Murder Plot Charged in Brownsville Shooting Inquiry
Testimony before the Senate Military Affairs Committee details alleged plans to massacre colored soldiers at Brownsville Texas. Witnesses including William Mapp describe discussions about the attack, calls to come out of barracks, and shots fired near Company C quarters during the 1906 incident.
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Voschelle
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Missouri Representative Proposes Rules Committee Reform
Representative Shackleford introduces a bill to replace the Rules Committee with a 12 member Committee on Organization and Order of Business. The Speaker is excluded, members are chosen by the full House, and the chairman is chosen by the twelve.
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Nominations by President Include Houston Surveyor
The President sent to the Senate nominations for the port of Houston Texas surveyor of customs Samuel Leal and for the Cape Vingent district collector William J Grant plus William W Wood as Alliance Nebraska land office register. The Interstate Commerce Commission replied to a Senate inquiry listing mainly special counsel and employees. House to meet earlier. post office appropriation bill up next with salary increases. Senate reports coal land areas by township and Africa liquor treaty duties revised. See Nowort iér The Washington Post catalog price 15 cents.
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Port of
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Samuel Leal
District of Cape Vingent
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Resolution of Inquiry
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Senate to Vote On Immigration Controvery Today
Congress adjourns after days of debate on immigration policy. Senate will meet at noon to vote on the measure. House passes naval appropriation bill after defeating gun foundry provision at the Washington Navy Yard. Debate continues five hours before adjournment to 11 o'clock tomorrow.
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Benkte
Washington Navy’ Yard
Railroad valuation bill debated by Senate Commerce panel
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a reckoning over a La Follette plan to determine railroads' face value in interstate trade. Opposition centers on possible overreach and needed amendments. A commission report due Tuesday will shape potential passage unless amendments derail action.
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Senate Bill Attack Exposes Judiciary Jockeying
The House sent to the Judiciary Committee the bill and Senate amendments granting government appeal rights in certain criminal prosecutions. Representative Jenkins warned the Senate amendments undermine the House measure backed by the President and DOJ. A clash with Payne arose over motions, with Jenkins lamenting floor courtesy.
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Congress
La Follette Opposes Oklahoma Railroad Consolidation Bill
Senator La Follette attacked a Senate Indian Affairs Committee review of an Oklahoma railroad consolidation bill. Judge L F Parker for the Frisco system argued for passage, while La Follette warned the measure violated the Sherman law and Northern Securities precedent. The bill would let Frisco absorb multiple railroads including the St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad and related lines.
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Protecting Coal Lands Bill Cleared for Amendment
The House Public Lands Committee advanced a bill to lease and operate public coal lands to prevent monopolistic control and protect consumers from high fuel prices. Leases would last up to 25 years and 2560 acres per entity, with coal royalties capped at 2 cents per ton. Mr Martin to report the bill as amended and favor its passage.
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United States
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Pas
Diplomatic Bill Approved by House Amid Tariff Inquiry
The House passed the conference report on the appropriation bill for diplomacy and consular affairs with no debate. Critics argued over ambassador appointments while the conferees left the matter for the next session. If Ways and Means approval holds, the State Department will not be asked for tariff talks with Germany, and the Randell resolution will be laid on the table.
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Clark
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Germany
Tariff Appeal Read by Massachusetts Legislature
An urgent tariff revision demand signed by Gov. Guild and both houses of the Massachusetts legislature was read in the Senate yesterday. The petition endorses a maximum and minimum tariff and asks the President to act, urging consideration of the subject in the current NET RES.
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Gov. Guild
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Senate
Naval bill passes amid battleship cost limits and war talk
The House approved the naval program with two battleships set at 8 million dollars each and limited destroyer costs. Amendments opposing broader battleship financing failed while peaks of debate centered on arming the Louisiana and prospects of war with Japan. Representative Burton urged arbitration and warned against fear of conflict, cited Japan's rising status and navy parity.
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United States
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Louisiana
Panama
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Connecticut
Higher Clerks' Salaries Bill Introduced in Congress
Representative Davis of Minnesota submitted a bill to add a percentage to the salaries of civil government employees earning 2500 dollars or less per year whose pay has not been raised this session. Action is unlikely this session but a post adjournment move may see executives seek statements on current versus Keep commission salary plans. The commission urged graduated increases and salary equalization. The president may require departments to report counts to guide future action.
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Keep Commission
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Senator elect Briggs greeted on Senate floor with warm reception
Senator elect Frank Briggs of New Jersey arrived at the Capitol with his ally Mr. Dryden after defeating Dryden in Trenton. Briggs, described as Buffalo Bill in look, impressed senators by meeting all on the floor within an hour. He and Dupont are West Point graduates, unique in the Senate for mustaches and imperial.
