Emergency Panama canal appropriation heads to House
Washington Dec 5 The emergency appropriation for the Panama canal will be sent to the House before committee appointments as Speaker Cannon favors swift action. Hepburn who introduced the bill may seek unanimous consent for early consideration. If debate grows, the rules committee will set a limited discussion period, with jurisdictional issues between general legislation and appropriations shaping the move.
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Washington
Panama Canal
House
Cannon
Hepburn
Committee On Rules
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Exclusion of Japanese and Koreans Proposed
Washington delegates from California unite on a bill to bar Japanese and Koreans from entering the United States. Representative McKinley will introduce the measure in the House, arguing the influx threatens American labor and mirrors past Chinese exclusion laws.
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Washington
California
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
House
McKinley
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Ambassador Meyer to Dine with German Emperor at Potsdam
The American ambassador to Russia Mr Meyer is invited to dine with Emperor William at Potsdam this evening and expects to reach St Petersburg Friday. He has been in close contact with European politics through interviews with Foreign Secretary Lansdowne Premier Rouvier and Chancellor von Buelow.
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Berlin
Meyer
Russia
William
St. Petersburg
Lansdowne
Rouvier
von Buelow
Not to his liking witness assaulted in Pineville
A telegram to the Interior Department reports a principal witness against Congressman Williamson of Oregon was brutally assaulted and seriously injured by Pineville town marshal for testifying in the land fraud trials. The incident occurred near Williamson’s home and affects ongoing legal proceedings.
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Washington
Interior Department
Williamson
Oregon
Pineville
Henry Campbell-Bannerman Receives King's Commission
London December 5 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman met the King at Buckingham Palace and agreed to form a new cabinet. The visiting Duke of Devonshire, a Liberal, conferred with the new premier, signaling potential policy agreements among anti-protection unionists who had already been identified as leaders since leaving the Balfour cabinet.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Devonshire
Fruit Growers Convene in California at Rideway Hall
California State Fruit Growers convention opens in Rideway hall Santa Rosa with large turnout. Mayor Overton gives welcome, Ellwood Cooper outlines opening remarks, Governor Pardee addresses on education, demand and supply, cost, and quality. A. R. Sprague then presents the cooperation committee report.
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Santa Rosa
California State Fruit Growers’ Convention
Rideway Hall
Wm. Martin
First Presbyterian Church
John P. Overton
Ellwood Cooper
California
A. R. Sprague
Committee On Co-Operation
Wife follows husband to grave in San Francisco
Aged widow of Isaac Raphael, pioneer clothing merchant, died yesterday. She committed suicide early this morning by taking carbolic acid, grief over her husband’s death believed to be the cause. Her death occurred in San Francisco on December 5.
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San Francisco
Isaac Raphael
Turkey Agrees to Yield to Allied Demands
Turkish council of ministers, meeting via Sofia, reports to Constantinople that they will yield to the demands of the Allied powers in a move that could ease tensions and shape the postwar settlement.
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Constantinople
Via
Sofia
Council of Ministers
Reverse Sentence of Death Passed Upon Engineer
WARSAW December 5 The railroad unions executive committee urged a general strike at midnight unless the Samara court martial death sentences for engineer Sokoloff and other leaders are reversed. Telecommunication workers refuse talks with Interior Minister Dunrovo and vow to strike until government measures end. Berlin dispatch notes Russian Baltic unrest with anarchy, sailors at Libau, peasantry seizing estates, and forests declared common property as life and property crumble. Warsaw reports martial law abolition, telegraph offices collapsed from 22,000 to 1,400 daily messages, and mood tense as authorities fear strike spread. Moscow says a telegraph strike settlement committee seeks an accord, while Sebastopol notes mutineers to be tried by war-time court martial. St Petersburg reports quiet but high tension, armed patrols, complete telegraph tie-up, and mail delivery by soldiers. The League of Leagues issues decrees, threatens delegates, and government contemplates a possible retreat tied to minister Burnovo’s fate.
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Samara
Sokoloff
Dunrovo
Berlin
Siche Zeitung
Koenigsburg
Libau
Baltic
Koenigsberg
Poland
Sebastopol
Moscow
ST. Petersburg
Hidkuhunen
League of Leagues
Thaterior
Ldurnovo
Sultan delays action on European concert demands
The article states the sultan agreed in principle to yield to the powers, but has not issued an irade or proof of action. The war minister reportedly refused to sign the ministerial note, which urges acceptance in principle of the European concert's requirements. The sultan awaits ministerial unanimity before sanctioning any move.
Nominations Pack of President's Picks Sent to Senate
Washington December 5 The President transmitted nominations to the Senate including Elihu Root for Secretary of State and Charles J Bonaparte for Secretary of the Navy. Others named are William C Bristol for United States Attorney for Oregon and Franklin Lane for Interstate Commerce Commission. Recess appointments since March adjournment were also sent.
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Senate
Elihu Root
New York
Navy
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Maryland
United States Attorney
Wm. C. Bristol
Dietrict
Oregon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Franklin Lane
California
Thirteen Perished As Lunberg Sinks Off Amherst Harbor
A dispatch from Meat Cove reports the steamer Lunberg ran ashore yesterday near Amherst harbor Magdalen Island and sank. Thirteen lives were lost from a crew of fifteen and possible passengers. Among the deceased is Mr. Leslie, a Canadian parliament member and part of the owning firm’s circle.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
Lunberg
Amherst Harbor
Magdalen Island
Meat Cove
Leslie Harland & Son
Leslie
German squadron spotted off Russian coast amid imperial flight rumors
Cronstadt sightings in the Baltic near the Russian coast fuel rumors of the imperial family's possible flight. The night report notes a German squadron observed as December world news filters through reporting from St. Petersburg via East Prussia.
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ST. Petersburg
Bydt Kuhnen
East Prussia
Cronstadt
Baltic Sea
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