Cannon Praises Rules Hepburn Attacks Them
The Tribune reports a sharp split between Speaker Cannon and Colonel William P Hepburn over House rules in the 61st Congress. Cannon defends the Rules Committee as necessary for majority will, while Hepburn favors major overhauls giving party caucus power and chair selections to committees, and insists on frequent committee sessions without Speaker permission.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House of Natives
Congress
Cannon
William P. Hepburn
House
Rules
Committee On Rules
Dalzell
Hieuss
Hepburn
Epreker
France plans aggressive tariff revision for concessions
France aims to pressure other nations by raising maximum tariff rates by about 3 percent while current sunset rates stay, as the parliamentary tariff commission nears finalization. The proposed changes target high interest areas including leather, rubber, metals, typewriters, and machinery to secure concessions from abroad.
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Tariff Commission of Parliament
France
United States
Forest League Backs Tariff Repeal On Forest Products
The National Forest Conservation League based in Minneapolis has finished its brief for the Ways and Means Committee urging repeal of the tariff on forest products. The group plans an ongoing aggressive campaign until the new tariff law is enacted.
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Minneapolis
National Forest Conservation League
Ways and Means Committee
League
Gompers Contempt Case Heads to Appeal Hearing
The District Court of Appeals fixes December 10 for AF L appeal from the Bucks Stove and Range Company injunction. Briefs are filed on contempt against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, with a decision not expected for at least two weeks.
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Washington
District Court of Appeals
American Federation of Labor
District Supreme Court
Bucks Stove and Ranger Company
St Louis
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Father and Son Both Gain Health on Right Food
A Mrs. Pestump of Battle Creek Mich shares a letter praising Grape-Nuts and cream for her husband who suffered years from stomach trouble after appendicitis and for their six month old baby. The husband regained weight and health, the baby gained seven pounds in six weeks, both improving with the cereal and warm milk. The note ends by inviting readers to read The Road to Wellville and asks if anyone else has read the letter.
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Ohio
Pestump
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Taft stays silent on cabinet plans amid Burton talk
President elect Taft gave no publication information on cabinet makeup and declined to confirm reports that Theodore Burton had been offered Treasury. Burton, campaigning for the Ohio Senate, said his name had been linked to many offices, including State and Treasury. Howells protests noisy gasolene boats on Piscataqua, seeks federal action.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Cleveland
Treasury
Theodore E. Burton
Burton
Ohio
State Department
Senate
P. Taft
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
President's Annual Message Read Tuesday in Congress
Washington reports the President's annual message will be read on Tuesday to the second session of the 6th Congress instead of Monday. The Senate will adjourn after paying tribute to Senator Allison and swearing in new members. The House plans a similar adjournment after new members are sworn in and a committee informs the President. Tuesday will focus on the message.
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Washington
Senate
Allison
Cannon
House
Postal Economies Report on Railway Mail Service Costs
Washington data shows 21,650,849.76 pieces handled by the railway mail service in the last fiscal year with 3,565,361 addressed items requiring special attention and 18, GRE.62 corrected or forwarded. New division proposed for Oregon Washington Idaho and Alaska. clerks seek travel expenses and retirement provisions. Savings from new weighing system and Alaska weight increases noted. biweekly sailings to Porto Rico failed. parcel post rates cut for several South American routes and other international agreements.
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Washington
Railway
Joseph Stewart
Railway Mail Service
Oregon
Idaho
Alaska
Congress
Valdez
Fairbanks
Department
New York
Porto Rico
Netherlands
Uruguay
Italy
France
Austria
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador
Peru
Gov Magoon Talks Cuba Troop Withdrawal With Wright
Governor Magoon arrived in Washington and conferred with Secretary Wright on methods to withdraw American troops from Cuba and govern the island. He praised Cuban self rule and stated there was never a need for police duty by troops, while Wright affirmed no change to the evacuation plan.
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Washington
Magoon
Wright
Cuba
United States
New Special Delivery Stamp Approved for Sale
Postmaster General Meyer approves a radical new special delivery stamp to go on sale within ten days. The design mimics French stamps, is artistic yet plain, and features a diagonally running olive branch entwining a Mercury hat symbolizing peace and haste. It is about one inch square, dark green, with 10c in the upper left and U. S. Postage Special Delivery in bold in the lower right.
