Jeopardizes Pay Bill Amid Navy Department Row
Army and Navy pay legislation faces delay as intra department strife and a pending inquiry shadow the talks in Congress. Officers warn a possible deadlock could stall pay raises for enlisted personnel while debates hinge on equalizing rank and influence between line and staff officers.
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Navy Department
Army and Navy
Congress
Army
Eiengavon
Uns
Une
Navy
Fne
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Nuit
Niuy Pry
Diele
Hale
Senate
Mtyv
Housa Committee
Zere
War Department
Army Statiaticians
House
Brig Gen Sniffen Retired From Army Paymaster Office
Brig Gen Sniffen retired at sixty four after a long career led by paymaster general duties since September 1906. Born in New York, educated in Brooklyn, he served as secretary to President Grant and rose to assistant paymaster general before retirement. Col Whipple to succeed as paymaster general, with prior service in the Philippines Cuba and Porto Rico. Navy cruiser Adams decommissioned at League Island. will be used by Pennsylvania Nautical School replacing Saratoga sold. Three candidates from Fort Leavenworth qualified as second lieutenants, Henry W. T Helin, Fred E. Jacobs, and Walter S. Greacen.
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Erice
Culver C Sniffen
Wenerat
Tien Sniffen
New York
Brooklyn
Grant
Iota
tiotLien
Sniffen
Colo Jel HH. Whipple
Col Whipple
Billiboep Whipple
Episcopal Diocese of
Minnesota
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Navy Deparment
Adams
League Island Navy Yard
Tutwla
Samoa
Ashe
Pennsylvania Nautical Schod
Saratoga
Ammond
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Kenry W. T Helin
Lewinaville
Bred E. Jacobs
Denver
Cole
Walter S Greacen
Kills Wife by Accident at Home in Jan 1 Shooting
A merchant, Shepara Y. Graham, fatally shot his wife in their bedroom this morning while reaching for his life to leave for his plantation. The accidental discharge struck the wife in the temple. Representative Calderhead, of bananas, improved after days in Congress Hall with an attack of grip.
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Thonea Path, & C
Shepara Y. Graham
Calderhead
Representative Calderhead
Congress Hall
Revival of Industry Returns to Full Run in New England
In Gardner Massachusetts on January 1 1300 workers at Heywood Bros and Wakefield and YP Derby and Co returned to full time. January 3 operations at the Brown mill of American Woolen Company resumed with about 200 workers. Also Sandusky Ohio January 1 announced resumption of stone quarry operations at Kellys Island by the Kellys Island Lime and Transport Company affecting about 600 men due to the recent financial flurry.
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Kellys Island
Cigarette Ban Approved in Michigan Constitutional Convention
Lansing January 1 votes moved to bar cigarettes in the state adopting a proposal prohibiting their manufacture and sale. The measure carried 56 to 17 in committee before formal adoption and will face a second reading amid renewed opposition from lawmakers.
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Lansing, Mich
Senate stationery reform ends relatives purchases in Senate fund
Secretary Bennett bans leather goods and fancy items charged to senators relatives under the $125 annual stationery allowance. Going forward all orders must be signed by the senator, committee orders by the chair, with no personal charges or Treasury funded items itemized in the annual report.
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Charles G. Bennett
Senate
Treasury
Bennett
Nixon
Capitol
Slow Rescue Efforts Continue at Alpha Shaft Cave-In
In Ely, December 4 cave-in at the Alpha shaft keeps rescuers battling soft ground. Only about ten feet of earth was removed in the last day, with over 400 feet of obstruction remaining. Food and water are piped down to the entombed men for at least a month, while Foreman Gallagher offers no time estimate for reaching them.
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Ely
Alpha
Gallagher
Attack on Harriman Aims to Break Rail Carriage Union
The government plans a 1908 suit to dissolve the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger. Attorney General Bonaparte, with Roosevelt approval, will choose Omaha or Kansas City to file. The case will mirror the Northern Securities action, with a focus on expediting a Supreme Court judgment.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Northern
Securities
New York
Jan. i
Evening Mail
Washington
Bonaparte
Omaha
Kansas City
Union’ Pacific
EB. H. Harriman
Europe
Harriman
Roosevelt
Northern Securities
Commission
Supreme Court
Anti merger bills loom as Massachusetts legislature convenes
Boston Jan. 1 The 129th General Court convened with Gov Curtis Guild Jr and Lieut Gov Eben Draper to be inaugurated tomorrow. Senate stands 32 Republicans to 8 Democrats. House 175 Republicans to 65 Democrats. Five merger bills on Boston and Maine with New Haven Hartford railroads filed. other measures expected. Several commissions will report on taxation labor insurance industrial education commerce and savings banks, proposing law modifications.
