Tilt Over Prohibition Sparks Senate Clash in Georgia Minnesota
Senate debate on congressional power to regulate liquor transport prompts clash between Senator Clay of Georgia and Senator Nelson of Minnesota. Clay pushes a resolution to require states to apply all local laws to liquor entering their borders, while Nelson objects as a judiciary committee critique. The measure stalls amid procedural pauses and adjournment discussions.
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Congress
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Nelson
Minnesota
Committee On Judiciary
Judiciary
Sworts
Ciry Roth
Law to regulate gambling in the District of Columbia
Reported discussion in the House on a proposed law to prohibit betting and book making on horse races in Washington and Georgetown. Debate centers on existing District and state laws, penalties, and the adequacy of current statutes to curb wagering within the city limits and near neighboring towns.
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Columbia
Sims
Tennessee
Roy Times of
New York
District Court of Appeals
Tassok
Hos
Georgetown
Imate
Washington
George Coen Shoter Gallaner
Ural
Senate
Petition for Prohibition and Sunday Rest Recalled in Senate
Senator Gallinger presents district women's petitions urging quick action on a bill to prohibit liquor sales and manufacture in the District and a bill to prohibit use and importation in U S jurisdiction. He also backs a Sunday rest measure and a set of local transit and grade crossing reforms urged by Washington civic groups.
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Gallinger
Congress
Senate Potentis
Sendtor Gattinger
Woyn
United
Stentor Gallinger
Washington Citizens’ Association
Senate Finance Panel Sends Tillman Resolution Elsewhere
The Senate Committee on Finance yesterday declined to rule on Tillman’s resolution to study if the federal government can end liquor permit issuance in states or counties and to ban liquor sales locally where prohibition is in effect. The measure was referred to the Judiciary Committee for consideration.
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Senate Committee On Finance
Tillmans
Judiciary
Congress Condensed Senate and House Highlights
The Aldrich currency bill was introduced yesterday and sent to the Finance Committee for next Tuesday's consideration. Additional currency bills were offered by Culberson. Ma Dutity bill by Maox aims to meet Supreme Court objections. The Senate adjourned until noon tomorrow. In the House, speeches were made by Sheppard Boutell Willett Hardwick Norris and Hardy at 226 o clock adjourned until today at noon.
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Allrich
Moo Chison
Deimoretz
Hor Khang bin
Moo Heyburn
Hale
Meorros Taal
Committee On Finance
Culberson
Maox
Supreme Court
Wnil
District bills urge limits on tuberculosis and guard veteran ties
Senator Dolliver proposes a tuberculosis commission with Army and Navy surgeons and four president chosen physicians to study prevention and suggest law changes. Other measures extend streets, regulate markets, and fix Rock Creek Park boundaries while House members push related items.
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Navy
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Hansbrough
America
North Carolina Governor Invites Roosevelt on Bear Hunt
Gov Glenn invited President Roosevelt to join a bear hunt near Beaufort, but the President declined due to duties, expressing regret and noting no holidays for a long time.
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Bear Hunt
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Raleigh
N.C
Glenn
Roosevelt
Beaufort
Knox Liability Bill Affects Interstate Lines
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania introduces a refined employers liability bill focused on common carriers in interstate commerce. It limits coverage to corporations in interstate transport and workers, sets a one year filing limit, allows setoffs for carrier contributions via relief societies, preserves safety appliance act rights, and signals House debate on constitutional validity. Beveridge also pushes a tariff commission bill, seeking a permanent body with Finance Committee referral.
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Tariff Commission
Committee On Finance
National University appeal filed in Senate on United States plan
Senator Frye of Maine introduced in the Senate yesterday an appeal by 400 members of the executive council of the national university committee on behalf of the proposed University of the United States. The signers include Andrew D White, J Beb Henderson, Eppa Hunton, Nelson A Miles, George Dewey, Hilary A Herbert, Simon Newcomb, John Lee Carroll, Merrill E Gates, and John W Hoyt. The document outlines the movement’s past support, congressional delays, and key reasons for the institution’s creation.
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Maine
Senate
Executive Council
National University Committee
University of the United States
Andrew D White
United States
J Beb Henderson
Eppa Hunton
Nelson A Miles
George Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Hilary A Herbert
Simon Newcomb
John Lee Carroll
Merrill E Gates
John W. Hoyt
National University Movement
Crockett Wins Senate Reading Clerk Post
A Senate committee appointed John J Crockett of Towa as reading clerk at 2500 a year after a long contest. The committee praised his voice and Allison's endorsement. The selection, for life or good behavior, followed a final test by fifty amateur elocutionists. Taft Goethals Blackburn invited to discuss Isthmian Canal needs January 13 before Interoceanic Canals committee.
