Washington Deliberates Tariffs and Canal Fortifications
Taft signals openness to tariff bills at the coming special session. House backs Panama Canal fortifications with 3.6 million dollars. Hilles becomes President’s secretary. Senate adopts Sutherland amendment for direct election of Senators. New Japanese treaty ratified with eighteen articles. Lorimer defends Senate seat. Haiti warns revolution nears end. $3 million for canal fortifications included in Sundry Civil bill. Cummins pushes aritif data review and extra session amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Congress
House
Panama Canal
Charles D. Hilles
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
the Treasury
Charles D. Norton
Senate
Sutherland
Lorimer
Haiti
State Department
Washington
L Leonard Wood
Panama
Canal
Cummins
arifi—Board
Consecration and Political Voices Highlight New York News
Bishop Suffragan Charles Burch was consecrated at Grace Church in New York. William F. Sheehan stated he would not withdraw from the Senatorial race. Judge Ben Lindsey of the Juvenile Coast in Denver spoke for women's suffrage in Albany, noting one corrupt woman implies many men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Burch
Grace Church
New York
William F. Sheehan
Ben Lindsey
Denver
Albany
N. Y
Various 1920s News Briefs Report Secret Vivisection Robberies and Political Moves
Dr. Snow accuses secret human vivisection in hospitals at a Waldorf reception in New York. Mrs. Gus Joseph reports a $10,000 robbery by two highwaymen in Fuller Kansas to pay Sheridan Coal Company workers. Edward M. Shepard withdraws from the U S Senate race amid Democratic among Albany insurrectionists. Mrs. Maldwin Drummond, ex Mrs. Marshall Field Jr., robbed of jewels worth $130,000 aboard the Hamburg Amerika Amerika in New York harbor. Curtiss completes sea to land to sea flight in a 20 mph wind near San Francisco. Andrew Carnegie funds for a library is challenged by Crooksville Ohio union potters. Senate discusses former matter and plans all night sessions. Reciprocity accord reported to Senate without recommendation. Robert Jones and John Veazey lynched by a mob in Warrenton Georgia after murder charges. Sheriff Wood of Bellefontaine Ohio saves John Beers and son from lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Gus Joseph
Fuller
Kan
Express
Kansas City
Sheridan Coal Company
Edward M. Shepard
Albany
United States Senater
William F. Sheehan
J. Montgomery Hare
Maldwin Drummond
Alrs
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
América
Hamburg
San Francisco
Ocean
Coronado Island
Glenn H. Curtiss
Andrew Carnegie
Union Potters
Crooksville
Ohio
Senate
Finance Committee
Robert Jones
John Veazey
Warrenton
Sheriff Wood
Bellefontaine
John Beers
Gibson
Divorce Likely After Failed Settlement With Robert Chanler
Mme Cavalleri told a St Petersburg correspondent she sees no chance of settlement with Robert Chanler except divorce. A Newark jury acquitted Frank J Gardner of trying to bribe Otto Foelker to vote against anti race track gambling bills in 1908. Quannah Parker died at 65 near Lawton Oklahoma of pneumonia. Parker was a famed figure of the old Southwest. T B Bohr 55 of Spring Valley New York married the town telephon e operator aged 22. Deputy Attorney General Coleman predicted 12 cent milk in New York City. Germany to enter the next international balloon contest to be held in this country. The American Polo Association accepted Hurlingham conditions for international matches. The Interstate Commerce Commissions ruling against railroads rate hikes caused stock market slump. bankers not pessimistic. NYPSC toll hearings ended. President Bethell said current rates were just. Federal sugar fraud probe in New York port implicated a former Treasury official. Boston reports Robert B Davie the boy banker arrested in Rio de Janeiro. Railroads unlikely to appeal Interstate Board rate decision. General T Coleman du Pont offered to give Delaware a 103 mile highway valued around 1.5 million dollars. A sweeping decision denied railroads right to raise freight rates in East and West. Delegate Wickersham of Alaska and Rep Mondell of Wyoming fought in the House. Rep Norris introduced measures to resist the Coffee Trust. General Brun dead from paralytic stroke after meeting staff at Briand ministry offices near Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Cavalleri
St. Petersburg
T. B. Bohr
Spring Valley
N. Y
Coleman
New York City
Germany
American Polo Association
Hurlingham
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hich
New York State Public Service Commission
Bethell
New York
United States Treasury
Boston
Robert B. Davie
Rio de Janeiro
Tt Wis
Interstate Board
T. Coleman du Pont
The
du Pont Powder Corporation
Delaware
Peaentery
Wickersham
Alaska
Mondell
Wyoming
Norris
Nebraska
Coffee Trust
General Brun
Briand
Global news roundup of 1900s events and figures
Foreign reports note Conservative Republicans favored in April elections and a £3,500,000 royal treasury estimate. Costa Rica approves a $10,000,000 debt refunding contract with Minor C Keith. Paris banker M. Loutreff leaves $700,000 to the Academy and $500,000 to the University. Belgian A Giss murdered in Tiflis. Japan rejoices over US treaty ratification as Crown Prince William sails home from Bombay due to plague. Far East unrest, Amoy fight suppression, and Haiti politics cited. Madrid ladies in trousers provoke police rescue. Barbin plague deaths reported. Bradford gale claims Mary Bailey after a 30 foot throw.
