Power of President in Appointing Officers Questioned
Attorney General is to rule on the constitutionality of the Presidents creation of a five member commission to locate federal buildings in Washington. Congress debate centers on per diem versus salaries and the scope of presidential appointment power without explicit statutory provision.
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Wil Pass
Congress
Building Site Commission
Bristow
Washington
Wir Woody
Panama
Park Commission
Commission
Immigration Surge Alters U S Arrival Patterns This Year
Immigrants arriving in the six months ending February 23 show a 32 percent increase over the prior year, with Russia remaining the fastest growing source. About 600 Russians arrived in February alone, a 72 percent rise from 1903, as officials predict a record year for total admissions. The wave is attributed to men fleeing conscription and political turmoil, while commissioners Sargent and Watchorn report they can manage the inflow as the year progresses.
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Pats
United States
Russia
Japan
Far East
Sargent
Esterda
Woitchon
Bunau Varilla Visits Washington For Canal Insights
Panamanian negotiator Bunau Varilla meets President at the White House and plans several days in the capital. He offers information on Isthmian Canal project while figures show Treasury receipts from internal revenue 1,235,925 dollars, customs 3,715,564 and expenditures totaling about 2,200,000 dollars.
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Bunau Varillla
Treasury
Diaz to Meet Roosevelt in Southwest Tour Plan
Suaredo Tex March 27 efforts are under way by Washington and City of Mexico interests to arrange a meeting between President Roosevelt and President Diaz during Roosevelt's southwestern visit next month. If held, Diaz would not need congressional leave. the two leaders would meet at the Rio Grande International Bridge with each on own side of the boundary. Capt Reen Williams of Company B, Third Texas Infantry refuses patrol duty during Roosevelt's Dallas visit, saying his men are soldiers not policemen.
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Suaredo
Tex
Washington
Mexico
Roosevelt
Diaz
Congress
Rio Grande River
Champ Glare at Plow Louis the Well Beloved
In a farmfront letter from Bowing Green Missouri Champ Clark defends the tag Le Bien aime used for Louis XV and deflates critics who misread Carlyle and Watson. He argues the well beloved title arose from 1744 French sentiment and notes the peril of late-life judgment while praising Williams and Cannon.
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Missouri
Cannon
Williams
Miassssippi
Clark
Louis XV
Louis the Wall
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Joseph G Cannon
Illinois
Willlame
Mc Clark
Crockett
Davy Crockett
Lous
Thomas Carlyle
France
Clark Carlyle
Carlyle
Henault
Bienaime
Flanders
Alsace
Wetz
Biename
Thomas E Watson
Metz
Paris
Church of Notre Dame
Encyclopaedi
Britannica
Henault Carlyle
Watson
Belasco
du Barry
Congressional Library
Brother Williams
Louis the Fifteenth
Bea
le Bienanne
Toots
Marshall
Napoleon
Fontainebleau
Speaker Cannon
Adam
Bourbon
Bowing Green
Capital's Growth Tied to Lansburgh & Bro Store
James Lansburgh, junior partner of Lansburgh & Bro, born in Hamburg January HM 183, came to America in 1856 and entered the Baltimore dry goods trade with brother Gustave. The firm expanded with a Washington branch at 904 Seventh St, later moving to 420-428 Seventh and extending to Eighth. Since 1883 he has been a 33rd degree Mason, active in Washington business circles and various Masonic bodies.
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Lansburgh & Bro
Hamburg
Germany
America
Gustave
Baltimore
Washingtn
Seventh Street
James
Messrs Lansburgh
Eighth Street
Lansburgh
Washington
Lebanon
Trifavette
Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine
McMaster consul in Zanzibar commission held up
At the request of the President Assist ant Secretary of State Peirce informed Frederick D McMaster that his nomination as consul to Zanzibar will be withheld until he proves the charges by his first wife are untrue. McMaster has remarried and faces alimony disputes and a custody issue over a child from the first marriage. Further action awaits his side of the case.
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Peirce
Frederick D McMaster
Zanzibar
State Department
WcMaster
Wilfa
Dr McMaster
McMaster
Br MacMasters
Pece
Taft Consents to Serve as Ohio Convention Chairman
Senator Dick announced after a White House visit that Secretary of War William H Taft will accept the permanent chairmanship of the Ohio Republican State convention next May. Taft and Senator Foraker both loom as 1908 presidential prospects, while Gov Herrick will be renominated. Ohio Democrats discuss nominating ex Gus Campbell to unite factions and improve hopes in future elections.
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Ohio
White House
William H Taft
Foraker
Republican Party
Buckeye
Taft
Sta
Herrick
George Day
Senator Faraker
Mi ‘Laft
Ohio Democrats
Gus Campbell
New
Jamestown Invitation and 1907 Settlement Celebration Plan
Senator Daniel and Gen Lee pressed for immediate presidential proclamation to invite foreign governments and states to the first English speaking settlement anniversary exposition. The White House planned to issue the notification this week while Gen Lee lobbied for broad state participation and liberal appropriations to spur similar support among the original thirteen colonies.
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Daniel
Virginia
Gen Lee
America
War Department
Lee
New Jersey
Prenton
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Government Printing Commission to Investigate Public Documents
Representative Landis and Tadrana arrived to organize the commission appointed last session to thoroughly review the public printing system. The inquiry, joined by Senate and House members including Perkins and Giggs, aims to report findings to Congress and address business methods in government publicity without probing a scandal.
