Unanimous Vote Kills Aldrich Bill In House Panel
The House Banking and Currency Committee tabbed the Aldrich bill by unanimous vote and schedules a single formal hearing on the Vreeland measure. Leaders see the hearing ending debate as to whether to pursue a currency commission, with focus shifting to the Fowler bill and broader financial reform.
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New York Times
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
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Times
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House
Fowler Commission
Vreeland
Til
Connecticut
Senate
Powler
Fowler
Burton
Ohio
Hill
Republcan
Cannon
Brilliant Easter Offer: Six Color Sections for Five Cents
A compact advertisement promises six color sections, a splendid painting, Easter Egg Dyes, and a newspaper at the price of five cents, highlighting a budget bundle timed for tomorrow.
Roosevelt and Racing Policy Clarified in Cocks Letter
Senator George B. Agnew published Congressman Cocks's Washington note dated April 16 1908 stating President Roosevelt declined to influence New York race track bills. Cocks confirms the President is not interfering in state legislation and asks Burr to support the governor on the race track measure. Agnew had no further comment.
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George B. Agnew
Republican Organization of
Twenty-seventh Assembly District
President Rosevelt
House of Representatives
Washington
D.C
Senate
Champer
Albany
N.C
New York
William Barnes, Jr
Seator. Grattan
Burr
William M Cocks
Agnew
Live Chicks in Sugar Eggs at Hotel Knickerbocker
Sixty yellow chicks arrived in Times Square from Long Island and will appear at Easter dinner in sugar eggs at the Hotel Knickerbocker. They will be released from the shells and hop across the table to delighted diners before returning to the farm.
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Knickerbocker
Times Square
Long Island
Uny
Gastaud
Barney
Life Pleasant at 101 as Morris Miller Remembers Warsaw
A 101 year old resident Morris Miller of 416 East Eighty-first Street recalls being born in Warsaw Russia. He emigrated to America forty years ago, ran a butcher shop, and remained active guiding his family into old age. He attends a small church at Firal Avenue and Seventy-ninth Street and speaks little English.
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Morris Miller
East Eighty-first Street
Warsaw
Russia
Firal Avenue
Seventy-ninth Street
Mr. Miller
America
Atenement
Topeka Rector bars bridal party from prewedding dinner
In Topeka Dean J P De Kaye forbids his family from attending Chauncey Dewey and Elvira Millspaugh’s ante wedding dinner at the Topeka Club citing Lenten fast timing. Bishop Millspaugh permits the dinner and the bride-to-be and her sister will attend. Debates arise over Lent dates and church obligations.
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New York Times
Topeka
Kan
Dean J. P. de Kaye
Grace Cathedral
Chauncey Dewey
Topeka Club
Millspaugh
Elvira Millspaugh
Dewey
Kansas
Dean de Kaye
Bertha Narrowly Escapes Shipwreck on Alaskan Run
Steamship Bertha delivering American car from Alaska brushes disaster near Seattle. Crew express confidence in a safe voyage after the near miss with Siberia bound traffic.
Day of Time Race Seaplane Angles to Paris Route
Impassable Alaskan trails force Seattle arrivals as travelers plan a long voyage to Paris via Vladivostok. A vessel sails today toward Yokohama with a projected April 29 arrival, en route through Asia and Europe.
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Thomas
Valdez
Trust
Seattle
de Dion
Protes
Pocatello
Ilda
Bertha Arrives From Valdez in Fast Inside Route
Steamship Bertha carrying the Thomas car reached Seattle after a record Alaska passage. The voyage featured narrow Wrangel Narrows navigation with reef and snow squalls, near-misses on rocks, and delays awaiting squalls to clear. The Thomas team learned rivals Zust and De Dion were shipped to Yokohama and expected to sail from Vladivostok on Glenlogan tomorrow.
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NEW York Times
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Washington
Bertha
Thomas
New York
Paris
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Alaska
Wrangel Narrows
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Olsen
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Tongas Narrows
Ketchikan
Gulf of Georgia
Hare Strait
Victoria
Yokohama
Zust
Buffalo
Times Square
Protos
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Vladivostok
New Thought for Snakes at Bronx Zoo Recatches Cobras
At the Bronx Zoo, Curator Ditmars and Keepers Snyder and Toomey recaptured two Indian cobras after a mix up placed them with lower class reptiles. The cobras fled into a back alley, resisted a box trap, then finally entered the box and were moved to proper apartments. The event was noted on Good Friday.
