Japan to restrict training squadron voyage to Honolulu
Tokyo reports the government will not allow the training squadron to visit the Pacific coast due to anti-Japanese agitation and will proceed as far as Honolulu. Meantime the 1907 budget allocates 55 million for the army with four new divisions and 40 million for the navy, including 5.5 million for efficiency gains. An internal loan of 15 million funds new communications projects.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Honolulu
Navy
California Delegation Sees San Francisco Welcoming Japan Fleet
In Washington the California delegation discussed Tokyo's decision to cancel the Pacific coast visit of the training squadron over anti Japanese agitation. They argued San Francisco would have welcomed the fleet and noted California would resent harm to Japanese sailors. Masanao Hanihara said Tokyo has considered postponing to preserve cordial U S relations and denied any plan to harm the fleet in San Francisco.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
California
Congress
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Kahn
Tokyo
Bay of
Masanao Hanihara
Viscount Aoki
United States
Pacific
Hanihara
Japanese Naturalization Hurdles Face Delay in El Paso
In El Paso on January 10, several Japanese applicants for U S naturalization were told to wait. Authorities cite the Mongolian race clause, depriving Japanese of rights under the new naturalization laws. Final papers declarations made under old laws will not be accepted until the issue is resolved.
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Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
United States
Naturalization barred for Japanese subjects in U. S.
Washington officials report Circuit Courts have ruled that Japanese people, not white or African, cannot become citizens. Supreme Court has not ruled on the matter. Officials say declarations of intention will be stopped and strict orders enforced to stop past misapplications.
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Washington
United States
Circuit
Supreme Court of the
Smith Succeeds Alger in Senate Nomination
In Lansing on January 10 the Republican caucus nominated William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids to succeed US Senator Russell A. Alger. With only a few Democrats in the State Legislature the nomination is effectively an election.
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Commercial Tribune
Lansing
Mich
William Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
Russell A. Alger
Le Passed Flat Fight Narrowly Averted in House
Tennessee representative Gaines plays a pivotal role in a tense House session as a near failure is narrowly prevented. The report notes a division over a measure and highlights Gaines and other lawmakers shaping the outcome.
Washington House near brawl over pay docking dispute
The House of Representatives nearly accosted each other during a clash between Gaines of Tennessee and Mahon of Pennsylvania over docking pay for absence. The two exchanged charges and a rush ensued before aides and the Speaker restored order, ending with a handshake amid applause.
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Mahon
Tennessee
Gaines
Pennsylvania
Two Japanese Held in Johnson Mystery Are Released
In Portland Oregon two Japanese suspects arrested after Dr Philip Edwards Johnson was found dead from the Ford Street Viaduct Monday night have been released. They were described as deserters from a Japanese liner now in port.
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Commercial Tribune
Portland
Ore
Philip Edwards Johnson
Ford Street
Foraker Taylor Judgeship Bill Backed by Bonaparte
Rep Taylor of Columbus presses the Foraker Taylor bill to add an Ohio Southern District Judge. Attorney General Bonaparte approves the measure, boosting its chances against a presidential veto. Taylor hands the report to Rep Alexander to present in the House.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Taylor
Representative Alexander
New York
House
Representative Bannon
Judiciary Committee
Pension Delays Lapse in Civil War Veteran Death
John Schlinger of Company G, Second New Jersey Volunteers, died at Mercy Hospital after a December 24 trip to Oxford to seek a pension. He collapsed from freezing on the way, and the pension was granted only after his death, following his decades long struggle to obtain benefits.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
John Schlinger
Mercy Hospital
Company G
Second
New Jersey Volunteers
Oxford
Schlinger
DIES ACCOMPANYING DEAD IN TRAIN BEARERS
Mrs. Edwin Harry Smith of Denver died in Union Station Chicago after removal of her husband’s coffin from the baggage car. She had planned to take the body to Baltimore for burial and collapsed on arriving in Chicago. The Eastbound train carried two coffins instead of one.
