Letter sparks clash over Speaker Cannon and labor press
L White Busbey secretary to Speaker Cannon replies to Sam Gompers in an American Federationist open letter. He defends Cannon citing printer resolutions and a December meeting. The piece notes Roosevelt awards Edward A. McGrath a life saving medal for saving a child at Milwaukee station.
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Charles Losmith
International Steel Copperplate
Llonco
Smith
Cannon
pTivte
Liam
Lensster
United States
Roosevelt
Edward
Grath
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Emma Hummich
McGrath
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Bond Hearing Postponed in Austin Panama Bond Suit
George W. Austin of New York seeks an injunction against Secretary Cortelyon to halt allotment of 91 480 000 of the Panama Canal bond issue and to award 2 000 000 of bonds to the complainant. Justice Gould extended Cortelyon’s answer deadline to January 10. No bonds may be allotted meanwhile. Interventions by other bidders are expected and a joint suit will be heard next Friday.
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Cortelyon
George W. Austin
New York
Treas
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Austin
Panama
Muster Out All Negroes Investigation May Be Sub mitted to Senate Soon
The Senate Military Affairs Committee plans to submit Brownsville reports within two weeks. At least three reports may appear. The majority blames colored soldiers for the town shooting, with Democrats joining to urge mustering out all colored soldiers. Senator Foraker will present a minority report arguing guilt not established and possible reinstatement. Senator Scott may offer a separate view.
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Senate Committee On
Brownsville
Senate
Texas
Warren
Foraker
Scott
Crane Complaint Dismissed in Interstate Commerce Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed Crane Railroad Company v Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and others. Crane alleged no equitable freight compensation for its three miles of Philadelphia area track. Jurisdiction was declined as no violation of the Interstate Commerce Act was alleged in the petition.
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Crane Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Crane Iron Works
Knapp
Gratitude and disputes over plate printers’ union notes
Secretary White Busbee transcribes statements from Washington plate printers protesting health and safety conditions in the Bureau of Printing as they seek a new building. The letter questions Speaker Cannon and Gompers involvement, urging accuracy in a January American Federationist report and urging preservation of the committee’s intent.
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Bushey
Mir Bushey
Gompers Veliawal
Vannon
Cannon
Focal Papera
Ti Plate
Thia
Willton Fessler
George P Fosthedrroen
Grace Jeremiah P Murphy Simued
McCully
Od Clark
Charla & Smith
The
Plate Printers’ Union
Vir Cannon
American Federationist
Plate Printers
Washington
Apaaker Cannon
Ani H
Lesa
Toa Plate
Ap- Daa
Joseph & Cannon
Gumpert
Gompers
Wiite Busbey
Senator Gallinger at Desk in Capitol Reopens After Break
Senator Gallinger, chair of the District Committee in the Senate, was at his Capitol desk yesterday for the first time since the Christmas recess. He returned from New Hampshire Thursday night. The first Senate District Committees meeting is set for Friday January 10 with many measures to come before the panel, notably the extension of tracks to Union Station and the school. Treasury Buys 300000 Ounces of Silver. The Treasury Department yesterday purchased 300,000 ounces of silver for delivery in equal amounts at San Francisco, New Orleans, and Denver at 55.567 cents per ounce.
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Gallinger
Senate
Capitol
New Hampshire
Union Station
Treasury
iTreasury Department Esterday
San Francisco
New Orleans
Denver
Miles Anti Pain Pills Relieve Nerve Irritation Nationwide
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills claim to ease nerve irritation and various pains including headaches neuralgia and rheumatic aches without upsetting the stomach or causing after effects. Consumers are told many use them and a refund is offered if the first package fails to help. 25 oranges? 26 cents.
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Miles
Macon
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ina
Where Is the Japanese Fleet and War Risk in 1908
Paris reports a siting scare off Hawaii as The Patrie questions the fleet’s whereabouts and Baron Kurino assures Washington’s pacific policy. He argues Japan seeks no war, cites San Francisco school pupils, and predicts three months will prove optimism. Sir Charles Dilke says no US Japan war as Manchuria and Formosa remain unsettled.
