Military reform aims to expand US Army in emergency
Secretary Taft advocates a structured expansion of the army to 100,000 men with plans for rapid mobilization and a large cadre of trained officers to manage volunteers, while maintaining reliance on volunteer soldiery and defending a 250,000 to 1,000,000 man force in a major war scenario.
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Taft
United States
Coast Artillery
Philippines
Cuba
Alaska
Hawaii
Mragon
Engineers Signal Corps Service Corps
Ipen
Spain
Jones
Lin Yang
Oklahoma to receive forty-six star flag from Capitol
The 46 star flag that flew over the Capitol will be given to the Oklahoma Historical Society. A Senate move, supported by Senator Gore of Oklahoma, passed a House bill directing the transfer. Senator Burkett of Nebraska questioned the timing and private gift aspects, while Senator Kean of New Jersey raised concerns about disposal. Gore dismissed technical points, asserting Oklahoma’s claim to the flag.
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National Capitol
Oklahoma Historical Society
House
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Burkett
Nebraska
Kean
New Jersey
Congress
Gora
Delared
Petition Seeks Credit Lien Against Seaboard Railroad
The Smokeless Fuel Company petitioned the Supreme Court after Judge Pritchard denied intervention in receivership proceedings for Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The firm sought to file a two billion dollar claim and obtain a prior lien on net earnings, contending rights in the premises. The court took the petition under advisement.
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United States Circuit
Pritchard
Fourth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Yesterdy
Smokeless Fuel Company
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Tte
Fight for Old Hymns Against the Ban on Dancing
New York Conference votes to revoke article of church discipline forbidding amusements. It endorses racial bishops and prohibition in the District of Columbia. A memorial seeks Congress action to bar wine sales in U.S. possessions including D C. The conference also favors restoring time limits on pastorates.
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New York
District of Columbia
Washington Post
New York Methodist Conference
Thomas Bond
Jesus
Father
Abraham Stern
Board of Education
Stern
United States
City of
Jesus Christ
The
Methodist Church
Lord Jess Christ
Board of Education of
New York City
General Conference
Brooklyn
Congress
Meat Price Report Resolution Introduced in House
A resolution by Mr Hitchcock of Nebraska directs the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to provide the House with two years of monthly price data for leading meat products from major interstate packing centers, alongside monthly livestock costs, to show links between live stock prices and meat product prices. the measure was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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Congress
Meat Trust
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Department
Callers at White House April congressional list
A fragment lists senators and representatives by state and name during April in a White House context. Names include Hemunway Indiana Elkis West Virginia Smdot Utah Bates Pentegrania Calder New York Weeks Massachusetts Roberts Massachusetts Gardner Massachusetts Mann Illinois Keifer Michigan Dawson Iowa Reynolds New York Macfarland Crace Collector of the Port of New York among others.
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Hemunway
Indiana
Elkins
West Virginia
Smdot
Utah
Bates
Pentegrania
Calder
New York
Weeks
Massachusetts
Roberts
Nmassachusetta
Gardner
Massachuvette
Mann
Illinois
Keifer
Miio
Dawson
Iowa
JB Reynolds
Macfarland
Foreign Boats Faster Dentes Waiting to Lake
The Lake Torpedo Boat Company faced a House committee probe into submarine production disputes with Electric Boat. Robert G. Skerrett, once Lake’s foreign representative, testified about articles on submarines and rival speeds, while committee members clashed over veracity and influence. The hearing covered source of information, prior writings, and communications with Washington media and lawmakers.
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Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Electric Boat Company
House
Robert G. Skerrett
New York
Lake Company
Edward B Vreeland
Loud
Fits
Olmsted
Jim
Frederick Whitney
Whitney
Sherrett
Harpe
Ake Boat Company
Congress
Washington
Clergy Oppose Prohibition in DC Hearing
Rabbis and pastors including Rabbi Simon Rev Dr George Brothage and Miss Phoebe Cousins testified against the Sims prohibition bill before the House District Committee. Opponents argued prohibition would fail in the District and favored local option or high license. They warned prohibition could create hypocrisy and noted constitutional concerns while stressing temperance through open means.
