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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
21
The fragment suggests Republicans may abstain from action, leaving the resolution to a Democrat such as Culberson. If passing it triggers floor debate, Democrats may assume initiative and push the matter forward.
Washington reports that a House appropriations subcommittee questioned the President’s order to demolish the old Pennsylvania Station on the Mall. Colonel Bromwell testified he tore down the building by written order from the President, with members pressing for legal basis and motive while noting executive action beyond limiting Secret Service use.
Washington December 11 a House Appropriations sub committee probes use of the governments frank by the President's Country Life Commission. A L Lawshe Third Assistant Postmaster General provides an opinion that the circulars issued by the commission are not frankable though possible conditions exist for frankable use by a Congress member or mailable by a government official.
A congressional discussion centers on whether the Country Life Commission can use the franking privilege. Officials debate if Pinchot’s status confers government power, with Livingston urging end to alleged misuse and a stronger penalty. Lawshe notes uncertainty and promises a formal opinion.
The Taft and Sherman Stock Exchange Campaign Club redistributed leftover funds after a strong campaign. A 2 percent dividend was issued to contributors, with checks mailed this week. Observers suspect Frank H. Hitchcock will learn of the rebate from the octopus campaign.
The Tribune reports rising radical influence in the Senate may challenge the old guard. With Aldrich Hale and Lodge as the remaining Big Six, nineteen radicals and several uncertain votes could sway committee control in a March caucus, prompting anxiety among elder statesmen over potential revolts and party realignment.
Washington December 11. Twenty four insurgent Republican House members met in Hepburn’s room to map a strategy for changing the rules. A larger gathering is planned Tuesday to outline a definite policy while considering a faster push or delaying action to build support among Democrats.
Police Commissioner Bingham Controller Metz and William M Ivins testified before Senator Cassidy's legislative committee on the city's financial administration. Bingham alleged contract theft and station defects, Metz cited double salaries, and Ivins warned debt growth is manageable given population gains while opposing raising the debt limit. Adjournment set for next Tuesday. note on The King and the Man serial installment.
Cambridge December 11 President Arthur Twining Hadley of Yale spoke at Harvard Sanders Theatre presenting academic distinctions. Noted scholars include F H Burr Theodore Roosevelt Jr G E Roosevelt and P D Smith. Hadley urged greater public focus on intellectual prizes over athletics and questioned if prize scholars meet public needs.
Boston dispatch reports Harvard circles expect either Calvin Hewlett of St Louis public schools or J J Storrow Boston school board to succeed President Eliot. At a Lawrence Harvard Club dinner Eliot said he preferred a young man with promise, not excessive early attainment, and praised Hewlett and Storrow as fitting this type. Overseers laud Eliot's forty-year leadership transforming Harvard into a great university.
Willemstad dispatch reports the battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk and the cruiser Gelderland clearing for action at 11 am for Venezuelan waters. The move is believed to aim at a demonstration off La Guayra and seizing Venezuelan merchant vessels.
President Castro landed in Paris from Bordeaux to a crowd at the station. Police maintained order as authorities warned he would be expelled for any disturbance or press campaign. Castro said he came as a private citizen to undergo an operation and would comply with the French government’s wishes.
BerlinDecember 11 The Reichstag adjourned for Christmas after sending the budget to a committee In debate Foreign Secretary von Schoen rejected claims that German funds financed the suppression of The Century Magazine interview with Emperor William He stated no imperial funds were used and that the author withdrew the piece voluntarily deeming its publication ill timed
Rome December 11 Signor Carcano the Treasury Minister announced to the Chamber of Deputies that Italy closed 1907 with a surplus of 7 million dollars after settling mobilities and debt payments. He noted 21.5 million spent on debt reduction and 2 million for railroads and predicted surpluses of 7.001 million and 6 million for 1908 09 and 1909 10, respectively, signaling an excellent economic outlook.
Appellate Division justices reserved decision after Bar Association petition to remove Magistrate Otto H. Droege. Referee William H. Willis had previously heard the charges and said the magistrate had done only what others had done before him.
Richard Croker called on Dr William T Bull at his Hotel Plaza rooms to share news of his Glencairn estate in Ireland. He praised the physician’s skill and hoped for his speedy recovery and future visit to Ireland. Dr Bull vowed to regain health and travel to see the veteran leader.
John M. Parker unveils a $1,000,000 Southern Commercial League project at the Waldorf to create a Washington office for all Southern states. Within an hour, $227,000 was pledged, including $100,000 by W. J. Oliver of Knoxville. The plan aims to showcase Southern resources and attract Northern investment, projecting a sixteen story building and permanent state exhibitions to spur rapid, profitable collaboration. M. B. Trezevant calls Parker the idea’s architect and compares New Orleans to Liverpool through upcoming canal and waterway schemes.
Albert S. Hoogs, teller at Beverly Savings Bank, faced a Salem District Court warrant for arrest on the charge of a $9,300 bank shortage. He was ill after reportedly taking an overdose. Bank president Robert E. Endicott and a four member committee announced the deficit, noting bonding protection kept the bank's condition from being affected.
A tangled sequence centers on P J Keiran, Fidelity Funding head, and Georges M Cumming as they sought control of United States Mortgage and Trust. Contracts for majority stock from Mutual Life faced insurance-law hurdles. transfers to George W Young and LeRoy Baldwin unsettled. Various bank officials deny ties to Keiran and Fidelity. News notes Gates held 25000 of Fidelity paper and intentions to charge it to profit. Federal court will decide the clash between state and federal receivers. Keiran’s whereabouts remain unknown as creditors await answers.
Fort William Ont December 11 The steamer Sir Thomas Shaughnessy sails with grain tonight marking a formal end to navigation at the head of the Great Lakes. Farmers still hold forty five million bushels of wheat. Sixty million bushels of this year's crop have been shipped hast or marketed at elevators.
Oscar Pomeroy, claiming to be John the artist, went on a half hour shooting spree in Hackensack New Jersey, targeting shoppers and shopkeepers. He was wounded twice, captured by a posse, and sent to the Morris Plains insane asylum. authorities found military papers and a cache of cartridges on him. Stamford sanatorium reports a man under hire named Oscar Pomeroy from Nebraska who left a pig near the clinic last Tuesday.
Calcutta reports the council passed a summary justice bill to speed trials and curb dangerous groups. It targets sedition with drastic measures against organizations like the Voluntaries, a 15000-member anarchist group accused of murder and arson. Lord Minto urged stamping out the conspiracy aiming to systematically assassinate government officials and discredit British rule.
London delegates at Mansion House call for government backed, state owned undersea cables to lower rates for UK Canada and empire messages. Speakers including Lord Milner and Mr Lemieux urge a global Britannic network with public funding and a postial authority conference among states to control and regulate cables. Lemieux plans to sail to New York aboard the Amerika.
A force of two landed from a Haitian gunboat and took control of Gonaives in the name of Gece Simon, with the Dolphin’s guard deemed unnecessary. The former Haitian shore commander reportedly left on a Hamburg American steamer, while American citizens were not molested. A recent Port au Prince conference discussed the administration of General Sinem.
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