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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
7
Turmoil over tariff revisions erupted in the House as Underwood denied Democrats abandoned pledges by failing to add agricultural implements to the free list. Republicans pressed for speed, arguing the metal schedule must align with the Payne Aldrich legacy, while Democrats defended a modest tariff cut to lift consumer prices without hurting domestic industry.
Senate subcommittee discussion on Gallinger public utilities favors creating a commission to oversee utilities in the District. The panel debated for over an hour but no final conclusions yet. An amendment granted remote fret control over Potomac steamship lines, aligning with provisions exempting steam railroads and the Washington Terminal Company.
The Diatrick appropriation will not be rushed through the senate. Mr Gut linger, chairman of the subcommittees of the committee on appropriations, in charge of the District budget, said yesterday the bill would not be taken up for consideration for perhaps two weeks. The House meanwhile debates the items and themes, with anger and debate shaping the session as it passes.
Democrats in Congress plan a long discussion on appropriations and a $18 004000 public buildings bill. Morris Sheppard of Texas chairs the public buildings committee drafting the measure as Underwood leads the House. Fitzgerald opposes the plan stating it would require years to prepare approved building plans.
T F Monahan described himself as a plain citizen and urged the House District Committee to back the Johnson bill to regulate “official deeds” and curb inflated valuations. Real estate dealers, magazine writer H J Browne and supporters argued the measure would restore fair assessment while opponents seek more hearings before recommittal.
Plate printers and others interested in a bill to substitute a team for hand presses in the bureau of engraving and printing will be given a hearing Monday night at 7 30 in the Senate committee on printing room. Sen moot yesterday made public waiters from George P Wouter. The hearing will include Secretary MacVeagh Assistant Secretary Andrew Director Ralph William Clark president Plate Printers Union and perhaps Samuel Gompers president AFL.
In Cambridge Massachusetts at the monthly Immanuel Baptist Church meeting Clarence V T Richeson pastor, sentenced to death for his former sweetheart Avis Linnell murder, was expelled from church and his name dropped from the rolls. A Manila report notes half the rice crop in the Philippines has failed.
Presidents King and Hamilton of the Washington Rail Way and Electric Company speak against Dyer’s wallfare streetcar bill before the House District committee. They cite unfairness and compare practices in Boston Louisiana Brooklyn San Francisco New Jersey and national data showing varied school fare policies and overall low rates.
Fifteen notable women were added to district committees advocating lower car fares. The new appointees include Mrs. W. F. Herron and Mrs. H. H. Lawton among others. W T U support was pledged, and petitions gained hundreds of signatures as leaders push the crusade.
Floyd Kirkley of Oo strest northeast fell through a second story window while walking in his asleep at his home early this morning. The root of a rear porch broke the fall and he rolled to the ground. Family heard cries and a hospital ambulance responded. At hospital he had severe cuts on the face hands and arms and body contusions. condition is serious.
A Washington banquet lauds war relief work by the Red Cross and women. Speakers urge maternal arbitration, global cooperation, and continued peace efforts as attendees list many dignitaries and guests from embassies and government.
Norfolk Va Jan 24 The revenue cutter Onondaga reported by wireless that she had blown up the wreck of a derelict schooner believed to be the Mudstone Cooney. The Cooney left Baltimore for Jacksonville with Capt Wickman a crew of six and a son of George G Cardy of Jacksonville. No word of the crew or destination. Washington Mother Dead at Frederick Frederick Md Jan 2 My Mary Jane Hooper widow of William H Hooper died after long illness of heart disease aged 61. Survived by four sons Bacar Lewis Hooper Edward Charles Hooper and four daughters including Mrs George Hannany of Washington. Also two sisters in Baltimore.
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia reports the Byrd primary measure passed the House by 18 votes despite opposition. The bill covers primaries for general and municipal elections allows independent candidates to appear on party tickets and provides ballot boxes to reduce costs. A speaker led the reading of the lengthy bill aimed at aligning primaries with general election laws. The Senate debates a proposal to establish a woman’s university at Charlottesville and a hearing consumed much of the day. it is expected to be tabled until next session. A transport regulation for bodies of infectious deaths also passed, while a Leaner convict bill public hearing is set for Monday night. One house bill seeks to bring inland waters supplying drinking water under state health department jurisdiction.
Winston Salem North Carolina January twenty eight Robert U Southern a trusted employee of Spad Bros wagon manufacturers confessed to stealing more than two thousand dollars from his employers. He said some funds were deposited in a Greensboro bank and that money financed a piano a gold watch and rings for himself while his wife and children resided in Greensboro. Detectives pursue his bank claim and locate remaining funds.
President Herion Clarkson urged passage of federal legislation to curb interstate liquor shipments as he opened the North Carolina Antisaloon League convention in Raleigh. Gov Kitchin welcomed attendees and Dr A P Baker spoke on the nationwide temperance cause during the opening session and tonight's program.
Mrs Elizabeth Trimble, long dead, recalled in a Washington note as a native of Ireland who as a child at the Wellington estate attended the school where Queen Victoria, then a young girl, visited and played with her and other children. The deceased, aged ten at the time, was linked to the Duke of Wellington, godfather to a brother, and the tale appears in a local reminiscence from Tragerstown.
Norfolk dispatch reports steamers Florida Raleigh and City of Norfolk stuck in ice at Chesapeake Bay. City of Baltimore and Virginia, bound for Baltimore, were told by wireless to ride out the freeze in Hampton Roads until daybreak.
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