Print Shop Troubles and Tariff Debates Prompt Action
President suspends Public Printer Stillings to aid a government printing office probe citing cost increases and irregularities involving the Audit System. The House month proceedings push tariff reform with Payne defending Republican plans and manufacturers pressing for a tariff commission. Roosevelt receives National Association of Manufacturers reps seeking a formal message on tariff law changes.
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Government Printing Office
Charles A. Stillings
William 8. Rossiter
G. C. Havenner
Department of Commerce and Labor
Stillings
House
Representative Landis
Landis
Audit System Supply Company
White House
Central Labor Union
Congress
Revision of the tariff dominates Congress in February
Washington lawmakers clash over tariff revision as both chambers debate the issue. Senator Beveridge speaks for about ninety minutes in the Senate, while Senator Culberson of Texas praises him for joining the tariff supporters in a lengthy exchange amid broader political maneuvering.
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Congress
Senate
Beveridge
Culberson
Texas
Indiana
British naval plan to reinforce Pacific squadron
Reports from Halifax indicate the British North Pacific squadron will be augmented this year with the fourth cruiser squadron sailing to the Pacific likely in May. The squadron includes the cruisers Cressy Euryalus Hogue Brilliant and Indefatigable and six county class cruisers bound for Esquimalt British Columbia.
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Halifax
Pacific
Esquimalt
B.C
Cressy
Euryalus
Hogue
Brilliant
Speaker's Power Attacked in House by Nelson Wis
Washington reports Rep Nelson Wis denounces the speaker as merging power and asserts the speaker dominates the House. He argues the majority is coerced and minority silenced while parliamentary reforms rival presidential policies in importance.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Nelson Wis
House
Beveridge urges nonpartisan tariff commission bill
Washington report notes Beveridge appealing to the senate to adopt a non partisan tariff commission bill aligned with modern business ideas. Following his address, several Democratic senators spoke briefly on tariffs as tariff revision and the president's message dominate House debate, while the Indian appropriation bill was ignored. Payne led the Republican speakers and no business was conducted.
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Beveridge
Payne
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Judge Parker
National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Congress
James W. van Cleave
St Louis
White House
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Burglars Target Stamford Post Office Safe
In Stamford Connecticut on February 6 burglars entered a carpenter shop and then the post office with intent to blow the safe. A sign on the safe warned it was not locked and should not be blown open. The thieves took stamps from the outer compartment and fled. Postmaster Wykoff had posted the sign after the safe had been blown open three times and the building burned twice in five years.
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Stamford
Conn
Wouter
Wykoff
Was of Revolutionary Stock. Wylys C. Ransom Dies
Major Wylys C. Ransom died suddenly at the home of his daughter Mrs. James A. Smith in Grand Rapids Michigan after a brief illness. He was nearly eighty and descended from Revolutionary stock. His grandfather Major Exekial Ransom served on George Washington's staff and fought in battles of the Virginia campaign.
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Rand
Rapids, Mich
Wylys C. Ransom
James A. Smith
Major Exekial Ransom
George Washington
Virginia
Portugal Peaceful Crisis Centered on Franco
Lisbon February 6 Portugal moves to end repression and restore the liberal monarchy. Franco remains in seclusion as Portugal's crisis seems to ease with republican leaders ready to acquiesce if allies are freed. King Manuel praised by some for sympathy with the United States, while the dowager queen and Queen Amalie oppose Franco.
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Portugal
Senhor Machado
Franco
United States
Manuel
Bryan
Senate
Lima
WANTS TO BE LORD FAIRFAX
Albert Kirby Fairfax seeks formal declaration of his right to the title Lord Fairfax of Cameron in the Scottish peerage. The king’s office notes the declaration is needed for legal use of the title, while his claim remains recognized in England. Also mentions Portuguese condolences from Roosevelt era and a St Louis miller’s death.
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Albert Kirby Fairfax
United States
Lord Fairfax
Edward
House of Lords
Cameron
Scotland
Lord Fairfax of Cameron
England
Whittaker
Lord Curzon of Kedlestone
Ireland
Portugal
Roosevelt
Lagos
Geo. F. Goodard
St. Louis
Queen blamed Franco as royal carriage sought refuge
In the arsenal quadrangle scene the queen, grief stricken, cried at Franco claiming his work caused the killings. The article hints the clash of influences may offer a key to reconciliation and understanding of events.
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Arsenal Quadrangle
Franco
Spying Scheme Exposed At University Of Michigan
An Arbor February 6 report reveals a private detective method used to target University of Michigan students. A young man posing as a magazine agent offered a free six month trial and had students sign a blank form. Later the signature forced confession.
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Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Transfer of Springfield News interest to Peoria publisher
Official announcement states Frank O. Lowden transfers four-fifths stake in the Springfield News to Charles H. May publisher of the Peoria Herald-Transcript. No management or policy changes will occur.
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Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
Springfield News
Charles H. May
Peoria Herald-Transccript
Lowden
Stranger-Look Here Sambo Mule Misadventure
A two hour village trip with a stubborn mule stalls as Sambo insists twisting the tail will force progress. The owner battles direction with the animal while a Chicago News remark adds a tongue in cheek note.
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Sambo
Dad
Chicago News
Chicago Hogs and Cattle Markets Open with Mixed Prospects
Market reports show opening hog receipts around 38 000 with mixed grade ranges and light to heavy shipping hogs listed. Cattle and sheep receipts hover near 12 000 each with steady to lower tone. official receipts yesterday were 35 487 with shipments 9 813 and today estimated at 37 000.
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Reeves
Texas
John A Babcock Is Wilt
A brief note from the North Americans Commission Company of Chicago Illinois inviting contact with John A Babcock for services and promising a square deal. The fragment suggests a personal outreach from a business entity based in Chicago Illinois.
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The
North Americans Commission Company
War talk and duty drawn in Turkish frontier crisis
The piece reports on military counsel for Lt General Stoessel before a court martial over the Port Arthur surrender, arguing Russia's unpreparedness and seeking justice for Stoessel. It also notes The Novoe Vremya considering possible Russia Turkey hostilities over Persia’s frontier dispute, with April named as a potential start for conflict and reservist notices in St. Petersburg.
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Dep Syrtlanoff
Geeral Stoessel
Arthur
M. Syrtlanoff
Gursky
Stoessel
Russa
Port Arthur
Fort Arthur
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Novoe Vremya
New Yorker Laura Todd Designs Heavier-Than-Air Aircraft
New York reports Miss Laura Todd has completed a model of a heavier-than-air flying machine claiming to meet Army signal corps specs. She asserts the design can carry two men at forty miles per hour and plans a full-sized version next summer. All work done personally without financial aid.
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New York
Misa
Laura Todd
New Yorker
Signal Corps of the Army
Miss Todd
Huntington man sues over runaway horse injury damages
David Fred of Huntington seeks $5,000 damages from Hipskin & Sons local contractors after a horse frightened by warning lights at an excavation in Wabash Indiana ran away dragging him and inflicting permanent injuries.
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Wabash
Ind
Becaus
David Fred
Huntington
Hipskin & Sons
Death from a Thorn Prick in Amaranthus Weed
Fairfield Illinois February 6 Mrs Gen Pettigrew a farmer's wife died after blood poisoning from a thorn prick on her great toe while picking cucumbers last summer She was sixty years old.
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Gen. Pettigrew
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