Hawaii Confere nce Seeks Immigrant Policy Clarity
A Honolulu conference on March 8 discussed whether Spanish immigrants en route on the Heliopolis fall under Attorney General Bonaparte s ruling against state aided immigration. Officials seek a clear interpretation if current aid can land before July 1 when the new law takes effect.
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Department
Honolulu
Mar
Territorial Board of Immigration
Sargent
Hawai
Heliopolis
Bonaparte
New Orleans
Charles Schuler
Agriculture
United States
South Carolina
Loulsiana
Hawaii
Europe
Azores
Azores Islands
Department of Commerce
America
Straus
Earle
Parker
Larned
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cooley
Department of Justice
Denies Harriman Suit by Interstate Commerce Board
Chairman Knapp denied New York reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission planned to sue to force Union Pacific to divest Southern Pacific stock and to sever the two railroads. He said no authority exists for such action and an April 4 hearing will test if Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are competing. A later review will consider Sherman Act violations.
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Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Southern Pactic
Commission
Harriman
United States
Federal Court
Southern District of
W. H. Harriman
Funeral of Capt Gibbon Ends With Military Honors
Burial of Capt David J. Gibbon US A retired at St Margaret s Episcopal Church after services at the general hospital Washington Barracks. A cavalry troop from Fort Myer escorted the body. Honorary pallbearers included Brig Generals Andrews Chambers McKibbin Moore O Connell Kell and Maj Edmund Webster. Gibbon, aged sixty four, was born in Cincinnati and rose from second lieutenant in 1872 to captain on retirement in 1904.
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Arlnston
David J. Gibbon
General Hospital
Washington Barracks
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Herbert Scott Smith
Fort Myer
Andrews
Burt
U. 3
Chambers .McKibbin
Francis Moore
John O'Connell
U. 8
William H. Kell
U. S.A
Edmund I. Webster
Gibbon
Cincinnati
Ohio
Histon
Home Committee Formed To Seek U S W V District DC Home
Commander Mitchell announces creation of a permanent Home Committee to back a U S W V for the District of Columbia. The committee will work with the department council of administration and includes Past Department Commander John Lewis Smith, Department Inspector Baper Murray, and Past Senior Vice Department Commander G Leyburn Shorey. A lecture on Federal Archives by Waldo G. Leland will follow a Columbia Historical Society meeting at the Shoreham at 8 o'clock.
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Mitchell
United Spanish War Veterans
District of Columbia
Oppenheimers Hall
Department Council of Administration
Baper Walter Witchesse
John Lewis Smith
B. Murray
G. Leyburn Shorey
Federal
Federal Government
Waldo G. Leland
Department of Historical Research
Carnegie
Columbia Historical. Society
Shoreham
Boy Preacher Thornay Harrison to Speak at Hamline Church
The evangelist known as the boy preacher will occupy the pulpit of Hamline M. E. Church at Ninth and F streets NW this Sunday at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend this service as he delivers his message.
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Thornay Harrison
Hamline M. E. Church
Ninth
Immigrant Embassy Wiring Case Tests Diplomatic Immunity
Inspector Kerns sought a search warrant to arrest Arthur C. Belson for wiring the British Embassy at 1300 Connecticut Avenue without permits or inspection. Assistant Corporation Counsel Pugh noted immunity may shield the property, unless Ambassador Bryce waives rights. warrant issued and held to await Ambassador’s stance. Belson allegedly installed wiring on March 2 without a permit and powered it without inspection.
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Kerns
Electrical Department of the District
Arthur C. Belson
Connecticut Avenue
Pugh
Bryce
Baison
Connectcut Avenue
Exclusion of the Coolies and Japanese Policy Under Review
President Roosevelt plans to actively consider the German tariff question and the Japanese situation over the next two weeks after discussions with Secretary Root and North. A likely executive order may implement a provision of the immigration law allowing the denial of entry to foreign passport holders if their travel harms American labor, a move tied to the San Francisco school authorities agreement.
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Roosevelt
Root
Mr. North
Germany
United States
Canal Zone
United
San Francisco
Through Route Proposal From Puget Sound Lumbermen
Commissioner Lane advised lumber groups in the Puget Sound region to file a formal complaint under the railroad rate law seeking a through route. They request transport via Portland Oregon over the Northern Pacific to Missouri River points, citing Great Northern and Northern Pacific limits on lumber shipments. The two railroads admit capacity limits and have restricted through rates with Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific.
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Lane
Puget Sound
Larebermtent
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Lare
Kimbermen Weat
Cascade Mountains
Missouri
Tha Commission
Portland
Oreg
Oregon
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific
Changes in Health Service Official Bulletin March 6 1907
The bulletin lists changes in stations and duties for officers of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service for the week ended March 6 1907. It notes multiple leaves of absence two to thirty days for surgeons including G W Stoner B L J Reasonall J T Burkhalter T W Salmon W H Prost Hugh de Valin K Kennan A A B McLarty H H Steam J G Wilson RB Wilson and a fifteen day suspension without pay for RB Wilson. It also records promotions of L P Hall to pharmacist and E Rogers plus staffing shifts and temporary assignments in Washington and Harrisburg Va with various regulatory paragraph references.
