Taft Urges Reforms in Longest Message on Record
President Taft submits a 38000 word message to Congress stressing economy as dominant theme. He calls for scientific revision of tariff schedules, reform of judicial procedure and injunctions, and Panama Canal fortifications. He favors retaining antitrust laws and urges no backward steps to aid business growth.
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President Taft's annual message praised yet critiqued
Readers see a long catalog of reform aims, including scientific management, tariff commissions, canal funding, and regulation of railroads and public lands. The text notes Taft defends the Payne tariff while urging nonpartisan, businesslike approaches and restraint until Supreme Court rulings clarify trust laws.
Regulation Reforms Span Business Practices and Law
The article argues that current corporate regulation and anti abuse measures are effective for now and urges continued enforcement of laws with potential future tightening if needed. It notes improvements due to reform movements, a demand for lawful conduct by business leaders, and anticipates Supreme Court decisions clarifying rules. It also calls for governmental economy and expanded foreign trade opportunities.
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Turkey
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Supreme Court
Tariff Reform Fight Begins in Senate Rules Change
Cummins of Iowa proposes Senate rule amendments to prevent bill stalling in committees and to restrict amendments on tariff revisions by schedules. The plan aims to open consideration after 1 day in committee and to require germane amendments to a specific schedule, hindering broad, multi schedule revisions. The insurgent push seeks a clear path for tariff schedule by schedule and may include a major Senate speech on the proposal.
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Snub Jap Officers Sparks Ball Cancellation in Pasadena
A Pasadena hotel ball to honor the Japanese squadron officers was canceled after seventy hotel and Pasadena women refused to dance with the visitors. The Japanese admiral called off his ship’s return dance and later denied Long Beach schoolchildren permission to visit the ship.
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Pasadena
Cal
Dee
Maryland
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Praised Too Much She Sues for Divorce
Mrs Boswell sues her husband for divorce alleging he praised her beauty too highly. She claims he ordered a rival from their home after she used a facial massage demonstration on her face. The couple also accuses her of flirting with other men as part of the alleged motive.
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Washington Port
Kansas City
Boswell
La Follette Avoids Taft Court Talks Leaves Options Open
Wisconsin insurgent Senator La Follette dodged a definite conference with President Taft on Supreme Court appointments. He sent a careful letter urging constitution and law fidelity while remaining open to future discussions. Senator Cummins and insurgents shape the list, with ten names under review and Crawford candidates like Hughes and Pepper on the radar.
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Iowa
Cumming
Charles ©. Hughes
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
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Werk
Penrose
Names Heard At White House For Supreme Court
Pepper’s name not mentioned. Senators Bacon Terrill and Representative Bartlett urged Judge Joseph R Lamar of Augusta Ga for the Supreme Court. The President plans to appoint a Democrat. Spooner and Justice Lurton discussed Wisconsin men under consideration. Caleb Powery saw the President after a brief cabinet meeting.
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Bartlett
Georgia
Joseph R. Lamar
Augusta
Supreme Court
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Wisconsin
New York
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Caleb Powery
Thornton Chosen Senator by Louisiana Assembly
Judge John R. Thornton of Alexandria was elected United States Senator by the Louisiana general assembly sitting in separate bodies to replace the late Samuel D. MacEnery. The house and senate tallies show Thornton defeating Broussard and others, with joint session to declare the result. Thornton supports a protective tariff on sugar and rice.
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Louisiana
Hobble skirt doomed as spring styles shift
Chicago reports that the National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association predicts the hobble skirt long coat and freakish hats and bonnets will pass in spring 1911. J P Hovland of Chicago calls it a fad and notes the new season will feature expanded hobble for ease of movement with shorter jackets and larger collars.
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National Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Manufacturers' Association
J. P. Hovland
Meat prices reverse trend as beef and pork rise
Special to The Washington Post from Omaha Nebraska dated December 6 reports wholesale fresh meat prices turning upward after three weeks of decline. All grades of beef and pork up one cent per pound and pork from ten to twelve cents per pound. Packers predict continued increases with hog prices up 15 to 30 cents per hundred and cattle prices also rising throughout the week.
