Pearl Wight’s Power Appointment Sparks Debate
New Orleans ship chandler Pearl Wight is named for the Internal Revenue Commissionership, December start. The plan links Wight to Roosevelt to secure Louisiana Mississippi delegates and lucrative Panama Canal supply contracts via his business network including Woodward Wight & Co and related lumber firms. critics warn of political favoritism and potential graft.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
Internal Revenue
Louisiana
Mississippi
Wight
John G. Capers
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Spoksman
Internal Revenue District
New Orleans
Roosevelt & Wight
Brownsville
Lily White
South
Lily Whites
Pearl Wight
F. B. Williams
George B. Cortelyou
White House
Isthmian Canal
Lighthouse Board
Mint
Woodward, Wight & Co
Canal Street
Canal Commission
Post Office
Woodward
Camp & Hinton Company
Camp & Hinton Company, From Which Mr. Wight
Isthmus
Panama Lumber and Trading Company
Canal
F. B. Williams Cypress Company
F. B. Williams Lumber
Hinton Company
R. XE. Weems
Furnish
Louisiana Lumber Ties Scandal Draws Roosevelts Attention
A Louisiana Mississippi lumber ring linked to internal revenue operations and political power is alleged to influence contracts and inspector appointments. Wight and Williams, central figures in the Lily White setup, are accused of steering favors to allied firms, with Mississippi officials pressing anti trust concerns and federal inquiries pending.
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Pearl Wight
Washington
Willams
Canal Zone
Wight
New Orleans
Lumbermen's Exchange
Camp & Hinton Company
Williams
Lily White
Veranda
Louisiana
Mississippi
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Internal Revenue District of
Louisiana and Mississippi Lumber Association
Southeastern Lumber Association
Wight and Williams
I J. C. W. Robinson
Cc. W. Robinson Company
Congressman Bird
Meridian
Moody
District of Mississippi
Robinson
Roosevelt
S of Lumber
Wilson
L. B. Moseley
Mississippi Legislative Committee
Messis
Wight Ana Williams
Longino
Piney Woods
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Mint
Wight and Willams
Lily White’ Organization
Whitney Central National Bank
Lily White’ State Committee
Yarmouth
Whitey Bank
Gorchaux
Whitney Bank
Iti
Erement
Tion
Pxo
AO Wien
Watteme Conbiennen
Wight's political appointment amid party struggles
Inside accounts reveal pressure and calculated timing around appointing Wight to the revenue service for political reasons. The piece notes Wight's broad interests, possible delays before December, and how Black and Tan and Lily White factions influence elections and policy. It cites statements about Roosevelt, Louisiana, and party seating at the forthcoming convention.
Kansas War With Wilson Over Arid State Joke
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Coburn clashes with Secretary Wilson after a jab at arid Kansas. Wilson claims Kansas is arid, Coburn defends Kansas lead in wheat and corn, citing state production and savings. Fallout includes cartoons, letters, and staff watching Coburn for errors as tensions rise.
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Kansan
Wilson
Kansas
F. D. Coburn
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Iowa
Coburn
Agricultural Department
Topeka
Department 2 Agriculture
Wilson Lettter
Kangas
Federal Agricultural Department
Times
West
Bleeding
Nicaragua Denies Demanding Honduras Territory
Mexico City June 23 Minister Jose Dolores Gomez of Nicaragua denies reports that Nicaragua had demanded any part of Honduran territory. He states his government is satisfied with the ruling by the King of Byam at the former boundary dispute and has no intention of making any demands on Honduras.
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Honduras
Saya
Gomez
Mexico City
Jose Dolores Gomez
Nicaragua
Byam
Taft Boom Faces Opposition as Campaign Plans Form
Taft boom quiets while opposition forces are blamed for a weak push. Taft to return from the Philippines around the National Republican Committee meeting in December, with prestige from directing early self-government in the islands. Roosevelt allies strengthen control of the committee. prospects for Taft nomination hinge on December actions and subsequent convention location.
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Taft
Philippines
National ‘Republican Committee
Mana
Japan
Salvadorese Imprisonment Sparks State Department Probe
State Department investigates the detention of George and Howard Moissant in San Salvador over alleged refusal to submit to a local custom. If not native, but naturalized Americans, they risk citizenship loss under a recent Congress act. The brothers have long resided in Central America and are linked to Salvadoran politics and the Acajutla attack.
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State Department
Joan
George
Howard Moissant
San Salvador
Merry
America
Moissants
Central América
Salvador
Acajutla
Lobster Famine Threatens Coastal Supplies
The Jowers warn of a lobster famine as the season nears, driven by a failed lobster crop. Most U S lobster supply originates from the southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton island. Open lobster fishing runs May 1 to July 31, with wintry weather disrupting transportation and business. Consul West reported a wart wave affecting state commerce in May.
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Cape Breton
Mosquito Control Efforts on Isthmus Report
A district report details unusually heavy rains on the Isthmus creating numerous mosquito breeding pools. Authorities remove standing water, divert channels, and apply oil to slow currents. Malaria reports are cataloged, and labor is concentrated to eliminate breeding sites while health conditions improve since May.
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Lana
Ayres Case Considered as Taft-Oliver Confer
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver conferred with Secretary Taft over a report from Lieut. Col. Charles G. Ayres regarding statements linked to the Hester Overcoat incident at West Point. The Ayres case status was discussed and will be publicized by Acting Secretary Oliver today. Ayres, on leave from Walla Walla, Wash., is at Highland Falls near West Point where Mrs Ayres resides after being excluded from the grounds. Army sentiment toward Ayres is unfriendly. the matter is delicate for the department. Taft left for New Haven to attend Yale Corporation today and will return to Washington next Thursday after Yale events.
