Coast defenses urged to shield wealth and ports
President Roosevelt forwards a joint army navy plan to Congress calling for a complete coastal defense system. It adds entrances to Chesapeake Bay Manila Bay Pearl Harbor Guantanamo Guam San Juan Honolulu and Panama Canal to defended sites citing rising wealth and shorter attack windows. Taft notes estimated completion cost 50 879 399 and a reduction from Endicott board figures with updated port priorities reflecting twenty years of growth and navy expansion.
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Washington
Guam
San Juan
Honolulu
Panama Canal
Vladivostok
Congress
Taft
Endicott Board
Badicott Board
Civil War General John M. Scofield Dies in Florida
Gen John M Scofield a former secretary of war and longtime Army officer dies in St Augustine Florida after a cerebral hemorrhage. He served from West Point 1849 to retirement in 1895 attaining lieutenant general rank.
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Augustine
John M. Scofield
Washington
John M. ‘Schofield
St. Augustine
Fla
West Point
Congress
Bomb Hidden in Hair Threatens Moscow Official
A woman aimed to kill Vice-Admiral Dobussassoff, Moscow governor general, by smuggling a bomb into the chancellery. An aide spotted the ornate hair style, leading to a search that uncovered a concealed explosive in her tresses.
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Moscow
Doubassoff
Council of the Empire
Birdsall Pushes Absolute Free Trade With Philippines
Representative Birdsall of Iowa introduces a bill for absolute free trade between the United States and the Philippines after July 1, 1906. The proposal seeks to remove tariffs and establish open commerce between the two regions.
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Washington
Birdsall
Iowa
United States
Philippines
Ex Governor Hogg Dies in Houston Home
Houston reports former Governor James Stephen Hogg died at the home of his law partner France C. Jones after a year of declining health. He had planned a trip to Battle Creek Michigan and arrived in Houston Saturday night before taking to bed and dying at 11 Bardock Sunday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Hogg
Houston
Tex
James Stephen Hogg
France C. Jones
Battle Creek
Michi
Bardock
American Red Cross Sends $5,000 to Japan Relief
Washington reports the American national Red Cross, via the State Department, cabled $5,000 to the Japanese Red Cross, totaling $25,000 raised by Americans for famine relief in Japan. Official dispatches note thousands destitute as rice crops fail from cold rains and workers join Manchuria battles.
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Washington
American National Red Cross
State Department
Japanese Red Cross
Japan
Organization For
Manchuria
Irrigation Bill Advances In Amended Form
Washington reports the House committee on irrigation of arid land favors the French bill in amended form. The bill allows the interior secretary to establish town sites of 160 acres with irrigation projects and to supply water to existing towns sharing the same water source. It also authorizes leasing surplus power and the right to develop power for ten years at project sites.
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Washington
House Committee On Irrigation of
Secretary of the Interior
Examination Favors Contract Plan for Isthmus Canal
Prof. William H. Burr of New York testified before the Senate committee on inter oceanic canals. His day long session supported the contract plan for building the canal across the Isthmus of Panama, aligning with Roosevelt appointee engineers' views.
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Washington
William H. Burr
New York
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Isthmus
Panama
Senate Committee On
France’s naval strength urged in budget debate
Paris M Lockroy ex minister of marine used a deputies’ naval budget discussion to urge a stronger navy. He warned that without augmenting France’s program Germany would overtake and a future conflict would begin with a naval clash in the North Sea and Mediterranean.
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Paris
M. Lockroy
Chamber of Deputies
France
Germany
North Sea
Mediterranean
Eastern rate war begins with $16 Chicago New York fare
The eastern passenger rate war escalates as Grand Trunk cuts fares to take effect next Saturday. Chicago to New York first class drops to $16 and second class to $15, with rates reduced at eastern points where differential fares apply and filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Grand Trunk Railroad
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt directs war on government TB spread
President Roosevelt ordered department heads to lead a government service TB control program. The nationwide drive aims to curb tuberculosis among employes in Washington with explicit departmental duties outlined.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Prairie Fires Cause Massive Damage in Panhandle Texas
Reports indicate prairie fires sweeping western Panhandle for three days have caused up to one million dollars in damage. Tamb and Hockley counties suffered the worst losses, burning acres and destroying cattle. cattlemen plan to move herds to New Mexico as spring grass is weeks away.
