Roosevelt Friends Back Foraker Resolution In Senate
President weighing Brownsville case as Foraker resolution to investigate moves in Senate today. Cannon and Longworth visit White House amid talk of expected legislation. Cabinet members Bonaparte Root Taft Hitchcock met to discuss department affairs. Japan question not yet decided. Nobel prize medal and diploma received, funds planned for peace efforts.
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Nobel
President seeks Supreme Court interpretation on employers' liability act
President orders appeal as Attorney General Bonaparte aims to obtain an interpretation from the United States Supreme Court of the employers liability act. Judge Evans in Louisville ruled the act unconstitutional, provoked railroads and prompted a high level administration response including an assistant attorney general joining a damages case against Southern Pacific. The President criticized the judge’s prior ruling on the unions employment ban.
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Walter Finns
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Carmack Bill Aims to End Interstate Whisky Shipments
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee of Knox Spooner and Bacon met to examine the Carmack bill directing that interstate shipments of liquor from one state to another lose their interstate character upon arrival within the destination state's borders. The measure seeks immediate state control of shipments as soon as they enter the destination state, even before reaching the final destination, drawing constitutional challenges.
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Bacon
Carmack
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National Banks See Large 1906 Gains and Public Debt Drops
Treasury and Comptroller reports show national bank note circulation up 55,248,122 in 1906 and total public debt down for the period. December 1908 figures indicate a $9,275,000 monthly surplus, with six months of the present fiscal year posting a 27,050,008 surplus over disbursements.
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General Fund
National Bankc Gepositaries
Philippine Treasury
Mexico
Reorganization of Bureau Members Chosen at Meeting
At a Bureau of American Republics meeting a supervisory committee was formed led by Secretary Root as permanent chairman. Members include J N Leger and J Domingo Obaldia with Felipe Pardo and Luis Betipe Carbo. Leger elected vice chairman and Carbo secretary.
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J. Domingo Obaldia
Panama
Felipe Pardo
Peru
Luis Betipe Crrbo
Ecuador
Rio de Janeiro
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Senor Carbo
Refuses to arrest Japanese editor in San Francisco
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor declines to issue a warrant for Shigeki Oka, a Japanese editor in San Francisco accused of being an anarchist. Authorities say evidence is insufficient to justify arrest. Oka supposedly wrote incendiary articles to incite disorder.
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San Francisco
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Shigeki Oka
Shigeki
Inspector North
Oka
Brazil Maintains Tariff Breaks. Linotypes Added
Dispatch from Rio reports the Brazilian congress reauthorized 20 percent preferential tariff relief beyond December 30. The program continues with linotypes and cash registers now included under the typewriters category.
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State Department
Lioyd C Griscom
Rio
Remedial Report Finds Car Shortage Rooted in Rail and Trade
The Interstate Commerce Commission, after Chicago and Minneapolis hearings led by Franklin K. Lane, finds the North Dakota coal famine stems from westbound grain traffic clogging Lakes terminals and not from a coal cartel or railroad conspiracy. It endorses a car pool and reciprocal demurrage, but warns a single remedy cannot cure broad railroad and economic failures.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Universal Railroad
New Legislation Urged On Reciprocal Demurrage
The article discusses why reciprocal demurrage alone cannot fix rail service and argues for broader reforms. It notes that demurrage may not move rails to provide cars promptly and calls for Interstate Commerce Commission power to mandate free interchanges and enforce rules across freight railroads. It emphasizes assessing real remedies and legislative changes to ensure adequate service.
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Unjust Freight Rate Ruled In Northern Railway Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in favor of Frederick brick works against Northern Railway and Pennsylvania Railroad, finding the original $380 per ton rate for shipping 37,200 pounds of red brick from Frederick Maryland to Elberon New Jersey in January 1906 unjust and awarding reparations equal to the difference with the later reduced rate of 2.78 per ton.
