War talk is boeh says Cullom and other midweek items
Senator Cullom dismisses war rhetoric while the president donates 100 to famine relief in China. Olliver organizes a canal dig syndicate. Montana stock losses loom as feed shortfalls bite. California Japanese oppose exclusion with legal aid sent to Washington. New Orleans mint bets 1 million for Mexico. Idaho Salmon River cattle perish from cold and fatigue. Chicago endures winter as western storms continue. New York Governor Hughes shuns party bosses. Omaha manufacturers plan spring trade trip to Pacific Northwest. Navy says private builders can beat gov yards on a firstclass battleship by about 350000.
Russia to borrow 25 million for famine relief
Reported measures include a 25 million dollar loan by Russia to aid famine sufferers as blizzards sweep Montana and British Columbia. Earthquakes are felt in Kingston and Greenville Illinois with minor shocks reported elsewhere.
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Oregon and Washington Agree on Columbia River Salmon Bill
Oregon and Washington lawmakers reach a concurrent agreement to adjust Columbia River fishing seasons from March to September with open and closed periods. A joint effort aims to protect salmon and explore constructing a fishway around Celilo Falls to aid upstream passage.
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Oregon
Washington
Columbia River
Celilo Falls
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Columbia
Congress Honors Two Long-Serving Politicians in Capitol Observances
In Washington on February 2 the Senate debated the Indian appropriation bill with committee amendments and passed measures authorizing ridge construction and extended leases in Yellowstone. The House adjourned late to honor the memory of late Rep Flack. A Carter Montana speech and Heyburn critique targeted Interior policy, while discussions touched on land patent examinations and Panama Railway management.
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Yellowstone National Park
Flack
New York
Reed Smoot
Colorado River
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Carter
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Heyburn
Prosperous year for U.S. internal commerce says statistics
Washington reports that domestic commerce last year surpassed all prior years per the Bureau of Statistics. Primary livestock receipts across seven markets reached 40,727,658 head, grain receipts at 15 interior markets totaled 798,521,585 bushels, and six Atlantic Gulf ports handled 214,846,998 bushels. Shipments of Chicago packing-house products rose with canned meats and dressed beef leading. Anthracite coal shipments from eastern districts fell slightly.
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Anti
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Chicago
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Recruits Sought as Illinois National Guard Accelerates
Springfield Illinois February 5 recruits are in a hurry with enlistments opened for emergency service within a week to ten days rosters of nearly every company in state infantry artillery cavalry and signal corps will be thrown open officers and privates continue to hunt for embryonic soldiers a general order from Washington triggers the stir in the state militia amid Japan question concerns the readjustment applies to every state with a National Guard.
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Illinois National Guard
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Signal Corps
War Department
Washington
Track Washed Away on Union Pacific Line
Ogden Utah February 5 one hundred feet of track and a bridge on the main line of the Union Pacific railroad were washed away by a rush of water through Weber canyon twenty miles east of here this afternoon. The flood resulted from recent heavy rains. All traffic will be delayed for 24 hours with eastbound trains diverted over the Oregon Short Line and westbound trains held east of the break. The track is being repaired.
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Utah
Union Pacific Railroad
Weber Canyon
Here
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Los Antos
Italian Government Backs Excavation of Herculaneum
Italy supports the plan proposed by Charles Waldstein of King's College Cambridge to excavate Herculaneum. Assurances say the 2 cent and plan of Professor Wan are under study. King Victor Emmanuel has accepted the committee’s prerogatives.
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Herculaneum
Charles Waldstein
King's College
Cambridge
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Victor Emanuel
Severe Winter Storm Hits Kansas and Missouri
Severe storm grips Kansas and Western Missouri with near zero temperatures six inches of snow on the ground and ongoing snowfall. Trains run late by forty five minutes to six hours as bitter winds sweep the region.
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Kansas
Missouri
Senate Honors Gorman as Session Pauses in Mourning
Washington observes a tribute to the late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland with a 2:30 p.m. suspension of business. Eulogies express profound regret as minor bills pass, including city mail carrier salaries and raising Indian war survivor pensions. House debate centers on rivers and harbor appropriations and a Chicago to St Louis canal plan.