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Omaha
Nebr
Shot Changes Girl Life in Miss Keller’s Rise to NY Labor Chief
An old friend recounts how A Frances Keller, born and raised in Coldwater, transformed from a tomboy with limited schooling into a journalist and later the chief investigator of New York State Labor Department. A shotgun wound at age led to help from neighbors that funded her education and career path from Coldwater to Chicago and finally New York.
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State Labor Department of New York
H. T. Eddy
Duke of Oporto Pays Up in Portugal Debts
A Lisbon notice announces creditors of the Duke of Oporto may now claim full payment. The King of Italy reportedly advanced 300000 to settle the debts of Manuel's uncle, the deposed king’s grandsire Maria Pia cited as requester.
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Son Takes Poison Before Father in Tragic Room
In Washington Fa on December 4 John Whitaker of McDonald Pa heard his son Charles age 3% say goodbye and then drink carbolic acid. The father fainted and died after collapsing onto the boy. motive remains unknown.
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Noiseless Soup Spoon Promises Absolute Silence
St. Louis inventor H. S. Campbell claims his noiseless soup spoon cannot be made to make any noise when used. Reported by special to The Washington Fest from St. Louis dated December 6. The design resembles cups used by men with troublesome mustaches to prevent spills.
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H. S. Campbell
Indict Bath-Tub Firms Under Sherman Law
Indictments returned in Detroit against 16 manufacturers and 8 individuals alleged to control about 5 percent of national output in enamelware bath tubs and related goods. The cases arise from a Mount Clemens meeting and a $7,000 fund used to coordinate a price fixing and resale scheme across 16 manufacturers and 40 jobbers.
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Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
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Mansfield
Ohio
Cahill Iron Works
Chattanooga
Unionists Lose Big in UK Election Victory For Government
London declares major shifts as Liberal and Labour gains shrink Unionists from Coventry and Woolwich. Burns lifts his majority to 1,282 in Battersea while Crooks retakes Woolwich by 2,868. Overall coalition leads with 299 seats filled. final majority predicted near 106.
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Once Rich Man Jerome Coleman Ends Life by Gas
Passaic New Jersey December 6 Charles Jerome Coleman once a millionaire and famed musical director and composer died by his own action in his Hillcrest room. His death follows a reported $3,000,000 loss in recent years leaving him in reduced circumstances. He leaves two sons George of Philadelphia and Charles Jerome Jr. of Cincinnati. The body was found by Dr Howard L Maps after the gas odor was detected in the room.
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Buried by lamplight in solemn Merritt funeral
West Point held a late lamplight burial for retired Major General Wesley Merritt, twenty first superintendent of the U S Military Academy. The body arrived after a storm delay, and no chapel service was held. Cadets, fife and drum, and a full military escort accompanied the coffin through dark snow to the grave.
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Taft Message Highlights City Needs And Reform Urges
Taft's address outlines reform priorities for the city and district needs. Business leaders and secretary MacVeagh weigh in on budgeting and priorities as presidents and editors note the public service calls.
Royalist Lacour Sentenced to Three Years in Briand Assault
Paris reports Lacour, royalist assailant of Premier Briand during the Jules Ferry statue dedication in the Tuileries Garden, was sentenced to three years in prison by default after refusing to plead. He admitted the premeditation of the act, with Leon Daudet testifying royalists endorsed the attack.
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Mexican Rebel Sanchez Azcona Arrested in Washington
Juan Sanchez Azcona a member of the revolutionary committee in Washington was arrested by federal officers at the Ous Hotel and jailed to await extradition proceedings. The Mexican government demanded his capture on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, with officials saying the arrest is not political and will be decided by U S courts.
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Buenos Aires
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Karcher
French Win Hard Battle in West Africa
A French column under Lieut. Col. Moli fought a desperate engagement in the Quadal region on November 9 against combined forces of the sultans of Quadal Massailt and Doudmourah. The French repelled the tribesmen with heavy losses. Col. Molt and Lieut Jolly were among the reported killed. The minister of the colonies in Dakar requested further details.
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