Sailors Press Navy Uniform Reform Amid Windy Day Grievances
The Navy Department forms a committee led by Captain Hugo Osterhaus to study changes in uniforms after protests from enlisted men. Sailors seek coats visor caps and simpler blouses while objecting to wide collars and ice caps that fail in wind. If granted it would mark the first time sailors wear coats in the American navy.
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New York
Navy Department
Hugo Osterhaus
Connecticut
Osterhaus
North Atlantic
July 1907 Deficit Most July Months Show
The government reports July 1907 receipts of 55.9 million and disbursements of 366.9 million, yielding a deficit around 11 million. The shortfall follows a yearly pattern as late- session appropriations become available. Customs receipts rose to 28.8 million and internal revenue to 22.8 million. Expenditures increased by about one million from July 1906, offset by spending shifts tied to the Panama Canal construction.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Panama Canal
Navy Department Learns Lesson After Georgia Flareback
Acting Secretary Newberry approves board findings on the Georgia disaster of July 15. The battle ship incident killed ten and injured many, with testimony and recommendations now in force. The navy attributes the accident to a flareback and says new precautions will prevent recurrence.
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Navy Department
Washington
Middies Assigned to Torpedo Boat Duty
Navy Department orders place a number of midshipmen on torpedo boat duty signaling a shift in policy. The force includes 60 torpedo boats, but only 16 are active, due to officer shortages from high demands for new battleships.
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Washington
Navy Department
Swedish envoy Ekstromer to be withdrawn exequator
The State Department reports Sweden will appoint Charles BE Ekstromer as vice consul at St. Louis but will not recognize him. An earlier exequatur was withdrawn due to a letter deemed offensive to President Roosevelt. Ekstromer will be reissued the exequatur but ignored by Washington.
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State Department
Washington
Charles BE
Ekstromer
St. Louis
Department
Roosevelt
Portland man granted permit to cultivate forest land
J O Hannum of Portland Oregon receives a permit to cultivate 180 acres in the Cascade National forest north district under the June 11 1906 act and to erect a house and buildings to begin improvements before lands are formally listed at the United States Land Office.
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Forest Reserve
Washington
J. O. Hannum
Portland
Cascade National Forest
United States Land Office
No Protest From Japan Over Atlantic Fleet Plan
Washington reports no protest from Japan regarding the plan to send the Atlantic battleship fleet to the Pacific. It is noted there is no basis for complaint since the fleet will remain in waters.
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Japan
Washington
Pacific
Equity suit seeks four year accounting from American Sugar Refining
Trenton Aug 8 A bill in equity filed before Chancellor Magee on behalf of George H Earl Jr receiver of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co of Philadelphia. The suit alleges the American Sugar Refining Co holds controlling interest since 1903 and acts as trustee for the Pennsylvania company demanding an accounting for its affairs and profits.
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Trenton
N. J
American Sugar Refining Company
Magee
George H. Earl, Jr
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Earl
Trart
In Ag
First Testimony in Suit to Dissolve Standard Oil
The first testimony in the government’s suit to dissolve Standard Oil and allied companies will be taken September 3 in the New York post office building. Ex Judge Ferrissa, St Louis, to hear testimony with copies sent to Frank Kellogg and C B Morricon.
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St. Louis
Standard Oil Company
New York
Franklin Ferrissa
Frank B. Kellogg
C. B. Mor
Government Wins Water Rights Case Near Blackfoot Reservation
Federal Judge C E Wolverton ruled for the government in the Birch Creek water rights dispute against the Conrad Investment Company of Helena. The decision upheld use of waters under treaty obligations, despite arguments tied to the 1891 irrigation act. Conrad has spent heavily reclaiming lands south of the Blackfoot reservation. the main canal runs over 90 miles with extensive laterals. It is unclear if an appeal will follow.