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India
Thy
Ditmars
Snyder and
Toomey
Snryder
Snyder
Why Fat Men Strut Explained By Professor Robinson
Paris April 17 French Academy discussion by Prof Robinson reveals that stomach depletion lifts the diaphragm shortening the thorax base causing a longer waist. He notes fat men stride due to this mechanical effect and a fierce eye mien from eye socket adiposity.
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NEW York Times
Paris
French Academy of Sciences
Robinson
Army Balloon No 1 Flies Over Baltimore Ends Landing Near Jenkins
Army Balloon No 1, an experimental flight, passed over Baltimore then descended in the northern suburbs. Passengers Lieut. F Lahm Capt. Van Horn Lieut Selfridge and Ralph A Collins watched ballast shed as the craft drifted from Washington over Montgomery Howard Anne Arundel counties reaching Ellicott City 7000 feet high before easing toward the ground and landing on Robert Jenkins’s estate.
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New York Times
Baltimore
F. §. Lahm
Signal Service Bureau
van .Horn
Jr. Selfridge
Ralph A. Collins
Washington
Bias Tf
Montgomery
Howard
Ellicot City
Anne Arundel County
Patapsco
Spring Gardens
Baltimore Street
Robert Jenkins
Subway Fire Under River Halts Eight Car Express
An eight car express bound for West Parks halted after 6 PM in a Harlem River tunnel when defective insulation around the third car sparked extensive flames and smoke. Guards contained the blaze, then moved the third car away from the live rail and passengers evacuated to 149th Street as service slowed for about thirty minutes.
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West Parks
Harlem River
149Th Street
Killed by His Fire Truck at Metuchen Inn Owner
Edward Busch proprietor of Metuchen Inn in Metuchen New Jersey died when hose carriage from Mook and Ladder Company ran him down as he helped release a fire line. The 43 year old single man lived with his mother and sister and had previously worked at Sherry's and the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York Times
New, Brunswick
N. J
Edward Busch
Metuchen Inn
Metuchen
Mook and Ladder Company
Lehigh Valley
Busch
Mr. Busch
Sherry’s
Waldorf-Astoria
Firebug’s fifth Newark blaze strikes again at Halsey Street
In Newark New Jersey a fifth incendiary fire in five weeks damaged the roof and upper sections of 85 87 Halsey Street last night between 11 and 12 o clock. Detectives had been on the case since a Thursday fire but were away when the latest blaze started. Several residents were detained for questioning and George McCarthy of No 35 who had previously reported other fires was hospitalized after an epilepsy attack.
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New York Times
Newark
N. J
Halsey Street
George McCarthy
No. 35
Cayuga Lake Salt Works Burns in Ludlowville Fire
Fire destroyed the main building of the Cayuga Lake Salt Company a branch of International Salt Company at Ludlowville. Eight thousand tons of salt burned, property damage exceeds $200,000, leaving two hundred workers out of work. The blaze was visible from Ithaca, ten miles away.
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New York Times
Fthaca, M.Y
Cayuga Lake Salt Company
International Salt Company
Ludlowville
Ithaca
Minister's Betrothal Triggers Tragic Death in Woodbury
Reverend George W. Tomson, pastor of Woodbury Presbyterian Church and West Jersey Foreign Missions chair, died by his own hand in a Newton Hotel room four days after announcing engagement to Mrs. Jannie Kenworthy. The affair followed a public denouncement by Miss Idelen Moore amid gifts and rumors of another suit. Witnesses describe a confrontation at the church and a final trip to Philadelphia before his death.
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Philadelphia
George W. Tomson
Woodbury
N. J
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Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbytery of
West Jersey
Newton Hotel
Tomson
Ile
Ladies’ Aid Society
Presbyterian Chlurcheld
Kenworthy
Lhkenworthy
Huunter Street
Listen Moore
Miss Moore
Tenat
Air
Newton
Mrs. Tomson
Mr. Moore
Mr. Tomson
Misa Moore
Missionary Board
Edward 8. Kramer
National Liberties Bank
Mr. Kramer
Mr. Kremer
Mr.Tomson
Girl Delivering Papers Severely Injured Near Roselle Park Plant
Lola Ozes eleven daughter of Henry Ozes Roselle Park newsdealer was delivering papers at the Shedd Electric Company plant Aldene when she dodged a moving shaft and her scalp was torn from her head. She was rushed to hospital with the scalp sewn and there is fair hope for healing.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Lola Ozes
Henry Ozes
Roselle Park
Shedd Electric Company
Aldene
King Victor Emmanuel Receives Griscom in Private Audience
In Rome on April 17 King Victor Emmanuel met Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia, father of Lloyd C. Griscom the U S ambassador to Italy. The audience was described as most cordial.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Clement A. Griscom
Philadelphia
Lloyd C. Griscom
United States
Italy
Griscom
Showers For Easter Forecast By Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau predicts showers for the Easter region with a chance of sun for some, and warmer temperatures expected. The rest of the country is generally fair with possible showers in the Northwest.
