Rights in Manchuria views of Mr Root discussed
Washington April 6 Secretary Root explained that the Russian administration of Harbin does not impair Chinese sovereignty and that the United States will not approve the Russian decrees regulating business in the foreign zone. The issue centers on municipal control in the foreign quarter and the role of Russian and Chinese authorities in Harbin. Consul General Skinner is recognized by China on the same footing as the Russian consul general.
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Russia
Harbin
Root
Chinese Western Railway
China
State Department
Railread
Skinner
Genral
Actly
Japanese attack on American Consulate in Meukden
Four Japanese men entered the American Consulate in Meukden and brutally attacked the local staff in retaliation for a private grievance. General Straight requisitioned Chinese police. the Japanese were arrested and sent to the Japanese Consulate. No apology yet offered and a possible diplomatic dispute looms.
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Meukden
Con 5
Straight
Alexieff Forced Out Of Office In Douma Victory
Petersburg April The Douma won a sweeping victory forcing the retirement of M. Alexieff vice minister of commerce and director of the department of commercial nation. The budget commission threatened to report against the budget of the ministry unless Alexieff was removed. Minister Shipoff yielded marking a step toward ministerial responsibility in the first Douma.
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S&s
Petersburg
Douma
M. Alexieff
Commerce
Department of Commercial Nation
Budget Commission
Alexieff
M. Shipoff
Shipping firms unite to cut steerage fares to the Med
Hamburg America and North German Lloyd join White Star in lowering steerage rates from New York to Mediterranean ports. The Hamburg American Line blames Italian rivals for the rate fight but expects a quick settlement. The dispute does not alter the recent agreement with the New York and North European lines.
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Hamburg
Apri
Hamburg-American
Lloyd
White Star Line
New York
Hamburg-American Line
Fishermen Rescued From French Schooner Champagne
Halifax reports the French fishing schooner Champagne of St. Malo, dismasted and in distress, was sighted March 21 by the steamer Volturno. After two perilous lifeboat trips, 14 sailors were saved first, then the remaining 14 were rescued next day. The burning vessel was abandoned as the Volturno proceeded to New York.
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Champagne
St. Malo
France
Pound
Rotterdam
New York
Harris
McIntosh
Government bond redemption boosted by tax receipts rise
Tokio reports that for the year ending March 31 receipts exceed estimates by about 56 million yen due to full tax collection. The Finance Department praises the result noting minimal deficits and expresses strong confidence in the government’s bond redemption ability.
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Tokio
Department of Finance
Grape-Nuts Proposed for Weaning Babies
Mothers seek safe nourishing foods for newly weaned babies and find guidance in a claim that Grape-Nuts, made from wheat and barley, with hot milk and a touch of sugar, meets most needs. A teaspoonful softened in hot milk forms a paste, then mixed, suggested as a reliable option for infants and adults alike.
Americans Arrested Over Newfoundland Fishing Dispute
Washington reports Representative Gardner says Newfoundland violates the 1818 treaty and the 1907 fisheries modus vivendi by arresting Gloucester captains Clayton and Spinney for cod trawling within three miles. He urges immediate action to free them and class cod with herring under the modus vivendi. London notes drafts on US Canada questions await Ottawa tweaks and warns of Niagara Falls power deadlock.
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Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Newfoundland
Gloucester
Clayton
Srinney
Port Aux Basque
Spinney
White House
State Department
Hague
London
Foreign Office
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Niagara Falls
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Baltic Sea Convention Maintains Status Quo Coasts
Russia Germany Denmark and Sweden agree to uphold the status quo on Baltic coasts with signing expected soon. Sweden and Denmark welcome the move and remove the threat of fortifications on the Aland Islands near Sweden. A North Sea accord may follow, as Russian insistence on naval stations around Finland strained ties with Sweden and Denmark.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Baltic
Aland Islands
North Sea
Finland
Large Boston Bank Closes Doors in Liquidation
The National Bank of the Republic, a major Boston financial institution with 2 million capital and about 15 million in deposits, shuts its doors. Its business and assets will be liquidated by the National Shawmut Bank, Boston’s largest national bank since absorbing several locals.
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National of Republic
Shawmut
Boston
National Bank of the Republic
Jey
National Shawmut Bank
Bank of the Republic
Shawmut Bank
New England
Cleveland Streetcar Fare Settlement Nears
City officials announced a likely settlement on the Cleveland street railway dispute with a three cent fare and one cent transfer, ending seven years of campaign for a lower rate. A holding company would consolidate the property, with a fifty year security franchise and option for fifty more, including forfeiture protections for the original firms.
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Cleveland
Consolidated
Lake Superior Corporation stockholders elect harmony ticket
In Jersey City yesterday the Lake Superior Corporation held its annual meeting of stockholders. A harmony ticket was elected without opposition after delays caused by an injunction from dissatisfied interests. The board includes Reeves Hay Lloyd Hinchman Lea Terry Warren and others from Philadelphia New York Toronto Montreal New Jersey and Ontario. Warren became president Reeves first vice president Drummond second vice president and Terry secretary and treasurer.
