Attack on Speaker Cannon sparks editor war and Busbey letter
Article recounts L White Busbey secretary to Speaker Cannon replying to Sam Gompers and the American Federationist critique. It highlights Busbey defending Cannon, cites stenographic reports of Cannon addressing plate printers, and notes events involving plate printers and related legislative actions. Also mentioned are Roosevelt awarding a medal to Edward A Megrath for a 1907 Milwaukee station rescue.
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Cannon
Samo Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Gompers
L. White Busbey
Bureau of Hingraving
Burbey
Air Gompers
Busbey
Efomne
Bushey
Mir Bushey
Gompers Veliawal
Vannon
Focal Papera
Charles Losmith
International Steel Copperplate
Llonco
Smith
pTivte
Liam
Lensster
United States
Roosevelt
Edward
Grath
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Emma Hummich
McGrath
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Bond Hearing Postponed in Austin Suit Against Secretary Cortelyon
George W. Austin seeks an injunction to block Panama Canal bond allotments of 91,480,000 dollars and to require 2,000,000 dollars be allocated to him. District Supreme Court Judge Gould extends the Secretary of the Treasury’s answer deadline to January 10. Interventions by other bidders may join the case, with a joint trial planned for next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyon
George W. Austin
New York
Treas
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Austin
Panama
Washington City
D. C
Columbia Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Tuustoss
Hi F Street Borthwest
Washington
Distet of
Columbia
Royal Insurance Company, Limited
Riverpool
England
Oval Insurance Company, Limited
Columpia Tire Insurance Company
Royal Insurance Company. Limited
Columba Fire Insurance Company
Districe of Columbia
Shill
Supreme Court of the
Muster Out All Negroes Investigation The Brownsville Shooting
Senate Military Affairs committee plans to submit Brownsville shooting reports within two weeks. At least three reports expect majority findings blaming colored soldiers, with Democrats joining in urging mustering out all colored troops. Foraker to present a minority report arguing lack of guilt and possible reinstatement. Senator Scott may offer a separate view.
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Senate Committee On
Brownsville
Senate
Texas
Warren
Foraker
Scott
Crane Railroad Case Dismissed By Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed Crane Rail road Company’s complaint against Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and others. It ruled it lacked jurisdiction as Crane failed to allege a violation of the interstate commerce act, despite seeking equitable freight compensation for shipments from its three mile Philadelphia area line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Crane Iron Works
Knapp
Gratitude Note From Plate Printers on Labor Legislation
A Washington plate printers committee expresses thanks to Vir Cannon for past labor support and notes a proposed appeal to him for further action. The letter questions Speaker Cannon’s asserted remarks and cites a 1907 committee visit and a Gompers suggestion, urging careful recollection and a scrapbook record.
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Ti Plate
Thia
Willton Fessler
George P Fosthedrroen
Grace Jeremiah P Murphy Simued
McCully
Od Clark
Charla & Smith
The
Plate Printers’ Union
Vir Cannon
Cannon
American Federationist
Plate Printers
Washington
Apaaker Cannon
Ani H
Lesa
Toa Plate
Ap- Daa
Joseph & Cannon
Gumpert
Senator Gallinger At Desk In Capitol After Recess
Senator Gallinger chaired the District Committee in the Senate and returned to the Capitol yesterday after the Christmas recess. The first meeting is set for Friday January 10 with many matters to come before the committee including the extension of tracks to fire Union Station and the school. Treasury Buys 300000 Ounces Of Silver. The Treasury Department yesterday purchased 300000 ounces of silver for delivery in equal amounts at San Francisco New Orleans and Denver at 55 567 per ounce.
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Gallinger
Senate
Capitol
New Hampshire
Union Station
Treasury
iTreasury Department Esterday
San Francisco
New Orleans
Denver
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Sell Nerve Relief Coast to Coast
A promotional note explains that Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills ease nerve irritation from headaches neuralgia rheumatic pains back ache and more without upsetting the stomach or causing after effects. It cites consumer usage and a refund offer if they fail to help and lists price 25 dogs 26 cents with distributor Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana and Lula Lunch Macon Georgia as endorsers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Macon
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ina
Where Is Japanese Fleet and War Like Talk Fades
Paris and Berlin dispatches outline cautious views on US Japan relations for the coming months. Baron Kurino reassures Tokyo policy aims and denies imminent conflict over the Philippines. Sir Charles Dilke predicts no war, arguing even victory would not guarantee lasting gains as fleets renew every era.
