Tariff Revision Faces House and Senate Battle
Congress moves on a tariff revision with free raw wool sugar and extended food product breaks. The House aims to pass the measure by Wednesday night and the Senate Finance Committee plans rapid review as discussions shape schedules and potential free trade provisions. President Wilson may seek currency legislation at the next session and a new House banking and currency committee is to be formed.
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Washington, May
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Iit
Finance
House Banking and Currency Committee
Carter D. Glass
Virginia
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Ways and Means
House committee reshuffle and Sims case loom this week
Mr Underwood predicts a two to three week task as chairmanships shift with Fitzgerald keeping the Appropriations post and Henry named Rules chair. Clayton to head Judiciary, Alexander Merchant Marine, Adamson Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Float Foreign Affairs, Lever slated for Agriculture. The House also weighs the Glover arrest recommendation as noon tariff bill debate looms. Senate to take up sundry oil appropriation and Kern pursues federal probes into West Virginia coal fields.
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Bers
Underwood
Fitzgerald
New York
Henry
Texas
Clayton
Alabama
Alexander
Missouri
Adamson
Georgia
Float
Virginia
Lever
South Carolina
Lame
Sims
House
C C Gaver
Washington Bank
Glover
Senate
Kern
West Virginia
Lost World of South America Yacht Leaves Georgia Port
The steam yacht Pennsylvania, owned by the University of Pennsylvania, repairs in Brunswick Ga before a three year voyage to the Amazon Basin. Captain J H Bowen leads a scientific expedition to collect faunal and ethnological specimens, chart unknown lands, and study tropical diseases aboard a 136 foot craft bound for Brazil and 20 000 miles of river and coast work.
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Georgia
Bambrigde
Way
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Brunswick
Brazil
Amazon
University Museum
Adiente
Carnegie Library
Navy Department
William C. Farrabee
Museum
St Ils
Franklin B. Church
Academy of Natural Science
Fight
University of Indiana
Sandy McNab
Harry Worth
Mr. Evans
Anders Anderson
Olaf J Holland
Wiliam Derr
Peter
Amazon River
Vernson
Kodak
Brasil
Parker At Hensell Engineering Company
Palm Beach
Arrested on Charge of Insulting Woman
Morrison and Baker telegraph operators were arrested Sunday night on Decatur Street for insulting a white woman. They allegedly grabbed the woman by the arm and shouted, leaving her shaken. The pair, said to be drunk, face drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges and will appear before the recorder this afternoon. George W Wickersham and Mrs Wickersham left for China from Tokio on May 4.
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Morrison
C M. Baker
Cooper Street
Decatur Street
Recorder
Baker
Wickersham
China
Tokio
George W Wickersham
United States
Wickershaim
Drinking Song from the New York Evening Sun
A lively drinking verse urges revelry and merriment with flowing bowls and unfermented substitutes for wine. It invokes hymns by Watts or Wesley, wreaths for temples, and dancing as envoys join in prayer with the Premier.
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New York Evening Sun
Roy
Age Cheese by Electricity
An industrial electrician from Rotterdam Halland found that by applying alternating current to a fresh cheese he can mimic a two year aged cheese. After 81 hours of constant electrical currents the cheese reportedly gains the texture taste and appearance of a fine two year old cheese.
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Kansas City Star
Rotterdam
Halland
A Useful Life in Small Spheres of Usefulness
A compact Dickensian reflection urges Christian spirit to act in local duties. Underwood Typewriter’s office promotes high grade type renderings and offers a contact line for inquiries.
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Charles Dickens
Underwood Typewriter
The California Side. A New York Times Opinion Piece
A New York Times essay argues opposition to Japanese immigration in California could trigger a nationwide racial conflict. It warns of widespread property devaluation, labor displacement, and feared Japanese colonization, citing industry control and a hidden box of maps showing California waterfronts.
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New York Times
California
Japan
San Diego
Children in Demand highlights Chicago maternity hospital concerns
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes an Illinois Legislative Inquiry found more infants sought for permanent adoption than hospitals could supply, suggesting a mix of troubling child traffic and a hopeful truth that some couples fully commit to a child from birth, balancing costs with beneficent intent.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Illinois
Chicago
Knowledge and Wisdom Quote by Adam Cowper
Knowledge and Wisdom contrasts two traits from a poem. It suggests knowledge may be disconnected from wisdom and warns that learning alone can clutter the mind. Wisdom remains grounded and humble, even as knowledge grows.
Jealousy and a Shakespearean Journey Poem Fragment
A clipped paragraph titled Pointed Paragraphs offers a reflective verse on jealousy and fate. The fragment cites Shakespeare and Tennyson style musings, noting love, strength, beauty, and chaperones, while pondering what man can bestow on time.
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God
Good Kodak Finishing at Reasonable Charges
Jno Ls Moore and Sons offer quality printing with top chemicals and paper for prompt service. Fresh Grmg supplies on hand at 42 North Broad Street.
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Jno
Ls Moore & Sons
North Broad Street
Montenegro Yields to Powers In Balkan Crisis
A May 4 dispatch reports Montenegrin leaders voting to evacuate Scutari amid tensions in Albania and Vienna. The Montenegrin cabinet resigns in protest, while Italy plans a large expedition led by General Nava to restore order. European powers press Montenegro to evacuate. Albania suffers looting and killings as unrest spreads.
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Italy
Rome
Montenegro
London
Scutari
Great Britain
France
Russia
Awa
al Jbania
Esa and
Pasha
Djavia Pasha
Constantinople
Essaad Pasha
Essaad
Albania
Nava
Adowa
Bologna
Venus
Austria
Advan
Italian occupation of Avion stirs policy debate
Rumors from Vienna claim Montenegrin government may rush evacuations after the king's order, while St Petersburg notes Austro Italian interference in Albania. Russia, citing European peace and Balkan welfare, vows to act if Albania's fate depends on Scutari and seeks broad Great Power involvement to prevent occupation.
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London
Cettinje
London Newa
Balkan
Montenegro
Albania
Cetunja
Russia
Sofia
Servia
Bulgaria
Tagom
Avion
Adratic
Vienna
Montemerin
St. Petersburg
A City's Waste of Money
A Portland Citizenry report cites New York experts urging centralization of purchasing and standardized specifications to save about $190,000 yearly. The Portland city government currently lacks a purchasing agent and shows price discrepancies across departments.
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Portland (Ore) Journal
Portland
New York Bureau of Municipal Research
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