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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
24
Congress discussed a proposed plan to rebuke the President and seek an investigation by the Senate committee on actions. Democrats and Republicans weighed whether to bring the resolution forward with prospects of passage, while Speaker and others answered questions as the House met yesterday.
The report from the department head notes exports of manufactured goods abroad reached 759 million dollars this year. Copper led with strong shipments, followed by wood products and other materials, with substantial totals reported for North America and southern markets.
Fragmented OCR text mentions an insurance man freed related to a case with names like Metaglita Lat and Tou Sapelle. The readable portion is garbled with stray letters and incomplete phrases. No clear event date, location, or outcomes are determinable from the fragments.
A House hearing delves into the Pennsylvanta Railroad station demolition ordered by President Roosevelt. Col Bromwell testifies the President wanted it down and notes no congressional authority was cited. Lawmakers press for records and question executive power and legality. The dialogue reveals uncertainty over dismantling a government asset and who authorized the action.
A garbled OCR list references figures at the White House and Congress including Admiral Cowles and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Senator Warner of Missouri, Beveridge Indiana, Dix(o) of Montana, Smoot of Idaho, Carter of Montana, Elis of West Virginia, and numerous House members from Maine New York New Mexico Alabama and Ohio.
The House set a record by passing the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill after hours of debate, approving expenditure of 667,820 dollars. A proposed salary hike for the immigration chief and assistant was struck out. Representative Fitzgerald of New York criticized Daniel Keefe’s appointment as commissioner general, while Mr Mann supported Keefe. Debate also covered Washington office rental costs and a georgia proposal to issue 50 million dollars in government bonds to consolidate offices in the capital.
President’s advisers study possible damages claims against those who spread stories about the Panama Canal sale and construction. Indianapolis businessman Harry Reisenberg, tied to the White House talks with Senator Heveridge, signals the matter isn’t settled.
Attorney for Oscar W Relone, a dismissed Buffalo soldier, contests the presidents removal of troops linked to the Brownsville riot as an unlawful executive action. The suit seeks $122.26 plus alary from discharge time, arguing constitutional balance among government branches. Government officials contend the president as commander in chief may exercise wartime powers in emergencies.
Jury will be called to hear Charles T Burns damages claim against a tapping express company after testimony on medical visits. The cross examination raised questions about a second visit at the company’s prompting and possible compromise statements. The judge postponed the case to January.
A blaze in the James S Topham Tickiigton trunk factory northeast of town last night caused 8060 dollars in damage and left 140 workers unemployed. The fire confined to the basement destroyed most lower floor trunks and related work, with George Topham noting a War Department contract and large unfinished work destroyed. The building cost 22 000 to construct and three alarm crews fought the fire.
Col John J Martin, veteran Sergeant-at-Arms, has officiated at Democratic gatherings and water ways conventions for sixteen years. He served as delegate from the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association and attended numerous Congress and Democratic National Committee meetings, with a background as former speaker of Missouri's House and state court official.
In San Francisco a hospital corps private, Carl Herbster, committed suicide on the deck of the transport Thomas as it neared Manila. He left his berth, returned with a razor, and cut his throat. The incident occurred while the vessel came within sight of land near the Golden Gate.
Livbert Miles testified before the Ways and Means Committee about the Republican tariff plank. He argued the tariff should ensure a reasonable profit and raise costs to equalize production domestically and abroad. He cited evidence claiming American manufacturers faced higher prices for woolens and wool products than foreign buyers, with witnesses from Western sleep tonnage interests detailing sheep costs.
The Pennsylvania Railroad equipment is recognized as the Standard of America, reflecting its alignment with national benchmarks and safety standards across its rolling stock and infrastructure. This designation underscores the system-wide adherence to uniform specifications and performance expectations.
Postmaster General Buxton opened England’s first post office wireless ration at Bolthead on the Devonshire coast. The Bolthead station aims to communicate with ships at sea and Buxton hinted that similar stations would be established across the United Kingdom.
An old advertising claim extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as strengthening the blood by boosting the corpuscles, dubbed Little Soldiers, to fight disease germs. The copy says the preparation blends over twenty ingredients and has thirty years of proven value with no substitutes.
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