Roosevelt Moves to Reorganize Panama Canal Commission
President Roosevelt ordered resignations of all canal commissioners through Secretary Taft and will announce a new board after the Western trip. Parsons and Burr are expected to be reappointed, with Walker and Davis among those leaving. New seats may go to Shantz, Wallace, Magocong, Hurt, and Edwards, as the administration plans a complete reorganization of the Panama Canal Commission.
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Parsons
Burr
Roosevelt
Panama, Canal Commission
Taft
White House
John G Walker
Admiral Walker
George W. Davis
Canal Zone
Walker
Gen. Davis
William Barclay Parsons
William H Burr
Benjamin M Harrod
Carl Hward Grunkly
Theodore E Shantz
Clover Leaf Railroad
Morton
Dolphin
San Juan
Fernandina
Fla
John F Wallace
Charles Magocon
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Wallace
Hormce G B Hurt
Lyon Pacific Railroad
Cal Clarence Edwards
Wireless plant at Colon aims to link with Guantanamo Cuba
A wireless telegraph plant is progressing in Colon. Dynamos and electrical equipment are being installed in the powerhouse. Workers expect to establish communication with Guantanamo Cuba by early May. Operators have arrived. The sanitary department is fumigating houses, forcing temporary occupant withdrawal, while efforts continue to drain surrounding malarial swamps.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Guantana
Sanitary Department
Settlement Proposal in Cable Dispute with Venezuela
A Caracas letter dated March 17 reports a quick amicable settlement between French Cable Co and the Venezuelan government. The plan includes Venezuela's attorney general dropping nullification charges, extending construction time for cables, and lowering rates. It notes no need for alarming U.S. actions by Herbert Bowen and outlines three contract Fulfillment charges: lack of a direct submarine link, failure to connect La Guaira, and incomplete western coast cabling. The proposed accord aims to ease friction with President Castro.
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Caracas
France
Venezuela
Herbert I. Bowen
State Department
United States
Santo Domingo
Puerto Phita
la Gulara
Porto Cabello
Curacao
la Vela
Castro
Body of Gen Lee's Daughter Begins Last Journey to Virginia
New Orleans dispatch details Miss Mildred C Lee, daughter of Robert E Lee, escorted by Confederate associations and the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association. The body left Mrs William Preston Jotrison's residence for the Lewis We and Nashville depot, en route to Lexington, Virginia. Delegations greet the procession as Col Robert Lee, brother of Miss Lee, will meet in Atlanta. Governor Jelks forms a state committee to greet the train carrying the remains through Montgomery, Alabama.
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Gen Lee
Virginia
New Orleans
Ladies Confederate Memorial Association
Mildred C Lee
Robert E Lee
William Preston Jotirston
Lewis
Nashville
Miss Lee
Atlanta
Robert Lee
Mise Lee
Lexington
Montgomery
Ala
W D Jelks
Mildred Lee
Robert 1S. Lee
Isadore Saks Pioneer in Capital Clothing Trade
Isadore Saks a Maryland born merchant who built Saks & Co into a major retail firm. From Baltimore schooling to Seventh street stores in Washington he expanded with Indianapolis Richmond and New York ventures. He served as director of several banks and civic bodies before moving to New York, leaving Washington leadership roles in his wake. His son Joseph I Saks manages the local firm.
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Isedore Saks
Washington
Baltimore
Mains
Thigh City
Schoois
Martin
Beckett
Bryant & Stratton
Business College
Andrew Saks
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Avenue House
Isadore Saks
Saks
Sixth Streets
D Street
Saks & Co
Indianapolis
E K Chapman
George A Lewis
Richmond
New York City
New York
Mi Saks
Traders National Bank
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Washington Base Deposit Company
Union Savings Bank
Board of Trade
Theat
Masons
BBR
French Lodge
Columbia Chapter
Scottish Rite
Almas ‘Temple
Mystic Shrine
Joseph I Saks
President’s advisers may serve without pay in Washington park panel
Attorney General Moody declares the President may appoint advisory group for the Washington park commission without paying them, citing an old appropriation rule restricting paid officers. The opinion does not concern John L. Bristow’s appointment under presidential authority for the Isthmi an Canal project.
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Park Commission
Moody
City of
Washington
John L. Bristow
Sail
Albany caucus approves stock transfer tax in bill
Republican legislators in Albany approve a plan to tax stock transfers at $2 per 100 shares and tax mortgages as party measures. The proposal aims to raise about 88 million dollars annually for the state treasury as Wall Street opposing it warns brokers may move to Philadelphia and other cities if enacted.
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Albany
Washington Post
Treasury
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Nervousness Cure Promised by Dr Shoop Text
A sales pitch touts Dr Shoop’s Restorative to cure inward and outward nervousness and related ailments. The ad claims thirty years of refinement and offers free books on dyspepsia heart kidneys women and men plus a dollar bottle sent via druggists, with no payment required up front.
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Shoops
Two Nominees Named For Santo Domingo Revenue Posts
The plan to divert Santo Domingo customs revenues to a New York trust as a prelude to a treaty ratification moves forward with Col G R Colton and William E Gould proposed as agents in charge of Dominican customs. The arrangement raises questions on agent salaries and U.S. Congressional authority, while Minister Dawson confirms in principle the revenue diversion to liquidate foreign debts.
