Cannon Back in Town Tells President of Trip
After a month voyage through the West Indies Speaker Cannon returns to Washington aboard the Bluecher. He recalls storms quarantine near Colon and a rescue at sea, and says the canal project will be completed on time with progress steady. The trip impressed him most by his ferocious appetite and varied experiences, as he plans to stay in D.C. a few days before heading to Danville and then Chicago.
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West Indies
Speaker Cannon
Washington
Uncle Joe
Panama Canal
Cannon
New York
Post
Brother ScKinney
J. Hampton Moore
Jim’ Tawney
Tawney
Emain
Flouse
Danvie
Colon
Congressional
Canal Commission
Kingston
la Guaira
Cabies
Stevens
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Trinidad
McKintey
Montreal
Tiu- Nols
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant heads French peace delegation
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, eminent French senator and diplomat, arrives in Washington as head of France's delegation to the peace and arbitration congress. He attends a White House dinner with President Roosevelt, then travels to Pittsburgh for Carnegie Institute dedication and the New York peace congress with delegates including Miss Jane Addams, Paul Doumer, and others. He has long promoted US France friendship and reform.
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Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
France
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Baron d'Estournelles
National Arbitration and Peace Congress
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Europe
New York City
William T. Stead
Baron Descamps
Belgium
Straus
Maarten Maartens
Holland
Jane Addams
Chengo
Paul Doumer
Camille Enlert
Trovadero Museum
Paris
J Rais
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Paul Cambon
Baron d'Estournelies
Court of Arbitration of the Hague
Department of the Sarthe
Province
Maine
Paul Deschenel
America
Governor-Elect Hoke Smith Calls On President in Washington
Hoke Smith of Georgia, soon to be governor, met the President in the capital with a small party. He sails today for Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm to take a brief holiday before assuming office. The President signed a letter of introduction for him to Charlemagne Tower in Berlin and offered aid if needed abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Cleveland
Roosevelt to Speak at Michigan Agricultural College
President Roosevelt will travel to Lansing Michigan for a morning speech to students at 960 a.m. on May 31 and will travel in the afternoon to Washington. He discussed the trip with Representative S. W. Smith of Michigan who speaks for President Snyder of the Agricultural College. The call was a personal one.
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Roosevelt
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Agricultural College
Jenve
Washington
5. W. Smith
Michigan
Snyder
The
Agricultural College
Interdenominational Union ReAFFIRMS Smoot Critique
At the DC Women’s Interdenominational Missionary Union annual meeting at Metropolitan M E Church a resolution denounced Senator Reed Smoot’s April 7 statement as a willful misrepresentation. The group reaffirmed opposition to Mormon polygamy and adopted measures urging government action on liquor sales Sunday theater openings and stopping young women imports under church chaperonage. Officers were elected and remarks highlighted missionary work in Chinatown and abroad.
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Interdenominational Missionary Union
Utah
Women’s Interdenominational Missionary Union of the
District of Columbia
M. E Church
Reed Smoot
Washington
Smoot
Mormon Church
Canadian Boundary Treaty Drafted By United States and Britain
A treaty draft proposes a joint commission to study water boundaries between the United States and Great Britain. It covers Great Lakes waters Niagara Falls power use St Johns River Maine New Brunswick Milk River fisheries and broader Atlantic and Pacific coast concerns. Senate approval required. a modus vivendi may follow between Secretary Root and Ambassador Bryce.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
Great Lakes
Niagara
St Johns River
Maine
New Brunswick
Milk River
Atlantic and
Pacific Seaboard
United States Senate
Red Cross Sends $5,000 to Aid Russian Famine Sufferers
The American Red Cross Society cabled $5,000 through the State Department to the Russian Red Cross for famine relief. The funds come from general subscriptions and mark the society’s first remittance for the Russian famine relief.
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American Red Cross
American Red Cross Society
State Department
Ruslan Red Cross
Red Cross
Society
Fremont Major Charged With Bank Loans On Salary
Maj Francis P Fremont son of Gen John C Fremont faced trouble in New York after it was alleged he borrowed 291.07 dollars monthly from First National Bank and Plattsburg National Bank in Plattsburg to cover debts tied to his United States Army major salary. War Department findings say the notes were payable when his check was due, violating army pay assignment rules.
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New York
Francis P. Fremont
John C. Fremont
Army Building
Whitehall Street
Platteburg
N. Y
Fremont
United States Army
First National
Plattsburg National Banks
Plattsburg
War Department
Maj. Fremont
Peary’s Leave Expires. Peay Seeks New Arctic Leave
Navy Secretary Metcalf to decide, after consulting the President, on Commander Robert E. Peay’s three year leave request to continue arctic exploration. The previous leave expired Sunday after his last polar expedition, requiring immediate action on the new application.
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Metcalf
Robert E. Peay
Navy Department
Navy retirements limited officers by order not to be considered
By direction of the President the Secretary of the Navy Meétcalf issued a special order that applications for retirement of officers of the grade of lieutenant commander under the personnel act of March 1899 will not be considered. The move reflects current Navy conditions and the ages of captains commanders and lieutenant commanders.
