Millions For Rivers District Gets Its Share In 1912 Bill
The rivers and harbors bill proposes $21,994,561 in 1912 appropriations with $8,514,403 for future contracts. The District of Columbia would receive $200,000 for Angestonia River and $60,000 for the Fatoma project. Maryland gains funds for Curtk Bay channels and several harbor works, while Virginia's largest allocation is $425,000 for Norfolk and Newport News channels plus $622,300 for future years. The bill also lists sums for James River, Patuxent, the Susquehanna, and Montauk Point surveys as part of broader river and harbor funding.
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House
District of Columbia
Angeos Tia
Fatoma
Susquehanna River
Nantlake River
Virginia
Norfolk
Newport New
James River
Mahodoc Creek
Mattaponi
Pamunkey
Elizabeth River
Western Branch
Milford Haven Harbor
Nomient Creek
Urbana Creek
Nangemond River
Montauk Point
Senate
Montkuk Point
Long Island
New York
Ohio River
Miehissippi River
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Improvements on Potomac Water Front in 1910
Improvements at a total cost of 14578.54 were made on the Washington water front during the fiscal year 1910. Capt Warren T Hannum of the corps of engineers in charge of Potomac River improvements reports that more than 1 percent of Potomac channel deepening projects near the city have been completed. Work included building sandbars, filling flats, and removing sandbars that hindered river commerce, with plans to open Potomac River commerce toward Georgetown and Anacostia. Most funds were spent along Potomac Park.
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Washington
Warren T Hannum
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Potomac River
Chief of Engineers
Army
Hapman
Georretos
Anaco
Hennum
Potomac Park
No New Public Buildings Faces House Resistance
Chairman Tawney told representatives no funding would be provided by the appropriations committee for the $26,000,000 public buildings program unless Secretary Mac Veagh recommends it. The treasury chief did not include the items in his estimates and says the department cannot bear such a drain now. Many House members favor the measure and plan to press the secretary to include it in his call.
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Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
MacVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
House
Kentucky for Clark builds early Clark Speakership bid
Kentucky Democrats formally endorsed Champ Clark of Missouri for Speaker in the next House. Friends say Clark’s election is assured with pledges from about 175 Democratic representatives and partial support from 25 others, with virtually all remaining Democrats expected to rally to him. Moroney introduces a Panama Canal toll bill to tax public and merchant vessels, aiming to avoid international disputes over taxation and exemptions. referred to the Interstate Commerce Committee for action.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Kentucky
Clark
Moroney
Michigan
United States
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce Committee
Friar Lands Inquiry Begins Over Philippine Sale
Representative Martin of Colorado opened the inquiry before the House committee on insular affairs outlining charges against Philippine land administration. Dean Worcester and other Philippine commission members arrive to testify before the committee next Tuesday.
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Martin
Colorado
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Dean
Worcester
Philippine Commission
Congress Condensed House Actions and Legislation
The Indian appropriation bill totaling 8 277 085 passed after a lengthy controversy. The rivers and harbors bill totaling 290 set for 1912 and contracts for subsequent years 8 614 983 were introduced. Democrats of Kentucky backed Champ Clark for Speaker. The rivers and harbors bid will be brought up today. The House adjourned at 4 30 and will meet at noon today.
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Wee
Kentucky
Gorser Champ Clark
Backed for Aldrich's Seat in Rhode Island
Providence December 9 two petitions circulate among next general assembly members urging Henry EF Lippitt to succeed Nelson Aldrich One petition bears Robert Knight of the B B & R Knight Co cotton manufacturers and another from Robert Ives Garmall textile maker Lippitt rivals include Judge LeBarron B Colt of the US Court of Appeals and Judge Arthur L Brown of the US Circuit Court A committee of 51 businessmen supports Lippitt Democratic candidate Brown is in the three way race
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Providence
KR I
General Assembly
Henry EF. Lippitt
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Robert Knight
B. B & R Knight Company
Robert Ives
Ta Rrut Court of Appeals
Arthur L. Brown
United States Circuit Court
Census Figures Preview 91.5 Million Population Milestone
The census bureau will noon announce the U S total population near 91 5 million covering all states except Georgia Montana Washington Wisconsin and Wyoming with those five states to follow today The 1900 totals show New Jersey at 2 637 167 Tacoma Washington at 83 743 Utah 374 361 Wyoming 145 965 Alaska 64 356 Hawaii 191 909 and detailed splits for islands and cities including Honolulu and Augusta figure in the revised 1910 context.