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Washington
Meyer
United States
ASK ARREST OF ALLEGED FENCE IN BOWERY DEAL
Philadelphia reports the arrest of Harry and David Greenburg and Bessie Weir and the recovery of about 6000 dollars in goods from their home. Authorities urged New York police to arrest the Bowery fence named as the seller. Goods include cloth, glass, silverware, and merchandise marked for Bowery firms.
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Philadelphia
Harry Greenburg
David Greenburg
Bessie Weir
New York
Greenburgs
Bowerye
Repeal Call Sparks Debate Over Timber and Stone Act
Washington, Dec 3. Senator Nelson urges repeal of the timber and stone act citing massive land grabs by speculators at low cost and high resale. Lawmakers including Flint Smoot Dixon Sherley and ex Governors Blanchard Pardee join the discussion as Commissioner Dennett warns of vast forest havoc and government powerless to curb the practice. He notes nearly two million acres taken up in the last year.
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Washington
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
National Conservation Commission
Neleron
Flint
Smoot
Dixon
Sherley
Blanchard
Pardee
Dennett
Mr. Dennett
Copper fumes ruin forests conference at White House
A White House conference on copper smelting fumes harming Montana forests decided to invite copper company representatives to Washington to be heard before any action. Participants included President, Attorney General Bonaparte, Ligon Johnson, Senator Dixon, and Montana farmers protesting the pollution. Bonaparte noted government power to compel company compliance would be determined later.
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Washington
Montana
White House
Bonaparte
Ligon Johnson
Department of Justice
Dixon
Strike not expected on Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh
Washington on December 3 Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Dr Charles P Neill Commissioner of Labor met with representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to seek settlement of differences. An amicable adjustment seemed reasonably certain with possible concessions from both sides. Dc A Wilson vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen said firemen would support engineers if a strike became necessary though they had no grievances of their own.
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Washington
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
A. Wilson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
New York
Ferry Owner Jailed for Accident in Neva Ferry Line
Alexander Shipoff owner of the Neva ferry line and one of St. Petersburg's wealthiest men was sentenced to six months in prison for criminal negligence linked to the Archangelsk disaster on the Neva last April. Thirty nine people perished. Major Tyrtoff, river police chief, was acquitted.
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St. Petersburg
Alexander Shipoff
Neva
Archangelsk
Gensera Tyrtoff
The Nations Wealth: Treat Reports National Finance Strains
Treasurer Charles H. Treat notes a 58.07 million dollar federal deficit after a 84.24 million surplus, with 1908 revenues near record highs. He cites rising expenditures, growing money supply, and gold flows while urging per capita measures give way to product value in assessing currency needs.
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Washington
Charles H. Treat
United States
Treasury
National Bank
Typhoon sinks 35 Japanese boats off Hatsu Island
A typhoon off Hatsu Island in Kawatey Bay wrecked thirty-five Japanese fishing boats. Reports say all but a few of the crews perished, with about thirty-five fishermen killed in the disaster reported from Tokio.
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Tokio
Hatsu Island
Kawatey Bay
Seventeen Die in Newfoundland Gale Storm
Seventeen fishermen died as a coastal gale raged for 48 hours along Newfoundland. Ten fishing vessels went ashore and broke on rocks while crews from Newfoundland villages faced blizzard conditions. The storm began Tuesday evening and drove schooners and sloops off harbor with heavy snow obscuring bearings.
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St. John's
N. F
Newfoundland
Pearson Warns Sanitary Officers on Foot and Mouth Risk
Albany December 3 Commissioner R A Pearson of the State Department of Agriculture warned sanitary officers of possible dangers from foot and mouth disease now present in Western New York. He urged watchfulness for symptoms and prompt reporting though the disease is not often fatal, it could cause enormous livestock value losses if spread. He described handling bovine tuberculosis under the amended law and discussed various health topics at the conference closing session.
