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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1907

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17

Aoki to Tour Pacific States on Japanese Exclusion Issue

Viscount Aoki the Japanese Ambassador and several embassy staff will tour the Pacific Coast next month to study opposition to Japanese laborers and the potential renewal of the Japan United States treaty. The visit aims to assess attitudes and pressures from San Francisco and allied groups amid broader immigration debates as treaty provisions lapse in 1911.

Viscount Aoki Washington Pacific United States Japan Roosevelt San Francisco Tokyo Wington Aoki Root Straus Seattle Portland Los Angeles Chambers of Commerce Jane Pese Tol

Routine Cabinet Meeting Ends Quiet Session

The cabinet met for a long, routine session at the White House with all members present except Secretary Castelyau who was in Canton Ohio. The meeting lasted about an hour and a half ending near 1 o clock with Faor and Taft remaining briefly afterward.

Wiie House Castelyau Canton Ohio Faor Taft

Ex Senator Patton Dead In Grand Rapids

John Patton former United States Senator and Republican leader in Michigan died today after a linger ing illness following pneumonia. He was born October 39 1850 in Curwensville Pennsylvania and came to Grand Rapids in 1878. Patton served briefly in the Senate after appointment in 1894 to fill Investor Stockbridge vacancy. He is survived by his wife and three sons.

Grand Rapids Mich John Patton United States Curwensville Haydwe Yale College Columbia Law School Patton Michigan Stockbridge Senate

Official Statement Denies Vindication for Dyer Assignment

Department of Justice asserts no knowledge or approval by the President or Attorney General of David P. Dyer Jr’s role to fetch the surrender of Charles F. Grotefend. The memo says the appointment was routine, not a vindication, and the department moved to terminate Dyer’s service once press coverage emerged.

Sub- Treasury Europe Commission Department of Justice David P. Dyer, Jr Charles F. Grotefend Washington National Bank St. Louis Department Dyer United States

Fugitive Teller Arrested In Embezzlement Case

United States Marshal Henkel left for St Louis with custody of Charles T Grotefend the Washington National Bank of St Louis paying teller. The case involves embezzlement estimated in the thousands though the complaint cites 3000 pounds. After fleeing to Germany he was located and arrested by agent David P am and extradited to the United States.

New York United States Henkel St.Louis Charles T. Grotefend Washington National Bank Grotefend St. Louis Germany David P. Am Deutschland Marshal Henkel

President Sees Brooklynites At White House Reception

Visitors from Brooklyn, New York, met President Roosevelt at the White House for a reception yesterday afternoon. C B Shelton and George Andrew are Oyster Bay summer residents, and John B Creighton led those who did not know the president. The group planned trips to Mount Vernon and Arlington, with a later two hour stop at Annapolis to view the Naval Academy and Capitol.

New York White House Brooklyn League Brooklyn N. Y Washington Roosevelt President Roosevelt C. B. Shelton George Andrew Oyster Bay League John B. Creighton Mount Vernon Arlington Annapolis Naval Academy Capitol Building Baltimore

Lake Mohonk Conference Recommends Hague Disarmament Steps

The Lake Mohonk conference proposes Hague Conference actions including a standing meeting schedule, a court open for international judgments, a general arbitration treaty, and a rule on innocent private property at sea. It backs arbitration but Mexican envoy Creel says unrestricted arbitration is premature and Drago doctrine support is limited.

Lake Mohonk Hague Nowerd Edwin D. Mean Boston Mead Root Edward Everett Mexico Enrique C. Creel United States Ignacio Calderon Frandis B. Loomis New York Buenos Ayres

Quiet Army Row At Fort Wallace In Philippines

Five officers of a Fort Wallace squadron were placed under arrest for conduct unbecoming an officer and disrespect to superiors, but the department has no official records of the cases. Charges against three were dismissed and a court martial appointed for two, then dropped. Officers are now in the United States as inquiries continue. Col Ayres and others may be called to Washington for explanations amid internal friction and disputed orders.

Col. Ayres Washington Eighth Cavalry Fort Wallace Philippines Ayres Manilla Weston States Prescio Taft Gen Bell Department Col. Kingsbury The Highth Fort Robinson Col Manila Kingsbury Cal. Ayres Department of Luzon Capt McNulty Lieut Mueller National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company District of Columbia Capital Traction Company Thirty-sixth M Streets Washington, D. C Biggs National Bank George T. Dunlop Capital Traction Ca

Baird hanged claiming innocence in Fayetteville

Fayetteville Tennessee May 24 W C Baird wife murderer was executed on the scaffold early this day Sheriff Taylor urged him to speak truth if guilty he replied I am innocent The prisoner said highwaymen shot his tie and stopped them near Fayetteville as his claimed motive for the crime remains in dispute.

Fayetteville Tenn W. C. Baird Taylor Bill Baird

Brownsville shooting inquiry hearing tests five witnesses

Five witnesses testified before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs in Brownsville regarding gunfire near Fort Brown. Teofilo Martinez reported bullets fired into his house from near Company C barracks. Witnesses described a saloon scene with Capt. Macklin and others discussing riot risk and alleged Negro soldier involvement.

Brownaville Senate Committee On Military Affairs Teofilo Martinez C Barracks Albert W. Billingsly Fort Brown Twenty-sixth Infantry Joseph L. Crixell Macklin Twenty-fifth Infantry Tatt Drixell Maj Penrose Tait Joe Billingsley

Brownsville Inquiry Seen As No-Result Affair

Alabama Senator Pettus, veteran on the Senate committee probing Brownsville, met the President on a constituent case and dismissed the matter as damage without injury. He said the Senate has no right to investigate further, only to express an opinion, calling the pursuit foolish.

Alabama Pettus Nestors Senate Cormittee Brownsville

Senator Critiques Presidential Action and House Remedy

The senator asserts the Senate cannot act on presidential transgressions and that only the House of Representatives can address constitutional violations. He expresses fatigue with the issue and refuses to adjourn the committee for another meeting.

Pettus Senate House of Representatives

Officer in hot water over hotel ball incident

War Department probes Col. G F Harrison at Fort Monroe after he ordered two New York socialites, Mrs Archibald White and Mrs Charles Thorn, to leave a government hotel ballroom when they, invited verbally by Lieut Harris Pendleton, attended a ball for visiting naval officers. The hotel sits on government property and the incident draws strong sentiment for an apology.

Army Navy War Department G. F. x. Harrison Fort Monroe Chamberlin Archibald White Charles BE. Thorn Secretary of War Thorn Col. Harrison Lieut Recca Schwerin

Chinese Enmity Ends as China Heals by Aid

Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, Chinese Minister, said American famine relief has ended hostility toward the United States among the better Chinese and that generosity should quell irritations. He blamed a fault finding class and press limitations for remaining anti American sentiment. The minister credited relief with teaching readers to discern authentic news from rumors.

Chentung Liang-Cheng America China

Dunkard Conference debates necktie ban ruling

A standing committee urged Dunkard National Conference members to avoid neckties and fashionable hats and to guard against offense. The proposal was rejected as not stringent enough, with a possibility of a future rule barring neckties for membership.

Los Angeles Cal Dunkard National Conference House Dunkards

Gist's Slayer Captured in South Carolina

Arthur Davis, who fatally shot Clarence G. Gist at Carlisle yesterday after Gist had helped arrest him for disorderly conduct at a baseball game, was captured today in Union and jailed. The shooting followed Davis's escape earlier from the scene.

Union S. C Arthur Davis Clarence G. Gist Carlisle, & C Gist Davis

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