Immense San Francisco Parade Praises Atlantic Fleet Arrival
On March 7 San Francisco celebrated the Atlantic Fleet arrival with a vast naval military and civic parade. About 15 60 men marched from Market Street through business districts, with marines sailors troops and veterans from Presidio California National Guard and other groups. Notable escorts included Rear Admiral Evans and Governor Gillett with dignitaries riding in the first division. A model cruiser California drew crowds in the procession and formal receptions followed at the Fairmont Hotel and Union Square with speeches and dinners for fleet officers.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Presidio
Marine Corps
Naval
National Guard of
Csifornia
California
Metcalf
Gillett
Taylor
Robier D. Evans
J. A. Koster
National Guard of California
Trisian
Frederick Funston
Infantry
Cavalry
Signal Corps
United States Engineers
Salt Lake City
Evans
Seaton Schreeder
United States Naval Forces
Pacific
Olonel D. A. Smith
Sth
California Infantry
E. G. Hunt
State Naval Militia
W. Bauer
Grand Army of the Republic
Portland
Ore
Ciizens of
Vallejo
Naval Veterans of
California League of the Ross Cadets
Columbia Park
Union Square
St.ancis's Hotel
Admiral Evans
Ortmow
York
Cannon Celebrates Birthday In House With Roses
Speaker Cannon, on his seventy second birthday, received flowers from Illinois delegates and colleagues. The House paused work as tributes flowed, with Graff and Rainer speaking out and Cannon expressing gratitude for friendship over politics.
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Tribune Bureau
Eshington
Cannon
Camnon
Illinois
Graff
Rainer
Champ Clark
Missouri
Mecon
Arkansas
Call
Treasury Agent Theobald Recalled Amid Department Clash
Treasury special agent Vlam H Theobald again clashed with Washington superiors and faces dismissal. He played a key role in prior seizures linked to Liman Shaw Cortelyou era policies and was sent to Paris over New York dressmakers purchases. His conduct influenced a major import crackdown and involved seizures including ore valued at 5096 belonging to Mrs Phiilis E Dodg and a pearl necklace carried by Morrison Dulles of Philadelphia.
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Vlam H. Theobald
Treast Department
Washington
Liman 2
Leslie M. Shaw
Theobald
Shaw
G&erretary Cortelyon
Paris
Theshalé
Phiilis E. Dodg
Morrison Dulles
Philadelphia
Secretary Wilson Heads South to Address Farmers
Secretary Wilson and Professor Beverly T. Galloway chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry with Representatives Scott and Lever left Washington for Sumter South Carolina where they will address farmers tomorrow before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Wilson
Beverly T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Scott
Kansas
Lever
South Carolina
Sumter
S. C
Anti Injunction Bills Threaten Congress Action
Washington May 7 The passage of an anti injunction law faces pressure from labor leaders who demand a radical measure while employers insist on none. Representative Townsend of Michigan plans a fair, concise bill he believes could pass, delaying action until the President returns from Pine Knot for a conference. He aims to depart little from the civic federation bill’s purpose.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Townsend
Michigan
Pine Knot
Civic Federation
Paper inquiry shows no secret record in committee
Washington May 7 Congress denied secret witnesses in the wood pulp and print paper probe. C L Knight of the Akron Beacon Journal refused to name publishers, saying personal information should stay confidential. Knight noted rising paper prices hurt many Ohio papers. Frank Noyes described open market buys and stockpiling paper amid contract fears. The committee planned a trip to Corinto, N R for further hearings.
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Washington
House
Mann
C. L. Knight
Akron
Ohio
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Press
Chicago Record-Herald
Corinth
Hudson
Black newspapers printed with white ink proposal
Appleton Wis May 7 The proposal from Wisconsin print paper manufacturers suggests black newspapers printed with white ink. Supporters argue it would save forests cut pulp costs and maybe halve current prices by using old newspapers or other fibrous stock rather than spruce or hemlock. The idea will be presented to Eastern manufacturers and publishers after the Washington Congress investigation.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Congress
Washington
Wages on Panama Canal Face House Clash
The House defeated an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill aiming to limit Panama Canal labor wages to within 3 percent of U S averages. Debate highlighted wage fairness for isthmus workers versus national labor costs. The measure failed WM to 14, while other provisions, including stricter passenger counting on excursions and coast steamers, advanced.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Panama Canal
House
United States
Representative Boutell
Illinois
Macon
Arkansas
Boutell
Dawson
Iowa
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Ocott
Senate
Deper
Gompers Urges Tabor Measures To Be Acted On
Washington May 7 President Gompers of the American Federation urges Congress to stay in session to pass key labor bills. He lists the Wilson bill amending the Sherman Act the Pearce bill on injunctions extending the eight hour law to government workers and contractors a general employers liability law within federal jurisdiction.
