Fair Deal for Indian Officials and Forest Reserve Inquiry
President Roosevelt's commissioner John B White reports on Minnesota national forest reserve creation. He defends fair treatment of Indians, praises forest service methods, and supports keeping swamp lands within the reserve. White highlights headwater protection, dam projects, timber management, and calls for legislative refinement to prevent private sales and ensure integral swamp lands stay within the reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Forest Service
John B White
Minnesota National Forest
Jade Buble
White
Jmllains
Thin Brysconerdt
White Houuse
Las Kresilent
Practical Lumber
Migsouri Jauwerard Moning Company
Limperreooul
United States Reserve
Mc White
Mississippi River
Lake Winnichigosish
Cass Lake
Leech Lake
Lower
Mississippi
Reseree
Cuss Lake
Witt
Legency
Washington's Carriage Auction Sparked by Mt. Vernon Trust
A worn wagon claimed as George Washington's carriage, once tied to Mount Vernon, was brought to the city by Ro Brown, a Philadelphia millionaire. The Brownfield Purchase tied to a verbal guarantee of genuineness, prompting the Mount Vernon association to demand proper credentials before delivery. Brown attempted sale terms, then moved to remove the artifact from Mount Vernon pending authentication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Coteh
Washington
Mount Vernon
Brown
Red Brownfield
Pheladelphia
Jean
Fem
Wea Ae
Mount Ver
Sears
Felu
Sale
Arguments Heard in Clark Land Fraud Case
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the government versus Senator W A Clark of Montana over 11 000 acres of timber land fraudulently entered with the government seeking cancellation of entries Attorneys W M Hickford and George F Shelton represented Clark The court also took up United States v Bitter Root Company tied to timber proceeds from public lands in Montana as Daly estate successor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Clark
Montana
We Supreme Court
Clark
W. M. Hickford
George F. Shelton
Supreme Court
United Sta
Bitter Ruut Company
Marcusg Daly
Polish Sculptor to Submit New Pulaski Memorial Design
Casimir Chodzinski of Chicago will be allowed to submit another design for a Pulaski memorial to be erected in Washington. The Pulaski statue commission met at the War Department with Secretary Taft presiding and agreed to accept a second submission by June after discussions on form and location. Senator Wetmore, Representative McCleary, and Mr. Helinski representing Polish societies of America attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casimir Chodzinski
Chicago
Washington
War Department
Taft
Senator Wetmore
Senate
Representative McCleary
House of Representatives
Hélinski
Polish Societies of America
Chodzinski
Barber Shops In Washington Require Health Oversight
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley urges health officers to target barber shops in Washington for sanitation reform. He notes widespread lack of instrument sterilization and calls for general hygienic crusade given the city’s prominence among similarly sized urban centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Wiley
Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Dr. Wiley
Turning Toward Research Director Expands Educational Work
The annual director's report notes a shift toward scientific research and wider dissemination of information by the office of experiment stations. Emphasis falls on education, human nutrition, irrigation, and drainage, with extended station work in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. Increased demand for agricultural courses strains resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Experiment Stations
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Good Roads
Taft Strives to Shed Weight Before Canals Task
Secretary of War Taft, ruler of the Philippines and canal chief, chronicles a weight loss from 314 3/4 to 294 3/8 pounds in about a month. He follows a strict diet shunning potatoes and sweets, with daily calisthenics and a pre-breakfast routine advised by Senator Spooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Spooner
Taft
Philippines
Secretary of War
War Department
Ehhu Root
Imus
Theneft
Congress
Washington
Col
Clarence B. Edwards
Insular Bureau
Edwards
Punish Many for Cruelty in December Police Court
The Washington Humane Society reported 101 cruelty prosecutions in Police Court for December. Agent Mrs. Helen Armour said she organized sixteen new bands totaling 682 members, visited eighty five bands, and distributed 3,000 pages of humane literature. The executive committee met with President Chester A. Snow presiding and elected George W. White as a new member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Humane Society
Helen F. Armour
Band of Mercy Work
Chester A. Snow
George W. White
Drammond Kennedy
Mary A. Peet
W. Clarence Duvall
Edwin M.fruel
Harriet 2. Loring
John M. Gitterman
J. B. T. Tupper
David R. McKee
Eliza A. Richardson
Florence Murray
Bryan Party Praise At Iloilo Banquet Speech
William J. Bryan was hosted at Iloilo where he praised local officials as representative Americans and said they had the Philippines and natives at heart. The Bryan party moves across Mindanao as Marines withdraw from Shanghai after tense patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iloilo
Manila
Jan
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Mindanao
Scutari Albania seeks help for earthquake reconstruction
