Defend House Rules and House Leadership Debate
Washington reports on Asher Hinds defending the House rules as fair and effective. Representatives Ames Murdock Hayes Townsend discuss support and opposition, predicting possible rule changes but not a likely defeat of Speaker Cannon.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House of Representatives
Asher C. Hinds
United States
Hinds
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
Murdock
Kansas
Representative Hayes
Representative Townsend
Cannon
Opposition to Postal Bank Plan Faces Senate Hurdles
Washington December 7 the postal savings bank bill meets a tough path as Republican leaders debate votes. Investigations by the National Monetary Commission shift sentiment with Aldrich and small bankers mobilizing protests. Banking opposition warns state and savings banks would lose business to federal postal banks, dimming prospects for a December 24 vote or future consideration.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
Senate
National Monetary Commission
Commission
Aldrich
Postal Savings Bank
Postel
Estimates for 1910 Treasury appropriations request
Washington December 7 The Secretary of the Treasury transmitted to Congress the book of estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 3 1910 The document lists departmental estimates for 1910 and appropriations for 1909 including deficiency miscellaneous and permanent annual items The total estimates for 1910 exceed those of 1909 by 57 200 678 with figures in the millions and specific line items noted
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
New York Estimates for Treasury Improvements
Washington reports Treasury proposals to fund large New York state projects. Listed are naval yard upgrades, Watervliet Arsenal expansion, land purchases near Madison Barracks Sackett’s Harbor and Fine Plains, camp of instruction land, channel work including Generis and Am brose channels, Jack Rock Harbor, Harlem River severance, Staten Island station completion, Hunt’s Island station, and Fire Island illumination facilities, with costs ranging from tens of thousands to nearly two million dollars.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Navy Yard
Watervliet Arsenal
Madison Barracks
Sackett'see
Fine Plains
N. Y
Channelr Generis Bar
Jack Rock Harbor
Harlem River
Staten Island
Grape Nuts Proves Digestion Powers Strength
A Massachusetts woman recounts a serious nervous breakdown caused by overwork and dyspepsia. After trying many remedies, she found relief with Grape Nuts eight months ago. She credits the product with revitalizing her health and energy, urging readers that "There’s a Reason."
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Limit Injunctions Discussion Heads To Congress
The Tribune reports Representative Townsend of Michigan plans to help draft an injunction bill to curb court power, aiming for passage this session. He backs Roosevelt's policy and cites prior talks with the President. Representative Young of Michigan introduces a rule to hasten hearings on any without notice temporary restraining orders, setting four to six days, or more for distant residents.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Roosevelt
Hubbard
West Virginia
Young
President Pays His Way In Africa trip
President Roosevelt will bear all his own and his son Kermit’s travel costs for the Africa expedition. Smithsonian funds cover expenses for three Smithsonian naturalists and the collected specimens will be deposited at the United States National Museum, with no government appropriation involved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Africa
Walcott
United States National Museum
Kermit
Smithsonian Fund
Post Offices Number 61158 in United States
Washington reports 61158 post offices in operation at June 30 188. The First Assistant Postmaster General notes 2174 postmasters at presidential offices and 1184 commissions in fourth class offices. Eight hour workday policy affects large offices while Sunday work remains minimal. Public concern centers on site selection and building funding. City delivery expansion urged for towns with receipts up to 5000 annually with receptacle requirements renewed for city carriers.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Flag for each post office fuels Capitol debate
Washington debate centers on Representative Cocks proposal to place an American flag atop every post office. Representative Overstreet remains resistant, worried about cost, while Cocks argues it costs little compared to patriotic duty and suggests postmasters might supply flags themselves.
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Tribunl Bureau
Washington
New York
Representative Overstreet
Overstreet
Committee On
Post Offices and Post Roads
Mr. Cocks
Congress
Jesse Overstreet
Counterfeiters Keep Busy in Holiday Season
Washington reports a surge in counterfeiting as six new silver dollars and a silver certificate are deemed queer by Secret Service experts. The $5 bill feature is marked dangerous and deceptive, likely re strikes made from genuine metals and foreign coins. The San Francisco and New England sources are noted, with a long-distance Christmas romance by John Kendrick Bangs also mentioned.
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Washington
Wilkie
Secret Service
New England
San Francisco
Indian Head
Vernon Register and Treat
Over the Wire
John Kendrick Bangs
Peat Sunday
Tribune
Japanese Entente Sparks Senate Debate On Treatying
Washington lawmakers move to scrutinize the Japanese-American understanding amid claims it lacks treaty form. Senate leaders and jurists weigh whether the accord warrants formal ratification and constitutional debate.
