Wilson Reelected Reform Advocate in New Jersey Tour
President Wilson returned to political action in New Jersey urging jury reform and a constitutional convention. He warned political bosses that the people’s sovereign will must be obeyed and pressed for party pledges to be kept, while expressing hope for a new era of honest leadership. He spoke in Newark and Elizabeth to mobilize support and criticized the Bosses’ influence in state politics.
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Dewey Dinner Reflects on Manila Bay Victory Fifty Years On
Admiral George Dewey, aged 75, appeared hale at a Willard Hotel dinner marking the Manila Bay victory exactly fifteen years past. He recalled the battle, noting no one among the six captains was hurt, though Spaniards fired more shots and the Baltimore suffered a shell explosion injuring six, who soon returned to duty.
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New York Times
Washington
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Willard Hotel
Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
Edward CC. Curran
Pennsylvania
Olympia
Baltimore
Knickerbockers Adopted by Yale Seniors in New Garb
Yale seniors have adopted knickerbockers as a distinctive costume and May Day garb. Other classes request permission to adopt the look but the seniors resist sharing the light gray attire. The outfits will be worn until commencement week.
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New York Times
New Haven
Yale
May Day Celebrations At Bryn Mawr And Wellesley Colleges
Bryn Mawr observed May Day with four color dressed poles and a massed dance as Dean Miss M Carey Thomas awarded jade necklace to May Queen Miss Kath leen Page daughter of Ambassador Walter H Page. Wellesley College 1300 students held a scrub party then a May pole dance with Miss Edith F Jones of Los Angeles named May Queen.
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Kathleen Page
Walter H. Page
England
Wellesley
Wellesley College
Edith F. Jones
Los Angeles
Postal Earnings Advance Reported for First Half
The May 1 release shows a $186,508 surplus for the first half of the current fiscal year ended Dec 31. For the December quarter revenues reached $70,277,532, up 19 percent, while expenditures totaled $66,027,087. Major outlays included railroad mail transport $12,383,533 rural delivery $11,823,081 and city delivery $8,922,424. 24,437,725 domestic money orders worth $176,797,645 and 1,287,205 international money orders valued at $25,377,577.
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Washington
Charles A. Kram
Post Office Department
Vaccination Parties Spread Amid Stockholm Smallpox Outbreak
In Gothenburg on May 1 authorities report a vaccination surge in Stockholm where demand outpaces supply. Sufficient vaccine for over 100,000 people has been ordered from abroad and fashionable at home parties invite guests to be vaccinated by a doctor arriving at 5 o'clock before they dine together.
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Stockholm
Kendall Must Testify In Senate Grand Jury Case
Attorney General Ca and District officials discussed testimony related to Senator Stephen H. Kendall of the Bank Note Company. The probe into J Stilwell continues as witnesses including Sadat are slated, with Kendall’s appearance uncertain if Senate blocks action.
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Democrats Fight To Halt Land Bill In California Senate
Sacramento May 1 Appeals from the President and a Bryan visit delayed action on the Webb Allen land bill for a day. Democrats seek more time while willing to support the measure if it escapes amendment. President Wilson warns Gov. Johnson of possible treaty-right litigation if the bill passes. Bryan visits the Japanese colony at Florin as the issue continues to unfold.
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Change of terminals in New York for Lehigh Valley trains
Lehigh Valley passenger trains now arrive at and depart from the C F R of N J for Jersey City with ferries to and from Broad Street and Liberty Street.
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Spending Billions for Europe’s War Expenses
French economist Yves Guyot analyzes Europe’s war costs and argues America profits from the vast outlays. This preview appears for next Sunday’s Times.
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Yves Guyot
America
Austrian Emperor Calls War Council
Emperor Francis Joseph plans a crown council for tomorrow to be presided by himself with the premiers and war ministers of Austria and Hungary in attendance. War correspondents will depart for Cattaro in Dalmatia.
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Balkans Conference Sees Hope Amid Scutari Talks
The Ambassadors Conference in London adjourned to Monday with Austria signaling possible restraint and Montenegro offering to accept compensation for Scutari. Montenegro hints at further discussion while warning of risk of coercion if demands widen. Bulgarian delegates to London join peace talks.
