Hope Abandoned as House Rejects Ship Subsidy Conference Report
Washington May 23 Practically all hope of a ship subsidy was abandoned when the house by a vote of 145 to 166 rejected the conference report on the post office appropriation bill containing the provision therefore and on which the principal fight was made The bill was sent back to conference and there now is little prospect that the house conferees will yield to the senate A Campaign contribution publicity bill was passed 160 to 125 with Democrats opposing due to an amendment reducing southern representation in the house The omnibus pension bill conference report was received and district of columbia and other conference actions were agreed or disagreed and sent to conference A petition against the New Haven road was filed amid opposition from Roosevelt and a suit to separate New Haven from trolley lines was filed in Boston by US District Attorney Asa P French for the federal government
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Conference
Post Office
Senate
District of Columbia
New Haven Road
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
New York, New Haven
Congress
Supreme Court
Territories
Nelson
Representative Tawney
Cannon
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Senate Deliberates on Hepburn Rail Rate Law Penalty Clause
Washington May 23 The Senate resumed consideration of extending the time to enforce the penalty provision of the Hepburn rate law. Senator Foraker argued about railroad coal supply and compliance via separate accounts while suggesting a substitute restricting railroads from hauling self produced commodities since 1906. Senator Beveridge spoke on congressional regulatory power as the chamber debated the Foraker substitute, which failed 22 to 32 before executive session and adjournment.
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Senate
Foraker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beveridge
Congress
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Shurtliff Declines as Arbitrator Halting Street Car Settlement
Cleveland May 23 In a lengthy strike mediation the choice of a third arbitrator collapsed when Glen K Shurtliff refused to serve. One arbitrator for the strikers and one for the Municipal Traction company were chosen, but the third member could not be agreed upon delaying any settlement. The dispute centers on whether returning workers may be treated as new hires or retain their prior seniority while negotiations continue.
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Laborine
Glen K. Shurtliff
Municipal Traction Company
Mr. Shurtliff
Board of Arbitration
du Pont
Elroy M. Avery
Clash of Policies at White House Over Railroad Case
A clash between President Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte over filing antitrust action against the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad led to an emotional stand off. Bonaparte threatened resignation before the president yielded.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Charles J. Bonaparte
Bonaparte
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Gonaparte
Death in Minneapolis stamped by greed for gold
The body of a middle aged man was recovered from the Mississippi in Minneapolis with a bullet wound. A small book shows he drew savings from the bank totaling over 1000 dollars, suggesting robbery as the motive. Authorities have not identified the deceased.
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Minneapolis
Truie
Mississippi
Explosion on Street Car Injures Three in Reynoldsville
An Italian worker on a Dubois Traction car near Sykesville placed a five pound keg of powder on the rear controller and entered the smoking compartment. The blast wrecked the car injuring three of twenty five aboard and sent others into a panic. Francisco Mantano, who carried three sticks of dynamite, was knocked from his seat and fled over a hill.
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Dubois Traction Company
Sykesville
Francisco Mantano
Curtiss Sets World Record Flight at 339 Yards
In Hammondsport New York on May 23 Q H Curtiss piloted Baldwin's White Wings to a 339 yard flight in 18 seconds at 37 miles per hour. The run is described as the world's record for a first attempt with the machine under perfect control.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Q. H. Curtiss
Baldwin
Congress Faces Bitter Struggle Over Roosevelt Policies
Washington discussions show many Roosevelt policies discussed but few enacted while large appropriations loom. Debate centers on emergency currency, labor bills, and a plan to fund public buildings in Washington, with Nelson Tawney and Speaker Cannon opposing costly additions as the session nears adjournment.
Boy Killed While Riding Bicycle in St Paul
Francis Binet fourteen years old died while en route to school in St Paul as he neared Marshall avenue and Arandle Street. To avoid wagons he swerved and fell from the bicycle striking his head on the curb causing a fatal neck injury.
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Francis Binet
Marshall Avenue
Arandle Street
Young Binet
Two Men Die As Bridge Girder Falls In Detroit
Detroit May 23 Thomas Horn and Joseph Kulkie were killed and three other workmen seriously injured when a falling steel girder being hoisted to strengthen the Howard Street bridge knocked them from the bridge floor. The victims were swept to the Michigan Central tracks twenty feet below. A. West riding the girder fell with it but escaped serious injury.
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Detroit
Thomas Horn
Joseph Kulkie
Howard Street
Michigan Central Railroad
A. West
Peterson Disappearance Linked to Gunness Case Says Friends
Payton C May 23 Friends of L T Peterson once a leading livestock merchant in this city think he fell victim to Mrs Gunness He vanished April 15 with over 1400 in his possession Traced through Indiana towns he vanished in the Gunness establishment ruins a watch with initials L M P is said to have been found in the ruins
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L. T. Peterson
Gunness
Peterson
Indiana
Levee Breach Wets 6000 Acres Near Havana
The levee four miles west of Havana on the D aois river broke flooding 6000 acres with four feet of water. Twenty five families were forced to abandon their homes as property loss mounts.
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Springfield
Havana
Stage coach swept away. four die near Williamsport
From Alaska West Virginia comes word a stage coach was carried downstream at a ford near Williamsport Grant county. The driver and three passengers perished, along with the team.
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Cumberland
Alaska
W. Va
Williamsport
Grant County
Former Police Inspector Whittaker Guilty in Shooting Case
In New Orleans on May 23 former Police Inspector Whittaker was found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon and his sentence was deferred. He and detectives entered editor J. M. Leveque’s office and fired twice, missing both, over objections to editorials. In St Paul on May 23 a young woman’s body was found in the Mississippi near Town and Country Club, believed to have jumped from the dam.
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Poiice
BE. $. Whittaker
J. M. Leveque
St. Paul
Government Dam
Mississippi River
Town and Country Club
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