Roosevelt addresses Brownsville affair reforming order
President Roosevelt sent a special message to the Senate on Brownsville. He says evidence against the dismissed Negro soldiers is conclusive and calls them midnight assassins, while revoking the civil employment ban in the original order. Taft supplies evidence. Spooner urges executive immunity and impeachment as only remedy.
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Gealing
Brownsville
Senate
Taft
Spooner
Congress
House
Spooner Leads Defense in Brownsville Debate
Senator Spooner mounts a detailed defense of executive action in the Brownsville affair before a full Senate chamber, earning attention from Justices Harlan Day and McKenna. He lauds Southern resolve on education, praises the 25th Infantry, and challenges Tillman’s broad attack on the regiment while affirming loyalty and legal limits of presidential power.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Spooner
Brownsville
Senate
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Harlan
Day
McKenna
25Th Infantry
Fort Missoula
South Carolina
Tillman
Hill outlines rail congestion and remedies in letter to governor
St Paul Jan 14 President J J Hill of the Great Northern Railroad sent a letter to Governor Johnson outlining the rail congestion crisis in the United States. He cites rapidly rising business volumes, insufficient trackage and terminals, and a freight blockade at terminal points. He urges immediate measures and a clear understanding of current conditions, citing Interstate Commerce Commission figures from the past decade.
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St. Paul
Jan
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Johnson
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
New Orleans
Middle West
Equipment Crisis Strains Nation’s Rail Traffic
A century-old analysis warns that rail growth lags demand as traffic soars. It argues for a 65 percent trackage expansion over five years and a $1.1 billion yearly rail investment to relieve delays, noting terminal costs and space limits. Decentralizing traffic and deeper waterways are proposed as remedies.
Oelrichs Arrested After Buckingham Hotel Fight
Harry E. Oelrichs, 22, of East 65th Street, was arrested after an alleged assault on waiter George A. Sloan at the Buckingham Hotel. Sloan was treated at Flower Hospital for pain but not serious injury. Bail was posted by Charles A. Childs, and Oelrichs planned to appear in Yorkville court. The incident followed a dispute in the hotel café, with Oelrichs reportedly accompanied by a friend.
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Buckingham Hotel
Fifth Avenue
0Th Street
Harry E. Oelrichs
East D5th Street
East
Yorkville Court
Young Oelrichs
Charles M. Oelrichs
Hermann Oelrichs
Lloyd Line
New York
Oelrichs
George A. Sloan
Buckingham
Mr. Oelrichs
Sloan
Flower Hospital
Sutton
East 51St Street
John D. O'Connor
Breen
Broadway
Charles
Roosevelt hosts Garfield Harriman in White House talks
In Washington on January 14 the conference at the White House included Commissioner Garfield and G. W. Harriman of New York and two unidentified persons. The group spoke after midnight but gave no details on the discussion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Garfield
G. W.ic. Harriman
New York
Roosevelt
White House
McCormack Named Deputy Police Commissioner Rumor
Staten Island’s Charles J. McCormack, longtime Richmond County Sheriff, was rumored to be appointed Deputy Police Commissioner after large political moves by Democratic boss Nicholas Muller and Mayor McClellan. Commissioner Bingham would not discuss the report.
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Charles J. McCormack
Staten Island
Bingham
McCormack
Nicholas Muller
Muller
McClellan
Richmond County
Booker T. Washington criticizes whining attitude on Brownsville affair
In a January letter Booker T. Washington, head of the Tuskegee Institute, warns that sustained complaint by Negroes in the North and South harms their cause and that the country will not tolerate an element that curses the President. He urges restraint and constructive action amid Roosevelt era tensions over the Brownsville incident.
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Mr. Spooner
Edmund Burke
South Carolina
Mr. Tillman
Mr. Tilman
Tillman
Booker T. Washington
Brownsville
Cleveland
Tuskegee Institute
Cain
North
Roosevelt
Tex
Washington
Trust busting effort shakes Hancock County in Ohio
The January Hancock County Grand Jury presented 930 indictments against Standard Oil and related entities and officers for conspiracy to restrain trade. The cases, totalling 452 975 words, target actions to fix prices, limit production, and curb competition under the Valentine Anti-Trust act. Indictments name Standard Oil of New Jersey and Ohio, Buckeye Pipe Line, Solar Refinery, Manhattan Oil, and executives including John D Rockefeller and William Rockefeller. Prosecutor David delayed action until a new salary law took effect to reduce county costs. if won at trial, potential fines reach 58 million dollars. The county sheriff’s office will begin serving copies to defendants.
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F. T. Cuthbert
Groves
David
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Insulted Woman Causes Bond for German Doctor
Dr. Lazare Wischnewetzky of the Holland House, a Würzburg graduate, was held on a $500 bond for good behavior after Mrs. Mabel Orton Butler accused him on a Lafayette Avenue car of insulting her. She testified he called her a degenerate and caused a scene. he denied the charges, saying an Italian passenger provoked the incident. Witnesses, including Corzetta, supported her story. the doctor was bailed later that day and had given the name Wishenwelzer at arrest.
