National Capital to Seek Large Rivers and Harbors Funding
Congress will be asked to approve about 13 million dollars for rivers and harbors and fortifications in the coming fiscal year. Brigadier General William L. Marshall details allocations for existing contracts, general work, Mississippi River commission projects, and coastal defenses including Manila, Pearl Harbor, Pensacola, and extensive searchlight programs. A substantial portion targets the Philippines and Hawaii with emphasis on seacoast batteries and modernized emplacements. Washington also plans an unveiling of General Phil Sheridan’s statue, costing 50 thousand dollars, to be presented by Garton Borglum with Roosevelt expected to speak.
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William L. Marshall
United States Army
Luke E. Wright
Mississippi River Commission
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Pensacola
Fla
Insular
Philippines
Hawaii
California
San Diego
San Pedro Bay
Oakland Harbor
Washington
Columbia River
Grays Harbor
Puget Sound
Phil’’ Sheridan
Garton Borglum
New York
Sheridan Circle
Massachusetts Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Roosevelt
General Sheridan
Roosevelt and Root deny friction with Japan over open door
Washington reports both Roosevelt and Root say no friction with Japan exists over the open door in China. Diplomatic exchanges are noted with Ambassador Takshira’s visits to Secretary Root, said to concern Japan's policy in Manchuria and reflect ongoing discussions in recent days.
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Root
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
China
Takshira
Manchuria
Naval Officers Face New Physical Test Standards
Washington November 27 The Navy department recommendation on a physical test for officers awaits the president’s final approval. Line officers below rear admiral and staff below captain ashore will follow a fifty mile walk in three days, while sea watch officers may alternate duties every four hours for 72 hours.
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Washington
Navy Department
Coast Artillery
Irrigation Projects Progress Across Washington Units
The Reclamation service reports Umatilla irrigation project 82 percent complete with 3700 acres of water right applications and 2500 acres actually watered. Hermiston unit fully entered. Sunnyside 26 percent, Okanogan 83 percent, Tie ton 54 percent.
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Washington
Reclamation Service Today
Umatilla
Hermiston
Sunnyside
Okanogan
Imogene Morrill Dies Noted Portraitist and Founder
Washington reports the death of Mrs. Imogene Robinson Morrill a celebrated portrait and historical painter who died alone in a lodging house. She founded the National Academy of Fine Arts in 1879 and earned scores of medals for her notable works.
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Imogene Morrill
Washington
Imogene Robinson Morrill
National Academy of Fine Arts
Certiorari Filed in Standard Oil Retrial Case
Washington November 26 Attorney General Bonaparte filed in the U S Supreme Court a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals in the 29 million Standard Oil case. The ruling remanded the matter for retrial.
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Washington
Bonaparte
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of A Ja
Lumber firm seeks transit rebate ruling in rail case
National Lumber company of Los Angeles asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to require the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad to pay transit rebates on shipments from Los Angeles. The rebate would cover past shipments totaling 771 dollars, and the railroad says it cannot grant the rebates under law. This is the first such report to the commission.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Lumber Company
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Commission
Ban on All Fake Labels To Ban 1906 Stamp deception
Washington, Nov 24. A sweeping patent commission decision bars any label bearing 1906 that implies government responsibility for purity. Packers print such labels to mislead buyers while officials say the government only accepts the manufacturer's assertion of purity. Violations under the pure food and drug act lead to confiscation and penalties.
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Washington
Commissioner of Patents
Navy to Build Florida Machinery at Brooklyn Yard
Assistant Secretary Newberry rejects all bids for Florida battleship machinery and orders government construction in the Brooklyn navy yard. The board of construction urged that Congress intended all related work to be done at the New York navy yard, but Newberry approved the Brooklyn option.
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Washington
Florida
Newberry
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Board of Construction
Congress
New York Navy Yard
Ban on Eastern Stock at Chicago Show
Cattle breeders from Pennsylvania and New York will not exhibit cattle at the International Stock Show in Chicago due to foot and mouth disease in those states. The ban, announced after a White House conference with President Roosevelt and officials Willett M. Hayes and Dr. Alonzo D. Melvin, applies to cattle and also covers sheep swine and goats.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
White House
Roosevelt
Willett M. Hayes
Alonzo D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
District Attorney seeks two-year jail terms for land fraud duo
United States District Attorney Baker will ask two defendants Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider be sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000 each if the court rules against their motion for arrest of judgment for defrauding the government of forest lands in Oregon and California. The announcement follows a conference with the president.
