Roosevelt backs interior policy on Indian lands and oil
In letters to the Senate President Roosevelt endorses Secretary Hitchcock on coal oil and gas lands in Indian Territory. He opposes outright sale and favors restrictions and a stock corporation plan to protect Indian interests while avoiding monopolistic control. The dispute centers on authority and potential spoliation of tribal allotments, with impeachment talk fading as the White House supports Leupp's plan and timber withdrawals.
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Senate
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
Hittchcock
White House
Francis E Leupv
Huen
Leupp
Secretary of the Interior
Gulf
Carter
Heyburn Seeks Patents On Lands With No Protests
United States Senator Heyburn yesterday introduced a bill directing Secretary Hitchcock to issue patents on all lands and nine explorations where proofs show full compliance with the law and no protests have been filed against patenting. The measure targets lands where objections are absent and seeks to accelerate patent issuances.
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Heyburn
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
California land frauds investigated by Roosevelt aide
In California, Acting under White House directives, Interior Department inspector Thomas B. Neuhausen and State Mineralogist Lewis E. Aubury are probing land locations. They report widespread frauds from Siskiyou to Death Valley, targeting wealthy Californians. Neuhausen and four Oregon assistants have gathered evidence for the Department of Justice.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Thomas
Neuhausen
Interior Department
Lewis E. Aubury
California
Biskiyou County
Death Valley
Thomas 8. Neuhausen
Department
San Francisco Dispatch
Portland
Oreg
Department of Justice
Dinner in Honor of Grosvenor Plans Buckeye Affair
An Ohio delegation dinner next Saturday will honor Representative Grosvenor, described as a Republican love feast with both Ohio Senators and Secretary of War Tait invited. A separate Democratic event for Grosvenor is set for February 23 with Gen. Grosvenor and Champ Clark near as master of ceremonies. Col Neale plans another February 18 testimonial dinner for ship-subsidy efforts. Mrs Grosvenor will head a large congressional wives reception.
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Ohio Delegato
Grosvenor
Ohio
Tait
Ich
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Gen. Grosvenaor
Col. Neale
trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies
Congress
Woman sues major Pennsylvania store over 35 cent dispute
Mrs Mayme Kerr of Allegheny files an $80000 suit against Joseph Horn & Co claiming humiliation by a house detective and manager who forced her to strip and accused her of theft after a 15 cent lunch ticket purchase. She says detectives searched her home for 2000 dollars said to be stolen. nothing was found.
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Pittsburg
Shad
Mayme Kerr
Allegheny
Joseph Horn & Co
Pennsylvania
Lving
House
Joseph C. Wasson
Reba
All Druggista
Bradfield Regulator Ca
Weather favors Goddard in Rhode Island senatorial bid
Heavy snowfall cripples Rhode Island politics as a joint assembly votes on the U S Senate race. With 93 members present, the required 47 votes shift after many were blocked by travel snow. Goddard leads with 38, Colt 28, Wetmore 26, Ett 4, but enough Republicans arrive to prevent Goddard’s nomination.
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Washington Post
Providence
R Il
General Assembly
Col R HT
Goddard
United States
Joint Assembly
State House
Gollar
Colt
Wetmore
Ett
Sunedin Party
Col Goddard
Watson Praises Roosevelt in Mississippi Address
Thomas E Watson of Georgia addressed the Farmers National Union in Jackson Mississippi on February 8 praising President Roosevelt for opposing sectional intolerance. Myra Watson attacked corporations as robbing farmers and he argued the national banking system is unjust while railing against railroads for insufficient dividends and greater government control to fund safety and prevent sacrifices.
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Jackson Miss
Farmers’ National Union
Massissippi
Thomas E Watson
Georgia
Roosevelt
Myra Watson
Smith Named to Fill Unexpired Senate Term
Lansing Feb 5 Congressman William Alden Smith was selected by the legislature to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Alger who died suddenly at his Washington home ten days ago. Smith had already been elected to succeed Alger at the end of his term on March 4.
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Lansing Micn
William Alden Smith
Texislature
Alger
Washinton
Smith
Astohcope theft case ends with acquittal bid
Rome February 6 The Italian crown prosecutor asked for acquittal of all accused in the theft of the Astohcope of Poor Nicholas V purchased by J Pierport Morgan in 1903 and later returned to the government. One accused photographer Rocebegaiani killed himself as arrest closed in.
