Roosevelt Intervenes in Braun Immigration Case in Vienna
Vienna dispatch reports President Roosevelt showing keen interest in Marcus Braun an American immigration inspector accused of mail tampering. Ambassadors cable to the State Department seeking official status clarity as Austro Hungarian authorities face pressure over alleged abuses by steamship lines and immigrant handling. Braun alleges police and government pressure on his investigations, with potential friction between the United States and Austro Hungary.
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Roosevelt
State Department
Vienna
Marcus Braun
Budapest
Braun
United States Immigration Service
Storer
Department of Commerce and Labor
Traun
Department of Thig
Bureau of Immigration
Europe
Austria
Hungary
Thesa Re
Piris
Department
Mrtt
United States
Brauns
Himsel
Fairbanks to Open Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland
Vice President Charles W Fairbanks will represent the President at the June 1 opening in Portland Oregon. President Roosevelt plans to participate and press a button at 4 pm to start machinery in the White House East Room. Assistant Secretary Horace A Taylor is named to the government board of the Lewis and Clark and Louisiana Purchase Expositions.
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Charles W Fairbanks
Portland
Oregon
Fairbanks
Washington
Airs Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
White House
Alplemith Corps
Shaw
Horace A Taytor
The
Treasury
Walace H Hills
Danlel Recommends Lomax for Gettysburg Commission
Senator Daniels of Virginia recommends Maj Gen Lunsford Lewis Lomax for a Gettysburg Battlefield Commission seat to succeed the late Maj Gen Robine. The President referred the nomination to Secretary Taft, the appointing authority, with Lomax described as the senior Confederate officer of Virginia aside from Maj Gen Hoke. Lomax has spent years as a War Department employee.
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Senator Danlel
Virginia
Lunsford Lewis Lomax
Gettysburg Battlefield Commission
Maj Robine
North Carolina
Taft
Tomax
Gin Tomax
Hoke
North Carolna
Army of Northern
President to Meet Canal Commission in New York Luncheon
The President plans a personal talk with the joint executive committee of the Jamaica Canal Commission before Panama passage. The Panama Railroad Company directors’ meeting in New York is postponed to Tuesday. The Seguranca steamer sailing is delayed to accommodate the commission. Attorney General Moody’s opinion on the eight hour law for Isthmian Canal Commission employers is under further consideration.
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Jathmilan Canal Commission
Panama
Panama Railroad Company
New York
Commissionera
Moody
Fsthmian ‘Canal Commission
Erat
Panama Canal Commission
Onettorney General
President Denies Pardons and Commutes Several Sentences
President Roosevelt denied a pardon for J M McKnight former president of the German National Bank of Louisville Ky and commuted several other sentences including Walter Holland Albert Whiteturkey and John Sample. He also denied a pardon for Thomas Brady of Nashville and Charles Guffey while a French engineer E Wickersheimer visited the White House. Treasury receipts and expenditures and national bank note redemptions are listed.
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Roosevelt
J. M. McKnight
German National Bank
Louieville, Ky
McKnight
Louisville
Atlanta
Department of Justice
McKinley
Ing Walter Evang
R D Hill
Thomas B. Brady
Nashville, Tenn
First National Bank of Nashville
Joseph Holland
Washington
Holland
Atlanta, Ga
Albert Whiteturkey
Fort Leavenworth
Indian Territory
John Sample
Reform School
District of Columbia
Sample
Charles Guffey
Loomis Case Presented To Taft In Caracas Controversy
The President and Secretary Taft agreed Loomis should take the initiative in presenting his side of the Bowen Loomis controversy. Loomis submitted a full statement replying to charges about his administration of the American ministry at Caracas. The letter will be reviewed in Washington and details are to be withheld until a final decision is reached.
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Taft
Bowen- Loomis
Loomis
Caracas
Bowen
Washington
Tat
Commission for Wells Named Chief Clerk At Bureau of American Republics
The President orders an immediate commission to W C Wells to fill the chief clerk post formerly held by W C Fox who is promoted to director. The executive board will govern the bureau by its own rules without government interference henceforth.
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Bureau of American Republics
W. C. Fox
W Co. Wells
Square Deal for Wilson in Presidential Pardon Dispute
President permits Fred Wilson the recently dismissed financial clerk of the Indian warehouse in New York to file papers on his own behalf. Senator Scott of West Virginia urged clemency, arguing Wilson deserves a square deal. Secretary Hitchcock cites ample cause for dismissal.
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Fred Wilson
New York
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Wilson
Scott
Hitchcock
Repairs estimated at 1 million for New York cruiser
Boston Maia 13 The repairs to the U S armored cruiser New York are estimated at about 1 009 000 dollars and will take more than a year to complete An official board under Rear Admiral Albert E Snow at the Charlestown Navy Yard surveyed the vessel The estimates will be sent to the Navy Department in Washington If approved the overhaul would be the largest ever undertaken at the local yard and among the most expensive for an American warship Work could begin in July once authority is received
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Boston
Maia
Key
Albert 8. Snow
Charlestown Navy Yard
United States
New York
Navy Department
Washington
Postmasters Appointed Across Several States
The following fourth class postmasters were appointed yesterday Maine Parry Jethro B Nutt Maryland Charlton Howard N Ankeney New Jersey Goshen Andrew J Tomlin New York Briscoe Joseph Norris Deterville Bimon Poolay Plessanthrock Emma J Gellett Vermont Chimney Point Millard F Barnes delatoo Falls Addie E Winch Virginia Floyd Bettie H Nolen Frotlow George W Wade Rives Etta B Wilkerson
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Frotlow
George W. Wade
Rives
Etta B. Wilkerson
Oregon Marshal Removed in Land Fraud Probe
Walter F. Matthews of Portland, United States marshal for Oregon, was removed by presidential order at the urging of state government attorneys who said he was not aligned with the land fraud prosecutions. Charles J. Reed was appointed to succeed him, a Republican with prior service as United States jury commissioner.
