Washington Notes on officials and world events
Washington Notes clips report Moses Friedman named superintendent of Carlisle Indian School, a Sixth Street station transfer, navy and hospital corps pay reforms, long-serving senator Allison milestone, Porter marshal appointment clarification, and various brief items on diplomacy, travel, and incidents across the United States and abroad.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Moses Friedman
Haskell
House
Lilley Charge Sparks House Investigation Into Submarines
A House resolution calls for an inquiry into Lilley of Connecticut alleging naval affairs committee members were unduly influenced in submarine boat decisions. Speaker Cannon names a six-member committee, and the measure, adopted without opposition, cites Electric Boat and its predecessor as maintaining a Washington lobby to sway appropriations and contract choices.
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Washington
March
Lilley
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Committee On
House
Cannon
Messrs. Boutelle
Minneis
Stevens
Minnesota
Olmsted
Howard
Georgia
Broussard
Louisiana
Committee On Rules
Lessler
Holland Company
Suc
Electric Boat Company
Holland Boat Company
Bithy JB. Frost
Congress
Senate
Secretary For the Navy
Electric Boat ‘Company
Naval Committee
Navy Department
Big Families Be Dea's Plea For Roosevelt Pardon
Representative Hede of Duluth uses a novel appeal to President Roosevelt by sending White House photographs of the large families of two men seeking clemency. The Fort brothers, David and Anton natives of Italy, faced charges related to homestead efforts and alleged fraud, each serving ninety days.
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Representaive
Roosevelt
Washington
Hede
Duluth
White House
David
Anton Fort
Italy
Bede
Vidaver Hearing Opens Over Bank Extortion Claim
Nathan Vidaver, former deputy attorney general, faces a case in New York as testimony begins before Magistrate Sherman. William M. Montgomery, former president of Hamilton Bank, testifies, detailing an alleged attempt to extort $500. Montgomery’s testimony mirrors his sworn affidavit released yesterday.
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Wemer Bank
New Yort, March
Nathan Vidaver
William M. Montgomry
Hamilton Bank
Sherman
Montgomery
Thief in Spite of Booze Gets Two Years
Black River Falls Wisconsin Marea arthur Startwell pleaded drunkenness as his defense after being caught burglarizing a Merrillan store last summer. He admitted the burglary and was found guilty. The judge sentenced Startwell to two years in Waxpun state prison.
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W. J. Bartnett
J. Dalzell Brown
James ‘Treadwell
Judge Dunne
San Francisco
Colusa Bank
Leon Cartwright
Pilot Mound
Iowa
Big Louie
Kalispell
Charles Fraser
Marshalltown
Bradley Creek
Jar
Black River Falls
Wis
Marea
Arthur Startwell
Merrillan
Startwell
Waxpun
Fiercest Chicago Wind Storm Causes Severe Damage
A violent wind storm raged through Chicago for most of March 8, damaging trees and signs, toppling a 60 foot signboard at Cottage Grove and Twenty-Ninth, collapsing the Grand Pacific hotel smokestack, injuring several workers, and flooding cells as thawed streets sent water into first floors. Henry W. Davis of Cleveland injured.
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Chicago
Cottage Grove Avenue
Twenty-ninth
Grand Pacific Hotel
Hlinds_, ‘Trust and Savings bank
Henry W. Davis
Cleveland
Ohio
Davis
Twenty-second
Grove Streets
Nebraska City
Gogo Park
Briton's Anger at Kaiser Over Naval Meddling
London readers react with fury to reports that Emperor William tried secret correspondence with Lord Tweedmouth about Britain's naval estimates. Parliament and press demand full publication of both letters, while officials insist the contact was personal.
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London
Emperor William
Kruger
Times
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
William
Great Britain
Asquith
House of Commons
Akat
Senator Proctor laid to rest in Vermont tribute
Nearly 10 600 Vermonters from diverse regions gathered in Proctor to honor the memory of late United States Senator Redfeld Proctor. The funeral at Proctor Union church featured Rev. Dr. H. H. Beaver officiating. Services moved to the mausoleum after the church ceremony.
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Proctor
Vermont
Redfeld Proctor
United States
Proctor Union Church
Telcoe
H. H. Beaver
Rutland
Floods in Michigan force rail and road suspensions
Flood conditions spread across Michigan causing widespread travel disruption. The Kalamazoo Take Shore and Chicago line halted all trains until Monday while other roads and interurban lines faced severe hindrance. At Erie the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line lost 1000 feet of track as rails washed away.
