Franco American tariff accord cut wine duties in half
Washington notes Secretary Root and Ambassador Jusserand signing papers and a presidential proclamation announcing the Franco American reciprocity agreement under the Dingley act. Champagne duties are reduced by 25 percent with a commission to review trade rules, and a minimum tariff framework for U S and French products is set. The pact allows conditional duty suspensions and a three member expert commission from each country to address trade complaints while preserving prior treaties. A boxing result from Newport is also reported.
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Washington
Jan
Root
Amessador Jusserand
America
France
United States of America
United States
French Republic
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Denrees Coloniales de Consommation
Algeria
State Department
Boxing Contest All Right
Washington officials publish the board finding on the death of Apprentice Seaman Harnet. The inquiry examined circumstances surrounding the fatal incident and issued conclusions detailing the events and responsible factors.
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ALL Right
Washington
Doath
Harnet
Postum Helps Reformed Coffee Drinkers Improve Health
An Indiana man credits Postum with easing stomach trouble and nervous strain after he quit coffee. He describes relief from toothache and headaches and notes faster recovery after switching to Postum per directions. The testimonial cites hospital sisters as part of the urging to stop coffee and praises Postum’s effects.
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Indiana
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
Bigs
Point Judith Harbor of Refuge Project Faces Land Holdout
Washington reports the Army engineers forwarded a preliminary study on Point Judith harbor of refuge, including breakwater needs and costs. Delays persist due to owners refusing to sell land for the project, with critics blaming real estate concerns and delays by the War Department. Some officers fear the venture may be a real estate boom in disguise.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army
Harbor of Refuge
Point Judith
Secretary of War
Congress
Chief of Engineers
War Department
Deepen Niagara River Channel Aimed by House Bill
Representative Peter Porter introduced a bill for a survey preceding deepening the Niagara River channel between Tonawanda Island and Niagara Falls. The plan calls for an eighteen foot dredged depth and 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 supports early favorable reporting.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Peter Porter
Niagara River
Tonawanda Island
Niagara Falls
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Alexander
Buffalo
United States Seeks 4800 for Institute of Agriculture
Secretary Root told Congress the first meeting of the permanent committee of the International Institute of Agriculture will be held in spring in Rome. He requests a 4800 appropriation to meet the U S quota, as 24 countries already contribute. The institute began from a June 1905 Rome convention with the U S aiming for the first group quota. Congress previously disallowed the item as the institute had not started.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Root
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
United States
State Department
McGavin Attacks International Marriages as Snobbery
Washington dispatch reports Illinois Rep McGavin denouncing international marriages between American heiresses and foreign nobility on the floor of the House. He questions the state of the union, mocks titled suitors, and urges taxes on dowries while praising American women who reject European titles for love of country.
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Washington
House of Representatives
MecGavin
Illinois
Sabath
McGavin
House
Wall Street
New York City
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
McGarvin
Spaghetti
Macal
Bryan Favors Bailey Over Greenback Plan in Senate
Washington Jan 28 William J Bryan visited the Senate to urge Democrats to press only the Bailey greenback proposal for 1 billion dollars as an amendment to the Aldrich bill and to allow the measure to pass with little opposition. He praised Bailey despite Bailey’s absence from a Newlands dinner.
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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 in Democratic Chair Pick
Washington Jan 28 Representative James T Lloyd of Missouri is favored to chair the Democratic Congressional Committee at the next meeting. Northern members narrowed candidates to Lloyd and Ryan of New York. Lloyd gained support as Ryan's opposition cooled amid rumors that Bryan influenced several committeemen. Bryan denied opposing Ryan while rumors persisted.
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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 Labor Unions
William J. Bryan visited the House lobby and criticized the Supreme Court ruling allowing a corporation to fire a worker for union membership. He argued that corporations are creatures of law with no natural rights and that Congress can regulate interstate business. He dissented from the majority opinion and supported the Belmont bill requiring publication of corporate campaign contributions.
