Senators Testify On Lobbying At Payne-Aldrich Hearing
The hearing recounts sworn testimony labeling a lumber king and others as lobbyists during the Payne-Aldrich era. Senators Hughes Cummins Penrose Fall La Follette deny organized lobbying while noting various individuals and interests active in Washington. Testimony highlights concerns about influence, ethics, and the changing nature of lobbying practices.
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Fdawar
Lorimer
Dinmere
Payne-Aldrich
Kenyon
Ashington
Senate
Senate Mail Scandal Alleged Letter Sparks Lobby Probe
Senators report receiving by registered mail a supposed replica of a letter from the American Cane Growers Association asking members for contributions to a fund for a large Washington committee. The document did not appear at the lobby investigation today but may be read before the hearing ends.
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Hughes
New Jersey
Senate
Washington
Nelson
Minnesota
Mr. Hughes
Payne-Aldrich
House
Ways and Means Coppitice
Finance Committee
Overman
H. B. Alexander
Trenton
Alexander
West Virginia
American Cane Growers’ Association of the United States
Wilson backs free meat and grain as tariff row swirls
President Wilson pushes for no tax on breakfast items and for free lists on meat flour and oatmeal. House bill would tax raw materials cattle wheat and oats, with subcommittee seeking parity by taxing finished products. The dispute prompts Treasury and State Department input and a shift toward free raw materials while fur imports face new duties. The income tax panel considers mutual life insurer exemptions and auto duties are set with thresholds at 2000 dollars.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
John Sharp Williams
Simmons
Senate
Underwood
Williams Subcommittee
McAdoo
Bryan
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Johnson
Joseph Ullman
New York
United States
Russia
Ere and Means Committee
Senator Stone
Cohalan Faces Public Charges in Bar Association Inquiry
The Bar Association’s Committee on Grievances plans to review public charges by John A. Connolly against Justice Cohalan and Cohalan’s reply. Gov. Sulzer has not intervened, while Albany circles watch closely. Political critics note Tammany Hall’s lack of visible support for Cohalan amid his claim of repaying nearly $4,000 earned during the 1900 campaign to avoid election issues.
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Committee On
The
Bar Association
John A. Connolly
Justice Cohalan
Gov. Sulzer
Albany
Sulzer signals future action on Cohalan charges
Gov. Sulzer said he would consider the Cohalan charges when properly presented and would not discuss the matter until then. He urged the State Bar Association or the New York District Attorney to take preliminary action, noting the State Bar acted independently and that the Grievance Committee would handle complaints, chaired by John H. Burke.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Justice Cohalan
State Bar Association
District Attorney
New York
Frederick E. Wadhams
Montreal
National Bar Association
New York Bar Association
State Seecketen
John H. Burke
Aston Spa
Big Tim Sullivan Gains Health in Westchester Return
Sheriff Harburger reports "Big Tim" Sullivan is rapidly restoring full health on his brother’s term in Westchester County and should resume full conduct of all affairs within two to three months. Sullivan, a regular newspaper reader, discussed leading topics of the day during a recent visit and plans to begin duties from his Bowery district seat once healthy.
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Tim’ Sullivan
Westchester County
Harburger
Sullivan
oSionday
Gery
Ren Sar
Saleee
Bowery
Sulzer Vetoes Key Appropriation Items and Bills
Gov. Sulzer vetoes $3,149,511 in appropriation items affecting the State Conservation Commission and several state departments led by Attorney General Carmody Secretary of State May Fire Marshal Ahearn and Controller Lohmer. He signs Emerson road bill for Adirondack highways and a colored National Guard battalion measure. He also vetoes a direct state tax bill to meet sinking fund needs and eight Tam many education bills. The action wipes out many deputy salaries and prompts new sinking fund considerations.
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New York Times
Albany
Sulzer
State Conservation Commission
Carmody
May
Ahearn
Lohmer
Conservation Commission
Adirondacks
Emerson
National Guard
New York City
Gov. Dix
The
Charles H. Jackson
Thomas H. Guy
Joseph J. Fox
Conservation Department
Edwin Bailey, Jr
Patchogue
Bailey
Tammany
Arreas Fogarty
Brooklyn
Feppervation Department
Commission of Inquiry
Senate
Warren
Essex
Carlisle
Boylan
Metcalfe to Head Canal Zone Possibly Influences Goethals
Washington reports confirm Richard Metcalfe Lincoln Neb editor Bryan’s choice for Canal Commission post salary 14000 dollars a year. President Wilson delays canal zone reorganization until after completion. Goethals and Mrs Goethals sail to New York aboard the Pastores.
