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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
27
Taft scolds Payne for blocking plans to extend tariff board powers and for safeguarding a schedule by schedule revision. Dalzell shares the opposing stance. insurgents and regulars seek to influence patronage and court appointments while Taft pursues unified action and neutral handling of Senate and House concerns.
Secretary Ballinger stated that A C Shaw, a minor assistant in the Interior Department, was not barred from practicing before the department. The denial responds to a published report alleging disbarment.
The Senate meets at noon as the body weighs the judiciary codification and budget. A large bloc of nominees is confirmed including Postmaster Norman A. Merritt of the city. The House considers a $25,225,219 executive and judicial appropriation with a $432,000 reduction from estimates.
A district in Congress introduces a bill by Mr. Johnston to rename Rock Creek Church Road as Putnam Street. The proposal specifies a single street name change within the district, aiming to reflect a historical or local naming preference.
The Secretary issued an order disbarring Mr. Shaw and efforts to readmit him to practice before the department were undertaken yesterday when the former assistant law officer visited the White House with Senators Chamberlain of Oregon and Simmons of North Carolina. The President promised to take the case up immediately.
The appropriations bill reported to the House reduces nearly $600,000 and abolishes 237 positions across departments, mostly Washington residents. It shifts deputy auditors to chief clerks, moves pension work to the Assistant Attorney General, and trims mint and assay offices saving $178,770 while creating 41 layoffs.
Senate leaders advanced the omnibus claims bill as a buffer to curb undesirable measures. Senator Bristow of Kansas fought the measure for three hours, then renewed his challenge as supporters spoke in its favor. The House agreed to devote the day to revising codification of judiciary laws, while the omnibus bill carries about 2,000,600 dollars in appropriations including 384,000 for French spoilation claims, Bristow charging southern war claim additions for votes.
Dr Christopher Koch of Philadelphia, vice president of the Pennsylvania board of pharmacy, told the House Ways and Means Committee that 10 percent of retail druggists engage in dope trade and half of criminals are dope offenders. He warned the habit spreads to professions and linked Cocaine crime in the South to negro users while citing high opium use among Chinese Americans and large opium imports.
The judiciary committee is expected to favorably report Bristow's constitutional amendment for direct election of senators. Subcommittee members Borah Diningham and Rayner will meet tomorrow to issue a favorable report to the full committee. The majority supports the resolution regardless of party, aiming to report before the holidays.
Gen George J Harries of Potomac Electric Power defends the Inclosed arc lamps cost and 700 candlepower against a District suit claim. Commissioner Judson says no suit grounds exist and new illumination standards may cut the next year's budget from 426000 to 195000 as rates are lowered.
The House floor echoed last winter’s rule clash as Democrat Hughes of New Jersey and New York Democrat Fitzgerald pressed the dispute. Speaker Cannon ruled the body would decide, and by 146 to 51 the House moved to advance the judiciary committee’s codification bill amid protest.
Attorney General Wickersham urged publicity for legitimate corporations as a safeguard against bucket shops and swindles. He favors properly framed federal incorporation laws, arguing openness would reveal financial conditions and protect investors from get-rich-quick schemes promoted by deceptive ads.
Democrats intend the next House not to name its committees. Speaker-prospect Champ Clark and Alabama’s Representative Underwood with other conservative Democrats have agreed the committees will be chosen by a method other than the Speaker’s current appointment power. A caucus of new members is likely in January or February to map action, with signatures gathered for the session.
The District of Columbia Library Association last night elected officers: W. W. Bishop president, Willard O. Walters first vice president, Miss C. R. Barnett second vice president, M. N. Small secretary, Miss Emily A. Spilman treasurer, Paul Broukat L. D., Wheeler, and H. H. Meyer as members of the executive committee.
A list of political and military figures visiting the White House on a Wednesday in December includes Secretary Dickinson of the War Department. Senators Frazier, Bim Mona, Chamberlain, Flint, Fletcher, Jones, Borah, Guggenreim, Thornton. Representatives Burke, Sulloway, Keifer, Crumpacker, Bates, McGuire, Gronna, Slemp. Mag. Gen. Wood. Andrew Carnegie. W. L. Cleveland. Bishop Cranston. and Bishop Perry from Washington, New York, California, North Dakota, Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia.
