Navy orders spark New York board protest
New York officials condemn the Navy Department move detaching Commander Hanns C Hannsretired from Newport. The board seeks congressional help, arguing the economy claim is weak and risks leaving Newport short of naval leadership and disrupting ship command.
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Syec
Washinton
New York
Board of Eduication Commission
Sihoclahp
Newport
Navy Department
Hanns
Othe
Elise Saisioned
Boston
Lea Ludlow
Philadelphia
Magsa
Pennsylvanaa
City of
York
Designer of Washington’s steadying influence and era
A fragmented account outlines the role of a designer named Washington Logis te core in shaping postwar governance and public works. The text references Mag L En bees, Cal Eiheett, and other officials in a discussion of leadership, policy, and state rebuilding efforts amid tumult and reform.
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Lindant
Washington
Caiineers
Suny
Meister Atom
Vite Fonte Nail Munsele
Jens
Esstagh
Ann Aterm
Ouek
Pdtv
National Avenue Contention Shapes Sixteenth Street Issue
National Avenue debate outlined by J W Chapin favoring the change on Sixteenth Street. Pennsylvania Railroad Commission plans were discussed with Gov Stuart outlining appointed commissioners headed by Nathaniel Kw Os Povmtown and others from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to serve terms of four, three, and five years.
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J. W Chapin
Sixteenth Street
Toma
Nul
JW. Cedar
Pennsylvania Railroad Commission
Hassteng
Stuart Te Tay
Nathaniel Kw. Os
Paige
United Sores Biter
Sve
Kous Clindes N. Mann
Philo- Jeplae Teawive
Jom Y. Fost
Pdabaeg
Land Fraud Prosecutions to Continue Despite Court Ruling
Secretary Garfield after a White House conference with President Roosevelt and former land office head Mr. Ballinger stated that land fraud cases would not be discontinued. He cited a Colorado court ruling as limited to those cases, not a general principle affecting future prosecutions. Attorney General Bonaparte said the Colorado stance could be explained as a defense under the statute of limitations.
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Garfield
Roosevelt
The
Land Office
Ballinger
Colorado Court
Buchtel
Colorado
Bonaparte
Praise for Gov. Magoon Sparks Cuba Leadership Debate
The War Secretary praises Gov. Magoon for clear headed, tactful governorship in Cuba, noting labor peace, road-building, and census efforts. He warns against rushing elections, endorsing a staged timetable with local polls in June and presidential votes in December to honor the pledge to withdraw.
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Art
Cuba
Magoon
Taft
Congress
Bedand
Aho
Marel
Central
Hothin
Re-Qaire Ps
Mageon
Barry
Col. Crowder
Waterways Conference Sees Nationwide Push for Improvements
Capt J C Kion of Cincinnati and Capt Ellison reported after the Washington meeting with Rep Joseph Ransdell. The Jackson convention urged a national policy funding waterways with at least 30 million dollars yearly. Mississippi residents formed an auxiliary and will join the national body as discussions continue in Indianapolis where Ellison will speak at a major waterways gathering.
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J. C. Kion
Cincinnati
National Rivers and Harbory Congress
Washington
Joseph Ji
Ransdell
Organi Ton
Ellison
Peope
Mississippi
Jackson
Vardaman
Eltisen
Indianapallo
SUSTAINS GEN MILLS State Dept Cleans Charges
The State Department dismissed Mexican land claimants charges against Gen Anson Mills finding no basis for ineligibility or impropriety. Papers from Mexico questioned his Chamizal Strip ownership but no evidence showed improper conduct or affected his International Water Boundary Commission tenure.
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State Department
Gen
Anson Mills
Amp
International Water Bounding Commission
Gen Mills
Washington
Bis
Chamazal
Boundary Commission
Gen. Mills
Pullman Fare Cut Petition Led by Loftus and La Follette
George 8. Loftus of St Paul and Senator La Follette fled with the Interstate Commerce Commission bearing a petition seeking a 2 percent cut in Pullman lower berth rates. They also ask for a lower berth rate tax on inner berths. The proposed reduction would apply across interstate routes nationwide.
