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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
9
Reported debate centers on filling district office vacancies by promotion or demotion. Proposals touch the classified service and executive approval, with bureau retention and pay provisions under consideration. Lawmakers indicate possible action tomorrow as committees push for continued support and investigation into pay and appointments.
A fragmented district appropriation discussion shows hostility to the measure as Senate and House aides exchange amendments and delays. Lawmakers from multiple committees clash over funding allocations and conference actions to finalize the district appropriation bill.
Fragmented OCR text discusses requests to bar insane New York appraisal practices and exclusion in grants, referencing a state hospital, committees, and port safety concerns with unclear names and actions. The readable pieces indicate debates over funding, commissions, and deportation notes amid incomplete context.
Fragmentary OCR shows Nicaragua files protest over convention ratification. The note mentions a senate committee on foreign affairs and a papered plan tied to a regional treaty. Names and places are unclear due to garbled text.
Views of a minority on the committee are ready for the Senate today as representatives press for action. The minority may opt to present later views, though the report has not yet been formally issued. Urge citizenship for Porto Ricans is noted alongside labor leaders' stance.
William Vare, a dominant Philadelphia Republican, takes the seat for Pennsylvania’s First District in Congress, succeeding Gen H H Bingham. Vare and his brother Edwin H Vare wield major South Philadelphia influence, delivering large majorities and reshaping city politics amid past intra party strife.
Senator Cummins attacks President Taft over the Payne Aldrich tariff and demands revision of the metal schedule. He warns against any recess or adjournment to allow national conventions, urging continued Senate action until tariff bills are settled.
The Senate passed a bill authorizing the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the City and Suburban Company to extend their lines along Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets northeast. The plan aims to connect existing East Capitol C and H street lines, improving street railway facilities. Construction is to start within six months and be completed within one year, with the work underground.
Senate approves the conferees report on the general service pension bill. The measure, likely to pass, proposes an average annual increase of 22.5 million dollars for five years, with the largest rise of 35 million dollars slated for next year.
Baltimore May 1 In accordance with a request by Capt Adolph W Mingdorf a prominent retired sea captain of the German merchant marine who died here today his body will be cremated next Friday. The ashes will be given to the steamship of the first German vessel docking in Baltimore to be scattered to the winds at sea.
An elderly friendly remedy promoting ease without harsh purgatives. The ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild tonic aiding digestion, stomach, liver, and bowels. It claims widespread use, family suitability, and free home delivery in a Madison address style notice.
The Washington Medical and Surgical Society hosted its annual banquet at the New Willard Hotel with Dr John B Deaver of Philadelphia as the honored guest. He presented a paper on stomach operations after demonstrations at a Freedman’s Hospital clinic, as President Dr William A Jack Jr recognized the speaker and many members attended, listing numerous physicians present.
Senate action enacts drastic wireless regulation assigning authority to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor over wire less stations and licenses. Distress calls receive top priority with stations required to stop nonessential sending during distress and to complete all signals related thereto. The measure, tied to the Carpathia disruption, also mimics international distress standards and limits amateur use to brief ranges. An amendment to boost enforcement funding from 1 to 100 dollars was adopted.
A dispute over the nomination of former Territorial Governor Sloan to a United States Court in Arizona sparks claims that President Taft seeks to punish voters who backed a recall provision in the state constitution. Charges about Sloan’s judicial character were investigated and dismissed by a Senate subcommittee led by Senator O Gorman. Some Democrats oppose confirmation due to Arizona’s two new Democratic senators. others will back Sloan as the fight looms.
Public hearings on Judge Robart W Archbald’s impeachment charges begin today after the Judiciary Committee reviewed papers from Attorney General Wickersham. Edward J Williams of Scranton will be the first witness, sworn in but not yet examined, with several Scranton and Erie Railroad figures slated as future witnesses.
Ulster leaders vow to resist and forge a provisional government as the House of Commons debate on an Irish bill intensifies. Chamberlain taunts ministers over perceived lack of conviction while Ulster says it will fight. The plan aims to ready machinery for action within two years, potentially turning passive resistance into active. The clash, described as the first shots in a broader conflict, could affect the British empire and army.
Tam pledged to inform residents of Washington that Nurito pills, prescription free from opiates, relieve rheumatism neuritis and other pains or refund money. The ad claims even crippled sufferers found relief, promising a $1 box to prove efficacy. Composed by the Magiartral Chemical in Platiron Building, New York.
Charley McFarland a despondent chauffeur leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge today slipping past a guard and plunging 195 feet into the water. A passing tugboat recovered his unconscious body aboard, where his shoulder was fractured and he suffered internal injuries. He may recover.
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