Philadelphia December 14 Herbert Mason Clapp wealthy clubman shot at his apartment may drop the charge against his wife whom he accuses of shooting him. Friends advise against pressing the case and a reconciliation rumor floats. Clapp’s condition improves at St Joseph’s Hospital and Magistrate Morris expects the case to be quashed if no witnesses support the statements.
The Baeren Society marked its fifth anniversary at the Columbia Turnverein club house with dancing and music. Albert Buehler acted as toastmaster. Ko Voelkner and F. Mann gave addresses. Mrs. Betty Schleichert presented tokens to members. A quartet and several lectures rounded out the evening. F. B. Jurgensen was elected as a member Bear.
The Rev. Father Ignatius of Cincinnati blasted present fashions as scandalous and blamed women and girls for inviting sin by their street attire. He asserted that public dress corrupts men and cited parental example as a major cause of moral decline during a weeklong mission at St. Mary's Church. He also spoke against the trend of race death by one’s own actions.
Camden New Jersey December report of Howard Newcomb and Mrs Nellie Hail found asphyxiated in a city apartment. The couple, about 30 and 28 respectively, were found with arms about each other and a gas jet open, windows and door stuffed with paper, indicating a joint self-inflicted death. No motive or other clues were discovered.
In Cleveland on December 14 Adolph Kamis, 23, shot and killed his mother in their kitchen during supper. He then fired on himself, taking two bullets as police reported he would die from his self-inflicted wounds.
A wireless from the steamer Mauretania reports a voyage to New York and back with noon to noon mileage of 639 miles. The ship’s average speed ranges from 25 to 26 knots, bringing its total distance to about 1 50 miles.
Rep Samuel Smith of Michigan backs new laws to make householders and streetcar companies clear snow from pavements and tracks. A plan includes penalties for homeowners, liability on car companies, and a $30,000 to $50,000 emergency reserve fund to act quickly in heavy snow, with Taft to discuss at White House. The weather outlook hints thawing but a boy injured by melted snow near Ninth Street NE.
The government plans a major equity suit against a section of the so called electrical trust before 1911. A nationwide court action east of the Mississippi will test the Sherman law and hinge on patent law interpretations as the Justice Department launches its largest trust case to date.
Former Forester Gifford Pinchot urged Congress to decide which Ballinger Pinchot committee report to accept. He argued lawmakers cannot dodge responsibility and must address issues of public land and water power benefiting the people.
Iowa Senator Safe Young first presides in the Vice President's chair as president pro tempore. A roll call on an amendment to the general claims bill followed his seating, and with help from a reading clerk he navigated the moment without difficulty.
Special agent M H Davis returned from Berlin amid renewed U S importers complaints against German policy favoring the potash syndicate. A proposed compromise seeks to tax and allocate potash production fairly, with Germany restricting half of mine output to the home market and overproduction taxed to deter excess.
German Kali Works announces direct mine to farmer shipments with Muriate of potash at 37.60 per ton and Kairift at 9 per ton delivered free on board to Baltimore. Prices claim to undercut tax burden and counter Washington dispatch criticisms aimed at American farmers.
Seven Colorado residents were indicted in a case described by the Interior Department as widely and flagrantly fraudulent. The charges relate to a scheme using the United States to advance a law enforcement facility in Colorado, following joint Interior and Post Office Department actions.
Federal authorities name J Albert Wright Frank White John Gould Corydon val Woody Homer A Gibson Robert W Hose and Sam N Baker as defendants in a desert land entry case. They allegedly organized about fifty citizens to file entries based on promises that a corporation would build an irrigation enterprise to water the lands. Entrymen were reportedly required to deed most of their land to the land and irrigation company before filing.
The United States gunboat Yorktown arrived at Corinto Nicaragua and saluted the Nicaraguan flag with 21 guns. It is the first American warship to salute the republic since the uprising against Zelaya, with San Juan del Sur noted in the report.
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