Insurgent Republicans Boycott House Caucus on Postal Bill
Wisconsin Representative Lenroot warned against caucus meetings on the postal depositories bill saying legislation belongs on the house floor. He warned the measure could shift deposits from savings banks to postal accounts and Wall Street, weakening local banks and business conditions. Progressives resisted caucus, intending to amend the bill on the floor.
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Ban
Washington Service
Hibbs
Washington
Lenroot
Wisconsin
House
Wall Street
Board of Trustees
United States
Camcus
Hawk Seizes Hat In City Hawk Lifts Chanteller Hat
On May 24 a large chicken hawk attacked Margaret McPhail and snatched her chantecler hat. Minnie Hartsdorf and another girl tried to intervene as the hawk struck Hartsdorf and Miss McPhail fainted. The hat fell into Passaic River and was recovered by fishermen after the bird released it.
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Singac
Margaret McPhail
Miss McPhail
Minnie Hartsdorf
Miss Hartsdorf
Passaic River
Easterly Denies Killing Teacher at Metropolitan Hotel
Samuel Easterly, jailed in the Minnie Ablergs case, testified at a coroner inquest. He described the teacher's efforts to win his affection, her grief, and her estrangement from parents. Police reports questioned whether she killed herself. officers noted three shots and questioned Easterly's timeline.
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Peoria, Hl
Samuel Easterly
Metropolitan Hotel
Minnie Ablergs
Princeville
Soper
Ahl
HoldUp Men Raid Gambling House in Salt Lake City
Two masked men robbed a gambling house in Salt Lake City early Tuesday, taking 491,506 in cash and 1,100 in diamonds from sixteen men. In St Paul Miss Theodora Stark, 18, faces onslaughter charge after fatally striking J. B. Kotwell while driving, and spent the night in county jail with her sister Jas Stark.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Miss Stark
Paul
Minn
Theodora Stark
B. Kotwell
St. Paul
Jas Stark
Storm in Virginia Destroys Buildings in Tappahannock
A severe windstorm hit Tappahannock Virginia at noon causing major destruction. Oldest residents recall no storm matching this fury as several buildings were toppled and many structures damaged by the high winds. Residents report widespread debris and power outages as crews assess the damage.
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Virginia
Tappahannock
Explorer Lieut Boyd Alexander Murdered in Congo
The French embassy notified the foreign office that Lieut. Boyd Alexander, the explorer, was murdered in the French Congo on Tuesday May 24. The incident marks a tragic end to his expedition in a remote region explored for scientific and geographic discovery.
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Explorer
London
Foreign Office
Lieut
Boyd Alexander
French Congo
Chinese Troops Move to Quell Peasant Uprising in Hankow
Viceroy dispatches troops from Hankow to quell a peasant army seizing the countryside north of Changsha, with widespread devastation, loot, and killings. Fears for all foreigners in the affected territory.
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Hankow
China
Chang Sha
Presbyterian Assembly Voices Protest Over Russian Jewry
In a unanimous vote the Presbyterian general assembly condemns the treatment of Jews in Russia. Led by Rev. George Alexander the body protests the Kiel expulsion edict and expresses Christian sympathy for Jewish suffering, calling actions an offense to Christiandom.
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Atlantic City
Presbyterian General Assembly
Russia
George Alexander
University Place Church of New York
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the United
How a Woman Bank Rupts Her Husband by Her Extravagance
A man named Dick Ward woos Frances, daughter of a rich but frugal aunt, Gretchen. Frances runs up debts, aunt resists, and Dick pledges a modest future as they consider eloping rather than accepting Aunt Gretchen’s money. Frances fears creditors and hopes to marry young into wealth.
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Gretchen
Dick Ward
Frances
Fifth Avenue
New York
Elopement and Money Troubles In High Society
Frances marries Dick in a rushed elopement to escape debt and social pressure. She schemes to fund their life with his paycheck while keeping her spending secret, causing friction with Phil Cartwright and Aunt Gretchen as the couple’s glittering home masks financial strain and looming reckoning.
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Phil
Gretchen
Frances
Wall Street
Phil Cartwright
Hartman
Millonaires
Ward's Fate Drives Husband to Reconsider Debt
Frances and Dick discuss the $30,000 note linked to a Riverside Drive house. Dick vows not to ruin Phil, yet temptation wins as Frances claims she paid the agent to secure the mansion. He contemplates defying the plan but hesitates, torn between love and obligation. (To be Continued.)
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Frances
Riverside Drive
Phil
Washington Square
Phill
Standard Oil Appeal Denied. $20,000 Fine Upheld
New York May 24 The United States circuit court of appeals denied Standard Oil Company of New Yorks appeal against Elkins act violations for accepting concessions on oil shipments. The court affirmed the $20,000 fine.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company of
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Postmasters Bryson Shideler Headed to Indiana Convention
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson and Assistant Postmaster J K Shideler left Tuesday for Gary to attend the Indiana Association of Presidential postmasters annual convention. Bryson serves as association president.
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Robert H. Bryson
J. K. Shideler
Gary
Indiana Association of Presidential Postmasters
Mr. Bryson
Association
Wages blamed for crime and ill health at charity convention
Paul A. Kellogg of New York argued in St Louis that low wages drive crime ignorance and ill health. He said national charity funds do not cover the shortfall between wages and living costs at the true level. He urged fixes to raise wages to the living level.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Paul A
Kellogg
New York
National Convention of Charities and Corrections
Woman Leader Ellen Halbert Paroled After Train Wreck
Ellen Halbert once led a gang of wreckers was released on parole from Virginia penitentiary after ten years served for the 1903 Shenandoah branch wreck that killed Engineer Bailey and wounded several passengers. She was with her son and a man named Kennedy at the time of the crash in Richmond.
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Bert
Virginia
Kennedy
Shenandoah
Norfolk & Western
Bailey
Chinese loan signed in Paris to be shared by banks
A $30 million Chinese railway loan was signed in Paris on Tuesday with participation from railway bankers in the United States France England and Germany. The agreement paves the way for cross border funding and indicates strong international cooperation in railroad development during May 24.
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Paris
United States
France
England
Germany
Bill Taft Cat Causes Near-Fatal Gas Fumes Incident
In Philadelphia on May 24 a pet cat named Bill Taft, noted for its unusual size, toppled onto a gas range turning on the knobs. Harry Berkeley, 58, was overcome by fumes and rendered unconscious until his son found him. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.
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Philadelphia
Bill Taft
Harry Berkeley
Berkeley
Harry
Keene Institute to Open Branch in City
Des Moines based Keene Institute one of the world’s largest sanitariums for morphine and drug habit treatment will open a new branch in the city on June 1. R B Williams of Anderson Indiana named superintendent.
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R. B. Williams
Anderson, Ind
Secretary Kills Miner in Westville Quarrel
In Danville Alabama on May 24 a miner named Joseph Smith was shot and killed Monday night at Westville after a quarrel over a trivial matter. The shooter was Jack Welsh secretary of a mine workers union.
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Danville
Joseph Smith
Westville
Jack Welsh
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