Attack Reciprocity Tariff Board Data Sought
Senate debates a resolution by Senator Cummins of Iowa calling for information from the tariff board on many farm goods and manufactured items to be admitted free. Smoot and Hale clash over aims while expressions of farmer opposition to the Canadian reciprocity deal surface. The tariff board works rapidly on preliminary duties facts across pulp, paper, mills, and regional suppliers.
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Iowa
Tarff Board
Lst
Hinator Smout
M Cummins
Nls P
Smoot
Cumimins
Mr. Cumius
Utah
Tariff Board
United States
Emery
Elouse
Winery
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hate
Maine
Finance Committee
Canada
Cilanmings
Hale
New Orleans Stock Exchange Opposes Reciprocity Bill
The New Orleans Stock Exchange voted unanimously against Congress’s reciprocity bill and urged Louisiana representatives to defeat it. President W. Newton sent a telegram to Rep. Albert Eistopinal urging opposition. In Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, reactions followed. The Michigan Dairymen’s Association also passed resolutions opposing ratification of the Canada United States reciprocity agreement.
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New Orleans Stock Exchange
Congress
Louisiana
W. Newton
Albert Eistopinal
Washington
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bebbo
Canada
United States
Robin
Hay City
Mich
Michigan Dairymen’s Association
Connecticut Not to Advise Taft on Extra Session
The house, by a party line vote of 168 Republicans to Democrats, voted not to advise President Taft on the matter of calling an extra session of Congress for tariff revision.
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Connecticut
Taft
Hartford
Gonn, Pele
House
Congress
Want Warship Named Hawaii
Honluli Feb 3 The Territorial legislature today adopted a resolution urging Congress to make Hawaii a state. A second resolution asked the Navy Department to name the next battleship Hawaii.
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Honluli
Territorial
Testi Yature Todavy
Congress
Territory of
Navy Department
Senate Peers Lorimer Case and Reciprocity Amid Busy Session
Senate hearings continued on the Lorimer matter as Beveridge spoke against charges and possible conviction moves. Unanimous consent for a day of voting failed. conference reports on harbor and river measures were approved. Japanese treaty discussed in secret. MIlitary Academy bill passed. judiciary codification bill passed. Panama Canal fortification funds included. Mondell and Wickersham fought on the House floor. adjournment set for morning.
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Beveridge
Ui Letimer
Taerlmer
Beseidge
Wes Alwerh Todar
Fun
Hira
Military Academy
Panama Canal
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Wickersham
Alaska
Liberal Dr Clark Backs Reciprocity Step Toward Free Trade
In Ottawa on Feb 3 the reciprocity debate widened as Conservative members read editorials and factory group resolutions opposing the agreement. Dr Clarke, western Liberal, urged free trade and questioned Canada’s protection stance amid US moves toward open imports. Fielding cautioned any change would depend on reciprocal US concessions.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canadian House Today
Canada
British Columbia
Drr. Clarke
Hberal
Clarke
Great Britain
Dominion
United States
Mr. Owen
Washington
Cummins
Mr. Fielding
Mr. Melding
Liquor Forces Blame Harmon Over Dean Bill
A New York dispatch says liquor interests blame Gov. Harmon for defeating the Dean bill. President Andre of the Obla Brew Association hints liquor groups nationwide will oppose Harmon for the presidential nomination. Harmon and his backers celebrate avoiding veto or signing the bill while Senator Dean defends his neutrality stance.
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New York
Columbus Dispatch
New York Times
Lquor
Flarmon
Andre
Obla Hrewe Association
Harmon
Nator Dean
Gov. Harmon
Taft Commutes Harlan's Term for Limber Coworkers
Pensacola Fla Feb 21 A telegram reports President Taft has commuted the sentences of W S Harlan manager of the Jackson Limber Company Lockhart Ala and four other company members now in Atlanta Federal Prison for conspiracy to commit peonage They will be released after six months serving time about July 1 from an eight year term per the commutation order by the Pronast.
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Fla
W. W. Ftourney
de Funtak
Taft
W. S. Harlan
Jackson Limber Company
Lockhart
Ala
Comppany
Atlanta
Police Clubber Sentenced For Fatal Prisoner Assault
Henry Harms, a former New Jersey policeman, was sentenced to three years in the State prison for fatally clubbing a fractious prisoner, Charles Hopkins, in Jersey City. Hopkins resisted arrest but surrendered as aid arrived. testimony says Harms used a nightstick after Hopkins ceased fighting.
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Weis
New York
Henry Harm
Three Wives Alleged in Indiana Bigamy Case
Indianapolis Feb 23. W Weaver of this city is charged with bigamy after Mrs Yarence South of Columbus Ohio accused him of having three wives and three names. Police say Weaver used the name Clarence Smith in Ohio and Mrs Luella Morley in Columbus. Mrs Smith says her husband once known as Clarence Prusgum married a Kentucky woman years ago and they lived in Hamuten Ohio where a child was born. The prisoner Felix Franz Alfred Ornme, a German engineer, is on trial here for defrauding victims of money and jewelry amid three alleged alliances.
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W. Weaver
Yarence South
Columbus
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Weaver
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Marria
Clarence Smith
Toledo
Luella B. Morley
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Clarence Prosgum
Kentucky
Tlarmuten
London
United States
Felix Franz Alfred Ornme
Extra Session Near Other Measures In Jeopardy
Republican senators fear an extra session is inevitable after March 4 as they struggle to clear the calendar. The reciprocity with Canada faces obstruction from radicals and ultra conservatives amid alleged plots to block action. Senate factions, including progressives and moderates, seek to derail measures such as the Tariff Board bill and the direct election amendment while the president presses for action or a special session.