Want Panama Inquiry Seeks Probe of Canal Property Purchase
In Washington the Democratic House members plan an investigation into the Panama Canal property deal. Representative Rainey of Illinois introduced a resolution to appoint a five member committee to determine how much of the 40 million dollars on record was paid to the French company and whether any portion went to American citizens or syndicates. The panel would also probe possible profits by members or senators. President Roosevelt defended openness of papers in a recent letter to William Dudley Foulke.
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Washington
Senate
Baton
Committee On Foreign Relations
Bacon
Roosevelt
Culberson
Simmons
Money
Root
New York
House
Panama Canal
Rainey
Illinois
Democratic National Committee
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Judge Wilfley Resigns as Shanghai Judge Names Thayer
President Roosevelt appoints Rufus Thayer of District of Columbia as United States Court judge in Shanghai China to succeed Lebbeus R Wilfley who resigns voluntarily. Wilfley had angered lawyers with strict measures and faced investigations but was vindicated by Secretary Root.
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Rufus Thayer
United States
Shanghai
Washington
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
China
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
Wilfley
Bill to speed federal court procedure introduced in Congress
Washington, Dec 7. Representative Alexander of New York introduced ABA drafted measures to amend federal court procedure. The bill would add that no judgment shall be set aside for error unless it caused a miscarriage of judgment and would require Supreme Court certification of probable cause before issuing a writ of error in criminal cases.
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Washington
United States
Alexander
New York
American Bar Association
the Supreme Court
Mrs Eva Ingersoll Wins Suit in Supreme Court
Mrs Eva Ingersoll widow of Robert G Ingersoll won a long running case in the United States Supreme Court affirming a contingent fee due for an argument in the contest of Andrew J Davis's will. The decision restores $128000 plus accrued interest, with interest to date.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Eva Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
Supreme Court of the United States
Andrew J. Davis
Montana
Davis
Mr. Ingersoll
Joseph Coram
Henry A. Root
Charles H. Palmer
Circuit Court For
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Day
Whiskey ruling by Mr Bonaparte defines real compound
Attorney General Bonaparte states in a formal opinion that a whiskey mixture must contain enough whiskey to be a real compound not a semblance. The title must include the word compound or compounded and mention the other spirit to be labeled as whiskey compounded.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Keefe Sworn Commissioner General of Immigration
Daniel J. Keefe of Michigan was sworn in as Commissioner General of Immigration in Washington. Secretary Straus and bureau chiefs witnessed the ceremony before Keefe assumed his duties. Romance by John Kendrick Bangs appears in next Sunday’s issue.
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Washington
Daniel J. Keefe
Michigan
Immigration
Straus
Keefe
Ways and Means Opens Tariff Bill Drafting
Washington figures say the Ways and Means Committee will form a sub committee to draft a new tariff bill on Wednesday. The committee gains subpoena power and plans an executive session to select witnesses, with President Van Cleave of the National Association of Manufacturers among first called. Debates over canned music duties and phonograph imports highlight hearings along with talks on brushes and bristle use.
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Washington
Ways and Means
House
Payne
van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
George W. Pound
Buffalo
Germany
Henry Alexander
New York
Benjamin Briscoe
Tarrytown
N. Y
Motor Car Manufacturing Association
Herbert E. Miles
Delavan Smith Responds To Roosevelt On Canal Charges
The Indianapolis News editor Delavan Smith replies to the President, arguing that Roosevelt’s denial fails to identify who received the Panama canal funds. He accuses the administration of evasive statements, notes failures to address facts, and urges Congress to probe the canal issue for public interest.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Delavan Smith
Roosevelt
New York World
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Cromwell
Morgan
Fren
Panama
Canal
Congress
Oklahoma Indian Land Suits Move Toward Hearing
Secretary Garfield and the President discussed a wave of federal cases against many men in Oklahoma for illegal land acquisitions. Assistant Attorney General Russell has pursued around four thousand suits to reverse land conveyances. Named defendants include Governor Haskell and Senator Owen, though Haskell cases are not singled out for special airing.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Garfield
Department of Justice
Oklahoma
Russell
Haskell
Owen
Church to Rise on Cemetery Site After Exhumations
The plan calls for a church and a school building for Italian neighbors atop the Eleventh street cemetery on First avenue after all graves are removed. Excavations have continued for three weeks as the work progresses.
St Patrick's plans new church after cemetery opening
Monsignor Lavelle, rector of the cathedral, told a Tribune reporter that St Patrick's will move to erect a new church at once. The cemetery opened in 1833 with the first burial on March 13 and ground costing 37050 dollars. Before 1548 nearly 48016 bodies were buried. The Eleventh Street cemetery removed St Patrick's at Prince and Mulberry where it opened May 3 1813 and closed with the new burial ground. Lorenzo de Ponte, librettist for Mozart, is buried on Spring Street and his grave remains unmarked.
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Prince and Mulberry Streets
Lorenzo de Ponte
Mozart
Spring Street
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R. G. Ingersoll
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