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New York
R. A. Pearson
State Department of Agriculture
Pearson
Danforth FP. Ainsworth
Alec H. Seymour
State Department of Health
Boards of Health
D. M. Tottman
Syracuse
Homer Folks
State Charities Aid Association
Reform of the Lords Proposed by Select Committee
The Lords select committee proposes reforming the upper house by basing admission on qualifications, not peerage. It suggests electing 200 hereditary peers for one Parliament, reducing spiritual Lords to ten, adding official colonial representatives, and allowing 120 qualified hereditary peers to sit without election. The plan yields about 350 members including royal peers, archbishops, judges, and Commons veterans.
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London
Select Committee
House of Lords
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
House of Commons
Blood
Books Sold to Morgan at Amherst Library Sale in London
The dispersal sale of the Lord Amherst of Hackney library began in London with bibliographers and collectors present. Twenty Caxtons from 1474 to 1495 and other early works drew fierce bidding, including Mazarin Bible and Apocalypsis Joannis, as total sales neared fifty thousand dollars. the auction continues over three days and resumes in March.
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London
Low Countries
Crawford
Troy
Lord Amherst
Balby
Shah for Constitution in Persia Desires Gradual Reform
Teheran reports the Shah of Persia told an Associated Press representative he supports a constitution but warned against hurried adoption. He praised gradual parliamentary development, cited Mejliss failures, and said a Council of State will evolve into a larger constitutional body to educate the people. He also noted Tab riz unrest and warned against pacifying with a rushed grant.
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Teheran
Shah of Persia
Associated Press
Persia
Mejliss
National Assembly
Council of State
Tabriz
Baby Ruler to Grant Constitution Edict in Peking
Chinese imperial edict from Peking pledges to continue the late emperor Kuang Hsu’s policy and specifically to grant a constitution to the empire after nine years. The decree signals a commitment to constitutional reform and a modernizing program under the new ruler.
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Peking
Kuang-Hsu
A Threat to Austria in Italian Chamber Speech
In Rome on December 3 ex-Premier Fortis, now head of the majority, denounced Austria-Hungary’s Balkan moves. He said Italy would not seek compensations and urged the stop of armament growth to avoid war, stressing sacrifices for defense to guarantee peace and that Italy would stay in the Triple Alliance only if free from Austrian threats.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Fortis
Austria-Hungary
Balkans
Italy
Austria
Signor Fortis
Emperor Touts Peace as Near East Tensions Calm
Vienna December 3 reports circulate that Austria waits past jubilee events before threatening hostilities in the Near East. At the Hofburg military conference with Archdukes Franz Ferdinand and Eugene, and War Minister Shoenaich, the Emperor declared peace unlikely to be disturbed. Constantinople advices suggest calm in the region.
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Vienna
Near East
Hofburz
Constantinople
Less Interest in Reichstag Debate on Ministerial Responsibility
Berlin December 3 A light Reichstag session opened the debate on ministerial responsibility with scarcely a hundred members present and sparse galleries. Graef Agrarian urged committee motion limits and opposition to parliamentary systems while Naumann Radical lamented wartime burdens and urged eventual participation in government. Motions referred to a business committee for report.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Graef
Great Britain
France
Germany
Joseph Naumann
Parade of ballot boxes crowds Constantinople streets
Constantinople witnessed a two mile procession as municipal ballot boxes were carried through the streets amid troops bands and religious bodies. A protocol between Turkey and Montenegro ended their boundary dispute with minor territorial adjustments signed in the city today.
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Constantinople
Dec
Turkey
Montenegro
Notes of Foreign News from Ottawa to Paris
A roundup of international incidents including a fatal railway collision near Pembroke and several injuries in Canada, German plans for submarines, a collision off the Mersey involving the Friesland and New Pioneer, cholera cases in St. Petersburg, Canadian Transcontinental Pathway steps, Quebec Bridge reconstruction, Vienna reservists kept, and French interest in Dene Island amid Pacific routes.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Pembroke
Frederick Rowe
Nate
Ottawe
St. Petersburg
St. Peterburg
Mortreak
Quebec Bridge Company
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Winnipeg
Moncton
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