Roosevelt Eyes Foraker Resolution On Senate Debate
President weighs Brownsville case as Taft and Root discuss policy. Foraker investigation likely to pass, with friends of the President not opposing. Cannon and Longworth visit the White House amid talk of forthcoming legislation. Cabinet members, including Bonaparte, Root, Taft, Metesli, and Hitchcock, confer on departmental affairs. Japanese question not yet decided. Nobel prize medal and diploma received by Roosevelt, to fund peace efforts.
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Taft
Root
Senate
Foraker
Friends
White House
Cannon
Nick” Longworth
Longworth
Congress
Alto
Bonaparte
Taft Metesli
Hitchcock
Benge Holla
Amtiploma
Storthing
Nobel
President seeks Supreme Court interpretation on employment act
President orders appeal after Judge Evans ruled the latest employment act unconstitutional. Attorney General Bonaparte directs action to obtain a Supreme Court interpretation. Railroads opposed the measure as unjust, while the administration pushes the case amid clashes over prior labor endangerments.
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Bonaparte
United Sates Supremes Court
Walter Finns
LousiMe
Senate
Louisville
Southern Pacific Railroad
Brooks
Evans
Congress
Judge Gvans
Carmack Bill Aims to Limit Interstate Whisky Shipments
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee composed of Knox Spooner and Bacon met to examine Carmack's proposed bill. It would end the interstate status of shipments once they reach a state boundary, allowing state authorities immediate control as shipments enter the state before arrival at their final destination. The measure faces constitutional scrutiny as the committee studies its viability.
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Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Knox
Spooner
Bacon
Carmack
Ita
National and Public Debt Show Large Yearly Changes
Treasury and banking figures report 1996 year end national bank note circulation at 596 million dollars, up 55.2 million. Public debt at year end 1808 shows a total 2.22 billion, with cash on hand and a December 1908 coinage and receipts picture reflecting a 9.28 million dollar monthly surplus and a 27.03 million surplus for the first eight months of the fiscal year.
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Treasury
Simplus
United States
General Fund
National Bankc Gepositaries
Philippine Treasury
Mexico
Reorganization of Bureau Supervisory Committee Formed
At a Bureau of American Republics meeting a supervisory committee was chosen. Secretary of State Root is permanent chairman with J N Leger, J Domingo Obaldia, Felipe Pardo, and Luis Betipe Carbo as members. Leger was elected vice chairman and Carbo secretary.
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Bureau of American Republics
Root
J. N Leger
Halil
J. Domingo Obaldia
Panama
Felipe Pardo
Peru
Luis Betipe Crrbo
Ecuador
Rio de Janeiro
Lot
Ust
Senor Leger
Senor Carbo
Refuses to arrest Japanese editor in San Francisco case
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor declined to issue a warrant for Shigeki Oka the Japanese editor detained in San Francisco on charges of anarchism. The arrest request by Immigrant Inspector North was denied for weak evidence. A separate Havana update notes no current yellow fever cases with 53 treated from Sept 30 to Dec 28 and seven deaths.
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Onental
San Francisco
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Shigeki Oka
Shigeki
Inspector North
Art of
Shield Oka
Hhis
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Slme
Havana
Havaza
Cruges
Nueva Paz
Brazil Maintains Tariff Deal Including Linotypes and Cash Registers
Dispatch from American Ambassador Griscom in Rio reports that the congress expiring December 30 authorized continuation of the 20 percent preferential rate for caritt reduction. The preference remains unchanged except linotypes and cash registers are now added under the typewriters classification.
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Brazil
State Department
Lioyd C Griscom
Rio
Car shortage inquiry finds rail and dealer faults outlined
The Interstate Commerce Commission report pins North Dakota coal famine on excess westbound traffic and terminal congestion, while proving a coal dealers conspiracy to fix prices but finding no proof of railroad involvement. Remedies include a car pool, minimum car demurrage rules, and a reciprocal demurrage plan, with broader rail industry reforms noted as needed.
