Acquitted By Foraker Dare Night In Brownsville
Ohio Senator Moraker released a written statement summarizing the Senate Committee on Military Affairs Browns ville inquiry testimony. He said it fails to prove any soldier participated in the shooting, refuting citizens who claimed soldiers in uniform did the act. The senator noted no new evidence alters the core dispute over identification.
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Ohio
Moraker
Senate Committee On
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Battalion
Foraker
Brownaville
Citizens’ Committee
Purdy
May Penrose
Wilberforce
Ripley Quits Panama Canal Consulting Engineer Post
Joseph Ripley resigns from the Panama Canal Commission as a consulting engineer to take a more lucrative job in this country. He was part of the former international board of consulting engineers that met in Washington to decide the canal type. Ripley previously served as assistant engineer on the isthmus under Chief Engineer Stevens and has been employed by Col Goethals on the canal locks, a role in which his Soo locks work was favored.
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Joseph Ripley
Panama Canal Commission
Or Ripley
International Board of Consulting Engineers
Washington
Isthmus
Stevens
Col Goethals
LAND OFFICE CHANGES PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED
The General Land Office lists appointments and promotions for copyists advancing to clerks and various pay raises. Names include Carl Behrmann Wnols Winfeld Byars Michels Jonen Delware Maurice Paleis George Billings Arthur Curtis Edward Hilton Richard Shelley John Money William Feely Margaret Held Frank Bergin Gideon Pillow Louise Suns Frederick Rase P J Alther Mary Van Hook Richard Dalton Russell Mikesell Richard Graham Silas Mahon Anna Dewson T J Butler Frederick Austin Francia Bulle among others with moves from clerk at 1000 to 1200 and 1400 to 1800 etc.
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General Land Omce
Carl M Behrmann Wnols Winfeld
Byars
Michels
Vv Jonen
Delware
Maurice Paleis
Massachusetts
George W Billings
Indiana
Arthur B Curtis
Nebraska
Edward Hilton
Utah
Richard Shelley
Pennsylvania
John T Money
Virginia Urban & Goermer
Missouri
Wilam G Feely
Rhode Island
Bargaret A. Held
District of Columbia
Frank J Bergin
Ohio
Gideon
Pillow
Louise Suns
Freerick W Rase
New York
P J Alther
Kentucky
Mary J van Hook
Richard H Dalton
Russell E. Mikesell
Richard M Graham
Oregon
Silas Bessie R Mahon
Anna Dewson
Colorado
T J Butler
Kansas
Prederick R. Austin
Michigan
Francia J. Bulle
Rodgers to Havana as China conditions guide posting
James L. Rodgers former American consul general at Shanghai arrived in Washington after talks with State Department officials on China. He will relieve Consul General Steinhart in Havana after a short vacation, as Chinese merchant Sing studies the U.S. school system. A note mentions twenty five delegates to a special prize contest this week.
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Shanghai
Steinhart
Havana
James Lynn Rodgers
Washington
State Department
China
Tiavana
Sing
Rodgers
Attorney Gaddis Defends Land Warrant Practice Allegations
Edgar T Gaddis denies charges by the Pension Bureau accusing attorneys of trafficking in bounty land warrants. He asserts no official notice exists, argues reform should be non retroactive, and details his lawful handling of a single bounty warrant from application to sale. He emphasizes his client interests were faithfully represented.
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Gaddik
Pen+sion
Binter Post
Trafic
Sanday
Interior Department
Aid
Commissioner of Pensions
Land Office
Plage
Cie
Bureau of Pensions
Toind
Ien
Roosevelt
Burke
Edgar T Gaddis
Bounty
Warner vows continued probe into pension frauds across the country
Commissioner Warner pledges no let up in exposing alleged fraud by pension attorneys in land warrant cases. He plans to disbar violators from Interior Department practice and will pursue cases nationwide, citing a Baltimore example of a veteran’s administrator appointed for a dead Mexican War veteran.
