Radical tariff plan urged to curb foreign trade blocks
A letter to Underwood from Secretary Knox urges the most radical tariff policy yet proposed by an administration. It calls for executive power to prevent imports, notes disputes with Germany over potash and cottonseed oil, and proposes graduated duties to punish nations that deny American firms equal opportunity. The memo outlines potential 5 to 25 percent increases on affected goods and a 90 day window for policy changes.
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Cern
United States
Germany
Oscar Wier
Knox
Tori Law
Critoes
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Feds
Bureau of Alo Celationa
State Department
Jb Het
Iing Ag
United
Dla
Austria
Fortual and
Hale
Taft
Underwood
Santiteechasl
Russia
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Portugal
Department
Civil Service Reform League backs broad federal employee regulation
The National Civil Service Reform League reports at its executive committee meeting in Philadelphia that a campaign is planned to extend civil service regulation to all federal employees. It also pledges to investigate the activities of federal officeholders during the upcoming campaign.
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Civil Service Reform League
Philadelphia
National Civil Service Reform League
Setelon
League
Two Portuguese workers killed in Tucuman bombing
In Tucuman a bomb thrown by dismissed Portuguese railway workers killed two men and wounded another in a camp of railway laborers. All victims were Portuguese. The incident was reported from Buenos Aires on December 14.
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Washington Post
Buenos Aires
Tucuman
Utilities Bill Expands Power to DC Public Utilities Commission
Senate measures urged by Gallinger would create a public utilities commission for the District of Columbia. It authorizes oversight of street railways, gas and electric plants, water power, telephone and telegraph lines, with powers to value property, require reports, and regulate rates and services. The plan adopts the Maryland appraisal method, allows revaluations, and mandates cooperation from utilities to support investigations and rate setting.
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Gallinger
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Senate
District of Columbia
Street Railroad Corporation
Electric Plant
Electric Corporation
Water Power Company
Telephone, Telegraph
New
House
Capitol
Oldfeld
Arkansas
House District Committee
Johnson
Maryland
Wisconsin
la Follette
Winconat
Com
Utilities Commission
Seater Gallinger
Commission
Spirit and airship obsession ends in court clash
Samuel B McHenry, 45, Chicago inventor, was sent to the National Government Hospital for the Insane after a Washington court trial. He claimed Miss Elkins was his guardian angel and sought marriage and an airship venture, while Elkins’s secretary denied any prior meeting and said Miss Elkins never knew him.
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Katherine Elkins
Samuel B McHenry
Chicago
National Government Hospital For the Insane
Justice Barnard
McHenry
Kane
Miss Bikins
Stephen B. Bikins
Miss Elkins
National Museum
Washington
Miss Elkina
State Street
Elkins
Peareshi
Firat Precinct
Miss Eilking
Prohibition Force Divides Cabinet in Taft Era Debate
National Antisaloon League delegates demand dismissal of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson for his role as honorary president of the Brewers Congress. Judge Blair vows to oppose Taft’s renomination if Wilson is not removed, while governors and senators press Congress to curb liquor shipments into prohibition states amid calls for nationwide prohibition.
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Brewers’ Congress
Chicago
United
United States
A . Blair
Adams County
Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
Taft
Blair
Brewers' Congress
Liquor Trust
Gov Mann
Virginia
Frank Hanley
Indiana
Googdhail
New Hampshire
Gore
Oklahoma
Curtis
Eer
Morris Sheppard
National Conference of the
National Hotel
Calvary Baptist Church
Congress
Howard H. Russell
Hanly
Ums
Mquor Nto
Kansas
Prohibition
Prohibition Plan Outlined by National Antiseloon League
The league outlines a constitutional bill to curb liquor, supports federal prohibition in Hawaii, and condemns Alaska school funding from liquor taxes while opposing interstate liquor traffic in prohibition states. Officers elected include Bishop Luther B Wilson as president and Rev P A Baker as secretary, with a long list of clergy and Judge Charles A. Pollock among leaders.
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Morris Sheppard
Texas
Saison
Mr. Sheppard
Shivinenta
Bute
Webb
Northins
Baker
Columbus
Ohio
National Antiseloon League
Congress
Maine
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Roland Monroe
New Jersey
Winfeld Scott Overton
Luther B Wilson
G M Mathews
James M Cleary
David J Burrell
WB Crompton
Charles A. Pollock
Washington Gladden
William I. Mefiwan
J C Harr
H . Morrison
Samuel P Spreng
Robert Coyle
If. O Smith
P A Baker
FE. Nicholson Tressurer
Foster Copeland
Record for Foreign Mail on the Oceanic Steamship
The Oceanic delivered the largest foreign mail load to New York, carrying 5,250 sacks with about 1,590,000 letters and items. The St Louis previously held the record at 5,500 sacks in 1910. In the last two weeks, 329,184 money orders totaling $5,164,723 were issued to nineteen foreign countries.