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Congress
House Committee On
Bryan
Submarines For The Pacific Experiment Begun In Navy
The Navy Department plans tests to prove submarines as naval assets by transporting small subs Shark and Porpoise to the Pacific for mobility trials. If successful, larger boats may follow and extend submarine usefulness in warfare.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pacific
Aldrich Bill Finished and Reported to Senate
The Aldrich financial bill was practically finished by the Finance Committee and will be reported to the Senate on Thursday. The measure includes amendments on emergency currency, notes on hand, municipal and county bond data, and a rewritten railroad bond filing provision to ensure quick Treasury access to security details. The committee plans to test a Democratic substitute later, likely to be rejected in committee but offered on the Senate floor.
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Washington
Aldrich Financial
Senate
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Treasury Department
Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On Finance
Harsh on Aldrich bill condemned by Merchants' Association
A special Merchants' Association meeting accepted a committee report denouncing the Aldrich currency bill now in Congress as essentially unsound. The group vows to oppose the measure, arguing it imposes heavy emergency currency taxes and onerous reserve requirements that hurt borrowers and could offend usury laws, preferring no legislation to harmful reform.
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Merchants’ Association
Congress
Association
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Central Bank
Charles A. Conant
Aldrich
Perfecting Drainage Schemes in Congress This Week
Washington Jan 28 Friends of drainage bills in both houses seek passage this session. Senators Flint Latimer and Clapp work with the reclamation service to perfect plans for draining swamp lands. Private and state lands would be conveyed to the nation with limits on returns. excess lands to be sold with proceeds returned to owners.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Flint
Latimer
Clapp
Senate
Reclamation Service
Important Army Appointments Across the War Department
Washington on January 28 announced multiple brigadier general appointments. Charles E L B Davis moves from corps of engineers to brigadier general in Detroit, replacing retiring Medorem Crawford. Ramsey D Potts of General Staff in Atlanta will be brigadier general on John M K Davis’s retirement. Daniel H Brush of the 24th Infantry in the Philippines will become brigadier general as Co E L B Davis retires February 16. John B Kerr of the 12th Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe will be brigadier general when Hall departs Leavenworth for promotion March 27. Charles Morris of the coast artillery at Fort McKinley will be brigadier general on Morris’s promotion, and Phillp Reade of the 23d Infantry in Manila will attain brigadier general on May 3 replacing Morris.
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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
Co. E. L. B. Davis
John B. Kerr
12Th Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Charles B. Hall
Leavenworth
Adolphus W. Greely
Charles Morris
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort McKinley
Maine
Hall
Phillp Reade
Manila
Confessions of a Railroad Signalman And Union Discipline
J O Fagan argues in Atlantic Monthly that 85 percent of rail accidents stem from employees neglecting rules, not lack of safety gear, and that union influence erodes personal management. He urges total discipline to protect the traveling public, criticizing unions for obstructing on the ground.
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J. O. Fagan
Atlantic Monthly
United States
Recognition of railroads dangers and noble labor duty
The text urges awareness of railroad hazards to human life and praising the nobility of labor. It calls on society to recognize duties and responsibilities toward railroads problems to join those who through sacrifice pursue industrial freedom.
Gompers Delays AFL Statement On Labor Setbacks
Washington Jan 23 President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor says he will wait to cool down before issuing a statement on recent judicial defeats for labor. He avoids predicting when the statement will come, citing the Supreme Court decision yesterday a bakers ten hour law ruling and the Danbury hat case, plus an injunction 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 Telegraphers Warn of Hardship Under New Law
Washington report notes railroad men warn the 9 and 13 hour limits in the interstate commerce act will strain operations. They claim enumerated duties require hundreds more telegraphers and raise costs as receipts fall. Officials say relief requires Congress, doubt any suspension will occur before March. H B Perham argues there are enough telegraphers to meet the law.
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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 performed an imitation of Harry Lauder singing She Is My Daisy to a cordial reception at the Grand Opera House last night. She will later imitate Sam Bernard Ethel Barrymore Rose Stahl Mme Nazi mova Richard Carle George M. Cohan and Donald Brian in The Merry Widow waltz.
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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
Merry Widow
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