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Boston
129Th Great and General Court
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild, Jr
Eben
Draper
Senate
House
Boston and Maine Railroad
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad
Sitate
ENDING TRAFFIC IN BOYS INSPECTOR WATCHES GREEK YOUTH MIGRATION
Authorities say agents from the Department of Commerce and Labor are breaking up a traffic of Greek boys brought to the United States for low wage work. Archibiedes Seraphics, a Greek traveling inspector, leads efforts with Chicago and Middle West actions. indictments issued against men for exploiting young Greek boys. Plans target padrones in New York as investigations expand.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Straus
Archibiedes Seraphics
Washington
Seraphic
Immigration Service
Middle West
Chicago
New York
Robbers in Auto Capture Rochester Pair
Rochester N Y police arrest Frank Whitney and George Carlisle after a New Year robbery of 2859 dollars from Rochester Street Railway funds. Evidence found in a house includes a suitcase with the money, silverware bearing Fifth Avenue Hotel marks, burglar tools, drills, nitroglycerin bottle and time fuses. Carlisle fired at Detective Wiedman during capture and was beaten in a hand to hand fight. Police identify Carlisle as possibly from New York City and expect to arrest a third man soon.
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Rochester, N
Frank Whitney
George Carlisle
Rochester Street Railway Company
Carlisle
Wiedman
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York City
Whitney
RECORD TOW ON THE OHIO AND DROWNINGS IN MICHIGAN
A southbound tow aboard the steamer Sprague will carry 45 coal boats seven barges two fuel boats and one model barge totaling 1 505 000 bushels of coal It would form a train over twenty one miles long The item also reports two skaters Agnes Petterson and Otto Huglin aged 25 and 26 who drowned after breaking through ice at Ford Slip Wyandotte Michigan on January 1.
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Louisville
Sprague
Ohio
Mississippi
Michigan
Wyandotte, Mich
Agnes Petterson
Otto Huglin
Ford Slip
Fisher Slain by Burglary Suspect in Newark
George A. Fisher, city building inspector, woke by movement in his yard was shot by a burglar early this morning. A pistol bullet struck Fisher in the eye and he died hours later after his wife found him unconscious. The assailant fled, leaving no clue to his identity.
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Newark
N. J
George A. Fisher
Fisher
Manitoba Buys Bell Telephone System
Manitoba government announces purchase of Bell Telephone system for 33.3 million dollars. Government to assume control January 15 with operation by a commission, keeping current company officials likely in place.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bell Telephone System
Georgia to Stay Dry Ruling Only Temporary
Georgia remains dry as Judge W T Newman refused a temporary injunction against enforcement of the prohibition law. The case, involving two breweries from Chattanooga and Cincinnati, remains pending with trial likely in about two months. Meanwhile Georgia enforces the dry laws statewide and no disorder occurred on New Year’s Day.
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Atlanta
W. T. Newman
Georgia
Newman
District of Georgia
Chattanooga
Cincinnat
Lawa
Birmingham
Ala
Cullman County
Cullman
Montgomery
Ale
Jen
Lowndes County
Hayneville
Letchatchie
Benton
Fort Deposit
Mandanua
Would Oust Kansas Mayor From Leavenworth
A suit to oust Peter A. Everhardy as mayor of Leavenworth Kansas and a citation for Police Captain T J Taylor to appear before the State Supreme Court on contempt charges were filed today by Fred S Jackson attorney general It is charged Everhardy has not enforced the prohibition law Capt Taylor has violated a court order by accepting money from saloonkeepers in lieu of license fees
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Topeka
Kans
Peter A. Everhardy
Leavenworth
T. J. Taylor
Supreme Court
States Supreme Court
Fred S. Jackson
Everhardy
Capt. Taylor
Trolley in place of steam 3. & O road to Northern Division
Butler Pa Jan 1 northern division of the Baltimore and Ohio between this city and Kane Pa 114 miles will be converted into an electric trolley line due to maintenance costs exceeding earnings. Also large Summer Hotel in Gloucester burned tonight Colonial Arms the largest North Shore hotel loss about 100000 insured.
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Butler
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kane
Gloucester
Mass
Colonial Arms
North Shore
Nsurance
Governor H Hughes urges prison penalties for bookmaking
Albany N J Jan. L The legislature convened heard the second annual message of Gov Hughes urging penalties for pool selling at race tracks and stronger bank and trust company safeguards. He calls for imprisonment for bookmaking and removal of fines only by civil action. He recommends regulating phones and telegraphs and expanded public service oversight. The report notes banking abuses, proposed reforms, and weekly state bank statements.
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Albany
N. J
Jan
Gov. Hughes
J. W. Wadeworth, Jr
Public Service Commissions
Trial After 20 Years in Murder Case
New York January 1 Henry Shipmen fifty two awaits trial for the murder of Mrs Josephine Meson in this city about twenty years ago. Shipman son of a Rochester physician who died leaving a fortune was adjudged immune and sent to Matteawan. He was discharged recently and will soon be placed on trial.