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Washington
United States
Baker
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
Oregon
California
Supreme Court to consider Standard Oil case review
The Supreme Court will likely decide on November 28 whether to review the Standard Oil $29,000,000 case per a petition from Attorney General Bonaparte. The court is on Thanksgiving recess and the writ of certiorari will be submitted formally Monday by the clerk, with a ruling expected the next Monday.
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Washington
Standard Oil
Bonaparte
Marines Detached From Battleships For Shore Duty
Washington November 24. Marines begin detaching from battleships and assigned to shore duty. Orders today detaching those aboard the New Hampshire. In 30 days all marines of the third squadron of the Atlantic fleet now in Atlantic quarters will be relieved from vessels.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
Pinchot Offered Agriculture Secretary Role in Taft Cabinet
Washington dispatch notes that Gifford Pinchot has been offered the post of secretary of agriculture in President Taft's cabinet and is expected to accept. It is also reported that Overton W. Price would become Pinchot's successor as forester.
Fulton to Confer With Taft
Senator Fulton left for Hot Springs to meet President-elect Taft and National Chairman Hitchcock for a conference.
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Fulton
Taft
Washington
Hot Springs
Hitchcock
Holmes Appointed Rural Carrier At Mount Angel
Washington November 26 Arthur W Holmes has been appointed rural free delivery carrier on route number 1 at Mount Angel.
Oklahoma remorse reshapes views on railroads and utilities
Chicago reports a sharp shift in public sentiment in Oklahoma toward railroads and other public utility firms. After two years with little trunk line construction, the Oklahoma Federation of Commercial Clubs cites hindered business and argues new capital will not enter unless state laws are fair and conservative, ensuring legitimate returns.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Federation of Commercial Clubs
Missing papers hamper New York oil case probe
County Clerk Charles P. Salen is believed to have disappeared inextricably with key Standard Oil affidavits including one by John D. Rockefeller and records from the 1880s. The missing documents are sought by Frank Kellogg for the government case, with removal from public records an indictable offense.
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Cleveland
Charles P. Salen
Standard Oil
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
John D. Rockefeller
Oliver H. Payne
William Schofield
Ohio
Milovanovich reports Servia trims aims after missions
Servian foreign minister Milovanovich travels to Belgrade to brief King Peter on his London Paris Rome mission results. He has dropped non aligned claims, aligning with Russia and France against Austro Hungarian expansion, while Britain aims to block German dominance at Constantinople and Italy resists Austrian Adriatic expansion.
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Rome
M. Milovanovich
Belgrade
Peter
London
Paris
Servia
Russia
France
Balkan
Great Britain
Germany
Constantinople
Italy
Adriatic
Planted on Mount Rose Observatory Station
Reno reports Professor J E Church of Nevada University has installed a meteorograph on Mount Rose, among the few in the U S. The rugged ascent required pack mules. Professor Ferguson of the Washington weather bureau is due December 1 to take charge, with Church to oversee a two year absence.
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Reno
J. E. Church
Nevada University
United States
Mount Rose
Sierras
Ferguson
Washington Weather Bureau
Church
Leprosy Strikes Mexico Man Shunned in City
Journeying from Mexico to Los Angeles Treneda Ortega is put in the county hospital as doctors declare him a leper. The facility also houses Elizabeth Wardwell, another leprosy victim from Tombstone Arizona. Officials plan deportation to Mexico for both patients.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Treneda Ortega
Elizabeth Wardwell
Tombstone
Ariz
Pacific Coast chamber delegates return from Japan voyage
Most members of the Pacific Coast chambers of commerce arrived in Honolulu on the Tenyo Maru. They say the trip shows Japan's sincere desire for peace and foresee diminished antagonism between the United States and Japan. The visiting businessmen speak enthusiastically of the journey.
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Honolulu
Pacific Coast Chambers of Commerce
Japan
America
Receiver appointed for Cumberland Coal & Coke Co.
Federal Judge Sanford in Knoxville on November 25 named E. H. Benoist of St. Louis temporary receiver for Cumberland Coal and Coke Company, which operates in Fentress and Cumberland counties, Tennessee.
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Coal
Knoxville
Tenn
Sanford
E. H. Benoist
St. Louis
Cumberland Coal & Coke Company
Fentress
Cumberland
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