Bullets Under Glass Test May Settle Blame in Riot
Witnesses say a Springfield rifles claim and other weapons may have been used in the Brownsville riot. The Senate Military Affairs Committee plans microscopic bullet tests and cartridge examinations from War Department exhibits, to determine if the bullets came from negro soldiers or were obtained by civilians.
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House
Brownsville
Senate
War Department
Purdy
Department of Justices
Brownsville Testimony Covers Racial Tension and Soldier Presence
The witness described other boys in the party and a 60 by 100 mile strip as a dimping ground for lawless elements. Senator Culberson attended, listened, and pressed a strict cross examination. Rinnel recounted conversations with locals fearing black soldiers would not stay long in Brownsville.
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West
Texas
Brownsville
Culberson
Foster
Veryttle
Rinnel
Postmasters Named in White House Recess Appointments
The White House announced a list of recess Postmasters across states including Alabama Arkansas California Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi New Jersey New York North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas West Virginia and others. Names tied to towns such as Eecity Camden Hartford Hemet Tarpon Springs Cochran Monticello Sylvester Augusta and more appear with multiple assignments.
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Alabama
Joseph R. Franklin
Eecity
William Joseph Leppert
Camden
Arkansas
Wells F Smith
Hartford
California
C 0Ollette
Hemet
Fiorlita
George F Fornald
Tarpon Springs
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William Dunham
Cochran
Augusta Glover
Monticclo
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Eleryn McDonald
Lagrange
Indian Territory
Lyman P Beard
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James J. Prichard
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Joseph Tinka
Augusta
James Ne Coffey
Columbia
Wallace R Wood
Elkton
Musher Is Henorin
William N. Turner
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Minden
Michigan
Frederick A Roethlisberger
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Peter Johnon
Thompsonville
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James B . Pitts
Wayneboro
New Jersey
Joseph E. Fulper
Washington
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Clyde
Charles A Beenan
Depa North Carolina
John B Spence
Charlotta
Willan J. Leaver
Edenton
Thomas H. Dickeng
Enfield
Willis Percival Edwards
Franklinton
Mambrick
Hickory
Lemott
Frank Roberts
Marshall
Mobley
Williamaten
Oklahoma
Frances
Ahern
J. D Anderson
Miles Station
W. H. Hoffman
Waco
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Berkeley Springs
George T Goshorn
Piedmont
Thomas I. Pownall
Teorey North Carolina
Robert D. Douglas
Greensboro
JR. Joyce
Reidsville
Kansas
John Q Roberts
la Harpe
Thomas G Ross
Watervilet
Texas
David A Robinson
Dallas
Michigan's Waters Denied Chicago Board Application
Secretary Taft refused the Chicago sanitary board's request to divert Lake Michigan water into the Calumet River drainage canal. Brig. Gen. Mackenzie recommended denial, noting would lower Great Lakes depths and harm harbors. Any project counter to congressional acts should be disfavored unless sanctioned by Congress.
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Sanitary Board
City of
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Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Gen
Mackenzie
Great Lakes
Congress
Department
Judge Advocate General
Taft to Sail for Isthmus Panama on Columbia
Secretary Taft has arranged a trip to the Isthmus of Panama aboard the cruiser Columbia. He will travel with three members of the House and Senate Canal Committees and three civilian engineers. They sail from Charleston around March 23 or 24 and stay about a month. Engineers Nebel Freeman and Tearns will examine Gatun lock foundations with deep test pits prepared. After Panama the party will visit Cuba and Porto Rico for study and a special report for the President.
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Columbia
Taft
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Mitlard
Nebraska
Senate Canal Committee
Burton
Ohio
de Armond
Missouri
House Canal Committee
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Roosevelt
Gatun Locks
Alfred Nebel
Pennsylvaniar Railroad
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Massachusetts
John R Freeman
Shrmis
Barrett Corrects Quotation On South America Trade
John Barrett of Washington, D.C., March 14, writes to correct a misquote in this morning's issue about South America. He says he used the word Argentina instead of Braga in a test report and notes vast export trade comparisons among Brazil, Japan, and China.
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South America
Brazil
Japan
China
Fellegrini
Argentina
Allvons
John Barrett
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt orders bars on Japanese and Koreans from entering US
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to refuse entry to skilled and unskilled Japanese and Korean laborers who hold passports to Mexico, Canada, or Hawaii and seek to come to the continental United States. The move ends the San Francisco school controversy and dismisses related suits.
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Roosevelt
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San Francisco
Lchmitz
School Board of
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Washington
Canal Zone
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Roosevelt Orders Dismissal Of School Segregation Suit
Department of Justice instructed United States attorney Devlin in San Francisco to drop the writ of mandamus and equity suit against San Francisco school authorities over Japanese children's admission to white public schools. President Roosevelt pledged dismissal if the school board rescinded its ban. DOJ has not confirmed but dismissal is presumed.
