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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1909
Page
20
In a contentious session, lawmakers clash over a Taft administration policy described as unsafe. Public credit associations and central bankers faced sharp questions from a panel of scholars and workers seeking clearer safeguards.
A Republican convention report from Milwaukee notes President Taft condemning the proposed postal savings bank system. The American Bankers Association rejects direct government banking, opposes deposit guarantees, and endorses a central bank. Discussion includes segregated savings departments and calls for vigilant bank examinations. Dr. John Chilgni of Trinity College addresses American industrialism and praises industry leaders.
Orders issued to numerous naval officers and cadets detailing new duties and postings. Assignments include duty at Naval Academy Annapolis and other training and engineering posts, with several officers formerly at Marine or Army schools moving to specified commands and stations.
The sultan of Morocco ordered the death of El Rogh after rebels were tortured and humiliated in Fer, with the public display curtailed as he died in a cage amid a protest by the French consul.
In Orleans on Sept 17 the local committee announced no official post will manage Zaft arrival. The city gears up for the lakes to the sea waterways convention while volunteers note piles of pastry branded materials and an avalanche risk prompts precautionary actions in the danger zone.
President Taft urged support for postal savings banks, arguing government backing boosts thrift and financial stability. He noted banks were pressured to buy 2 percent bonds and praised the plan as a national tool, while defending government action beyond laissez faire. Taft spoke to crowds in Milwaukee, meeting schoolchildren and veterans and touring civic sites amid strong partisan applause.
Speaker argues the Payne tariff bill lowers duties on many essentials while raising others, citing Schedule B on glass and bar items, Schedule C metals, Schedule D lumber, and Schedule L textiles. He contends overall consumption shows a downward revision in essential goods, defends Republican platform for preserving producer profits and preventing monopolies, and argues reductions are targeted to maintain price competition rather than general price cuts.
New York relays that Mary Mannering Hackett and James K Hackett remain in a divorce dispute. Judge Guy appointed Maurice Doloche as referee. Hackett's counsel cites vacation as reason for no discussion. Mrs Mannering declined to comment, and Hackett read a statement denying reconciliation.
Four Annapolis midshipmen disputed press reports of dismissal, saying they were permitted to resign instead. They traveled to Washington to appeal to the Navy Department for a rate statement, asserting they were not given a fair opportunity to present their side and seeking reinstatement.
Aad received 194 demerits for skimming near the trim line and failing to remaster the teron of a boat after a cruise. Five demerits over limit prompted a reprimand. Capt Gove filed an unfavorable report. Fagan Dannell Taylor and Flett were detained fifteen days as the Ivy Department reviewed their case and asked them to show cause why they should not be dismissed, with resignation sought.
The Atlantic fleet and cruiser force, two divisions, completed target and battle drills on southern drift grounds. Except for the Vermont, bound for Bridgeport, Conn., the ships return to port. Missouri and Birmingham finished practice. the Michelson target boat was damaged. The fleet will depart for the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York at 11 o'clock Monday. Further moves include Mississippi and speed cup hopes at New Orleans for the lake to gulf waterway congress in November.
Hanover farmer Moffatt traveled to Madrid after receiving a Russian nobleman letter promising half the recovered funds from a bank swindle. He handed 200 cash to the go-between, then sailed to Europe and later learned he had been duped, returning home in disappointment and loss. The episode is tied to a broader wartime deployment and military notices in the same dispatch.
Military dispatch lists personnel moves and duty changes in the medical reserve, noting fanfare of November 5 deployment to the Failigpine Islands and reassignments involving First Lieut. Robert Loshman, Fred J. Conasimany, and Victor Walking. Also records temporary retirements, station postings, and attendance delays for the American Public Health Association meeting in Richmond, with references to Col. Bondwell, Col. Bossalér, and Lt. Oscar Ruseaul.
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