Summary of Week of Global News and U S Political Moves
The Iowa senate passes an anti railroad pass bill. The Philippines reports heavy casualties in a battle with American troops. A San Francisco five story fire causes large losses. Morocco peace talks at Algeciras hinge on compromises. Zo n City seeks funds to avert bankruptcy. Port of Portland approves a Willamette bridge plan. House committees push direct senate elections and naval payroll reforms. Calls for sugar trust investigations and trust scrutiny rise. The Paris Moroccan issue draws U S attention while Port land maintains purchasing agency stance. The Manchuria arms smuggling case surfaces. Japan ships another warship to protect citizens in China. Industry groups face reforms as legal and financial troubles loom.
Senate backs 400000 jetty funding amid emergency
Washington reports the senate commerce committee approved Senator Fulton s amendment to the sundry civil bill authorizing 400000 for Columbia River jetty work to preserve the tramways and protect unfinished rock work. Senator Frye advised limiting changes to the amendment to avoid defeating the appropriation. The panel sees the project as an emergency and plans further measures if one plan fails.
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Senate Committee of Commerce Today
Fulton
Columbia River
Congress
Frye
Secretary of War
Falcom
Commerce Committee
Beck
Army
Falton
Pilee
Columbia
Finton
Senate
House
Sea Level Canal Feasible Says Burr Before Committee
Professor W. A. H. Burr of New York told the senate committee on interoceanic canals that a sea level canal across the Isthmus of Panama is more feasible than a lock system. He said the Chagres River control is solvable and a sea level canal could be built in ten years, with no doubtful feats in the plan. The committee adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow for Burr to address the lock canal question.
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Washington
W. A. H. Burr
New York
Board of Consulting Engineers
Cemate Committee
Interoceanic Canale
Panama
Chagree
Burr
Alaska Fishery Bill Opposed by Alaskan Delegation
Washington March 9 Representatives of Alaskan sailors and federmen testified before the House committee on territories to oppose the Cushman bill. Speakers included O W Dorr Captain D H Jarvie Representative Humphriet and Fred Stimeon of Seattle. The measure would grant the Commerce and Labor Department broad powers to regulate Alaskan fisheries, drawing heavy criticism for centralizing authority.
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Alaska
Washington
House
O. W Dorr
D. H. Jarvie
Humphriet
Fred Stimeon
Seattle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congressional actions on rail issues and statehood plans
The report details Roosevelt's remarks on railroad discrimination and monopolies with proposed funding for an Interstate Commerce Commission investigation. It notes the Oklahoma statehood bill passage by the Senate, with Arizona and New Mexico provisions removed, and previews ongoing railroad rate bill debates with Republican and Democratic positions on amendments and judicial review.
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Fort Davie le
Washington
Senate
Clapp
Bailey
Tillman
Aldrich
Foraker
Crane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Debate on Statehood Bill In Washington March 8
Washington reports that March 8 featured a final opportunity for general debate on the statehood bill. Senators Beveridge McCumber and Patterson spoke, Beveridge urging unity for Arizona and New Mexico, McCumber opposing joining Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Patterson backing separate state admissions. House action included passage of the Indian appropriation bill and tense talks on abolishing the lieutenant general grade, ending in adjournment for lack of quorum.
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Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Burrowe
McCumber
Beveridge
Patterson
Foraker
Roosevelt signs coal and oil discrimination bill
President Roosevelt signed a joint resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, though he warned it may do little. In Alaska, Capron secured passage of a bill permitting sale of government coal at Fort Davis to Nome citizens amid a coal famine and severe winter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Capron
R I
Fort Davia
Alaska
Nome
Taft
Hermann as a Plagiarist
Representative Hermann introduces another joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution to provide for the election of United States senators by direct vote. The article notes a pattern of perceived absentmindedness and repeated procedural moves during the session.
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Hermann
Washington
United States
Tobacco Growers Gain Tax Break In Early Session
Washington March 6 The house passed a bill allowing tobacco growers to sell leaf without the 6 cent a pound tax. The rest of the day shifted to tariff policy and the Indian appropriation bill. In the senate the medical department enlargement faced debate as a reform to replace contract surgeons with physician officers. Senators Hale Carter Gallinger opposed while Warren Blackburn defended the bill. The measure was not disposed of.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hale
Senacr
China
Carter
Gallinger
Warren
Blackburn
Roosevelt Pushes Coast Defenses and Island Holds
President Roosevelt sent a coast defense plan to Congress highlighting fortified entrances to Chesapeake and Panama Canal, and urging defenses for Manila Bay Pearl Harbor Guantanamo Guam San Juan and Honolulu. Senate debates statehood bill compulsory education for DC and revenue cutter service officers. House passes bills amid unity but controversy over Northern Securities case cited by Will James.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Chesapeake
United States
Mama Bay
Pearl Harbor
Guantansameo
Guam
San Juan
Honolulu
Panama Canal
Arrest Report From Fragmentary Text
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an arrest of an official connected to Pedesutia with unclear wording and no verifiable details. The readable portion provides no names, dates, or locations to anchor facts.
Edict Against AqiThe Mtn Gasette
A garbled wartime item from a local paper reports an edict against a mountain publication. Readable fragments mention reseeding reports and sales data, with references to high and low figures and liver related terms.
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