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Department Jssues
United States Pubic Health and Marine Hospital Service
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
G. W. Stoner
BL. J. Reasnall
Herrisburg
Washington
J. T. Burkhalter
T. W. Salmon
W. H. Prost
Hugh de Valin
Wiwence
K. Kennan
A. A. B McLarty
Sureon
H. H. Steam
Teave
Sureson
J. G. Wilson
RB. Wilron
Barth
L. P. Hall
Allen
Ing
Racist E. Rogers
Admiral Schley Returns Fully Recovered in Baltimore
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, reported fully recovered from illness, returned to Washington after staying in Baltimore for a Knights Templar banquet. He attended the event Thursday night, then rested in a lodge room before speaking later, appearing in normal health.
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Washington
Baltimore
Winfield Scott Schley
Thursiday
Columbia
Knights Templar
Crusade
Crusade Commandery
Avas
Aoa
Rom
Signal Corps plans giant balloon for air observation stays
Brig. Gen. James Allen confirms the War Department will build a large coal gas balloon at Fort Omaha for military observations. Specifications call for 78 000 cubic feet of gas, five crew, and 1 50 pounds ballast. The project aims to train Signal Corps personnel and eventually produce hydrogen gas locally to cut costs.
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Signal Corps
War Department
James Allen
Fort Omaha
Nebr
Ajlen
Allen
Cory
Military orders and officer moves from early 1907
The document lists leaves of absence for officers, two months of March to May, and several resignations. It records second lieutenants assigned to Cavalry and Infantry units with ranks dated February 1907, plus temporary command transfers at Forts McIntosh and Elfon. Movements include naval vessel arrivals and departures, and several rear admirals and captains commissioned in February 1907.
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Wreter Ten E. Humphreys
Corps of Engineers
Secon
Ligut
Andrew J. “Lindsay
Clarence H. McNeil
Lynn
Mass
Behenectady
N. J
Bayonne
Fist Cavalry
Henry W. Butrd
Fifth Cavalry
Alexander H. Jones
Thirteenth Cavalry
Charen Ly Stevenson
Fifteenth Cavalry
Frank Chapin
Jacob E. Fickel
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Jesse W. Boyd
Ebenezer G. Beurst
Rush B. Lincoln
Billiam F. Sharp
Walter F. J. Hortignn
Bruce Megender
Highteenth
George Mf. Huddleson
Birteenth
Hampton M. Hood
Albert BE. Brown
Lockett
Iagene Robinson
Chester B. “Louchetm
Twelth
Harry ZL. King
Savalls
Quartermaster General of the Army
Fort Mclntosh
Tex
Jallies Ae Aealec
Hiram Mel
Powell
Twenty-Atth Infantry
Harry J. Hirach
Twentieth Infantry
Quartermaster's Department
Wendell L. Simpson
Albert J. Woode
Sixth Cavalry
New York City
William B Davie
Andrew J. ‘Lindsay
Col
Adley
B. F. Tiley
F. 5. Sawyer
T. B. Howard
Navy
H. Mob. P. Huse
Snowden
Germmnander
F. Lopez
R. Willams
Indien Head
Teguma
Navy Appointments and Assignments Noted in Official Notice
An official notice lists appointments of medical officers including Al H Simons Evalyn FR Holmes and HL Hayden as Assistant Surgeons in the Navy from March 6 1907. It also mentions Acting Assistant Surgeon Fr Schwerin assigned to Norfolk Virginia and the Naval Hospital there, with First Lieutenant and other ranks referenced in a dated military context.
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AL H. Simons
Evalyn FR
Holmes
Marine Corps
Rearranging Florida Turrets for Gun Blast Tests
Preparations in Norfolk to test heavy 12 inch gun firings on the monitor Florida. Aimed to show concussion will not jeopardize crews in turrets below. Previous sea tests succeeded except for shattered glass. new layout seeks even better results.
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Norfolk
Mar
Florida
South Carolina
Michigan
War ships to visit France for Bordeaux exposition
Several American war ships will be sent to Bordeaux France for a maritime exposition celebrating Robert Fulton’s steam navigation. The exposition opens May 1 and runs six months with naval exhibits, though ship details are undecided. A squadron will detach from the fleet for the Jamestown Exposition opening and likely reach Bordeaux in June.
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Bordeaux
France
Robert Fulton
United States
Jume
Naval inspection trip invited by Secretary Metcalf
Secretary Metcalf invites the Naval Committees of Senate and House to accompany him on an inspection tour of Atlantic coast stations, including the new Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba. Acceptances已 received from Senators Hale Penrose and Carter. The party will depart Washington early next week by the Dolphin or the Mayflower.
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Metcalf
Congressional Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Atlantic Cosal
Guantanao
Cuba
Hale
Penrose
Carter
Washington
Mission of Friendship Says Spanish Minister in Manila Bay Aid
Senor Don Remon Fina, the new Spanish Minister, tells an interviewer his mission is to cement new ties with the United States. He says the aim is to help both nations move past the war while noting Admiral Dewey’s Manila Bay victory and reflecting on Spain’s postwar progress and renewed vigor.
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Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
United States
Sénor
Don Remon Fina
Senor Pina
America
Senor Ping
Fo Washington
Senor Ojeda
Sines
Regation
Lula Factor
Ema
Death of Harry Guilford a 48 year old assistant cashier
Death notice for Harry Guilford aged forty eight who served over twenty five years as assistant cashier at Adams Mapress Company warehouse. He died yesterday at his brother William P Guilford's home on Tenth Street southeast after a year of tuberculosis illness. Funeral services are set for 2 PM tomorrow with burial in Glenwood Cemetery. He leaves a daughter, Miss Pauline Guilford.
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Harry 1
Wunorn
Adams Mapress’ Company
William 'P. Guilford
Tenth Stréet
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Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
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Atlantic & Pacific
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Georgetown
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Victor E. Adler
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