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Paris Journal
Hawaii
France
Japan
Philippines
Charles Dilke
Berlin
Foreign Office
Admiralty
United States
Europe
America
Paris
the Patrie
Hawai
Baron Kurino
Roosevelt
Washington
Pacific
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
London
Sir Charles Difke
Sir Charles
Philppines
Manchuria
Formosa
Japan Immigration Talks Continue Despite Silent Note
State Department withheld details of Ambassador O Briens Tokyo communication regarding the Japanese reply to the immigration memorandum. Officials say exchanges are not formal negotiations or a treaty, though Japan may pledge to curb coolie migration. Congress will be kept informed once a satisfactory form is reached. Pacific Coast leaders have pressed for exclusion legislation.
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State Department
Ambassador O'Brien
Tokyo
O'Brien
United States
Congress
Pacific Coast
Admiral Ross Retires From Naval Training Station
Rear Admiral Alpert Ross, commandant of the naval training station on the Great Lakes, has been placed on the retired list upon reaching the age limit of sixty two. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1867 and served at various stations. His retirement triggers promotions for Capt. William B. Swift, Commander John R Edwards, Lieut. Com. Joseph L. James, and Lieut. Hutch I Cone, with Cone now commanding the flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers en route from Para to Pernambuco toward the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpert Ross
Naval Training Station
Naval Academy
Great Lakes
Rose
William B. Swift
John R Edwards
Joseph L. James
Wanamaker Likely Appraiser for Port of New York
President poised to nominate George W. Wanamaker as appraiser of the port of New York to succeed Edward S. Fowler recently named collector. Senate action expected next week though official confirmation was not issued yesterday, strong indications point to the appointment being made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wanamaker
Port of
New York
Edward S$. Fowler
Senate
Wanamaker
Ice Stops Reindeer Ship Near Newfoundland Coast
The steamer Anita with 300 Norwegian reindeer for Dr. Wilbur F. Grenfell sought a harbor off Newfoundland but could not reach St. Anthony Labrador due to ice floes. The reindeer are in good condition and slated for use in Labrador missions. The Cuba electoral law project and three minority reports were noted by Gov Magoon.
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St Johns
Newfoundland
Anita
Norway
Wilbur F. Grenfell
St. Anthony
Labrador
Grenfell
Gov Magoon
Advisory Law Commission
Republic of Cuba
Split Over Wallace Statue In Indiana Commission
Indiana Governor appointee panel weighing Lew Wallace statue for Statuary Hall at the Capitol remains divided between bronze and marble. A majority favors bronze, while Morton’s companion marble statue influences the debate. Commissioners held bronze samples but failed to reach agreement. Capt. Megow, a Wallace veteran, vows not to sign a bronze memorial report.
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Indiana
Hanly
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Oliver P. Morton
Jamea
Kielda
Triinois
Maryland
Megrew
Geb. Wallace
Vancouver Japs Arm Movement Sparks Labor Urgency
Vancouver capital city report notes armed Japanese section with two thousand men ready to act. Four Japanese arrested so far, three white injured in a New Year’s clash near the Japanese house. Labor council debates arming workers if police cannot disarm the Japanese. Civic authorities cautious about offending Japan.
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Vancouver
B.C
Frost
McDonald
Walker aims coast to coast in eighty days
Benjamin Moaneter, claiming to walk from New York to San Francisco, met President at the White House. He plans to travel via New Orleans and the Southwest desert, maintaining five miles per hour for ten to twelve hours daily, to prove such a trip can be done, not a wager but a demonstration.
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Benjamin Moaneter
New York
San Francisco
White House
Manster
New Orleans
Atlantic
Pacific
Tawney’s Father Death Delays Appropriations Work
Speaker Cannon received a telegram from Representative Tawney stating his father has died. Tawney, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, cannot return to Washington until mid next week. The delay may push committee work on appropriation bills back three to four days, leaving the House with little to do after recess.
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Cannon
Representative Tawney
House Committee
Appropriations
Mr Tawney
Washington
Minnesota
Tawney
Congress
House
Boeen
New Counterfeit Detected of 1889 Silver Certificate
Chief Wit Ite of the Secret Service reports a new counterfeit silver certificate from 1889 featuring the Indian chief Onepapa. William Williams of Irving National Bank in New York City identified the fake. It is a rough mechanical print on two plates, with heavy blotchy ink and broken ruling not attempting Aber paper.
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Onepapa
Wit Ite
Secret Service
William Williams
Irving National Bank
New York City
Army horsemanship tests may be modified to keep some officers active
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft seek changes to the horsemanship order. Engineer and staff officers may remain on active list if fully qualified, despite riding deficiencies. Davis board cases to be reviewed, Marshall case examined, and Garlington proposes weekly practice time to prepare for the thirty mile ride.
