Brownsville Shooting Testimony At Senate Inquiry
Senate Military Affairs committee heard witnesses from the Miller Hotel area in Brownsville about rifle fire at Lieutenant Dominguez and surrounding buildings. Witnesses including a railroad agent a real estate broker a locomotive engineer a banker and another guest described seeing men believed to be negro soldiers firing in the streets and near the hotel as cross examination continued. They testified to smoke noises and shell casings, with some noting the soldiers in the vicinity and the lieutenant's horse being struck. The testimony did not weaken the accounts nor alter the core claim of negro soldiers firing in Brownsville.
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Senate
Foraker
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Miller Hotel
Freman
A. M. McKay
Laporte
Tex
Chase
Thirteenth Street
Joseph Bodin
Dominguez R
Elizabeth
Senator Foraker
Pobeman Padron
Lieut
Lominguez
George T. Porter
Charles E. Hammond
San Antonio
Dominguez
Hammond
Monlay
Tariff Deadlock Over France Delays Trade Move
The French tariff issue remains unresolved with Congress expected to act only after the German agreement is settled. Officials say France plans to raise duties on US imports, possibly prohibitive in many cases, while the State Department awaits legislative action to enable a presidential trade negotiation. France shows determination to tighten controls, and a cautious push to urge Congress to engage before any further moves.
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State Department
France
Germany
Berlin
Senate
Hay
Congress
Untf
McKinley Portrait Offered for White House Hanger
Col John Weir of New York president of the Nevada Utah Mines and Smelter offers his painting of the late President McKinley for the White House hall. The work on exhibition will be viewed today by Foraker Elkins Cortelyou and Loeb. If accepted it would replace the current third martyr President portrait. If declined he plans to gift to Ohio for the statehouse in Columbus.
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John Weir
New York
Nevada-Utah
White House
McKinley
Lncal
Foraker and
Elkins
Cortelyou
Loeb
Col. Weir
Ohio
Columbus
President to See River on Mississippi Trip
President Roosevelt will tour the Mississippi River with sixteen governors to view river and harbor work. The trip begins at Canton during McKinley Monument events and continues to St Louis or another river point over about five days aboard a Mississippi River Commission steamboat. Elwood Gatch is named bank examiner with headquarters in Los Angeles, while A A Clemons becomes chief of the reports division to succeed him.
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Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Canton
Ohio
St. Louis
Mississippi
Mississippi River Commission
Elwood
Gatch
Los Angeles
Cal
A. A. Clemons
Taft to Tour West with Stops From May to June
Secretary Taft will tour the West during late May and June with planned addresses in St. Louis Milwaukee Davenport Iowa City Minneapolis St Paul Sioux Falls and Ottawa He will visit Rock Island Arsenal Fort Snelling Ute and White Earth Indian sites and inspect Fort Meade and Fort Leavenworth before returning to Washington.
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Taft
Washington
St. Louis
National Millers’ Association
Milwaukee
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Davenport
Iowa
Rock Island Arsenal
Tri-City Press Club
Iowa City
Iowa University
Minneapolis
Minnesota University
St. Paul
Fort Snelling
Commercial Club
Sioux Falls
White Earth
Fort Meade
Omaha
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Ottawa
Ottawa Chautauqua Society
Senator Daniel Denies Rail Ownership Comment
A Tacoma special quote claimed Senator Daniel would not back Bryan if nominated and might back Root while avoiding Roosevelt Taft. Daniel denied the statement calling it a great mistake and clarified his stance on railroad ownership. The exchange follows his sharp remarks on Bryan and similar remarks from a Chicago News column.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Wash
Senator Daniel
Virginia
Bryan
Daniel
Roosevelt
Taft
Secretary Root
Madison Square Garden
Bonaparte's Advice on Conduit Road Jurisdiction
Gov Warfield says Maryland lacks jurisdiction over the Glen Echo Conduit road as it is a government reservation. The War Department defers to Maryland authorities, while diplomats and motorists complain of arrests under speed laws. Mayor Garrett and Town Marshal Collins face a foreign diplomat complaint for an incident involving W von Radowitz at the State Department.
