Taft Talks Cabinet Plans With Roosevelt In White House Conference
President Roosevelt and President-elect William H. Taft held an extended executive conference at the White House discussing cabinet prospects and possible appointments. Taft planned to meet Secretary Root and confer with Senator Aldrich on currency reform and the monetary commission’s recommendations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
White House
Taft
Root
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Burton
Ohio
Postal Savings Bank
Dillon
Yale Taft Inaugural Parade Plans Laid Out In Town
The Yale class of 1901 members who helped elect President-elect Taft will be honored in the inaugural parade. The Taft Club of Cincinnati and the United States Marines will follow, with civic leaders and business men consulting the inauguration committee on events and escort arrangements before Taft departs town tomorrow night.
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Tribune Bureau
Yale
Taft
Inc
Taft Club of
Cincinnati
Taft Club
E J. Stellwagen
First Cuban arrivals of US troops detailed at War Department
War Department releases outline of American army gains from Cuba for the fall of 199, with troop movement starting January 1 and advancing to April 1. Officers and civilians linked to the provisional government depart Havana following President Gomez’s inauguration. Troops will be landed at New York with the Atlantic fleet’s Idaho Mississippi New Hampshire Montana and North Carolina and the dispatch boat Dolphin under Rear Admiral Terras Arnold to be in Havana at Gomez’s inauguration.
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War Department
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Atlantic Feet
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Mississippi
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North Carolina
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Bond Issue Urged For Nation Waterways
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress, in Washington, unanimously backs issuing government bonds to fund canal and harbor improvements. It calls for 500 million dollars in bonds at Congress, to be used only for river and harbor work, modeled after Panama Canal bonds. The group seeks a permanent waterway study commission and expansion of the Army engineer corps.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Fairbanks
Cannon
National Congress
Engineer Corps of
the Army
United States
Assistant Civil Engineers
Mack Denies Rupture In Democratic National Committee
Buffalo December 11 National Chairman Norman E Mack dismisses reports of a rift with Secretary Woodson as baseless He says no meeting of the Democratic National Committee is planned within three years and permanent HQ won't be set before after the holidays He reiterates friendship with Mr Bryan and downplays 1912 President talk.
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Buffalo
Norman E. Mack
Woodson
National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Export Records Broken in United States Trade Peak
Washington reports the 1908 fiscal year saw record manufactured exports totaling about 750 million dollars. Europe received 368 million, copper products lead, refined oils 55 million, iron and steel 47.9 million. North America total 753 million with iron and steel dominant. South America 72 million with iron and steel and oils strong.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
North America
South America
After Poisonous Candy
Washington reports Uncle Sam as Santa Claus to curb poisonous candies this Christmas. Dr. Harvey W Wiley, chief chemist, leads the crackdown on adulterants, coloring, and unsafe flavors in interstate trade. The government will confiscate any poisonous candy found in shipment across states or territories to deter makers.
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Tribune
Washington
Sam
Santa Claus and Guardian
Harvey W Wiley
Agricultural Department
District of Columbia
Taft Tariff Views Scrutinized Before Ways and Means
Washington December 11 President elect Tafts tariff stance dominates testimony by H E Miles before the Ways and Means Committee Miles says Taft favors framing rates to give American manufacturers labor cost advantage plus reasonable profit Fordney notes Taft platform support. discussion continues Taft to confer with committee A sugar tobacco tariff compromise discussed free Philippine sugar 300000 tons annually. tobacco free limit unsettled Democrats support Philippines free trade Taft seeks schedules and public manufacturers input for revision
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
H. E. Miles
Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Miles
Fordney
Michigan
Miles
Daizell
Mr. Taft
Mr. Fordney
Congress
Philippines
May Buy Embassies Bill Advances in House
The Foreign Affairs Committee urged Representative Lowden to push a bill authorizing 1 million dollars to acquire U S embassy properties in Berlin Mexico City Shanghai and Tokyo. Supporters seek a vote next call while opposition from Democrats and shirt sleeve diplomacy advocates remains.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
Foreign Affairs Committee
Lowden
Berlin
Mexico City
Shanghai
Tokio
House
Goethals Denies Plan to Widen Culebra Cut
Colonel Goethals, chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, denied rumors that the Culebra cut would be widened to 85 feet wide, stating the canal would not be altered without solid purpose. He noted widening would require 14,000,000 extra cubic yards and affirmed the statement had no foundation.
