Loeb Heads Washington Railway Board Move Possible
Secretary William Loeb Jr is elected to the Washington Railway and Electric Company board and expected to become president of the local traction syndicate within days. The Hibbs Loeb campaign claims a safe majority, with Loeb likely to leave the White House shortly after formal election.
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Washington
William Loeb, Jr
The
Washington Railway & Electric Company
Loeb
White House
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Hibbs- Loeb
15Th Street
W Hitch
Congress
Oyster Bay
Rudolph Forster
Forster
District of Columbia
Morris C. Latta
Oklahoma
Rigid Rules for Steamships Improve Vessel Safety
Washington Jan 17 Transmitting findings on the Larchmont Knowlton collision Secretary Straus outlines reforms in steamboat inspection. He notes four annual inspections and reassignments of assistant inspectors to ensure annual checks by varied inspectors, asserting competency and seaworthiness across passenger vessels.
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Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Block Island Sound
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Steamboat Inspection Service
Slocum
Dist
Distri Cts
Uniwsd
United States
Naval Academy Wireless Links With Colon Panama
The wireless telegraph station at the Naval Academy now exchanges messages with Colon Panama over two thousand miles away in a direct line from Annapolis. The system works perfectly though power here is limited. Other direct links include Key West Pensacola San Juan Porto Rico and Guantanamo Bay. Lieutenant Commander W H Bullard leads the station with W Eaton as chief electrician and operator.
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Colon
Panama
Academy
Key West
Pensacola
San Juan
Porto Rico
Guantanamo
Cuba
W. H. Bullard
Weaton
Banished Coffee With Postum Saves Headaches and Homes
A girl describes her mother ending seven years of nervous headaches by switching from coffee to Postum. The tale spreads as another friend drinks Postum correctly and banishes coffee from both households. Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan advertises the remedy and notes the book The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Croek
Michigan
Wellville
Wood in Grant's Place Amid Philippine Reassignment
Major General Leonard Wood will leave the Philippines within a month and Major General John F. Weston will take over on February 15. Weston, formerly commissary general, will retire in November. Wood plans a six month leave en route to rest and travel in Europe before commanding the Department of the East from Governor's Island. Frederick D. Grant moves to Chicago to head the Department of the Lakes as W H Carter shifts to Missouri and Charles Morton heads to the Philippines.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Island
John F. Weston
Department of Luzon
Weston
Wood
United States
Europe
Department of the East
Governor's Island
Frederick D. Grant
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
W. H. Carter
Department of Missouri
Charles Morton
Cortelyou Files Reply In Panama Bond Suit
Washington January 17. Government counsel filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a reply in the case of George W. Austin v Secretary of the Treasury seeking to restrain Panama Canal bond issuance. The reply states Austin cannot meet a 3 million bond purchase obligation and lacks financial responsibility. It notes a 103 375 bid was a speculation, not bona fide. The secretary says bids were from the highest responsible bidders and denies any intention to pass bonds to national banks below the bid. The bill claims George A Romer bid 8 million, but the defense says Romer is unnamed and financially unreliable.
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Washington
George W. Austin
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
United States
George A. Romer
New York
Panama Paper Up Again in Canal Commission Debate
Washington January 17 The propriety of issuing an official Panama Canal progress paper sparks lively Senate Committee on Inter Oceanic Canals discussion. Senators clash over the Canal Record versus the old literary bureau while Goethals cites sanitation funding and a six year longer completion timeline for the Isthmian project.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Senate Committee On
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Blackburn
Canal Commission
Flint
State Department
Department
Senate
Canal Record
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Committee On Appropriations
Bishop
Goethals
Congress
Goethal
Justice Department eyes railroads compliance on Heyburn clause
Washington reports that the Department of Justice will refrain from prosecuting coal transporting railroads after May 11 if they promptly comply with the Supreme Court ruling on the Heyburn law provision prohibiting railroads from owning or operating coal properties. The department notes some railroads doubt the clause’s constitutionality and plans to seek prompt Supreme Court adjudication, expecting good faith cooperation and immediate obedience once the decision is issued.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Department
United States
Roosevelt allows Nevada troops to stay for police force setup
President Roosevelt reports to Governor Sparks that troops may remain in Nevada for a reasonable period to allow the Legislature to organize a state police force. The dispatch confirms cooperation with legislative efforts to enable state authorities to perform police functions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sparks
Nevada
Millions for Canals Crept Into State Legislation
Albany reports Captain William C. Clark of Constantia New Jersey has completed a barge canal bill and plans its introduction next week. The proposal seeks 378 480 470 09 dollars to enlarge and connect canals across New York with extensions into Pennsylvania and Delaware.
