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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
36
The Senate approved several district bills including a fire and police retirement fund proposal to be funded from department and rewards income, and a measure allowing minor offenders to be sent to rescue homes. A library protection bill imposes a fine for retaining library materials beyond notice.
A governmental push to end corrupt contracts and favors in Treasury and licensing sectors is advancing in the House. The effort targets improper practices, with a public investigation led by a subcommittee to examine the conduct and grounds for disallowing graft. A notable figure linked to the case, a former city official, faces scrutiny despite asserting other interests.
An ungrammatical congressional report notes provisions for presidential transport and related items. The conference report reduces a foot-and-mouth disease appropriation and includes an agriculture related sum. Townes chairs the appropriations committee and the House action follows Senate approval.
Imperfect OCR details outline Speaker Cannons ceremony in the House chamber next Wednesday. It notes ornate secrecy, limited public access, and about 1080 tickets issued for 1408 seats, with few nonmembers present due to ticket scarcity.
A resolution to award gold medals to Orville and Wilbur Wright for aerial navigation failed in the House on the private calendar. Representative Hackney of Missouri objected to passage, causing the measure to be laid over.
The conference agreement outlines urgent deficiency funding for the District. President Taft will be greeted at the White House upon entry. A resolution directs the committee on military matters to probe army administration. An nomination for Charleston customs collector Crum failed. Senate meets at noon. President veto message on census bill noted. House to convene at noon.
The omnibus war claims bill was nearly killed in the House after Representative Mann of Dinole objected to its consideration. Senate amendments cited as the cause, with Mann noting the Senate could recall and strike out changes. The House also considers a wireless telegraph requirement for vessels on the Great Lakes coastwise trade and those between America and foreign ports after days of committee deliberation.
In Imprima yesterday the committee on ties of the Senate decided not to press for consideration this session of Senator Lodge's proposed amendment. It would forbid the use by Senators of offensive language toward the coordinate ranch of Longress or toward the President.
Five women and three men spent four nights marooned after their launch stuck on a sand bar near Fire Island. Lifesavers aided the party from the lighthouse to safety, while the crew's boat was wrecked and bay ice formed. They traveled by life-saving stations, wagons, and railroad to reach Mastic.
Edward E Cole age 38 died in London after liver cancer while handling legal business. He was brother-in-law to Vice President Fairbanks and leaves a mother and two sisters Mrs Charles Fairbanks and Mrs John Solers. The Bangkok Siam items note Edward Strobel died January 15 190% and funeral rites. Dr Adolph M Radin longtime rabbi and Jewish chaplain in New York State died at age 72 in the Bronx.
New York reporters Frederick M. Hall and James J. Doyle were held in $30 special-session bail for trial after being accused of assaulting Oscar Hammerstein in front of the Knickerbocker Hotel. Magistrate Finn condemned Hammerstein for a letter calling the reporters unclean and untruthful, saying two wrongs do not make a right while holding the defendants for special sessions.
The report notes President Roosevelt declines invitation to Europe to attend the 400th anniversary of John Calvin's birth and related commemorations. Also dead is former Louisiana congressman Andrew H. Bricey, found at his Lafourche home in Palab.
Senate District committee held a closed hearing on gas bills including repealing a gas law provision authorizing increased capital stock. Thomas urged support for the bill. Goldsborough outlined gas industry positions and bills to lower price and limit carbon monoxide. Committee may hold another hearing before reporting to the Senate. Senator Gallinger presented a Progressive Age article on London sliding scale for gas dividends and suggested printing it as a document. The panel favored reporting the Campbell bill banning bucket shops in the District.
A Washington reader recalls a 30 year ago petition to Congress against the Washington Gas Light Company, noting he declined to sign without knowing charges. He praises gas service since 1870, recounts using a retort and weather-related issues, and expresses no stock ownership, urging no public utility investments. He closes with the slogan Give me Bas or give me death. . GEO. C. HENNING. Washington, Feb. 4, 1909.
The House committee on public buildings and grounds backed a bill to buy the Oldroyd Lincoln relics and adjacent property so the Lincoln death site can be fireproofed. The collection is described as one of the nation's most complete. Also notes Philippines session date change and Denmark arbitration treaties.
Mr Gallinger supports a district appropriation bill and a public library return notice to punish holding books past due. Burkett backs a police and firemen relief fund. Gamble backs incorporation of Imperial Palace Knights of Khorassan and moving execution on forfeited recognizances. Golden seeks authorized commitment of offenders to rescue homes in the district.
Arkansas lawmaker Mr. Macon sparred with Mr. Hepburn in a heated House debate over objecting to bills. Tennessee's Mr. Gaines challenged the process, urging a claims pay file, raising a uproar that restored the practice of reserving objections pending explanations.
The District budget plan allocates about 300,000 to buy land in Maryland or Virginia for a modern reformatory and workhouse. Sites must total at least 1,009 acres each, with capacity for 1,000 inmates and 500 workers respectively, and the bill passed the Senate after debate. Also approved were street improvement funds doubling Sixteenth Street and M Street grading, plus mandatory four exits for large school buildings where feasible. An attempt to bar gas with high carbon monoxide was defeated as impractical within current timelines.
Special to The Washington Post Springfield Illinois February 5 a confession by Mar ence Miller alleges a plot by Brown's enemies to hire her to create a scene in the Illinois House to ruin Lee O Neil Brown Ottawa minority leader of the house She says she traveled from Chicago to Ottawa and Springfield to threaten and drug Brown while denying her own culpability and naming Chicago politicians she refuses to identify any names
Senate deliberations on the Crum nomination for Charleston collector of customs were stalled after Democrats indicated no confirmation this session. Senator Tillman and allies signaled a potential filibuster if efforts fail, while Republicans fretted over time spent on the race issue rather than other public business. Taft’s stance remains uncertain, with hints of avoidance of reappointment, and the discourse focused on race rather than nominee qualifications.
In New York an entire Supreme Court jury faced contempt charges before Justice Kelly in Brooklyn after a damage suit trial. The panel was locked up awaiting verdict, then released on a sealed envelope indicating jury disagreement. Justice Kelly ordered the taigamon to show cause why they should not be held in contempt.
A lone robber hurled a brick through the Jackson Jewelry Company window on a main Chicago street and grabbed 4000 dollars in watches rings and diamonds before fleeing. The event occurred in broad daytime amid busy retail activity.
New York reports Rev. Beatrice Witham of a Boston occult science college returned from England with claims about color and number tied to personality. She described individuals having colors and numbers that dictate behavior and supposed health advantages, asserting believers can choose locations and lifespans through color vibration.
Dayton Ohio records a sixth similar killing after Lizzie Falhart 19 of Vandalia is identified as the victim found in a cistern behind a vacant North Jefferson Street house. Weeping and bruises mark the body wrapped in a burlap sack. Police suspect a single killer responsible for Mary Forschner’s murder weeks earlier, with the latest date linked to January 29.
The U S government opposes Namyo Besso, chief steward to Admiral Taussig, in his bid for American citizenship after five years service in the U S Navy. Besso cites a Congress act easing naturalization for servicemen, while the government argues under the general law restricting to free whites and Africans or of African descent. Hearing docketed for today, adjourned to February 16.
Philadelphia reports that the Abington Quarterly meeting of orthodox Friends proposes to allow marriages between Friends and nonmembers without discipline. Historically, marrying out of meeting led to disownment since the yearly meeting’s organization over two centuries ago.
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