Currency Bill Fight Grows as Congress Debates Fund Measure
Washington May 25 Congress will not adjourn until currency legislation passes or further efforts fail. Republican leaders Roosevelt Aldrich and Cannon push for a compromise while Burton and Weeks resist. Bartholdt demands action on currency before public buildings appropriations.
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Nee York Times
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Aldrich
Cannon
White House
Conference Committee
Burton
Howse
Senate
Star
House
Ino
Allison
Hale
Senate Democrats
Weeks
Theiam Yeeting
Vreeland
Bartholdi
Bartholdt
Lawmaker targets bulldog and billy goat laundries in DC
Representative Moore of Philadelphia introduces a bill regulating DC laundries amid a collar incident with Secretary Metcalf. License fees set at 50 dollars for shops with more than five workers and a 100 dollar fine for operating without a license. The sponsor cites protection of linen and machinery while critics call it a speech interference pretext.
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New York Times
Washington
Metcalf
League Island Navy Yard
Moore
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Dallas Flood Reaches Record Heights Amid Storm Toll
Four lives lost and over 1 million dollars in property destroyed as the Trinity River overflow floods Dallas. Some 4000 people are homeless while telegraph and telephone lines west and southwest are out. North Dallas is isolated from the business district as water cripples utilities and streetcar service. The city’s waterworks and light plants are flooded. blackout persists.
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Dallas
Texas
Trinity
North Dallas
Trinity River Floodinflicts North Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas on May 25 the Trinity River crest caused many deaths and left about 5000 homeless. 2500 sheep and stock in North Fort Worth stockyards were washed away. Property loss remains unestimated as floodwaters moved downstream.
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Fort Worth
Texas
North Fort Worth
Trinity River
Seven Die as Oklahoma Floods Cause Widespread Damage
Seven persons are dead and about 450 are homeless as heavy rains flood southern Oklahoma. Thousands of acres of low lands are inundated and hundreds of houses washed away or damaged. Railroad and wagon bridges are destroyed and tracks of nearly every railroad in the state are disarranged tonight.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Split the New Haven Railroad Into Steam Electric and Water
Boston May 25 The public welfare demands the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad be split into its steam electric and water components Representative Luce of Somerville Republican leader and lieutenant governor candidate says if the state cannot control the corporation the corporation will control the state He urges Railroad Commissioners to vote the Boston and Maine stock owned by the New Haven for sale in lots to avoid one interest gaining control
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New York Times
Boston
Public Welfare
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Luce
Somerville
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Rioting in Chester as strike sympathizers clash with police
In Chester Pennsylvania on May 25 a riot erupted as sympathizers of street car strikers attacked strike breakers and pelted a car, injuring several, with police and a 3000-strong mob clashing through the streets. Officers fired to control the crowd as civilians followed to City Hall and trampled women and children amid the unrest.
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New York Times
Chester
Penn
Chester Traction Company
Sergt. 4Sneden
Philadelphia Exports Climb Past 1907 Records
Philadelphia exports for the first twenty-one weeks of the year total $38,022,213, up from $28,312,925 a year earlier. Collector Chester W. Hill notes the near ten million dollar increase is significant as 1907 had set records for export value.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Chester W. Hill
Niagara Falls Round Trip Fare Ad Exhibits Rail Offer
An old railway ad announces a Niagara Falls and return trip for nine dollars. It lists travel details with Lehigh Valley Railroad and ticket outlets at Broadway New York and Fulton Street Brooklyn.
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Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley R. R
Fulton St
B’klyn.ve
Charities Boat Collision Halts Return Run in Dense Fog
Commissioner Hebberd and wife aboard the Brennan were among about 150 guests when the Trinidad Maraval struck the harbor boat in fog off East 26th Street. The Brennan sustained a starboard gash above the waterline. one man, M. A. Ray, suffered a sprained foot after leaping to the Maraval. Passengers were rescued by the Calumet and tugs, then brought to the Battery. no other serious injuries reported.
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Battery
Staten Island
Robert W. Hebberd
Charities
Department
Lowell
Thomas Ss. Brennan
Trinidad Trading Company
Mner Marival
Brennan
Pier A
North River
West New Brighton
Fidelity
John J. McCarthy
Jersey
Channel
Commissioner Hebberd
Maraval
Perth Amboy
Calumet
Florence
C. N. Kimpland
Kimpland
M. A. Ray
Bellevue
Trinidad
Capt. McCarthy
Maravai
Commissioner of Charities
John Larkin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
8S. T. Armstrong
Goldwater
Mount Sinai Hospital
D. J. McMahon
Church of the Epiphany
Twenty-second Street
Second Avenue
Decoration Day Special Trips
Special railroad trips advertised by H. R. Day Line Strs with music and other attractions.
