Foraker Pays Own Expenses as Brownsville Inquiry Faces Cross Checks
Witness Macias Tamayo testified on the Brownsville shooting inquiry, describing the August events near Fort Brown and denying involvement of negro soldiers. Senator Foraker disclosed paying his own costs to interview witnesses, prompting procedural tensions with other committee members.
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Brownaville
Yex
Foraker
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Twenty-ftth Infantry
Macias G. Tamayo
Fort Brown
Senator Foraker
Twentyteixth Infantry
Springfield Arsenal
War Department
Washington
Taft
Gen. Crozier
Roosevelt
Macias Fomayo
Negrose
Tamayo
Belnz Dade & Target
Jason
Tomayo
Warner
Overman
Foster
Ferguson
Foater
Constitution League
Black
New York
Mr. Foraker
Perguson
Rimmells
Frank Fisher
Company M
William J. Rappe
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Roulette
Rapne
Experts for Penrose Testify on Rifle Fit
Springfield cartridges could be loaded into a Winchester rifle as witnesses testified in the Penrose court martial. Lieut Wiegensden demonstrated the loading and H A Stocky described a Fort Mcintosh experiment simulating Brownsville shooting conditions. An engineer testified gun flashes were not enough to illuminate the shooters faces or bodies.
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San Antonio
Tex
Penrose
Lieut
Wiegensden
H. A. Stocky
Fort Mcintosh
Brownsville
Amazing Wireless Feats Reported From Washington to Pensacola
Officials from the signal services of the army and navy note a continental wireless achievement after a Washington to Pensacola message was received at Point Loma California. A second transmission from the battleship Connecticut to Washington was recorded and confirmed by J H Millison, who captured the messages and notified Atlantic stations.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Pensacola
Fla
Naval
Point ‘Loma
California
Connecticut
New York
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Millison
Atlantic Stations
Atlantic Coast
Health Service Changes in Official Bulletin Week Ended March 13
The United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service lists station and duty changes for seven days ending March 13. Leave of absence for multiple officers ranges from two to fourteen days, with some transfers and reassignments to duties at Ellis Island, Porto Rico, Cairo, and New Orleans. Appointment of Henry Goldthwaite as acting valiant surgeon and Arza Williams as pharmacist noted. Venezuela to be represented at The Hague conference. Also promotes Personally Conducted Excursions with reduced rail fares.
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United States Public Health and‘ Marine Hospital Services
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
F.C. Kallous
J. W. Ameris
Sergeon M. W. Glover
J. 8
Beggoes
F. Ankford
Elite Island
San Juani
Porto Rico
Algonquin
LM. W. Goldsborough
J. V. la Grange
Boston
Mass
L. W. Hyder
Wahington
G. Carlton
Cairo
Arch G. Willams
New Orleans
Idaho Reclamation chief backs engineers amid graft probe
Director Newell refuses to start an inquiry into alleged irregularities in Idaho Reclamation Service without official direction from Garfield. He defends engineers Ross and Horne, pledges full investigation if charges prove true, and condemns vague Boise dispatch as unsubstantiated.
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Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
Frederick H. Newell
Reclamation Service
A. R. Greene
Idaho
Newell
Greene
D. W. Ross
Deer Flat Reservation
F. ¢. Horne
Idano Engineers
Enngineer
Ross
Interior Department
Rozs
Englivedr
Br. Greene
Boise City
Hubbard & Carlaon
Ark
Deer Wat Reservoir
Russ
Rae
Test Consular Candidates Examinations Shift to State Department
Seventeen presidential nominees, aged 21 to 60, gathered at the Census Bureau for the opening test. Four of them were orally examined by a three member board at the State Department as part of Secretary Root's plan to select practically qualified consular candidates. Results will be announced by the State Department after several more days of testing.
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State Department
Census Bureau
Root
Straus to Probe Shipping Offices for Crimping Abets
Secretary Straus orders a committee from the Department of Commerce and Labor to inspect Atlantic shipping offices. The inquiry will focus on crimping and shanghaiing and seek foreign cooperation to enforce navigation laws. Commissioner Newsgetton Chamberlain Pegg leads the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Seaboard
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Grape Nuts and The Road to Wellville Aid Health
An Indiana woman shares a testimonial praising Grape-Nuts and the booklet The Road to Wellville for resolving years of ill health. She reports relief from headaches and stomach trouble within days, six pounds gained, stronger nerves, and renewed energy, credits the book and product with her improved well being. The advertisement invites readers to get the book from their dealer with the slogan There’s a reason.
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Indiana
Wellville
Poshum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Secretary Garfield Expediting Land Patents Expansion
Secretary Garfield orders the General Land Office to push up to date the issuance of patents for about 0,000 entries, including 20,000 homesteads and 7,000 timber and stone cases, with ten weeks of overtime to clear backlogs while coal lands await a later order.
