removal of Cherokee roll names. John E. Goldsby Ida Allison George A. Allison among about 1500 affected. land division in Oklahoma may involve around a million dollars in property. Case tested Secretary's jurisdiction in DC court.
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United States Supreme Court
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George A. Allison
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Supreme Court to rule on automatic couplings safety law issue
The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in E. M. Delk v St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad to decide if the safety appliance law requires automatic couplings to be kept in good order as well as installed. Originating in Tennessee a railroad employee won damages at trial, a reversal followed in the sixth circuit, with the Interstate Commerce Commission showing keen interest.
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Washington
E. M. Delk
St. Louis
6Th Circuit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court affirms NY admiralty ruling in Phoenix case
Chief Justice Fuller writes for the Supreme Court upholding the District Court decision in favor of Phoenix Construction Company. The action seeks damages for harm to Hudson River borings made to locate the New York aqueduct, damaged when steamers Poughkeepsie and Homer Ramsdell touched the platforms above the borings. The suit, an admiralty case, was dismissed at district level as not maritime in nature.
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Fulier
Supreme Court of the United States Today
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Poughkeepsie
Homer Ramsdell
Construction Company
Hudson River
New York Aqueduct
District Court
Supreme Court ruling on sugar refinement tax dispute
In an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller the Supreme Court decided the American Sugar Refining Company v United States case. The Treasury regulation adding to the polariscopic test of sugar as a temperature correction favored the government, with the Southern District of New York circuit court upholding the customs collector’s collection.
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Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States Today
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Treasury
Circuit Court
Southern Dstrict
New York
Collector of Customs
Mail trains halted by upstate commission ruling
Utica November 30 Judge George W. Ray of the U S District Court filed an order directing issuance of an injunction restraining the upstate Public Service Commission from enforcing an order that would force the Delaware Lackawanna Western Railroad to stop two fast mail trains at Danville or provide equivalent service between Danville and Buffalo. The railroad says it is under government contract to move mails within a time frame and cannot meet the contract if stops are required.
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N. Y
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United States District Court
Upstate Public Service Commission
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company
Danville
Buffalo
Porto Rico Coffee Growers Meet Votes for 6 Cent Duty
In Ponce Porto Rico a meeting of coffee growers and merchants approved sending a memorial to Congress urging a six cent duty on foreign coffee. A committee will depart for Washington and dispatches were sent to President Roosevelt President-elect Taft and Congress to protect Porto Rican interests. It is reported Governor Post will appoint Captain George R Shanton as chief of Porto Rican police. Captain Shanton currently leads the Panama police.
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Porto Rico
American Congress
Washington
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Taft
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Panama
Peruvian Minister Calderon to resign. Deuster to take post
El Imparcial reports Manuel Alvarez Calderon, Peru's minister to the United States and Mexico, will relinquish his post soon to accept a higher assignment. Alejandro Deuster is named his successor. Calderon resides in Washington.
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el Imparcial
Manuel Alvarez Calderon
United States
Mexico
Alejandro Deuster
Sefior Calderon
Washington
Canal Closures End Erie Navigation Tonight
Albanty reports the Erie Canal is closed to navigation at midnight tonight while the Champlain and Oswego canals are also closed for the season, marking a statewide end to boating for the winter.
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Erie Canal
Steinheil testimony stalls as Mme Steinheil to testify
Paris dispatch reports slow progress in the Steinheil inquiry with only minor witnesses heard. Mme Steinheil is to testify next, prompting security measures and potential reconstruction of the crime scene. Aubin withdraws as counsel and a special Assize Court advocate may take over.
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M. André
Mme. Steinheil
Mme
M. Aubin
Libre Parole
Felix Faure
Dreyfus
Adolphe Steinhel
M. Faure
Mariette Wolff
Switzerland
M. Ogier
Laboratory of Toxicology
Protection of Holland treaty eyed by Britain and Holland
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a forthcoming treaty and alliance between Great Britain and Holland with expectations that other governments will follow to protect the Netherlands. The development could reflect Germany's growing isolation and the long-standing English concern over any German move on Holland.