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Roosevelt
United States
Devlin
San Francisco
Publc
Delvin
Secret hearing on oil firms overcharges in NC case
Interstate Commerce Commission held a closed session yesterday in Raleigh as Commissioner Prouty heard Laurinburg Oil Co and Lumberton Cotton Ginning Co of North Carolina about alleged underbilling and underweighing of shipments on the Seaboard Air Line. If warranted, the ICC will refer the matter to the Department of Justice for action, with penalties up to $5,000 or imprisonment.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Excessive Rates Alleged At ICC Hearing Against Southern Railway
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard evidence and oral arguments yesterday in a case brought by the North Carolina Gas Workers Association against the Southern Railway and multiple railroads. The suit claims minimum car-load weights at Pacific Coast terminals impose excessive freight charges and seeks reasonable rates. Briefs will follow from both sides after the hearing. Congressmen Start Home Sunday from Panama, with planned stops at Kingston Jamaica and Port-au-Prince en route to New York by March 24 or 25.
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Kingston
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Park Au Prines
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Kework
Hobson Urges Large Navy for Peace at Navy League Talk
Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson told a George Washington section of the United States Navy League that America should possess a navy as large as the world’s combined to secure peace. He warned of vast destruction from battle ships and cited that 20,000,000 citizens could be shot from off our coast. Local league president Commissioner EH.Macfarland linked arbitration with naval strength, noting German Naval League membership and urging unity. Attaches from Japanese Russian and English embassies attended.
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Unite States Navy League
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America
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Extra Half Hour of Clerk Duty In Land Office
Clerks in the General Land Office will stay until 5 pm adding a half hour to each day. Secretary James R Garfield signed the order at the Interior Department's helm following Commissioner Ballinger's recommendation. Roosevelt era entries on public lands slowed work, prompting the extension though pay remains unchanged.
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James R Garfield
Interior Department
Ballinger
The
Land Office
Roosevelt
Try for Consular Places Tests Open to President Nominated
Seventeen candidates sat the first of three consular service examinations under the U S Civil Service Commission at the Census Bureau. Eighteen were nominated by President Roosevelt, one delayed by fog in New York and excused from yesterday's test. the lone candidate may join today. Secrecy surrounds names, residences, and ratings, with results announced later.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Census Bureau
Rousevelt
New York
State Department
England
New York Harbor
Civil Service
Markets of the World illustrated lecture at Carroll Institute
O P Austin spoke on global trade patterns describing how Europe supplies the Orient with about 6 percent of clothing and household goods while the United States provides about 1 percent. He argued American manufacturers could influence Orient markets by promoting Occidental styles and samples.
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Bureau of Statistica
Carrol Institute
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Orient
United States
New York
District Plans Coast Defense Militia Camps At Fort Washington
The War Department outlined a plan to train about 20 000 militiamen from district forces for coast defense. Seven National Guard companies will report to Fort Washington and five to Fort Hunt with test camps from July 1 to 16. Regular officers will instruct, with militia groups paired to batteries for peace and war duty, aiming to extend camps across coast artillery districts.
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George H. Harries
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Potomac
Puch
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Filan
War Department
Admiral Davis Upheld In Kingston Earthquake Incident
In Parliament, Foreign Secretary Grey praised Rear Admiral Davis of the American Navy and rebuked the idea that he unlawfully landed armed forces in Jamaica during the Kingston earthquake. Liberal MP Jesse Collings questioned international law, but Grey defended Davis’ actions as humanitarian and rightly restrained.
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Mar
Gov. Swettenham
Jamaica
Davis
Kingston
House of Commons
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Tormgn
Grey
Collings
Curzon Defeats Rosebery for Oxford Chancellor
Lord Curzon of Kedleston elected Oxford University chancellor by 1111 votes to 430 over Lord Rosebery at the Sheldonian Theatre. Contested race breaks a longtime tradition of unopposed appointments. The result reflects political alignment as Curzon, a Conservative, defeats Rosebery amid broad national interest.
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Mar
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Kedleston
India
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Lord Rosebery
Sheldonian ‘Theater
House of Commons
Condemns Pasteur System By Agricultural Union
Berlin report on March 14 says Prof Bearing at an Agricultural Union meeting attacked Pasteur's milk purification system. He argued against artificial milk, sterilization of milk and boiling water, claiming boiled milk harms infants and boiling water destroys natural elements for bone and sinew, advocating healthy cows and purity.
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Agricultural Union Today
Bearing
Pasteur
Behring
Stainer's Crucifixion to be sung at Trinity Church
James D. McGonville Co presents a 8 o clock performance of Stainer's Crucifixion at Trinity Church located at Third and C Streets NW. Choirmaster Oscer Frankim Gomsteck leads the choir. all are welcome.
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Philadelphia Gets Million From Evans Estate
Philadelphia will receive 1 million dollars from the Dr Thomas W Evans estate instead of the 5 million bequest in his will. All pending litigation will be abandoned. The funds support the Dr Thomas W Evans Dental Institute and Museum in the city.
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Thomas W. Evans
Coal price cut. Reading collieries to shut next week
Anthracite operators agree to a 60 cent coal price reduction on April 1 as spring schedules begin. Uncertainty surrounds possible pea coal cuts. Reading Company plans a full shutdown of its 32 collieries for the entire next week due to ample stock and weak demand.
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