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Austin
Tex
Panhandle
Tamb
Hockley
New Mexico
Fire trap at Italian dance hall kills sixteen near Florence
At Fucreccio, twenty three miles west of Florence, a house hosting a dance caught fire. In the panic the floor collapsed, killing sixteen people and injuring many others.
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Florence
Italy
Fucreccio
Justice Brown Will Retire From Supreme Court
Washington dispatch reports Associate Justice Henry Billings Brown plans to retire from the United States Supreme Court and has notified President Theodore Roosevelt. If true, the move prompts a search for a successor to the high court.
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Justice Brown
Washington
Henry Billings Brown
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Mine Disaster Shocks Northern France Coal Fields
A catastrophic explosion and ensuing fire damp at Coutrieres near Lens in Pas de Calais traps about 1,100 to 1,404 miners. French authorities and soldiers rush to the site as townsfolk mourn. rescue attempts continue amid gas and crowded access to the pit.
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Paris
France
Coutrieres
Lille
Fallleres
Woeks Gautier
Interior
Lens
Department
Pas de Calais
Courrieres
Verdum
Tlater
Sylvester
Pershing Not Named Brigadier General At This Time
The text states Captain John J. Pershing of the Fifteenth Cavalry will not be promoted to brigadier general at present. It notes his youth and popularity with peers, but the move would have joined him over hundreds of senior officers, provoking unpopularity in the army.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John J. Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Pershing
Senators Direct Vote Resolution Passed by Ohio Senate
In Columbus the Ohio Senate approved a joint resolution urging Congress to convene a convention of states to propose a constitutional amendment for choosing U S senators by direct popular vote. The action aims to end indirect Senate elections.
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Ohio
Senate
Columbus
Congress
United States
Rich Man Joins the Army
Gavin Harris, Empire theater actor and son of the late Congressman Harris, worth about 50000 dollars, joins the Third company of the coast artillery at the bar racks to escape temptations and pursue a quieter life.
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Gavin Harris
Temptation
Columbus, O
Empire Theater
Congressman Harris
Coast Artillery
Citizenship to Be Prized
Washington report notes the House passed 408 private pension bills and spent three hours on a naturalization measure. The bill requires aliens to write and speak English, read the language, and declare intent to reside permanently before becoming citizens. The measure will stay in order when appropriations are not under consideration.
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Washington
United States
House committee reports reduced appropriations bill
Washington the house committee on appropriations reports a legislative executive and judicial bill totaling 29 134 181 dollars. It cuts 1 125 573 from department estimates and reduces salaries for 65 fewer positions than in the last bill. Limits set cap clerks at ages 65 68 and 70 with fixed maximums and bar retention after June 1 1918 for classified staff over seventy.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Classified Service
Lumber Dealers Prosperity Fueled by Reform Push
Washington reports the fourteenth annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association opened. President Lewis Dill urged clamping down on unauthorized sellers and resolving car-stake equipment disputes with railroads, noting the current boom would test rules and unity.
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Washington
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
Lewis Dill
Chicago Council Doubles Saloon License Price
Chicago city council voted forty to twenty eight to raise saloon licenses from $500 to $1,000 as a crime fighting measure. If not vetoed by Mayor Dunne, the ordinance takes effect May 1 and Chicago currently has 7,070 saloons.
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Chicago
Dunne
Land Reservation for Agricultural Experiment Stations
Mondell introduces a bill to let the interior secretary, on the agriculture secretary’s request, reserve public lands for agricultural experiment stations. Up to two sections per tract and up to three tracts per state may be set aside, not entering under public land laws, to support experiments authorized by Congress.
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Washington
Mondell
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Mangum Land Office Officials Removed for Irregularities
President removes John D. Oliphant register J A Trotter receiver and I J Chapman clerk of the Mangum Oklahoma land office for irregularities in office. George B Roberts appointed temporary register succeeding Oliphant as Mangum office to be discontinued in April.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John D. Oliphant
J. A. Trotter
I. J. Chapman
Mangum
Okl
George B. Roberts
Register
Manugum
Peace Holds in Uruguay as Arrests Increase
In Montevideo peace persists amid a surge of arrests. The revolutionary movement has collapsed, signaling ongoing suppression of insurgent activity in the republic.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Republic
Better Feeling Between Americans and Chinese in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong the long tension between the viceroy of Clinton and American representatives eased with exchanges of courtesies. The viceroy hosted a banquet in honor of Admiral Rain on March 7, while the vice regal authorities attended a reception at the American consulate that same day.