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Mississippi
Mahon
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Fairbanks
Rivers and harbors bill dominates House session
The House spent most of Thursday, January 31 on the river and harbor appropriation bill. After a brief time division and the speaker's guidance, Burton of Ohio opened debate as chairman with Bartholdt and others contributing. The measure departs from prior practice by approving only projects with full funding or authorization.
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Currier
New Hampshire
Burton
Ohio
Bartholdt
Issouri
House Debates Meat Inspection and River Harbors Bills
The house debated meat inspection provisions amid amendments and a review of the president's criticism. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill moves to conference with managers Cousins Iowa Landia Indiana Howard Georgia. Rivers and harbors bill, about 84.6 million, opens with heavy attendance and signs of major clashes over projects previously stalled in committee.
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Wadsworth
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Congress Restores Seed Distribution Paragraph in Agriculture Bill
Washington action on the agricultural appropriation bill shows farming district members overturning a chair ruling to restore the free distribution of seeds by a 136 to 85 vote. Amendments to raise Chief Forester Pinchot and Dr. Wiley salaries were defeated on points of order.
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Senate session ends with passage of key bills cited
In Washington on January 29 Hale criticized excessive talk and slow work as the Senate moved through the diplomacy and forts appropriation bills. Beveridge wrapped up his child labor address focusing on Congress power to prohibit interstate commerce in child made goods.
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Dakota Farmers Freezing Storm-paralyzed Fargo Rail Service
A severe North Dakota blizzard cripples rail traffic across the plains and worsens homesteader hardship. From Friday afternoon to tonight trains are halted, with 75 workers digging out two stranded Fargo passengers. T. M. Kruger reports seven men freezing to death within eight miles of his Williston area claim as sufferings mount.
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President to Call Extra Session Over Santo Domingo and Japan Treaties
Washington reports the president plans an extra Senate session after March 4 to push ratification of the Santo Domingo and Japan treaties. Republicans may unite to approve both, with Japan demanding school access for Japanese children in San Francisco before excluding coolies. Pacific coast legislators back the compromise to satisfy regional aims.
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No Land Revision as Congress Deadlocks on Land Law
Washington reports no land law revision this session and no Senate action to overturn Roosevelt's suspension of public land entries. Public lands committee blocks changes while funding for special agents remains tight, risking years of delayed patents and hardship for settlers.
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Senate Debate on Land Laws and Forest Reserves
Washington on January 31 Senate proceedings featured Rayner's address on expanding executive prerogatives Senator Lodge's reply and Heyburn's critique of interior land programs Heyburn argued against patents issued without ground exams and said forest reserves pushed Idaho wood prices up 75 percent and lumber to $5 per thousand feet He cited 18 million acres in Idaho placed under forest reserves and questioned the policy as a possible greed of power.
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Rayner
Lodge
Heyburn
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Idaho
Commission report on Standard Oil monopoly findings
The Interstate Commerce Commission sent Congress a report on railroad carrier relations with oil producers and distributors. It covers petroleum distribution east of the Mississippi, including Kansas and Texas fields, and asserts Standard Oil has built and perpetuated its monopoly.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Tillman-Gillespie
Mississippi River
Kansas
Texas
Dard Oil Company
Standard Oilpany
February 20 Voting Day Set in Washington Note
Washington reports February 20 as the voting day amid ongoing preparations and political maneuvering. The notice outlines election timing and related procedures for the upcoming ballot in the region.
Alaska Camp Out of Food in Yakataga Beach Crisis
On January 12 Governor Distin of Alaska informed the Rush that the Yakataga Beach camp conditions were critical. The Rush sent supplies to last five months, reaching the beach on January 14 amid a heavy gale. Twenty five men nine women and six children faced depletion, with starvation imminent if aid had not arrived.
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Seattle
Distin
Yakataga Beach
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Mulkey Set for Senate Oath After Credentials
Washington January 30 Senator Fulton to present the credentials of Bourne and Bourne when the senate meets tomorrow and seek the oath for Mr Mulkey. If approved Mulkey will be sworn in and begin duties while Bourne delays oath until March 4. Mulkey arrived too late to be sworn in today.