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New York
Henry Shipmen
Josephine Meson
Shipman
Rochester
Matteawan
Pettibone Seriously Ill in Boise After Court Adjourned
George A. Pettibone has been in the hospital since the court adjourned yesterday in Boise Idaho and his condition is described as very serious He rails he will attend court tomorrow which he predicts will be the last day of his trial
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibore
Church Aids Open Seabury Hall For Lay Volunteers
In New York Episcopal Church Seabury Hall will train laymen such as lawyers brokers and clerks to do Christian work on weekends and holidays. The school at Christ Church Broadway and Seventy first street opens next Sunday with Bishop Paddock to preach. A new law allows laymen to preach from Episcopal pulpits and Rev Dr William R Richards will preach February 19 with Bishop Potter's approval. Prominent laymen from Philadelphia Boston Baltimore and Pittsburg will attend a planning meeting January 26 in New York.
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Washington Post
New York
Christ Church
Broadway
Seventy-first Street
Seabury Society
America
Paddock
East Side
Oregon
Episcopal Church
Episcopal
Potter
Wiliam R. Richards
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Robert Treat Paine
Boston
J . W. Atkinson
Baltimore
Charles 8. Shoemaker
Pittsburg
Mrs Cooke Not Vengeful in Abduction Case
Mrs Cooke wife of Jere Knode Cooke who left family and ran away with Floretta Whaley to San Francisco says she will not rush to charges without family counsel. She adds Nassau County officials should lead and notes the crime harms the girl, the church, and God, awaiting word from District Attorney Coles.
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Hartford
Conn
Cooke
Jere Knode Cooke
Floretta Whaley
San Francisco
Nassau County
Coles
Special Notices to Columbia Fire Insurance stockholders 1907 meeting
Notices call a special stockholders meeting in Washington DC for January 3 1908 to ratify a conditional reinsurance contract with Royal Insurance Limited of Liverpool and consider dissolving the company. Also includes Brightwood Railway Company annual meeting January 3 1908 and other stockholder notices for City and Suburban Railway and Anacostia and Palomac River Railroad with transfer book dates and director elections.
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Washington City
D. C
Columbia Wire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
F Street
City of Washington
Columbia Fire Insurance Company
Royal Insurance Company, Limited
Liverpool
England
Oval Insurance Company, Limited
Ce Ag
Brightwood Raway Company
East Capitol Streets
Washington, DC
F. J. Whithhead
City and Suburban Railway of
Washington
Ceme
Fourteenth
East Control Streets
Washington, D
F. J. Whitehead
Anacostia and Palomac River Railroad Company
Henry H. Flather
Capital Traction Company
Washington, C
Dati Doom
H. D. Crampton
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Admiral Beowne
Coir
Col
Charles H. Whipple
B. W Grove
Sar
Senate Shop Limited
Nevada
Liebig Company
Genuini
Maine
Night Prowler
Ceorgia
Alabama
Kansas
Hostetter
Hughes
Clark ‘Williams
State Banking Department
Willams
Williams
New York Clearing House Association
Department
Slayer of Woman
Insane Asylum
Ixpeeta
I Thomas R. Jones
George Howard
E. Francis Riggs
Charles E. Nyman
WAL
Woodbury Blairs
Thomas Brown William A. H. Church
Walter C, Clephane
Thomas R. Jones
Victor Kauffmann
Samuel Maddox
Martin F Morris Henry Orth
William F. Quicksaller
Francis Riggs
Henry A. Wiltard
John L. Whaver
Horace Wylie
National Savings & Trust Company Cor
15Th St
N. Y. Avenue
Seabury Hall
Httle
Ultra Tong
Washington Loan Company
Reliable
F Street Northwest
THE
Columbia Fire Insurance Company OF the
Frank P. Milburn & CO
McGill & Wallace
Hodges
Charles Frohman
Bernard
Rich MR. Hoggenheimer
MATS
Robert Edeson
West Point
Belasco
MR Hackett
Wv Holland
Sterling Company
George W Middierra
Meredith Richalson
Julia
Columbia
Wiggs
SJ Nap Erin Ao
Dally Mativece
Eveunige
Wwe
Carrie Demar
GEO. Abel & CO
Ganny Traney
Collins & Drown
Estelle Wardene
Keeley Broli
Moving Pictures
T Waek
Blar Mintush
Secretary Tary
Cressy
Russell Brothers
Ampere
Nestf
Irwin Aumserent Co
Irwin
Walsh
Lisch
Huckin
Manchester
Hal
Henry Hunt McKee
Ogden-Crane School of Opera
Houseles Rauscher
NEW York Symphony Orchestra
T. Arthur Smith’s
F St
National Theater
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Mme Teresa Carreno
Pal T
Arthur Smith's
Wit Fet
Spehate Sine Sues Ice A
Terssem Military Band
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