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Monda
Detroit
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Take Shore & Chicago Railroad
Erie
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Japan ready for war in tense Tatsu affair
Tokyo reports no progress in the Tatsu incident as Japan weighs immediate or delayed action. Taionji and Hayashi steer policy while Cai Yuan Shi Kai ponders Canton talks over three to four days. Ships move from Sasebo. torpedo boats and armored cruisers depart as Japan readies for potential conflict. China’s apology over the Tatsu incident is acknowledged at London embassy.
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Tokio
Japan
Taionji
Hayashi
China
Associated Press
Yuan Shi Kai
Canton
Cireles
Tokyo
Tifa
Tatsu
Sasebro
Federation Exec Council Called For March 16 Meeting
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor issues a call for a special executive council meeting in Washington early next week following the Supreme Court decision affecting labor unions. The meeting is scheduled to begin March 16 to discuss the ruling and its implications.
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Federation Executive Council
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Labor Organization
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Jerome to File Answer to Charges in Albany
Attorney Jerome will travel to Albany today to present to Governor Hughes his response to charges filed by W F King former president of the Merchants Association. He works on the document in his office and plans a lengthy reply of about two hundred words.
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New York
Dismet
Jerome
Albany
Hughs
W. F. King
Mechants’ Association
Corporations Immune No Punishment for Bankrupt Stock
Judge R Hundley in federal court in Farmingham Alabama rules that a corporation may conceal or dispose of bankrupt stock without punishment. The ruling states corporations cannot be imprisoned and that no fine is provided by law for such offenses.
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Farmingham
Ala
Maroh
R. Hundley
Bank deranged killer in New York bank shootout
Pasquale Patt proprietor of a private banking house shot at two robbers who burst in on a Saturday afternoon. Patt fired seven bullets, killing one attacker and wounding the other as a bystander restrained the surviving man until police detained him. Patt had faced threats and an earlier mine bomb outside his door.
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Thomas Jorsted
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Whoas Skwes
Ishpeming
Tim Tubplt
Clarke Vile
Wanamaker
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Liverpool
William Artemas
Twentyone
Conettenham
Regina Hospital
Steubenville
Ohio
George Campbell
Hochelaga
Ste. Anne's
Montreal
Dominion Textile Association
Abe Attell
San Francisco
Cornelia Harriman
BE. H. Harrien
New York
Robert Livingstone Gerry
Elbridge T. Gerry
Circouit Court
J. W. G. Blackstone
House
William Chids, Jr
Harry Beale
Welfare
National Civic Federation
Canal Zone
Pasquale Patt
Patt
Elizabeth Street
Barrer
Man Suspect in Threatening Letters Captured in Mo
St Joseph Missouri March 10 police officials received death threats targeting them if they harmed Italians. Eduardo Ragio, thirty, was arrested in Kansas City with detective Wilson locating him. Ragio denies authorship while letters bear finger prints for comparison.
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St. Joseph
St. Josep
Franz
Kelly
Secret Service Department
Kansas City
Wilson
Eduardo Ragio
Shippy
Army Fitness Tests Aim to Elevate Young Officers
Washington March 10 The War Department debates a new physical standard to implement President Roosevelts fitness plan. The proposal includes a ninety mile horseback test and multiple sprint runs. Critics fear the format may bar older officers, creating open slots for younger ones at the top ranks.
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Army
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Strong Probe Committee Named For Naval Submarine Inquiry
Washington March 10 Geneva satisfaction grows in congress over Speaker Cannon and the select committee to probe Lilley of Connecticut charges about submarine boats. The panel includes Minnesota’s F C Stevens of St Paul and other leading Republicans Boutell Olmstead, with positive notes on both parties’ members.
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Cannon
Washington
Geneva
House
Eles
Lilley
Connectcut
Naval Establishment
Minnesota
F.C. Stevens
St. Paul
Boutell
Chicago
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Republica
Soldier killer sentenced to be hanged in Omaha
William Fouse of St. Joseph Missouri was found guilty of murdering Joseph Bowles a private in the Sixteenth Infantry U S A stationed at Fort Crook The murder occurred on December 12 with the motive given as robbery The defendant a negro was sentenced to hang
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Omaha
William Fouse
St. Joseph
Anegro
Joseph Bowles
Bowles
Sixteenth Infantry
Fort Crook
Dam Across Connecticut to Power New England
Brattleboro Vermont March 10 The construction of a large dam on the Connecticut River is well underway. It aims to turn the river into New England’s largest electric plant and distribute power across parts of three states.
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Connecticut
Brattleboro
New England
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