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Panama
Goethals
Panama Canal Commission
Gold Hill
Culebra
House Passes Legislative Bill in Brief Session
Washington on December 11 reports the House passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with little debate and nearly in committee form. The rapid passage drew floor comment from members of the Appropriations Committee who congratulated themselves on the result. The bill carries a late sum of 31.65,30.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Sailors to Panama as Pacific fleet shifts
Seven hundred bluejackets will be taken from Norfolk to Colon on the cruiser Prairie to transship to Panama and fill vacancies on the Pacific fleet due to arrive tomorrow from Annapolis and La Union. Three hundred sailors and 120 marines will be detached at Panama and sent across the isthmus, then returned by the Prairie, with shore leave expected. The State Department seeks assurances of protection from Panama authorities after past trouble between sailors and Panamanian natives.
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Norfolk
Colon
Prairie
Panama
Pacific Fleet
Annapolia
la Union
Isthmus
Edinburne
State Department
Roosevelt orders marines to Panama during fleet visit
Report states President Roosevelt ordered U S Marines to guard Panama as the Pacific fleet arrives next week. Government, native, and foreign circles are surprised and cooler hospitality is expected if the alleged orders are confirmed. President Obaldia urged Panama to show friendship with the United States.
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Panama
Roosevelt
United States
Pacific Fleet
Obaidian
Law committee to tour Isthmian Canal Zone in December
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House will sail December 25 from Miami on a government tug and return January 13. The trip aims to study conditions in the zone and may lead to drafting a permanent code of law for the area.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Zone
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
House
Miami
Fla
Beveridge Introduces Harrison Hetenberg on Panama Visit
Senator Beveridge presented Harry Hetenberg of Indianapolis to the President in Washington. Hetenberg said he went to the Isthmus of Panama with the Commercial Chile group and reported possessing books and papers on the canal and its purchase. He claimed nothing was concealed regarding the canal work and its history.
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Dec
Beveridge
Harry Hetenberg
Indianapolis
Panama
Chile
Reisenberg
Navy recommends four battleships and fleet expansion
Secretary Metcalf in his annual report urges Congress to authorize four battleships, four scout cruisers, ten destroyers, four submarines, and support ships. He favors heavy big gun battleships with eight in a squadron, numbers for cruisers, and continuous, uniform building. The report discusses design issues, Newport resolutions, and the favorable impact of the voyage of the battle ship fleet.
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Metcalf
Navy Department
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Delaware
Florida
Utah
Salem
Newport
Hale Against Four Battleships
The President proposes four new battleships for the year, facing strong Senate opposition led by Senator Hale who heads the Naval Affairs Committee. He argues one battleship is sufficient and recalls an earlier agreed naval program that limited yearly ship authorizations.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Dec
Senate
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Government ends Cleveland probe into Austin Powder Co
Investigation by the government into the Austin Powder Company of Cleveland was closed today. The trust inquiry will continue in New York at an early date. In addition, the fourth dimension is explained in the next installment of North American humor. See tomorrow's Tribune.
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Austin Powder Company
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Fampirell Mactulloch
Senate Navy battle ship plan faces Senate reef
The House may authorize two or four battleships amid Treasury deficits and shifts in wartime policy. With Mr Hale steering Naval Affairs and Appropriations, his influence could shape the program as it moves to the Senate, where crosscutting priorities loom large.
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White House
Treasury
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Naval Affairs
Appropriations
Hale
British Congo note urged Belgians to remedy grievances
The Congo Reform Association released a British government note to Belgium denying recognition of the Congo transfer and demanding a specific commitment to remedy long standing grievances within a reasonable period. The note, replying to Belgium’s July 13 communication, cites Franco-Belgian dispatches and calls for equal missionary facilities across the Congo.
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Boston
Congo Reform Association
Wise
Belgium
Congo
M Davignon
London
Great Britain
Father of Triplets Is Eighty-Two Years Old
Columbus Ga December 11 Triplets were born Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Ambrose E Calhoun of this city This couple now have twenty five children The father is eighty two years old No Carmack Statue for Nashville Nashville Tenn December 11 The Treasury Department at Washington has denied the request of Postmaster A W Wills of Nashville Tenn that a statue of the late ex Senator BE Carmack be placed on the Custom House grounds here Arrested as Accessory to Killing Jackson Mich December 11 Homer Smith was arrested today as an accessory to the killing of Dr B Pitts by Dr Thomas Birdsong at Hazelhurst last night It is alleged that Smith sent Dr Birdsong to the scene.
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California
Duncan B. McKinlay
Wade Ellis
Taft
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Father Ketchum
Indian Bureau
Farmers' National Congress
Seneter Fulton
Oregon
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Gane
South Dakota
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Carmack
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Custom House
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B. Pitts
Thomas Birdsong
Hazelhurst
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