Senate explores salary raise and naval power queries
In Washington on December 17 the Senate debated increasing the President’s pay from 8000 to 100000 and the Vice President’s from 12000 to 25000. Sen Davis signaled a January address on trusts while Rayner pressed Marine Corps authority and duty questions. Samuel Donnelly nomination was shelved amid lack of qualification details, Lodge proposed 4400 for Paris embassy site, and many senators left for holidays as Congress adjourns until January 4.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Genstor Cullom
Bourne
Davis
Arkansas
Rayner
Committee On Military Affairs
Marine Corps
Congress
Army
Navy
Hale
Lodge
Paris
New
Tariff Hearings Open Before House Ways and Means Committee
Washington reports a broad tariff hearing with former allies arguing for and against changes. J F Argetsinger of Rochester urged lower duties on macaroni, while machinery importers represented by Charles P Searle of Boston pressed for cuts on high priced steel.
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Washington
House
Wars and Means Committee
J. F. Argetsinger
Rochester
Charles P. Searle
Boston
Charles Ruston, Jr
New York
H. M. Rose
Philadelphia
J. Ingham
Beaver Falls
Penn
L. R. Eastman
New York Dried Fruit Exchange
Gilberts
Matthew Woll
Francis R. Lassiter
Harry. Maynard
Virginia
Alveah H. Martin
J. P. Holland
F. Day
Bennet bill seeks extra air space for immigrants
Washington reports that both Houses push the Bennet bill granting 184 cubic feet of air space to each immigrant in steerage and aboard outbound ships. Support from Commerce and Labor and Immigration Commission aims to curb overcrowding and disease. steamship lines see fewer deportations and sickness. The act advances to the President for swift approval.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Bennet
America
Benmet
Senate
Department of Commerce and Labor
Immigration Commission
Wright And Browne Meet President Over Brownsville Inquiry
Herbert Januarin Browne the detective behind the Brownsville incident report conferred with the President today. Secretary Wright also attended as they discussed the response to the Foraker resolution demanding full details of detectives and others involved in the Browneville case.
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Washington
Herbert Januarin Browne
Congress
Brownsville
Toay
Wright
Foraker
Browneville
Plan Postal Changes Board Sends Congress Draft of Reorganization Bill
Washington dispatch reports the joint commission on post office methods submitting its final report and a bill draft to Congress. It proposes creating a director of posts to supervise operations while the Postmaster General handles finances, plus district superintendents and a revised money order system with low fee postal notes for small sums.
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Washington
Joint Commission
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Congress
Penrose
Carter
Clay
Overstreet
Gardner
New Jersey
Moon
Tennessee
Commission
Ea Sud
Ambassador to China would upgrade U S minister to China
Senator Lodge introduced an amendment to the diplomatic and consular bill to raise the U S Minister to China to Ambassador. The move would elevate the role to match China’s regard and improve access to the Chinese court. If adopted the pay would rise from 12000 to 17500 dollars, and the amendment was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Lodge
Senate
China
United States
Rockhill
Committee On Foreign Relations
Conference on Uniform Weights and Measures Standards
Delegates from multiple states at the Washington bureau of standards call for uniform federal or national laws on weights and measures. Testimony cites fraud via false weights with New York and Massachusetts officials reporting multi‑million dollar losses yearly. A committee will draft a bill for Congress.
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Washington
Union
National Organization of Inspectors of Weights and Measures of the
United States
Bureau of Standards
New York
Massachusetts
Congress
Santa Claus Mail To Be Cut Off Nationwide
Washington announces postmaster general will not renew the December 187 order allowing delivery of letters to Santa Claus to charitable groups. Complaints cite inability to vet cases and gifts reaching unworthy recipients and worries over fostering beggary among children. Santa letters will go to the dead letters division unless senders’ addresses appear on envelopes. More than fifty thousand letters are sent annually to Santa Claus by American children.
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Washington
Meyer
Santa Claus
Danish Dancer Adeline Genee Sees President Roosevelt
Adeline Genee of The Soul Kiss company was received by President Roosevelt by special appointment in Washington on December 17. She may have a private White House appearance this week.
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Washington
Adeline Genee
Soul Kiss
Roosevelt
White House
Hains Murder Trial Focuses on Real Estate Angle
The Flushing murder trial of Thornton J. Hains and his brother Captain Peter Hains heard prosecutors question a supposed Bayside real estate errand the night William E. Annis was killed. Witnesses including Frederick Storm and Mrs Annis testified to events at the Bayside Yacht Club and the dock as the defense argues the case centers on other motives.