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George
Loftus
St. Paul
la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Rumor Taft May Quit Cabinet to Campaign for President
A Washington dispatch reports revived talk that Secretary Taft might resign to devote full time to his presidential campaign, though many in influential circles deem such gossip unlikely. Some say his strongest asset is his link to Roosevelt, and the White House wants to keep the Cabinet intact to term end despite persistent speculation.
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New York
Washington
Evening Sun
Taft
Roosevelt
Almrell
Maj Charles C Pierce to Retire After Testing Failure
Maj Charles C Pierre, a chaplain in the army, will be allowed to retire following a Davis retiring board review. The case involved officers who failed to take the horsemanship test ordered by the president or did not meet its requirements. Pierre was ill and did not take the test.
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Charles C. Pierre
Davis
Roosevelt
Maj
Pierce
Ship for Captain Fremont to temporary duty in Navy
Capt John C Fremont detached from his post in Paris and St Petersburg and ordered to temporary duty in the Bureau of Navigation. New York retains the Granite State for use by the New York naval militia after Navy consent halted transfer to the Treasury for a hospital ship.
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Bureau of Navigation
John C. Fremont
Casal
Paris
St. Petersburg
New York
Granite State
New York Naval Militia
Treasury Department
Navy Department
Army Orders Transfers and Promotions at Sandy Hook 1908
Army orders list transfers for officers including Halstead, Joel A. Faer, O'Hern and Bricker, with reassignment to regiments and units. It notes examinations for promotion and a meeting at Sandy Hook Proving Ground on Wednesday January 15, 1908, with Charles Wheeter, John W. Jones, and others.
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Frank Halstead
Che
Socjad Mfontrs
Joel A. Fae
Ams
Edward O'Hern Andlytwin
Bricker
Sandy Noi
Charles No Cay
Little Rock
Springark
Frrderick B. Hennersy
Thin Flela Arti Te Binghamum, N.Y
von Lowers
Light Artillery
National Guard of
New York
Sandy Hook
Cyward
Sandy Hawk
Nod
Jomcen
Advance Department
Meg Colden
Ruggies
Ordnance Hope
Yorkity
Charles 1
Wheeter
John W. Jones
Ordnance Departmieric
Movements and Assignments of Naval Officers and Vessels
Orders detach officers to embassies in Paris and St. Petersburg and to marine recruiting stations in Newport Chattanooga and Panadelpia. A second lieutenant Semmes resigns from the Marine Corps. Naval movements list ships arriving at Bradford Rio de Janeiro Mare Island and Norfolk plus the Texas decommissioning at Norfolk Navy Yard. Jan 11, 1998.
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J. AC Fremont
Paris
St. Petersburg
Bureau of Navigation
Washneton
J c. Spear
Peltydelphis
Biddle
Panadelpnia
A. ¢. H. Runwell
Newport
Navy
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sturgenn CH. de Laney
Lo Asvy Yard
New
J. G. Semmes, Jr
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Lake Effect
Leonidas
Bradford
Panther
Yanhten
Rio de Janeiro
Justin
Mare
Eagle
Santonamo
Arothaga
Pernambuco
Rocket
Norfolk
Buffalo
San Francisco
Chicago
Magdalena Cmy
Texas
Navy Yard
Senator Proctor Aims Fishing Accord With Canada
Senator Proctor of Vermont met with President at the White House to press negotiations with Canada over United States seines on Lake Champlain. He warned that Canadians take ash by seine in the lake’s Canadian portion, threatening pike stock to breeding grounds on the Vermont River, and urged a quick settlement to protect fisheries.
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Proctor
Lake Champlain
Vermont
White House
Canada
Canadian
United States
Fragler River
Alaska
New York
Attorney General Rules Spirits Marking By Distillers Not Valid
In a Treasury opinion the Attorney General holds that current internal revenue marking rules for distilled spirits lack support in the Revised Statutes and pure food law. Distillates drawn from cisterns must bear specific marks such as high wines alcohol or run gin or whiskey depending on ingredients, with no other descriptive terms. Commissioner Capers cannot comment fully but expects changes to unify agricultural and Treasury Department practices.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
United States
Internal Revenue Capers
Attorney General
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Sgricutural
Treasury Departments
Regulation of liquors moves to subcommittee in Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to refer all pending liquor regulation bills and resolutions on interstate commerce to a subcommittee to be appointed by the committee chair. Senator Aldrich urged rereferral of certain resolutions seeking a government opinion on liquor permits in local option states. A Judiciary Committee report on state control over interstate commerce is expected later.