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Rabbi Simon
George Brothage
House District Committee
Phoebe Cousins
District of Columbia
House
Weber
Rabb
Simon
Eighth Street
Louis F Shoemaker
St Johns Lutheran Church
Washington
Mi Weller
Heflin
Loua P Shoemaker
Phoebe Ouzins
Air Brothner
Kentucky Whisky Tax Upheld By Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court in a ruling by Justice McKenna upheld Kentucky’s bonded whisky tax. In J B Thompson v Commonwealth of Kentucky Thompson, who owns a Franklin County warehouse, argued the tax violated the federal constitution by placing federal property under state taxation and akin to a due process denial. The Kentucky Supreme Court had previously sustained the tax, and McKenna affirmed that decision.
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Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Justice McKenna
J B Thompson
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Thompson
Frankln County
Supreme Court of Kentucky
McKenna
Capitol Gossip Shows House Debate on Houston Channel Funds
The article reports Representative Moris Sheppard of Texas criticizing New York provincialism and recounts a Capitol meeting where Representative John Moore urged against further Houston Ship Channel appropriations. It notes Democratic and Republican tactics in the House, including obstruction and debate over funding and fiscal responsibility.
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Texas
Capitol
New York City
Congressman Sheppard
Sheppard
John Mome
Gque
Lion
Houston Ship Channel
Lesan
Moore
Congress
House of Representatives
James Shaman
T Sulness
House
John Sharp
Tam
Republican House
Tna
Hood's Sarsaparilla claims spring health boost
Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a spring medicine that purifies the blood and improves health for summer, promising clearer skin and better sleep. Sold in liquid form or Sarsatabs tablets, 100 doses for one dollar, by C. I. Hood Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Hood
C. I Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Martin Indicted Again Amid Sanatorium Delay
Thomas R Martin, an early broker linked to the 1907 Martin Brothers collapse, faces new grand jury indictments for embezzling 2200 dollars while acting for Framer D Head. Under alienist observation, a trial is unlikely soon. Edward Hobson, Withridge Brady, and others face related charges in various embezzlement and assault cases.
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Patent Office
Henry E Everding
Philadelphia
John A. Heany
York
United States
Department
Adkins
Jesse C Akins
Barton - Everding - Heany
Atorney Baker
Justice Stafford
Barton
Division 37
Heany
Everding
Teany Apess
Aleg
Commissioner of Patents
Grand Jury
Altene
Thomas R Martin
Maryland
Framer D
Martin Brothers
Martin
Edward Hobson
iMelmont Dairy Commpany
Withridge A Brady
Wilfred M Caner Bradly
Carter
Usher
George Best
Larcens
Albert Butter
Lou Te Newtley
Annie Willams
Annie Branson
Thomas E. Jackson
William Dotses
Housemeiong
Thomas F Ricker
Andrew Leo Lutas
Aiden
Baltimore Fire Insurance Case Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled for the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company in a reinsurance dispute tied to the 1904 Baltimore fire. The court affirmed lower court findings that the Baltimore company sought indemnity of 22,000 dollars for losses covered by reinsurance with the Pittsburgh firm, which refused payment citing insolvency and lack of direct loss payments. Justice Peckham delivered the opinion.
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United States Supreme Court
Aliemania Fire Insurance Company
Pittsburg
Fremens Insurance Company
Baltimore
Baltimore Cancer
Wie Prisburg Company
Peckham
Bill Curb Liquor Traffic In Interstate Shipping
Senate Judiciary subcommittee backed a bill to curb liquor shipments across state lines. It bans collect on delivery, requires clear consignor and consignee names, and bars fictitious names, while noting state police power aims clash with constitutional tests and may face renewed Senate debate.
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Senate
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Know
Firm Sues for Defamation in Local Court
Matthew F Johnston named as defendant in a $20 000 damages suit filed in District Supreme Court by Browning and Baines local coffee merchants. Plaintiffs allege Johnston attempted to injure their credit by employing a firm opposed to theirs to spread the belief they had no credit and were insolvent.
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Matthew F. Johnston
District Supreme Court
Browning & Baines
Johnston
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