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Mazahali
Roosevelt
Taft
Col. Marshall
William L . Marshall
New York
Davis
Army
Garlington
Secretary of War
Hospital ship Relleg to join fleet at Magdalena Bay
Surgeon General Rixey pushes for early readiness of the hospital ship Relleg at Mare Island California. Planned to accompany the battle fleet to Magdalena Bay Lower California on March 14, with an expected sea readiness by February 1 and a merchant crew to be placed aboard. Surgeon Stokes may assume command soon as Metcalf weighs the staff controversy and nursing provisions aboard.
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Rixey
Navy
Relleg
Mare Island
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Lower California
Surgeon Stokes
Washington
Stokes
Metcalf
North Carolina Armored Cruiser Trial Moves to Rockland
Naval inspection board departs Washington for Rockland Maine to conduct the trial of the armored cruiser North Carolina just completed by Newport News Shipbuilding. The ship sails from Newport News yesterday to Rockland. The test begins Monday weather permitting with crew standardization and then a speed trial from Rockland to Hampton Roads. Target is at least twenty two knots at full power.
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Naval Inspection Board
Washington
Rockland
North Carolina
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Torpedo-Boat Flotilla Leaves Para for Pernambuco
A dispatch from the Navy Department reports a torpedo-boat destroyer flotilla departed Para for Pernambuco. The voyage was about five days late due to machinery derangement and fouling of an anchor chain on a large vessel, with departure originally due December 31.
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Navy Department
Para
Pernambuco
Vasges
Navy ships move to clear wreck near Barnegat
AP reports the warship Apache sails from the New York Navy Yard toward Barnegat New Jersey to destroy a coast wreck considered a navigation menace. Texas slated for decommissioning at Norfolk on January 10, while Severn is commissioned at Annapolis and Montgomery at League Island.
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New York Navy Yard
Barnegat
N. J
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Severn
Annapolis Naval Academy
Montgomery
League Island
Army Orders Key Changes and Inspections Across Posts
Army orders announce four month leaves of absence for Capt Louis C Duncan and Maj William A Mercey starting March 35. Brig Gen Culver C Smiffen retires Jan 1 1908. Col Rogers Birnie added to Bandy Hook command. Peires to inspect materiel at Reading Pa and Johnstown Pa. Maj Joseph T Dickman ordered to Gulf Department court martial duty. Capt Frederick B Hennessy to visit Camden N J to train Battery B personnel. Naval vessel movements include arrivals at Subic Bay and San Diego, and others sailing from Long Beach to destroyer wrecks.
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Louis C Duncan
William A Mercey
Eleventh Cavalry
Culver C. Smiffen
Rogers Birnie
Ordnance Department
Bandy Hook Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Mas Willand
Peires
Wil
Johnstown
Reading
Marteria
Joseph T Dickman
Thirteenth Cavalry
Department of the Gulf
Frederick B Hennessy
Third Field Artillery
Camden
N. J
Field Artillery
National Guard of New Jersey
Funeral for Gen John G Meem in Lynchburg
Gen John G Meem died at the Stratford Hotel and was buried in Lynchburg. Civil War staff officer and designer of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, he also supervised Washington buildings in Cleveland era. Survived by four sons and one daughter.
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John G. Meem
Stratford Hotel
Lynchburg
Gen. Meem
Stonewall Jackson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Cleveland
Auditor
War Department
Filmesa
Gen
Fitzhugh Lee
Mount Jackson
Shout
James Meem
Brookyn Tunnel
Lawrence Meem
West Virginia
John Meem
Brazil
Steven Meem
Randolph Harrison
Militia Legislation Seen After National Guard Meeting
National Guard Association of the United States meets in Boston January 13 to 16 with War Department officials including Assistant Secretary Oliver and Brig Gen George B Davis attending. The executive committee led by Gen Drain will push changes tied to the five year Dick law. Officials plan to boost Guard cooperation with regular troops in coast defense and discuss rifle practice and improvements after Pacific Coast drills.
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National Guard Association of the United States
Boston
War Department
Oliver
George B Davis
W. W Wotherspoon
The
War College
B M Weaver
Coast Artillery
Army
Drain
Washington
Dick Law
National Guard
Coast
Adjutants General
Oregon
California
Pacific Coast
Col. Weaver
North Carolina Armored Cruiser Heads For Speed Trials
The North Carolina cruiser sails from Newport News bound for Rockland Maine for official government speed trials early next week. Prominent officials from Newport News Shipbuilding accompany the vessel to monitor performance already surpassing contract expectations of twenty two knots.
