Army Transport Weakness Warns of Slow War Mobilization
A General Staff paper, sent to Senator Gallinger by Taft, warns current U S army transport capacity cannot move a war force overseas without a large tonnage increase. It urges rapid ship construction and outlines past Santiago expedition lessons and the need for a two sizes fleet built for quick conversion to transports.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
General Staff
Taft
Gallinger
Merchant Marine Commission
Senate
Santiago
S. S. Leach
Chaffee
Quartermaster's Department
Atlantic
United States
War Department
Turbulent battle near Guayubin shapes Santo Domingo crisis
Reports from Cape Haitien describe a major clash near Guayubin between forces of General Caceres temporary President of Santo Domingo and insurgents. Several generals on both sides killed or wounded. Gunboat Independencia defected to insurgents plans to return to Santo Domingo and seek safety guarantees. Morales urges US Senate ratification of the pending convention for national salvation. General Morales thanks the American people from hospital in San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Caceres
Santo Domingo
Independencia
Morales
United States Senate
Congress of
San Juan
P. R
Carlos F. Morales
United States
Dubuque
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Washington
Morales comNwavill
Cherokee's Company Lands After Many Vain Attempts
After twenty four hours in danger the Clyde Line steamer Cherokee with sixty aboard ran aground at Brigantine Shoals. Captain Archibald and crew were rescued by Captain Mark Caste and the sloop Alberta, bringing all hands safely to Brigantine Beach and Atlantic City amid a fierce North Atlantic storm.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlantic City
N. J
Clyde Line
Cherokee
San Domingo
New York
Mark Caste
Alberta
Caste
Archibald
Brigantine Beach
Tragedy at The Bear Casts Gloom Over New Year
A deadly shooting at The Bear restaurant in St. Petersburg with Count Sheremetieff involved, sparking pessimistic editorials on 1906 prospects and unrest. The Tsars held a New Year reception at Tsarskoye Selo. Empress and Emperor greeted diplomats. Meyer and other ambassadors honored.
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ST. Petersburg
Davidoff
Count Sheremetieff
Russia
Zeritel
Spectator
Tsarkoe-Selo
Count Witte
Hounds Track Prisoner Delbert Hayslip Through Ohio County
Delbert Hayslip, held for Adams County, escaped from the county jail in Georgetown Ohio last night. Bloodhounds from Martinsville traced the trail to Ripley wharfboat then east toward Camp Run three miles east of town. Hayslip, 25, 5 ft 9 in, 160 lbs, dark hair brown eyes wore dark suit black shirt brown cap, escaped while a sick prisoner was being moved.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
Delbert Hayslip
Adams County
Martinsville
Ripley
Camp Run
Hayslip
American Minister Delivers France Venezuela Severance Note
The American Minister at Caracas delivered a note on behalf of France to the Venezuelan Government, severing diplomatic relations. France and Venezuela are advised to resume relations via Trinidad and Amacura channels as gunboat messengers carry dispatches.
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France
Castro
Caracas
Port of Spain
Trinidad
M. Taigny
W. W. Russell
Venezuela
Russell
State Department
Department
Commercial Tribune
Washington
New York
The
Commercial Cable Company
Amacura
Youth Confesses Ending Mystery of Robbery
A fourteen year old colored boy named Eugene Henry confessed to robbing Mrs. Nannie DeHonney on the second floor of her home and attempting to break Dr. J C Erwin's safe. Police found imitation pearl beads a bracelet and $3.10 on him and he claimed two white men abducted him at gunpoint in a daylight adventure.
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Utter Sang-Froid
Eugene Henry
J. C. Erwin
West Highth Street
Nannie DeHonney
Dr. Erwin
Kistler
Central
Marshall Field In Critical Condition In New York
Chicago merchant Marshall Field remains seriously ill with pneumonia in a New York hotel. Reports from physicians say his condition worsened with little improvement since the forenoon, as his family and visitors including J. P. Morgan Paul Morton and H. H. Rogers monitor the case amid a tense outlook.
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Mr. Field
J. P. Morgan
Paul Morton
H. H
Moroccan envoy lands at Algeciras as guns boom
Mohammed El Torres, Morocco's foreign minister designate, arrived at Algeciras with sixty-one officials amid Spanish gunfire and a crowd of Moors and Spaniards. American and British sailors mingled in Gibraltar as preconference diplomacy began, with talks on Monroe Doctrine and US-France-M Morocco interests shaping early remarks.
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Algeciras
Spain
Mohammed el Torres
Morocco
Rio del Plata
Seville
Gibraltar
United States
Central America
Cuba
Panama
France
Venezuela
M. Reveil
Morocco Looms as Prize in Great Power Talks
Paris reports a Moroccan congress to decide the fate of a land famed for untapped mineral wealth and rich leather trade. Major European powers France Spain England Portugal and Germany seek footholds in Morocco amid rival commercial interests.
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Paris
Morocco
Europe
North
Africa
Atlas
Rift
France
Spain
England
Portugal
Germany
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Haiti
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Caceras
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Victo
Rious
Monte Cristi
Cherokee’s Company
Bar
Sian Restaurant
Annual Review OF
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Slavo
Douma
M. Amfiteatroff
Pehaktom
Rome
Durnovo
Count Solsky
Council of the Empire
Mr. Meyer
Herr von Schoen
Japan
Robert Woods Bliss
William W. Gibson
Roy Campbell Smith
Basil Miles
Philadelphia
Mr. Russell
M. ‘Patetty
Cable Company
Choe
Marshall Field
Chicago
Morgan
Rogers
Critical Stage Today
Field
Stanley Field
William G. Beal
Robert T. Lincoln
Mr. Beal
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Billings
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Citadel
Sigsbee
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Richard L. Sprague
Henry White
M. Revoil
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Mexico
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