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W. G. Conrad
Helena
Blackfoot Reservation
Protect O. R. and N. Roadway Echo Wasteway Authorized
Washington August 8 Authority granted to the engineer in charge of the Umatilla irrigation project in Oregon to construct a wasteway on the storage feed of the canal about three-fourths of a mile below Echo. The structure will control canal operation over a four mile section closely paralleling the O. R. and N. railroad, a segment long deemed a threat to railroad safety.
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Washington
Umatilla
Oregon
Echo
Sultan Still Offers Fight in Tangier Turmoil
Washington dispatch says American Minister Gummere in Tangier reports Mazargan occupied by government troops. French cruisers there and two more to Casablanca. Refugees arrive in Tangier. Casa Blanca remains reported under French control.
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Sultan
Washington, D. C
State Department
Gummere
Tangier
Morocco
Mazargan
Casa Blanca
Railway Trainmen Strike Effort Aims at Settlement
Washington August 9 Charles P Neill labor commissioner engages in telegraphic talks with P J H Morrissey grand master and other Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen officials to seek peaceful settlement of the strike by witchmen for the Colorado and Southern Railway and to avert a general strike order covering all road trainmen.
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Washington
Charles P. Neill
P. J H. Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
New Northwest Postmasters
Washington appoints Hall William A Geer to fill vacancy caused by resignation O B Angard Pokegama Oregon George W McIntyre replaces G B Walters resigned Bingen Melvin Wetherell named to replace G G Hadley resigned Aug 9.
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Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Pokegama
George W.mcintyre
G. B. Walters
Washington—Hall
William A.geer
O. B. Angard
Bingen
Melvin Wetherell
G. G.hadley
France and Spain Bombard Casa Blanca Morrocan Port
French cruisers bombarded Casa Blanca on the Moroccan coast after Moorish fire upon landing parties. European residents shelter in consulates or aboard ships as France and Spain push to restore order under the Algeciras convention.
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Tangier
Casa Blanca
France
Spain
Veo
Ishaneaun
Algeciras
Morocco
Europe
Anatole
Don Alvaro de Bazen
United States
French Shelling at Casa Blanca Increases Casualties
A Tangier dispatch reports street fighting around Casa Blanca continuing Sunday. French ships fired about 2,000 shells with Moorish deaths running into hundreds. A marine party killed 150 Moors. French wounded about 12. no French fatalities. Marabout Sidi Marouf was wounded.
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Paris
Tangier
Casa Blanca
Sidi Marouf
French commander sends soldiers in chains to consulate
A Cara Blanca military commander apologizes to the French consulate for the Galilee landing party attack. The consul refuses to hand over culprits, and the commander sends the soldiers to the consulate chained. The consul warns they would be shot at the first sign of trouble.
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Paris
Matin
Cara Blanca
Galilee
Fines levied on coal land thieves in Cheyenne case
In federal court Judge J A Riner overruled a new trial motion for HB M Holbrook BE Lonebaugh and Robert McPhilamy recently convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government in coal land acquisition. Holbrook and Lonebaugh face 10000 fines each. McPhilamy 20000. all must pay one third of costs and be jailed until paid.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
J. A. Riner
HB. M. Holbrook
BE. Lonebaugh
Robert McPhilamy
Holbrook
Lonebaugh
McPhilamy
Phone Girls Strike Again in Helena and Montana
Twenty telephone operators in Helena join a sympathetic strike with the Montana Federation of Labor. The walkout leaves Butte and other cities without service. The Telephone Company seeks a temporary injunction to restrain the boycott. argument is set before U.S. Judge Hunt tomorrow.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Federation of Labor
Butte
United States
Hunt
Lithographers Admit Defeat in Labor Dispute
New York August 7 1906 the Lithographic Artiste Engravers Designers League ends its struggle with the National Association of Employing Lithographers as the union abandons the fight.
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New York
Lithographic Artiste, Engravers & Designers
National Association of Employing Lithographers
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