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Gift for Mr Vreeland Honors Aid Securing Stamp Law
Congressman Edward B Vreeland of New York receives a ceremonial gift from silversmiths for securing a national stamping law to stop false markings on gold and silver wares. A silver dinner service presented in a oak chest includes 135 pieces and an inscription from jewelry trade friends dated Christmas 1906. The act, approved June 14 1806, takes effect this year and bans mislabeling imported or interstate commerce items. Vreeland will speak at the National Association of Jewelers meeting in New York on January 2.
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National Association of Jewelers
Land Frauds Discussed In House Public Lands Session
John F Lacey chairman of the Public Lands Committee conferred with Interior Secretary Hitchcock on envisioned legislation to curb coal land frauds. Hearings will resume next Wednesday with possible changes debated. Lacey notes coal land entries since 1878 totaled 2 878 entries covering 406 270 acres and federal revenue of 36 169 554, contending the law itself isn’t at fault but widespread schemes to obtain titles.
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Public Lands Committee
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Hitchcock
Interior Department
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United States
Griscom Sets Sail for Paris to Take Italian Post
Lloyd Griscom the American ambassador at Rio de Janeiro has left the Brazilian government and sailed for Lisbon to reach Paris, where he will assume his new post as ambassador to Italy. Baron Rio Branco, Brazil’s foreign minister, sent New Year’s felicitations to Mr Root.
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Shonts Denies Report On Canal Labor Decision
Isthmian Canal Commission chair Shonts says no decision yet on labor for the Canal Zone. He notes a decision cannot be reached until after the canal contract is settled. The president reappoints William H Mackey Jr as U.S. marshal.
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Internal party rifts loom as Cannon and Roosevelt diverge
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon backing the administration while factions form to influence the 1908 Republican national convention. Leaders like Aldrich Foraker and Scott head a bloc seeking a candidate favored by business interests, aiming to curb Roosevelt's renomination and shape New York delegates through Odell Wadsworth and allied figures.
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Public service reform plan urged by Jersey City mayor
Mayor Fagan urged public ownership of utilities and stronger regulation to improve trolley and gas services. He proposed a three cent fare, municipal light plant with leased water works, and a municipal trolley line powered by a New York tunnel route.
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Captain Furlong Wounded In Havana Bomb Accident
War Department reports Captain John W. Furlong was injured by a pyrotechnic bomb explosion at the Officers’ Club in Havana on New Year’s Eve. The blast damaged the building as officers gathered to welcome 1908. Furlong’s leg was lightly wounded but not seriously. The incident caused no panic and no other injuries were recorded.
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Fleet Off For Maneuvers With Eight Battleships
Rear Admiral Robley Evans leads the Atlantic fleet squadron from Hampton Roads to Guantanamo Cuba for winter maneuvers. The eight battleships Maine Missouri Kearsarge Kentucky Alabama Iowa Indiana and Things conduct evolutions and target practice near Culebra and off Cuba's south coast. They will be joined later by Connecticut Louisiana Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island Virginia Ohio Tennessee Washington and St. Louis.
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Bell on His Way Home to Take Command
Brigadier General J Franklin Bell, chief of staff, sailing from Havana to assume duties in Washington. Bell is expected to become major general to replace Maj General Jesse M Lee who retired yesterday under statutory requirements. War Department speculation swirls about a successor as brigadier general but no action until Bell reaches Washington Friday.
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Army Orders and Navy Pay Changes Ship Movements
Army orders detail Capt Thomas M Anserson Jr and several officers reassigned or serving in duty shifts including Lieut Col James W Fone and Lieut Col Frederick G Hodgson with postings to Atlanta Philadelphia and Columbus. Navy pay changes move Pay Director Leeds Kerr to inspector general and note movements of vessels Martle Stringham Blakely Stockton Wilkes at Key West and other yards with several ships sailing from Sante Barabara for Magdalena Bay and Baltimore.
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Navy Orders Revoked and Crew Transfers Announced
Orders to Naval Officers recount a revoked order from December 28, 1008 at the United States Naval Medical School in Washington DC. Mate C A Wilcon is named for Milwaukee. Mate A E Afoore detaches from Lancaster Navy Yard Tengua Island PA to the Fish Hawk. A family friendly Great Haueational Cembhat begins next Sunday.
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