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Lake Superior Corporation
Jersey City
Harmony
Francis B. Reeves
James Hay
Horatio G. Lloyd
Charles S. Hinchman
J. Tatnall Lea
Philadelphia
John T. Terry
New York
Charles D. Warren
Wiliam J. Sheppard
Toronto
Leander N. Lovell
New Jersey
Thomas J. Drummond
Sale of master paintings at Mendelssohn Hall by Blakeslee galleries
Notable works from early English Dutch Italian French and Flemish schools will be offered at Mendelssohn Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings. The sale is conducted by Thomas J E Kirby of the American Art Association. Paintings are on exhibition at the American Art Galleries daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 8 to 1 p.m.
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Blakeslee
Mendelssohn Hall
Thomas J E. Kirby
American Ar Association
American Art Galleries
Two London Tenement Collapses Buried Dozens
Early today two old tenement houses on Castle street and Oxford street collapsed in London. Forty people, mostly German waiters, were buried in the wreck. Eight bodies were recovered by noon from the Castle street ruins, while twenty were rescued unharmed. The cave was caused by weakened foundations from nearby excavation for a new adjoining building.
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London
Castle Street
Oxford Street
New Jersey Wins Suit On Water Rights Across State Lines
The U S Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Holmes upheld New Jersey’s right to prohibit diverting state waters to another state. The Hudson County Water Co v McCarter case involved supplying water from the Passaic River to Staten Island, with the court stressing public welfare and the need to keep rivers undiminished within the state.
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Washington
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States Today
New Jersey
Hudson County Water Company Agt
Robert H. McCarter
Passaic River
Staten Island
Holmes
Supreme Court Rules Securities Held by Brokers May Be Returned
The high court held that securities held by a broker about to default may be returned to the original owners without creating a creditor preference. In Richardson v Brown, 345,783 in securities were restored to Shaw and Davidson who had deposited them. a separate ruling affirmed that a customer’s stock pledged to a broker may be retrieved, establishing the pledgeholder relation over creditor status.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Davidson
Shaw
Henry Arnold Richardson
J. Francis Brown
Boston
Joan M. Shaw
Alexander Davidson
Brown
New York
Richardson
United States Circuit Court For
Eastern District of New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Justice Day
Pledger
Pledgee
FE. S. Thomas
Jacob Berry & Co
Anna D. Taggert
Supreme Court
Federal Courts of
Circuit Court of Appeals
Transfer Tax Case Dismissed by Supreme Court
Washington April 6 The Supreme Court of the United States dismissed the transfer tax case of Carolyn Foster Stickney widow of Joseph Stickney of New York against the Controller of that state for lack of a federal question. The decision upholds the New York surrogate court ruling that the legislative journals did not prove a three fifths quorum when the bill passed.
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Washington
Carolyn Foster Stickney
Joseph Stickney
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Moody
County of
House for Currency Commission Proposal Preferred
Representative Hill of Connecticut, a member of the Currency Committee, told President Roosevelt he polled the House and found a majority favoring a commission to study the financial question before the next Congress. He said support favored a Lovering bill style plan for a six member Senate panel, six Representatives, and six presidential appointees.
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Hill
Connecticut
House Committee On Currency
Roosevelt
House
Lovering
Quarantine Against Cuba Issued by Health Service
The Marine Hospital and Public Health Service ordered a quarantine against Cuba effective today. An exemption applies to the metropolitan district of Havana including Havana, Marianao and Camp Columbia.
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Havana
Washington
Marine Hospital and Public Health Service
Cuba
Marianao
Camp Columbia
Agreement on Inter state Liquor Shipment Bill
Washington reports Senate Judiciary Committee reached a consensus on a bill governing liquor shipments between states. The measure, to be reported by Senator Knox, prohibits use of fictitious consignee names and COD deliveries to curb railroad and express agents representing liquor houses.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Knox
Railroad and Express
Freedmen to Get Their Money from Savings Company
Depositors in the Freedman Savings and Trust Company stand to recover about $1,000,000 if a Senate bill advances in the House. The failed institution, created after the Civil War to foster thrift among freedmen, had paid out more than $1,000, with many expecting a government guarantee that never existed.
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Washington
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company
Senate
House
House Passes Sterling Employers' Liability Bill 200 to 1
The House approved the Sterling employers' liability bill by a 200 to 1 vote with Representative Littlefield dissenting on constitutional grounds. The measure limits coverage to interstate common carriers and their employees, easing injury liability while restricting recovery for contributorily negligent cases. It moves to the Senate for consideration and potential compromise. Also approved was a $670 naval station appropriation for Pearl Harbor and amendments to the pass provision of the Interstate Commerce Law.
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House
Littlefield
Maine
Williams
Payne
New York
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Senate
Dolliver
Committee On Education and Labor
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Labor bill hearing features Gompers defying registration
Washington April 6 Samuel Gompers AFL president says organized labor would endure the Sherman act as applied by the Supreme Court in the Danbury hatters case rather than submit to registration during a sub committee hearing on Hepburns bill. Professor Jenks and other witnesses explain the bill and the Federation stance. Further hearing postponed to April 16.