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Flushing
Thornton J. Hains
Thornton
Peter ©. Hains
Bayside Yacht Club
William E. Annis
Frederick A. Storm
Annis
Darrin
Charles Birchfield
Thornton Hains
Crane
Frank Ellerson
Yacht Club
Haina Brothers
Lains Brothers
Srst
Hains
Ripley
Waite
Bayside
Molly
Country Air
Mr. Birchfield
East 119Th Street
Manhattan
McIntyre
Birchfield
Charles A. Curtis
Princeton, N. J
General Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Baltimore
Orlan c. Cullen
Hainsaid
Mr. Roberts
Mrs. Annis
Captain Hains
Tanning
Jespeson
Thornton Haines
Storm
Roberts
Hains Brothers
White Youth Lynched Near Monticello
Elmer Hill a white youth aged twenty was lynched by a mob of Russell County farmers near Monticello in Wayne County for alleged assault and murder of his thirteen year old cousin Mamie Womack. Her body was found last Saturday choked and hidden under leaves. Hill attended her funeral before fleeing. mob of about twenty five delivered him to authorities. His body was found this morning hanging from a tree four miles from the town.
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the Tribune
Lexington
Elmer Hill
Russell County
Monticello
Wayne County
Mamie Womack
Hill
One Head For District Government Proposed
President Roosevelt urges Congress to replace three DC commissioners with a single governor and to create district departments including a housing and labor department. A special report by James B. Reynolds outlines District affairs and a model Houses committee report accompanies the message.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Congress
James B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Rich Families Exhibit Dolls at Madison Square Garden
An exhibition of toys opens tonight at Madison Square Garden running through December 26 with day and night hours except Sundays. The Junior Aero Club showcases dirigible cars and balloons while a special stand features expensive dolls owned by wealthy families. Notable donors include Mrs Reginald C Van derbilt Mrs Francis J Higginson and Mrs O W Watson plus theatrical figures such as Mrs William Faversham and Miss Ethel Barrymore. Proceeds from the final day benefit the Hospital for Crippled Children.
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Madison Square Garden
Junior Aero Club
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Francis J. Higginson
O. W. Watson
Fairmont
W. Va
W. A. McGibbon
Winston Churchill
Daniel Appleton
Norman Hapgood
William Faversham
Ethel Barrymore
Annie Russell
Mme
Gadski
Amelia Bingham
Frances Duncan
Catherine Bieler
Louise Homer
Byrne
William Collier Company
Hospital For Crippled Children
Foulke Expresses Panama Views on Canal Controversy
William Dudley Foulke of Indiana defends President Roosevelt on Panama Canal questions. He condemns hostile editors, backs an investigation, and says the matter should be settled before the bar of justice.
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Canal
Bar of Justice
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Governor Haskell Seeks Amendment On Slander Action
Governor Haskell addresses Senator Gore quoting President Roosevelt on prosecuting reckless slanderers. He proposes an amendment to allow civil or criminal action against an offender, potentially the President, in the district court where the plaintiff resides with service by mailing summons to the District of Columbia.
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Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Gore
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
McAdoo Cleared of Murder Charge in Allred Killing
William D. McAdoo, claimed cousin of New York politician William McAdoo, acquitted at Greensboro New York state court in the January killing of Edward Allred. The evidence suggested the death was accidental, and McAdoo, from a leading North Carolina family, was released.
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Greensboro
N. Y
William D. McAdoo
William McAdoo
New York
Edward Allred
McAdoo
North Carolina
Actor Harry Glazier Found Dead in Pasadena Hotel
The Belasco stock actor was discovered dead in his room in a Pasadena hotel. Death came from heart failure, a condition he had been faking during his last nine performances as the Baron in A Parisian Romance.
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The
Tribune
Los Angeles
Harry Glazier
Belasco Stock Company
Pasadena
Baron
Trusted employee held in Apollo Company theft case
Frederick Kann secretary treasurer of the Apollo Company was arrested at his home and jailed on charges of larceny and falsifying company books. Officials allege a $585 shortage tied to a piano player sale and a forged indorsement. Kann, with the firm since its start, says he can explain later.
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Frederick Kann
Apollo Company
West 38Th Street
West 142d Street
C. Albert Jacob
Kann
Jacob
Louis Lowenstein
A. Freund
Third Avenue
Freund
Hewitt Will Fight Latest Testimony On Mental State
In Owego New York December 17 the Hewitt will case hears testimony aiming to prove the testator’s eccentricity and thrift stemmed from a diseased mind. Witnesses including former servant Rockwell and cook Mrs Rickey challenged prior claims, while Mrs Fannie Whitney testified Hewitt showed mental deficiencies in the last year of life.
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the Tribune
Owego
N. Y
Frederick C. Hewitt
Charlotte H. Arnot
Elmira
Rockwell
Rickey
Hewitt
Fannie R. Whitney
Rochester
Whitney
Shea
Mr. Hewitt
Motorman Arrested Over Fatal Brooklyn Bridge Collision
Neil Brolly, a Fulton street car motorman, was arrested at his Brooklyn home on homicide charges connected to a Wednesday incident on the Brooklyn Bridge. Albin Peterson, a carpenter from 35th Street, died of a fractured skull after being struck by a heavy timber. A laborer, James Agnello of Washington Street, was injured when debris hit scaffolding beneath the passageway. Suffering occurred around the new overhead track near Sands Street.
