Taft Expects Congress to Fund Tariff Board Work
President Taft signals Congress will provide the needed funds to continue the tariff board. He asserts no real difference between a tariff board and a tariff commission and aims to push through measures to maintain expert-led revision. Taft notes Democrats are split on schedules and insists progress will come after further negotiations with Congress and Canada. He also reflects on the deaths of Hoyt and Lowers and the quiet but heavy workload shaping upcoming reclamation and contract issues.
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Taft
Congress
Senate
Tariff Board
Alcdiich
Rhode Island
Copmup Clark
Diashe
Canada
Anst Canad
Solicitor Hoyt
State Department
Shang
Germany
America
Hanson Will Splits Estate Over Theosophy Ties
Maj John Fletcher Hanson, late president of the Central of Georgia Railway, leaves provisions in probate split by creed. He directs that descendants at Point Loma renounce theosophy to receive principal at 83, while income may flow to them. Specific bequests include 59 000 to daughter Annie Hanson Garrett, 50 000 to adopted son John Fletcher Hanson Jr, and 50 000 to his wife for alimony, with the remainder to the State on her death. Estate valued at 400000.
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Hanson
Washington Post
Atlanta
Universal Brotherhood
Point Loma
Cal
John Fletcher Hanson
Central of Georgia Railway
Maj. Hanson
Annie Hanson Garrett
Baltimore
John Fletcher Hanson, Jr
Better Pay Is Urged For Post Office Staff
First Assistant Postmaster General Dr. Charles W Grandfield urges reforms in the Post Office Department including curtailing Sunday mail, boosting salaries for assistant postmasters and supervisors, promoting expert mail distributors, and a $10,000 appropriation to reward patentees. The annual report shows 59,580 post offices, $224.1 million revenue, $229.9 million expenditures, and a deficit of $5.85 million for the year.
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Charles W. Grandfield
Hitchcock
Congress
Dre. Grandfield
Posi
Rockefeller Ends Gift To Chicago University In Final 10 Million Transfer
Chicago December 20 John D Rockefeller completes a self set task by giving a final 10 million dollar donation to the University of Chicago. Paid in ten yearly installments beginning January 1 the total to the university rises to 35 million dollars with later gifts to be raised by others. Rockefeller resigns from the board with a pledge that the institution be supported and enlarged by the people rather than a single donor.
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John D
Oil King
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
The
Universalty of Chicago
Rockefeller
University
Mr. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fred . Gates
University Board of Trustees
West
Martin A. Ryerson
Board of Trustees
University of Chicago
Ianickl
Warren to Aid Clark in Wyoming Amid Unsettled Politics
Insurgent activity in Wyoming prompted Senator Warren to rush from Washington to his home state. He plans to support colleague Senator Clark, whose term ends March 1, with a successor to be chosen by the legislature in January. The pair held conferences with friends to discuss the unfolding political maneuvering.
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Wyoming
Warren
Washington
Clark
Conar
Representative Carey Aims 13 Percent Pay Rise for Government Workers
Wisconsin congressman Carey introduced a bill to raise salaries by 13 percent for all government employees earning under $2,000, criticizing the government for boosting pay of high officials while many clerks and minor staff face starvation wages. The proposal targets employees below the $2,000 threshold.
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Carey
Wisconsin
Rockefeller gifts praised by trustees for university growth
The board of trustees commends John D. Rockefeller for vast educational gifts while stressing his policy of noninterference. They note he never named the university, advised professors, or restricted free inquiry, and view his support as a timeless model for benefaction in education.
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Chicago
West
John D. Rockefeller
Board of Trustees
Rockefeller
Forgeries and facts blur in Baldwin will case testimony
Mrs Lillian Ashley Turnbull, key witness in the Baldwin will dispute seeking $2.5 million for her daughter, defends letters about Col Albert Pope and a Boston detective, identifies James Wood, and recounts a 1894 settlement while denying claims of innocence in a tense Los Angeles courtroom.
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L. A. Ashley
Col. Albert Pope
Mrs. Turnbull
James R. Whod
EB. J. Baldwin
Lucky
Baldwin
Col
Albert Pape
Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
Lillian Ashley Turnbull
Blanche Anita Turnbull
Albert Pope
Pasllionaire Boston
James St. Wood
James Tt. Wood
Pope
Mrs Turnbull
Pasadena
Wood
Turnbull
Gavin McNab
James R. Wood
Mr. Wood
Leach
Trial for Maj Davis Ordered by Acting Navy Secretary
Acting Secretary Winthrop orders a court martial for Maj Henry C. Davis of the Marine Corps former Guam barracks commander. Davis arrived in San Francisco aboard the Buffalo and the court convenes at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Davis was born in the District, appointed April 8, 189, and promoted to major on May 14, 1908.
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Navy
Winthrop
Henry C. Davis
Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Guam
Maj
Davis
San Francisco
Buffalo
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Navy Department
Henry Carrington Davis
Stork Visits De Sinsays in Youngstown
Cable from Brussels announces the birth of a daughter to Count and Countess Henri de Lineay. The countess Marie Louise Logan is the daughter of Maj. John A. Logan and granddaughter of Gen. John A. Logan and of Andrews, prominent steel and railroad man of Youngstown. Her marriage last winter was a New York society event.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Brussels
Belgium
Henri de Lineay
Marie Louise Logan
John A. Logan
Andrews
New York
Lincoln Memorial Favored Bill Introduces Commission
A bill to create a commission to select a Lincoln Memorial in the city, cost not more than two million dollars, was reported favorably in the Senate by Senator Toole of New York. Senator Cullom of Illinois said he would seek consideration after holidays. The commission would include President Taft, and Library chairs Wetmore and McCall, plus Senators Money and Champ Clark as minority leaders.