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Washington
Representative Brumm
Pennsylvania
Gompers
American Federation of Tabor
Congress
Brumm
Cennon
Congressional
Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Relief for storm sufferers
Wellington May 7 both Houses of Congress passed a joint resolution adding Meriot ifferers in Texas Tennessee and Arkansas to the relief plan for storm sufferers in other Southern states under a previously adopted resolution.
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Wellington
Congress
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
Forestry policy sparks debate in Senate sessions
Washington May 7 Senate discussions centered on the Postal Savings Bank bill urged by Mr Carter of Montana and opposed in parts by Teller and Heyburn who challenged forest restrictions. Pinchot defended forestry gains noting profits, river and forest preservation, and lower lumber costs while urging timely action before adjournment.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Carter
Montana
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
Committee On
Post Offices
Carter Hones
Teller
Heyburn
Forestry Bureau
National Forester
Teiler
Locge
Forest Service
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Depew
Cardinal Logue Visits Mount Vernon And St Patrick’s Academy
Cardinal Logue and companions visited Mount Vernon to place a wreath on George Washington’s tomb and praised Washington’s simple retirement. He attended a St Patrick’s Academy entertainment, spoke on Irish schools, commended U S parochial schools, and granted a two day vacation to students. He was later guest of honor at a New York dinner hosted by Representative Cochran.
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Gion
Cardinal Logue
Mount Vernon
George Ashington
Washington
St. Patrick's Academy
Ireland
United States
Cochran
York
Old Age Pension Plan Budget Speech In London
In a London House of Commons address on May 7 Premier Asquith unveiled the budget noting a 1908 surplus of 23.63 million dollars to cut the national debt and expand noncontributory old age pensions at 1 shilling 6 pence weekly for those over seventy with incomes under 130 dollars yearly. The program, starting January 1 1909, estimates pension costs at 3.9 million annually and foresees sugar duty cuts, with no new taxes.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Great Britain
National Treasury
Budget Likely To Be Adopted In London
London reports Premier Asquith faces Unionist attacks over a pension scheme costing millions. Parliament debates suggest the budget is cleverly designed and likely to be popular, with little opposition expected to block its adoption.
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London
Asquith
Pennsylvania Railroad Trains Link Chicago and New York Fast
The Pennsylvania Special runs daily from New York at 3 55 P M arriving Chicago next morning at 8 55 with an eighteen hour schedule. The Pennsylvania Limited remains a premier Pullman train leaving New York at 7 55 A M and reaching Ohio by 8 45 the next morning. Other express trains run at 7 55 A M 1 55 4 55 5 55 and 7 55 P M. Ticket office at 263 Fifth Avenue in New York stays open until 10 P M daily.
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New York
Pennsylvania Limited
Fifth Avenue
Delay in Thaw Case Shoots Next Hearing to Wednesday
Poughkeepsie New York May 7 habeas corpus action for Harry K Thaw to gain release from Matteawan State Hospital postponed to next Wednesday before Justice Morschauser. DA Mack and Thaws counsel James A Graham arranged the change to fit DA Jerome's New York schedule. Jerome will largely handle witness questioning. Thaw will see no visitors except his mother, attorneys, and Harry Van Cleaf.
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N. J
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Morschauser
Mack
Dutchess County
James A Graham
Thaw
Jerome
New York
Graham
Townsend
Harry van Cleaf
Guatemala Turmoil Reported Amid Frontiers Tensions
Reports from Guatemala City claim Mexican troops near the frontier prompting Guatemala to seek US explanation. Honduran agent Bustillo is accused of aiding a plot against President Cabrera and seeks refuge at the Mexican Legation. Insurrection rumors near the Honduran border and shootings of cadets are noted.