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Commercial Triv
Chicago
Edwin Harry Smith
Denver
Union Station
Baltimore
Ith
East
Gendarmes Chief Killed by Assassin in Lodz District
Lodz district gendarmes chief Colonel Patko Andrieff was shot on Poludniowa street. A passing infantry patrol wounded several bystanders. the assassin escaped as troops sealed the street. In St Petersburg, Lieutenant General Vladimir Pavloff’s killer was court-martialed and hanged.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Patko Andrieff
Poludmiowa Street
Poludniowa Street
ST. Petersburg
Vladimir Pavloff
More Insurance Men Face Arrest in New York Life Case
New York January 10 More arrests may follow in the New York Life Insurance Company investigation, District Attorney Jerome announced while opposing an inspection of December grand jury minutes in the Perkins case. He said unarrested persons named in the evidence may be held to account later. The court adjourned without a decision and ordered briefs submitted.
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Tobacco Combine
Taft
Hough
Commercial Tribune
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Jerome
George W. Perkins
New York Life
Panama Acts on Boundary Treaty
The State Department reports the boundary treaty with Costa Rica has been ratified by the Panama Congress. The agreement settles questions of jurisdiction for American interests and follows earlier arbitration attempts. Costa Rica is expected to ratify soon as well.
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Social Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
Costa Rica
Panama
Department
Costa
United States
Loubet
France
Traction interests form four insurance firms in Cleveland
Representatives of East Middle and Central West traction interests meeting in Cleveland decide on four new insurance companies to cover street railway and interurban properties. Over 100 million dollars in pledged coverage, with boards and executives named for the American Railway Insurance Company and others.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
West
Everett Moore Syndicate
Vanderbilt
American Railway Insurance Company
Ohio
Traction Mutual and Electric Insurance Companies
Associated Railway Companies Insurance Company
H. EB. Andrews
C. L. Andrews
New York
A. E. Akins
H. L. Clark
Philadelphia
Alex. Low
Detroit
H. A. Everett
G. L. Estabrook
C. G. Goodrich
Minneapolis
J. C. Hutchins
Walter Kernan
R. E. Sheldon
Columbus
J. H. Price
Samuel Scovil
H N. Staats
H. E. Andrews
H. N. Staats
H. J. Davies
J. C. Hutchinson
H. L Clark
C. L. Goodrich
Ag E. W. Moore
Cleveand
Metropolitan Railway Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Twin City Traction Company
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Rochester Railway
Syracuse Rapid Transit Company
Utica & Mohawk Valley Railway Company
Schenectady Railway Company
Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway Company
Rome City Railway
Oneida Railway Company
Northern Ohio Traction Company
Toledo Railway and Light Company
Canton, Akron Railway Company
Detroit United Railway Company
Bangor Railway and Light Company
East St. Louis and Suburban Railway Company
Alton, Granite, & St. Louis Traction Company
Grand Rapids Railway Company
St Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and Power Company
Columbus Railway and Light Company
Lake Shore Electric Railway Company
Cleveland & Southwestern Traction Company
Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railway Company
Detroit Edison Company
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
Interstate Railways Company
Prohibition Wail Shuts Down Hargis Case in Jackson
The Jackson Kentucky trial of Judge James Hargis for alleged involvement in Dr. B D Coxs assassination was halted by a Kentucky Court of Appeals writ of prohibition. Armed mountain men filled the town as lawyers and officials rushed to Lexington and Frankfort to argue the case amid fears of violence.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
James Hargis
B. D. Cox
Court of Appeals of
Kentucky
N. B. Hays
James B. Adams
Commonwealth
Second Judicial District
William Carnes
Williamstown
Beckham
Hargis
Dr. Cox
Carnes
Breck Crawford
Robin Burton
Elisor
Judge Carnes
Frankfort
Lawrence
Court of Appeals
Breathitt County
Jouett
Lexington
W. A. Young
Byrd
Jim Hargis
A. Ss. Johnson
T. P. Cardwell
May Be Fight for Persian Throne
A Tehran dispatch reports the former Shah's third son has raised an army of 10,000 in Luistan to seize the throne. The effort faces slim chances of success and could trigger considerable trouble.
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London
Daily Mail
Teheran
Luistan
Eee
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