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Walter ¥. Matthews
Portland
United States
District of Oregon
Oregon
Matthews
Charles J. Reed
Oreg
Walter F. Matthews
Life Insurance Company
New York
United States Jury
Mr. Reed
Hunt May Try Land Frauds in Oregon After Judge Bell inger's Death
Attorney General Moody conferred with the President on a successor to Charles Bellinger, United States district judge for Oregon, who died Friday night. Bellinger was to try the conspiracy case against Senator John H. Mitchell and others over land frauds. No appointment decision yet. situation in Oregon described as peculiar.
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Oregon
Bellinger
Moody
Charles B. Bellinger
United States
District of Oregon
John H. Mitchell
Peguilar
Father John's Medicine promises strength for the weak
Advertisement claims the medicine nourishes blood and tissue with its ingredients, guaranteeing flesh and strength for those who are weak and run down. It frames nutrition as the source of tissue growth and vitality.
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Father John
Senator and Representative Indicted in Land Fraud Case
One Senator and one Representative are indicted and cannot be consulted on the appointment. Judge William H. Hunt of Montana is likely to be designated to try the land fraud cases. It may be some time before a permanent successor to Judge Bellinger is named.
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William H. Hunt
District of
Montana
Bellinger
Morton to Retire From Cabinet in Fall
Secretary of the Navy Morton announced he will retire next fall after a vacation starting in August. He said no future plans were set and that the President will accept his resignation while Morton remains to aid in the railway rate campaign. Morton had originally wished to leave March 4, 1933, but agreed to stay on at the President's request.
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Paml Morton
Navy
Morton
Mrr. Morton
Roosevelt
Sword Gift for President From Japanese Officials
Reading Pa May 13 Rev Dr D B Achneder missionary arrived from Japan with a magnificent sword gifted by leading Japanese officials to be presented to President Roosevelt. The date for the presentation has not been fixed.
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Reading
D. B. Achneder
The
Reformed Church
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Balm for Broken Heart Miss Gibner Awarded Judgment
Miss Edith Gibner of St Louis was awarded 915,925 in a breach of promise suit for 50,000 damages against Klaus J Steiner son of Gottlieb Steiner of Pittsburgh. Verdict announced May 13 in Pittsburgh. Defendant sought a new trial after the ruling. An $8,000 conspiracy claim against the Steiner family was withdrawn at plaintiff counsel's request.
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Miss Gibner
Klaus J. Steiner
Pittsburg
Edith Isabella Gibner
St. Louis
Gottlieb A. Steiner
Allegheny
Washington Branch Green Acre Fellowship holds planning meeting
A special Washington Branch meeting at 1918 G Street Northwest, chaired by Mrs. J. G. W. Benjamin, arranged work for next season. A committee will outline a comprehensive programme for future meetings, resuming in November, with members contributing ideas from several viewpoints.
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Washington
Green Acre Fellowship Association
Joseph H Moore
G Street Northwest
G. W. Benjamin
Civil Service Rules Bar Drunks from Penitentiary Guards
The Civil Service Commission ruled yesterday that men who use intoxicating beverages for any purpose other than medicine cannot apply for guard positions at federal penitentiaries. The commission ordered cancellation of papers for all on the register with such applications. Clerks on the Isthmus of Panama may be transferred to U S classified posts after two years, with exceptions for meritorious cases upon department head or Isthmian Canal Commission executive committee approval.
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Civil Service Commission
Moody
Civili Service Commission
Panama
United States
Isthmian Canal Commission
Bequests From Mary Kennedy Will Totals To St Roses School
Probate Court files the will dated May 1 1901 settling Mary Kennedy estate. Residue to Sister Rose now Norfolk VA with multiple small legacies to Rev P J O Connell Rev Joseph F McGee Rev Hugence Hannan Rev S F Ryan Rev J J Daugherty Katie and Annie Farrell Dr William Ward and Johanna Murth. If not claimed within one year St Roses Industrial School to waive bequests.
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Mary Kennedy
Sister Rose
St Rose's Industrial School
Norfolk
P J O'Connell
Joseph F McGee
Marriage Annulled Between Margeret Lemon and J Reed Lyttle
New York May 13 Justice Dugro in the Supreme Court annulled the marriage of Margaret Lemon a grand opera singer with the Metropolitan Opera Company and J Reed Lyttel agent attorney. The court held the Chicago divorce of Lyttel from his first wife Mabel R Raum did not have jurisdiction and the Chicago decree was void.
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New York
Margaret Lemon
J. Reed
Chicago
Railroad tax cases docketed in US Supreme Court
The Union Pacific and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad companies faced tax levy cases in Nebraska for 1949. The Supreme Court docketed the matters yesterday after the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska sustained the levies.
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Chicago, Burlington and
Qu Ney
Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Nebraska
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