Chamber adopts plan for currency reform and gold standard shift
The New York Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting in its new home at No. 65 Liberty Street. President Morris K. Jesup led the session as the committee on finance and currency proposed a plan to expand currency with credit notes, retire bank circulation freely, and move toward a gold-based system. The report urges end to the gold standard violations, authorized silver coinage adjustments, and broader public deposits in national banks with safeguards. The measure earned a large majority, with August Belmont dissenting in part.
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Chamber of Commerce
Libertyst
Morris K. Jesup
Alexander E. Orr
John Harsen Rhoades
Committee On Finance and Currency
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Congress
Union
August Belmont
Rhoades
Jacob H. Schiff
Shaw
Schiff
Charles S. Fairchild
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Committee On Finance
Senate
Extension of Export Trade and Reciprocal Deals
Gustav H Schwab backs speedy negotiation of a reciprocal Cuba trade treaty and to extend export trade urging concessionary duties, stressing France reciprocity as valuable. Seward gains approval for Deputy Controller Stevenson tax relief plan. legality supported after consultations. Resolution adopted.
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Gustav H. Schwab
Committee On Foreign Commerce and the Revenue Laws
Cuba
Schwab
Senate
United States
Republic of France
Seward
Committee On State and
Stevenson
Rhoades
Sunken Warships Found in Lake Lanao
Captain Pershing located remnants of a small Spanish gunboat fleet sunk in Lake Lanao Mindanao in 1898. Wreck portions visible near Iligan as Moros guided him. An effort to raise the vessels is possible. Inspector Hendryx, reported killed, is found alive but badly wounded after the November 25 clash with ladrones. he is expected to recover.
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Manila
Pershing
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
Iligan
Vicars
Moros
Constabulary
Hendryx
Samar
Ladrones
French Monetary Legislation and Sugar Tax
Paris December 4 The Chamber of Deputies ratified a monetary convention with Italy Belgium and Switzerland authorizing additional silver coins totaling 2500 value. It also adopted the first article of a government sugar regime bill fixing refined sugar tax at 335 francs per 220 pounds effective September 1 1963 after rejecting multiple amendments.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Britain rejects sugar arbitration offer in Commons
London reports that in the House of Commons Foreign Secretary Cranborne said Britain would not submit the sugar question to The Hague arbitration. The government told Russia it viewed the issue as not suitable for international arbitration but remains willing to denounce the 1859 commercial treaty if Russia desires.
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London
House of Commons
Russia
Hague Tribunal
Cranborne
Great Britain
Berlin reacts to Shaw report in financial press
Berlin coverage shows strong interest in Secretary Shaw's report with long abstracts. The National Zeitung calls for a central note issuing bank to prevent U S money crises and criticizes Shaw's measures for failing to ease tight money markets. Madrid, Dec 4 Perez Pulgar, an anarchist, detained after claiming plans to kill King Alfonso. Spaniard, 22, possibly feigning insanity.
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Berlin
Dae
Shaw
National Zeitung
Reichsbank
United States
Mr. Shaw
Madrid
Perez Pulgar
Orense
Alfonso
Pulgar
Memorial Service for Dr Parker in London City Temple
Thousands filled the City Temple as a memorial service for Dr Parker marked the loss of a great Nonconformist minister. Flowers crowded the venue while crowds outside waited in cold winds for the coffin to Hampstead for interment. Dr Clifford and Dr Robertson Nicholl officiated. Dr Nicholl called the church to mourn one of its greatest preachers.
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London
Parker
City Temple
Hampstead
Sultan's Forces Defeat Rebels in Zemmour Territory
Advices from Tangier report heavy fighting as Sultan of Morocco's troops defeat rebels in the Zemmour Territory. The sultan narrowly escaped capture and suffered heavy losses. The pretender to the throne remains at Tazza.
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Tangier
Morocco
Zemmour
Tazza
Epithets in the Reichstag Clash at Berlin Tariff Session
Berlin reports a wild Reichstag scene over floor rights as Herr Singer of the Socialists clashes with Vice-President von Stollberg-Wernigerode and Herr Spahn of the Centre party. The session lasts from 10am to 1130pm with violent language and a half hour suspension, amid mass meetings in Berlin reacting to tariff bill proceedings.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Singer
von Ballestrem
von Stollberg-Wernigerode
Herr Spahn
Centre Party
Tribune
Tariff Committee
House
Alleged counterfeiters caught in Detroit raid
Detroit December 4 United States Secret Service men Burns and Dick raided a Woodward avenue house in Highland Park and arrested Frank McTague Henry E Busenbark and Neil Huard on counterfeiting charges. Busenbark and Huard were caught red handed with moulds while McTague lived with them. Thousands of spurious silver dollars circulated locally. Thirteen complete mould sets and a fine electroplating machine were found on the premises.
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Detroit
William J. Burns
P. C. Dick
United States
Woodward Ave
Highland Park
Frank McTague
Henry E. Busenbark
Neil Huard
Busenbark
Huard
McTague
Receiver to Sell Morning Telegraph for $100 000
United States Circuit Court Judge Lacombe orders receiver Mr. Masten to file and obtain signature on a sale order for the morning and Sunday Telegraph set at $100 000. Bidder name unavailable, offer said to come through W. H. Page Jr with $20,000 certified check. Page’s address listed as 47 West Seventy fourth street. a statement from him was anticipated.
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United States Circuit Court
Lacombe
Masten
Masien
W. H. Page, Jr
Silver Workers End Strike In New York Industry Closure
The nine hour workday strike of nine hundred silversmiths and polishers in New York ended after two months. Workers flocked to Graff Washbourne Dunn and Gorham plants seeking work on the old ten hour day as holiday production was disrupted. Some firms granted nine hours but most held firm, with Tiffanys Forest Hill plant near New York to surrender Monday.