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Trenton
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Congo Resolutions Passed by Senate Executive Session
In executive session the Senate yesterday agreed to the modified Congo resolutions. They state if allegations of inhuman treatment of Basin Congo natives are proven, the President will have the Senate's cordial support to pursue steps in cooperation with Berlin Treaty powers for amelioration, within treaty and international bounds and U.S. policy limits.
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Congo
United States
Arbitration progress in Honduras and Nicaragua dispute
The article reports progress toward arranging arbitration between Honduras and Nicaragua. No tribunal members or meeting location have been chosen. The State Department calls the situation satisfactory and expects no war, crediting Assistant Secretary Bacon for helping secure a peaceful settlement in Central America.
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Nicaragua
State Department
Central America
Bacon
Washin
Chicago Cruiser Reaches Acajulta to Guard American Interests
The Navy Department reports the cruiser Chicago arrived at Acajulta Salvador from Magdalena Bay to monitor friction between Caer Aragua and Honduras. The ship will stay within cable reach for a few days to respond to any demands.
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Salvador
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Honduras
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Bill Club Organized With Notables On Roll
Jefferson City Mo Feb 15 The Bill club No 1 of the World filed articles of association and received a charter as a social organization The Excelsior Springs headquarters lists members including William J Bryan Senator Stone and ex Congressman Cowherd The officers are President Bill Sisk Vice President Bill Wear Secretary Bill Hyder and Treasurer Bill Flack.
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Bill Wear
Bill Hyder
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Senate District Committee backs anti smoke bill in District
Senator Gallinger reported favorably from the District Committee on the anti smoke bill already passed by the House. If enacted it would require railroads in the District to curb smoke after January next, with electrification seen as the costly option likely to cost at least 5 million dollars. The railroad lobby vows court challenges to test constitutionality.
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Capitol
Sunday Church Services at Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church posts Sunday services led by Pastor Sam Greene at 3 33 PM with sermons by the pastor, plus Teachers' Bible class, prayer meetings, and Endeavor gatherings. Other churches listed include Finth Baptist, Shiloh Baptist, Episcopal churches, and Methodist and Presbyterian congregations with various morning and afternoon services and special programs.
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Sam Greene
B. S Bristow
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Sixteenth
the Streets
Roland Cotton Smith
Thomas A. Johnstone
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Heighteenth Street
Dupont Circle
C Ernestsmith
Twenty-Second Street
Herb Waddell Pratt
William Ker
Unitarian
Vanderbilt house leased by new Postmaster General Meyer
George von L Meyer the new Postmaster General of the United States has leased the Vanderbilt house at 1707 New Hampshire avenue. The furnished residence was leased from George W Vanderbilt and Meyer’s lease may run to next fall as he plans to move by March 4 when he takes office. The four story stone and brick home, built by the Potomac Realty Company and designed by Bruce Price De Sibour, is among the city’s finest and most costly houses.
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United States
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New Hampshire Avenue
George W Vanderbilt
Mr. Meyer
Washington
Potomac Realty Company
New Jersey
Westcott & Story
Bruce, Price, & de Sibour
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Capt Lewis Wendel Indicted for Grand Larceny in New York
New York February 15 two indictments charging grand larceny were returned by the grand jury against Capt Lewis Wendel of the First Battery National Guard. The charges stem from alleged acts during his command and a military court inquiry is proceeding alongside the grand jury investigation.
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Wendel
FOOD QUESTION with Perfect Satisfacti Dyspeptic
An Hiiola woman shares how her dyspeptic husband recovered appetite and health after starting Grape-Nuts. He moved from illness to steady work, with the family regularly asking for Grape-Nuts at meals as a daily staple. The testimonial cites Postum Co. and a mention of a book title.
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Soldier Sent to Asylum After Sanity Concerns
Winfield H Halleck a disabled U S soldier was taken to police head quarters by Detectives Weedon and Burlingame on suspicion of being unsane He was later turned over to his father Walter Halleck captain of the watch of the Department of the Interior who placed him in the care of St Elizabeths Asylum Halleck recently discharged from the Eighteenth Infantry for disability after a head wound from the Philippine service He had been reported missing after arriving in Washington and was found on D Street NW acting strangely He says the wound causes intense pain and momentary unconsciousness Also notes on the Twenty second ballot for U S Senator at Providence and a White House reception for West Chester Normal School graduates
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Eighteenth Infantry
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