Dollars for Bullets New World Policy Debate
Baltimore May 4 The third national peace congress heard James Speyer of Speyer Co discuss financial neutrality as a wartime restraint while Huntington Wilson defined dollar diplomacy as replacing bullets with prosperity. Slayden attacked intervention. Wilson defended U S actions toward Mexico. Elmer Black urged women's role in peace efforts.
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Republican Attack on Democratic Free List Bill in House
Washington May 4. House debate turns partisan as Rep Hill Connecticut Republican warns the Democratic free list bill would cripple revenues by 50 million and aid trusts. He cites foreign manufacturing and raw material duties, while Underwood defends the measure as lowering living costs. Amid barbs Focht and Sims clash over the extra session costs and White House ownership.
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Anarchy and Civil War in Land of Diaz
Reports from Mexico describe anarchy with revolutionaries roaming the country pillaging and killing. Americans seek protection as Diaz’s government fights guerrillas. Mexico City is said to be under siege and defections rise. Peace negotiations at Maderos camp are urged to halt hostilities soon.
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Prince Jaime to Seek Speech Power in Switzerland
Madrid May 4 The Diario Universal says Queen Victoria will take Prince Jaime second son of Spain to Switzerland around late June or early July for an operation to correct his speech difficulty. Prince Jaime born June 23, 1908 has long been in frail health and reportedly lacks the power of speech.
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Maine wreck cofferdam completed. pumps to start
Navy and army engineers report the steel cofferdam at Havana harbor is finished and pumping will commence on May 5. The Navy will send a collier to recover historic material and any bodies of Maine explosion victims.
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Canadian Coal Riot Report Alleges Shipboard Dumping
Cable advices from Cordova Alaska say a mob boarded an Alaska Steamship vessel with Canadian coal and dumped it overboard amid agitation against foreign fuel imports. The company has asked President Taft to send troops to quell rioting.
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Draft Arbitration Treaty With Britain Near Ready
Washington May 4 A draft arbitration treaty between America and Great Britain has advanced toward completion and will be ready for submission to the British government within two weeks. Details are withheld from publication and no accurate outline has appeared.
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Mexican revolutionists present statement to federal envoy
Peace commissioners of the Mexican revolutionists formally presented today to Judge Carbajal, the federal envoy, a statement outlining terms and positions in the ongoing mediation. The move follows recent talks and seeks clarity on demands and potential concessions in the stalled negotiations.
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Indictments Reported Against McNamaras in Dynamiting Case
Twenty one new indictments were voted by the grand jury in Los Angeles against James B. McNamara John J. McNamara and Opie E. McManigal in a dynamite conspiracy. Nineteen indictments target the McNamaras for murder in the Los Angeles Times blast that killed twenty one men. The other two accuse McManigal as principal and the McNamaras as accomplices in the Llewellyn Ironworks explosion with no fatalities.
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Taft Compares Army Health in Texas to Cuba Wars
President Taft praised the Army Medical Corps at a Philadelphia Medical Club reception. He cited two months of mobilization at San Antonio with 18 000 troops and only one typhoid case, contrasting with yellow fever in Cuba during the Spanish American War and highlighting advances in disease prevention and vaccination. Charles Taft arrived later in borrowed French waiter attire.
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Taft appoints probe of Tariff Board findings
In Washington on May 4 President Taft granted permission for a National Tariff Commission association committee to investigate the Tariff Board. The six member panel includes Cobb Culberson Miles Kirby Jarvis and Towne. Taft and Tariff Board Chairman Emery welcomed the move and the president asked for a copy of the committee’s findings.
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Divorce Bill Sparks Debate in Ohio Legislature
In Columbus on May 4, the legislature defeated the Russell divorce bill after heated debate. Proponents argued for five years insanity as a ground, while opponents called for stricter limits and even a 21 year remarriage ban. The House vote ended 66 to 34, with Russell signaling a reconsideration.
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Another Harmon bill sent back in Ohio House
The Ohio House balked at a Harmon administration backed primary bill as lawmakers criticized its impact on state politics. The debate centered on direct vote nominations and a 2 percent petition threshold, with amendments reducing the required signers. Democrats demanded fixes before passage. The chamber also approved Ellen Hunt’s suit against the state and Cincinnati bond authorizations for Southern railroad terminal facilities.
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Indictments Certified to Legislature in Ohio Bribery Probe
Ohio officials served notice to Senate and House leaders that grand jurors returned indictments against Senators George Cetone Isaac Huffman and L R Andrews Representatives George B Nye and A Clark Lowry and Senate sergeant at arms Rodney J Diegle The Burns detectives promise more bills and the first trials are set for May 16 with Nye likely first The investigation broadens to alleged lobbyist influence and bribes in liquor and subway bills ongoing as a Christian body defense is proclaimed by lawmakers
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Senate approves sweeping subcommittee amendments to Winters bill
Senator Stockwell of Cleveland called the senate action the most outrageous proceeding in the chamber as 25 to 7 vote adopted over two hundred amendments to the Winters public utilities bill in one lump. He charged public service corporations guided the changes and only six senators sided with him.
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