Take Lid Off Debate On the President's Message
House debate on the Presidents message distribution to committees will start after Congress convenes. Payne will report a resolution. efforts to move offices to the new House building continue as lawmakers plan reforms and a special committee shapes the Capitol office layout.
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Payne Resolution
Gill
Tawig
Payne
Leena Payne
Fleiss
Lkely
Ieper
Eentathe Mann
Tlinois
Entir
Trauss
New House
Teres Hey
Cecon Lindy
Bost Atthee
Fade
Eusties
Roosevelt Letter Calls for Closer Ties With Latin America
President Roosevelt urges universities across the American continents to strengthen ties between leaders of thought in North and South America. He argues that closer academic collaboration can solve shared economic and scientific problems, promoting unity in the western hemisphere and deeper mutual understanding among republics.
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Kindelpha
Jan
Roosevelt
Ameria
Michugan
Rowe
South Amer
Western Hemisphere
Thensit
Action Thug Foreweed
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress Today Sees Senate Adjourn for Mallory Memorial
The Senate will meet at noon and adjourn to honor the memory of the late Stephen R. Mallory of Florida. The House will consider distributing the President's message to committees and Bascom Silemp will be sworn in as Virginia's new representative. Adjournment is expected early due to Mallory's death.
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Senate
Stephen R. Mallory
Florida
House
Payne
New York
Bascom Silemp
Virginia
Mallory
Hitchcock
Taft
Cortelyou
Souk
George Wanmaker
Port of
Wanmaker
Herbert Parsons
New York County
Guv. Hughes
Parsons
New Hampshire
Winston Charchlil
Charles Fairbarks
Burnham
Gallinger
Fairbanks
Churchill
Kentucky
John Newman
Louisville
Newman
Charles W. Fairbanks
Slate
B. W. Creecy
Frank G. Wilkins
Washington, D
C.C. F
Central Lodge
Walter T. Richey
John G. Dudley
Noble Grand
Allison Naffor, Jr
Cathedral of the Rite
G Street
Sterling Kerr, Jr
Kadosh
Jacobus
Jones
Evangelat
Fla. Sebring
Alonzo Co. Bliss
A. Sugene Cox
Capital Traction Company
Ath and
M Streets
Washington, C
Jelock A. m
G T. Diinloy
H. D. Crampton
Martha
Fourth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
Emma Buckley
M. W. McCathran
City and Suburban Railway of
Washington
D. Cc
I. J. Whiteheal
Brightwood Railway Company
Wil
14Th
East Capitol Streets
Washington, D. C
J. Whitehead
Amacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company
Sapltch
F. J. Whitehead
Secret
d&Strais
ST End
Pa. Ave
Revision of Statutes Adopts Uniform Definition
The joint House Senate committee reports a revision of federal criminal laws after ten weeks of review. It adopts a uniform style, drops mandatory hard labor and minimums, and defines felonies as offenses over one year and misdemeanors as up to one year. Jurisdiction is split into territorial and general federal sovereignty crimes with new murder degrees and three new offenses: assault with intent to harm, assault and battery, and plain assault.
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United States
House
Senate
Congress
Heyburn, Sutherland
Piles
Clarke
Arkansas
McLau
Comron
Joint
Utah
California
New York
New Cruiser North Carolina Starts Trial on Rockland Course
Rockland Me Jan 5 The armored cruiser North Carolina built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company arrived today and ran under forced draft for a short period achieving nearly twenty two knots. The standardization trial will be held to Snorrow on the Rockland course.
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Rockland. Me
North Carolina
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Snorrow
Rockland
Post Parcels Poorly Packed Warned by Post Office
Careless handling causes over a quarter of foreign parcels to return damaged. Postmaster General McCleary orders postmasters to refuse mailing any parcel not securely packed to stop losses. Lima report notes Alfred McCune contracts countersigned for Cerro de Pasco and Ucayali railroads with work to start next August.
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Post-office Department
Warcels-Post
United States Exchange Office of Dispatch
McCleary
Lima
Peru
Alfred McCune
New York
Cerro de Pasco
Ucayall
Ancon
Treat's bank plan rediscount notes for liquidity
Treasurer Charles H. Treat proposes a national clearing house bank under the national banking act to rediscount commercial paper and issue emergency notes. The plan would require a large capital, no government participation, and a board drawn from clearing house states to oversee operations and safeguard solvency.