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Pensions
Warner
Interior Department
Werner
United States
Baltimore
Appeal on Leeds Pearls. Treasury Objects to Appraisers Ruling
The Treasury Department will likely appeal to the courts from a board of general appraisers decision in the case of pearls imported by William B. Leeds the tinplate maker. Three years ago Leeds hired a New York dealer to obtain pearls intended for his wife and thirty seven pearls were bought abroad at a cost of 220000. Customs assessed 60 percent duty totaling 132000, Leeds refused claiming the pearls were drilled and sold as mere ornament. The Treasury will press an appellate path to challenge the appraisal ruling.
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Treasury Department
Board of General Appraisers
United States
William B. Leeds
Leeds
New York
Teeds
Post Freight Rates and ICC Tariff Posting Rules
The Interstate Commerce Commission sets a plan for posting railroad tariffs at two conspicuous spots in every station and allows general orders to modify the rule. Carriers may appoint agents to publish tariffs, with special rates for federal troop movements exempt, and minimum carload rules recognized to balance prompt car availability and capacity.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
United States
Naval and Marine Service
Canada and United States agree on railroading accounting rules
Canada adopts U S accounting changes to unify railway statistics on the continent. J I Payne of Canada informs the Interstate Commerce Commission that Canada will follow the new schedules to implement uniformity. The ICC notes the move will simplify accounting across borders.
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United States
Dominion of Canada
Bureau of Railway Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. I. Payne
Comptroller of Railway Statistics of Canada
Payne
Commission
Universal Food Ad Claims Grape-Nuts Benefits for Babies
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for a two year old weighing forty pounds and in good health. It asserts the cereal is pre-digested during manufacture converting starch to grape-sugar, aiding digestion and rapid absorption. The copy emphasizes suitability for delicate stomachs and nourishment, noting use in large quantities by a family.
Kinsley Succeeds Orr as New York Life President
Darwin P. Kinsley, first vice president of the New York Life Insurance Company, was elected president to succeed Alexander E. Orr. Orr had led after the Legislative Insurance investigation, pending a permanent successor. Kinsley pledged adherence to law in spirit and called restrictive life insurance legislation economically unsound. Also elected were vice presidents Thomas A. Buckner Rufus W. Weeks William E. Ingersoll Edward R. Perking treasurer Edmund D. Randolph and secretaries John McCall Seymour M. Ballard.
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New -York Life
New York
Pp. Kinsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Alexander E. Orr
Orr
New York Lite
Hinsley
Thomas A. Buckner
Rufus W. Weeks
William E. Ingersoll
Edward R. Perking
Edmund D. Randolph
John ©. McCall
Seymour M. Ballard
Missouri 2 Cent Fare Law Opens for Trial in 1907 Case
District Judge McPherson preserves jurisdiction to rule on the Missouri 2 cent fare act and its effect on freight rates. The 2 cent fare takes a three month trial, with railroads allowed to seek court action if unprofitable. State officers are temporarily barred from enforcing the maximum freight rate law as federal courts consider jurisdiction and ultimate findings of fact.
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Kansas City
John Smith McPherson
United States District Court
McPherson
Missouri
Schofield
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust Next in Sherman Anti Trust Action
Government plans to bring proceedings in the United States Court against the tobacco trust for violating the Sherman act. Investigations by Department of Commerce and Labor agents and former official J C McReynolds are cited as showing stifled competition. McReynolds met with Attorney General Bona Parte and Purdy as papers are prepared for a likely salt, aiming to prove the trust blocked free competition.
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Tobacco Trust
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
J C. McReynolds
Department of Justice
Congress
McReynolds
Bonaparte
Purdy
Officiala
Tob ‘Bacco Trust
John W. Yerkes Improves After Fall
Cincinnati June 17 Former Commissioner of Internal Revenue John W Yerkes is reported to be recovering from a recent fall. He will be confined to his room for two or three days and probably unable to attend the Han fai pepe Epis convention. Special prize for Jamestown this week.
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Cincinnati
Revision of Middies' Studies at Annapolis Board
A Navy Department board led by Capt. Richard Wainwright and including Commander Robert Griffin and Albert Key as recorder works in Washington and Annapolis to revise the four year midshipman curriculum. President views current course as too theoretical and seeks practical balance. board compares with Boston Tech, Try Institute, Lehigh, Harvard, Yale. The group will set standards anchored in mathematics to reflect seamanship as not an exact science, with a final report due by August 1.
