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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1912
Page
7
Civil bill stalled as Senator Culbertson denounces a scandal claim urging limits on employment of former federal attorneys within two years of resignation. Tariff board provisions and antitrust suit safeguards spark debate. bill sent to committee with warnings of broader political clash.
A chaotic session ends with the House unable to reach a working quorum and adjourns. Attempts to compel attendance fail as sergeant at arms is deployed and the chamber remains split. Senate action delayed amid dispute over procedures and a looming majority plan.
The report outlines potential picks for key posts including an assistant secretary to the president and other senior roles. Names such as Sherman P. Nocn and Trivany Sludge appear in the discussed slate, with mentions of Alaska legal counsel and district attorney figures.
A 1912 testimonial from Mira Della Aili describes six years of torment from a facial skin disease. She reports relief after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, claiming the products cured eruptions and improved pimples, blackheads, rough skin, and nails.
Minority Leader Mann accused a noted senator of slipping a joker into an Indian land bill during conference. Representative Burke of South Dakota defended the measure as fixing land title issues for the Five Civilized Tribes. The conference report passed and is sent to the President for action.
Senate leaders foresee passage of an excise tax bill while Democratic wool and sugar tariff plans face defeat. The discussion centers on extending taxes to individuals and partnerships to match corporate payments, with a possible Republican compromise on sugar duties and Smoot measures as progressives seek a merged basis.
A House measure introduced by Representative Jefferson M Lavy of New York proposes boosting the duty free limit for goods Americans bring home from abroad. The amendment would raise the exemption to 350 with conditions, allowing personal wear and household effects valued up to 300, plus an extra 250 for long absences, under specific possession and use rules.
In a brisk vote, the Senate adopted a $210 000 amendment to connect departments and the Capitol by pneumatic tubes. Senator Kenyon tried to bar its use for maintaining free baths in the Senate building, but the proposal was rejected amid little debate.
The House resumed consideration of Representative Wilson of Pennsylvania’s bill aiming to abolish involuntary servitude in the American merchant marine and add life-saving safeguards. Opposition urged subsidizing the merchant marine to build American ships and carry passengers and merchandise in honest fashion, arguing against the bill and calling for practical shipyard support.
Former Senator Nathan Scott testifies before a Senate committee investigating 1940 campaign expenditures. He says no funds from sugar, standard oil, or harvester trusts were received by the Republican National Committee through Henry Havemeyer or others. He notes Perkins gave 1500 as a personal contribution, and Scott’s own gift ranged about 30,000 to 60,000, largely spent in West Virginia, with no evidence of beef, steel, oil, or sugar interests contributing to the campaign.
A Sunday beer incident near King Street Alexandria led to a police court hearing. Samuel Contes and others were fined for assaulting John Wabash during a keg gathering. Wabash received cuts to head and face as bottles and glasses flew. Other items note health ordinances and a quo warranto challenge over a council seat.
Representative Sulzer will urge Taft and Knox to loudly protest to Japan over the treatment of American missionaries in Korea. He plans investigations into torture charges and will press for official information as Ambassador Chinda declines comment while the Korea case awaits court verdicts. In Washington, Minulver reports Korea news prompting inquiry. The article also notes plans to entertain delegates of the American Association of Commercial Executives during a September convention with ship, sightseeing, lunches, and theater events.
Senate sticks to two battleships while House holds to none in naval appropriations quarrel. Conferees report no compromise in sight though another meeting is planned. The dispute centers on whether this year should fund two ships or none with a possible shift if a compromise emerges.
Lereem press to align with House on one ship and a $300000 Charleston navy yard improvement bill. Senator Tillman grudgingly concedes to House demand as disputed appropriations for Charleston Portsmouth and Philadelphia are dropped from the measure.
George Raimond Harkness a New York operator shot and killed Florence Hopp in a hotel bar after an explanation of an automatic pistol. He claimed the shooting was accidental and that Mrs Hopp had previously held the pistol about five minutes before. He said he planned to marry Mrs Hopp after his divorce.
Two officers of the German battleship Thuringen were drowned when a small boat capsized off Koeniggberg. Eight officers ashore were rescued, while a pinnace carrying bluejackets was wrecked in the surf but all aboard were saved.
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