The Scutari municipal authorities in Albania appealed to Washington for aid to homeless residents after last summer's quake. Immediate relief came from nearby cities, but funds are needed to rebuild homes for winter. Commissioner Macfarland offered to collect and forward contributions to the Scutari committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scutari
Albania
Macfarland
Committee In
Scutarines
Philip Stanhope Becomes A Peer In England's Lords
Advanced radicals push to widen the Lords, Philip Stanhope accepts a peerage. The Stanhope line traces to Chesterfield and Mahon glory, with a Boer War service and ties to Macaulay. Brunswick regency and German succession issues loom amid Cumberland intrigues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Philip Stanhope
Lord Mahon
England
Lord Macaulay
Chevening
Stanhope
Kent
Stanhopes
Pitts
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Lord Stanhope
Earl
South Africa
Debate Society elects officers at Georgetown Law
Georgetown University School of Law debating society elected officers for the second term: Frank P. Jenal president, David C. Fitterer vice president, Ive Roy Paddock secretary, Ignathia Cuttle treasurer. The group considers intercollegiate debate propositions from Cornell, Boston University, and others. Saturday’s debate tests if operation and maintenance of trusts harms the American welfare and endangers the republican form of government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Law
Georgetown University
Frank P. Jenal
David C. Fitterer
Ive Roy Paddock
Ignathia Cuttle
Cornell University
Boston University
Embezzler's Flight Ends in Self-Destruction Aboard Cunard
Detective Harry Reynolds chased Charles E. Meier from San Francisco to Bremen and Paris then London, but the fugitive shot himself in cabin 63 of the Cunard liner Carmania near New York. Meier, 45, born in Germany, had embezzled $25,000 from Palmer Sec Wine Co. Meier died as the ship neared its pier, while Reynolds awaited testimony at Charles Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Galveston
Bremen
Paris
London
Sergt
Harry C. Reynolds
Carmania
Charles Street
Charles E. Meier
Reynolds
Germany
Palmer Sec Wine Company
Meier
Lillian
Catherine Mosni
Memorial Hospital
New London
Conn
Trig
Forty-fifth Street
Broadway
Tommy Atkins Express Company
Sixth Avenue
Conditions in Russia Optimistic Despite Ongoing Turmoil
Government optimism centers on liberal opposition uniting against violence while peaceful order weakly returns in Baltic provinces Caucasus and Don region. Revolt leaders issue calls for armed insurrection amid a holiday truce. a larger uprising is deemed unlikely before spring assembly. Officials credit arrests and suppressions for stabilizing order though challenges persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
Caucasus
Don
St. Petersbure
Jane
National Assembly
Enteriain
Tennallytown A Quiet Spot For Police Of Washington
Tennallytown’s substation records 163 arrests in the last year with most for minor offenses. Since opening February 1, 1904, about 320 people have been held in station cells. The village remains quiet and respectable, with desk sergeant Frasier awaiting visitors or a chance to break tedium, hoping for better days. Also listed are new Ancient Order of Hibernians officers led by Hugh Harvey and Patrick Carr among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Prussia
House of Hohenzollern
Duchy of
Brunswick
William
Albert
Duchy of Brunswick
Duchy
Germany
Hanover
Duke of Cumberland
German Empire
Confederation
United States
Tennallytown
Washington Department
Frazier
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Hugh Harvey
Arthur Bmatt
Patrick Carr
Thomas Cook
James Greely
John Quigley
John Gavin
Jerry Donovan
Matthew Walsh
John McCarthy
Patrick Niland
John MaGowan
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Minnesota Forest Reserve
Senator Spooner
Luzon
Itary Root
Humane Society
Shanghai
P. A. Drury
Franklin T. Sanner
A. G. Clapham
Dr. King
Professional Men OF
Eugene A. Jones
House of Lords
House of Larda
Woolsack
St. Louis
Royal Navy
Earl Stanhope
Atlantic
House of Commons
Earl of Chatham
Wiliam Pitt
Harl Stanhope
Robepierre
Lord Chatham
Pitt
Hester Stanhope
William Pitt
John Moore
Corunna
Palestine
Lady Hester
Duchess of Cleveland
Lord Rosebery
Harrington
Chesterfield
Camden
Queen Elizabeth
Durham
Lord Chesterfield
Earl of Stanhope
Mahon
Island of
Minorca
Duke of
Cumberland
William I
of Cumberland
Dibe
Prince George
Queen of
Austria
Hizel Frederick
Charlotte of
Oldenburg
Duke of Gumberland
Manquise DB Fontsnoy
Little Old New York
Florrie” Sullivan
Tammany
de Ate
Ahearn
Charley White
Florrie
McClellan
Theresa Flood
Fourth Avenue
208Th Street
Williamsburg
Philanthropic
James Flood
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
Library of Legal Medicine
West Forty-third Street
Carl Beck
Society
St., Mark's Hospital
Mary Ellen Lease
William Jennings Bryan
Kansas
Afri
Mr. Bryan
Murray Hill
New York City
Mothers’ Club
Hne
la Gascogne
Erfcan
Lancia
Juanica
Mary Noonan
William Astor
Red Bank
N. J
Mrs. Astor
Mary Neonsa
Mrs Astor
Miss Noonan
Fifth Avenue
Robert Collier
Astor
Cedar Street
Wall Street
Miss Criffen
Yonkers
Helen Etting
Peter J. Etting
North Broadway
Westchester Trust Company
First Unitarian Church
Miss Hitting
Unitarian Church
Miss Etting
Cinders
Tombs
Brooklyn
Spencer
Andrew W. Walker
Twenty-third Street
Frederick F. Marquand
Clark Street
Walker
Russia
Constitutional Democrats
Teriioki
Finland
Law and Order Party
St. Petersburg
Jamyerov
Prince Pudjuba
Ehier
Tsarskoe-Selo
Warsaw
Poland
Novonungsk
Polititan
Courland
Hibernian
Newspaper Bruiy
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