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North Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Minneapolis
Franklin K. Zane
Innvestigating Commission
Roosevelt
Lane
Duluth
Superior
Ellott
Northern Pacific
Hill
Great Northern
New Legislation Suggested on Reciprocal Demurrage Reform
The discussion notes that reciprocal demurrage alone cannot fix rail service. It argues that beyond this, legislation is needed to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set rules for car interchange and enforcement, to compel railroads in interstate commerce to provide timely cars and ensure proper service.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC rules freight rate unjust in Frederick brick case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the original freight rate on 37 200 pounds of red brick from Frederick Maryland to Elberon New Jersey unjust and ordered reparations. The rate was initially 380 per ton, later reduced to 278 per ton, with the commission finding the initial charge excessive under the new rail rate law.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Frederick, Ud
Northern Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Frederick
Elberon
N. J
Vreeland Honored for Securing Gold and Silver Marking Law
Congressman Edward B. Vreeland of New York receives a gift from silversmiths for helping secure a national stamping act to prohibit false marking of gold and silver wares. The gift is a silver dinner service in a oak chest, inscribed to Vreeland Christmas 1906, with 135 pieces. The law, approved June 14, 1906, targets false marks and affects over 10 million dollars in trade, and Vreeland will speak at the National Association of Jewelers in New York on January 2.
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Edward B Vreeland
New York
Congress
Weeland
Edward B. Vreeland
United States
Vreeland
National Association of Jewelers
Land Frauds Discussed By House Public Lands Chair
John F Lacey chairman of the Public Lands Committee met Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department to discuss prospective legislation on the public domain. Lacey noted coal land frauds stem from crime against the coal land laws and cited a General Land Office report showing 2 878 coal entries over 33 years totaling 406 270 acres netting the government 36 169 554. He warned it would take 1 500 years to exhaust coal lands at current purchase rates and attributed the issue to violators rather than the law itself.
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John F Lacey
Public Lands Committee
House
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Lacey
General Land Office
United States
Griscom Heads to Paris for Italy Ambassadorship
Lloyd Griscom the American ambassador at Rio has left the Brazilian government and sailed to Lisbon and then Paris to assume his new post as ambassador to Italy. Baron Rio Branco and Mr Root sent New Year salutations yesterday.
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Rio
Lisbon
Paris
Italy
Root
Baron Rio Branco
Shonts Denies Report on Chinese Labor for Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission chairman Shonts says no decision has been made on canal labor. He notes a decision cannot be reached until the canal contract is disposed of. The report claimed Chinese labor would be excluded. The same day the President reappointed William H Mackey Jr as United States marshal.
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Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Mackey
William H Mackey, Jr
United States
Eee
Political Realignment Shadows Roosevelt Senate Clash In 1908
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon has decided to throw all influence with the administration as Congress reconvenes. The piece outlines factions around Roosevelt, Fairbanks, Aldrich, Foraker, Scott, La Follette, and Penrose, with New York power blocs and Taft prospects shaping the coming national convention.
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Washington”Dispatch
New York Press
Congress
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Roosevelt
Taft
Kean
New Jersey
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Foraker
Obin
Scott
West Virginia
Hemenway
Indiana
Dolliver
Town
Ted
Fairbanks
Iim
Middle States
Aldrich
Spooner
Elkins
Mr. Roosevelt
the Follette
la Follette
Minnesota
Dakotas
California
Kansas
Missouri
Bryan
Congresa
Natonal
Rivera
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Gay
Hughts
Wadsworths
Littauers
Payns
Warreng
Odell
Harriman
Bea Herbert Parsons
New York
Platt
Depew
Woraker
Gov
Hughes
Wadsworth
Brad
Mayor Fagan urges municipal control of public utilities
New Jersey City Mayor Fagan urged the board of street and water commissioners to push for public ownership and regulation of utilities. He proposed ordinances to require more trolley cars on key lines, a three cent fare, a public utility commission, cheaper electric light, and potential municipal ownership or leasing of water works for an electric plant. He cited improved service and lower rates as goals, referencing Cleveland’s three cent fare example.