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Paris Journal
Hawaii
France
Japan
Philippines
Charles Dilke
Berlin
Foreign Office
Admiralty
United States
Europe
America
Paris
the Patrie
Hawai
Baron Kurino
Roosevelt
Washington
Pacific
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
London
Sir Charles Difke
Sir Charles
Philppines
Manchuria
Formosa
Silent on Japan’s Note Delays Immigration Talks
State Department follows rule. negotiations continue. Ambassador O’Brien’s Tokyo memo on Japan’s reply to immigration concerns was not released. Officials note exchanges may not be formal negotiations or lead to a treaty. Japan reportedly aims to halt further coolie migration, with a formal statement to Congress expected after form has been clarified.
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State Department
Ambassador O'Brien
Tokyo
O'Brien
United States
Congress
Pacific Coast
Admiral Ross Retires From Naval Training Station
Rear Admiral Alpert Ross, commandant at the naval training station on the Great Lakes, was placed on the retired list yesterday upon reaching the age limit of sixty two. A Naval Academy graduate in 1867, Ross will leave active duty but remain in commandant duties temporarily, triggering promotions for several officers and noting Lieutenant Cone as commander of a torpedo boat destroyer flotilla departing Para for Pernambuco en route to the Pacific coast.
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Alpert Ross
Naval Training Station
Naval Academy
Great Lakes
Rose
William B. Swift
John R Edwards
Joseph L. James
Wanamaker Nominated as Appraiser for New York Port
Reported plan to nominate George W. Wanamaker as appraiser for the port of New York to succeed Edward Fowler, recently named collector. President reportedly decided on the appointment, with confirmation pending next week.
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George W. Wanamaker
Port of
New York
Edward S$. Fowler
Senate
Wanamaker
Ice Stops Reindeer Ship Near Newfoundland
The steamer Anita carrying 300 Norwegian reindeer for Dr. Wilbur F. Grenfell could not reach St Anthony Labrador because dense ice floes blocked harbor access. The animals, in good condition, are slated for use in Labrador missions and hospital work.
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St Johns
Newfoundland
Anita
Norway
Wilbur F. Grenfell
St. Anthony
Labrador
Grenfell
Split Over Wallace Statue in Indiana Statuary Hall
Indiana commission to place Gen Lew Wallace statue in the Capitol Statuary Hall is split over bronze or marble finish with a majority favoring bronze The accompanying Morton statue is marble and the group has viewed bronze pieces but failed to reach agreement Capt Me grew a Wallace veteran objects to bronze memorial and may withhold report
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Indiana
Hanly
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Oliver P. Morton
Jamea
Kielda
Triinois
Maryland
Megrew
Geb. Wallace
Vancouver Japs Are Armed While Laboring Men Seek Weapons
Vancouver B C January eight Japanese quarters are described as an armed camp a clash after a New Year dance left three white men injured one with his nose cut off by a Japanese knife. Four Japanese were arrested and labor leaders urge arming civilians if police fail to disarm the Japanese enclave authorities fear offending Tokyo and avoid action.
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Vancouver
B.C
Frost
McDonald
Man on foot from New York to San Francisco meets President
Benjamin Moaneter, claiming to walk coast to coast, called at the White House yesterday. He plans a route via New Orleans and the Southwest desert, aiming to reach San Francisco in eighty days at five miles per hour for ten to twelve hours daily. The President wished him luck and noted he has never walked the desert.
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Benjamin Moaneter
New York
San Francisco
White House
Manster
New Orleans
Atlantic
Pacific
Tawney's Father Dead Delays House Appropriations Work
Speaker Cannon received a telegram from Representative Tawney stating his father has died and that Tawney will not return to Washington from Minnesota until mid next week. Tawney had planned to have the Appropriations Committee begin work on bills upon congressional sessions resuming Monday. The delay pushes committee work back three or four days, leaving House committees unable to report on bills and the House with little to do for a week or two after recess.