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Guatemala
Washington
Mexico
Miguel O. Bustillo
Cabrera
General Bustile
Honduras
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Bustillo
Editors sue in Hau case echo Karlsruhe trial begins
In Karlsruhe on May 7 a new trial related to the Hau case opened with state action against Alfred Graf editor of Badische Landsmann and Albert Herzog editor of Badische Presse. Both papers allegedly accused Olga Molitor of her mother’s murder. Ninety witnesses were summoned including Hau, imprisoned for life for the crime. Prison officials refused to permit Hau to attend. The trial is expected to last several days.
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Karlsruhe
Baden
Hau
Alfred Graf
Badische Landsmann
Albert Herzog
Badische Presse
Olga Molitor
Karl Hau
Frau Molitor
Hall
McKee Divorce Case Likely Favoring Decree
Paris May 7 The court's legal expert recommended granting a divorce in the McKee case. He found both Mr and Mrs McKee responsible but concluded not in favor of either party to avoid dishonor and protect their reputations and the children. A formal judgment is due May 14.
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Paris
McKee
America
Truffles Tax Ruling Declares Truffles Vegetables
Judge Hazel of the United States Circuit Court ruled that truffles are vegetables for tariff purposes, upholding a 4 percent ad valorem duty. Von Bremen MacMonries & Co., importers, argued that truffles resemble mushrooms, but the board of general appraisers had refused a reduced duty. The judge noted Wheeler's 1884 decision and suggested the 1897 act overlooked truffles as a class.
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Hazel
United States Circuit Court
von Bremen, MacMonries & Co
Franklin Street
Board of General Appraisers
Wheeler
Ceiling Collapse At St George's Public School
About fifty pupils were in a classroom in London Ontario when the ceiling gave way at noon today. Fifteen to twenty children suffered minor injuries as heavy boards showered down but no fatalities occurred, a remarkably close brush with death.
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London
Ont
St George's Public School
Pope postpones consistory to coincide with priesthood jubilee
Rome May 7 The Pope has postponed his consistory from June to September to mark his priesthood jubilee. Berlin May 7 The Reichstag adjourned until October 20 after hurried passage of twenty supplementary appropriation and other bills as voting urns were circulated. Socialists left the chamber before cheers for Emperor William.
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Rome
Vatican
Reichstag
Berlin
William
Revolutionary chiefs arrested in Peru uprising
Lima May 7 government moved to trial ten top Democratic and Liberal figures including Carlos Pierola Benjamin Boza and Jose Carlos Bernales after arrest following the failed revolutionary movement. insurgents dispersed by troops fled to the Huanuco district and Durand brothers remain in hiding. Peruvians will not tolerate a revolution.
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Lima
Peru
Carlos Pierola
Benjamin Boza
José Carlos Bernales
Huanuco
Durand Brothers
Japanese Attack on French Factory Sees Damage at Liio
An official Miyazaki Prefecture report says eighty people attacked a timber factory owned by Frenchmen in Liio village on May 7. The assailants caused substantial damage to the plant and residences while the French residents fled or hid in the mountains. Forty arrests have been made. no injuries reported. Damage estimated at about 6.00.
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Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
United States
Forestry Division
Forestry Administration
Culberson
Texas
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Pocahontas
Jamestown
Penrose
Government Printing Office
Gallinger Ocean Mail
Post Office
Sene
South America
Philippines
Japan
Australia
Tokio
Miyazaki Prefecture
Liio
Kobe
Lincoln Head Accepted for Capitol Portrait
Washington May 7 The joint congressional Library Committee adopted a resolution accepting a marble head of Abraham Lincoln by Gutzen Borglum presented by Eugene Meyer Jr of New York. It will occupy a prominent Capitol site with a tablet bearing the inscription Presented to Congress by Eugene Meyer Jr Mr Borglum read to the committee from Robert T Lincoln praising the portrait as the most extraordinary he has ever seen.
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Washington
Joint
Committee of Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Gutzen Borgium
Eugene Meyer, Jr
New York
Capitol
Congress
Eugene Merer
Borglum
Robert T. Lincoln
Corean Emperor In No Danger Denial From Japanese Officials
Tokyo May 7 officials of the Foreign Office ridicule rumors of the Corean emperor’s banishment. Prince Ito reaffirmed respect for Corean sovereignty and there has been no change in policy. Hochi regrets the report as misrepresenting Japan’s stance toward Corea.
