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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
7
Straus of the Commerce and Labor Department denied admission for five Japanese immigrants appealing a decision at El Paso Texas. The appeals reach Immigration Sargent and focus on the president's order linked to last winter's exclusion agreement for Japanese laborers.
On recommendation of Senator Bourne and with Senator Fulton’s concurrence the president appointed Charles W. Moore of Alley as head of The Dalles food office to replace M. T. Nolan and Miss Anne M. Lang whose term ended March 8. Both senators supported the appointment after a lengthy field of candidates.
Washington April 10 The Isle of Pines is not American territory a federal court ruled in the case Edward J Pearcy v Neva M Stranahan collector of the port of New York Chief Justice Fuller announced the decision The court held that until the Paris treaty the isle was part of Cuba and not within articles covering nearby islands including Puerto Rico
W T Stead of London and Dr Albert Shaw met with the president at the White House to discuss sober proposals for the upcoming Hague peace conference. Stead stressed that propaganda should remain real and practical and both men expressed accord on the approach.
Washington April 10 The speech of Representative Williamson will be argued in the United States Supreme Court on October 21 early in the fall term. Owing to docket conditions the court could not set a date this term with only a month remaining.
Washington reports the complaint about the Isthmus Panama commissary department has been taken up. A member of Congress assures swift action on allegations and promises prompt investigation of the issues raised.
Washington officials announced that a treaty has been drafted with Great Britain to establish a joint commission. The panel would address water boundary questions between Canada and the United States, including fisheries regulations for the Great Lakes and the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards.
The state commission postpones the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on the $5 rate for rough lumber to San Francisco from Tuesday April 16 to Tuesday April 23 to allow U R N officials an opportunity to be heard.
The president appoints W. Tyler of Ohio as auditor of the Navy department treasury. Tyler, a new appointee, had been considered for a federal post and is linked to duties with customs at Cincinnati.
Washington reports the president refused an interview with Mrs Ida von Claussen who has complained to the State Department that Charles H Graves, the US minister to Sweden, should present her to the king when he wished to meet her.
Washington April 10. The Wenaha national forests in Oregon gain new early stock range areas. A meeting was held to hear claims and divide the range fairly for settlers and ranch owners. The policy will grant cattle and sheep owners use of their prior range and protect their allotments after division.
Washington April 13 R B Brown commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic along with Tanner and other officials urged the president to halt dismissals of Civil War veterans and widows from government posts. The president had previously addressed the issue at a cabinet meeting ordering an end to discrimination.
The note discusses adherence to the rules of war under international law. It emphasizes instructions for generals to protect neutral citizens at all locations where forces are stationed and to guarantee lives during hostilities.
Washington April 11. A leading political figure warns that the next Republican National Convention will nominate Theodore Roosevelt or face a reactionary outcome. The speaker predicts mass public pushback against the money power or a quiet loss to capital domination.
New York April 12 Directors of the Union Pacific discuss trimming the extraordinary powers held by president Edward H. Harriman. The move seeks to place limits on his control when the full board is not in session and to inject new members into the executive committee to curb his authority.
Chairman Tawney and Representative Olcott, returning from Panama, met with the president to discuss canal conditions. Tawney expressed optimism about reaching completion at the current pace, noting the need for adequate railroad capacity for spoil and sanitation to keep the site healthy.
In St. Petersburg on April 12 Premier Stolypin faced public defiance as he sought to bar the lower house of parliament from obtaining Zemstvo statistics and outside expert advice. President Golovin sent a curt note questioning the prime minister’s authority, triggering a six week budget discussion and a cabinet meeting after talks with party leaders.
Interstate Commerce Commission schedules hearings in Washington for April 18 on rates charged by Enterprising Company Georgia Railroad and others for cotton shipments from southern points via Pacific Coast terminals to Shanghai and other Japanese and Chinese ports. A similar case involves the China and Japan Trading Company and others against the same rail line.
The Atlantic fleet battleship division sailed from Guantanamo Cuba to Hampton Roads for the Jamestown exposition ceremonies. Upon arrival, 36 warships of various types will assemble, making the most powerful fleet ever seen in American waters.
Washington April 11 an extension of six months is granted to International Contract Company of Seattle to finish highway bridges over the main canal of the Klamath irrigation project. The original work was to be completed March 5 1907 due to unavoidable timber delays. Temporary crossings will be built by the contractors.
Colorado officials announce a change in the State Life Insurance company of Indiana. The license to operate in this state was cancelled after the firm agreed to abandon certain state law requirements following discussions with Insurance Commissioner Rittenhouse and Auditor Statler.
The nine men from coal No. 1, lost in a storm off the Florida coast while towed by the naval collier Caesar, have been landed at Galveston Texas aboard the German steamer Professor Woermann.
The affairs of the Catholic church in America and the Catholic university in Washington are to be discussed by the Catholic hierarchy in two meetings this week.
Chicago workers in the drain pipe trade strike, about 800 men, after employers refused a 50 cent daily wage increase. Drain men earned 3.50 dollars a day while helpers received 2.50, risking basement flooding and water damage in the city.
I C Mayo General Passenger Agent and B H Boles Albany agent invite applicants for travel passes. The notice directs interested individuals to submit required information for processing.
Shanghai dispatch reports the organised Chinese navy to establish four bases. One on Chang Chow island, another in the Miao Tao group, a third in the central region, and a fourth on an unspecified location. The plan details remain incomplete.
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