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New York Times
Washington
Washington Dispatch
Tas New Yoys ‘Timms Today
Richard J
Stcalfe Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
White House
Commission
Tom Truss
Etary Bryan
Wilson
Metcalfe
L. George W. Goethal
Canal Commission
Goethals
Mr. Metcalfe
Thatcher
The
Philippines
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Legal Question Of Oral Betting At Racetracks Reaches Court
Albany June 3 The legality of oral betting at racetracks is submitted to the Court of Appeals in a habeas corpus case. Paul Shane is challenging a Hempstead Justice of the Peace arrest for bookmaking at Belmont Park on June 6 after an oral bet was made and a memo noted. The case discusses prior Lichtenstein rulings and 1910 amendment defining bookmaking as a misdemeanor for anyone who engages in gambling as a business.
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New York Times
Albany
Court of Appeals
Paul Shane
Charles F. Gittens
Lichtenstein
Deny Humphrey's Charge on Government Land Exchange
President Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific Railway rejects Humphrey's claim that 450000 acres were swapped for timber land worth 10 million dollars. He notes exchanges were authorized by Congress and cites the 1899 act tied to Mount Rainier National Park and Glacier area distinctions. Representative Murdock defends the Forest Service as protecting Alaska forests amid partisan attack.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Minn
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway
Humphrey
Government Forestry Services
Northern Pacific
Congress
United States
Mount Rainier National Park
Interior Department
Northern Pacific Road
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Washington
Murdock
Forest Service
Oesparas
Alaska
Bryan Ofashington
May Split on Whitman Fusion Candi Date
Executive Committee of Citizens Counties of 107 plans to form a nominations committee at the Fifth Avenue Building. The panel will seek leaders to head the anti Tammany municipal campaign this Fall. Members drawn from Republican independent Democrat Independence League and Progressive ranks. Fears Whitman strength may split Fusion or shatter chances of a united ticket.
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Citizens Counties
Fifth Avenue
Charles 8
00 TO BALTIMORE AND RETURN Tickets awe
Fragmentary note describes travel to Baltimore and return trip with mentions of tickets and journey to New York. Real names, dates, or clear events are not provided.
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Baltimore
New
Hatfield Cleared of Mine Tyranny in Socialist Report
In Chicago on June 3 the Socialist Party National Committee released a report by Victor L. Berger Adolph Germer and Eugene V Debs exonerating Gov Hatfield of West Virginia on several charges tied to the miners strike The document says his predecessor Gov Glasscock ordered martial law and that Hatfield acted under miners and union pressure to protect organizing rights while criticizing past abuses by mine owners militia and armored trains detailing attacks on homes tents and families.
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Chicago
Hatfield
West Virginia
National Committee of the
Socialist Party
Victor L. Berger
Adolph Germer
Eugene V. Debs
Charleston
Gov. Hatfield
Debs
Glasscock
United Mine Workers
Senate
Gov
Mill Commission
Jones
Law and Order
Autoists Give False Names
Col Edward E Cornell head of the National Highway Protective Society reports sending to the Secretary of State a list of over one hundred local names tied to automobile licenses found fake. He says the falsifications enable evading identification after accidents or reusing licenses. Secretary May aims to revoke licenses and prosecute fraudulent addresses for misdemeanor penalties.
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Edward 8. Cornell
National Highway Protective Society
Secretary of State
Aic Dent
Col
Cornell
May
Friedmann Institute Denies Mulford Treated With Serum
The Friedmann Institute yesterday denied that Richard A. Mulford of Middletown, who died of tuberculosis last Saturday, had been treated with the Friedmann serum. The Times report of June 1 stated Mulford’s death and referenced treatment by Dr. Friedmann’s patients.
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Friedmann Institute
Richard A. Mulford
Middletown
Bundy
Tue Times
Richard Mulfrant
Friedmann
Mulford
Priea
Stefansson Expedition Sails Delay Amid Ship Doubts
In Victoria British Columbia Captain Bartlett delays the Kartuk departure as doubts rise over its suitability for the arctic voyage. Meanwhile Vilhjalm Stefansson arrives in WYNYARD for a farewell visit before delaying his voyage to the coast and a public reception planned for tonight.
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New York Times
Victoria
B C
Robert. Bartlett
Kartuk
Stefansson
Arctic
Suesey
Bartlett
Forbes-Mackay
Alaska
Bo Oe
Seattle
Wynyard
Sask
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Quimalt
Bulgarian Cabinet Resigns in Peace Move
London dispatch reports the Bulgarian cabinet has resigned possibly to help peace efforts. Dr Daneff, the peace envoy, returns to Sofia to reconstitute a coalition cabinet likely backing a neutral zone between Greece and Bulgaria at Salonika. Balkan premiers may meet to finalize frontiers and treaties, with Greece and Turkey still deadlocked on ante bellum terms as Rodosto evacuations begin.
