Stormy House session tightens rules to curb filibuster
Washington Wednesday's stormy house session adopted stricter rules aimed at checking Democratic filibustering and passed two resolutions seeking information from the Justice Department and the Department of Commerce and Labor on the labor trust. Nine roll calls occurred, with debate featuring DeArmond and Williams for the Democrats and Sherman and Dalzell for the Republicans as leaders clashed over accountability and legislative pace.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Labor
Laber Trust
Rales
Messrs. DeArmond
Williams
Messrs
Sherman
Dalzell
DeArmond
Repubican Party
Democratic Party
Harriman Advances Funds for Erie Notes
Philadelphia report says H Harriman ordered funds to meet Erie Railroad obligations by a large note issue. J P Morgan announced Erie noteholders totaling 5 500 000 would be paid at par in cash or exchanged for a new three year six percent note with five percent of the pew notes in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Philadelphia
H. Harriman
Erie Rai Toad Company
J. P. Morgan
Erie
Pew
Winter Wheat Shows Well as Department Finds
Washington reports from the Bureau of Statistics indicate winter wheat on April 1 averaged 91.3 percent, higher than 89.9 in 1907 and the ten year norm. The piece also notes the American chess player Marshal faltered in Vienna, Schlechter leading the international tourney and Johner drawing with Suecht ing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bureau of Statistics’ Corn Reporting Board
Vienna
Marshal
Schlechter
Johner
Suechting
First Labor Law Judgment Awards 26000 for Lost Leg
In New York City a motorman, John Honer, awarded 26000 for the loss of his left leg in July 1906 after a fellow employee’s negligence. The ruling marks the first judgment under the labor law passed in May 1908 holding railway companies liable for injuries to employees caused by others.
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New York
Supreme Court
John Honer
Honer
New York City Railway Company
Illinois Liquor Vote Sees Big City Wins Dry Rural Areas
Illinois tally shows 1,014 saloons closed statewide with 828 townships going dry. Large cities largely voted for saloons while rural and suburban areas trend dry, with majorities in Springfield Monmouth Joliet Kankakee and other counties embracing local option or outright dry status.
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Chicago
Springfield
Bloomington
Ill
Danville
Georgetown
Vermilion
Pontiac
Livingston County
Dwight
Chataworth
Flanagan
Strawn
Joliet
Florence
Kankakee
Hoopesten
Freeport
Omaha Ordered to Buy Water Works for 6.26 Million
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ordered Omaha to purchase the Omaha Water Works system for 6,263,295.49 dollars. The case returns to the district court for final judgment. Judge Hock wrote the opinion, with Judges Adams and Garland concurring.
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St. Louis
Apr
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Omaha Water Works Company
City of
Omaha
Neb
United States District Court
Hock
Adams
Garland
Congressman's Death Shocks South Bend and Nation
Abraham L. Brick, congressman from Indiana s Thirteenth district, died in Indianapolis on Tuesday from acute Brights disease. He had just attended the Republican state convention and faced questions about filling the vacancy. Also noted are obituaries of William Shuttle Beach former Springfield mayor and U S district attorney, and Byron J Carter Detroit auto executive.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Abraham L. Brick
South Bend
Indiana
Fletcher
Bright
Brick
Rapud Heang
Thirteenth
William BE
Shuttle Beach
Springfield
Shutt
Hot Springs
Ark
Cleveland
United States
Istriet
Ilinois
John M. Palmer
Pearl Harbor Naval Station Appropriation Passed
The House approved an $850,000 appropriation for a naval station at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The Senate also passed the Army bill carrying about $100,000,000 with a $20,000 provision for Fort William Henry Harrison Montana, plus pay raises for officers and enlisted men. A Foraker amendment sought war department records on Brownsville re-enlistments.
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Naval Station
Pearl Harbor
Senate
Washington
House
Sterling
Illneis
Territories
District of Columbia
Henry
Texas
Littlefield
Supreme Court of the United States
Committee On Military Affairs
Fort William Henry Harrison
Montana
Senator Foraker
Secretary of War
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
House Committee
Congress
McCall
Massachusetts
Rep
Tugboats Chase Wild Steers In East River Pursuit
A fleet of tugboats chased a herd of Texas steers that swam in the East River after a Lehigh Valley float carrying 30 steers and coal sank near North Ninth Street Brooklyn. About 15 steers escaped, others drowned, and captued ones were towed ashore amid a frantic, hazardous effort to land them.
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New York
East River
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Hast
North Ninth Street
Brooklyn
Indiana Mines in Operation as Ohio and Pa Idle Await Toledo Meeting
A two hour conference of western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana coal operators and miners adjourned with no resumption of work. Indiana mines remain in operation under a new resolution while Illinois, and possibly Ohio and Pennsylvania, plan to resume around April 16 after Springfield and Toledo meetings.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Toledo
Springfield
Illinois
Lewis
Kansas City
Southwest Field
Illiinois
W. D. Ryan
W. L. Chapman
Western Pennsylvania
Debt Collector Intervenes at Hoffman House Bar
A terse creditor corners a debtor at the Hoffman House bar with friends to force repayment. A waiter taps the man on the shoulder and asks when he will pay the substantial amount owed. The debtor laughs and roars, declaring he is no prophet, as the collector withdraws amid cheers.
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Hoffman House
New York Times
Not Run by an Irishman Speed Indicator Pickup
A French chauffeur brings an imported machine to a repair shop where a mechanic grows curious about its speed indicator recording distance in the metric system. A chatter about who runs the device ensues with playful French and English spelling twists.
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Rouge
Harriman
Leake
Land Office
Frederick A. Hyde
John A Benson
Henry D. Diamond
Joost H. Snyder
United States of Public Lands
General Land Office
John H. Fimple
John MecPhaul
Alvision
Illinos
Winnebago County
Rockford
Rockord
Aurora
Elgin
Gemeva
Batavia
Blackberry
St. Charles
Kane County
Belvidere
Decatur
Macon County
Dixon
Centralia
Marion County
Salem
Kinmundy
Odin
Sandoval
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Grand Tower
Carbondale
Benton
Franklin County
Goode
Milwaukee
Becker
Vincent Schoenecker
August M. Gawin
Rose
Kangas City
Tire
Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr
Henry M. Beardsley
Hlect Crittenden
Meyer Beardsley
Duluth
Minn
Frank R. Grampton
Superior
Wis
Joseph Konkel
Lingein
Lincoln
Vandalia
St. Elmo
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Siegel
Lawrenceville
Lawrence County
Sullivan
Moultrie County
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
Litchfield
Irving
Raymond
Clinton
Dewitt County
Carrollton
Greene County
Roadhouse
Carroltown
Eldred
Greenfield
Whitehall
City
Congressman Brick
Detroit
Mich
Byron J. Carter
Motor Car Company
S. J. Bowen
Wayne
W. Way
Boles
Foley
A J Howe
Glenwood
the Tribune
Mills County
MR. Littlefield
Glassboro
N. J
Whitney Company
Great Northern
Great Northern Railway Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Holt
Minnesota Bank
St. Paul
Dundee
England
France
Germany
Ain
Thuaaheth “Alley
Mallory
English Channel
Ny IL
Wiliam Sohmi
Coleman St
Naferedine Voy
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