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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
18
Legislative activity includes a library book retention penalty bill, a police and firemen retirement fund measure, and a plan to redirect minor offenders to rescue homes. A bill authorizes courts to send minor offenders to rescue work programs in the district with penalties, fines, and enforcement details discussed.
A reform effort moves through the House to end a corruption scheme tied to government purchases. Legislation aims to prohibit continuetion of illicit practices and set strict grounds for procurement. A subcommittee report and related investigations shape the push toward public accountability. A former city official linked to the case faces scrutiny as the inquiry proceeds.
The conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was accepted after heated debate. It includes a provision for an automobile for the President and offsets for agriculture and other departments. The House and Senate debated items, with key adjustments and committee approval leading to final passage.
The report notes restricted access during the congressional inauguration with ornate ceremony in the House chamber. Only 1,408 seats designated for invited attendees, and 1,080 tickets issued. Senators and members hold most tickets, limiting public attendance during the traugulation period.
The resolution to award gold medals to Orville and Wilbur Wright for aerial navigation failed in the House yesterday when brought to the private calendar. Representative Hackney of Missouri objected, causing the measure to be set aside.
The congress session reports urgent deficiency bill actions under conference agreement. President Taft to be presented automolition when entering the Waite House. A resolution directs the committee on military trains to probe army administration and poets. Nomination of Dr Crum to Charleston customs collector failed. Senate meets at noon. President vetoed census bill and transmitted the labor commissioner report on the district billing inspector. Of 166 private bills, 65 passed.
The omnibus war claims bill faced defeat in the House after Representative Mann of Dinole objected to its consideration. Senate amendments were cited as the cause, with Mann noting the Senate would pass the measure only if those amendments were struck. The House may recall the bill, but action is uncertain. A House merchant marine panel approved a wireless telegraph requirement for all great lakes, coastwise, and foreign trade vessels.
At a Senate committee meeting yesterday, it was decided not to press for consideration of Senator Lodge's amendment to forbid the use of offensive language toward the coordinate branch of Congress or the President.
Five women and three men stranded four nights near the Fire Island lighthouse were rescued after their launch stuck on a sand bar. Life-savers ferried the group across the bay amid a freezing thaw and ice. They reached Smiths Point and Mastic stations by beach carts and wagon, then railroad.
Edward E Cole brother in law of Vice President Fairbanks died in London last night from liver cancer aged 38 while in the city for legal business. He leaves a mother and two sisters including Mrs Fairbanks and Mrs Solers. Bangkok Siam also reports the death of Edward Henry Strobel former American official in Siam. New York reports the death of Dr Adolph M Ra
Frederick M. Hall and James J. Doyle, New York reporters, were held in $30,000 bail for trial in special sessions by Magistrate Finn after being accused of assaulting Oscar Hammerstein outside the Knickerbocker Hotel. The magistrate denounced Hammerstein for a letter calling the reporters unclean and untruthful, saying two wrongs do not make right and binding the defendants to stand for trial.
Washington report states President Roosevelt declines invitation to Europe attending the 400th anniversary of John Calvin. A separate notice from New Orleans reports former Louisiana Congressman Andrew H. Bricey died at his Lafourche Parish home this morning.
Senator Gallinger presented an article on London gas sliding scales and urged printing as a document. The District committee held a closed hearing with Corporation Counsel Thomas and R H Goldsborough, weighing bills to repeal gas law sections and cap prices, while considering a bucket shop prohibition in the District. The panel may hold another hearing before reporting to the Senate, with evidence of broader gas reform debates and potential district-scale dividends tied to price cuts.
GEORGE C. HENNING of Washington writes that he has used the Washington Gas light Company since its introduction and has generally found it satisfactory. He recalls early meters requiring whisky to prevent freezing and notes improvements over time while expressing distrust of public utilities and a wish for Bas stock to spite public hostility.
The House committee on public buildings and grounds reported favorably on the Rodenberg bill to buy the Oldroyd Lincoln relics and to acquire adjacent government property to fireproof the house where Lincoln died. Also noted are Philippines and arbitration treaty items from Senate and Rigsdagen.
Names and actions show proposals and reports in Congress and Senate for District apportionments fines for library neglect, creation of police and firemen relief funds, incorporation of the Imperial Palace Knights of Khorassan, moving execution on forfeited recognizances, extending Albe marne street, and authorizing offender commitments to rescue homes in the District.
In a lively House dispute Arkansas Democrat Macon objects to bills delaying passage. Hepburn scolds and Gaines interrupts, demanding a fair claims process. Speakers, gavel, and tempers rise as the chamber returns to its prior practice of reserving objections pending explanation.
The District Senate approved a $300,000 plan to buy land of 1,000 acres to house a reform school and workhouse, split across Maryland or Virginia. The project aims for modern facilities with at least 1,000 inmates and 500 capacity, alongside street improvements and mandatory four exits for larger school buildings. An amendment to ban gas purchases with high carbon monoxide failed.
Special to The Washington Post reports Illinois authorities probing a confession by Morence Miller who claims enemies hired her to create a disruption in Springfield to damage House minority leader Lee O Neil Brown of Ottawa. Miller says she was paid to travel from Chicago to Ottawa then Springfield to stage incidents in Brown's offices. Brown denies knowing Miller or naming Chicago politicians, calling the confession surprising and revealing alleged efforts to smear him.
Senator Tillman and other Democrats signaled that the Crum nomination for Charleston collector of customs would not be passed at the current session. Republicans fretted over time spent on the case, while Tillman warned a real filibuster could follow if effort to confirm falters. Taft’s stance remained unsettled, with hints he may not reappoint Crum. The session centered on race questions and Taft’s Atlanta speech, not the nominee’s qualifications.
In New York the jurors in a Brooklyn damage suit were locked up after adjournment for deliberation. A sealed envelope given to the officer indicated a jury disagreement. Justice Kelly ordered the jurors to show cause Monday why they should not be held in contempt.
A robber in Chicago smashed the Jackson Jewelry Company window with a brick, reached inside and secured watches rings and diamonds valued at 4000, then escaped. The crime occurred on a busy retail street.
New York report describes Rev Beatrice Witham returning from England to press her husband’s claim to Mosher estate wealth. She explains her philosophy that each person has a color and a number determining life and work, claiming disease can be cured by color vibrations and believers can choose where and when to be.
In Dayton Ohio a young woman identified as Lizzie Fulhart was found slain in a cistern behind a vacant house. The body showed signs of violence and was shrouded in a burlap bag. Police linked the case to six prior similar killings in the city, with the last victim Mary Forschner killed weeks earlier. Authorities fear a single killer at large.
In Norfolk the government resists Namyo Besso U S N chief steward to Admiral Taussig from gaining American citizenship after five years in the U S Navy. The case hinges on a conflict between a congressional act allowing aliens to naturalize and the general law limiting citizenship to whites or Africans or of African descent. A United States court hearing was postponed to February 16.
The Abington Quarterly Meeting of Orthodox Friends recommends to the yearly meeting that marriage between Friends and nonmembers should no longer be considered an infraction of discipline. For over two centuries, a Friend who married out of meeting was promptly disowned.
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