Hale Attacks Army Costs Over 125000 Man Plan
Senator Hale in the Senate denounced growing military spending and a proposed army of 125 000 men. He criticized omnibus appropriations cutting river and harbor bills for peace and warned of rising navy expenditures. Secretary Taft and Senator Warren denied official war department backing for the army expansion.
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Washington
Senator Hale
Senate Today
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Hale
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Iowa
Senate
Taft
Brooklyn to gain most of 4 million school funds
With over 30000 part time public school pupils in Brooklyn the borough will likely receive most of a 4 million dollar appropriation proposed by Controller Metz for new and expanded schools in greater New York. Manhattan gets one new school at 111th Street near Lenox. a Wadsworth Avenue site addition is planned. The Bronx receives additions to School 3 on First Short End Brook Avenue. Queens to get a new school and updates to several old ones. Rich mond gets nothing as part time pupils are only seventy one in that wrench.
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Lirst
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la Guayra
Tacoma
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Ces
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Pedro Square
Bernardino Machado
New Chamber
Navy fleet commander signals openness to public view
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas in command of the Atlantic fleet says the public should know fleet activities while keeping essential secrets. He will temporarily stay aboard the Minnesota with a few weeks’ quarters, Evans expected to rejoin when able.
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San Diego
Charles M. Thomas
Atlantic
Evans
Connecticut
Admiral Thomas
Minnesota
Thomas
People's Navy
People's Fleet
Paso Robles Hot Springs
Cal
Admiral Evans
California
McDonald
L. E. Phillips
The
Springs
Russell Train
C. C. Marsh
Hill Road Fine Highlights Rebating Case Across Railways
Judge Holt fined the Great Northern Railway $5,000 for rebates to the American Sugar Refining Company on sugar shipments from New York to Sioux City. Total penalties in the last year and a half exceed $360,000, with several railways and the sugar firm contributing. Most fines go to government funds after appeals. the New York Central case seeks Supreme Court review.
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Great Northern Railway Company
Hill Roads
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Sioux City
Iowa
United States Circuit Court
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
United States Supreme Court
New York Central
Western Transit Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Central Vermont
Erie Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Great Northern
Northern Steamship Company
Stimson
United States
Nathan Guilford
Worry Over S 1 Water State Ruling Threatens City Supply
Richmond Borough officials fear a Supreme Court ruling upholding New Jersey’s right to block interstate water sales could apply to Staten Island artesian supply tied to the Hudson County Water Company. The plan would deliver 3 to 16 million gallons daily at a minimum $5 per million, to bridge until Catskill water arrives. A stock of doubt lingers as the decision centers on streams while underground water rights remain in question.
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Richmond Borough
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey
Hudson County Water Company
Catskill
Jersey
Esopus
Richmond
Staten Island
Receivers Fees in Knickerbocker Trust Case Set for Court Review
Justice Clark to hear arguments today on provisional order granting Knickerbocker Trust receivers and their three attorneys 75 000 each with 40 000 set aside pending final decision Attorney General Jackson had opposed the provisional allowance noting excess and lack of hearing time Directors and attorneys reportedly prepared to assent to the amount while a restraining order seeks to block filing assent pending further action by the court.
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Knickerbocker ‘Trust Company
Clark
Supreme Court
Flushing
Clark Gued
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Knickerbocker
Praf
Jackson
Kings County
Stapleton
Diplomatic strains rise after Tacoma mail case
Venezuela and the United States clash over opened mail pouches on the cruiser Tacoma at La Guayra. Caracas cites mis seal use and seeks a swift investigation while accepting no blame, as editorials question Roosevelt in a broader Monroe Doctrine dispute.
