Taft Urges Economy Plan to Cut Civil Pensions
President Taft promises to submit a broad economy plan to Congress aiming to save between 25 million and 100 million dollars yearly. The proposal seeks to extend civil service to high officials, overhaul government employment, consolidate several departments, and reduce waste in departments such as Customs and Treasury.
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President's Message Outlines Economy and Better Government
The President proposes a budget driven yearly program funded by economy measures. Plans include civil service retirement with part pay, inclusion of local departments in classified service, uniform purchasing, no mandatory contractor insurance, standard contract specs, and labor-saving studies. Further savings arise from consolidations and streamlined auditing, with annual reductions totaling millions.
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Economy and Efficiency Commission
President pushes pension plan and efficiency agenda
The President urges Congress to establish civil service retirement for aging officials and to expand efficiency measures. He directs a commission to study superannuation, government travel costs, mail handling, and property use to save funds, recommending abolishing certain affidavits and improving methodical government spending.
Cummins Likely To Run For President In GOP Split
Iowa Senator Cummins reportedly will announce candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He remains silent on the reports. A Iowa delegation meeting upon Kenyon's return may seal a split in insurgent ranks between Cummins and La Follette, who has not been seen as sole progressive leader.
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Cummins Bast
Kenyon
Chicago
Iowa
Cumming
la Follette
Republican Party
Kentucky Lawmaker Pushes Tough Election Fraud Bills
Kentucky Representative Caleb Powers proposes two judiciary committee bills to curb election fraud. The plan envisions penalties for impersonation and wrongful voting, while creating a bipartisan House commission to decide contested elections. The measures target ballot box integrity amid alleged rottenness in politics nationwide.
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Caleb Bowers
Kentucky
Judiciary Committee
Powers
New Army Air Machines Promise Revolution in Aviation
War Department nears endorsement of a bill to double pay for aviation officers and expand the corps. Wrights representative declares automatic stabilizer, muffled engine, portable wings, and a 60 horsepower engine will transform military aviation. Four officers notified for aviation duty. purchases planned as new planes join the government's fleet.
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Georgia
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Russia
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Seventeenth Infantry
Jacob EF
Philippined
Augusta
Angisa
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Maior Squier
Allen
Welsh
PRAISED IN COMMITTEE FOR STATE CONVENTION
Michigan Republican officials praised Gov Osborn as a potential favorite son option while nominating Truman Newberry of Detroit as temporary chairman for the Michigan Republican State Convention to be held in Bay City on April 1. The gathering agreed Newberry by acclamation to lead the state party as plans include six delegates at large and six alternates for the national convention and electors for president and vice president.
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Republican Organization
Osham
Detroit
Roosevelt
United States
William D. Fordon
Midiang
Republican State Central Committee
Truman H. Newberry
Hay City
Mc Newberry Ag
Gov. Osborn
Michigan
Soldier May End Strike at Lawrence Textile Mills
Col. Sweetser took command of negotiations as militiamen faced strikers in Lawrence Massachusetts during a widespread textile strike affecting about 14 60 mill operatives. He met with striker leader Joseph J Ettar and proposed a settlement plan while federal officials opened an immigration inquiry into alleged legalities in importing alien workers.
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Lawrence
Mass
H. Leroy Sweetger
Soand
Col. Sweatser
Joseph J. Ettar
Ettar
Guv. Fosa
F. G. R. Gordon
Immigration Department
Washington
Hook Charges Groundless in Judge Hook Review
Attorney General Wickersham investigated protests against the appointment of Judge William C. Hook to the U S Supreme Court. He found the complaints groundless and said judging a jurist by one opinion is unwise. Hook remains a leading candidate. the President has not decided.
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Kansas
United States Supreme Bench
Harlan
Wickersham
Judge Hook
Supreme Court
Democrats Reconcile Tennessee Party Factions Aboard Primary Plan
After a day of talks, Vertrees and Horton state committees settled differences among Democrats in Tennessee. Overtures to Barton were accepted with amendments and a three by three primary board plus a seventh pick by the other side will oversee the April 27 state primary in Nashville. Harmony reported from Nashville on January 11.
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Horton State
Veriees
Barton
Verhees
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Nashville
Tenn
Harmony
Taft Organizer Sues For Back Pay In New York Court
In New York a civil suit seeks 17268 from Hays Hammond, president of the National Republican League, alleging wrongful dismissal as Taft era organizer. Hammond, employed April 7, 1909, at 4000 monthly, was terminated September 1, 1912, with no stated cause. Lulu Glaser, known on stage, was granted a divorce by Judge McDonald after alleging repeated beating and choking by her husband.
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Onn Hays
Hammond
Spreme
Jessa I. Turner
Turner
Bii Ag
National Republican League
Hammond Ia
Taft
Lulu Glaser
McDonald
Glazer
Captain James Peyton Stuart Lawrance Dies in Philadelphia
Capt. James Peyton Stuart Lawrance of the U S Navy retired died at his Philadelphia home after a stroke suffered while visiting the navy yard yesterday. He was years old.
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Philadelphia
James Peyton Stuart Lawrance
U. S.N
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Democratic House probes federal prisons over Morse ties
Democratic members of the House committee on expenditures plan an investigation of Atlantic and Fort Leavenworth federal penitentiaries. Chairman Jack Beall said the inquiry was sparked by charges of inhuman treatment, poor food, and accommodations at Atlanta prison linked to friends of Charien W. Morse, the New York banker now in the army hospital at Fort McPherson Georgia.
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Morse
House Committee
Department of Justice
Atlantic
Fort Leavenworth
Jack Beall
Texan
Atlanta
Charien W. Morse
New York
Army Hospital
Fort McPherson
Trust Seeks Dismissal In Antitrust Talks With Prosecution
United Shoe Machinery Company general counsel Charles F. Choate met Attorney General Wickersham at the Department of Justice for a lengthy conference. Negotiations to settle the antitrust case without further contest will continue over several days, with a decree to be entered if an agreement is reached.
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Shoe Machinery Company
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Charles F. Choate
United Shoe Machinery Company
Enormous Wave Strikes Olympic During Voyage
The steamer Olympic arrived in New York today reporting rough weather throughout the voyage. Last Sunday a massive wave toppled a 4 ton forward hatch about 20 feet above deck, smashing a ventilator and sending the hatch into the foredeck well.
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Olympic
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