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Landis Or Tadrana
House Committee On Printing
Congress
Senate Committee On Printing
Landis, Perkins and Giggs
Philippines to hold general election for delegates to assembly
Secretary Taft announced that after the Philippine census is published a general election will be called within two years to elect delegates to a popular assembly. The legislature will consist of the Philippine Commission and the Philippine Assembly, with peace in Moro areas a condition for the erection. Two resident commissioners to the United States will be elected when a legislature is chosen.
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United States
Tait
Willam C Fox Confirmation Not Renewed as Bureau Director
Acting Secretary Adee will not renew the call for a special meeting to confirm Willam C Fox as director of the Bureau of American Republics. The regular board meeting is set for April 3 with Secretary Hays absent.
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Bureau of American Republics Board
Bureau of American Republics
Adee
Hays
Willam C Fox
Bureau
W W Rockhill
Secretary Morton Expected Saturday
Dispatches from the Navy Department say the Dolphin with Secretary Morton on board left Guantanamo Sunday for Havana to hasten his return. He will disembark at Fernandina, Florida and travel by rail to this city, arriving next Saturday to accompany the President on the trip to the South and West. Postmasters appointed include Charles B. Nicholson in Turnersville, New Jersey and Albert S. Von Trott in Porters Lake, Pennsylvania.
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Morton
Navy Department
Dolphin
Guantanamo
Havana
Fernandina
Fla
New Jersey
Charles B. Nicholson
Turnersville
Pennsylvania
Albert S von Trott
Porters Lake
Free Dollar Bottle Kidney Remedy Offer
A bold advertisement promises a full dollar bottle free to new customers with weak kidneys. It explains the remedy targets the sympathetic nerves controlling kidneys, heart, liver, and stomach, claiming success by healing the nerve system rather than the kidneys directly. Readers are urged to request a free order through Dr Shoop Box B746 Ra- Book 4 for Women.
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Wis
Spain Demands Cuba Return of Ordance
Spain insists the ordnance left in Cuba after the Spanish American War remains its property. Senor Ojeda urged Secretary Taft to act as legal owner recognition lags in Havana. Taft sent cable to Minister Squiers instructing Cuban authorities to return the weapons to Spain, noting the US never possessed them.
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Spain
Cuba
Senor Ojeda
Porto Rico
United States
Taft
Squiers
Havana
Galveston Crippled On Maiden Voyage Return
The United States cruiser Galveston, on her maiden voyage from Norfolk to Galveston, returned to the Norfolk yard after a bent piston rod was found 300 to 400 miles down the coast. Rear Admiral Harrington reported repairs would start immediately and the ship would likely proceed south again within a few days.
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Norfolk Va
United States
Galveston
Norfolk Navy Yard
Tex
Navy Yard
Vhemia Capes
Harrington
Naval
Marines to Leave Colón Isthmus Garrison Reduced
Navy shifts marines from the Isthmus to Guantanamo Naval Station leaving no more than 160 on the isthmus due to unhealthy climate and the need for order with a battalion now redeployed aboard the Dixie. Special to The Washington. Pensacola report notes a combined Cuban fleet off Pensacola Bay. Logan arrives at Manila. Admiral Whiting recovering after head injury. Gunboat Petrel ordered to move from Honolulu.
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Monte Cristi
Colon
Guantanamo
Navy Department
Ce Csariglea Uy
Washington
Pensacola
Pla
Cuban
Pensacola Bai
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Kearsarge
Massachusetts
Missouri
Iowa
Alabama
Illinois
Maine
Olympia
Brooklyn
Columbia
Truxtun
Worden
Winpple
Topeka
Admiral Whiting
Honolulu
San Francisco
USN
Siberia
Petrel
Officers Named for Philippine Transport Assignments
A batch of Army officers from the Corps of Engineers and other units are ordered to proceed to San Francisco to embark on transports bound for the Philippine Islands around July 1. The group includes First Lieutenants Knight Williams Warren Tyler and others, with assignments to Companies A, B, C and D of the First Battalion of Engineers. Additional duties include service in medical and staff roles and temporary duty at Fort Myer and Atlanta for conferences.
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Herbert Z Krumm
First Cavalry
Washington Barracks DC
United States Army General Hospital
Herbert Deakyne
Corps of Engineers
Engineers
San Francisco
Cal
Philippine Islands
Clarence H Knight
Arthur Williams Warren
Hannum Max C .Tyler
Richard C Woore
Leavenworth
Kans
William W Gray
Fark Howell
Medical Department
Avianta
Atlanta
Wilburr Willing
Manila
Alfred B Putnam
Charles Rob Pettis
Ralph T Ward
Robert P Howell Jr
Joseph H Earle
Roger C Black
Corps of Engneers
Irance
Jorce
Fourteenth Cavalry
PhMpr Aes
Albert E Waldron
Washington Barracks
District of Columbia
Fort Leavenworth
Philippine Inlande
Armenians present letter to President Roosevelt
A delegation from the Armenian church, led by Archbishop Sarafian of Worcester and Dr John Arshagoun of New York with Dr M M Dolman of the city, delivered a ceremonial letter of congratulations to President Roosevelt. The letter thanked him for a White House reception a month earlier and used a fifth century Armenian ceremonial format.
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Roosevelt
Sarafian
Worcester
John Arshagoun
New York
M M Dolman
White House
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