Franco American tariff accord cuts champagne duties
Washington reports Secretary Root and Ambassador Jusserand signed papers and the President issued a proclamation announcing a Franco American reciprocity agreement under the Dingley act. It provides a 23 percent abatement on champagne and sparkling wines and sets minimum tariff rates for American products, plus a commission to study trade regulations in France and the United States.
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Washington
Root
Jusserand
America
France
United States of America
United States
French Republic
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Algeria
State Department
Boxing Controversy Reported After Apprentice Seaman Harnect
Washington officials release findings of the board investigating the cause of the apprentice seaman Harnect incident. The statement outlines circumstances surrounding the Genti incident and resulting disciplinary or corrective actions. Further details await formal publication.
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Washington
Harnect
Sisters Choose Postum Over Coffee for Health Gains
An Indiana man recounts quitting coffee after five years of stomach trouble and nervous strain. After trying milk and hot water, a visit to a cousin led to Postum use, which improved nerves and digestion. He notes others at a hospital avoided coffee, and credits Postum with relief from toothache headaches and stomach issues. He urges readers to try Postum, citing convalescent stories and The Road to Wellville.
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Indiana
Postum
St Hospital
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Bie
Wellville
Point Judith Hold-Up Delays Harbor Project
The army chief of engineers received a preliminary report on Point Judith harbor of refuge in Rhode Island. It outlines costs and needed work including a potential western breakwater to curb sand movement. Delays persist due to landowners refusing government terms, with some officers criticizing the project as a real estate boom.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army
Harbor of Refuge
Point Judith
R. I
Secretary of War
Congress
Chief of Engineers
War Department
Deepening Niagara River Channel Proposed by Porter Bill
Representative Peter Porter introduces a House bill for a survey and dredging to eighteen feet depth along the Niagara River from Tonawanda Island to Niagara Falls, with a turning basin at the creek mouth near Niagara Falls City. The measure goes to the Rivers and Harbors Committee where Representative Alexander of Buffalo backs it for early favorable action.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Peter Porter
Niagara River
Tonawanda Island
Niagara Falls
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Alexander
Buffalo
United States to Fund International Institute of Agriculture
Secretary Root announced to Congress that the first meeting of the international Institute of Agriculture’s permanent committee will be held in spring at Rome. He requests a 4800 appropriation to meet the US quota. twenty four countries are already paying.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Root
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
United States
State Department
International marriages spark House tax debate in 1930s
Washington delegates attacked American heiresses marrying foreign nobility, urging a tax on dowries and titled husbands. McGavin mocked nobles as snobbery, likening officials to chasing Wall Street bargains and noting a broader critique of royal alliances while praising loyal American women.
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House of Representatives
MecGavin
Illinois
Sabath
McGavin
House
Wall Street
New York City
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Fifth Avenue
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Spaghetti
Mararoni
Bryan Favors Bailey Amid Senate Reception in Washington
William J. Bryan visited the Senate marble room and urged Democrats to back the Bailey plan for greenbacks up to 1 000 000 000 as an amendment to the Aldrich bill. He suggested passing the bill with minimal opposition if the minority amendment fails. Bryan’s stance comes as Bailey, who skipped a Newlands dinner, remains allies with Bryan. Tonight Newlands hosted a second Bryan dinner with key Democratic senators, where policy discussions continued.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
William J. Bryan
Senate
Bryan
Bailey
Newlands
Nevada
Mr. Bryan
New York
New Jersey
McEnery
Louisiana
McLaurin and Money
Mississippi
Martin
Virginia
Overman and Simmons
North Carolina
Rayner and Whyte
Maryland
Stone
Missouri
Taliaferro
Florida
Taylor
Tennessee
Teller
Colorado
Tillman
South Carolina
Bryan's finger in pie
Washington January 28 Rep James T Lloyd of Missouri is likely to be elected chair of the Democratic Congressional Committee at the next meeting. Northern members favored Lloyd and Ryan of New York, but Lloyd gained votes as others switched, with Bryan's presence in Washington suspected of influencing opinions. Bryan denied opposing Ryan, while rumors persisted that he steered committee voting.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
Capitol
Lloyd
Ryan
New York
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Bryan on Corporations and union rights in Congress
William J. Bryan spent hours in the House lobby and spoke with Rep Ollie James about a Supreme Court ruling on corporate rights to discharge workers for union membership. He contends courts misinterpret the Constitution, arguing Congress can regulate corporations in interstate commerce. the Belmont bill to require public disclosure of corporate campaign contributions is set for Thursday hearing before the Election Committee.
