Northwestern Republicans Circulate Petition for Special Tariff Caucus
Northwest members push a caucus to consider a special session to revise tariffs before or after the next election. Wisconsin delegation largely supports it, except two holdouts. Minnesota and other Western lawmakers back the move. A German talks with Roots on a reciprocal-concessions approach, seeking to extend the tariff truce past July 1. The president plans to act after report submission.
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Northwestern
Think
House Republicans
Northwest
Cooper
Wisconsin
Steenerson
Minnesota
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
New England
East
Babcock
Minor
Germany
Basta
Washington
Root
Congress
United States
Arraigns Dead Statesmen At Alaska Seals Hearing
A House Ways and Means hearing on the Southard resolution to protect Alaskan fur seals featured sharp exchanges. Prof H V Elliott accused peers and dead officials of conspiracies while former Senator C J Faulkner defended the North American Commercial Company and argued Peirce acted for the government. The session included charges, countercharges, and a warning to end personal attacks as Chairman Payne halted further remarks.
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House Committee On Ways and
H.V. Elliott
Ellot
Peirce
Faulkner
Haye
J. Hamilton Lewis
Clark
Missouri
Burton
Iron County
Vaulkner
Elliott
Alaska Commercial Company
North American Commercial Company
Eliott
Charles J. Foster
the Treasury
James (. Blaine
Prof
Hadeen Expressaff
Payne
Yoster
Bay
Elott
Hay
District Committee Busy on Insurance Law Referral
Senator Gallinger asked to refer the President's special message on the proposed District Insurance Law to the Judiciary Committee rather than the District Committee. Senator Spooner opposed the move but the message went to Gallinger's committee. Action is unlikely this session due to time constraints. Representative Burton introduced a House bill directing the President to appoint a three member commission to study a free waterway route from the Delaware River to Raritan Bay.
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Gallinger
Judiciary Committee
District Committee
Spooner
Gallingers
Raritan Waterway
Burton
Delaware
Pennsylvania
House
Delaware River
Raritan Bay
Senate Debates Information Request on Navy Payoffs
Congress condensed reports Mr Hale offering a resolution asking the Navy Secretary for details about an alleged plan to pay officers to push lawmakers. Senate postponed Carter speech until Tuesday and prepared for Alger funeral. The House advanced 240 private pension bills and began debate on a seed distribution reform bill amid adjournments.
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Hale
Secretary of the Navy
Carter
Cililam
Hitchcock
Senate
Con
Alger
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Zenor
Indiana
House
Kahn
California
San Francisco
Naval bill reported by Foss in House action
Representative Foss of Illinois, chair of Naval Affairs, reported the naval appropriation bill to the House. The bill totals 96,107,185 dollars, about 19 million less than department estimates. It covers 7,283 crews for the action fleet, 1,309 reserve, 1,219 shore personnel, totaling 41,811, with smokeless powder appropriation unchanged.
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Foss
Illinois
Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Department
Jenkins Assails Bill Big Fight In House
Judge Jenkins, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, condemns the Littlefield liquor bill as unconstitutional and a surrender of Congress’s powers. He argues the measure would let states regulate private contracts and punish citizens outside their borders, while Littlefield defends it as not prohibitory and seeking only interstate shipment control. Virginia postmasters named include J. H. Sumpton and J. B. Grayson.
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Pase Committee
Congress
Kentucky
Iowa
Littlefield
Naval officers press to stop lobbying under secretary order
Senator Hale, as chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, introduced a resolution asking the Navy Secretary to verify enforcement of an executive order barring government employees from lobbying senators and representatives. Naval officers and midshipmen reportedly urged letters to lawmakers, sparking debate over petition rights and perceived autocratic government limits. The measure delayed, while other business proceeded and the Senate prepared to adjourn for General Alger’s funeral.
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Naval Affairs Committee
Metralf
Hale
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Bacon
Hate
Naval Academy
Naval Committee
Navy
Maine
Gallinger
Georgia
Mr. Bacon
Becon
House
Gen
A Alger
Senate and House Employees to See 20 Percent Pay Increase
A joint resolution, introduced by Gen Grosvenor, provides that from July 1, 1907, officers and employees of the Senate and House including Capitol police and the Congressional Record clerk, may receive a 20 percent pay rise. The act does not apply to those whose pay has already increased more than 20 percent in the second session of the Fifty Ninth Congress. Government clerks not in daily contact with lawmakers hope for broader relief as the salary lottery continues.
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Senate
House
Grosvenor
House of Representatives
Capitol Police
Congressional Record Clerk
Congo Atrocities Senate Panel Advances Resolution Substitute
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported a substitute for the Congo Free State atrocity resolution. It states that reports of inhuman treatment have drawn global attention and that the Senate will support the President in cooperating with Berlin signatories to improve conditions for Congo inhabitants.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Congo Free State
United States
Senate
Denatured Alcohol Bill Delayed By September 1808 Date
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a compromise denatured alcohol bill delaying full effect until September 1, 1808. The measure allows small producers to prepare regulations for making denatured alcohol, with Treasury insisting on time to frame rules for using locked stills and tanks on farms. The existing law restricts tax removal to large distilleries and warehouses, while the bill seeks to convert their products for broader uses.