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Glen Echo
Washington
Gov
Warfield
Maryland
State Department
War Department
Garrett
Collins
Glen Eche
W. von Radowitz
von Radowitz
Bacon
Root
No Favor for Carriers Under Interstate Tariff Rules
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that common carriers may not receive preferential tariff treatment over other shippers when moving interstate goods. It also stated that astray shipments returned to proper destinations may be moved by mutual agreement without applying extra tariff changes or publishing new rates.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Gardner seeks State Dept action after Newfoundland ruling
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts met with State Department officials to protest a Newfoundland court decision barring American fishing smacks from certain waters beyond the three mile limit. He plans to urge Britain to halt enforcement until negotiations in Washington begin to settle all northern colony disputes.
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Gardner
Massachusetts
Gloucester
State Department
Newfoundland Court
Department of State
Washington
America
Plan Sympathy Silence At Naval Academy Causes Broad Condemnation
At Annapolis May 17 a plan by the Second Battalion to honor Lieut Charles B McVay with a silence on duty sparked warnings of a conspiracy to insult an officer. Capt George P Colvocoresses denounced the act as cowardly and unofficerlike, noting 75 demerits per offender and the potential for harsher punishment. The dispute traces to a minstrel show mocking officers and a subsequent crackdown on smoking violations uncovered by McVay.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Charles B. McVay
McVay
George P. Colvocoresses
Midshipmen
Lieut. McVay
Feeding for Health Diet Plan By a Food Expert
A health article promotes changing diet to improve health. It prescribes a ten day breakfast of two soft boiled eggs, fruit, toast with butter, four heaping teaspoons of Grape-Nuts with cream, and Postum coffee. Lunch is standard. dinner should include meat and vegetables with no heavy desserts and no overeating. It asserts predigested foods aid digestion and links health to professional success, urging readers to try the regimen and read a referenced piece.
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Weilt
Wille
Gov Hughes Elected President of Northern Baptist Convention
Gov Charles E Hughes of New York was named president of the Northern Baptist Convention at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington. The event united Baptists from many states, praising Hughes as a force for unity and moral leadership with significant influence beyond New York.
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Association
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Northern Baptist Convention
Baptists
Calvary Baptist Church
Gov. Hughes
Baptist Church
New York City
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Immanuel Baptist Church
Albany
R Vv. FP. Anderson
Brown University
Faunce
The
Publication Society
Harry Pratt
Judson
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
Samuel H. Greene
Washinngton
Corwin S. Shank
Washington
W. C. Bitting
St. Louis
Ohio
Robert Ashworth
Connecticut
L. A. Crandall
Minnesota
H. M. Runyan
Oregon
F. W. Sweet
Michigan
F. H. Rowley, DD
Massachusetts
J.Y. Montague
Kansa
J. R. Vaughn
Iowa
W. Quay Roselle
Pennsylvania
E. B. Bryan
Franklin College
Indian
J. H. Franklin
Colorado
N. Brasted
Oklahoma
American Baptist Society Opens Eighty Second Annual Meeting
The American Baptist Publication Society began its eighty second annual meeting with devotional exercises and an address by W G Brunson of Illinois. Committees on enrollment nominations resolutions finance Bible work publishing and missions were formed. Dr A J Rowland presented the board report and treasurer’s report as Boston W Smith noted as Uncle Boston spoke on Chapel Car Work. He recalled the first chapel car dedication sixteen years ago and noted several cars and a Gospel boat aiding work in areas without rail access.
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D. M. Cleveland
New Hampshire
White Mountain
E. M. Stephenson
Colorafio
HE. W. Hunt
Denison University
Denison
Ohio
Hunt
Northern Baptist Convention
Dr. Hunt
I. M. Poteet
South Carolina
Publication Society
Carlyle
American Bapist Publication Society
American Baptist Historical Society
Robert S. MacArthur
New York City
Cemon
Calvary Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union of Anglica
Mas
American Baptist Publication Society
W. G. Brunson
Illinois
Samuel A. Crozer
A. J. Rowland
Society
Boston
W. ‘Smith
Minnesota
Country
Colorado
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Missouri
Michigan
Puget Sound
de Boston
Meeting of Baptist Women at Jamestown Exposition
An important meeting for Baptist women’s work will be held in the Auditorium at the Jamestown Exposition on May 23 at 11 o’clock. Representatives from the North East South and West will attend and speak. Planned by the Southern Women’s Baptist Missionary Union this is the gathering’s first of its kind.
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Jamestown Exposition
Southern Women’s Baptist Missionary Union
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G. Lutz & CO
Pa. Ave
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DR Whith
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District of Columbia
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Ind Ave
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Capitol
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Dupont
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Maerzen
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Ith and
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Tenth Street N. W
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