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Tokio
Japan
Foreign Office
Prince Ito
Corean
Corea
One Killed In Auto Accident In Burlington Vermont
In Burlington Vermont on May 7 Robert H Clark was killed and Harry W Chase seriously injured when their car struck a fence and rolled into a ditch. Driver E M Lauri and passenger Arthur A Foster were slightly hurt as the vehicle was demolished. Clark was the son in law of Colonel H W Hall and leaves a widow.
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Burlington
Robert H. Clark
Harry W. Chase
E. M. Lauri
Arthur A. Foster
Clark
H. W. Hall
Mrs Longworth to Not Speak in Campaign Tour
Columbus May 7 reports Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati will campaign across the state this fall for the Republican ticket with his wife likely accompanying him. Longworth denies a report that Mrs Longworth will stump district Celesta or make speeches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Longworth
Celes
China protests as boycott against Japanese goods continues
Peking May 7 Baron Hayashi Japanese Minister to China presented a new protest to the Chinese Foreign Board over the ongoing boycott of Japanese goods in connection with the Tatsu Maru incident.
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China
Peking
Clemency on Prince's Birthday in Madrid
Madrid May 7 King Alfonso pardoned Nakens Ibarra and Mata on the first anniversary of the Prince of Asturias birth. They had served nine years for aiding the escape of Manuel Morales, the man who threw a bomb at King Alfonso and Queen Victoria on their wedding day May 21.
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Madrid
Prince of the Asturias
Alfonso
Nakens
Ibarra
Mata
Manuel Morales
Queen Victoria
William L Wilson's son retires from navy service
Walter L. Wilson, senior paymaster, placed on the retired list for physical disability. He has been treated at the Naval Medical School Hospital since December. He is the son of William L. Wilson, former Postmaster General and West Virginia congressman who chaired the Ways and Means Committee. Wilson joined the navy in March 19.
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Walter L. Wilson
Navy
Naval Medical School Hospital
Paymaster Wilson
William L. Wilson
Cleveland
Congress
West Virginia
Committee On
Ways and
Naval Service
R. D Hasbrotck
Hear- Sea
Indiana
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Charleston
T. A. Kittingber
B F. EX Khardt
Marrland
J. N. Ferguson
Pennsylvania
H. R. Greenlee
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
J. D. Little
Rhode Islane
BR. Dutton, Jr
Kentuck
E. Kimmel
Buffalo
Newport
WL. Wilson
E. W. Scott
San Franccisco
J B Frazier
Tututla
Home
Lieutenant Parks Heads to Hawaii for Naval Station Work
Lieutenant Charles W. Parks, civil engineer in the U S Navy and former head of the yards and docks department, has been ordered to Hawaii as the civil engineering head of the station. He will plan the new naval station at Honolulu, with funds recently appropriated.
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Tribune
Portsmouth
N. H
Charles W. Parks
United States Navy
Department of Yards and Docks
Hawaii
Naval Station
Army and Navy Orders Issued in May from Washington
The Tribune reports Army and Navy orders dated May 7. Army officers reassignments include Captain Edwin Tool and Captain Frank Rom Coy from various posts, Major Johnston and Captain Rhodes moving among regiments, with others listed for transfers and leaves. Navy movements include temporary commands, detachments to ships, and training station attendances, plus note of ships arriving at Norfolk, Yokohama, and other ports.
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Edwin Tool
Matthew F. Teele
6Th Cavalry
Charles D. Rhodes
Fort Leavenworth
William H. Johnston
16Th Infantry
Frank Romcoy
Arm War College
Leonard T Waldron
Artillery Corps
Delaware
John Pitcher
H Cavalry
Martin Says Cat Scratched Him
Portland May 7 A West Point graduate FE H Martin under arrest in the Wolff pawnbroker murder case has been linked by witness A W Field who identified him talking with Wolff on the murder day The body of Wolff will be disinterred to inspect internal clues The police believe Martin was scratched during a struggle with Wolff and he reports being scratched by a cat.
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Ore
H. Martin
West Point
Nathan Wolff
A W. Field
Wolff
Martin
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