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House Committee On Ways and Means
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Hill
Marshall
Treasury Department
House Committee
Senator Simmons Proposes Interstate Child Labor Bill
Senator Simmons of North Carolina introduced a bill to ban interstate shipment of products from mines or factories employing children where state child labor laws exist. The measure aligns with state laws and aims to enforce them locally, avoiding constitutional objections tied to federal overreach and Beveridge-type proposals.
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Simmons
North Carolina
Urge Increase for Clerks in Government Service
Senators Nelson of Minnesota and Berry of Arkansas urged raising salaries for government clerks and rural carriers instead of Congress, arguing many humble clerks perform more valuable work and that cost of living affects all workers, including rural mail carriers and carriers in the rural delivery.
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Senate
House
Nelson
Minnesota
Berry
Arkansas
Panama Canal
United States
Morgan May Drop Fight Over Panama Railroad Bill
The Senate committee reports a bill to place the Panama Railroad under the Isthmian Canal Commission. If enacted Morgan will not press his case against William Nelson Cromwell further. The measure would end Cromwell’s connection with the road and a new one man canal commission is being drafted to govern the project with War Department oversight.
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Honavar Morgan
Senate
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Morgan
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Europe
Canal Commission
War Department
Secretary of War
Howkins
Knox
Secret Wedding Surprise Shocks Brightwood Club Friends
John H. Javins, president of the Brightwood Driving Club, and Amy Schwartz Javina announced their marriage yesterday after an attempted secret elopement in Baltimore on January 9. Mrs Javina, formerly Amy Schwarts, widow, is the daughter of Captain Matthala Pabst.
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Baltimore
John H. Javins
Brightwood Driving Club
Amy Schwartz Javina
Free seeds fight dominates agricultural bill debate
In the House debate on the agricultural appropriation bill, supporters pressed for a $238000 allocation to purchase and test rare seeds and related plant material, while opponents urged restoring the prior free-seed program. Candler defended the move amid concerns of bureaucratic expansion and farmer lobbying.
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Candler
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
Big Year for Patents as Receipts and Inventors Rise
The 1907 calendar year set records for patent activity with 56,482 applications and 31,96 patents issued while receipts reached 1,789,198 and expenditures 3,554,9920, yielding a 296,08018 surplus. New York led in filings with 4,642, Illinois 3,207, and the District of Columbia 2% patents. foreign grants totaled 471, eight to Cubans. Commissioner Allen urges higher examiner salaries and funds to build a permanent Patent Office building, proposing use of accumulated surplus for construction.
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Patent Office
Frederick I Allen
Patents
House
Senate
Allen
Treasury
New York State
Illnois
District of Columbia
Smithsonian post vacancy fuels debate on next Geological Survey director
Speculation runs as Charles Walcott leaves the Smithsonian secretariat. Wilferd Hayes, chief geologist, is favored by many for the directorship. President Van Hise and Prof. Clark are also named possibilities. The choice is described as essentially a personal presidential appointment.
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Charles D Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Geological Survey
Wilferd Hayes
van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Smithsonian
We Clark
Johns Hopkins
Maryland
Marine Hospital Service Promotes Boggess and Grants Absences
Acting Surgeon General A H Gleanah announced promotions and station changes for the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service for the week ending January 23. Assistant Surgeon J S Boggess promoted to passed assistant surgeon from December 6, 1908, and several officers granted leaves of absence ranging from five to twelve days.
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Boggese
A. H. Gleanah Yeaterday
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
J. 8
Boggess
Rupert Blue
B. I. Loyd
Warren
French Simpson
Baltimore
Fort Stanton
N. Mex
Hi. B. Mason
Court martial for Page at Fort D. A. Russell Wyoming
Lieutenant Byrd A Page of the Eleventh Infantry faces a general court martial next week for alleged excess in intoxicating liquor and for telling Col Myer he would skip dinner. Page hails from Virginia and is cited to stand trial under United States Army regulations.
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Fort
D. A. Russell
Wyo
Byrd A. Page
Eleventh Infantry
United States Army
Lieut Page
Virginia
Col. Myer
Army Men Face Trial in Pittsburg for Soldier’s Fatal Shot
In Pittsburg on Monday morning in Grimnal Court, Lieutenant Drury and Private Dowd of the Ninth Infantry face trial for the shooting death of William Crowley near the Allegheny Arsenal. The case, years in delay, involves federal and civil authority clashes as witnesses dwindle and the War Department contends the men acted under orders. United States District Attorney Dunkel leads the defense with Maj Porter assisting.