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Roosevelt
Santo Domingo
New York
Senate
West
Col
G. R Colton
Iloilo
Cebu
Philippines
Washington
Morales
Willam E. Gould
Baltimore
Gould
Johns Hopkins
Evening Herald
United States
G R Colton
Tloilo
Philippine Islands
Taft
Monte Cristianto Domingo
Leper
Dereft
Belgians React to Roosevelt's Santo Domingo Talks
The American Minister in Santo Domingo reported that Belgians and other diplomats saw Roosevelt's arrangement as a personal gesture by individuals. They questioned whether their governments endorsed it, and details on revenue deposits and the Franco-Belgian interest claims of 2 million dollars remained unsettled as Heng left the capital.
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Dewsor
Santo
United _at
Officer Seeks Redress Over Missing Mexican Half Dollars
Lieut Charles E Morton of the Sixteenth Infantry appeals a court decision holding him responsible for $500 in Mexican half dollars missing from $18 141 delivered at Echague Luzon He held multiple posts and duties in the district including battalion adjutant post treasurer and engineer duties and now seeks relief from the decision.
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Philippines
Washington
Charles E. Morton
Sixteenth Infantry
Morton
Echague
Luzon
Fort Leavenworth
Cigayan
Col Duggan to Command Department of the Lakes in Chicago
Col Walter T Duggan of the First Infantry USA will temporarily succeed Brig General Frederick Funston as commander of the Department of the Lakes with headquarters in Chicago. Funston is transferred to command the Department of California with headquarters in San Francisco and will depart for the West next Saturday.
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Funston
Chicago
Walter T Duggan
First Infantry
USA
Frederick Funston
Department of the Lakes
Department of California
San Francisco
West
Military personnel actions and naval movements summary
Chaplain Moose and Captains Trout Landera Skerrett Morlow Pettle and Vree land receive leaves transfers and appointments within Cavalry Artillery and Navy later reports note a train of officer examinations at Fort Logan Washington and Chicago and San Francisco dissolutions. O'Brien torpedo boat engine failure halts official trials. Taft asked Judge Advocate General to review Spanish claims on Cuban property. Captain Swift condition update. Lieutenant Woodruff to Arlington burial. vessels arrived and sailed including Petre Nanahan Perry and Dolphin. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends with note on The Sunday Post.
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John M Moose
Seventh Cavalry
Hany G Trout
Second Cavalry
George T Landera
James S Pettle
Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy General Hospital
Fort Logan
H Roots
Washington, DC
Signal Corps
Petre
Honolulu
Nanahan
Hongkong
Chemulps
Texas
Arkansas
Nevada
Florida
Key
Pensacola
Perry
San Diego
Bremerton
Columbia
Fengacola
New York
Dolphin
Hevana
Fernandina
Leading Contractors Plan Wage Rise Clash With Union
A meeting of top contractors at the Master Builders' Association headquarters discussed the proposed wage rise demanded by Bricklayers' Union No. 1 Washington. They agreed to seek withdrawal of several agreement sections and consider further action next week, citing perceived one sided terms and potential strikes.
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Bricklayers’ Union
Master Bricklayers’ Association
Master Builders’ Association
Bricklayers’ Union, No. 1
Washington, DC
Bricklayers and Masons' International Union of America
Washington
New York
Treaty delays US commerce pact in Berne
The Bundesrath in Berne on March 29 ratified all pending commerce treaties except the United States agreement. Further negotiations will be needed due to the American Senate's modification of a key clause.
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America
Berne
Switzerland
Bundesrath
United States
American Senate
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Col. G. R. Cohen
Internal Revenue Service
William E. Gould
San Domingo
Jacob H Holander
Johns Hopkins University
Hollander
Pr Hollanders
Republic of Santo Domingo
Dawson
United States Senate
Havana
Charles Renoz
Waffaires
Associated Press
Santo Domingan
Col. Duggan
R B Hradford
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Olympia
C D. Sigsbes
Caribbean
Brooklyn
W Swift
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
W F Potter
J . Pillabury
USN
General Board
O’brien
Fire Island
Newyfort
Navy Yard
Spain
Wuesaus
Swift
Steinhardt
Navy
Lieut
Woodruff
Harry A. Woodruff
Arlington Cemetery
Hood
Sunday Post
Washingtons
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor
West 26Th Street
S Louis Bush’s
Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Cafe
Nature
SRE Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
Erubapt
William R. Rogers
Hanover
The
A. Lisn
Robertson Hamlet
Lillian Russell
Burton Holmes Travelogues
Slejlct
Japan
Henri Gressitt
William Bramwell
Barrington
Kernan
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Firtit
John Ethel Smat Sale
Frohwan
Chase
MAT Sr
Snd
Deneee
Bueweking
Pamile
Four Mortons
Fratelli Riccobono
Troba
Avery Strakozeh Howard
Shepard
Moving Pictures
Fulton
Ninth Street N. W
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