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Towa
Senate
Lodge
Burrows
Carter
Bacon
Mr. Crockett
Allison
Taft
Col Goethals
Blackburn
Senate Committee On
Favors Medical Bill By House Military Affairs Committee
The House Committee on Military Affairs favorably reported to the House a Hull bill to improve Army Medical Department efficiency. It trims ranks: colonels from sixteen to fourteen, lieutenant colonels from twenty four to twenty, majors from one hundred ten to one hundred. The panel also eyed the Dick Capron bill to raise salaries across Army and Navy branches, with hopes for swift passage this session.
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House
Hull
Army
Navy
Friends
Dawson bill taken up by Naval Affairs panel
The House Committee on Naval Affairs informally discussed the Dawson bill to reorganize the navy on a business basis as both weapon and industry. It is expected to receive favorable committee consideration. Introduced by Mr. Dawson of Iowa, it will be formally taken up next. Capt. C. McR. Winslow, acting chief of the Bureau of Navigation, testified on bureau needs and annual estimates.
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Dawson
Iowa
C. McR. Winslow
Bureau of
Gill
Gssaayland
Admiral Brownson
Committee On Naval Affairs
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House of Representatives
Navy Department
Charles F. Stokes
United States Hospital
Relief
Willard H Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Huff
Pennsylvania
House
Sims
Tennessee
Terrell
Massachusetts
United States
Mr Russell
Missouri
M. Gilliams
Indiana
Toledo
Chio
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
Intercede With Gzar Offers Haven in America
A House resolution by Rep Waldo calls on the president to intercede with Russia for the release of imprisoned Russian Douma members and offers asylum in the United States if needed. The measure emphasizes sympathy for Russia's freedom movement and the right to speak in parliament.
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Russia
House
Waldo
New York
House of Representatives
Eirlade
Grip epidemic hits city with colds and meas as illness rises
Thousands suffer from colds as grip and pneumonia fears spread through the city. Businesses crippled by sick employees while families cope. A drug advertisement touts a “Cold or Grip Cure” claiming rapid relief, noting Merck Munyon’s remedy costs 25 cents per vial and promises to ease nasal discharge sneezing throat and lung symptoms and restore sleep and strength.
Speech Day in House Lets Orators Vent on Faith and Policy
The House held a fleet day of speeches as a resolution to distribute President Roosevelt's message among committees prompted brief debates. Representatives Morris Sheppard and Norris urged religious and bank deposit measures while Boutell Hardwick Willett commented on trust, rail rates, and the criminal code revision. The session adjourned without final action as the resolution moved to side-track for the criminal code debate.
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Texas
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House
Boutell
Illinois
Matthew
Hardwick
Georgia
Roosevelt
Taft
Norris
Nebraska
Hardy
Willett
New York
United States
Hcense
Patent Court Proposed to Hear U S Patents Appeals
A Senate bill would create a five member court of patent appeals to hear appeals and writs of error from federal circuit and district court decisions on patent cases. It requires a president judge appointed by the President and four judges named by the Supreme Court from existing federal judges, with Supreme Court review possible. Other measures include pensions for civil service employees and a campaign to designate October 12 as Discovery Day.
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Heveridge
United States
Supreme Court
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District Courts
Court of Patent Apeals
Perkins
Heyburn
Warner
Secretary of the Treasury
Proctor
Oliver C. Howard
Hansbrough
Wolf Killer at White House and Oklahoma liquor stance
United States Marshal John R. Abernathy reports to the White House on outlaw liquor trade in Oklahoma, noting abundant whisky despite prohibition and the presence of blind tigers in the former Indian Territory. He recalls Roosevelt's admiration for his wolf hunting prowess during a prior hunt. A separate measure proposes paying White House clerk William H. Crook 4,000 for past services as secretary to the President and land patent signing in 1879–1882.
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Oklahoma
John R. Abernathy
Roosevelt
White House
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Indian Territory
Tefler
William H. Crook
Secretary of the Treasury
Crook
Nominations to Senate From White House Include Wanamaker
The President sent nominees to the Senate including George W. Wanamaker as appraiser for New York and William H Jordan as collector of customs for Gloucester Massachusetts. Others cover Des Moines Iowa Boise Idaho Hugo Colorado and Arizona with various naval and legal posts.
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New York
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Mass
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Massachusetta
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Iowe
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Iowa
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Bureau of Navigation
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Charles W Rae
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Naval
W L. Capps
Navy
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Richard C. Hollyday
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Gaines seeks state funds for Old Hickory home at Hermitage
Representative John Wesley Gaines introduces a measure to allot 3000 dollars annually for three years for the Ladies Hermitage Association to maintain Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage near Nashville. The plan, endorsed by President Roosevelt, would shift maintenance to the federal government while remaining state property. He also aims to fund marking of New Orleans battle graves and to place a statue of Andrew Jackson in Statuary Hall.
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Missouri
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