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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
16
President Taft’s lengthy message to Congress emphasizes pro business reforms while warning against agitations and urging stricter judicial procedures. It favors preserving antitrust laws and maintaining Panama Canal defenses, with scientific revision of tariff schedules and a 38,000 word message designed to encourage industry.
Senator Lodge and others react to Taft's message praising scientific management, tariff reform, and nonpartisan commissions. The President calls for economy, a tariff commission, canal funding, regulation of railroads, forest and land policy, judicial reform, and a staged approach to antitrust laws, while defending the Payne tariff and urging rest until Supreme Court decisions.
The article argues that current legislation on corporate regulation should be allowed to run its course to curb abuses. It notes improvements due to reform movements, an earnest desire among business leaders to comply with laws, and anticipation that Supreme Court decisions will clarify issues. It calls for government to focus on economy and expanding foreign trade while enforcing existing laws.
Iowa Senator Cummins proposes rule changes to stop bills stalling in committees and to require germane amendments by schedule on tariff bills. The plan aims to pave the way for schedule by schedule tariff revision and may prompt extended debate in the Senate.
Unpleasant sentiment over an invited ball for the Japanese squadron at Los Angeles leads Pasadena hotel to cancel the event. Sixty hotel residents and local girls refuse to dance with Japanese officers. The admiral calls off a return dance and the ship visit to Long Beach is barred.
Mrs Boswell sues husband for divorce alleging he praised her beauty too much and used flirtatious demonstrations with a facial treatment. She claims he ordered away a rival woman and accused her of “making it yen” at other men while a Standard tourist tatter service note carried the tale.
President Taft invites Senator La Follette to discuss Supreme Court picks. La Follette avoids definite refusal and leaves room for future talks. Cummins consulted, insurgents plan to influence selections, seek to place progressive judges, including Hughes or Pepper, on the bench. Penrose also visits the White House amid appointment discussions.
Pepper’s name not mentioned. the President will hear several Commerce Court nominees. Georgia senators Bacon and Terrill and Rep Bartlett urged Judge Joseph R. Lamar of Augusta for the Supreme Court, with Lamar a Democrat. Spooner and Justice Lurton discussed Wisconsin options. Caleb Power attempted to meet the President. Cabinet meeting held briefly in the morning.
Judge John R. Thornton of Alexandria elected United States Senator by the Louisiana general assembly sitting separately to succeed the late Samuel D. MacEnery. Total votes: Senate Thornton 74 Broussard 6 Wilkinson 2 Sanders 1. House Thornton 74 Broussard 2 Thomas 11 Wilkinson 4. Thornton a former district judge backed a protective tariff on sugar and rice.
Chicago reports a meeting of the National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association where J P Hovland of Chicago declares the hobble skirt a fad and forecasts its end. The spring 1911 line will expand hobble for freer movement with shorter jackets and larger collars.
Special to The Washington Post from Omaha Nebraska reports wholesale prices of fresh meat began rising after a three week decline. All grades of beef and pork up 1 cent per pound and pork advances from 10 to 12 cents. Packers forecast further increases as hog prices rise 15 to 30 cents per hundred and cattle continue steady gains.
An old friend recounts how A Frances Keller, now chief investigator for New York State Labor Department, evolved from a tomboy with little schooling into a journalist and public servant after a hunting accident left her with a hand wound. Benefactors in Coldwater aided her path from local papers to New York.
A Lisbon advertisement urged creditors of the Duke of Oporto to call at a solicitor’s office for full payment. Reports say the King of Italy advanced the 300000 to settle debts of Manuel’s uncle, the exiled monarch’s grandmothers, Maria Pia.
Washington Dec 4 John Whitaker 66 of McDonald Pa sits reading as his son Charles age 3% leaves and dies moments later after taking carbolic acid. The father collapses and dies from the shock. No motive given.
St. Louis man H. S. Campbell designs a noiseless soup spoon and guarantees it cannot be used to make any noise. The spoon resembles drinking cups for men with moustaches and is presented as absolutely silent. Written as a Washington Post special report from St. Louis dated December 6.
Federal grand jury returns indictments against 116 firms and eight individuals for restraint of trade under Sherman Law. A $7,000 fund allegedly enabled control of about 10 million in annual output in enamel ironware baths and sanitary goods. Leads trace to Mount Clemens meeting and Wayman licensing schemes.
London reports show government coalition gaining seats as unions lose ground. John Burns increases his majority in Battersea from 555 to 1,282 while Will Crooks regains Woolwich by 2,868. Coventry falls to Liberal reformers amid a shift toward Liberal gains in several districts.
Passaic New Jersey December 6 A one time millionaire and noted musical director and composer Charles Jerome Coleman died by his own action in his Hillcrest room early yesterday The body was found after a gas odor was detected by Dr How ard L Maps who lives next door Coleman reportedly lost about 3 000 000 in recent years and had fallen on hard times His wife had died two years before He leaves two sons George of Philadelphia and Charles Jerome Jr of Cincinnati Ohio Special to The Washington Post through to Chicago trains listed with through sleeping car service from Washington to Chicago arriving the next morning
The body of Major General Wesley Merritt U S A retired and former superintendent of the United States Military Academy was laid to rest at West Point in lamplight with full military honors. Weather delayed ceremonies and a missed connection from Washington caused a late arrival and curtailed services. The procession included the full cadet corps, fife and drum, and a volley of thirteen guns, with taps sounding before the coffin, draped in the national colors, was lowered. The post chaplain led the service as mourners stood in snow, and a flag at half mast marked respect to the late commandant.
Taft's address highlights reforms and city needs as business leaders discuss the district's opportunities. The issue lists sections on Taft's message, Cross President, and budget notes, with notices on local society and sporting events.
Paris reports a royalist named Lacour received a three year prison term for assaulting Prime Minister Briand during the Tuileries Garden ceremony for Jules Ferry. He refused to plead, admitted premeditation, and was convicted by default. Leon Daudet testified royalists supported the act. Lacour had been named vice president of the Came Nets du Rol after the attack.
Juan Sanchez Azcona a member of the revolutionary committee in Washington was arrested by federal officers at the Gordon Hotel by order of the Department of Justice at the request of the Mexican government. He faces extradition proceedings on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, while revolutionaries claim the action is political. The embassy states the case rests with U.S. courts to decide on extradition as the documents arrive.
Dispatch from Dakar says a French column led by Lieut Col Moli fought the sultans of Quadal Massailt and Doudmourah in the Quadal region on November 9. French troops repulsed the tribesmen with heavy loss. Col Molt and Lieut Jolly were reported killed. authorities seek details from Paris.
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