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H. R. Day
Seminole Runs Aground Off New Jersey In Thick Fog
The Clyde Line steamer Seminole bound for New York from Santo Domingo ports ran ashore 830 yards from Point Pleasant Inlet in dense fog. Fifteen passengers and a valuable cargo of sugar and tobacco were aboard. crews reassured passengers as tug Relief and wrecking crews prepared to float the vessel at high tide. The captain and crew maintained calm leadership while insurance covered the cargo.
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Seminole
Clyde Line
McKenzie
New York
Santo Domingo
Fortune Island
Point Pleasant Inlet Beach
N. J
Cary
MaeKenzie
Eeeer
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Relief
Steamer Ashore Reported Near Bay Head
Wireless station at Galilee New Jersey reports a life saving crew from Bay Head and Mandakin launching to assist an unidentified freighter ashore at Bay Head ten miles from the Seminole, now aground.
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Galilee
N. J
Bay Head
Mandakin
Fog and Humid Fog Banks From Sea Continue
Fog drifts inland daily for a week as southeast winds and land sea temp differences create persistent mist. Ocean temperatures reach 63 degrees while land runs three degrees cooler, causing damp, chilly conditions from Times Building to streets. Captain Arthur Mills predicts the Gulf Stream closeness will bring near tropical fog years ahead.
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Times
Arthur Mills
Philadelphia
New York
New ‘York
Steamer Whitney Held Fast in Fog Near Flood Rock
The steamship H. M. Whitney, stranded near Flood Rock in Hell Gate while en route to Boston, remains held fast despite substantial salvage effort. Wrecking tugs and lighters worked yesterday to remove cargo as authorities assess hull breaches and ongoing water inflow. The ship blocks the main channel near Astoria and threatens air traffic and river traffic until patched and refloated.
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H. M. Whitney
Metropolitan Line
Flood Rock
Hell Cate
Boston
Astoria
Poatrken
Re Employment Day Gains Steam in St Louis
Hundreds of idle workers in St Louis are being rehired as the National Prosperity Association's re employment day approaches. Seventy five industrial corporations have signed on with about half already restarting staff and planning full force by June 1. The Order of Railway Conductors has endorsed the movement through President Garretson.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
National Prosperity Association
Order of
Garretson
Sunshine Movement
Association
Woodland Walks and Mountain Climbs at Bretton Woods
Tour notes describe forest treks and climbs through balsam woods at Bretton Woods New Hampshire. An exchange listing and contact information appears as Office 1 18th Street Broadway telephone 4448.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Protos Auto Takes Lead in Siberia
Special dispatch from Nikolsk reports the German Protos car gaining the lead in the New York to Paris race as the American Thomas battles flooded roads along the Trans Siberian railroad bed. Mud and water slow progress. Protos advances while Thomas fights impassable conditions and plans to pursue at dawn.
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New York Times
Nikolsk
Protos
New York
Paris
Thomas
Vladivostok
Beveridge Tries Senate Stopgap On Liability Bill
In Washington on May 25 Senator Beveridge pushed the Government Employ ers' Liability bill amid a strategic flank move by opponents. Despite White House backing and appeals from Beveridge and Depew, the measure was defeated after two hours of wrangling and a late adjournment vote. Beveridge sought a division and roll call, prompting Hale to rebuke the Indiana senator.
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New York Times
Washington
Beveridge
Depew
White House
Senate
Hale
Indiana
Heroic Rescue Effort Saves Two Children From River
Walter Shea eight and Grace Vanderhoff thirteen fell from a raft into the river near West Twenty-second Street. Fireman Peter Johnson of the tug Water Front jumped in to assist, and local rescuer John Ene plunged in to save them. Both children survived.
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Walter Shea
West Twenty-sixth Street
Grace Vanderhoff
West Twenty-ninth Street
West Twenty-second Street
Peter Johnson
Shea
Johnene
Chilren
Minnesota Governor Johnson Arrives in Birmingham
Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota reached Birmingham, Alabama, on his way to Tuscaloosa. He will speak at the State University commencement exercises on Tuesday and stay until tomorrow. He called Alabama's Democratic primary results a happy disappointment and said 30 to 40 percent of the vote for his renomination was gratifying for a state he had not visited before.
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Birmingham
Ala
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Tuscaloosa
State University
Alabama
Great Bear Spring Water Gains Fame for Purity
An advertising endorsement asserts Great Bear Spring Water, It's Purity, has made the brand famous. The quotation credits Ady and highlights purity as the key selling point.
