Hearings on the Aldrich bill set for April 5
The House Banking and Currency Committee will begin hearings on the Aldrich bill April 5 and run for a week. Chambers of commerce and boards of trade may present viewpoints as the panel sits both morning and afternoon. Strong opposition exists in the House to Senator La Follette’s stock investment ban for national banks, seen as a hindrance to smaller town banks.
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Tribune Bureau
Wasthington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Fowler
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Aldrich
Godl
la Follette
Nations Bank
Cullom bill deadlock blocks consular service reform
The Cullom bill to reorganize the consular service stalls in conference. Secretary Root proposed three changes raising Gibraltar and Limoges pay and restoring Melbourne, but the House struck them, and Representative Cousins pledged to reject any House changes. The conference broke up in deadlock with no immediate meeting set.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of State
Conference State
Senate
Root
Gibraltar
Limoges
Melbourne
House
Representative Cousins
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
First Step in Code of Ethics for Legal Profession
Washington April 1 The American Bar Association committee on code of professional ethics drafts a preliminary set of about seventy canons. It proposes two main heads: binding rules to be enforced by legislation or courts and canons detailing lawyers duties under various professional actions. The report, after three years of work, will be sent to members and state committees for critique ahead of the Seattle annual meeting in August. The group warns against overreach and stresses moral leadership as essential for the bar. Names listed include Justice David J. Brewer and several bar leaders from multiple states.
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Washington
Committee On
The
American Bar Association
State Bar Association
Seattle
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Coward
Henry St. George Tucker
Virginia
Lucien H. Alexander
Pennsylvania
Alton B. Parker
New York
Frederick W. Brown
Minnesta
L M. Dickinson
Illinois
Thomas Hubbard
Thomas Good Jones
Alabama
George R. Peck
Alineis
Francis Lynde Stetson
Ezra R. Thayer
Massachusetts
Bitter attack on Bonaparte in peonage debate
In Washington on April 1 a House Judiciary debate centered on peonage in the South. Missouri's Caulfield led a resolution asking the Attorney General for a cost breakdown of detectives in peonage cases, framing it as an attack on the Justice Department. Florida's Clark replied with a sharp rebuke of Attorney General Bonaparte. the resolution was tabled.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Caulfield
Missouri
Committee On Judiciary
Clark
Florida
Attvernery General
House
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Warning Against Counterfeits by Chief Wilkie Circular
Washington April 1 Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service issued a circular warning businesses about poorly executed counterfeit bills and suspicious coins circulating locally. The notice urges merchants to scrutinize currency and report fakes to authorities.
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the Tribune Hureac
Washington
Wilkie
The
Secret We Today
Revived health through Grape Nuts and cereals claim
An Arkansas woman catalogues a decade of dyspepsia and weight loss before trial of predigested food. She credits Grape Nuts and cereals with restoring appetite, strength, and weight, saying she now does housework, gains weight, and avoids medicines.
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Posto
Battle Creek
Mick
Wellville
Counterfeit Bills and Faulty Coins Seized at Cape Girardeau
Two men at Cape Girardeau Missouri were accused of taking counterfeit S10 United States notes with a Buffalo design and a $2 gold certificate from two African American individuals. The counterfeit photos are poorly made and hand colored, suggesting the notes may have been produced by the suspects. A silver dollar also submitted showed minting flaws. officials say its value matches a perfect coin and the owner will be issued a brand new coin from Chief Wilkie’s office.
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United States
Cape Girardeau
Cie
Wilkie
Lilley Will Tell All in Electric Boat Probe
Washington April 1 Franklin A Taylor and others testified before the special House committee investigating the Electric Boat Company denial of undue influence. They said Lilley warned of a likely adverse committee decision and of telling all he knew if that occurred. The hearing will continue tomorrow.
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Washington
Franklin A. Taylor
Sol Waterbury
Onn
Special House
Electric Heat Company
George I. Lilley
Waterbury Club
Mr. Taylor
Elihu B. Frost
Electric Beat Company
Maurice Barrett
Charles Ferry
Bridgeport Brass Works
Congress
Electric Boat Company
Taylor
Ferry
Lilley
Land Fraud Trial Opens in Washington for Four Defendants
The land fraud case against Frederick A. Hyde, John A. Benson, Henry P. Dimond and J. H. Schneider began before Justice Stafford. Indictments accuse a 1901 conspiracy to defraud the United States of public lands in Oregon California and other Western states. Over two hundred witnesses from fourteen states are expected. Benson pleads bar while Hyde Dimond and Schneider enter not guilty pleas. The court reserved decision on Benson’s plea as proceedings adjourned.