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Portugal
Minor C. Keith
M. Loutreff
Paris
French Academy of Sciences
University of Paris
A. Giss
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Japan
United States
Crown Prince
Frederick William
Germany
Bombay
India
Far East
Amoy
China
Leconte
Simon of
Hayti
Madrid
Spain
Navarra
Juarez
Mexico
London Morning Post
Barbin
General Brun
America
Dignity and Little Miss Chit Plan Ice Rescue Moment
Harold Speed and Gertrude Rayburn, dubbed Little Miss Chit, clash over dignity and romance. A lake ice rescue leads to laughter, a declined proposal, and a hopeful pair laughing together, hinting at an impending marriage.
Sealed Bid Auction Method Used for Property in Japan
Sealed bids are used in Japanese property auctions with bids written on slips placed in a box. The highest bid wins, no one knows others offers, and owners only auction if they intend to sell at any price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ruined Conversation Sparks Whimsical Exchange in Puck
A playful exchange features Diana Weybridge and two men with banter on art and taste. The jest centers on impressionist interpretations and what constitutes beauty in a postprandial moment, reflecting lighthearted dialogue from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Weybridge
Puck
Civic Rivalry
A playful exchange features Squire Durnitt declaring plans for a newspaper in Lonelyville while Uncle Welby Gosh of Drearyhurat questions where it will be printed. The humorous back and forth highlights local town rivalry and community press ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Durnitt
Lonelyville
Uncle Welby Gosh
Drearyhurat
Lehigh Valley Railroad Abandons Canal Land Rights Move
The Lehigh Valley Railroad memorial to the New Jersey Legislature details plans to convey water rights from Morris Canal and abandon canal navigation. It outlines the canal’s decline since 1871, its financial losses, and the pivotal 1875 NJ line, plus the proposed land and dam transfers to the state under a 1905 commission's recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
New Jersey
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Delaware River
Phillipsburg
Hudson
Jersey City
Canal Company
Tidewater
Lackawanna Railroad
Boontown
Central Railroad of
Lehigh Valley
Perth Amboy
Plainfield
Lake Hoptacong
Greenwood Lake
Werts
Griggs
Voorhees
Open Front Poultry Houses for Efficient Winter Laying
The Minnesota Farmers' Library describes economical open front poultry houses at University Farm emphasizing simple design, tight walls, draft ventilation, and cement floors with sand and cinders. It notes fowls do not require winter warmth for steady egg laying and explains sunlit, narrow windows to distribute light and heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Farm
Minnesota Farmers’ Library
Lean Meat Benefits for Stock Ducks in Feed
The article advises including lean meat in the morning mash for stock ducks. It compares granulated meat or butcher's refuse, boiled and chopped, noting similar benefits at lower cost. It adds that green foods should be liberal for confined ducks, while free-ranging birds find their own greens.
Improving the Flock Idea Shifts on Rooster Value
The article argues farmers should rethink rooster value for flock improvement. It states a male bird can be more valuable than a common market rooster when used for breeding, boosting long term profitability.
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Capitol
Old World News
Lawrence Alfred Clay
Associa
Harold Speed
Gertrude Rayburn
Miss Chit
Harold
Gertrude
Mr. Speed
Miss
Literary Press
Mamma
Lehigh Valley R. R
OLD Waterway
Railroad
Jersey Central
Mount Holly
Raymord Bishop
Bishop
Lumberton Shoe Factory
Children's Society Hard
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Grand Street
Newton
Smith
Stroudsburg
A. H. Bradford
Montclair
Amory H. Bradford
First Congregational Church
Trenry Ward Beecher
Stella Bradford
Orange
Bradford
LTA
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