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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
22
A city bill proposes funding a new park with the treasury covering half the cost. Other districts add improvements including minor streets through squares 678, 80, and 1020 and street extensions. Washington standard wood cord set at 128 cubic feet.
District legislators introduced measures to establish a park on block 4212 in the north, open minor streets through squares 801 878 and 1020 in the southeast, rename W Street to California Avenue, and grant funds to Catherine Grace. House proposals include opening minor arrests in those squares, prescribing wood cord contents, extending Hamlin and Sixth streets northeast, and making the eight hour law operative for Government Hospital for the Insane employees.
North Dakota Senator Hansbrough charged the International Harvester Co. plans to control state politics to defeat him. He urged the Senate to continue its investigation, noting the Justice Department has found evidence to prosecute the Harvester Trust. Debate touched tariffs and regulatory powers as the Senate adjourned after a four hour session.
Senator Bulkeley introduces measures proposing higher judge salaries and district appeals court pay scales. The bills aim to adjust compensation to align with cost, authority, and state financial structure, though details remain contested among lawmakers.
Congress condensed describes Senator Hansbrough’s defeated resolution to halt Commerce and Labor probe of the Harvester Trust after Justice completed a similar inquiry. It notes executive discussion of a German trade arrangement, penal code bills, and House consideration of the urgent deficiency bill with adjournment at five o’clock.
The House passed a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to complete a detailed statement of expenditures made under permanent annual appropriations. A Tawney Minnesota introduced repeal bill is cited. The measure asks the secretary for an opinion on the bill and lists which appropriations would stand.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee closed hearings on the Berlin wireless treaty with objections from the Bleetde Signaling Company owner of the Fessenden system. Army and Navy officers supported compulsory intercommunication as essential and effective. No further hearings will be held. The committee will allow pro sists from wireless firms to file, while Senator Cal tiver introduced a bill for compulsory Alaska native education. Teachers must report violations. fines range 3 to 10 for offenses. Also five days' absence from school triggers violation for ages six to sixteen. President sent nominations to the Senate including Hawaii marshal Eugeny R. Hendry and U S attorney Robert W. Breckens, plus Samuel Proudfit to the General Land Office.
Policy negotiators defend proposed tariff instrument and amendments while critics in business circles urge Congress to reject the act. Officials claim the measure aims to regulate trade but face strong objections over economic impact and clarity in regulations.
A House resolution by Mr. OConnell of Massachusetts asks the Secretary of War for methods and costs to establish technical schools at every army post. Attendance would be compulsory, aiming to reduce desertions by providing trained enlisted men. The Senate discussed the executive treaty and tariff actions, with debate on executive power and open sessions.
A petition signed by about 90 percent of Washington teachers expressing confidence in the Board of Education, Superintendent A. T. Stuart, and Assistant Superintendent P. M. Hughes was forwarded to a Senate school subcommittee. The board also agreed to examine a retirement bill for teachers and announced a slate of promotions, transfers, appointments, and a resignation.
The House Appropriations Committee reports a $24,274,450 district bill cutting municipal building equipment from 142,000 to 267,000 and funding full land fraud trial costs at $80,000. It adds $2,000 for automobile tags, recommends ending naval hospital crew pay, and includes relief funds for San Francisco plague eradication through May and June 1908. The document notes revisions to engineer salaries and other district appropriations amid controversy over the Hyde Diamond Benson Schneider case.
Representative Kahn of California introduced a bill to defend Pacific Coast ports with a $1,000,000 appropriation to contract fifteen submarine torpedo boats for up to $5,000,000 total. The Census Bureau seeks $14,000,000 for the 1910 census, needing 3,300 clerks and 60,000 enumerators.
The House District Committee plans to report a bill extending street railway tracks to Union Station. A 10 AM committee meeting will discuss calendar placement for Monday amid competing appropriation bills. A universal transfer fight may surface, while an amendment for a decant fare is anticipated but unlikely.
Rear Admiral Capps told the House Naval Affairs Committee that intelligent criticism helps naval construction but mass information breeds distrust. He conceded turret port size was reduced since the Keersarge and Kentucky designs of 1900, citing improved trunnions, and defended U S armor practices while promising an official bureau statement. He asked newspaper men excluded from future briefings. The committee praised his knowledge of naval construction.
Army orders list leaves of absence for several officers including Col Clinton B Sears Capt Ferdinand W Kobbe and others. Promotions within Coast Artillery and changes in duties tracked, with retirements and transfers noted. The president revokes acceptance of Herbert G Miller’s resignation from the Fourth Field Artillery.
The monthly internal revenue statement shows December 1897 receipts down from December 1908 by 2.418277. For the six months of the fiscal year the decline totals 200,510. During December 1907 spirits revenue fell 1,717,302 tobacco 70, butter renovation 38854 and miscellaneous 827,875. Last six months total receipts reach 135,151.64.
Senator Dick submitted three petitions to the Senate on District affairs. One asks Congress to empower the District Commissioners to regulate streetcar schedules cleanliness and conditions. Another seeks an investigation of street railway organization capitalization and valuation. A Central Labor Union petition was also presented. Treasury estimates for the Spanish Claims Commission totaled 32, si to the Senate.
The old Pennsylvania station on Sixth Street was deeded to the United States government yesterday by the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railway Company. The deed notes a consideration of 1,500,000 dollars and cites an act of Congress from February 28, 1903, mandating a union station and the construction of elevated and underground tracks within the District.
Representative Saunders of Virginia introduced a resolution calling for a committee to investigate the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies in their relations toward the American people as public utility corporations. The Senate met in executive session and confirmed Beekman Winthrop to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and James S. Young to be United States district judge for the Western district of Pennsylvania.
Rear Admiral A M Berry to be retired January. Commander C C March detached Board of Inspection and Survey. Commander A F Fechteler on Board of Inspection and Survey. Lieut Col J H Penderton commissioned lieutenant colonel in USMC. Movements of naval vessels list arrivals at St Mere Hale Hannibal Machiea Key West California Mare Island. vessels sailed from San Francisco to Mare Island.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will open a general inquiry into cotton compression buying and shipment practices with focus on cotton growers. The move follows a Muskogee case appeal alleging railway regulations favored certain compressors, but the commission will gather more information before any broad ruling.
Attorney General Bonaparte urged a 41910 appropriation to pay forty eight Secret Service salaries for six months. Congress previously restricted agents to crimes against money and currency, barring detail to other departments. Tawney asked how the Justice Department employs these agents under existing law.
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