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Bil
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
Toot
New York
Cullum
Illinois
Lincoln
Taft
Wetmore and McCall
Congress
Money
Champ Clark
Battle of Cities to Fore in House Debate
Representative Kahn of California brought the battle of the cities to the House explaining San Francisco does not want federal funds for the Panama Canal exposition of 1915. He asked to lay on the table a $5,000,000 appropriation measure, a move opposed by New Orleans but he declared on the floor that the purpose was accomplished by his floor statement.
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California
Wesley P. Balch
Pacific Coast
Kahn
San Francisco
New Orleans
Aldrich In An Auto Smash On Way To New York
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich was shaken after his car skidded into a ditch while en route to New York for a right hand tendon operation. The vehicle sustained heavy damage and he declined to return home. The operation, described as slight, is planned for New York with details undisclosed.
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New York
Washington Post
Providence
B.1
Nei 1Lson W
Aldrich
Warwick Neck
Jia
Jalarith
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Winthrop Aldrich
Bureaus Unite Under Taft Plan For Efficiency
After a week of talks between Prof Willis Moore and Capt J J Knapp, reports say a merger of the Navy hydrographic service and the weather bureau is likely by presidential order. The aim is economy and better charts with combined pilot chart work and shared data, ending ongoing friction between the two agencies.
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Prof. Moore
Capt. Knapp
Taft
Navy Department
Weather Bureau
J. J. Knapp
Willis L. Moore
Congress
Service
Moore
Naval Bureau
Hydrographic Service
Naval Service
Knapp
Gach
Con
Stes
Reynolds Denies May Yohe Marriage Rumor in San Francisco
Rochester reports Prof. Fred A. Reynolds received a letter from his son Fred M. Reynolds in San Francisco denying rumors that he married May Yohe formerly Lady Frances Hope. The younger Reynolds is a touring musician with Yohe on a concert circuit in the West.
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Rochester
Fred A. Reynolds
Fred M. Reynolds
San Francisco
May Yohe
Frances Hope
Young Reynolds
Two Birmingham Men Die After Whisky Drink
In Birmingham Alabama on December 20 Guy R Coleman and Stephen Strickland two well known young men died soon after drinking whisky from a bottle ordered by mail. Authorities launched an investigation into the deaths and the circumstances surrounding the liquor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Guy R. Coleman
Stephen Strickland
United States Steel Announces 1910 Bonus Plan
New York Dec 20 The United States Steel Corporation outlined its 1910 bonus for officers and employees totaling about 2 700 000 The plan distributes six percent in common stock at 10 a share forty percent in cash The remainder may be taken as cash or stock with options to subscribe at 14 a share for preferred and 76 a share for common stock
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Steel Corporation
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Vandyke Seized as Stolen Artwork in Transit
Boston customs refused delivery to a local dealer of a painting claimed to be a Van Dyck worth 276000 dollars, bought abroad for 40. German authorities hold it for ownership confirmation. The missing portrait, of a boy, was allegedly stolen from a Berlin private gallery years ago. The dealer acquired it last summer in an obscure European city.
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Boston
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Rebel siege halts train. forces clash at Mal Paso pass
Reports from Chihuahua detail a troop train shot to pieces in Mal Paso. Forty two Federal wounded, 21 killed, and 10 missing as Col. Guzman led a five hour defense. insurgent losses unknown. Madero reportedly leads rebels at Ojinaga with reinforcements dispatched from Guadalajara and patrols moving toward Chihuahua.
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Chihuahua
Mountain Pass
Madero
Ojinaga
Mexico
Mal Paso
Pedernates
Col
Guzman
Navarro
Pedernales
Mexico City
Chituahua
Guadalajara
Francisco I. Madero
Abraham Gonzales
Bankers Plan Christmas Dinner in Penitentiary
Cincinnati dispatch reports a Christmas dinner for the bankers' colony at Ohio State penitentiary. Charles J. Wariner, wealthy ex treasurer of the Big Four Railroad, will attend alongside other inmates of the exclusive set. A special dining room will be reserved with toasts songs and oratory. State funds will cover the turkey and fixings while Wariner and the bankers pay for other rarities.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Bankers’ Colony
Ohio State Penitentiary
Charles J. Wariner
Big Four Railroad
Warriner
Oy Warriner
Family Ignores His Death In New York Man Identified
Philadelphia police identified the slain gunman as Frederick Zudack of New York after a man who killed Policeman Barnett was himself shot by the officer. Zudack belonged to a wealthy family who refuse to claim the body. brothers Charles Zudack and Simon Adack are named. The mother reportedly lived in North Adams Massachusetts. The story notes shifting liquor laws in North Adams and mentions unrelated local items about a rooster-for-cow trade in Kewanee and free Post Want Ads.
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Philadelphia
Souder
Barnett
Frederick Zudack
West 107Th Street
New York
Zudack
Charles Zudack
Walker Street
Simon @adack
Nassau’ Street
South Second Street
Brook
War scare dismissed by Gen Wood at G A R banquet
General Leonard Wood called the war scare silly and said no immediate conflict was expected. He urged careful development of military resources and praised militia organization while noting a need for trained officers and a national guard emergency force for war use.
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Leonard A. Wood
United States Army
Burnside Post
Gen. Wood
Woon
Wood
Sands
Gerritori
Porto Rico
Panama
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
Alaska
F. P. B. Sands
Post
Leonard
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Samuel ST. Woodrow
Girlie L. Corey
Ruth E. Brock
Stuart
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George T Carter
I. F. Johnson
A. & Jerham
J. W. Andrews
J. R. Quisier
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D. Kuelly
W. D. Ritner
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