Straus Becomes Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar Straus of New York was sworn in as secretary of the department of commerce and labor in a cabinet reshuffle. He vows to continue predecessor policies and work harmoniously with officials, taking his cues from the president and seeking cooperation across the department.
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Washington
Oscar Straus
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
Department
Mr. Straus
Frank H. Larned
Bureau of Immigration
Metcalf
Straus
President Roosevelt urges urgent reform of public land laws
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress urging immediate action to rewrite public land laws. He cites the timber and stone act as harming public timber lands, calls for repeal, and flags the desert land and commutation clauses as prone to fraud and counter to home building goals.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Sheppard Seeks Wasp to Fight Boll Worm
Representative Sheppard introduced a bill directing the agriculture department to divert funds from the appropriations bill to advance experiments against the cotton boll worm. The pest has allied with the boll weevil in many areas, and damage is increasing. He has campaigned on the issue for five years and anticipates major investigations next summer aimed at eradication.
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Sheppard
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Navy promotion reform urged in Roosevelt message
Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress on naval personnel praising the need to overhaul the present system. He proposes legislation to ensure officers of the line reach captains and rear admirals at younger ages, gaining more experience and training for higher duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Broussard Arrives to Aid Rice Industry Interests
J E Broussard of Beaumont arrives in Washington as a member of the joint Texas and Louisiana rice committee. He will seek a meeting with Secretary Wilson and Dr. Wiley to obtain modifications to the pure food law affecting rice by products, aimed at easing regulatory hardship on the industry.
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Washington
J. E. Broussard
Beaumont
Texas and
Louisiana
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Wiley
Bill of Rights debated at Guthrie constitutional convention
Chief Quanah Parker signals opposition to county division as Guthrie notes May day. Hon. John Sharpe Williams letter endorses Jeffersonian principles. Haskell moves to memorialize Congress for 150000. a committee of Haskell Kurigg and Asp drafts it. Printing bids set as special order. non union bids rejected leaving Russell and Niblack as finalists. The bill of rights adds libel proof of truth, grand jury, witness immunity against corporations, and railroads using condemned land while owner retains title. Pitman proposes rate relief for public service firms earning over 12 percent and five year goals for service upgrades.
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Guthrie
Quanah Parker
Comanche County
John Sharpe Williams
Haskell
Congress
Messrs
Kurigg
Asp
L. T. Russell
Ardmore
Leslie Niblack
Rose
Pitman
Enid
Public Service Corporation
Gambling Crusade Goes On In Austin
Austin chief of police Mor ris orders all gamblers arrested or charged with vagrancy unless they leave the city within six days. Authorities aim to keep gambling out during the legislature session. Texas railroad attorneys discuss injunctions against railroad commission. Attorney General Davidson presents memorial resolutions for Col. Marcus F. Mott of Galveston.
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Austin
Morris
Texas
Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Davidson
Marcus F. Mott
Galveston
Work of wreckers leaves Fireman dead and engineer scarred
In Waterport, Texas and Pacific No. 51 derailed by wreckers, Fireman Myers died and Engineer Chris J. Link was badly scalded. Baggage master and an unknown man were lightly hurt, two tramps killed. The train, speeding from New Orleans, struck an open switch and overturned.
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Myers
Link
New Orleans
Texas and Pacific
Waterport
Here
Chris J. Link
Culberson Warns of Cattle Raisers’ Damages
In a senate memorial presentation Mr. Culberson said western cattle raisers suffer more damage from car shortages and poor transport service than from disease, markets, or other causes. He urged speedy relief consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Culberson
Supreme Court Invalidates Wilson Cattle Quarantine
The Supreme Court rules Secretary Wilson's quarantine order unconstitutional as it overlaps state and interstate cattle movements. The ruling centers on the Edwards and McKendree cases from Kentucky.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Wilson
Edwards & McKendree
Kentucky
Eloping Couple Married In Carriage In Rain
An eloping couple from Fannin county Texas wed in a carriage as a heavy shower fell. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace in Bloomfield Prairie Indian Territory.
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Bloomfield Prairie
I. T
Fannin County
Texas
Nine Sailors Drown In Cutter Upset Off Portsmouth
Nine sailors from the Hindustan battleship drowned when a cutter capsized near the Second Jetty in Portsmouth England. The incident occurred Monday, and rescue efforts are ongoing as authorities investigate the accident. Garner introduced a bill proposing a $500,000 appropriation for a second jetty at Aransas Pass.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Hindustan
Washington
Garner
Aransas Pass
Smothered to Death in Oil Mill Tragedy
Commerce Texas reports the body of fourteen year old Oscar Kemp found under ten feet of hulls at the oil mill. In Washington Texas Carrie E Hohl named postmaster at Taylor. Stockholm notes King Oscar showing improvement on Monday.
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Commerce
Tex
Oscar Kemp
Taylor
Washington
Carrie E Hohl
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W. W Watkins
FOLEY
Foley & Company
Chicago
M. H. James
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J. B. Hines
New Yorker
Comemerce
Labor
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Naval Promotions
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Constitutional Tar
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Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Opas Saloon
Bryan Street
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S. H. Franklin
Haswenn’s Book Store
Stockholm
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Hack
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