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Cannon
Representative Tawney
House Committee
Appropriations
Mr Tawney
Washington
Minnesota
Tawney
Congress
House
Boeen
New Counterfeit Detected of 1889 Silver Certificate
Chief Wit Ite of the Secret Service says a new counterfeit silver certificate from the 1889 series, featuring the Indian chief Onepapa portrait, has been found. William Williams of the Irving National Bank in New York City identified the note. The fake is a rough mechanical print on two paper plates with heavy blotchy printing and broken ruling.
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Onepapa
Wit Ite
Secret Service
William Williams
Irving National Bank
New York City
Army horsemanship tests under review modify order
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft are weighing changes to the horsemanship order to allow engineer and staff officers to stay on active list if qualified. Each retirement case will be reviewed, and actions aim to honor duty while ensuring officers can perform. Marshall's case noted as not yet acted upon pending principles.
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Mazahali
Roosevelt
Taft
Col. Marshall
William L . Marshall
New York
Davis
Army
Garlington
Secretary of War
Navy aims to ready hospital ship Relleg at Mare Island
Surgeon General Rixey presses to have the hospital ship Relleg fully outfitted and ready by February 1. The vessel, now at Mare Island, should join the battle fleet at Magdalena Bay on March 14 with Surgeons Stokes to command and a merchant crew aboard. Legislation for trained nurses aboard the Relleg is urged, as a pending State assignment may surface.
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Rixey
Navy
Relleg
Mare Island
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Lower California
Surgeon Stokes
Washington
Stokes
Metcalf
North Carolina Armored Cruiser Trials Move to Rockland Me
Naval inspection board travels from Washington to Rockland Maine to conduct the trial of the armored cruiser North Carolina newly completed by Newport News Shipbuilding. The ship sailed from Newport News yesterday toward Rockland with crew standardization and a speed trial planned off Rockland to Hampton Roads. The test aims for at least twenty two knots at full power on a lengthy course.
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Naval Inspection Board
Washington
Rockland
North Carolina
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Flotilla Sails From Para To Pernambuco Amid Delays
A Navy dispatch reports the torpedo boat destroyer flotilla left Para for Pernambuco after a two day net delay. The group arrived about five days late due to machinery derailment and an anchor chain fouling on another vessel.
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Navy Department
Para
Pernambuco
Vasges
Battleship Apache leaves New York Yard to destroy wreck
APACHE WILL DESTROY WRECK. The tig Apache has left the New York Navy Yard for Barnegat New Jersey to destroy a wreck off the coast there, said to be a menace to navigation. The battleship Texas to be decommissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard January 10. The Texas built at Norfolk. Severn commissioned at Annapolis as station ship, Montgomery commissioned at League Island.
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New York Navy Yard
Barnegat
N. J
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Severn
Annapolis Naval Academy
Montgomery
League Island
Army Orders and Assignments in 1908 Era
Leaves of absence for Capt Louis C Duncan and Maj William A Mercey for four months begin March 35. Retirement of Brig Gen Culver C Smiffen as paymaster general announced for January 1, 1908. Col Rogers Birnie added to command of Bandy Hook Proving Ground. Visits to Johnstown Pa and Reading Pa for ordnance materia inspections. Maj Joseph T Dickman to report for court martial duty. Capt Frederick B Hennessy to visit Camden N J for training Battery B, NJ National Guard. Movements of naval vessels include Denver to longapo, Sioux to Rockland, Nebraska from San Francisco to San Diego, Apache from New York navy yard to destroyer wreck.
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Louis C Duncan
William A Mercey
Eleventh Cavalry
Culver C. Smiffen
Rogers Birnie
Ordnance Department
Bandy Hook Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Mas Willand
Peires
Wil
Johnstown
Reading
Marteria
Joseph T Dickman
Thirteenth Cavalry
Department of the Gulf
Frederick B Hennessy
Third Field Artillery
Camden
N. J
Field Artillery
National Guard of New Jersey
Funeral for Gen John G Meem in Lynchburg
Gen John G Meem who died at the Stratford Hotel was laid to rest in Lynchburg after a funeral. A Civil War staff member and supervisor of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, he also designed public buildings in Washington. Survived by four sons and one daughter.