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Richard Wainwright
Robert 8. Griffin
Albert 8. Key
T. L. Johnson
Navy Department
Annapolis Naval Academy
Annapolis
Washington
Academy
Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Prevent
Sach
Boston School of Technolosy
Try Institute
Lehigh
Harvard
Yale
Tia
Ita
Middies Transferred From Olympia For Summer Cruises
Forty four midshipmen of the third class aboard the cruiser Olympia will be transferred to the Severn for the summer. Capt T E Howard ordered the change due to crowding on the Olympia. The Severn, commanded by Capt H G Gates, will conduct short cruises inside the capes as the fourth class forms at the academy.
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Olympia
Washington Post
Annapolis
New England
T .E. Howard
Howard
Hampton Roads
Severn
Academy
Capes
H. G Gates
Army Orders Leaves of Absence and Assignments List
A long list of army and naval personnel actions including leaves of absence, assignments to forts and departments, temporary duties, and detailed postings for officers in the Army and Navy. Notable items include Maj Li Wield Artillery, Maj Oscar Straub Coast Artillery extended ten days, Capt Edgar A Macklin, Twenty-fifth Infantry four days, and various surgeons and engineers to Fort William H Seward, Fort Sill, Seattle, and Denver. Also notes naval officers' duties, ship movements, and personnel detailed as instructors and engineers.
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Li Wield
Acra
Oscar” “ Straub
Coast Artillery Corps
Edgar A Macklin
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Collin H Ball
Fourth Infantry
John Hammond
Artilery
Winitngs
Tenee Second Field Artillery
Frank J. Morton
Ghanark
Henry Kiersted
Seattle
Wash
Adjutant General of the Army
Roberto F. O'Connor
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Department of the Columbia
Robert H. Pierson
Mort Maxon Cal
Department of California
Robert 8. Welsh
Second Field Artillery
Michigan National Guard
Harry S.gilchrist
Robert A Patterson
Hospital Corps
Wiliam F Wooten
Corps of Engineers
Department of Texas
Arthur Williams
Camp Perry
Ohio
United States Army
Surgeon General
Army
Willam i
Bartlett
Minneangile
Mion
Ray W Bryan
Web
Ster Groves
Arthur C Christie
Clymer
Bernard
Costin
Macon
Howard W. Johran
Mount Washington
Hdgar King
Little Rock
Ark
Frederick
Arthur B Foster
Nineteenth Infantry
Ninth Infantry
George H McMaster
Eighth Infantry
Fourteenth Cavalry
Candidates at Annapolis Prepare for Naval Academy Exam
Annapolis Md June 17 The advance guard of candidates for admission to the Naval Academy will take the entrance examination on Wednesday at the Academy armory. About 80 new cadets are expected to enter next year with 408 vacancies. Over 300 candidates are in town and 368 have signified intent to be present. Senators and Representatives may designate candidates for about 200 additional vacancies from recent graduations.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Jynes
Academy
Silver Service Presented by Kansas to USS Kansas
Governor Hoch presided as Kansas donated a thirty five piece silver service to the battleship Kansas at League Island Navy Yard in Philadelphia on June 17. Capt C E Vreeland accepted the gift with a brief speech, as Kansas residents and naval officers looked on. Mrs Clarence E Hall then gave Capt Vreeland a stand of colors on behalf of the Kansas Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Gov. Hoch
Philadelphia
State of Kansas
Kansas
League Island Navy Yard
E. W. Hoch
C. E. Vreeland
State of
Navy
Clarence E. Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Officers Shun Retirement Under Navy Personnel Act
As the new fiscal year nears, the Navy faces shortfalls in senior commissioned grades because too few officers have filed for voluntary retirement. With less than two weeks left for retirement applications, twenty four vacancies remain above the junior lieutenant level, more than the original sixteen projected.