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North Carolina
Washington
Newport News
Uncle Sam
Rockland
Victor Blue
U 3N
Henry Thomas Baker
Walter A Post
President Accepts Resignation of Marine Officer
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Second Lieut. John H. Thompson of the United States Marine Corps for the good of the service. Thompson was court-martialed at Washington Barracks for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, found guilty, and sentenced to dismissal. A North Carolina native, he had served in the Marine Corps since April.
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Roosevelt
John H. Thompson
United States Marine Corps
Thompson
Washington Barracks
Department
North Carolina
Marine Corps
Crawford Named Brigadier General in Army
Col Medorem Crawford of the Coast Artillery is promoted to brigadier general to fill the vacancy from Gen C S Smith’s retirement. Crawford commands Fort Wadsworth New York and is on leave in Washington. His promotion triggers promotions for Lieut Col John R Williams Maj W C Rafferty Capt H D Todd Jr and 1st Lieut R C Marshall in the Artillery Corps. The cruiser Chicago sails from San Diego for Hampton Roads next Wednesday after four years on the Pacific Coast.
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Smith
Medorem Crawford
Coast Artillery
Army
C. S. Smith
Crawford
Fort Wadsworth
N. Y
Washington
Cal. Crawford
John R Willams
Artillery Corps
W. C Rafferty
H. D. Todd
R. C Marshall
Chicago
San Diego
Hampton Roads
Cal
Swinburne
Pacific Coast
West Point Visitors Appointed by President Roosevelt
Roosevelt announced 1908 West Point visitors include Lt Gen B M Young retired, Col H Higermson Boston, Charles M Hough NY District Judge, Robert S Bean Portland, Dr George M Morrow Birmingham, Joseph B Bates Bloomington, George 8 Patton Los Angeles, Birnie to command Sandy Hook proving ground replacing retired Charles S Smith. Also naval orders to EH Pressalg and N Steele to duties, Lieut D2 Lyons to home.
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West Point
Roosevelt
B. M. Young
A. S
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
H. Ia. Higermson
Boston
Mass
Charles M. Hough
United States
New York
Robert S. Bean
Portland
Oreg
George M. Morrow
Hirmingham
Als
Joseph B Bates
Bloomington
George 8. Patton
Los Angeles
Cal
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Peaker
A. F. of
L. Erra
M Federationist
Speaker
CRANE
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War Grisis
Germany
Rubino
Admiral Ross
Lieut. Cone
Torpedo Bast Flotilla
Dr. Grenfell Han
Frisco
Representative
Wheralles &c
W.B. Moses & Sons
Rockland, Me
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Jersey
Qlongapo
Sioux
Nebraska
Navy Yarl
Wrock
Meem
Lieut. Thompson
EH Pressalg
Mississippi
N Steele
United States Naval Academy
Lyons
Col. Birnie
Gen. Smith
Cel
Proving
Charlies
W. Linkins
Claughton
James M. Woodyera
Bec
Wescott
Troas
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Treat
Froghholders
WM H Cooper
Jad
Carroll Institute Hall
St Vincent's
Ee Ee
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Ftairway
Shoomaker CO
Capital Traction Company
M Streets
G T Dunlop
H D Crampton
Frank P. Milburn & CO
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West End
Pa. Ave
Riggs National Bank of
Henry H Flather
Lincoln National Bank
Washington, D
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company
Fourteenth
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Akso
McGill & Wallace
Brightwood Railway Company
East Capitol
Washington, DC
Ji Whitehead
Fulton’s
Ninth Street N. W
Mowat Military Oies
Belasco
Hackett
Holland
Sterling
George Middleton
Meredith Nicholson
Sas
Sulia Marlowe
Gloria June Vacsa
San Carlo
Gavalleria & Pagliact
Mrs. Greene
National
Frohman Presen
S" Bernard
MR. Hoggenheimer
Robert Edeson
Carrie Demar
GEO. Abel & CO
Kitty Tranfy
Collins & Brown
Eatelle Wortette & Co
Keeley Hroun
Ora
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Mista
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Aumsement Co
Walsh Lynch
Huckin
Wee
Hal Reid
New
Masonic Temple
Hinth
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Canada
Georgia
Henry Hunt McKee
Ogden-Crane School of Opera
Haussler
Rauscher
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Walter Damrosch
NEW York Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Smalth
National Theater
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