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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
22
The special cabinet session on President Taft's annual message extended into the evening as lawmakers debated a central American policy and calls for a mining bureau. Representatives Douglas and Aust urged action, while discussions touched on Zelaya and the Panama situation.
Vanderlip travels to Washington to discuss matters with President and treasury officials. The visit includes meetings with Eugene and Ades and a private dinner. Details touch on financial policy and government relations as Vanderlip prepares for broader talks.
King Manuel of Yortugal traveled on a special train from Paris amid an ovation in a scene featuring notable nobles. Attendees included the Duke of Montpensier and the Duke of Penthievre as foreign delegates and family members gathered at the station to greet the royal party.
Census Supervisor David A Skinner presents to Director Durand an estimate that Forto Rico’s inland population nears 1 600 090 with growth since the last count over 100 000. Enumerators will be Porta Ricans and the schedule will be printed in Spanish, with costs projected around 1 000 dollars.
Report from Quayanuil Ecuador notes two weeks in November recorded 74 Yyvenic plague cases with 37 deaths. The same period notes 24 yellow tavernee cases and 10 deaths. Names of places and exact dates are uncertain but the outbreak is described as significant and deadly.
Rear Admiral Himball reports Prairie with 172 officers and men and two battalions of marines to be 1540 strong. The gunboat Princeton, 147 officers, is sailing down the Pacific coast toward Nicaragua. Dixie sits at Philadelphia yard ready to reinforce the Atlantic squadron if ordered. Marines' deployment hinges on U.S. protection needs for citizens and interests under the Monroe Doctrine.
Managua Dec 2 The action of the American Secretary of State in harassing Senor Felipe Rodrigues the Nicaraguan chargé d affaires at Washington has greatly outraged President Zelaya who says the Nicaraguan government was justified in executing Americans. Zelaya will take no action and has received further information on the subject. He notes the American vice consul Caldera is a naturalized citizen born in Nicaragua and believes Caldera sympathizes with the opposition party. A close watch has been kept on him though no restraint has been placed. Zelaya suspects Caldera reports show partiality to the government’s enemies.
Frank B Wiborg of Cincinnati met with the Department of Commerce and Labor to arrange plans for next week. William McCerroll, president of the New York Board of Trade and Transit, and a council executive member, arrived in New York late last night.
Senator Moses Criticizes tariff fights as monopolies vs protection friends while La Follette campaigns for Senate reelection. He cites consumer rights and party integrity, arguing reform hinges on vitality and unity.
Representatives of five Central American republics met in Washington in November 1907 at the solicitation of the United States and Mexco and agreed to live in harmony and end anarchy. The treaty, signed December 20 1907, bound the nations to peace, mutual restraint, and arbitration by a Central American court of justice.
A partisan clash over an inquiry into sugar frauds unfolds with senators and Attorney General stakes. Proponents urge a rigorous investigation backed by Taft allies, while opponents warn it could hinder prosecutions and aid the sugar trust. Immunity for witnesses and potential administration vetoes loom large as hearings threaten to unfold in coming weeks.
The piece argues Theodore Roosevelt shaped battles with Congress, often winning public battles while losing key clashes. It notes compromises kept party unity, cites disputes over postmaster reports, the Brownsville incident, and secret police claims, and highlights the Hepburn Tillman and rate cases. It shows party factions claiming Rooseveltian policies and a major Senate fight over court review. Roosevelt finally accepts Allison compromise, marking a significant victory.
The Taft era investigation, authorized by Congress, hires David Parks Fuckler and Herbert D Brown to compute profits and losses from bonding companies. They will study fifteen years of data across government departments to determine defalcations and bond compliance costs.
A Nobel Foundation board session discussed increasing the original $40,100 industrial peace fund and related amendments. Key attendees included Secretary Nagel, Archbishop Ireland, ex mayor Sath Low, Martin Hughitt, Gompers, Mitchell, Keefe, Easley, and Theodore Weed, with Futler absent.
Vice President Sherman spent fifteen hours in New York for a winter安排 then left at midnight for Washington. He arrived at the Hotel Manhattan from Liles at 7 am and spent most of the day meeting callers. Cook R W Byans of the Revenue Cutter Forward at Key West is commended by the Treasury Department for saving John Frederick's life. The Fourth Annual Play Congress of the Playground Association of America is set for Rochester in June 1940.
A Boston educator describes nervous exhaustion and resignation from teaching. She credits Grape-Nuts with easing constipation and boosting brain function and physical endurance. She notes meals of four spoonfuls with hot milk or water and praises The Road to Wellville booklet. Amen.
The battleship New Jersey entered New York Harbor from Boston to join the fleet at Hampton Roads and anchored in the harbor awaiting the proposal of a second battleship. Gen W W Dudley, visiting, was reported to plan leaving for Indiana soon.
Gen Wotherspoon and Gen Bliss will swap roles in the annual army staff shifts. Brig Gen William W Wethergon is relieved as assistant chief of staff and named president of the Army War College, Tasker H Bel to takeover Wetherpoon’s former post, Henry L Fupley to leave cavalry duties, Daniel A Frederick to report to the chief of staff after being detailed to the general staff.
A long list of army movements and assignments and notes on officers including Capt Arthur T Pulley banishing artillery corps to 14th company Capt Herbert C Gthner medical corps relieved at the Presidio San Francisco and duty changes across Fort McDowell and Fort Lawton. Also reports on retirement of Second Lieut John A Hole and reassignment of Lt Warder Ho Roberta Fire Infantry. Mention of US recruiting officer Eient from Nebraska detailed at Minneapolis.
A health claim urging readers to take Papes Diuretic for kidney and urinary issues. It describes relief from backache rheumatism painful stitches and insomnia, promising immediate to rapid healing of disordered kidneys and urinary systems. The ad names Pape Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati as the distributor and asserts widespread availability through pharmacies and physicians.
Betah Smuth, a former regular army lieutenant, was arrested in Beaver Denver Colorado on December 2 for allegedly passing counterfeit notes to a man who had served in the Philippines. The report lists a string of personnel moves and duty assignments involving Navy and Army officials, with no clear end date or outcome.
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