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Rome
Nicholas
J. Pierport Morgan
Rocebegaiani
Admiral Beresford sails to claim late brother estate in America
Special to The Washington Post Lord Charles Beresford arrives in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II to settle Delaval Beresford’s Chihuahua Mexico estate valued at about 1000000. He plans to prove the will in four countries by March 5 and says Flora Weitz’s claim has been settled. He declines to discuss the Swettenham affair, notes strong Anglo American ties, and predicts future larger battleships. He expects no war with Japan and affirms enduring alliance.
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Washington Post
New York
Lord Charles Beresford
Delaval
Mexico
Lord Marcus Beresford
Marcus
Kaiser Wilhelm
Lord Beresford
United States
Canada
England
Flora Weitz
Delaval Beresford
Chihuahua
Beresford
Lori Beresford
Lord Charles
Victoria Grenfell
Hart Grey
Falks
Swettenham
Charles
America
Japan
New Pacific Fleet Plan Under Contemplation
The Navy Department considers merging the Pacific squadron Asiatic fleet and Philippine squadron into a single Pacific fleet. The plan aims to improve ship repairs by shifting divisions to the Asiatic station as needed, but will not involve sending additional ships to the Far East or moving Atlantic fleet ships. The consolidation is expected to proceed soon, possibly this week.
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Navy
Navy Department
Japan
San Francisco
Asiatic Squadron
Pacific Coast
Far East
California Japanese Resolution Declared Out of Order
Sacramento February 5. An effort to raise the Japanese question in the legislature failed as Assemblyman Kohlmann of San Francisco offered a resolution urging a compromise or surrender would hurt California pride and dignity and belittle the state. Speaker Geardslee ruled the measure out of order.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Kohlmann
San Francisc
Geardslee
Kingston Council Bwetten Sham Support Endorsed
Philip Stern, Kingston legislator, won a slim vote in the Kingston city council to endorse Gov Bwetten sham with six members present. Late arrivals vow to seek rescission at the next meeting as rains threaten and hundreds remain without shelter amid widespread anger at today’s council action.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Philip Stern
Gov Bwettensham
Panama Canal Commission
Council
Barrier to Japan and the police power debate
A discussion analyzes treaty article 2 and its statement that police power laws on trade immigration police and public security remain intact in both nations. It argues California public schools, as exercises of state police power, fall outside treaty constraints, leaving U S and Japan with no complaint over California’s system and no federal interference.
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Japan
California
St Fa
Saberera
United States
San Francisco
Nagata
Treaty outline denied by California delegate on Japanese policy
A California delegate, close to Japanese officials, denies any tentative treaty outline between the United States and Japan on schooling and immigration. He says Tokyo aims to prevent remigration, control emigration, and avoid conceding inferiority to China. He notes Japan seeks tangible concessions, fears U.S. court rulings, and warns of the danger of renewed anti Japanese tensions as ships continue to arrive in Hawaii and California.
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United States
Japan
San Francisco
California
Marquis Ito
Tokyo
Marquis Itosaid
America
Russia
Hawaii
California Attitude to Japanese Immigration Sparks School Segregation Threats
A Pacific coast observer warns of riots if Japanese influx continues and urges action with an exclusion treaty. Californians claim willingness to admit Japanese children to public schools only if it leads to separation, insisting on keeping substance over shadow.
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Japan
California
Japan shows calm as U S Japan ties remain steady
Tokyo reports no war fever after the San Francisco school incident with a government statement asserting no excitement and confidence in President Roosevelt. In Rome Kusakabi Sankuro says no U S Japan conflict, negotiations proceed, no Japanese ultimatum. Ottawa consul general Tatze Gore Nosse wagers against war, awaiting developments.
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San Francisco
America
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Rome
Messager
Kusakabi Sankuro
Italy
California
Washington
Ottawa
Ontario
Tatze Gore Nosse
Canada
Texas Japanese Protest Over Arrests as Vagrants
Japanese residents in San Antonio protest police arrests of fellow countrymen on vagrancy charges. L Mogi, a wealthy resident, says arrests occur daily and he contacts police headquarters nightly to locate jailed men. He plans to appeal to the Japanese consul if the situation continues. He alleges arrests are ordered by Mayor Callahan.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mogi
Callahan
Venezuela cattle corner disrupts Cuban market headlined
Havana reports Manuel Silviera former Havana banker who fled to Venezuela last October has cornered over 60 000 head of shipping cattle worth more than 1 500 000. The move knots the Cuban supply chain and could force stockmen to buy through him. Gen Joss Miguel Gomez, a Cuban presidential figure, left for Caracas to arrange trade details with Silviera and oversee the Cuban beet trade.