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Oliver
Taft
Charles G. Ayres
Fourteenth Infantry
Department
Col. Ayres
West Point
Hester
Ayres
Walla Walla
Wash
Highland Falls
New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
New York
Henry W. Taft
University
Washington
Washington university to add diplomats as faculty
George Washington University announced new faculty additions for diplomacy and international law. Joan Ball Osborne will lecture on consular service while James Brown Scott will teach international law. Also joining are W. W. Willoughby and Henry P. Wills, with ongoing service from Justices Harlan and Brewer.
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George Washington University
Joan Ball Osborne
Bureau of Trade, Relations
State Department
Foreign Service
Osborne
James Brown Scott
United States
Scott
University
Justice Harlan
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
President Roosevelt's-order prompts field officer drills
President Roosevelt urged better rider performance from field officers. Brig. Gen. E. S. Godfrey of the Department of the Missouri issued an order requiring post commanders to compel field officers to take part in all practice matches encampments and field exercises. Absences must be explained.
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Department of Missouri
Roosevelt
Taft
E. S. Godfrey
Department of the Missouri
New Consuls Recognized by State Department Honors Credentials
The State Department has recognized numerous foreign consular officers, including Etienne Lanel of France, Lama Quintero and Guillermo Figueroa of Costa Rica, and several Spanish and British representatives across the United States. Also listed are consuls from Peru, Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands, plus a note on Michigan Social Club’s annual picnic with officers elected for the year.
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State Department
Etienne Maria Louis Lanel
France
New York
Lama C. Quintero
Costa Rica
New Orleans
Guillermo Figueroa
Boston
Mars
Antonio Luque Y Lucena
Spain
San Francisco
Hilarion Gonzalez del Castillo
Nollo
P. I
Gustavo A. Walther
Philadelphia
J. W. Cirry
Netherlands
Gulfport
Mist
Otto Scheidt
German Empire
Galveeton
Tex
Josquin Carel Y Rivera
Speja
San Juan
Porta Rica
Ra ‘Mon Nobog
Y Manuel de Villenna
Porto Rico
Adelardo Fernandes Arias
Manila
P. 1
Esteban de Balazer
Andress C. de Leon
Guatemala
Mobile
Ala
Manuel J. Munez
Peru
Augusto Franceschini
Italy
Leonard Read
Island of Vieques
Porta Rich
Arthur Ponsonby Wilmer
Michigandera
Michigan Social Club
Glen Echo
William Agnew
Joseph Waterman
Burrid Wilson
PSR Ownear
Emil Biabee
Treas
Fragmented lines on vitality and endurance
A garbled passage discusses vitality as an epiphenomenon of ire and surmetting otrepid, noting pametion of bedisa and early indicators of vitality through atreneth and endurance. It mentions Sarsaparia as greatest.
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Sarsaparia Ia
Public Printer Stillings Says Eight Hour Law Is Best
Public Printer Stillings says the Government Printing Office faces heavy year end pressure and must add intermediate and night work to avoid overtime. He argues overtime wastes efficiency, notes mercurial demand, and urges departments to send copy in advance to keep three shifts employed within eight hour limits.
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Stillings
Congress
Bolomon
Less pay for watchmen in government printing office
Government Printing Office workers face a pay change after July 1 with debate over night shift increases. The night watch force, veterans of the Civil War, may be excluded from the 20 percent night-work premium under the new regulatory act. Legal challenges and expert opinion could arise to resolve the pay status of these employees.
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General Printing Act
Government Printing Office
Praig
Eich
Aninge
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Panama Canal
NEW Internal. Revenue Commissioner
A. H. Longino
Missisippi
Bank and Trust
Hanna
Booker Washington
Edgar’ S. Wilson
PEARL
Revenue Service
Inis
Mc ‘Kinley
McKinley
Foraker
Ohio
Democratic Organization
Republican Organization
Farmer-statesman
Geta
The
Baltimore American
Taft Boom
Kent
Antis
National Committee
Harry 8. New
Aleot
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Fairbanks
Heyburn
Idaho
Naional
Pearl Wigat
Capers
New
Benjamin Harrison
Chicago
John C. New
Harrison
Indianapolis Journal
Unnational
James S. Clarkson
Cortelyou
J. B. Osborne
P. C. Forge
Gatreet
Lutz & CO
Pennsylvania Ave
Journeymen Plasterers’ Association
Mondat
M. E. Green
Thomas F. Keely
DR. Winks ii
R. P. Andrews’ Paper Co
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Ls. Ave
Pa. Ave
N.W
Columbia Ane
Mats. Thure
Hilda Spong
Columbia Theater .Co
Charlotte Walker
Fitch
Geraldine
Egge
Mats
Belasgo
Sonevenings
Garden
Edwin Arden
Sardou
NEW National Theater Aborn Opera CO. i
Chimes
Normandy
Fortune Teller
Lyceum Big Burlesque
Star Vaudeviile
Charles J. Goodfellow
SO Weaver
Femsus Laurent
Concessiona
Ciase Lake
U. S. Marine Band
Great Falls
Potomac
Niagara
Indy
Pefrate
Addrem
Berlitz School
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Prud'homme
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