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Washington
William J. Bryan
House of Representatives
Ollie James
Kentucky
Bryan
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Congress
House Committee On
Submarines for the Pacific Experiments Begin
The Navy Department plans a Pacific transport test of small submarines Shark and Porpoise to assess mobility for naval warfare. If successful, larger boats may be trialed, extending submarine usefulness for harbor defense and fleet operations.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pacific
Avai
Aldrich Bill Finished In Finance Committee
Washington notes the Aldrich financial bill is nearly complete after two Finance Committee meetings. The measure includes emergency currency expansion, notes kept on hand at Sub-Treasuries, and data collection on municipal and railroad bonds. A rewritten railroad bond clause targets instant Treasury knowledge of security quality. The committee will consider a Democratic substitute issuing Treasury notes as deposits in designated depositaries backed by securities.
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Washington
Aldrich Financial
Senate
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Treasury Department
Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On Finance
Merchants' Association attacks Aldrich currency bill
At a special board meeting the Merchants' Association accepted the bankruptcy and commercial law committee report condemning the Aldrich currency bill now before Congress. The group vowed to oppose the measure, deeming its proposed emergency currency tax and higher reserve requirements oppressive and harmful to commercial interests. The committee, chaired by Edward D. Page, includes Irving T. Bush Thomas W. Ormiston H. R. Kunhardt G. E. Armstrong Marcus M. Marks J. H. Killough E. A. Dillenbeck and Abraham Bijur.
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Merchants’ Association
Congress
Association
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Central Bank
Charles A. Conant
Aldrich
Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Committee
Edward D. Page
Irving T. Bush
Thomas W. Ormiston
H. R. Kunhardt
G. E. Armstrong
Marcus M. Marks
J. H. Killough
E. A. Dillenbeck
Abraham Bijur
Perfecting Drainage Schemes in Congress
Washington notes say drainage bills in both houses face objections. Senators Flint Latimer and Clapp pushed measures with the reclamation service to refine plans. The plan envisions federal reclamation via conveyed private and state lands, with up to 160 acres returned per owner after drainage, excess lands sold, proceeds to owners after reclamation costs, and no government profit. Amendments expected next week with broad support.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Friends of
Congress
Flint
Latimer
Clapp
Senate
Reclamation Service
Important Army Appointments Announced by War Department
Washington reports a series of brigadier general promotions across commands. Charles E L B Davis of engineers at Detroit is elevated as brigadier general replacing retired General Crawford. Ramsey D Potts of General Staff in Atlanta will be brigadier general upon Davis’s Gulf command retirement. Daniel H Brush of the 24th Infantry in the Philippines also becomes brigadier general replacing a retiring officer. John B Kerr of the 12th Cavalry at Fort Otis Thorpe is named brigadier general replacing Hall, who will become major general. Charles Morris of the coast artillery at Fort McKinley is promoted as Hall ascends, and Phitty Reade of the 23d Infantry in Manila becomes brigadier general on Morris’s retirement.
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Washington
War Department
Charles E. L. B. Davis
Corps of Engineers
Detroit
Medorem Crawford
Ramsey D. Potts
Atlanta
John M. K. Davis
Department of the Gulf
Daniel H. Brush
24Th Infantry
Philippines
Hall
Phitty Reade
Manila
Charles Morris
Confessions of a Railroad Signalman on Union Discipline
J O Fagan argues in The Atlantic Monthly that 85 percent of rail way accidents stem from employee neglect of rules rather than missing safety devices. He condemns union influence that erodes discipline and management authority, urging prompt public action to end union interference and restore accountable leadership in railroad service.
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J. O. Fagan
Atlantic Monthly
United States
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Railroads and duty to labor shape industrial freedom
The passage argues that railroad dangers threaten human life and urges recognizing duties to society. It celebrates the nobility of labor as a core American value and warns against forfeiting this distinction. It calls for responsibility in addressing railroad problems to secure a path toward industrial freedom through sacrifice and endeavor.
Gompers Delays AFL Statement After Labor Setbacks
Washington January 28 President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor plans a statement on recent judicial rebuffs to labor. He will not rush, saying he prefers to cool down and craft a measured reply after the Supreme Court rulings, the bakers ten hour law decision, the Danbury hat case, and injunctions against AFL officials.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cause of Labor
Great Labor Organization
Supreme Court
Gompers
New York State
Mr. Gompers
Railroad Men Fight New Work Hours Law
Washington reports say railroad operators warn the Interstate Commerce Act limits hours of telegraph staff, risking massive hires and higher costs. Officials in Washington note no power to suspend the law, and Congress unlikely to act before March. H. B. Perham argues enough telegraphers exist to meet the rule.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Inter- State Commerce Committee
White House
Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee of
House
H. B. Perham
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Elsie Janis Imitates Lauder at Grand Opera House
Elsie Janis staged an imitation of Harry Lauder singing She Is My Daisy to a cordial reception at the Grand Opera House last night. She will spoof Sam Bernard Ethel Barrymore Rose Stahl Mme Nazi mova Richard Carle George M. Cohan and Donald Brian in The Merry Widow waltz later this week.
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Grand Opera House
Elsie Janis
Harry Lauder
Daisy
Miss Janis
Sam Bernard
Ethel Barrymore
Rose Stahl
Mme. Nazimova
Richard Carle
George M. Cohan
Donald Brian
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