Big Public Backing Emerges in Reciprocity Fight
Senate Finance hearings reveal that opposition to the Canadian reciprocity agreement is funded by major interests. International Paper, National Lumber Association, Woolen Trust, and American Protective Tariff League push the campaign using the National Grange as a cover. Publicity agents Allen and Graham admit promises to pay from industry figures, while Grange President Bachelder faces questions on membership and paper organization claims.
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Missouri
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New York
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American Protective Tariff League
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Wilbur F. Wakeman
Edward Hines
Lumber Trust
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Distilleries’ Security Company
Danbury Hat Company
Allen & Graham
Bachelder
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Associated Press
Senate
Democratic caucus eyes split over wool tariff bill
Washington May 81 A lively Democratic caucus is expected as Ways and Means revises the wool schedule. Bryan faces fierce criticism from supporters and opponents alike over free wool. Underwood predicts Bryan will be overwhelmed as caucus time extends days. Speaker Clark and Harrison weigh in while West and South factions align against Bryan. The debate spans hours with many speakers seeking to influence the final vote.
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Democratic Party
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Bryan
House
Representative Underwood
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
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Democratic Caucus
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Morrow
Mr. Bryan
New Jersey
Justice Harlan to Mark 78th Birthday on May 31
Washington dispatch notes Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan of the Supreme Court will celebrate his seventy eighth birthday tomorrow. His health is excellent and he says he has been sick only twice in his life. He will have served on the bench thirty four years on December 10 and if he remains until June 10, 1912 he will have served longer than any justice since the court was organized.
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Washington
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Plans for largest U S battleship squadron in Cape Cod Bay
Newport May 31 Plans are under way to assemble in Cape Cod Bay in July a fleet of twenty one battleships with their auxiliaries forming the largest battleship squadron in American naval history Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus will command the force.
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Newport
Cape Cod Bay
Hugo Osterhaus
Twenty miners killed in Westmoreland strike charges
Washington report says labor leaders allege twenty miners were killed and peonage and graft practiced by coal operators in the Westmoreland fields. Francis Feehan testifies that deputies killed workers at homes, and many were driven from company towns. He cites stockades and forced labor, with hundreds injured.
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Mine Workers’ Union
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Madison
Kansas
Feehan
Westmoreland Field
Europe
Westmoreland Fields
Z Feehan
John Griffith
Ocean Coal Company
Ocean Coal Mine
Greensburg
Penn
Frank Ridgeway
John T. Fox
George D. McCreary
Philadelphia
Westmoreland Coal Company
Hutchinson
House
United Mine Workers District
Irwin
Westmoreland County
Georgetown Alumni Dine at Plaza Hotel
New York Chapter of the Georgetown University Alumni Association held its annual dinner at the Plaza Hotel with about one hundred graduates present. Speakers included Justice Carr, Judge O Sullivan, Prof Moore, Rev Richards, Dr Walsh, Dean Moore, and John J Kirby. Carr warned of dangers to representative government and the need to preserve it for future generations.
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New York
Georgetown University Alumni Association
Plaza Hotel
Dam Around Maine Wreck Sure to Succeed in Havana Harbor
Army engineers say the cofferdam built around the Maine wreck in Havana Harbor will succeed and pumping out water will begin around June 15. Delays came from bent steel rails that allowed leakage. some leaks are expected as water level drops, but can be controlled.
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Maine
Havana Harbor
Army
Five Plunge Into Flushing Bay After Launch Explosion
A motor launch owned by Harry Rogers of East Elmhurst explodes after a gasoline feed pipe leak. Five persons jump into Flushing Bay near Corona, L I, early yesterday, including three women and a five year old boy. The party, returning from Decoration Day sails with a sailor's wife and Mrs OBrien and Mrs OLeary.
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Corona
L. IL
Harry Rogers
Sound View Terrace
East Elmhurst
L. I
Elatives
Mary O’brien
Nellie O’leary
Blaze capsized boat tragedy recalls O'Brien boy rescue
A gasoline spill ignited clothing aboard the vessel causing passengers to jump overboard. Mrs. Rogers, a skilled swimmer, seized the O'Brien boy and guided him to shore as bystanders responded to the emergency.
Rescue efforts Ironclad in boat blaze incident
A witness recalls seeing Mr. Rogers aiding two others from a distance of several hundred yards as all suffered burns to the hands and face. The boat burned to the water's edge, leaving charred remains and prompting a careful response by nearby observers.
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