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Hill Harriman and GOP protection policy opposed in rebuke
A minority adverse report on the Ligtauer subsidy bill was filed in the House today by Spight of Mississippi and committee members Goulden Sherley and Patterson. The report attacks J J Hill E H Harriman and the Republican protection stance.
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J. J. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Littauer
Spight
Mississippi
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Goulden, Sherley and Patterson
Oregon Battlefleet Upgraded With Turret Plan
Washington January report states the naval committee will favor a bill to appropriate 1 000 000 dollars to fit a new turret on the Oregon and Massachusetts and to modernize both ships. The total project cost runs about 1 250 000 dollars and parts of the general fund may be used to finish repairs. Opposition exists.
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Vohiey
Hones Naval Committee
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Navy May Believe Famine
Representative Humphrey proposed selling surplus coal from navy refueling and coaling stations to the people of the Northwest. He noted the navy has large quantities of coal under contract and not immediately needed, implying a potential relief of shortages.
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Humphrey
Ington
Oregon to undergo million dollar naval overhaul
February report from Secretary Metcalf states the battleship Oregon will be modernized with up to 1 million dollars from the naval repair fund. The vessel, once a top class warship, is now near obsolete and will receive extensive overhauls similar to those applied to her sister ship Indiana.
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Oregon
Metcalf
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Indiana
Italian contractor proposes 30000 laborers for canal work
Signor Guemini of Milan arrived in Kingston and announced a plan to bring 30,000 Italian and Spanish laborers to the isthmian canal project at reasonable wages. He said he would land them on the isthmus within six months and believes the undertaking can be completed with his labor force.
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Jamaica
Signor Guemini
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Prinz Eitel Friederich
Isthmian Canal
Montana Lawmaker Probes Coal Shortage in State
Butte February 4 Representative Alex McAuley of Silver Bow county introduced a legislative resolution demanding an investigation into Montana coal. The measure notes domestic coal prices in the state have risen 25 to 60 percent.
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Alex McAuley
Silver Bow County
Legislatire
Montana
Clash Foretold as US Japan Relations Heat Up
Washington reports warn of a coming clash as United States and Japan relations deteriorate after Senator Perkins predicts a future convergence of national destinies. Officials fear inflammatory rhetoric harms Japan ties and anticipate a federal ruling on San Francisco school admissions for Japanese children.
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Pacific
Japan
United States
Perkins
California
National Geographical Society
Congress
Raynor
Gearin
San Francisco
Japanese conference in Los Angeles on Japanese welfare
Gouroka Ikida of San Francisco leads a two day conference in Los Angeles with 23 Japanese association officials to discuss welfare and issues including excluding Japanese coolies bound for Honolulu. He notes 60 000 Japanese in the U S and favors promoting trade with California through selective immigration.
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Gouroka Ikida
San Francisco
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America
Ikida
Honolulu
California
Women Work for Canteen Crusade Gains White House Support
President Roosevelt welcomed a Washington committee from the Woman's Army Canteen Club No 1 seeking the canteen's re establishment. Representative Kahn of California joined the group and supports restoration. The members plan to form clubs nationwide to advance the cause. The president expressed approval of the effort.
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Roosevelt
Woman's Army Canteen Club
No. 1
Kahn
California
Potas
McClellan Loses Round in Ballot Count Case
New York February 2 Justice Leventritt denied Mayor McClellan's bid to set aside service of summons and complaint in the quo warranto ballot count case. A stay of proceedings was granted until three days after Justice Fitts in Albany rules on the prohibition motion against Attorney General Jackson.
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New York
Justice Leventritt
Leventritt
Justice Fitts
Albany
Jackson
Arizona Assembly Passes Gambling Licensing Bill
Arizona lawmakers approve a bill allowing licensing of gambling activities and the governor signs it. The act declares operating a gambling game illegal without the license and makes noncompliance a felony. The law becomes effective April 1.
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