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Lazare Wischnewetzky
Holland House
Wtrzburg University
Germany
Jefferson Market
Finelite
Mabel Orton Butler
Lafayette Avenue
Wischnewetzky
Butler
John E. Wilson
Madison Avenue
Find Charles Coghlan's Body After Flood Recovery
The body of English playwright and actor Charles Coghlan, who died in Galveston months before the 1900 flood, was found by hunters in a metallic coffin buried in a marsh nine miles from the cemetery. The coffin had been torn from a vault by the storm and washed away. The Actors' Club had offered a three year reward for the recovery.
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The
Tribune
Galveston
Charles Coghlan
New York
Clb
Mayor Sticks for His Title in Ballot Box Letter
A letter from Attorney General Jackson questioned the ballot box recount and was addressed to Hon. George B. McClellan at City Hall. The mayor refused to accept the letter, declaring he remains the de facto mayor and demanding proper address. The AG urged proceeding with recounts without further court action.
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Jackson
George B. McClellan
Shipping Bill Advances Amid Coalition For Subsidy Plan
Washington Jan 14 House leaders expect to pass a Ship Subsidy bill modification approved by the President. Littauer replaces ill Flack on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. eight committee members favored the plan. Subsidy around 3.5 million for mails across Pacific Philippines Australia Hill Winsor Brazil Argentina and west coast to Chile. Opposition plans to defeat while hoping Birdall votes with them.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Congress
Cannon
Representative Littauer
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Representative Flack
New York
Littauer
Grosvenor
Minor
Greene
Fordney
Wachter
Littlefield
Birdsall
Humphrey
McDermit
New Jersey
Lattauer
Philippines
Australia
Transpacific
Hill- Winsor
Brazil
Argentina
Committee On Rules
Senate
Friends of Ship
Hinshaw
Wilson
Watson
Mr. McDermott
Japan favors submitting disarmament question to Hague peace conference
Tokio reports that in line with the next year’s budget goals for peaceful development the government indicates Japan supports bringing the disarmament issue before the Hague peace conference. The move aligns with economic and peaceful policy aims.
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Tokio
Japan
Engineer Dead in Cab as Harlem Local Stops at Mount Vernon
A Harlem local train from Grand Central left at 1:35 pm. Engineer William Anderson was fatally injured when his head struck a signal post near Wakefield. Traveling engineer A Wheeton sprang into action from the fireman’s seat, seized the throttle, and piloted the train to a safe stop at Mount Vernon as blood spurted from Anderson’s mouth. Several railroad officials were aboard.
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A. Wheeton
Harlem
Wakefield
White Plains
William Anderson
Grand Central Station
Woodlawn
Wheeton
Mount Vernon
Anderson
Exposition Grounds Opened with Paid Admission in Norfolk
Norfolk. Va. Jan 14 Thirty two hundred persons visited the Jamestown Exposition grounds on Sunday the first day of paid admissions. The 10 cent admission fee runs through April 26, the opening date, and funds will support the Powhatan Guard until then. Dewey's claret or lauture punch ready to serve by H T Dewey & Sons Co Fulton St New York.
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Norfolk
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Powhatan Guard
Hughes Names Stevens for Public Works Heads
Albany dispatch reports Governor Hughes named Frederick C. Stevens of Attica as Superintendent of Public Works and William Leary of Ork as State Superintendent of Elections. Charles H. Keep of Buffalo becomes State Superintendent of Banks, with Frank E. Perley and Benjamin E. Hall as Tax Commissioners. William E. Wadhams of New York is appointed City Court judge, Charles C. Lester of Saratoga as Miscellaneous Court Reporter. Ex Senator Stevens succeeds N V V Chot and the appointments trigger swift senate reactions.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Fredeerick C. Stevens
Attica
Sereene
William Leary
Ork
Charles H. Keep
Buffalo
Frank E. Perley
New York
Benjamin E. Hall
City Court of
William E. Wadhams
Charles C. Lester
Saratoga
Stevens
N. V. V.chot
Olean
Leary
Lewis M. Swasey
D. Kilburn
Perley
Lester
Hall
William Pin
Wadhams
Ex- Seabury
Supreme Court
Senator Stevens
Senate
Senator Hooker
Higgins
Swasey
Woodruff
Citizens Union
Agnew
Raines
Grady
Hughes Ham
Dougall Hawkes
Bert Parsons
New York Co Republican Organization
Winslow M. M
Aldridge
Henry A. van
Symons
Frederick C. Stevens
Messrs. Leary
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Stevens on Top Again as Political Wreck Turns Comeback
A long-running political reshuffle portrays ex Senator Stevens rising anew after fleeting setbacks. He navigated battles with gas interests, backed Hughes as counsel, and faced reapportionment shifts that redrew his district, ending with tentative comeback chatter amid Albany frictions and party realignments.
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MR. Tillman Interrupts
United Sates
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Mr. Foraker
Florida
Seaboard Florida Ltd
Ly. N. Y
Ar. St
P. m. Inquire
Great Northern Railway Company
Twin Cities
H.e.oelrichs
M’cormack
Staten Islander
BIG “Oll
Findlay
Hancock County Grand Jury
Schroth
Dun
Standard Oil Company, of
Ohio Oil Company
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Solar Refinery Company
Manhattan Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Wesley Tilford
John D. Arch
Mayor
Ingineer
Exposition Grounds
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Now
York
Agvt
Wyoming
Wadsworth
Messrs
Franchotand Hooker
Charles E. Hughes
Trust Company
Livingston
Allegany
Lewis
Monroe
Genesee
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Rail
Cleo Skint
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