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Census Bureau
United States
Georgia
Montana
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
New Jersey
Tacoma
Wash
Utah
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Kauai
Niihau
Lanai
Naui
Kahoolawa
Moloki
Oahu
Honolulu
Kalawao
Superior
Wis
Augusts
Augusta
Kennedy's Successor Here
Representative-elect John J. Whitacre of Canton Ohio will represent the old McKinney district in the House. He notes private business keeps him from the Capitol and advance congressional circles yet he learns his name will appear correctly in later Congressional Directories after initial misspellings. Whitacre, a Democrat, defeated noted Republican incumbent Kennedy in a district long considered a stalwart for the GOP.
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John J. Whitacre
Old McKintey
Canton
Ohio
Capitol
Whitaker Thera
Warehousemen Oppose Moore Bill on Food Storage Limit
The American Warehousemen's Association adopted resolutions yesterday opposing any time limit on cold storage of food, taking a firm stand against J Hampton Moore's six month cap. Moore supports a time limit to promote healthy circulation of food, and reaffirmed his belief after the resolutions were adopted before adjournment.
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J. Hampton Moore
American Warehousemen's Association
Louise Sues for 8 Million in Belgian Settlement
Princess Louise of Belgium sues for 38 million in a formal suit claiming recovery of her father King Leopold's funds now held by the Wieder Fallbach foundation. She also seeks accounting from Leopold's valet and entourage over three trunks found at Laeken palace alleged to contain securities and valuables.
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Brussels
Dec
Louise
Belgium
Leopold
Wieder Fallbach Foundation
Laeken
Vaughan
Canal bond issue moves toward securing new securities
Machinery was set in motion yesterday to provide for an issue of Panama Canal bonds to relieve a Treasury drain and potential deficit. Secretary MacVeagh and Senator Aldrich held a long conference amid complications that may require further legislation to avoid depressing the current 2 percent bond market. Speaker Cannon named Representative George Prince to the national monetary commission to replace the late Jesse Overstreet.
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Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Aldrich
Senate
Committee On Finance
Cannon
George , Prince of
Illnois
National Monetary Commission
Jesse R Overstreet
Taft narrows Supreme Court picks for Taft era
White House conferences today likely decide nominations to Senate on Monday. Rumored list centers on Hughes for chief justice with Lamar and Hook as possible associates. Swayze and Pollock reported as out. Sutherland facing insurgent opposition. McChord praised by Kentucky editors for Interstate Commerce role. Crandall and others also urged for commissions. Boundary dispute over New Mexico Texas line discussed with Bailey Culberson Stevens and others.
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White House
Senate
Supreme Bench
Taft
Lst
Charles E Hughes
Francis J. Swayze
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Joseph R Lamar
Augusta
Georgia Supreme Court
Gordon Russell
United States District Court of Texas
William C. Hook
Leavenworth
Kans
Eighth United States Circuit
Willis van Wdevanter
Cheyenne
Eighth Circuit
John G. Pollock
Topeka
United States
John Bradley Winslow
Supreme Court of
Wisconsin
George Sutherland
Utah
W. D McHugh
Omaha
Nebi
Justice Swayze
New Jersey
Justice Pollock
Pollock
Sutherland
United States Senate
la Follette
Hughes
Justice Hook
Joseph R. Lamar
Georgia
McHugh
Sunsell
F. M Cockrell
Missouri
Farmers’ Home Journal
Louisville
South
McChord
Kentucky Railroad Commission
National Association of Railroad Commissioners
Internal Revenue
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
F. W. Crandall
St. Louis
Interstate Commercce Commission
W. C. Hudson
New Orleans
Travelers’ Protective Association
Adolph Boldt
Houston
Tex
Foster
Louisiana
Walter I. Smith
Town
Col
Lafayette Young
Young
Dolliver
New Mexico
Texas
Bailey
Culberson
Stevens
Andrews
John V. Farwell
Chicago
Western Spain Inundated Cyclone Ravages Coast
Advices from Cerebere France report western Spain swept by a cyclone razing the coast. Corunna harbor vessels sank, several drowned. Seville river rose ten feet flooding the valley. near Bilbao several killed and many wounded. Two fishing steamers wrecked off Larache with sixteen drowned. Bay of Cadiz blocked by wind and heavy seas. Bribe-Taking Juror Sentenced to prison in New York for bribery linked to Boenheimer murder trial. five to eight and a half years.