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la Guayra
United States
Tacoma
Venezuela
Washington Congress
Russell
Paul
Curacao
State Department
Costrol
E! Constitutional
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
W. W. Russell
Washington
Army and Navy News Officers Transferred and Ships Movements
Army transfers include Lieutenant Colonel Colville P. Terrett to the 7th and Major William W. Wright to the 5th, with several other captains reassigned to various regiments. Navy notes list officers on leave and transfers between ships and stations, alongside reported warship movements to Magdalena Bay, Guan tanamo and Boston ports in early April.
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Infantry
Colville P. Terrett
William W. Wright
Sth
Andrew Brewster
Howard «. Price
Eldred D. Warfield
Walter B. McAskey
Frank R. Lang
Oliver H Dockery, Jr
John R. Thomas, Jr
Milton A. Elliott, Jr
Frederick W. Cole
24Th Infantry
Joseph Herring
E. Charl J. Nelson
HE. H. Dorcy
Michigan
Sydney Smith
16Th Infantry
Attempt to Rob Canadian Bank at St David’s
Three men tried to blow open the Imperial Bank at St David’s Ontario. The first explosion woke the village as two robbers with revolvers held residents at bay while a third lit a fuse and tried to force the safe door. They fled toward Niagara Falls with two gunmen guarding the crowd.
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St. Catharine’s
Ont
Imperial Bank
St. David's
Niagara Falls
Antiquities At Fifth Avenue Art Galleries Draw Crowds
The Fifth Avenue Art Galleries at 346 Fifth Avenue welcomed a large crowd for the Kenneth W Richardson collection of antique art objects from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Oriental porcelains ivories enamels wood carvings tapestries rugs Queen Anne Chippendale Renaissance Gothic furniture and works by old and modern masters were on display. The sale will be conducted by Janes Philo on Thursday Friday and Saturday at 2 30 o'clock.
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Fifth Avenue
Kenneth W. Richardson
Janes Philo
Insurance Firm Fails in Rio de Janeiro Shock Waves
Announcement reports the failure of General Insurance Company in Rio de Janeiro on April 7 and warns another large firm may collapse. The troubles stem from the collapse of Union Bank of Commerce in Rio, triggering financial panic among lenders and insurers.
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Rio de Janeiro
General Insurance Company
Compagnie Générale d Assurances
Unies Bank of Commerce
Rio
Bronx highway chief testifies in Haffen inquiry
Samuel C. Thompson, Bronx bureau of highways chief, details flaws in curb and crosswalk work, admits overruns and prepayment for paving, questions inspector quality, and notes he would resign if orders hindered him. He says flagging is weak and cannot explain motives behind contractor actions.
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Samuel C. Thompson
Bureau of Highways
Bronx
Haffen
J. P. Mitchel
Thompson
Broadway
Mitchel
Bureau
Will Name P. Architect Soon For New York Post Office
The Tribune reports Secretary Cortelyou will announce within days the winning architect for the $1,000,000 New York City post office project at Eighth Avenue and 31st Street. Eight New York entrants competed. plan No 8 is favored per committee. final approval rests with the Secretary. Congress has been asked for $200,000 for foundation work, expected before session ends.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cortelyou
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Eighth Avenue
31St Street
New York
Treasury Department
Phanus
McKim, Mead & White
Carrére & Hastings
H. F. McGonigle
Whitheld & Iking
Kenneth Murchison
Heins & la Farge
George B. Pest
Cass Gilbert
Supervising Architect
Congress
Macedonian Reform Talks Seen With Practical Compromise
London papers welcome the new parliamentary paper showing Russia and Great Britain open to discussion on Macedonian reform. Russia accepts Grey's proposals as a basis for talks and offers counter proposals. Grey replies in a friendly tone with new details, noting the Porte failed to meet its budget deficit pledge and warning Britain may withdraw the 2 percent Turkish customs increase.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
Edward Grey
Great Prairie Fire Devastates North Magrath Area
Prairie fire north of Magrath Manitoba devastates a large section. Lethbridge dispatch says many settlers from the United States lose barns in the blaze.
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Great Prairie
Manitoba
Lethbridge
Man
Magrath
United States
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