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Hong Kong
Clinton
Rain
Death of John D. King Civil Service Official
John D. King long served about forty five years with the railway postal service and chaired the rural carriers examining board of the Civil Service Commission. He died in Washington.
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John D. King
Washington
Improvements at Army Posts Fort Niobrara Amendment proposed
Senator Burkett introduced in the senate an amendment to the army appropriation bill seeking 200000 to begin building Fort Niobrara as a regimental post.
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Washington
Burkett
Senate
Fort Niobrara
Oklahoma Statehood Advances in Senate Vote Spurred by Oklahoma Indian Territory Plan
The Senate passed a bill creating the state of Oklahoma from Oklahoma and Indian territories after striking out provisions related to Arizona and New Mexico. The measure sets a 110 member constitutional convention, Guthrie as temporary seat, and authorizes $5 million for schools with landed school sections and tenured Indian protections. A House railroad rate bill remains pending with adjournment delaying action until Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Burrows
Foraker
House
Cullom
Indian Territories
United State
National House of Representatives
National Treasury
United States
Guthrie
Victims of the War to be Taken Care Of
Boris Klebanoff arrives in New York as representative in America of the Russian Blue Cross. The philanthropic group under Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikivna expands efforts after recent Russian war and riot casualties, planning headquarters in the city.
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New York
Boris Klebanoff
America
Russian Blue Cross
Elizabeth Mavrikivna
Railroads Named Defendants in Flour Transport Rates Suit
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Missouri Pacific Chicago Rock Island and other western lines were named defendants in a complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by Howard Mills Company of Wichita Kansas seeking relief from alleged unjust flour transport rate discrimination favoring Pacific coast dealers manufacturers and shippers.
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Washington
Atchison, Tooneka & Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Howard Mills Company of
Wichita
Kas
Pacific Coast
Shonts to Hold Both Places
Theodore P. Shonts arrives in Chicago and declares he will not resign as Clover Leaf president nor Isthmian Canal Commission chairman. He says he will stay nominal Clover Leaf president while continuing canal work and will not let others interfere.
Major Battle at Mount Dajo Near Jolo Ends In Heavy Losses
American forces and naval detachments clashed with Moros at Mount Dajo near Jolo. Moros suffered about 600 killed, while allied troops endured fifteen enlisted men killed and officers and enlisted men wounded. naval casualties reached thirty-two with several crew wounded.
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Manila
Jolo
Leonard Wood
Division of the
Philippines
Sulu Islands
Mount Dajo
Java
H. D. Cooke
Pampanga
Gilmore
Ion
Postal Service Gets $191 Million Appropriation
Washington reports the house committee approved a $191,358,848 appropriation for the postal service with two key provisions. It bans franking government departments for non mailable items and blocks citizen groups from franking privileges. Last year’s post office funding was $181,022,093 and mail volume is expected to rise about 10 percent annually.
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Washington
House Committee On
Post Offices
House
Post Office Department
Senators by direct vote bill advances in Congress
A committee on election reports favorably on Representative Norris Nebraska bill to extend congressional terms to four years and to elect senators by popular vote, signaling progress on major reform.
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Washington
House
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Thompson Reaches Mexico as New US Ambassador
The American ambassador Mr. Thompson presented his credentials to President Diaz in Mexico. A large assembly heard complimentary speeches by both leaders praising the cordial ties between the United States and Mexico.
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United States
Mexico
Mr. Thompson
Diaz
Extension Denied for Interstate Canal Work in Nebraska
The firm Robinson and Maney of St Louis sought more time to finish the North Platte irrigation project canal in Nebraska under a 1905 contract, with a 1908 completion target. The secretary of the interior denied the extension, saying current conditions do not justify it, though increased force could allow timely completion.
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Washington
Messrs. Robinson & Maney
St. Louis
North Vlatte
Nebraska
Secretary of the Interior
Knox Declines Supreme Court Vacancy Offer
Justice Henry Billings Brown plans retirement from the bench and has informed President Roosevelt. The president proposed Senator Philander C Knox for the vacancy, but Knox declined the offer.
Spanish Editor in Trouble for Insulting Dispatch
The editor of El Divusivo in Barcelona has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison for printing an insulting dispatch about King Alfonso. The case highlights tensions between press freedom and royal respect in Spain.
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Barcelona
Spain
el Divusivo
Alfonso
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Irrigation Committee
Burr
General Wood
Postal Service
Thompson
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