Government Finances and Panama Canal Toll Policy
The report to Congress highlights fiscal health as of June 30 1911 with a general fund surplus of 47254877.16 dollars and a postal surplus of 219118.12 dollars. It notes total debt at 3 503 084 987.00 and compares expenditures with 1910 and 1912 estimates while urging continued postal expansion and toll considerations for the Panama Canal. The document also cites Panama canal bond ratings and Treasury efficiency including significant staff eliminations and transfers.
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Senate
House of Representatives
General Fund
United States
Panama Canal
Postal Service
Monetary Reform and Bank Plan Prompts Congress Action
The discussion outlines a push for monetary reform led by a commission report. It argues for a central bank to be avoided, proposes a national reserve association owned by banks, with government supervision. The piece anticipates decisive congressional action once the report is received.
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Congress
Monetary Commission
Commission
National Reserve Association
Murder trial clergyman Richeson self harms in jail
In Boston a clergyman accused of murdering Miss Avis Linnell mutilated himself with a sharpened tin in his Charles Street jail cell. Doctors saved his life after a major blood loss and prosecutors consider a sanity commission while the trial remains set for January 15.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Charles Street
Richeson
Pelletier
Krupp Works Build 15 Inch Gun at Hagen
Making a Great Gun reports the Krupp works at Hagen are constructing a 38 centimetre weapon about 15 inches in bore. It would become the largest artillery piece ever built.
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Berlin
Krupp
Hagen
Prediction of two new parties by Rev Campbell
Rev Dr Reginald Campbell of London predicts that the old line parties in the United States will fade away and give rise to two new movements, Progressive and Conservative, signaling a fresh political life akin to England's. The forecast says disruption of major parties is imminent and will spawn these new groups.
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Cleveland
United States
R. J. Campbell
Progressive
Reginald Campbell
London
England
New York Herald Claims 100000 Daily Circulation
The New York Herald boasted a daily circulation of 100000 and challenged rivals the Tribune World and Times to match that figure.
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The
New York Herald
Tribune, World and Times
Secret Labour Order Bans Chicago Anarchist Fund Drive
General Master Workman Powderly issued an imperative order to the Knights of Labor directing them to cease collecting funds for the aid of Chicago anarchists condemned to death for murder.
Taft Reviews Wool Schedule and Calls for Downward Revision
President Taft sent to Congress his message on the Payne Aldrich tariff wool schedule with the tariff board report. It brands the present wool schedule as indefensible and urges a downward revision in line with the protective principle. The board says most wool duties exceed the cost difference of production and that only four items may be imported. It does not propose specific rates and notes faulty assessment methods that limit imports of certain foreign wools.
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Washington
Taft
Payne Aldrich
Tariff Board
Congress
Joseph H. Choate Presides at Cornerstone Ceremony
Joseph H. Choate presided at a meeting where the president laid the cornerstone of a new building. Speakers outlined the project’s goals and its expected impact on the community, with officials and residents in attendance.
Delay Packers Trial as Lawyers Move to Favor Defendants
Chicago December 21 A motion to strike counts two and three of the indictment charging ten Chicago packers with Sherman anti trust violation and another to disregard other allegations within three years caused a sudden postponement of the trial before Judge Carpenter Levy Mayer the packers counsel announced a later motion to take the case from the jury and order a verdict for the defendants.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Levy Mayer
Mayer
Taft May Offer Mediation in Turko Italian War
President Taft considering offering U S mediation in the Turko Italian war after a suggestion from Dr Lyman Abbott and Dr Mary Moldy. The Hague agreement allows any nation to tender mediation services to settle international disputes.
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New York
Taft
Lyman Abbott
Mary Moldy
Turkey
United States
Predicts Swift Revolution In Mexico City Scene
Alfonso José Reyes, visiting El Paso, predicts Juarez will fall in 15 days Chihuahua City capitulate in 30 and his father General Bernardo Reyes will lead Mexico from Chapultepec by mid March. He claims his father will become president within three months.
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el Paso
Tex
Ciudad Juarez
Chihuahua City
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico
Alfonso José Reyes
Reyes
Chapultepec
Persian Ministry Resigns in Tehran Over Russian Ultimatum
A Tehran dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger says Persia’s ministry resigns and will be replaced by an ultra democratic cabinet. The new government will reject the Russian demand to dismiss American Treasure General William Morgan Shuster.
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Berlin
Teheran
Lokal Anzeiger
Ylti Acim
W Morgan Shuster
Persia
Sulzer Resolution on Russia Treaty Ends in House Concurrence
The House concurred in a Senate amendment to the Sulzer resolution aimed at terminating the 1852 treaty with Russia. President Taft was criticized by Mrs. Sulzer for public relations activity implying Russian objection, while Sulzer noted Russia did not protest the measure. The original Sulzer resolution passed 300 to 1 in the House.
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Russia
Sulzer
Washington
House
Senate
Sherman Signs Abrogation of Treaty with Russia
Vice President Sherman signed the joint resolution terminating the 1832 treaty with Russia. The action completes congressional legislation to end the pact.
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Sherman
Washington
Russia
Gambling War Hits Army
Washington reports a federal notice that state legislatures crusading against race track gambling risk the army’s horses. Major General Wood warns thoroughbreds are being sent overseas in large numbers, threatening a broad shortage for military mounts.
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Washington
Wood
Congress
Poole Sentenced to Life Prison in Kemper Killing
John W Poole, convicted of first degree murder in the killing of farm hand Joseph Kemper, began life imprisonment in Michigan City after a rambling courtroom statement claiming the death was an accident Judge R P DeHart handed down the sentence following the trial in Lafayette Indiana December date not specified.
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Lafayette
Ind
John Ww. Poole
Joseph Kemper
Michigan City
R. P. DeHart
Poole
Kemper
Woman in Marion Believes Bewildered Man Is Husband
Marion Indiana resident Keye nne Kimmell writes Chicago suburb Megaman Illinois chief of police claiming George A. Kimmell of Niles Michigan, described as a man of mystery, was badly injured in a wreck at Converse Indiana and she believes he is her missing husband who deserted her two years ago.
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Marion
Ind
Keyenne Kimmell
West Sixty-Third Street
Megaman
Chicago
George A. Kimmell
Niles, Mich
Converse
Hole cut in Powell painting at Capitol Senate wing
A vandal cut a large two foot by six inch hole in William Henry Powell’s famous Battle of Lake Erie portrait near the artist’s signature in the Capitol Senate wing. Foeben police found the damaged painting, with no clue to the culprit.
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Washington
W. BH. Powell
Lake Erie
Senate
Capitol
Foeben
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Durbars
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C. V. T. Richeson
Joseph H. Choate
Board
Packers
Attorneys For Defense
Believes Kimmel
Englewood
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