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London
Daneff
Sofia
Guedhoff
Salonika
Balkan States
Balkan
St. Petersburg
Greece
Turkey
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
Rian
Rodosto
Marmorg
Lake Torpedo Boat Sues Russia Over Submarine Contract
The Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport Connecticut filed claims against the Russian Admiralty for 578000 dollars and 2000000 dollars in damages over four submarines for the Russian government. Russian creditors intervened to secure payment, the court declared jurisdiction and asked for documents, with further steps undecided. An American attorney cited imperial ukase restrictions on discussing submarine construction.
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ST. Petersburg
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Bridgeport
Edmond Perreyon Sets New Altitude Record In France
In France on June 3 Edmond Perreyon raised the world's altitude record for a two person aeroplane to 16 368 feet surpassing prior marks. He already held the solo pilot record at 9 650 feet set March 13.
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BAC
France
Edmond Perreyon
Perregon
Buc
O Connell Bids Rome Farewell on Rome Visit
Cardinal William H. O Connell Archbishop of Boston bade goodbye to Rome and its cardinals as he concluded a farewell visit today. Papal Secretary Cardinal Merry Del Val wished him a pleasant journey and hoped to see him in Rome in 1914. O Connell will leave Thursday for a northern drive then travel to Germany and Holland.
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O’connell
Rome
William H. O'Connell
Boston
Cardinal Merry del Val
Germany
Holand
Gatti-Casazza Secures Rosenkavalier For Met Next Season
Berlin reports Giulio Gatti-Casazza Metropolitan Opera general manager after ten days here has arranged Der Rosenkavalier with Richard Strauss for next season. He also secured Wolf-Ferrari’s two act opera Amore et Amore.
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Rosenkavalier
New York
Berlin
Giulio Gatti- Casazza
Metropolitan Opera House
Richard Strauss
der Rosenkavalier
Metropolitan
Wolf- Ferrari
Siddecin
Panama Fire Destroys Block of Colon Dwellings
Fire in Colon, Panama, leveled a complete row of frame houses this morning. The Panama Fire Department rushed to the scene with special apparatus and helped extinguish the blaze. No injuries are reported in the brief dispatch.
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Colon
New York
Panama
Panama Fire Department
Editor Guilty in Paterson Trial Sparks Free Speech Debate
In Paterson, the jury found the editor guilty as prosecutors argued the article aided unlawful assembly and challenged government authority. Defense contended criticism of police does not equal hostility to government, closing with fears free speech would die in New Jersey.
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Carless
Scott
New Jersey
Dunn
Dreams Tie Two Brothers in Apparent Spirit Link
Two brothers in New Jersey share matching dreams about their dead father foretelling death. Joseph H Freedman recounts his dream, while Max Freedman’s wife recalls a similar visitation before his death. Both wives say the dreams matched in detail and timing. Max Freedman dies shortly after.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Joseph H. Freedman
Burnet Street
Joe
Freedman
Max
St. Peter’s Hospital
Cedar Avenue
Highland Park
Joseph
Max Freedman
Knickerbocker Ice Company Gives Free Ice to Poor
The Babies Welfare Association released findings showing the Knickerbocker Ice Company and partner agencies provided about 900000 pounds of free ice to New York City's poor last summer. The program began four years ago with coupon books and moved to a central Babies Welfare Association office this year, aiming to ensure no resident lacks ice in summer due to inability to pay.
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McAneny
Babies’ Welfare Association
Garret Smith
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Smith
Oler
Charity Organization Society
Greater
New York
Board of Health
Wilson Congratulates King George on 48th Birthday
President Wilson sent a telegram to King George on his forty eighth birthday, extending cordial congratulations and best wishes for the continued prosperity and goodwill between the United States and Britain. The message expresses sincere regards from the American government and people.
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Wilson
George V
Washington
King George
Court orders show cause on Stilwell certificate doubt
Justice Pendleton granted an order to show cause why a certificate of reasonable doubt should not be issued to Senator Stephen J. Stilwell. The order allows Stilwell bail pending appeal to the Appellate Division. Returnable June 6 before Justice Giegertel at Special Term. Attorney Robert M. Gore filed the application at 55 Liberty Street.
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Justice Pendleton
Supreme Court
Stephen J. Stilwell
Stilwell
Giegertel
Robert M. Gore
Liberty Street
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