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Pittsburg
Commonwealth of Fennaylvanidé
Saeut
Ralph W. Drury
John Dowd
Ninth United States Infantry
Wiliam Crowley
Allegheny Arsenal
Grimnal Court
Allegheny County
Ninth Infantry
Drury
Allegheny County Arsenal
Lower Arsenal
Allegheny Valley
Dowd
War Department
United States District Attorney
Supreme Court of the United States
Col
Regan
Peking
United States
Dunkel
Maj Porter
Sunday church services and events across city churches
Sunday religious notices list services at St Johns Church on Sixteenth and H streets with Holy Communion and sermons, Epiphany Church activities including a men’s meeting and missionary offering, Pro-Cathedral of the Ascension programs with Sunday school and German services, and multiple Baptist, Calvary, Methodist, Congregational, New Church Mission and Christian Science services. Names include Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, Rev. Edwant Slater Dunlop, Rev. Dr McKim, Bishop Gallor, Bishop Burson, Clement Brown, and others.
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ST. Johns Church
Sixteenth
H Streets
Roland Cotton Smith
Edwant Slater Dunlop
The
Brotherhood of St Andrew
Robert Gardiner
Brotherhood
Church OF the Bfiphany
G Strart
McKim
I A
Liaom
All Beaty Free
Nie
Ascen- Anion
Twelfth Street
Massachusetts
Glergy
Clement Brown
E. M Thompson
J. B. Williams
G. Williamson Smith
Chines
Churchman’s League
Epiphany Church
Thenk
Algert
Thomas Gatler
Tonnemes
L. W. Burton
Boxington
Christ Church Parish
Georgetown
James H W. Blake
Lexington
Fifth Baptist Church
H Street
Seventh
Weston Bruner
A Ford
Luther
Masoles
Calvary Baptist Church
Eighth
Dorthwest
H Greene D D
Tower OF Babel
New Church Mission
Evangelical Christian Science Church
Scottish Rite
G Street Northwest
Oliver Clabin
Opposed Plan to Reverse Calumet River Flow
Army engineers tell Secretary Tait he lacks authority to grant Chicago sanitary board permission to reverse Calumet River flow from Lake Michigan into the drainage canal toward the Mississippi. They say the project would lower Lake Michigan water levels and harm navigation in ports and harbors improved at government expense. Secretary Tait will review the finding and announce a decision soon.
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Army Engineers
Tait
Sanitary Board of Chicago
Calumet River
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Rifle Match Decided For Put-in-Bay Range
At a recent national fifth board meeting the decision was made to hold the next national match on a new range opposite Put-in-Bay near Sandusky Ohio. The Krag Jorgensen rifle will be used and ammunition may be any U S manufactured type approved by the War Department Ordnance Bureau.
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National Fifth Board
Put-in-Bay
Sandusky
Ohio
United States
Ordnance Bureau
War Department
Army Orders Expand Duty And Vessel Movements In War Era
Army orders extends the absence of Contract Surgeon Walter Whitney by one month and assigns Brig. Gen. Rogers to deputy governor duties at Soldiers Home. Fort Logan gets a new construction lead, while Capt Edwin Wolfe and Maj Beverly Dyne receive duty reassignment. Norcis Stayton is promoted to first lieutenant. Naval vessel movements include arrivals at multiple yards and destinations with varied assignments for naval officers and pay officers.
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Walter Whitney
William P. Rogers
Edward B. Williston
Soldiers’ Home
Fort Lagan
Colo
Samuel M. Parker
Edwin P. Wolfe
War Department to Appeal Ruling On Skating Rink Admission
Soldiers in uniform denied entry to a skating rink at Flattsburgh New York. The War Department plans an appeal after the Tower court ruling, citing the New York Din of Tights. Also notes graduation date changes at Annapolis and the resignation of Lieut Edwin M Stanton from the Third Infantry.
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War Department
New York
Sergt. Higgins
Flattsburgh
N. Y
Goldiers
Tower Court
Edwin M. Stanton
Third Infantry
Great Falls Amusement Ride Dates Offer Scenic Gorge
Amusement notes promote visits to the Great Falls of the Potomac with vivid hints of beauty and a huge cliff and rapid views. Announces next season’s dates and a 35 cent round trip fare. Contains garbled routing details and partial car line notes.
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Potomac
Nisgare
Great Gorge
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Theatrical Trust
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Davin Wee
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Peter F Dalley
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Edna Wallace Hopper
Harry Fisher
Louise Dresser
Lawrence Grossmith
Lew Fiel
David Belasco
Blanche Bates
Sosan
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Kingsley Benedict
Wayburn
Emma Janvier
James F MacDonald
John W World
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Count de Butz Ant 'Bre
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Grace Gardner and Co
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Southern Seteq
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Haley
Atmission
Masonic Temple
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Witlard
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Fulton
Ninth Street N. W
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