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Great Bear
Ady
Concern for Mr Cleveland Shows No Clear Recovery
Ex President Cleveland remains ill at Lakewood New Jersey with no definite progress. He has not left bed in two weeks and stays wakeful at night while napping in daytime. Mrs Cleveland moves their children from Princeton to the Tamworth New Hampshire summer home.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J. White
Perry Belmont Sells House at Fifth Avenue Corner
Perry Belmont has sold his former residence at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-seventh Street to Arthur Tooth & Sons art dealers. They will move their business to that corner after alterations costing about 50 000 dollars. The five story dwelling sits on a 25.5 by 100 foot lot. land ownership lies with Columbia University and the ground lease has about fourteen years to run with renewal privilege.
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Perry Belmont
Fifth Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Arthur Tooth & Sons
Gattle
Thirty-eiath Street
Belmont
Columbia University
Senator Scott Makes Dramatic Entrance in Silk Philippine Suit
Washington May 25 Senator Scott burst into the Chamber in a Philippine suit of yellow silk with white accessories and a white flower. Fairbanks Teller and Gallinger reacted with surprise as colleagues crowded him. The Senate thermometer sits between .07 and .08 degrees.
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New York Times
Washington
Scott
Fairbanks
Teller
Gallinger
Senate
Shadow Lawn Sold At Sheriff Sale In Long Branch
Shadow Lawn in Long Branch formerly owned by John A. McCall was sold at sheriff’s sale to Myron H. Oppenheim of New York for 108000 above a 100144 mortgage held by Metropolitan Life. Abraham White, the occupant, sought a one week extension and may redeem. otherwise Oppenheim plans a bungalow colony with the McCall cottage as a casino.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
Shadow Lawn
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Myron H. Oppenheim
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Abraham White
Oppenheim
White
McCail
Oklahoma Editor Indicted for Post Office Robbery
Guthrie Oklahoma May 25 Fred Tracy editor of The Beaver Herald and member of the Democratic State Committee was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for robbing the Beaver City Post Office. The safe was opened with dynamite and Tracy claims a political conspiracy.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Fred Tracy
Beaver Herald
Democratic State Committee
Beaver City
Tracy
Horse Kills Mad Dog in Sharpsburg Suburb
A horse owned by John Darlington of Sharpsburg intervened as a mad dog attacked children on a road. The horse wounded the dog and killed it after repeated blows, though the horse sustained injuries likely to prove fatal even if rabies does not develop.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
John Darlington
Sharpsburg
Criticism at Wesley Hall Targets Speaker Cannon
In Philadelphia on May 25 the Methodist Preachers Association heard Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts condemn Speaker Cannon for blocking Sab bath and reform measures. Crafts called Cannon morally low and said temperance legislation stalls due to his influence.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Cannon
House of Representatives
Methodist Preachers‘ ‘Association
Wesley Hall
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Association
Reed
Mr. Crafts
Congress
Crafts
Death by Self Inflicted Wound Shocks Camden
William Myers ex amateur billiard champion and former baseball player died from a bullet wound to the head. He shot himself at the Haddonfield railway station after visiting his parents, while reportedly in good spirits. Warrants were out for him in Camden and Philadelphia. Myers had been divorced from his first wife, an actress, and recently remarried.
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New York Times
Camden
N. J
William Myers
Haddonfield
Elwell
Myers
Philadelphia
New Management at Hotel Bayard on 49th Street
The Hotel Bayard at 142 West 49th Street, formerly the St. Charles, announces new management by M. Frank Meehan with very moderate prices.
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Bayard
St. Charles
West 49Th ST
M. Frank Meehan
Daring Robbers Strike for 43000 in East Side Hold-Up
Three Italian highwaymen attempted to seize four bags of cash from bank messengers at First Street near First Avenue. A Polish girl Eva Javnovitzka sprang into the street, aiding the men and helping force the robbers away. Messengers Joseph Velsor Samuel Adelman Abraham Stern were wounded. Adelman suffered deep arm wounds and a wrist slash. Police detained one suspect after pursuing him on Second Street.
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First Avenue
First Street
Nost Ronkolwek
Eva Javnovitzka
Second Street
Joseph Velsor
Marion Street
Brooklyn
Samuel Adelman
South Fifth Street
Abraham ‘Stern
East 114Th Street
Velsor
Adelman
Stern
Jefferson Bank
Clinton
East Houston
Canal and
Forsythe Streets
Second Avenue
Canal Street
Fifth Street
David Adler
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Thomas S. Brennan
Hebberd
Point Pleasant
Mills
Whitney
Protos Auto
Siberia
Amerins
Will
Chase
Trans-Siberian Line
Johnson
MR. Cleveland
GLAD
Senator
McCall
Bungalow Colony
Horse
Mad Dog
East Side
Messenger
Welser
Bellevue Hospital
Adieman
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