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John G. Meem
Stratford Hotel
Lynchburg
Gen. Meem
Stonewall Jackson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Cleveland
Auditor
War Department
Filmesa
Gen
Fitzhugh Lee
Mount Jackson
Shout
James Meem
Brookyn Tunnel
Lawrence Meem
West Virginia
John Meem
Brazil
Steven Meem
Randolph Harrison
Militia Legislation For National Guard Meeting In Boston
Important legislation is expected after the National Guard Association annual meeting in Boston January 13 to 16. The War Department designated top officials to represent the army and executive committee led by Gen Drain will shape changes required by the Dick law ending five year alignment with the regular army. Efforts to widen National Guard cooperation in coast defense prompt advance visits by adjutants general of Oregon Washington and California to Washington for rifle practice and talks with Oliver and Col Weaver.
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National Guard Association of the United States
Boston
War Department
Oliver
George B Davis
W. W Wotherspoon
The
War College
B M Weaver
Coast Artillery
Army
Drain
Washington
Dick Law
National Guard
Coast
Adjutants General
Oregon
California
Pacific Coast
Col. Weaver
Speed Trial for Cruiser North Carolina Exceeds Contract Terms
North Carolina, the United States armored cruiser, sailed from Newport News bound for Rockland Maine for official government speed trials. Key officials from Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company travel aboard. Yard officials expect speed above the contract twenty two knots after smooth four hour dock trials.
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North Carolina
Washington
Newport News
Uncle Sam
Rockland
Victor Blue
U 3N
Henry Thomas Baker
Walter A Post
Resignation Accepted of Marine Lieutenant Thompson
President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Second Lieut John H Thompson of the United States Marine Corps for the good of the service. Thompson was court martialed at the Washington Barracks found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and sentenced to dismissal. He is a native of North Carolina and has served in the Marine Corps since April.
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Roosevelt
John H. Thompson
United States Marine Corps
Thompson
Washington Barracks
Department
North Carolina
Marine Corps
Crawford promoted to brigadier general in army
Col Medorem Crawford of the Coast Artillery is promoted to brigadier general to fill Gen C S Smith’s retirement vacancy. He is commandant at Fort Wadsworth New York and currently in Washington on leave. His promotion cascades to Lieut Col John R Williams Maj W C Rafferty Capt H D Todd Jr and First Lieut R C Marshall all Artillery Corps. The cruiser Chicago sails from San Diego for Hampton Roads next Wednesday after four years on the Pacific Coast.
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Smith
Medorem Crawford
Coast Artillery
Army
C. S. Smith
Crawford
Fort Wadsworth
N. Y
Washington
Cal. Crawford
John R Willams
Artillery Corps
W. C Rafferty
H. D. Todd
R. C Marshall
Chicago
San Diego
Hampton Roads
Cal
Swinburne
Pacific Coast
West Point Visitors Appointed for 1908 Board Named
President Roosevelt announced the 1908 West Point board of visitors including Lieut. Gen. B. M. Young retired in Wyoming Lét Col. H In Higermson Boston Charles M. Hough New York Robert S Bean Portland Dr George M Morrow Birmingham Joseph B Bates Bloomington George S Patton Los Angeles Col Birnie to lead Sandy Hook Proving Ground replacing Brig. Gen. Charles S Smith retired
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West Point
Roosevelt
B. M. Young
A. S
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
H. In. Higermson
Boston
Mass
Charles M. Hough
United States
New York
Robert S. Bean
Portland
Oreg
George M. Morrow
Hirmingham
Als
Joseph B Bates
Bloomington
George 8. Patton
Los Angeles
Cal
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Rockland, Me
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Royal Insurance Company, Limited
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England
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East Capitol
Washington, DC
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Fulton’s
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Sterling
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Meredith Nicholson
Sas
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San Carlo
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