Reinstate Brownsville soldiers debated in Senate
President Theodore Roosevelt asked Congress to extend the time and authorize reinstatement of former members of the 2th Infantry discharged after the Brownsville shooting. Senate committees reported mixed findings on guilt and innocence, with calls for legislation to restore rights and pay for eligible men within a year of enactment.
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Grape-Nuts Ad Urges Breakfast Change Pattern
A vintage health ad counsels readers to eat Grape-Nuts with cream for breakfast to gain lasting energy. It claims the wheat barley cereal supplies phosphates the body loses from white flour, supporting brain and nerve cell rebuilding and promoting natural strength over drugs.
Ratify Hague Treaty Provisions Move in Senate
Senate considers general arbitration rules with a proviso requiring separate submission of all issues to arbitration. Favorable reports ordered on treaties governing rules of war on land and the prohibition of projectiles from balloons.
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President orders probe into stock gambling reform efforts
The President referred a bill from the New York Merchants Association to Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith for a full investigation of bucket shops and stock gambling. He seeks a feasible federal approach and warns against drastic, unenforceable measures while possibly including findings in next annual message to Congress.
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Navy Testimony Praises Gunnery and Draft Practices
Washington March 11 Commander A L Key former naval aide to the President resumes Senate Naval Affairs Committee testimony. He criticizes American ship drafts, supports full bunkers in action, and questions the Walker board ruling on fighting drafts. He praises naval gunnery while highlighting armor and turret concerns. President Roosevelt receives Chinese Minister Wu Ting-fang at the White House with formal ceremonies and cordial exchanges.
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Roosevelt asked for authority to govern Canal Zone
Washington March 11 President Roosevelt is questioned on what legal authority he has exercised government functions in the Panama Zone since the Canal’s expiration in the Twenty Sixth Congress in a resolution by Mr Harrison of New York introduced in the House today.
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Roosevelt party to travel through Birmingham on March 27
Arrangements completed in Birmingham for Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and friends to travel aboard the Alabama Great Southern on March 27. The group is planned to reach Chattanooga that evening and pass Birmingham shortly after, with the yacht Zimmnight awaiting their arrival at an as yet undetermined destination, believed to be Vicksburg.
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Busby Will Filed After Death in Langham Point
Leonard J. Busby died in Manhattan on February, probate filed by the County Clerk in Brooklyn. He owned a house at Montgomery Place Brooklyn Heights and a Glen Cove estate. The will provides an annuity to the widow, about 1250000 to relatives, 104000 to the widow and two daughters, and leaves residuary shares in the country place estate.
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Bieber land frauds debated in Senate and House
Washington March 11 senators questioned the Bieberland titles seen as fraudulent while the House moved to pass a public buildings clause. The measure would authorize a War Department purchase of land along the Anacostia River, with future action to settle responsibility for the alleged land frauds and possible invalidation of Bieber titles.
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Automobile Men In Washington Hear Interstate Vehicle Bill
Representatives of the American Automobile Association met in Washington to discuss a pending bill for regulation identification and registration of interstate motor vehicles. Delegates from twelve states attended with Judiciary Committee members present to hear testimony and gauge Congressional sentiment.
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Senator Heyburn Seeks NP Rail Charter Repeal Rationale
Senator Heyburn today introduced a resolution asking the Attorney General to inform the Senate if the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has ceased to perform its federally chartered functions and whether grounds exist to repeal the charter. The line reports the company now operates as Northern Pacific Railway Company under reorganization not government chartered, with land grants allegedly surrendered to the new entity.
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Postoffice Appropriation Bill Advances in House
Conflicting debates in the House yield amendments to postoffice funding. An amendment by Goebel of Ohio grants $1 salaries for letter carriers, adds $2 for third class clerks, and includes $15,000 for contract stations. Houston of Tennessee pushes a prohibition on mailing intoxicants, later broadened to cocaine. Overall appropriations rise by $1,255,000 as adjournment ends proceedings.
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Favors Fowler Bill in Currency Reform Debate
Washington dispatch reports Horace White praising Representative Fowler's currency reform plan, the Fowler bill. White endorses a root-and-branch system with gold as the basis, central redemption agencies, and mutual bank supervision, arguing for depositors' protection and avoidance of government debt reliance. He notes support from the Merchants' Association of New York and cites historical wartime currency failures.
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Clarke Opposes Currency Bills in Senate Speech
Senator Clarke of Arkansas denounced both the Aldrich currency bill and the Batley bill, urging no currency legislation until an inquiry into the recent financial disturbance. Debate on the Aldrich bill continues with forthcoming speeches by Senator Tillman on Monday and Senator La Follette on Tuesday.
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English Sculptor Sails to Attend Queen Alexandra Statue Unveiling
George E. Wade the English sculptor who has stayed in the United States for months sailed from New York on the Oceanic to Southampton. He will attend London's unveiling of the Queen Alexandra statue at Bomma. Wade praised American artists and urged the country to develop its own artistic temperament away from French influence.
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Porto Ricans House backs US citizenship bill
The House Committee on Insular Affairs reported a bill granting U S citizenship to Porto Rico residents residents on April 11 1836 and their descendants. The panel argues Porto Ricans are law abiding industrious and deserving of citizenship equal to Hawaiians and emphasize strategic value and free trade with the mainland.
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Wife calls husband a contumelious figure in divorce suit
In Supreme Court Mrs Lithanm B Asklund testified yesterday as Charles A Asklund sued for divorce after accusing her of misconduct. Her attorney Charles E Fiske sought alimony and counsel fees. The couple married December 18XX in Jersey City. The plaintiff claims improper conduct. the defendant alleges mistreatment and chronic drunkenness since the marriage.
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Night riders burn two tobacco warehouses in Kentucky
In Frankfort Kentucky early today night riders burned the tobacco warehouses of John Garvey of New Liberty and Dave Smell near Owenton. The Garvey warehouse held 105000 pounds of prized tobacco and Smell’s 359 pounds of loose product all owned by independent buyers. Circuit Judge Cammack today impanelled a special grand jury to investigate the destruction. Owners of pooled tobacco have hired guards to protect the warehouses amid the turmoil.
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Easy NYC Real Estate Loans For Improved Property
Money lenders urge quick action on real estate loans in New York City. Bring your application to secure prompt handling of good loans on improved property in NYC.
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