Navy Yard Funds Added to Battle Ship Bill
The Navy Appropriation bill receives a $6,000,000 add on to equip navy yards at Puget Sound Philadelphia Norfolk New Orleans Boston Portsmouth Charleston and New Orleans for shipbuilding. The amendment targets capital ships and dreadnoughts while a separate provision preserves an international arbitration plan. Gardner fails to strike the arbitration clause as debate continues in Washington.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Padgett
Naval Affairs Committee
Puget Sound
Philadelphia
Norfolk
New Orleans
Boston
Portsmouth
Charleston
House
Hensley
International Court of Arbitration
Marepe
Pereve Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Representative Padgett
Representative Hill
Connecticut
Secretar Daniels
Getten
Hull
Clark
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Naval
Gardner Attacks Navy Arbitration Amendment Pacifist Dream
Representative Augustus P. Gardner of Massachusetts delivers a satirical critique of the Naval Appropriation Bill provision for an international arbitration court. He calls it a pacifist dream and argues it would have altered 1914 decisions, urging the U.S. to stay out of European meddling and noting the amendment’s defeat.
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Woodrow Wilson
Kin Alfonso
Spain
Henry Ford
Detroit
Germany
Austria
United States
Europe
Lusitania
Mexico
International Court
Mr. Gardner
Clark
Massachusetts
New York Times
Washington
Augustus P. Gardner
Gardner
Cs Pease
Court of Arbitration
Sta
Ner
Hensley
House
United
Prie
Oregon Land Bill Passes in Senate for 2,300,000 Acres
The Senate approved a House bill to reclaim by the government 2.3 million acres of Oregon land once granted to the Oregon and California Railroad. Lands valued around 30 million dollars allegedly forfeited for violation of grant terms. Amendments allocate proceeds among Oregon, reclamation funds, and the Federal Government with sales to be cash-based.
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Washington
Oregon
Oregon & California
Senate
Reclamation Fund
Neral Reclamation Fund
Wilson Heads to Annapolis for Naval Academy Commencement
President Wilson departed on the Mayflower tonight for Annapolis Maryland to deliver diplomas to Naval Academy graduates tomorrow morning. He traveled with Mrs Wilson and relatives and will return by automobile tomorrow afternoon without plans to speak. Secretary Daniels will give the commencement address at the exercises.
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Washington
Wilson
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Cretary Daniels
Forest Service tests show new woods can replace pulp in newsprint
The Forest Service Laboratories report successful news print trials using eleven kinds of previously unused woods. Two large newspapers tested the material and seventy samples from nearly unused woods suggest substitutes for pulp. If prices stay stable, more efficient conversion or cheaper woods are needed to conserve pulp supply.
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Washington
Forest Service Laboratories
Forest Service
National Security League Demands Daniels Exit
About 250 attendees at the National Security League gathering in the Hotel Astor urged the relegation of Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Speakers accused him of harming the navy and losing its confidence, while letters from naval officers supported the critique. The league announced plans to track Congress votes on defense and to press for preparedness.
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Daniels
President Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
National Security League
Hotel Astor
Henry Reuterdahl
Navy
Reuterdahl
Congress
League
Union
Menken
Roosevelt
J. B. Walker
The
Scientific American
Pacific
Atlantic
Washington
Navy Ready Says Benson at Naval Academy Banquet
Rear Admiral William D Benson, chief of operations, outlined the Bureau of Operations fourteen months after its creation detailing co ordination of navy activities and efficiency gains at a Naval Academy graduation banquet. He cited Secretary Daniels's creed of 100 percent efficiency for men and ships and said the bureau moved the fleet toward a policy of constant readiness.
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Navy Department
Admiralson
Admiral Benson
Naval Service
Naval
Bureau
Naval Consulting Board
Benson
Annapolis
Bureau of Operations
Navy
William 58. Benson
Naval Academy
Secreta Daniels
Standard Oil Case Move Examines Contempt Charge
Attorney General Gregory indicated the Justice Department is nearing a decision on whether Standard Oil violated the Supreme Court dissolution decree. Officials are reviewing whether the breakup into separate but similarly owned firms restored real competition and how fully the decree has been carried out. Discussions with officials and former lawyers in the case continue as developments are awaited.
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Washington
Gregory
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Ident Wilson
Federal Trade Commi
Ange
Vote Planned On Marshall Contempt Case In House
The House agreed to vote June 20 on the Moon Committee report assessing contempt against H. Snowden Marshall, Southern District of New York District Attorney, for criticizing a judiciary sub committee probing impeachment charges. Four hours of debate are possible, while the impeachment resolution against Marshall remains pending.
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New York Times
Washington
House
H. Snowden Marshall
New York
Judiciary
Representative Moon
Tennessee
Marshall
Buchanan
Illinois
Judiciary Committee
Moon Committee
Dolfus Crucifixion Tapestry Sold to Widener for 200000
The Dolfus Crucifixion tapestry from the J. Pierpont Morgan collection at the Metropolitan Museum was purchased by Joseph E. Widener of Philadelphia through P. W. French & Co. for 200000. Both this and the Mazarin tapestry will stay at the Museum until September before joining Widener's Philadelphia collection.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Metropolitan Museum
Joseph E. Widener
Philadelphia
P. W. French & Co
Widener
Mr. Widener
Aid urged to fund military training camps for poor youths
The Military Training Camps Association executive committee telegrammed President Wilson urging a $3,000,000 appropriation to cover expenses for 50,000 deserving but financially unable young men to attend federal training camps. They note industry leaders support broader access and warn Congress may delay for six weeks. More than 1,000 men expected to depart New York for Plattsburg next Sunday as others head from Boston and Philadelphia.
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The
Military Training Camps Association
Wilson
Congress
United States
Plattsburg
California
Texas
Georgia
Executive Committee
White House
Washington, DC
Miliary Training Camps Association of the
War Department
Secretary of War
Mayor Mitchel
Grenville Clark
George Wharton Pepper
Lloyd Derby
R. M. McElroy
Princeton
William Marshall Bullitt
Philip A. Carroll
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Grand Central Terminal
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Security League
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40Th Street
Oxford
Standard Oil
Marshall Case
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Lex. Ave
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Chicago
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Brooklyn
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Gunn Sixth Ave
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