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Secretary of the Navy
Meétcalf
ARMY ORDERS AND NAVAL MOVEMENTS BULLETIN
Military orders list leaves of absence promotions and transfers for officers in the Artillery Corps and Infantry, details on purchase of animals for the army, and assignments to posts at Roswell Fort Huachuca Fort Apache Huntington W Va Midkit and Jeffersonville Ind. The U S Dolphin arrives in Washington Navy Yard for official transport duties ahead of the Jamestown Exposition. Naval vessel movements include Choctaw Dolphin Whipple and others arriving at various harbors. Jamestown stamps set for April 15 release for Exposition sales through November 1907. Pension granted to Preserved Angell of Rhode Island.
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Ira A. Alten
George H. Casaday
Artillery Corps
William McK Lambdin
Philip Yost
Edward N. Maron
William R Harrison
Columbia Barracks
Ohio
George J Newgarden
Army Guthing Board
Clarenca € Culver
Signal Corps
William Lassiter
Artillery Corpa
Roswell
N. Mex
Fort Huachuca
Fort Apache
Ariz
Army
Tra A Allen
Tle
New York City
Ms Firet Liler Wills P Coleman
Ninth Infantry
Alva
Okin
Laurence Halsferd
Sixth Infantry
Oicer
Huntington
W. Va
Midkit
W .Va
Alexander M Davin
Jeffersonville
Ind
Quartermaster's Department
Herbert C. Wooley
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
U. S
F Garat
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy Yard
New York
A . G. White
Washington, DC
Nenior
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Department
Root Will Not Retire Friction With President Over Harriman Letter
A White House rumor industry sparked by reports Secretary Root would resign. Secretary Loeb denied the tale, insisting Root has not left the Cabinet and will remain until his South American mission and Drago doctrine goals are achieved. Sources note Root’s pride in advancing policy and a return to law if his aims are met.
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White House
Root
Loth
Administration
Heareh
Loeb
Thome
New York
Harriman
Hoot
Root Aay
New York City
South America
South
United States
Bronroe
Western Hemisphere
Harriman Case Debated At Interstate Commerce Conference
The Interstate Commerce Commission debated Harriman related issues after a New York hearing. Some members favor a court order forcing disclosure of stock transfers by Harriman allies, while others doubt the procedure's usefulness. Evidence suggests Harriman roads violated new pooling provisions and jurisdiction limits under Sherman antitrust law remain debated.
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Harriman
Membrs
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
New York
E. EH. Huckman
Union Pacific
German Tariffs Continued Modus Vivendi Reached
Baron Sternburg and Secretary Root reached a temporary agreement to maintain minimum tariff rates on American goods imported into Germany. The modus vivendi, intended to bridge to a permanent treaty, will be presented to Germany's Reichstag for approval after Secretary Root discussed the matter with the ambassador yesterday.
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Baron Sternburg
Root
Germany
Congress
Sternburg
Reichstag
Assc
Lectures to Accountants by Capt Jacobs on checks plan
Capt S. 2. Jacobs chief of miscellaneous division in the state auditor’s office spoke at the Public Library under the American Government Accountants association. He outlined assembling disbursing officers checks and vouchers to audit balances, arguing that without this consolidation safe audits are impossible and noting potential savings and improved verification by Treasury records.
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Capt. Jacobs
Capt. S. 2. Jacobs
Office of Auditor
Association of American Government Accountants
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Music Recital at Veerhofs Studio With Rare Pieces
An audience enjoyed a varied program at Oscar Franklin Comstoots studio over Veerhofs. Schumanns Spanish Love Play was sung by a quartet including Theodre Apple and Mrs Lippitt. New song Mollie Dear by Alexander Groves debuted from manuscript with other pieces by Finden Hawley Verdi Bendix Homer and Wagner. Roger M Stuart performed Nelalinger and Greene songs and Comstock delivered Mozart and Schubert works with piano accompaniment.
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Oscar Franklin Comstoot
Veerhof
Schumann
Theodore T. Apple
George F. Lippitt
Frederick Sisters
Mollie
Alexander Groves
Washington
Manustript
Groves
Hoyt
New York
Finden
Hawley
Verdi
Bendix
Homer
Wagner
Roger M. Stuart
Nelalinger
Greene
Mr. Comtock
Mozart
Schubert
Bryce Addresses Presbyterians at Washington Dinner
British Ambassador James Bryce spoke at the Presbyterian Alliance banquet in Washington, praising Presbyterianism as Scotland’s cultural backbone and its U.S. influence. He noted John Knox’s impact, the church’s long history, and changes in Scotland including proposed hymn deletions, while affirming Presbyterianism in America for its reserve and dignity.
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Scotland
United States
James Bryce
Presbyterian Alliance of Washington
New York Avenue
Ambassador Bryce
Bryce
Western Presbyterian Church
Walter Co. Clephane
Presbyteriarlam
England
Holland
John Knox
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Talks on German lyric poetry at George Washington University
Professor Hermann Schoenfeld delivers the address on The Evolution of German Lyric Poetry at George Washington University. He traces lyric poetry from courtly origins to the common people and links its rise to the middle high German period and the era of growing national self-consciousness.
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Schoenfeld
George Washington
George Washington University
Hermann Schoenfeld
Gommoh
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WOMAR
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Eastern Vinyl Company
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St. Louis
Liege
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Lhorough
Erry V. Pruphomme
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