Bonaparte urges right of appeal to Supreme Court in all reversals
The attorney general calls for a statutory right of appeal to the Supreme Court whenever a conviction is reversed on appeal by a defendant to a circuit court. He cites the Standard Oil case and argues wealth should not shield from final punishment. He proposes broad amendments to criminal procedure to prevent unjust escapes.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonaparte
Bona
Attorney General
Federal Judge Salaries and Trial Rules Debate
The department notes the current appropriation is too small for thorough work. It argues against broader jury peremptory challenges for defendants, citing fairness for the prosecution. It urges increasing federal judges salaries due to rising cost of living since last adjustment.
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United States
The United States of Europe Idea Flourishes
Sir Max Waechter, touring European capitals to abolish monarchies and form a United States of Europe, met French Foreign Minister Pichon in Paris. He backs King Edward as first president and cites a memorandum urging federation as a cure for disunited Europe and potential war. He admits realization is unlikely but hopes ideas spread among peoples.
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Max Waechter
Europe
United States of Europe
M. Pichon
Max
Edward
London
Sir Max Waechter
North America
Sir Max
Roosevelt to Submit Secret Service Evidence to Congress
President Roosevelt has begun assembling a large body of evidence supporting his annual message on the Secret Service. The material, ordered by the Perkins resolution, is extensive and will not be ready for presentation to Congress until after the Christmas recess.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secret Service
Perkins
House
Fassett Sits On Floor During House Deliberations
Washington December 18 Representative J Sloat Fassett of New York sat on the floor in the House during Chairman Perkins news on the Presidents Secret Service remarks. The chamber was tense with Democrats and Republicans holding the floor while Perkins spoke and Fassett joined others in listening.
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Washington
J. Sloat Fassett
New York
House
Perkins
Select Committee
Secret Service
Secarcely
Fassett
Une
Moreland Philippine Justice Nomination Chosen
President selects Sherman to succeed James F. Tracey as envoy on Philippine justice affairs. Announcement notes imminent Senate nomination and formalization of the appointment in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
Sherman Moreland Named Associate Justice for Philippine Supreme Court
Sherman Moreland is selected to join the Philippine Supreme Court as an associate justice, marking a notable appointment for the court. The decision specifics and dates are not provided in the excerpt.
Moreland Named Associate Justice For Philippine Islands
Elmira N Y resident Sherman Moreland is chosen as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands. The vacancy follows Judge James F Tracey’s resignation after years of service. Moreland, Republican leader of the New York Assembly in 1906 and 1907, was born in Van Etten Chemung County and educated at Cornell. He practiced law in Elmira after admission in 1894 and served in the Assembly from 1902 to 1907.
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Sherman Moreland
Assembly
Chemung County
van Etten
Cornell University
Elmira
David ©. Robinson
Wadsworth
Clarence McP.lanney
12Th
United States Infantry
Governor's Island
Janney
16Th Infantry
Quartermaster Department
War Department
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Busts for Capitol
The Senate will decide after the holidays where to place marble busts of Vice Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks in the library. Roosevelt chose James Frazier, a New York sculptor praised by Saint Gaudens, for a near completion bust due by March 4. Fairbanks is being sculpted by Franklin Simmons, Rome based artist whose work decorates Congress and the Capitol.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
James Frazier
New York
Saint Gaudens
Franklin Simmons
Rome
Congress
Capitol
Scotch to Fight Standard Oil in Scotland
Glasgow reports the Standard Oil Company's entry into the Scotch market sparks a potential trade war. Standard allegedly offered leading wholesalers a liberal buyout plus profit sharing for five years. Pumpherstone & Co. plans to counter by opening tank depots across Scotland and England.