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Tariff Board
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Senate
Taft
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Crane
Penrose
Carter
Jess
Weather conditions forecast from Washington bureau
Weather Bureau report on February 23 notes fair overall conditions across the United States with a falling barometer and a probable disturbance from the Northwest. Frontal winds vary by region. plains and areas east of the Mississippi expect fair weather Friday and Saturday while the extreme Southwest and Colorado Utah regions may see snow in the next four hours. Temperature readings across regions, humidity, sunshine hours, and city-by-city figures are listed.
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Weather Bureau
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United States
Plains States
Mississippi River
Colorado
Utah
Lake Region
United
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
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European
Grand Banks
Opposition and cooperation swirl over reciprocity bill
The Senate witnesses tense exchange over the Canadian reciprocity measure as foes may unite to defeat the bill. Cumming resolution demands time to gather information before a vote, with a senator hinting amendments once data is submitted. The Finance Committee finished hearings on the Meall bill and plans an executive session to decide its report, expected to go to the Senate today without comment or recommendation.
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Rec
Rovka
Senate
Senator Lodge
Dicruceian
Ashot
Committee On Finance
Hts
$3,000,000 For Canal Forts In Sundry Civil Bill
The appropriation within days for fortifying the Panama Canal is set at 3 million dollars, about a quarter of the needed total. The measure, part of the sundry civil bill, faces little opposition, with a potential amendment tying spending to neutrality guarantees. General Leonard Wood testified that fortifications are essential and no treaty guarantees canal neutrality in war.
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Panama Canal
House
Appropriations Committee
Tawney
Leonard Wood
Army
Wood
After Coffee Monopoly Sparks Congress Inquiry
Reports that a coffee trust existed led Rep Norris of Nebraska to push two resolutions in the House demanding presidential and attorney general investigations. He linked the scheme to banking houses including J. P. Morgan & Co and City National and First National banks claiming a $75 million capital, with major funds in London, Paris, New York and Germany. The New York coffee market fell as rumors and selling intensified, closing 20 to 40 points lower on the day.
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New York
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Brazil
J. P. Morgan & Co
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New York City
London
France
America
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Holland
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Breuil
Sundry Civil Bill Totals reach $140 Million Plus Additions
The sundry civil appropriation bill total rises to 140,590,031 with a half million earmarked for purchasing land between the Capitol and Union Station. It cuts several estimates, includes 45.56 million for Panama Canal construction, and adds 500,000 for Capitol grounds expansion. District allocations cover buildings, monuments, hospitals, and power, with notable items for the Executive Mansion and the Washington monument.
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House of Representatives
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Executive Mansion
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Washington Monument
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Howard University
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Freedmen’s Hospital
National Training School For Boys
Decatur
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Twent-second Street
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Judiciary Park
Court of
Raid on Westinghouse Co Seizes Papers on St Petersburg Railway
St Petersburg police raided the Westinghouse Electric Company offices and seized books and documents related to the St Petersburg electric street railway contract. The move follows a 1959 electrification contract and a 500,000 fine later reduced by 425,000, with Westinghouse stating the raids do not affect the company’s operations.
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St. Petersburg
Westinghouse Electric Company
New York
Robert Mather
Westinghouse Company
Moscow
Duma
Tariff Revision Demand Echoes Calls for 30 Day Delay
Democratic leaders in the House urge President Taft to delay an extra session for thirty days from March 4 to push a broad tariff revision. Kentucky's Reabila James defends delaying reciprocity while detailing plans to advance fifteen tariff bills, probe the Wickersham and Ballinger questions, and assist the Postoffice and other departments.
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Hanover
Scamander
Ohie James
Kentucky
Champ Clark
James
Wickersham
Taft
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Stanley
Steel Trust
Postoffice Department
Senate
Congress
House
Dr Aked Called to West Pastorate
Dr Charles F Aked pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church New York and member John D Rockefeller has been formally called to lead the First Congregational Church in San Francisco. A church trustee says Aked will accept. his recent letter shows displeasure with his past work.
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Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of
New York
John 1D.rockefeller
First Congregational Church
Aked
Havemeyer Gets License For Doris Dick Marriage
A marriage license was issued today in New York to Horace O Havemeyer and Miss Doris Anna Dick. Dick’s father John Henry Dick is a sugar businessman and her mother belongs to the Mojlenhauer sugar refiners. The ceremony is planned at the Church of the Incarnation on February.
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Washington Post
New York
Horace
Havemeyer
Henry OG. Havemeyer
Doris Anna Dick
John Henry Dick
Miss Dick
Mojlenhauer
Church of the Incarnation
Bandit Kills Policeman in Seattle Shootout
Patrolman J. T. Davis, age 33, was killed as bandits John Ford and Alexander Nest opened fire during a patrol. Ford and Nest were wounded, Nest captured, both taken to City Hospital under guard. The clash followed a spate of recent robberies as officers confronted the two suspected highwaymen.
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Wash
J.T. Davis
John Ford
Alexander Nest
Ford
Nest
Davis
Smith
Lightship Carried To Sea By Northwest Gale
The Fenwick Island lightship was driven from its station by a severe northwest gale and picked up 73 miles at sea by the revenue cutter Onondaga. Wind was about 40 miles per hour when blown away Monday night. Crew suffered cold exposure but remained safe. Onondaga towed the lightship to the buoy yard and will repair before returning to station.
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Fenwick Island
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Polish Immigrant’s Fearful Journey Ends in Loss of Feet
Teresa Sanovi of Poland walked eighteen miles through snow to Warsaw for a Bremen boat to America. A frostbitten set led to life threatening illness. surgeons amputated both feet. She lies in a Hoboken hospital hopeful immigration officials permit remaining in the United States.
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