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Washington Foat
New York
St. Louis
New York Post Office
Indictment Hearings Tie Funds to Dyna mite Plot
Indianapolis grand jury probes who financed explosive campaigns tied to the dynamite conspiracy. District Attorney Miller questions Andrew Hull and Edith Winebreaner about money receipts of the Iron Workers and the five year span of explosions. Witnesses include Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Hawkins, who provided recent leads.
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Hockin
Iron Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles W. Miller
Andrew J Hull
Kimball, Mebr
Edith Winebreaner
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
MiHer
Grand Jury
Ordle E McManigal
John J McNamara
James B McNamara
McManigal
Mra Hull
John J
Hull
Federal Building
H . Hockin
Iron Workers’ Association
Frank M. Ryan
Alta Hawkins
Chanler Cavalieri Divorce Dates Set in Paris Dispatch
Washington New York Dec 4 A Paris dispatch says the tribunal fixed January 3 for pronouncing the Afrores in the Cavalieri Chanler divorce case. The date will mark severance when announced to friends by Boner Winthrop Chanler.
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Chanler
Marriegs
Cavalieri
Washington New York
Paria
Eays
Cavalieri-Chanler
Boner
Winthrop Chane
Knox Urges Tariff Lash for Nations
An index to today’s issue highlights a leading story on Knox urging tariff actions against other nations. The page also notes investigations into bomb funds and antisaloon leadership, plus various political and legal items and society notes.
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Knox
Gust Wilson
Carnegie
Wickersham
Judson
Treasury
Bill Taft
New York
Menton
Langley
Taft
Dancers skirts lengthened amid fashion fuss in Pittsburg
The Washington Post reports dancers skirts were lengthened after backlash from society leaders and husbands at Carnegie Hall. The opening night display of sheer stockings sparked comments, and patrons found the fashion shift notable as urban society debated appropriate attire.
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Pittsburgh
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hall
Execution moved to theater to avert race trouble
In Jackaoh Georgia on December 14 a planned jail yard execution was shifted to the town opera house to prevent race unrest. Will Turner, a Black preacher, was to be hanged for killing Jesse Singley, a white man, last August. A large crowd watched as Turner was hanged on the theater stage with few witnesses.
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Jackaoh
Will Turner
Jesse Singley
Turner
Jurors Refuse Verdict In Rev Father White Case
In St Louis on December 1, a jury in Judge Withrow's court remained unbroken after refusing to return a verdict in the McDermott will case. Twelve jurors cited their belief that a directed verdict was improper, protesting a state practice that allows judges to direct verdicts.
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Louis
Woman Dies From Carbolic Acid Poisoning
Mrs Samuel Wells aged 63 years died at Emergency Hospital after carbolic acid poisoning. She was found in the bedroom of 751 2 Sixth Street Northwest by her husband and died on the operating table despite doctors' efforts to revive her.
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Mra
Samuel Wells
Sixth Street Northwest
Wells
Wella
China to Proclaim Republic With Sun Yat Sen as President
Reports from Shanghai and Singapore indicate rebels moving toward a republic to be proclaimed December 16 with Sun Yat Sen as first president and Nanking as capital. Preparations for an attack on Peking are said to be under way as officials plan to relocate to Nanking.
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Washington Post
London
Shanghai
Wu Ting-fang
Tang Shao Yi
Sun Yat Sen
Nanking
Peking
Singapore
Homer Lea
Revolutionary Army
Penang
Sun
Sen
China
Calcutta
Tibet
Bhera
Gyahew
Darjiting
Jases
Folly of War Education Plan Backed by Carnegie Endowment
Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace met to approve a $10,000,000 program to develop international law, study causes of war, and diffuse information. They outlined three divisions: international law under James Brown Lot. economics and history led by John Bates Clark. and intercourse and education with Nicholas Murray Butler as acting director.
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Europe
Root
Carnegie Kndowment For International Peace
Ogeir
Jahson
Carnegie
Senator Root
Robert Brooking
Thomas Burke
Nicholas Murray Buller
Joan Ladwalader
Joseph Ishoate
Cleveland H Dodge Arthur Wilton Yuster
Austen G Fox
RA Franks
Samuel Mather
Andrew J Montague
George W Perkins
Elihu Root
G Schmidlapp
James Brown Scott
James L Slayden
Oscar S Straus
Charlee J Taylor
Andrew J White
John Sharp Williams
Roert S Woodward
Luke E. Wright
Ita
James Brown Lott
John Bates i Clark
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Wea
Institute of International Law
International Law
Iisors
Herne Switzerland
Parris
M Prudhommeaux
Asia
Alfred H Fried
Vienna
Aseer
United States
American Peace Society
Whic
Perma International Peace Bureay
Berne
European Peace Societies
Wree
Fta
Gil International Behea
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Utility Commission
Ballinger
Inventor
Insane Asylum
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Bete” Ns
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Foreign Mail
Qceanic
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Ortie Meal
Denner
Chinato Launch Republic
Dr. Sun
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Switerriand
Louis For- Ter
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Ovine Confederation
Carnegie Peace Trustees
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