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New York
Brotherhood of Silversmiths
Graff, Washbourne & Dunn
Fourteenth-st
Sixth-ave
Thomas J. Brown
Bethure St
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Twenty-fifth-st
Lexington-ave
Mauser Manufacturing Company
Langsfeld Manufacturing Company
Whiting Manufacturing Company
Tiffany & Co
Forest Hill
N. J
Sanitary Conference Ends. Santiago to Host Next Meeting
The sanitary conference of American republics ends in Washington with Santiago de Chile chosen as the March 5 194 meeting site. Resolutions urge mosquito control and sanitation of seaports, harbors, sewers, and buildings. President Roosevelt greets delegates at the White House.
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Washington
Sanitary Conference of American Republics
Santiago de Chili
Eduardo Moore
Chili
Santago
A. B. Reynolds
Chicago
Guiteras
Cuba
International Sanitary Bureau
White House
Roosevelt
Hudson River Water Power Co seeks capital rise to five million
Saratoga New York December 4 special report indicates the Hudson River Water Power Company proposes increasing its capital stock from two million to five million dollars. The plan will be voted on at a meeting in Saratoga on December 23.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Hudson River Water Power Company
Cuban Consulate Opens in City for First Time in Years
The Cuban consulate opens at No Wall St becoming the first foreign consulate in years. Sefior A. de Zayas is appointed consul general with a salary of 3.00 a year. A staff includes Antonio Altamira vice consul Agustin Barranco chancellor Miss Carmen Mantilla stenographer and Alberto Carrillo clerk. The office occupies three well lighted rooms with an ante office.
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Wall St
Cuba
Sefior
A. de Zayas
Sefior de Zayas
New York
Palma
de Zayas
Low
Antonio Altamira
Agustin Barranco
Carmen Mantilla
Alberto Carrillo
Teutonic Delayed. Gordon-Cummings Aboard At Nantucket
The Teutonic, delayed by rough seas, is due in New York this morning after a Nantucket signal of all well. Passengers include Sir and Lady William Gordon-Cumming and Lady Gordon-Cumming, formerly Miss Florence Garner of Haverstraw, visiting Garnersville to see a print works family business. The Zeeland from Antwerp also arrived, with passengers including Misses L and B Beall, J E Blake, Miss A M Blake, Dr and Mrs Enos Palmer, and M See.
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Teutonic
New York
Nantucket
William Gordon-Cumming
Gordon-Cumming
Florence J. Garner
Haverstraw
Garnersville
Bi Town
Zeeland
Red Star Line
Antwerp
L. and
B. Beall
J. E. Blake
A. M. Blake
Enos E. Palmer
M. See
Telegraphers Unite Into Order of Commercial Telegraphers
The convention of commercial telegraphers merged the Brotherhood of Commercial Telegraphers and related groups into the Order of Commercial Telegraphers. An AFL charter issued, with Percy Thomas named president and a nine member executive board. National HQ at St Louis, next convention in New York in October 1993.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Commercial Telegraphers
Brotherhood of Commercial Telegraphers
International Union of Commercial Telegraphers
American Federation
Order of Commercial Telegraphers
American Federation of Labor
Percy Thomas
New York
New-York
W. F. Craig, Jr
J. M Perkins
San Francisco
M. H. Weber
Washington
A. E. Rose
Cincinnati
W. C. Rowley
Detroit
W. A. Daley
Kansas City
B. A. Riley
Philadelphia
St. Louis
United States
Bar Men From Tourney Shake Up Military League
Colonel George R. Dyer and Colonel David E. Austen refused participation in the Madison Square Garden tournament with Brigadier General George Moore Smith endorsing the stance. The move targets active service troops and could spark a shift toward tighter lawful control of the league by state officials.
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Military Athletic League
Madison Square Garden
George R. Dyer
12Th Regiment
David E. Austen
13Th
George Moore Smith
Dyer
Charlies HL Luscomb
League
Austen
Luscomb
State National Guard
National Guard Association
Smith
Army
Navy
H. C. Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
Lancaster
Hartford
Topeka
New York
Guard
Lusecomb
Lawyer Dies From Fall While Painting Cellar
John Boyd a Morris Heights lawyer died at his home from a fractured skull after slipping from a stepladder while painting his cellar. He fell struck his head on the stone floor and died three hours later. He was sixty three, survived by a widow a son and a daughter married to ex Park Commissioner Samuel McMillan’s son.
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John Boyd
Morris Heights
Mr. Boyd
A. E. Munson
Boyd
Samuel McMillan
Kronprinz Wilhelm Delayed by Low Water At Bremen
The North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm sailed from Southampton for New York at 3 pm but was detained yesterday at Bremen due to low water from easterly gales. Among her passengers were Huntley of Chicago.
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Southampton
England
Kronprinz Wilhelm
New York
Bremen
Huntley
Chicago
Archbishop Temples Collapse During Lords Speech
London December 4 Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Temple fainted while addressing the Education bill in the House of Lords. He was supported and led out by Archbishop of York Dr Maclagan and the house chaplain amid a sudden of concern.
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London
House of Lords
Canterbury
Temple
York
Maclagan
Postmaster General denies Australasian mail detention claims
London December 4 in the House of Commons Conservative Joseph Howard asked why Australasian mails were delayed in New York for forwarding by a New York line of steamers. Postmaster General Chamberlain said he was unaware of any detention. He noted Cunard Line steamers delivered most Australasian mails and saw no reason to press U S postal authorities.
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London
Joseph Howard
House of Commons
New- York
Chamberlain
Cunard Line
United Tes
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