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the Pall Mall Gazette
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Holland
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England
AmnestY for Minor Crimes in China Edict
Peking announces an amnesty edict to be issued next Wednesday. It endorses reform plans but remains vague on policy. Rewards for long service are promised, but amnesty for the ten original crimes is denied, with harboring rebels added as an eleventh offense. Reformers banished will not benefit from the decree.
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Crown
Hilmi Pacha Reappointed Interior Minister in Turkish Cabinet
Constantinople reports a cabinet reshuffle with Hilmi Pacha named Minister of the Interior after serving as Macedonia governor. Refik Pacha is appointed Minister of Justice and is noted as a Young Turk committee member. Porters at the customs department have resumed work on Austrian goods, though the public boycott continues.
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Hilmi Pacha
Macedonia
Refik Pacha
Young Turk Committee
Foreign News Notes Nineteenth Century Report
Berlin reports Ambassador designate Bernstorff delaying audience with Emperor William and possible reception later in the week. Grand Trunk Pacific prepares to operate its first Fort William to Superior Junction train, with final 264 mile Ontario division contract signed in Ottawa. Berlin will send an expedition to study Fraas antediluvian finds in German East Africa. The Hague approves the Holland United States arbitration treaty praised by Root. Fire destroys two St. Jerome's College wings in Berlin Ont with heavy losses and student injuries. St. Petersburg records cholera surge and unc filtered canal water feeding city mains. Hugo Reisinger to exhibit modern German art in New York aboard Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse with 150 paintings and 50 drawings.
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Berlin
Hugo Reisinger
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Germany
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Lenbach
Liebermann
Thoma
Rudolph von Hoffmann
Herbert L. Satterlee as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
Washington reports that Herbert L. Satterlee of New York has been offered the post to succeed Truman H. Newberry, who becomes Secretary of the Navy. Satterlee declined to discuss the selection but is in contact with government officials. a noted lawyer, naval officer, author, and J Pierpont Morgan son-in-law, with a long public service record and many affiliations.
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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
Parson and Woodruff Spar Over Senate Run
State Chairman Woodruff's yesterday statement quitting the Senatorship race drew mixed reactions from local Republicans. County Committee President Parsons praised the move while Brooklyn leaders expressed disappointment. Kings County Assemblymen and Senators-elect had backed Woodruff, fearing a fierce fight, though Albany and Onondaga leaders signaled support.
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Hendricks
Onondaga
Secretary Root Pleased By Woodruff NY Senatorship News
Washington November 20 Secretary Root met with President Roosevelt and praised Timothy I Woodruff for saying he would not seek the New York Senatorship He called the statement a patriotic utterance and said he was pleased with the development arising from the public position.
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Washington
Root
Roosevelt
Timothy I. Woodruff
New York
Shooting Mystery In Washington After City Shooting
Police investigate a shooting in a fashionable Washington district leaving William Sykes, a Black man, in critical condition at Emergency Hospital. A man and woman were seen escaping through a lobby after the incident near Thomas Circle, and detectives fear a broader inquiry if Sykes dies.
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Washington
William Sykes
Portland
Thomas Circle
Postal reform urged by bipartisan commission in Washington
A Congressional commission in Washington to recommend revolutionary postal changes to Congress includes Senators Penrose Carter and Representatives Overstreet Gardiner and Moon. It calls for abolishing four assistant postmasters general roles, creating a director of posts with seven assistants, and dividing the nation into fifteen postal districts. It also proposes a new appeals commission to decide violations and classify second class mail, with the director reporting to the postmaster general.
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Congress
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Commission of Appeals
Commission
BERRI SONS TO DISCARD BRICK CITY CARPET BUSINESS
William Berri's Sons announced yesterday after noon that their carpet business, operating since 1860 at 52 and 523 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, would be discontinued after January 1.
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Fulton Street
Brooklyn
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