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Department
Leutenant
War games mark Pacific coast defense drills in Seattle
The War Department announced joint army and militia maneuvers on the Pacific coast from July 4 to 13. The operation centers on defending Seattle while a fleet of transports attempts to land forces at Fort Worden Fort Casey and Fort Flagler to attack coastal fortifications.
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War Department
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Fort Wordén
Fort Casey
Fort Flagler
Balloon Voyage Report Proof of Army Air Balloons
Captain C D Chandler of the Signal Corps reports a June 4 voyage from this city to Harrisburg in an army balloon with two others. The craft traveled about 1088 miles to the north with an observed 35 mph average at times, starting 1:15 pm and landing 5:45 pm with total weight 2402 pounds. The War Department accepted the balloon and the signal office may pursue additional purchases in autumn.
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Chandler
Habsburg
C. D. Chandler
Signal Corps
Army
Harrisburg
War Department
Heroism Brings Pardons For Seamen By Metcalf
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, with presidential approval, pardoned seamen Ivan L. Barkhurst and Carl A. Gyver confined on the prison ship Southey in Boston Harbor. They were pardoned for aiding in saving Marine Private Frank Dixie from drowning after he fell overboard.
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Metcalf
Marine Secretary of the Navy
Ivan L. Barkhurst
Carl A. Gyver
Southey
Boston
Frank Dixe
Marine Corps
Barkhurst
Gyver
Diplomat Seeks Recognition Amid Honduras Nicaragua Tensions
Senor Don Angel Ugarte arrived in Washington representing Honduras provisional government and seeks formal presentation to Secretary Root. Nicaragua through Minister Corea opposes recognition of Ugarte as diplomat. Davila's stance and Zelaya’s garrison raise questions on Honduras federation plans and continued leadership. Expedition against Acajutla allegedly coordinated by Managua authorities with 100 Miaragan convicts among invaders. Tulian Yrias, once Nicaragua's interior secretary, commanded the invading steamer.
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Nicaragua
Don Angel Ugarte
Daviila
Honduras
Acajutia
Senor
Washington
State Department
Root
Zelaya
Davila
Corea
Senor Ugarte
Davilla
Acayutla
Senor Mejia
Salvador
Acajutla
Momotombo
Managua
Tulian Yrias
Interior of
Stand by My Wife Letter From Col Ayres At West Point
Highland Falls NY June 13 Col Charles G Ayres USA says he stands by his wife and disapproved her actions at West Point He notes a letter from the Philippines in which he challenges remarks about Army conditions and mentions a War Department inquiry and his obedience to a restriction against his wife trespassing on West Point property.
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Editor Post
Washington Post
New York
West Font
Charles G Ayres
USA
Philippines
Col Ayres
West Point
Charles Gayres
Highland Falls
N Y
Lieut Farnsworth to Wed Miss Pullman
Special to The Washington Post New York June 17 The wedding of Lieut Edward E Farnsworth stationed at Fort Hamilton and Miss Mary Pullman daughter of Col J W Pullman U A will be on Tuesday July 2 at noon in the Chapel of Mary Star of the Sea Governor Island Miss Pullman’s attendants include her sister Frances Mrs Taylor Evans daughter in law of Rhoner Admiral Robley D Evans as matron of honor and four bridesmaids Anne Greble Edith Hermen Mary Gale and Ethel Pullman The ceremony will be performed by Rev Father J Anthony Grogan of New York.
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Washington
Edward E Farnsworth
Fort Hamilton
Mary Pullman
J. W. Pullman
U A
Church of Mary
Star of the Sea
Governora Island
Miss Pulliman
Frances
Taylor Evans
Robley D Evans
Khonor
Anne Greble
Edith Hermen
Mary Gale
Ethel Pullman
J Anthony Grogan
New York
Wireless Test Success on 700 Mile Sea Run
Report to the chief signal officer states the wireless telegraph apparatus on the transport Thomas operated very satisfactorily during a 700 mile at sea test. Communication was established with the coast. Plans call for similar systems on the transports Logan Sherman and Sheridan.
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Thomas
Army
Logan
Sherman
Sheridan
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