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Club
Fagan
Jersey City
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
Public Service Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Public Utility Commission
Mke
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Cargumers
Fagen
Belleville
Capittalista
New York City
New Tunnel
Ttia
Johnson
Cap Furlong Wounded by New Year Bomb Explosion
War Department report from Havana states Captain John W. Furlong was injured by falling fragments from a pyrotechnic bomb exploded on the Officers' Club roof during New Year celebrations. The wound to his calf is painful but not serious and he is said to be doing well.
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War Department
Havana
John W. Furlong
Col. Wotherspoon
United States
Taldnight
Furlong
Fleet Off For Maneuvers In Cuban Waters
Rear Admiral Robley Evans leads the Atlantic fleet eight battleships to Guantanamo Cuba for winter maneuvers. The Maine flagship plus Missouri Kearsarge Kentucky Alabama Iowa Indiana and Thinges sail first. They will conduct evolutions near Culebra and target practice off Cuba with later additions Connecticut Louisiana Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island Virginia Ohio Tennessee Washington and St. Louis joining.
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Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Mms
Guantanamo
Cuba
Culebra
Maine
Fagship
Missouri
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Alabama
Iowa
Indiana
Thinges
Connecticut
Louisiana
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Ohio
Tennessee
Washington
St. Louis
Bell on his way home to assume major general post
Brigadier General J Franklin Bell chief of staff who has been in Cuba sails from Havana to assume duties in Washington. His promotion to major general will replace Maj Gen Jesse M Lee who retired under statutory requirements. War Department speculation centers on who will become the new brigadier general to succeed Bell, but no action will be taken until Bell arrives in Washington Friday.
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Devlin
California
Lotarrveg
Arnold Shanklin
Panama
John J. Stevens, Jr
Tansl
Hoge and Biochs
Colorado
Roosevelt
Les
J. Franklin Bell
Cuba
Bell
Washington
Army Orders From Old Fort Colorado To Pottsville And Centralia
Military dispatch lists Capt Thomas M Anserson Jr relieved from duty at Colorado college and to join his regiment. Lt Col James W Fone designated chief quartermaster in Atlanta. Lt Col Frederick G Hodgson to Philadelphia for quartermaster depot charge. Maj William H Allaire to Centralia for court martial evidence. Lt Col George Rublen to Columbus Carracks for QM dept construction inspection. Leave of absence for Samuel J Mors extended to June 18 1907. Navy pay service changes include Pay Director Leeds C Kerr removed from duty and reassigned as general inspector of navy yards. Movements of vessels noted with arrivals at Norfolk Key West and Washington and sailings to Magdalena Bay Baltimore and Canton.
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Seventh Infantry
State Agricultural College of Colorado
Fort Colorado
Colo
James W Fone
Atlanta
Frederick G Hodgson
Philadelphia
William H Allaire
Twenty-third Infantry
Pottsville
Centralia
George Rublen
Columbus Carracks
Blc
Quartermaster’s Department
Samuel J. Mors
J Sanery
Navy
Leeds C. Kerr
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Pay Office
Thomas H. Hicks
Kerr
Navy Yards
Washington
Pey
Littlefield
Boston Navy Yard
Naval orders revoked and personnel reassigned at seas
Orders to Naval officers revoked for December 28 1008. Mate A E Afoore detached from the Lancaster Navy Yard Tengua Island Pa to the Fish Hawk. A great houseational Cembhat that will interest every member of the family begins next Sunday's Pont.
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United States Naval Medical School
Coapitel
Washington, DC
Milwaukee
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A E. Afoore
Lancaster, Pavy Yard
Tengua Island
Fish Hawk
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