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Cerebere
France
Spain
Corunna
Seville
Bilboa
Larache
Cadiz
New York
George W. Yeandie
Boenheimer
Champ Clark Reports 519.16 Campaign Expenses
Champ Clark, minority leader in the House, filed with the Missouri secretary of state a campaign expense total of 519.16 for the recent election. The statement was released to the public today from Jefferson City.
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Champ Clark
Jefferson City
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
White House Callers List of Senate and House Members
A fragment lists political figures visiting the White House including Senators Culberson Bailey Penrose Frye Bulkeley Chamberlain Bourne Depew Carter Poster and Representatives Moore Atevens Slemp Delegates Andrews and party figures Alvah H. Martin and Adolph Boldt with New Mexico delegate noted as Andrews visit context unclear.
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Culberson
Texas
Bailey
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Frye
Maine
Bulkele
Connecticut
Chamberlain
Oregon
Bourne
Defew
New York
Carter
Montank
Poster
Louisiana
Moore
Atevens
Slemp
Virginia
Andrews
New Mexico
Alvah H. Martin
Adolph Boldt
W. ©. Hodsom
New Orte
Life ends in Paris by inhaling gas
Frederic Southworth, 45, an American with a New York mother, died by suicide in his Boulevard de la Tour Maubourg apartment. The janitor found the body. his sister Mrs. Van Pelt lives in New York. He inherited a fortune from his grandfather but spent it and lived on his mother’s monthly checks. His health had worsened.
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Paris
Frederic Southworth
New York
Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg
Southworth
van Pelt
Dancer Alarms Germans With Memoir Threats
Berlin war of nerves erupts as Signora Maria Tarragona vows to publish memoirs exposing private lives of German royalty and officers. The 32 year old Spanish dancer claims protection from a rich American steel magnate who once bankrolled her schemes and paid lavish tips amid past police searches for letters.
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Washington Post
New York
Berlin
New York World
Germany
Maximillian Hardin
Knights of the Round Table
Signora Maria Tarragona
Signora Tarragona
Senora
South Germany
Monte Carlo
America
Secretary Meyer Seeks Higher Budgets For Battleship Florida And New York
Newport News officials head to Washington to urge cost raises for the battleship Florida from 6 million to 6.4 million and to set the New York limit at 7.5 million. Naval officials contend private yards could build these ships cheaper, reviving government yard construction debates.
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Meyer
Florida
Washington Post
Newport News
Walter A. Post
H. L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Washington
Navy
New York
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Brooklyn
Utah
Congress
Broklyn
Wilson Campaign Tour Triggers Democratic Tension
Newark December report shows Dr. Wilson avoiding comment on agitator ship controversy while James Nugent, Democratic chairman, expresses amazement at Wilson’s stance. Nugent insists on adhering to party pledges including rate-making law, state expense reform, and tax equalization. He warns against party dissension weakening reforms.
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United States
Wilson
Democratic State Committee
House Passes Indian Bill Amid Controversy Over Allotment
The House approved the Indian appropriation bill totaling 8 277 983 dollars, with 497 dollars above the estimates. Leaders aim to push rivers and harbors and other major supply measures through before Christmas adjournment while addressing a dispute raised by Chairman Burke over alleged irregularities in an Indian lands allotment involving James F Rowell and a 100 acre allotment in the Eiowa tribe.
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District of Columbia
House
Burke
Indian Affairs Committee
James F. Rowell
Movements of Ocean Steamships Reported
A list of ships sailing from New York and other ports to destinations including Antwerp Liverpool and London with forthcoming dockings. Notable entries include Dover Kroonland from New York to Antwerp CamPanello and Napier America to New York and several transatlantic arrivals expected Sunday or Monday morning.
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Kroonland
New York
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Cape Hace—Noordam
Caledonia
Glasgow
Pannonia
Naples
Fantnet
Laurentic
Fortland
Liver
Inishtrahuti
Empress of Ireland
St John
W. B
Liverpool
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Commerce Commission
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Robert Chambers
Joseph Medill Patterson
Porter Emerson Browns
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Riverman
Stewart Edward White
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Red Gate
Meredith Nicholson
Daniel Green
Nana
the Luttrell Co
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Masurgia Club
Clef Quartette
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Mikall Mordkin
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