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Glasgow
Standard Oil Company
The
Standard
Pumpherstone & Co
Scotland
England
Next Battleships May Feature 14 Inch Guns
The Navy weighs designs for future battleships with 25 000 to 26 000 tons, eight 12 inch or twelve 12 inch guns, and a possible 14 inch main battery. President and Secretary of the Navy to brief the House Naval Affairs Committee after holidays. Navy yards prepare facilities and funds to produce 14 inch guns early next year.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
Board
Secretary of the Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
House Committee
Board On Construction
Naval Gun Factory
Washington Navy Yard
Chief of Ordnance of
the Navy
War Department approves expansion of Madison Barracks at Sackett's Harbor
The War Department approves enlarging Madison Barracks to extend the post across Mill Creek for drill grounds and support structures. Acquisition may cost about $1,000 after negotiating for roughly two hundred acres, with special legislation needed for land purchase. Navy plans extensive overhauls on Chattanooga-class cruisers at Atlantic yards costing about 1.26 million, with each ship receiving essential improvements before return to active service. Orders issued include transfers and assignments in Army Coast Artillery and Marine Corps, along with leaves of absence and personnel changes. Sailed: the Dubuque to Key West, Eagle to Gonave, Prairie to Culebra.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
WAR Department
Sackett's Harbor
N. C
Madison Barracks
Mill Creek
Army
Capitol
Navy Department
Atlantic Coast Yards
Caribbean Sea
Philippine Waters
Dinner at Ceylon honors American fleet officers
In Colombo a dinner hosted by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Planters' Association paid tribute to the visiting American battleship fleet officers. Sir H E McCallum lauded the crews, Rear Admiral Sperry spoke on unity of interests, and tea gifts highlighted strong US-UK commercial ties and Roosevelt era trade influence.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Chamber of Commerce
Planters’ Association of Ceylon
H. E. McCallum
Sperry
United States
Great Britain
Planters’ Association
Roosevelt
Blockade Agreement Reached At International Conference
London reports the International Maritime Conference committee on blockade and transfer of merchant vessels reached an agreement in principle. Delegates, including American, English, Japanese and Continental representatives, adjourn for holidays after urging a defined contraband list to prevent trade disruption and ease drafting of final rules. The talks remain preliminary but show a conciliatory tone with hope for useful results.
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London
England
Japan
Montenegro's Prince Nicholas Vows Slav+Montenegrin Resolve
London dispatch quotes Prince Nicholas of Montenegro as a warrior statesman who condemns unmet Slav ambitions. He says only cession of captured lands will satisfy his people, warns of a sacrifice if congress fails, and seeks Spizza autonomy for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a condition of peace.
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The
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Prince Nicholas
Montenegro
Nicholas
International Congress
Spizza
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Eight of a Crew Drowned in Collision Off Goodwin Sands
Dover England December 12 The Swedish steamer Linholmen of 8% tons sank off Goodwin Sands after a collision with the German steamer Friederike Muller of 1,799 tons from Grimsby to Stockholm. Eight crew members were drowned and the survivors were landed at Dover.
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England
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Goodwin Sands
Friederike Muller
Grimsby
Stockholm
Lindholmen
Castaways Rescued at Midway Island by Flaurence Ward
At Midway Island, the schooner Flaurence Ward rescued three marooned Japanese plumage hunters after a reefed course from Honolulu due to gale conditions. One of four men died. The rescued men, two with scurvy, endured three months with fish and sea birds, crude sea-water, and fire made by sun focus. The Kioho previously left four men. one died. The Japanese are cared for at the cable station and await transport to Honolulu aboard the Flaurence Ward.
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Pacific Ocean
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Honolulu
Lee Hermes Island
Flaurence Ward
George H. Piltz
Sue
Midway
Piltz
Kicho
Shinagawa
Tokio
Sugiea
Hermes
Kioho
Fukumatsu Sujiyama
Japan Budget Welcomed as Economy Drive Explained
Yokohama dispatch reports Japan approves the Tokio budget with an emphasis on strict economy. The note states expenditures will follow known receipts, avoid foreign loans, and protect national and bondholder interests. Ordinary appropriations list civil foreign home finance war totals with large allocations for finance.
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Yokohama
Japan
Russian Loan Voted by Empire Council in St Petersburg
The Council of Empire unanimously approved the new loan of Sir M. Khomyakoff amid threats to resign the presidency of the Douma. Premier Stolypin urged dissolution of communal institutions as the issue. Opponents differ on the second article about communal lands becoming personal property of household heads.
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Council of Empire
Ioan of Sir
M. Khomyakoff
Douma
Stolypin
Burning oilship Kalemo sunk by Singapore fort
The Kalemo, a two mile off Singapore burning oilship from New York, was bombarded and sunk by harbor fort gunners after hulls were riddled. About three hundred tons of cargo, including case oil from Standard Oil and steel from U S Steel, were salvaged before the vessel was destroyed. The ship, 40 feet long and 3209 net tons, was owned by Bucknall Steamship lines of London. agents in New York were Norton & Son.
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England
New York
Case
Standard Oil Company
Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Aden
Colombo
Norton & Son
Bucknall Steamship Lines
London
Neustria Ordered Searched For After October Voyage
Marseilles reports no news of the Fabre Lime steamer Neustria which sailed from New York on October 2 bound for Marseilles. The Minister of Marine has ordered the cruiser Amiral Aube at Miquelon to search for the freight steamer which carries no passengers.
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New York
Minister of Marine
Amiral Aube
Miquelon
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