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Tribune
Albany
William C. Clark
Constantia
N. J
Bill” Clark
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Ackroyd
Utica
Bill would loosen medical unification law on osteopathy
Albany January 17 a bill by Colonel D C Robinson of Elmira would change and to or in the medical unification law, letting any osteopath practice get a certificate without examination. The move aims to aid bonesetters and reflects political clashes from last year involving Moreland and Thurston.
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Albany
D. C. Robinson
Elmira
Committee On Public Health
Board of Regents
Assemblyman Robinson
Assembly
Moreland & Thurston
Colonel Robinson
Sherman Moreland
Fighting Constitution
Moscow police searched the residences of Constitutional Democratic party committeemen to seize documents proving membership in an unlawful secret association. The cache includes a full list of local empire committees, with further visits planned. Liberal papers question the pretext for the crackdown.
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Moscow
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Red
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Illness of Pope Pius Reported Amid Rumors in Rome
In Rome on January 17 reports spread about Pope Pius health with fears of stroke or heart trouble. Doctors attributed the pope’s condition to gout and age, noting that rest and diet could restore him. Later Vatican updates indicated improvement and optimism within the pope’s household.
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Cardinal Merry del Val
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Emperors Knight New Band Of Black Eagle Members
Berlin reports Emperor William presided at the investiture of new Knights of the Black Eagle in the royal castle chapel. Duke Robert of Wirtemberg General Baron von der Goltz Admiral von Tirpitz Baron von Rheinbaden and Baron Marschall von Bierberstein were named, with five Hohenzollerns among attendees. All new knights are of noble birth and receive hereditary nobility.
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William
Order of the Black Eagle
Order
Robert of
Wirtemberg
Baron von der Goltz
Königsberg
Admiral von Tirpitz
Admiralty
Baron von Rheinbaden
Baron Marschall von Bierberstein
Germany
General von Stiinzner
House of Hohenzollern
B. and O. to Enter Richmond Feed Tracks Early Spring
Richmond announces that Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will enter the city over the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac tracks in the early spring. B and O owns a one sixteenth interest in RF&P, with plans tied to the union station in Washington. Travel time between Richmond and New York could drop by about four hours.
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Richmond
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Union Station
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio
New York
NEW HOME RULE BILL in Contemplation at Glasgow University
Glasgow January 17 The Liberals may be drafting another Irish Home Rule bill with perceived support from Alexander Ure Solicitor General for Scotland. He spoke at Glasgow University while discussing lord rectorship candidates Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Lord Curzon. He expressed hope the Prime Minister’s name would be linked to giving Ireland full unfettered control of its affairs.
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Glasgow
Alexander Ure
Scotland
Ure
Ireland
Lord Curzon Opposes Premier As Glasgow Rector Rival
London reports Lord Curzon of Kedleston and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman named rival candidates for the lord rector of Glasgow University. A sharp contest is expected after Curzon complained he was barred from entering the House of Lords by the Premier’s refusal to seat him with other former Viceroys of India.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Glasgow University
Lord Curzon
House of Lords
India
Sir Henry
China Orders Urgent Quick Firing Guns in Paris
Paris dated January seventeenth China has placed a large urgent order for quick firing guns in Paris. The motive remains unclear whether the purchase stems from strained China Japan relations or internal troubles within China.
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Paris
China
Japan
Japan and China dispute Chen-Tao district in Manchuria
St. Petersburg reports the Chen-Tao region near the Tumen River, 275 miles long and up to 75 miles wide, has been occupied by Japan and annexed by Korea. China contends sovereignty and boundaries agreed with Korea, while Japan asserts Koreans are not Chinese subjects and claims policing in Corean name.
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Chen-Tao
Manchuria
Corea
Vladivostok
Novoe Vremya
Foreign Office
China
Japan
Tumen
Tokio
Japanese Went, Greeks Stay at Mountain Home
In Mountain Home Idaho tensions rise over hiring foreigners to clear land. After a Japanese restaurant owner left town amid threats, a Greek contractor brought in about a hundred Greek workers. A masked mob of fifty men warned them to leave within a day. The Greek camp seeks sheriff protection. serious trouble is feared.