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Charles H. Treat
United States
Economic Society i
Washington
Clearing House Bank
Treat
William A. Nash
Corn Exchange Bank
New York
Clearing House Association
Paniic
Atlantic City
Reserve
Central-Reserve
National Banking Act
National Clearing House Bank
Trent Depository
Fmational
Clearing House
Tiscount
National Clearing House
Hearing House
Treat Peneves
National Clearing-House
National Clearing-House Bank
Mr. Treat
Bank policy on collateral and emergency notes
Abroad the accepted collateral for emergency bank notes mirrors Bank of France and Imperial Germany. Commercial banks typically avoid stock and bond investments, favoring short term business loans to ensure steady income for depositors. MR. LANE'S MOTHER DEAD. News arrived of Mrs. C. M. Lane's death in San Francisco at seventy, leaving four children. Commissioner Lane is in San Francisco.
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Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
San Francisco
C. M. Lane
Franklin M. Lane
Interstate Commerce Comission
Postmaster General Urges Big Postal Budget Increase
Postmaster General Hitchcock reports a gain of more than 15 million dollars in postal revenue to 83 million this past year. He urges larger Congressional appropriations to handle the extraordinary expansion, argues for thirty days annual leave for postal workers, and supports higher clerk hire budgets to prevent extra costs borne by postmasters.
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Post Office Department
Frank H. Hitchcock
Congress
Hitchcock
Washington
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Cure For Weak Heart
Becca Bennet of Indianapolis reports frequent sinking spells with heart stoppage. After five bottles of Dr Miles Heart Cure the spells ceased and she was completely cured. The ad touts heart strengthening by nourishing nerves and muscles and offers money back if the first bottle fails.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
Bbecca Bennet
Indianapolis
Ind
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Taft Roosevelts Rivalry Deepens at National Convention
Washington reports the Taft Roosevelt faction clash risks wrecking Republican unity at Chicago. Taft emphasizes Roosevelt candidacy anew while opponents warn of using federal patronage to secure delegates. Ohio and Indiana votes, negro voters, labor unions, and tariff battles feature in the intensifying campaign.
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New York
Jan
the Herald
Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Senate
Republican Party
Harrison
Canvaas
General Land Office
Thomas H. Carter
South
Gen. Harrison
Minneapolis
Congress
Brownsville
Pegro
Indiana
Ohio
Taft patronage sparks battles in presidential camps
The article surveys federal patronage disputes across states in the Taft camp. It notes resignations and vacancies for postmasters in Omaha and St Louis, with influence from Wisconsin and Minnesota delegations. It mentions Senators Norris Brown and La Follette, and figures like McMillan and Wyman, amid a charged push to favor Taft over Hughes and Roosevelt.
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Taft
Ernest G. Timme
Post-office Department
Minnesota
Timme
Wisconsin
Congress
United Wisconsin
Omaha
H. T. Palmer
Burkett
Gov. Hughes
New York
Norris Brown
Senator la Follette
Benjamin F. Thomas
White House
Nebraska
Wiliam J. Vickery
Indiana
Fairbanks Jeanings
Postoffice Department
Kansas City
Meyer
McMillan
Washington
Oghia
St. Loui
Frank Wyman
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
St. Louis
Washingon
Warner
St Louis
Mr. Wyman
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Caprio
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Cart Vlieira
National Bank
Treut
Secretary of the Treasury
Ft Bank
England
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Germany
MR. Lane
Interstate Commerce
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Palis
Ways and Means
American Protective Tariff League
Arthur I. Vorys
Thera
Vorys
Burton
Secretary of War
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W. B. Moses & Sons
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Building “Association
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R. B
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District of Columbia
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Frank P. Milburn & CO
Architects
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Henry B. Harris
Robert Edeson
Hudson Theater
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Red Mill
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Bolo
Mme
Teresa Carreno
T. Arthur Smith
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
T. Arthur
Columbia
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Old Homestead
Rose Stahl
Waswengton
Romeo and Juliet
Marlowe
Gloria
Seco
San Carlo Grand Opera Co
Henry Russell
Amen Praviats Ait Tery
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Burr McIntosh
Philippines
Japan
Will M. Gressy
Blamnche Dayne
Wyoming
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Tha Grassova
Barry and
Wolford
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Irwin
Janes Neill
Kaythe Chapman
Charles F Fenon
Juno Salma
Ruyseate
Chas. Howard and
Hia
Merry
New York Town
Gayety Theater
Bob Manchester
Sherman
Fred Irwin
Majestics
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Imperials
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Tilbbard Memorial
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