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American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
United States Supreme Court
Danbury Hatters
National Civic Federation
Hepburn
Iowa
House
Judiciary Committee
Gompers
Seth Low
J. W. Jenks
Cornell University
Daniel Davenport
Bridgeport
Anthracite Coal Commission
Labor
Lake Torpedo Boat In Senate Submarine Probe
The Lake Torpedo Boat Company testified before a special House committee examining charges against Electric Boat. Robert G. Skerrett defended writings on submarines as not aimed at favoring Lake. Rep Lilley clashed with a Washington correspondent over veracity. Rep Loud denied pressuring votes on submarine boats.
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Washington
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Electric Boat Company
Robert G. Skerrett
New York
Lake Company
Lilley
R. W. Woolley
Representative Loud
Michigan
Frank Edinborough
Loud
Mr Loud
House May Discuss Meat Trust
Washington April 6 The House introduced a resolution by Mr Hitchcock Nebraska directing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to provide full monthly price statistics for leading meat products and livestock from the two previous years. The data should show prices paid by packing houses for livestock and prices charged for meat products to reveal the relationship between input costs and retail pricing. The measure was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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Washington
Congress
Meat Trust
Hitchcock
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hobson calls for rapid battleship builds to secure sea control
Representative Hobson of Alabama urged in the House two more battleships of 25 000 tons each in addition to existing authorizations. He argued for four new ships annually in the Pacific and six annually in the Atlantic until the United States secures dominance of sea lanes around its possessions.
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Hobson
Alabama
House Today
Pacific Ocean
United States
Japan
Atlantic Ocean
Answers Filed Denial in Harriman Monopolies Case
In Salt Lake City on April 6 the United States filed answers in its suit to dissolve the Harriman railroad system as a trade restraint. Harriman and several major lines deny conspiring to monopolize or restrain trade while admitting joint ownership links and operations. they describe the Union Pacific as a distant intermediary with limited rate power and stress competitive ties with the Santa Fe and other carriers.
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Utah
United States
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Parley L. Williams
Salt Lake City
W. A. Clark
San Pedro
Salt Laks
Farmers Loan Trust Company of New York
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Portland
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Missouri River
San Francisco
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
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Asiatic Ports
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Rebate Case Moves Quickly Against Great Northern Railway
The government’s Elkins act rebate case against the Great Northern Railway was heard by Judge Holt. Both sides rested on agreed facts about 1902 freight movement, the 1903 act, and a rebate timing in 1904. The jury was to be charged next morning amid related actions involving the American Sugar Refining Company and previous New York Central penalties.
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Great Northern Railway Company
Holt
United States Circuit Court
American Sugar Refining Company
New York Central
Stevens Body Arrives in Washington for Funeral
The corpse of Durham White Stevens, adviser to the Corean Council, assassinated in San Francisco, arrived in Washington. Baron Takahira led embassy staff at Union Station and will direct services at St. John's Episcopal Church Wednesday at 2 30. Honorary pallbearers include Rept Secretary, Rear Admirals Rodgers and Cowles, Senators Kean and Longworth, and ex Secretary Foster. Active pallbearers include General Sanger and Commander Taniguchi.
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Durham White Stevens
Corean Council
San Francisco
Tnion
Baron Takahira
Baron Takahiro
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Rept
Frederick Rodgers
W. S. Cowles
James R. Morse
James H. Wilson
Kean
Burton
John W. Foster
Samuel
William R. Merriam
Charles H. Poor
Longworth
Francis B. Loring
Joseph P. Sanger
Woodbury Blair
Samuel Maddox
Alexander F. Magruder
Taniguchi
Ide
Tanaka
Nagat
Yoshida
Holland Society rebuke for Dutch over statue fund
At the Holland Society of New York annual meeting in the Hotel Astor ballroom, members faced a harsh rebuke for slow subscriptions to the William the Silent statue and pedestal. Committee head Warner Van Norden reported costs of 2.0 plus 75,00 with only 8,440 or 1,000 raised. Tunis G. Bergen warned the Hudson tercentennial could become Dutch-excluded if funds remain short. Evert Jansen Wendell was elected president with officers and trustees named for 1912.
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Holland Society of New York
Hotel Astor
William the Silent
Hudson
Tunis G. Bergen
Evert Jansen Wendell
Arthur H. van Brunt
Henry L. Bogert
Samuel V. Hoffman
John H. Stalin
David 0. Zabriskie
James BR. van Woert
Homoeopaths of New York Prepare for National Meeting
Homeopathic physicians from across the country plan to attend the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital events next month. Activities include lectures and clinics at the college on 63d Street and Avenue A, commencement at Mendelssohn Hall, and an alumni dinner at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital
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63D Street
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Mendelssohn Hall
Waldorf-Astoria
Wiij
Savoy Hotel Shows 200d Yearly Profit Increase in London
The Savoy Hotel London reports a higher trading profit for the last year, the strongest since the Strand premises extension. The trading account shows a credit balance of 1160 pounds, up 1.40 from the prior year, with a surplus after debenture interest of 72 pounds. Strong Americana patronage noted as the company’s other hotels lag. Further alterations aim to expand restaurant capacity amid rising business.
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Strand
Savoy
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