Alaska spring production seen at Record level
From Nome reports Seattle April 17 bankers and miners on Seward peninsula expect to realize the largest spring production in Alaska history likely reaching 23000000. Winter dumps are unusually rich and a new fin find near Brooks Mountain is said to show immense promise.
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Seattle
Washington
Nome
Alaska
Seward Peninsula
Brooks Mountain
New Subway Newsstands Considered by City Transit
The Public Service Commission urged removal of disused cigar stands in subway stations as eyesores. Interborough Rapid Transit Company President F P Bryant submitted enclosed booth designs about nine feet high and five feet from the wall to extend into the platform, aiming to resolve objections to existing stands.
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Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
F. P. Bryant
Plattorn
Yacht Kemah Lashes Through Gale to Port in NY Times Report
The steam yacht Kemah of New York arrived at Elizabeth City at 4 PM after a north gale battered Cyrontan Sound. Crew cut away masts to prevent grounding. J. H. Childs of Pittsburgh chartered the yacht with three guests, wintering near Miami. They plan to depart at Old Point. owned by B. I. Norton of Wall Street.
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New York, Times
Elizabeth City
Kemah
New York
Thig
Cyrontan Sound
Ons H. Culds
Pittsburg
Penn
Florida
Miami
Fire kills eight dogs in basement of city apartment
A basement fire on West Sixty third Street killed eight of Miss Josephine Hunts dogs and left eleven others rescued. Firefighters contained the blaze quickly after discovery, and the young owner mourned the loss of her pets, having kept many animals in her rooms.
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Josephine Hunt
Miss Hunt
Bail To Stop Gow Trial Indicted Banker Faces Postponement
Kings County District Attorney Clarke said for two weeks he resisted urgent appeals from prominent financial and political figures to postpone the trial of William Gow charged with illegal practices in connection with the Borough Bank. He expects the trial to start next Monday as scheduled with Assistant DA Elder having been approached on Gow's behalf.
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Clarke
Kings County
William Cow
Borough Bank
Gow
Elder
Tas? Fall
A Z Grays Dramatic Polo Drive Narrow Escape
Hempstead April 17 Mr and Mrs Albert Zabriskie Gray had a narrow escape today while driving to Meadow Brook polo. The horse bolted near the club house, overturning the phaeton. Mr Gray crawled out to help his wife who was thrown but uninjured. She chose to ride behind the same horse for the remainder of the trip.
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New York Times
Hempstead
J. I
Albert Zabriskie Gray
Meadow Brook
Mr. Gray
Blackstone Hotel Groundbreaking on Michigan Avenue
Papers signed for a new twenty story Blackstone Hotel to be built on Michigan Avenue by Tracy C. and John B. Drake at a cost of 1.5 million dollars in Chicago.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Blackstone
Alton
Tracy C
John B. Drake
Ross Run Iron Mines resume operations in Bath County
The Ross Run Iron Mines in Bath County funded by Alabama and Mississippi capitalists have restarted work after a shutdown during the financial stringency. The reopening puts about 200 men to work. Mecklenburg Lithia Water is advertised as a remedy for indigestion and related ailments.
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Lexington
Ross Run
Bath County
Alabama
Mississippi
McCarren Plans Move Against State Chair Conners
Senator McCarren asserts Brooklyn leadership and protests against State Chairman Conners as he warns of a possible rump convention. He predicts a renewed push for party rule, denounces suppression of local delegates, and vows to defend Kings County power amid Tammany tensions.
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Geo IL
Chatman Conners
State Committee
McCarren
Conners
Kings County Democratic Organization
Nater
Ters
Brooklyn
Tonne Apa
Senter McCarren
Amerg
Tita
Aes Thel
Kings County
Conrad Hasenflug
Conners-Murphy
MacCarren
Ben
Tammany Hall
Mec
Lelan
John H. O'Brien
Metz
Rochester
William J.bryan
Bryan
Countrs
Buffalo
Henry P. Burgard
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