Senate panel splits on canal type and three member commission
Four big Panama Canal questions face Congress this session. The committee leans toward contracting the canal and keeping the Canal Zone government, with a three member reorganized Isthmian Canal Commission headed by an executive in Washington, a chief engineer, and a canal zone governor. Debate centers on sea level versus lock, government versus contract work, zone governance, and commission structure.
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Panama Canal
Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate Committee On
Jta
Senate
Executive
Washington
Congress
Shonts
Shoats
Reorganized Commission
Glover Leaf Railroad
Bishop
Rehun
Joseph Bucklin
Canal Enterprise
Bishop Q
Vir
Adi
Canal Zone
Morgan
Republic of Panama
Senate Committee On Finance
Vir Aldrich
Canal Commission
Panama Canal Plan Faces Railroad Lease Debate
A Panama Canal Committee discusses supervising canal work via the Corps of Engineers or civil government and sanitation of the Zone. The Panama Railroad and Steamship Line may be leased to a single contractor who builds the canal and operates the railroad for commercial traffic to prevent further congestion and claims.
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Corps of Engineers
Panama
Fortify Panama Canal Sparks Government Dispute
A dispute grows between the Panama Canal Commission and the U S Army General Staff over fortifying the canal. The commission cites Hay-Pauncefote treaty neutrality limits while the Army supports elaborate fortifications and coast defenses. The issue is likely to be sent to Congress for decision.
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Panama Canal
Panama Canal Commission
General Staff
Great Britain
United States
General Staff of the
Army
Army and Navy Board
Thme
Adinistration
Congress
Porto Rico Governor Denies San Juan Mayor Charges
Gov Winthrop told the Insular Affairs committee that officials used government buildings as residences to aid official business, defending the coffee agent program and noting a Roosevelt letter about Porto Rican coffee. He urged War Department power to build new wharves and improve harbor conditions on the island.
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San Juan
White House
Roosevelt
Gov Winthrop
Porto Rico
Committee On Insular Affairs
Todd
Winthrop
McKinley
Gav Winthrop
Supreme Court
United States
Oper
Lerrianga
Cooper
New York
Secretary of War
Typhoid Fever Surges in Pittsburg During April Floods
The Pittsburg city reports 56 new typhoid cases in twenty four hours, bringing total to 471. Physicians fear a record for a nine year period as river conditions worsen. City bacteriologist links outbreak to swollen rivers and expects spike before spring floods subside.
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Pittsburg
Pittsmrs Pa
Narrow Escape From Poisoning in Clay City
Mrs Youns of Clay City narrowly escaped poisoning after a fearsome incident described as concupation. New Life Pills are claimed to cure such cases at 25 cents. All drugs ta appears to be warnings against unsafe remedies.
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Youns
Clay City
Fea
New Life
Rainey Tariff Talk Dominates House Session
In a lengthy speech Rainey defended tariff policy focusing on watch costs and denounced post office subsidies. Other members weighed rail subsidy removals, denaturized alcohol use, post office facilities, and immigrant taxes as the House debated the pending postal appropriation amid general Republican opposition and Democratic applause.
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Kutehin
Rainey
Watch Trust
Ohio
East Lavenpool
Senate
Mh Murdoch
House
Murdock
Calder
New York
McGavin
Chicago
Bennet
Newark
Wow Axterim
North Corona
Washington
Atlanta
Orleans
Kansas City
Newton Kans
Generali
Byrd
Mississipp
Republian
Changes in Insurance Bills in New York Legislature
Albany April 6 legislative committee investigating life insurance introduced a new bill and amendments to existing laws. The act provides policy holders of stock life insurers may be elected directors regardless of stock ownership. Amendments curb corporate political contributions but exempt certain entities. witnesses immune. Lobbying bill edits require reporting promises to pay legislative agents and switch penalties to fines. Amendments were accepted. expect fuller action next week.
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Albany
Charles E Hughes
Attack on Ohio Laws in Court Faces High Stakes
A test case to invalidate the $1,000 saloon license law and a local option residence district law is announced. Tim McDonough says Gov Pattison was incapacitated when the Aiken bill passed, arguing the constitution requires presentment to the governor for signing or veto. The suit hinges on whether presentment means in person, citing a Massachusetts ruling as precedent.
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Cleveland Olne
Pattison
Olivo
Timothy McDonough
Cuyahoga County
General Assembly
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Command Shifts Put McCaskey in Texas and Bubb in Dakota
Brigadier General William McCaskey will command the Department of Texas while Brigadier General John W. Bubb takes over the Department of Dakota. McCaskey currently heads the Department of the Colorado in Denver and Bubb, recently promoted from colonel of the Twelfth Infantry, serves in the Philippines.