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Judiciary
Senate
Aldrich
Iiman
Finance Committee
President Roosevelt Endorses Appalachian Nutlangt Forest Plan
Manta Ga Jan 13 President Ligon Johnsen reports a warm letter from President Roosevelt praising the Appalachian Nutlangt Forest Association. The letter emphasizes forest protection to keep streams navigable, noting government costs to clear sand gravel and the need to acquire forest lands in the Appalachian and White Mountain region for national use.
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Manta
Ligon Johnsen
Appalachian Nutlangt Forest Association
Ti Day
Roosevelt
Congress
Ami White Mountain
Taft Recommends Wider Panama Canal Locks for Warships
Secretary Taft writes to the President proposing increasing Panama Canal locks width from 100 to 120 feet. The plan raises the locks cost from 52 9 million to 57 million dollars and the total waterway cost by 5 million, with total estimates around 200 million. The change reflects belief in larger battleships in the future.
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Taft
Panama Canal
Bank Express Hearing Set by Interstate Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission will hear a case in New York on January 20 concerning express firms alleged to engage in banking activity. The American Bankers Association sues Adama Express and similar companies, claiming they act as common carriers under the Hepburn Act and violate law by banking business. The association seeks to limit express companies to transportation.
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Interstate Commission
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
American Bankers’ ’Association
Adama Express
Expresn
Grant Memorial Site Controversy Splits House Panel
Hearing before the House Library Committee addressed moving the Grant memorial to the Botanic Garden. Secretary Taft argued for preserving the site’s trees but favored the statue’s erection. Representatives Smith and McCall urged an alternative site and suspension of the act. Experts Dodge, Bromwell, Olmstead, and Henry Hicks testified on feasibility and tree preservation.
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House Library Committee
Grant
Taft
Grant Memorial Commission
Washington
Library Committee
McCall
Massachusetts
Root
Botanie Garden
Sherley
Kentucky
Botanic Garden
Uaft
Gen
Grenville
M. Dodge
Grant Memorial
Col. Bromwell
Frederick Law Gims
Smith
Hotunic Garden
Congrers
Congress
Botanic Garden c
Garten
Smitt
Gon Dolge
Gen. Grant
Frederick Law Olmstead
Mein
Commission
Park Commission
Henry M. Hicks
New York
Real Estate Law Proposed to curb unlicensed sales in DC
Chris Dawson, a real estate advocate, pushes a remedial bill in Congress to criminalize offering DC properties for sale without the owner’s written consent and to prohibit loans on such property without consent. He cites unlicensed hawking and undisclosed commissions as motives and seeks local broker opinions on the measure.
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Chris Cox Vawson
Dawson
District of Columbia
Patents On The Increase In Year 1947
Commissioner Toward B Moore reports for 1947 that 3 200 patents were issued marking the year’s largest rise since 1938 The office receipts rose to 1 916 018 with a net year surplus of 279 000 The report urges remodeling or a new building funded by the Patent Office surplus and a salary scale rise for top officials and clerical staff to attract better service
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B. Moore
Moore
Reort
German Exports to U S Fall In Mid 1906 07
President transmits a six month export report contrasting German shipments to the United States for July August in 1906 and 1907. A $4,502,648.16 drop, about ten percent of 1906 total, is shown as evidence of concessions cited by senators and manufacturing groups. The report reflects shifts in official German declarations versus American consular figures and the impact on tariff receipts.
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Senate
Germany
Gallinger
Japanese Bids Not Barred in Hawaii Fortifications
The War Department has not been informed of any withholding of contracts for fortifications in Hawaii due to nationality. Hawaii work now includes two mortar battery sets at Dimond Head and Pearl Harbor, rifle emplacements near quarantine and along Honolulu waters. Estimated spending for fortifications on Oahu is 1,114,000 dollars, aiming to secure an impregnable naval harbor. a breakwater is under construction at Hilo Bay, with Honolulu and Pearl Harbor currently usable.
