Chinese Sailors in American Ships Policy Modifications
Washington reports the house committee on foreign affairs struck out the Chinese sailor wage clause from the Mitchell-Kahn exclusion bill. Pacific coast leaders argued it would favor English and Japanese lines by keeping Chinese workers cheap on American ships, while Kahn signaled flexibility on the provision.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Pacific
Representative Kahn
California
Speaker Henderson
Kahn
China
St. Louis Exposition
United States
Rebels Capture Kam-Chou and Seize Canton Arsenal
Rebels seize Kam-Chou in Kwang-Tung province and take the Canton garrison’s arsenal and granaries. Canton urges Ma to act and says Canton garrison cannot be further depleted. News also reports the Penobscot River opened after flood danger subsided and Torpedo Boat Destroyer Barry III launched from Philadelphia.
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Kam-Chou
Sieze
Canton
Hong-Kong
Kam -Chou
Kwang-Tung
Detroit Subscribers Win In Requiring Full Service
Wayne circuit court on Saturday ordered Michigan Telephone Co to extend full service and connections to remaining Detroit Telephone Co subscribers absorbed earlier. After acquisition, Michigan offered Detroit level service briefly then reduced to similar rates and limited interconnections. Plaintiffs petitioned mandamus and plan to appeal to state supreme or US courts.
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Detroit
Mich Macehoo
Wayne Circuit Court
Michigan Telephone Company
Detroit Telephone Company
Michigan Company
Mo!igan
Detroit Company
Michigan Telephones
State Supreme Court
United States Courts
Cambridge Wins Boat Race By Eight Lengths Over Oxford
Putney England March 22 The fifty ninth annual Boat Race between Cambridge and Oxford crews was rowed Saturday over the Thames course from Putney to Mortlake and Cambridge won by eight lengths in a time of 19 minutes 9 seconds.
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Putney
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Thames
Mortlake
Wood Plans Cuban Evacuation Transfer to Cuban Republic
Gen. Wood military governor of Cuba arrives in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root on evacuating Cuba and transferring power to the Cuban republic. He plans to depart soon for Havana to implement the administration’s transfer program.
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Washington
Gen. Wood
Cuba
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Cuban Republi
Wood
War Department
Root
White House
Havana
Cube
Park Avenue Tunnel Cave-In Causes Big Property Loss
Excavations for a rapid transit tunnel along Park Avenue New York City caused cave-ins damaging four story brownstone fronts on the east side of the avenue. No lives were lost though substantial property damage estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 forced residents to abandon their homes.
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New York
Park Avenue
No 55
Miners Fail to Agree on Wage Scale at Shamokin Convention
Shamokin Pa March 22 Delegates from United Mine Workers districts 1 7 and 9 adjourned with no final wage scale decision after three hours Saturday. President Mitchell said the scale committee report was adopted but he did not reveal details. A Monday session is planned with a resolutions committee to present the matter.
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Washington
House
Powers
N. B. IV Speata
John L. Burnett
Br Beventh
Alabama
Porip
Burnett
Eer
Maniac Ds
J. McKenzie Lokis Ve. Joh L. Rhea
Sahino
Shamokin
United Mine Workers
Opera House
Mitchell
Tts
Sense Committee
Siolls Fahy
Duffy
No 1
Wyoming
Lackawanna
Public Lands in Porto Rico Vested in United States
Attorney General holds that lands once held by Porto Rico farmers, under the Paris treaty, now belong to the United States. The opinion answers whether so called public lands were ceded as crown lands or remain Porto Rico property as state lands.
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Washington
Drought and distress amid Arkansas settlers appeal
A drought in northern Arkansas prompted Kansas City leaders to raise donations at the livestock exchange to aid suffering settlers in five counties including Sharp. A.L. Doss described the deplorable conditions and urged a general Kansan appeal for provisions.
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Kansas City
Arrhansas
Livestock Exchange
Arkansas
A L. Doss
Handy Sharp County
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