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Subway Train Fire Sparks Delays On Lenox Avenue Line
A Lenox Avenue local train caught fire from a short circuit between the shoe and third rail at 1055 P M, halting trains for fifteen minutes and delaying the system for over an hour. Steel cars with flames beneath were cooled after power was shut off on four tracks, insulation blamed. passengers briefly fled to rear cars but were safe.
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Park Department Loses Landscape Architect Charles Lay
Charles Downing Lay resigns as New York City Park Department landscape architect after clashes with Commissioner Stover over policy and staffing. Lay’s reforms in Central Park improved soil, weed control, and plantings, while opposing unrestricted park use. Lay, educated at Columbia and Harvard, had been selected by Mayor Gaynor and previously worked on costly estates.
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Life Thawed From Frozen State At Johns Hopkins
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical School report experiments showing life suspended by liquid air freezing and later revived in frogs rats snails fish and even chicken hearts. Dr Alexis Carrel notes heart revival occurred in about five of ten cases after freezing and massage.
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Cunard Ship Caronia Sails Liverpool to New York
Latest shipping note from Marconi wireless reports the Cunard Line steamer Caronia en route from Liverpool to New York. At 6 PM the 1 421 mile position was east of Sandy Hook with an expected arrival around 4 30 AM.
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Individual Cups For Offices Reported
The fragment notes concerns about sanitary practices involving individual cups in office settings. It mentions a focus on hygiene and potential guidance for reducing shared cup use in workspaces.
Sulzer Will Start His War On July 4
Albany May 2 Governor Sulzer aims a summer campaign to press direct primaries after a Senate defeat. He vows a bold July 4 start with a large retinue, fiery rhetoric, and appeals to farmers as lawmakers face an extra session and possible public battles.
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Archduke John Orth Alive, Larisch Says In Interview
Countess Marie Larisch, niece of Empress Elizabeth, denies slander in My Past and states Archduke John Orth still lives. She recalls his request to use a cipher message through Berliner Tageblatt if trouble arose over Meyerling, noting Austrian authorities never interfered.
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Banker’s son a bellboy learns hotel business bottom up
Leigh W. Harrington, 23, son of a Philadelphia banker, works two weeks as a bellboy at the McAlpin to study the hotel trade. He is mistaken for a guest by his father when a room key is given and the father tips him 60 cents then the two share a dinner. The father plans to sail for Europe on May 13 and urges his son to continue in the job.
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Otis Skinner Undergoes Brain Abscess Operation
Special to The New York Times from Indianapolis May 1 reports Otis Skinner underwent an operation at Methodist Hospital after four weeks of mastoiditis. An incision revealed the abscess touching brain membranes but not yet affecting the brain. Doctors fear brain trouble if prognosis worsens. Mrs. Skinner arrived too late for the procedure.
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Mrs Preston Joins Antis at New Jersey Meeting
Mrs. Thom as J. Preston of Princeton former Mrs. Cleveland was elected Vice President of the New Jersey Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage at the annual meeting in Trenton May 1. Officers include Honorary President Miss Anna Dayton and President Mrs. E. Yarde Breese with several vice presidents and secretaries represented from Trenton Bernardville Salem Lawrenceville and New York attendees.
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Michigan Official Count Shows GOP Leads State Tickets
Lansing May 1 official canvass results place Republican ahead of Democratic and Progressive on the state ticket with large pluralities. Equal Suffrage defeated by 96,144. initiatives on constitutional amendments statutes and recall show varied majorities. firemen pension amendment defeated by 26,256 with recall near 92.31 percent in favor of the measure.
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City officials carry hods in Geneva strike protest
Mayor Reuben H. Galvin and Police Commissioner John Monroe wore coveralls and helped with hods for hours as 55 Hod Union and 117 members of the pongage Union walked out for higher pay. City workers cheered the pair amid the demonstration. The scene showed local officials joining in at a city project site.
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Thompson Hit Hard At Trial
In a packed courtroom ex inspectors Sweeney Martha Thompson and Hussey faced a torrent of testimony. Olaf Nelson testifying linked Patrolman Fox to a graft plan while Fox claimed he would not squeal for $2,800. Newell and Reuss prepared defenses as witnesses pressed the conspiracy case against the four defendants.
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