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Neil Brolly
Suydam Place
Brooklyn
Fulton Street
Albin Peterson
Brooklyn Bridge
Peterson
L” Station
Sands Street
James Agnello
Washington Street
35Th Street
Brooklyn Hospital
Mrs Sage and Miss Gould Attend Long Island Railroad NA Dedication
Mrs Russell Sage and Miss Helen Gould were honored guests at the dedication of the Long Island Railroad Young Men's Christian Association building in Long Island City. The $100,000 structure, funded by Mrs Sage, was handed to Frank Haff by LI Railroad President Peters. Sage recalled a Philadelphia trip and spoke on railroad discipline, then presented a three color badge symbolizing danger, caution, and safety.
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Russell Sage
Helen Gould
New Long Island Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Borden and
West Avenues
Long Island City
Sage
Peters
Long Island Railroad
Frank Haff
President Roosevelt Commutes Wives Plea Clerks Sentence
President Roosevelt signed an order reducing the prison terms of Edward P. MacMillan and Charles Menzemer tied to the 1906 Enterprise National Bank wrecking case. MacMillan’s sentence drops to two and a half years, Menzemer to two years. The former six years six months and five years five months were shortened after the personal audience with the two Pittsburg wives. Roosevelt cited the cashier T. Lee Clarke’s suicide as a factor in undue influence over the young men.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Edward P. MacMillan
Charles Menzemer
Western Penitentiary
Enterprise National Bank
MacMillan
Menzemer
T. Lee Clarke
Turkey's new parliament and diverse Ottoman assembly
The article describes the opening of the Ottoman parliament with a royal blessing and public celebrations in Constantinople. It details the Senate and Chamber structure, appointment by the Sultan, and a diverse range of ethnic and religious groups forming the chamber, highlighting its colorful, multinational composition.
Washington Congress Agrees to Turkish Parliament Congratulations
Both Houses of Congress adopted a resolution directing best wishes to the newly convened Turkish parliament. In Rome the Senate and Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved motions to send messages of congratulations to Turkey on parliament opening.
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Washington
Turkey
Congress
Rome
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
New York State Sells 5 Million Bonds at Premium
State Controller Martin H. Glynn sold 5 000 000 dollars of highway improvement bonds at a premium of 580 176 96. Bidders included National City Bank and N W Morris Co of New York. O Connors Kahler. August Belmont Co. Albany Trust Co. with oversubscription seven and a half times and total bids of 17 872 50.
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Albany
Martin H. Glynn
New York State
National City Bank
N. W Morris & Co
New York
W. B. Sager
Warwick
O'Connor & Kahler
Belmont & Co
NLS
Albany Trust Company
Altan
Keach, Loew & Co
J. A. Guinn
Langley & Lawrence
The
Seaboard Nations Bank
Moffatt & White, Farsen, Son & Co
W. T. Meredith & Co
Skandia Insurance Company
Renskorf, Lyon &C
Gilman & Clucas
First National Bank
Canton
N. Y
E. N. Nearing
Brooklyn
the Security Trust Company
Rochester
Union Trust Company
Brown forecasts rail growth and $7.5 billion spend for roads
W. C. Brown of the New York Central spoke at the Algonquin Club in Boston predicting a 125 million population in the country within fifteen years and a conservative $4 billion needed for railroad development. He blamed five years of regulations for reduced revenue and higher operating costs across major states including Illinois and Michigan.
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Boston
United States
Algonquin Club
W. C. Brown
New York
New York Central Lines
Brown
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Michigan
Kansas
New England
Comery
Gould-Harriman Lines Fight Over Pittsburg-Chicago Rates
The Gould Harriman lines push to undercut rival routes by offering eight dollar Chicago fares via Pittsburg. The Wabash declines to join the rate and plans three extra trains to Chicago, urging travelers to route through its line to save 283 dollars. Rail executives in Pittsburg view the move with interest, unsure if the dispute will spread east.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Hiceer
Gould-Harriman
Pennsylvania Lines
Baltimore & Ohio
Vanderbilt
Wabash
Here
Chicas
Chicago
New York
Alleged Kidnapper Defies Police in Jersey City Arrest
Ferdinand Dessauer Jr. took his three year old daughter from Frederick Klock in Middletown and was later arrested at his father's home in Jersey City. He faced an indictment for assaulting his mother-in-law, from whom the child was taken, as police intervened amid the tense scene. Dessauer claimed custody of the child until court decision and denied the assault allegations.
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Ferdinand Dessauer, Jr
Frederick Klock
Middletown
Dessauer
Klock
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GENEE
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Aeolian Company
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
Say Annis
T. J. Hains
Bayside Club
Hainses
Foulke
Panama
William M’adoo
Ruppert
Baths
Laborer
Mrs. Sage
Enterprise Bank
Allah
Yildiz
Constantinople
Ministry of Justice
Chile
Dessauer, Jr
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