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McCaskey
Texas
Bubb
Dakota
William McCaskey
Department of Texas
John W. Bubb
Department of Dakota
M B Hughes
Second Cavalry
O J Sweet
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Department of the Colorado
Denver
Coommand
Twelfth Infantry
Philippines
Washington Boy Passes Army Examination for Commission
Bruce McGruder a Washington youth serving as sergeant in the Eighty Seventh Company Coast Artillery will soon be commissioned as a second lieutenant. Word reached relatives yesterday that he passed the examination at Governors Island. Through his efforts as captain of the Cadet Company of the MCA that unit was mustered into the National Guard of the District.
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Bruce McGruder
Washington
Eighty-seventh Company
Coast Artillery
Governors Island
Young McGruder
MCA
National Guards of the District
Two Year Cruise Proposal Urged to Prevent Hazing
Secretary Bonaparte does not approve a plan for a two years cruise before Naval Academy entry to curb hazing. The idea would let midshipmen learn discipline and settle differences, but he doubts its value and will not push it to Congress. He expects discipline at Annapolis to improve under the new congressional hazing measure.
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Naval Academy
Bonaparte
Iife
Naval Service
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Annapolis
Navy Faces Wave of Resignations in Civil Branch
The Navy Department contends with an embarrassment as many civil branch workers resign or decline appointments. Secretary Bonaparte reports 243 war employees resigned or declined in the first quarter, a record high for the period.
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Navy Department
Bonaparte
Lieutenant Burbank Arrives With Army Band in San Francisco
The Sheridan carried prisoner Sidney Burbank, formerly a lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry Trent, from Manila to San Francisco. Court martialled, he was sentenced to discharge from the Army and fifteen months in Fort Leavenworth military prison for conduct unbecoming an officer. He had married a Filipino woman, later renounced her, and reported to the War Department that he was single.
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San Francisco
Sheridan
Manila
Sidney & Burbank
Sixth Infantry
Trent
Burbank
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Henay
War Department
Army Orders Conclude Long Naval Relations and Appointments
War Department detailing Special Orders No 74 of March 28 1908 changes in Army Medical Corps posts Captain Reginald McNally and others extend or assign duties in California New York Chicago and the Philippine Islands plus a board at Fort Banks Mars for medical officers Also notes Bonaparte memorandum on Philippine naval command and the St Louis speed trial and midshipman Campbell resignation at the Naval Academy
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Abcence
Reginald McNally
Dave Fleet
Willan
San Francisco
Cal
Louis Brechemin
Col Brachemin
Nwill
New York City
William B Davis
Gol Davis
Wil
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Charles N Barney
Reokna
Chamberlain Yee
General Hospital
Presidio of
Fort Logan Cole
Hexry
Webber
Medical Corps
Army
Fort Banks
Mars
Ernest Hinds
Artillery Corps
Army and Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
Ata Fepper Station
Hubert K Spilier
Twenty Sixth Infantry
Newark
Wll
Philadelphia
War Department
Wi Department
Surkeon
Stephen M Long
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Port Bayard
Will Punish Hazers Call on Admiral Sands
Secretary Bonaparte asks Admiral Sands to come from Annapolis to Washington to discuss charges against thirty five Naval Academy midshipmen placed on the blackout list. Two have been court muffled, three arrested for court martial, while the rest await action. Bonaparte may apply old or new law outcomes, potentially discipline or court martial. Movements of naval vessels listed include Columbie League Island Lawton San Francisco Don Juan de Austria Sanches Sioux Choctaw Norfolk Washington Brooklyn Messina.
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Bonaparte
Jpiral Sands
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington
Academe
Jag
cColumbie
League Island
Lawton
San Francisco
Don Juan de Austria
Sanches
Sioux
Fortsmouth
Rosseland
Quegola
Pensacola
Key
Norfolk
Brooklyn
Alexandria
Messina
Fire destroys most of Butler business district in cotton warehouse blaze
Macon April 6 A devastating fire gutted Butler Georgia destroying fifteen storehouses and business buildings in the business district. The blaze originated in a cotton warehouse and caused an estimated loss of 55000 with only 10000 of insurance. The Masonic Hall also burned in the disaster.
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Butler
Macon
Buller
Masonic Hall
Von Buelow Improves After Fainting At Reichstag
Berlin report says Chancellor von Buelow slept well after fainting in the Reichstag and woke clear headed. Doctors deem the illness not serious and expect restoration after rest. Emperor and Empress sent flowers to Princess von Buelow. she plans travel to St Margherita near Rapallo if incense. Baron Sternburg received reassurance from the foreign office.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Reichstag
Renvers
Foreign Office
Princess von Buelow
Germany
St Margherita
Rapalio
Genoa
Princess Minghetti
Baron Sternburg
French Strike Continues At Sellan Mines
Lens France April 6 miners delegates decide to reject company offers and extend the strike by unanimous vote. Salvage work goes on without recruits as coffined bones are recovered from the Sellan mines pits amid distressing identifications. Managers of the mines face threats.