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War Department
Hawaii
Iwo
Congress
Dimond Lead
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Sandwich Islands
Oahu
Hilo Bay
Justice Harlan Denies Politics Plan and Navy Dream
Washington dispatch reports Justice John M. Harlan of the Supreme Court denies any thought of entering politics after stirring Navy League remarks about funding a vast navy. He advocates a strong U S navy and fortified seaports, argues war is avoided by strength, and says the Philippines require protection until self defense is possible.
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Washington
Rare Herald
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Navy League
United States
Linex
Philippines
Brazil Cuts Import Duty Decree by Penna Signed
President Penna has enacted the June 30 1906 decree reducing import duties by a percent on select American goods. The rebates cover wheat nour condensed milk rubber varnishes typewriters refrigerators planes scales windmills. The action honors U.S. favor to Brazilian coffee and marks the visit of an American battleship. decree signed January 11.
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Rio Janeiro
Jon
Penna
United States
Coal Roads Seek Delay on Time Limit
Coal carrying railroads must dispose of coal properties by May 1 under federal law but seek a postponement. R W DeForrest, NY lawyer for the lines, argues the financial state would ruin property values if the deadline stands. Samuel V Proudfit of Iowa is named Assistant Commissioner in the General Land Office, replacing Fred Dennett who becomes Commissioner.
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Jay
R. W. DeForrest
New York
Samuel V. Proudfit
Jows
Attorney General
Interior Department
General Land Office
Fred Dennett
Land Office Agents Barred From Lands Case
Supreme Court rules public land acquisition by a General Land Office employee is barred. William F. Prosser, a special agent, had years of litigation after filing in Yakima County Washington in 1888. His entry and improvements were contested, ousting him in favor of George Finn, leading to a long appellate fight decided by Justice Harlan.
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General Land Office
United States Supreme Court
William F. Prosser
George Finn
Interior Department
Prosser
Land Office
Yakima County
Washington
Supreme Court Rules Circuit Court Had Jurisdiction Over Rail Receiver Case
Justice Peckham writes that the circuit court had jurisdiction to appoint a receiver for New York surface street railroads in interstate commerce cases. The decision denies mandamus and prohibition petitions, noting diversity of citizenship as the basis for jurisdiction and citing about $100,000,000 in mortgages held against the Metropolitan and New York City railroad companies.
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Peckham
States Supreme Court Places
Jodge Lacombe
Federal Court of
New York
Surface Street Railroad
New York City
Metropolitan
New York Cy Company
Circuit Court
United States
Pecklam
Anti liquor law upheld and government wins suit
The government wins a suit on priority ownership of Virginia property in Greene County. The Supreme Court affirms a Court of Claims ruling that government sale of George J. Stephens’ property due to license defaults secures priority over Blacklock’s trust claim made in 1869. Ambassadors Jusserand of France plans a trip to the Pacific coast in late April or early May, with a likely reception in Washington.
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Virginia
Blacklock
United States
United States Supreme Court
Newspen
Greene County
Tne
George J. Stephens
Jusserand
France
Pueble Coast
Washington
Supreme Court denies Sailor Union appeal in Lumber Company case
The Supreme Court refused to hear the Sailor Union of the Pacific and Pacific Coast Marine Firemen crew appeal over a San Francisco dispute with Hammond Lumber Company. The firms owned three steam vessels used in timber work, and a California federal court had issued a temporary injunction preventing unions from boarding vessels or interfering with the business. The ruling preserves the injunction and the lower court decision against the unions.
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United States Supreme Court
Sailor Union of the Pacific
The
Pacific Coes
Mond Lumber Company
Will Derard
Supreme Court
Parity Coust
United Shipping and Tportation Company
San Francs
Hammond Lumber Company
Ceifornia Federal Courte
The Danger of Grip and Pneumonia Propaganda
An old health ad warns grip and pneumonia follow neglect during changing weather and promotes Father John’s Medicine as safe and dependable. It claims fifty years of use, physician and institution endorsements, and positions the remedy as a physician prescription rather than a patent medicine.
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Father John
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