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Boise
Idaho
Mountain Home
Suffragists Chain Fence At Downing Street Demonstration
London, Jan 17. Ministers arrived at Downing Street for the cabinet meeting when female suffragists staged a public protest. Police blocked entry as several women forced their way into Campbell-Bannerman's residence. Five arrests followed as chains were thrown around the railing. detainees were sent to Bow Street court and jailed for three weeks.
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London
Downing Street
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Bow Street
Acute Cuban Dissent Fears Protectorate As Cuba Split Deepens
Havana reports the Washington withdrawal plan hinges on lack of a representative body to demand guarantees, sparking fear of a protectorate. Liberal factions remain split between Miguelistas and Zagistas, while Santiago merchants concede fumigation risks after a store’s contents survived the process. Charles M. Schwab and party depart for Palm Beach after a December stay.
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Washington
Cuba
Santiago
Magoon
Charles M. Schwab
Yalm Beach
Fla
France and Morocco Crisis Deepens in Paris Talks
Paris premier Clemenceau and British PM Campbell-Bannerman met on the Morocco situation after Mulai Hafiq’s proclamation as sultan in Morocco City and Fez. France plans nominal neutrality, withdraws active support for Abd-el-Aziz, and reports a battle at Settat where Mulai Rachid’s Moors suffered heavy losses, isolating Mulai Hafiq’s route to Fez. Spain to police ports but halt further actions.
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Clemenceau
M. Pichon
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Biarritz
London
Morocco
Mulai Hafiq
Fez
France
Algeciras
Abd-el-Aziz
Foreign Office
Settat
Mulai Rachid
Mulai Hafig
Casablanca
Hafig
d’Amade
Spain
Chambers of Commerce Meet in Paris and Berlin
Lawrence V. Benet was re elected president of the American Chamber of Commerce at Paris. Mason cited a tariff agreement with France ending tariff reprisals and improving U S financials as invoices at the consulate returned to normal. In Berlin the American Association of Commerce and Trade held its annual dinner with toasts to Roosevelt and Kaiser William. Goldberger praised Roosevelt as Germanys best friend and urged a real fair treaty with the United States amid the US financial crisis.
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Lawrence V. Benet
American Chamber of Commerce
Mason
United States
France
America
Berlin
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Frank Heisenberg
Roosevelt
William
Hadley
Yale
William H. Schofield
Harvard
Goldberger
Germany
Herr Goldberger
Olive branch accepted as Redmond OBrien union grows
Dublin January 17 The Irish Parliamentary party endorsed the United Irish League directory and said the Redmond OBrien agreement removes objections to rejoining. OBrien and Healy welcomed the motion and vowed cordial reunion. Redmond said he is gratified and hopes all bury past differences.
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Dublin
Olive
Irish Parliamentary Party
United Irish League
John Redmond
William O'Brien
O’brien
Timothy Healy
Redmond
Healy
Funeral of Edward H Strobel Held in Bangkok
Bangkok Siam Jan 17 The funeral of Edward Henry Strobel general adviser to the Siam government and former Bemis professor of international law at Harvard who died January 15 was held here today. The King the princes members of the diplomatic corps and many citizens attended the service.
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Bangkok
Siam
Edward Henry Strobel
Government of
Bemis
Harvard
Rumor of Fleet Disaster Denied by Rio Dispatch
A Rio de Janeiro dispatch confirms the entire fleet is safe after January 21 reports alleging a grave American fleet accident circulated from Boston to San Francisco. The false rumor aimed to alarm relatives of thousands of officers and men aboard the ships.
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Rio de Janeiro
Boston
San Francisco
Argentina’s Fading Plan for US Torpedo Flotilla Visit
Buenos Ayres reports disappointment in government circles as Washington accepted an invitation for Admiral Evans to visit Buenos Aires after Montevideo, but doubts grow that the flotilla will alter course. Argentines fear US favors Brazil, despite rising imports from the United States. The battleship fleet was not expected, but a visit by the smaller torpedo boats remains uncertain amid River Plate navigation and coaling issues.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Washington
Montevideo
Evans
Punta Arenas
United States
Brazil
House To Pass Post Office Bill
Washington reports the bill appropriating 3500 for a new New York post office on the Pennsylvania site is expected to pass. The Senate approved it yesterday and the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee will report it. Representative Olcott believes the measure will be favorably reported and pass soon.
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New York
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Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
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