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Garfield
Garfeld
Department of the Interior
Baliinger
General Land Office
Office
Roosevelt
Land Office
Public Land
Congress
Bids Open for Four Year Stamp Paper Contract
The Post office Department opened bids Thursday for a four year contract to supply stamped envelopes, the largest single contract it offers. Hartford Manufacturing Company submitted a bid around 5 391 000 with rival Mercantile Corporation bidding 6 729 000. both bids were rejected after earlier extensions and conferences. A decision on award had not yet been reached.
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Post-office Department
Hartford Manufacturg Company of
Hartford
Hastern Manufacturing Company
Mercantile Corporation of New York
Hartford Company
New York
Trouble at Government Printing Office Over Electrotyping Appointments
Public Printer Stillings dismisses trouble among electrotyping helpers at the Government Printing Office blaming it on the Civil Service Commission lack of eligibles. Foreman H C McFarland confirms a grievance filed by the electrotyping workers who oppose advancing ordinary helpers to electrotyper status due to scarce eligible candidates. Committee plans to present written grievances. pay disparity between finishers and electrotyping helpers cited as a concern.
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Stillings
Jig
Mr. Stillings
HC. McFarland
Bullings
McFarland
Stilinga
Olvil’ Bervica
Stirlings
Phil
Civil Service Commission
Big Increase in Commerce Reported for Eight Months
The United States foreign commerce rose sharply in the eight months ended February 28, with imports totaling $992,925,385 and exports at $1,090,2699. The growth reduced the trade balance from $198,433.83 in the prior period. Gold imports rose by $61,218,006 to $69,085,040, while exports declined $2,615,298 to $18,575,674.
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United States
Sossmen
Russian emigrant found stranded at Pennsylvania depot
A young Russian, penniless and unable to speak English, slept on a bench at the Pennsylvania depot Thursday night and was taken before the District board of charities. A paper inside his coat showed the name Alexander Sombricki of Kerpensberg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, believed to be his brother. He was detained until an interpreter could be found.
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Pennsylvania Depot
District Board of Charities
Wilson
Alexander Sombricki
Kerpensberg
Washington County
Wileh
Washington
Protests Over Freight Increase Hit Railroads in Indiana Illinois
An interstate conference involving Judge Wood of the Indiana railroad commission John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers WD tary of the Illinois miners organization and coal operators discussed a proposed 10 cent per ton freight rise on coal from southern Indiana and southern Illinois to Chicago. The plan, if enacted, could squeeze operators financially and reduce miners wages while prompting formal complaints to the Interstate Commerce Commission and possible anti trust actions. Leaders briefed the White House and sought Attorney General Bonaparte support for action against the railroads and officials involved.
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Indiana
John Mitchell
Interstate Commercce Commission
Wood
Indiana, Railroad. Commission
Joan Mitchell
United, Mine Workers of America
Tary
Illinois Miners
Diana
Illinois
Southern
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Tha
Northwest
Big Four
Ihe Railroad Commission of Indiana
Knapp
Prouty
Lane
Harlan
Bonaparte
Mitchell
White House
War ship to ascend the Ohio to Evansville history
A war ship may travel up the Ohio to Evansville Indiana after Senator Hemenway urged the White House. President Roosevelt ordered the torpedo boat Weeh to Cairo be sent up the river. Evansville residents want a battleship in their port.
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Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Hemenway
Ihs
White House
Mississippi River
Ohio
West Virginia Senator Scott and the Senate humor in Brownsville talk
The Senate Military Committee on the Brownsville affair sparks humor as West Virginia Senator Nathan B. Scott interacts with colleagues over bullets and micrometers. A boy named Arthur Foraker helps set the micrometer, and Scott's telephone call with a West Virginia constituent amuses the room. Other quips involve Gardner, Roosevelt, and railroad magnates, highlighting posturing and light banter amid serious debate.
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Senate
Brownsville
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Posaéasea
Jorgensen
Scott
Abie
Japan
Bulkley
Foraker
Arthur
Buckeye
West’ Virginia
California
Mr. Scott
Scotty
Kentucky Shippers File Complaints Against Railways
Kentucky shippers filed complaints with the Commerce Commission alleging discrimination and excessive freight charges in grain shipments from Kentucky to southern and southeastern states. The action targets several railroads including Central Railroad, Southern Railway, Be Louis and San Francisco Railroad, Nashville Chattanooga and Louisville, and Central of Georgia Railway. The petition seeks reparation and establishment of just rate levels to prevent future discrimination.
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Kentucky
Cormeres ‘Commission
Central Railroad Company
Southern Railway Company
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Sanders & Stayman
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Imiss Katharine Goodson
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