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Havana
Manuel Silviera
Venezuela
Silviera
Joss Miguel Gomez
Cuba
Caracas
Gomez
Will Try Strothers Case In Culpeper Court
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia Feb. Gov Swanson designates Judge Thomas W Harrison of Winchester for a special term of Culpeper Circuit Court starting Feb 23. The Strothers brothers face murder charges in the death of William F Bywaters, their brother in law. Judge Aiken had presided at grand jury but declined to hear further. Judge Daniel A Grimsley is disqualified due to a family connection.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Gov Swanson
Thomas W Harrison
Winchester
Culpeper County
Strothers Brothers
Wiliam F. Bywaters
Aiken
Danville
Daniel A Grimsley
Culpeper Court
Petersburg Youth Acquitted in Larceny Case
Petersburg court records show Benjamin Lyon Jr. of Petersburg was acquitted today of larceny involving $250 taken from J. A. Abernathy of Warfield Va. The alleged theft occurred in Petersburg on January 7 last year.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Hastings Court
Benjamin Lyon, Jr
J. A Abernathy
Warfield
Insomnia Cures and Ada-Lur-Iem Tonic Review
An advertisement touts Insomnia Quickly Cured as a universal nerve tonic for all nervous disorders in men and women. Ada-Lur-Iem tablets are claimed to brighten the eye, clear the mind, and provide harmless relief for conditions from shaking palsy to ataxia, with a formula on the package and free booklet. Price listed as $% per box, six for 35, mailed sealed to any address by Ada-Lur-Sem Medicine Co. Also lists several pharmacies as distributors in Washington and surrounding areas.
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New York City
Washington Draggista
Odonrell's Pharmacies
Ste
Stevens’ Pharmacy
Ava
Ogham’s Drug Store
People's Drug Store
Kaiser Addresses Jubilant Germany After Victory
A mass Berlin celebration followed a government victory in re ballots. Kaiser Wilhelm II addressed 6,000 cheering spectators from a royal window, urging unity across class and faith as Germany rides to the saddle. Election results show Socialist losses and shifts among major parties in the Reichstag.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Royal
Germany
Jan
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Socieiists
Reichstag
Lokal Anzieger
Socialista
Saxony
National Liberals
Rate Bill Agreed Upon in North Carolina Session
North Carolina lawmakers approved a two-cent flat passenger rate for high earning railroads and two and one-half cents for mid level lines, with three cents for the lowest earners. Debate centered on immigration commission funding, farmers opposing cotton mill influence, and a $450,000 annual benison bill headed for favorable reporting.
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North Carolina
Washington Post
Raleigh
Senate
House Committees of Railroads
Graham
Etheridge
Mitchell
Atlantic Coast
House
Immigration Commission
Agricultural Department
South Carolina
Bensicnns
League banquet tickets capped at 400 guests
The League of Republican State Clubs of the District of Columbia will cap invited guests at 400 for the February 2 banquet at the Masonic Temple. The limit was set after an executive committee meeting at the Ebbitt House amid high demand. Speakers will be prominent officials, with representatives from New York, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Connecticut, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, and West Virginia in attendance.
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League of Republican
District of Columbia
Masonic Temple
Ebbitt House
New York
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Connecticut
North Carolina
Ohio
Wisconsin
West Virginia
The Unassailable Man
A collage of quotations praising integrity and public trust, citing a man who never errs in public responsibility yet cannot read or write, followed by verses about Venice skating, rustic dialect humor, and a Detroit News wedding anecdote involving a feigned claim of vast fortune and illness.
Delays in Wyoming coal land inquiry noted
New York February six no federal grand jury action today on the Wyoming coal land entries as jurors spent time disposing of routine cases. A Thursday resumption was hinted for the Howl Greek Mining and Northwestern Coal Company ownership of 9,600 acres in the Big Horn Basin. Subpoenas issued for material witnesses. A USA attorney consulted Interior and Justice officials over Wyoming cases. Rubens pictures shock Omaha residents with risqué portrayal provoking moral uproar and headlines about the artist’s notoriety.
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Federal
Wyoming
Howl Greek Mining Company
Northwestern Coal Company
Big Horn
United States
O Brian
Federal Building
Departments of the Interior and of Justice
The Morning Paper Wish and Milwaukee Press
A light verse from the Milwaukee Press Press contrasts breakfast desires for the missing paper with playful lines about a man who welcomes and distrusts in equal measure. The piece pairs humor about daily news with affectionate notes on friendship and a comically overzealous suitor.
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Milwaukee
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