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Sellan
Lens
France
Tt 13
Sallan
Beaten to Death by Robbers in Scranton
Early dawn in Scranton Pennsylvania reports George Wisniewsky a 40 year old drayman and owner of a team found beaten to death outside his yard. Robbers rifled his belt taking about 40 dollars. A stray goat lay nearby. Police suspect robbery motive. The case followed a separate report from New York on a Bowery property purchase for a Methodist Mission for destitute men announced at the East Conference in Brooklyn.
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Washington Post
Scranton
George Wispawisky
Wisenwisky
Methodist
Bowery
New York
New York East
Methodist Eiscopal Church
Brooklyn
Wat
Fishermen Refuse to Pay Fine Over Newfoundland Seizures
Gloucester residents report three fishing schooners A B Whyland and Elector seized by Newfoundland authorities for alleged treaty rights violations within three miles. Owners telegram captains to refuse any fine until they receive orders from Washington. The issue ties to 1818 treaty terms and local Newfoundland law, with attention to Secretary of State Root. In Chicago, John R Walsh preliminary hearing for Bank of Cluesso case continues, now set to April 16.
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Gloucester
Mase
State Department
Washington
Whyland
Elector
Newfoundland
Three Mile Hmit
Newfaynndland
Ansport
Five Million Issue Over Filtration Plant Contractors Charged
Philadelphia April court action targets contractors and former city officials over alleged misappropriation in municipal filtration plant projects. Bill in equity seeks recovery of fifty thousand dollars, with defendants including Israel Durham James Nichol Nichol and spouses, Daniel McNichol and Co. directors William Hardeck Peter Coe, and John Hi. Mayor Weaver sworn the bill. action aims to underpin broader charges by city prosecutors.
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Philadelpha
the Common, Pleas Court
Cato
Kinsey
James G Gordon
Weavers
Israel
Durham
Elit
James FP
Nichol Ananstagia MeNichol
Daniel J Memechol
John M. Mack
Daniel J McNichol
Maper
Ins Comiss
City Begins Visits Linked to Filter Construction Probe
The city initiates visits tied to the filter construction inquiry, marking the first such actions since the investigation began. The statements align with the prior report of the nitrogen commission signed by Cassius E. Ghllette as a commission member before the November election.
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DF. McNichol & Co
Nitratior
Mau Cassius E Ghllette
Labor problems to occupy academy meeting in Philadelphia
The American Academy of Political and Social Science opened its tenth annual meeting in Philadelphia with a session led by Commissioner of Labor Charles P. Nedi. Noted speakers included Frederick L Hoffman Adolph Strasser James ONeill Denis A. Hayes and Robert Hunter among others.
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American Academy of Political and Social Science
Phiadelphia
Charles P Nedi
Frederick L Hoffman
Newark
Adolph Strasser
Cigdrmakers’ Union
Shicase James Oneill
Washington
International Association of Machinists
Denis A. Hayes
Philadelphia
Glass Bottle Blowers Association
Robert Hunter
iNew York
Jon Graham Brooks
Camb . Moss
H ~Reeland
New York City
Botasy Company
Samuel B Donnelly
Arbitration Board
New York Building Trades
George H Ejiis
Boston
United Typothetae of America
William B Prescott
Baltimore
International Tipoertphical Chion EE
Clark Cedit Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Beverly Smith
New York
Ure Lithographers Association
Rise Liars and Salute Your Queen Rise Liars and Salute Your Queen
A fragment discusses a supposed “burst of true American girl indignation” provoked by a teacher’s remark about Grape-Nuts being made from stale bread. It references a tribal metaphor and mentions cattle ranch routines and a method of serving the food with warm milk to carry sugar to the dish bottom.
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Ananiay
Brand Theas
Mathera
America
London
Ananios
Ananias
New York
Contested Teachings and Tissue of Deception Exposed
A fragment from a historical page portrays distrust of teachers and lecturers tied to Sanitarium campaigns for Grape-Nuts and Postum. It alleges coercion to promote products, notes a doctor’s controversial magazine columns, and mentions a branded confrontation in New York with a reward for a courageous young woman.
Second Pasture in Grocers Trade Ad Battle
Editors of Trade papers resist being pressured to carry advertising for certain brands. Members of the grocers’ press threaten campaigns of slander against Fostum or Grape-Nuts if not included. The piece ponders legal action and brand enforcement, asking whether to keep or punish the critics.
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Unic
Serriors
Cor Frontme
Panama Railroad Company
Charman
Panatre
Schwerin
Pacific Mail
Pink Palace
M’kinley
Ohio Potters
Kitchin
Fast Southern
Florian Limited
Washington Southern Railway
St Augustine
Seaboard
Florida
New York and
Lieut, Burbank
Marine Brigade
Naval Offeer
Cragen St. Lows
St Lovigs
Neafle& Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Craier
John C. Campbell
Eyeright
Campbell
Hazers
Admiral Sands
Fnmous
Washington Embassy
Drayman
Best
Will
Isues
Weaver
Per
Labor Trust
Michigan
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