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Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
John A. Benson
Henry P. Dimond
J. H. Schneider
United States
Justice Stafford
Oregon
California
Hyde
Dimond
Schneider
Bar
Benson
Baker
Three Liability Bills Stir Congressional Deadlock
Washington April 1 reports show three employers liability bills nearing House and Senate action. The Sterling La Follette Knox measures diverge on scope and fault shifting, with Sterling limiting to interstate railroad carriers and excluding steamboats, and allowing recovery even if the worker was careless under law. The House schedules Monday consideration amid expectations of hair-splitting conference debates.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
la Follette
Committee On Education and Labor
Knox
Senate Judiciary Committee
Representative Sterling
Illinois
House Judiciary Committee
Sterling
House
Cannon
Supreme Court
Safer Elevators Urged Regulation by City Committee
Pelham Bolton, consulting engineer, told the Building Code Commission’s elevators and escalators committee that eight thousand passenger and twelve thousand freight elevators operate in the city and urged immediate regulation. He criticized current rules and warned that lives are at stake with poorly paid operators. Ken of Kenny Electrical Manufacturing proposed amendments requiring car indicators and shaft door switches linked to car signals to alert when doors open.
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Pelham Bolton
Committee
Building Code Commission
Bul T. Ken
Kenny Electrical Manufacturing Company
Nassau Street
Girl Fights Burglar In Home In Broad Daylight
Seventeen year old Lillian West wrestled with a burglar in her Harlowe Street home on Tuesday. The intruder dropped a tumbler during the struggle. a second man escaped through the rear yard. West and her mother alerted police who will search for the suspect. Jewelry valued at 290 dollars was stolen.
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Lillian West
No Street
Mrs. West
Louis
Miss West
Occult evening at Gotham Club in East 28th Street
Guests at the Gotham Club's occult night at the Prince George Hotel heard Vesta La Viesta in costume and witnessed dream readings, color symbolism, and hypnotic eye closures. Mrs. Arthur Alfred Brooks chaired as cosmologist and described trips to planets and the mind’s third eye.
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New Gotham Club
Prince George Hotel
East 28Th Street
Vesta la Viesta
Arthur Alfred Brooks
la Viesta
Brooks
San Francisco
Won Lung
Palace Hotel
Monterey
Bonnie Maud
David Warfield
Grand Army Man
James Whitcomb Riley
Eugene Field
Gladys Fairbanks Murray
Praed
Alfred Jackson
I. Withers
Irene Acker
Osteopaths Challenged as Physicians in New York Case
Acting Corporation Counsel George L. Sterling urged the Board of Health that osteopaths should not be registered as physicians. He recommended court review to settle whether osteopaths fall under physician definitions for deaths. Dr. Charles Bandel said mandamus suits will be filed to bring the case to court, with representation by Martin W. Littleton. death cited as Brights disease for John Visscher of Brooklyn.
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George L. Sterling
Board of Health
Charles F. Bandel
Brooklyn Osteopath
New York Osteopathic Society
Court of Appeals
Martin W. Littleton
Bander
John Visscher
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Bright
Gould Estate Disbursements in Gould Divorce Case
United States District Court authorized payment of 2000 to ex Judge Dillon for services to Mme Anna Gould in the Boni de Castellane divorce. George J. Gould authorized to reimburse 59000 to Edmond Kelly, counsel for Mme Gould, from sister’s funds. Receivers for surplus income are in charge. many claims against Castellane family unsettled. Mme Gould to Paris. reports of family dispute denied. Mme Gould ill and confined at the St Regis. no disagreement with family per her attorney.
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Lacombe
United States District Court
John F. Dillon
Mme
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
George J. Gould
Edmond Kelly
Mme. Gould
Dillon
Helen
Count de Castellana
Coudert Brothers
Waldorf
Tyler Morse
Gould
St Regis
Edwin A. Jones
Nadal, Carrere & Jones
Indicted for Padding Payrolls Walked by Borough Official
William H. Walker, former superintendent of buildings and supplies, was indicted after a prior dismissal by Borough President Ahearn. Ayes of the grand jury returned two indictments arising from an inquiry led by Assistant District Attorney Appleton into falsified payrolls.
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William H. Walker
Ahearn
Appleton
Walker
Bob Brown Stricken Blind at Astor House
Robert C. Brown, age sixty five, lost his sight while playing billiards at the Astor House yesterday. He was a member of the March grand jury and Judge Foster sent a sympathetic message on behalf of the court. He was known as Bob Brown and helped shape Room No. 1 at the Astor House, later remembered as AMem Corner at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
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Robert C. Brown
Astor House
Mr Brown
March Grand Jury
Foster
Bob Brown
John A. Cockrell
Amem Corner
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Five Decade Old Masters Sold at Fifth Avenue Galleries
Edward Brandus collection was offered by James FP Lilo in a three day sale at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. Fifty four paintings from old and new schools including Rouguereau Guerin Goupil Kratke Corot Harlow Torres Perret and Beech drew bidders. Total receipts reached 2.29 with top price paid by P M West of St Louis for a Hoppner portrait and another for La Duchesse d Orleans. The sale also saw a Lawrence portrait bought by hk Gimpel and a Mounguereau Youth priced at 08.
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Edward Brandus
James FP. Lilo
Fifth Avenue
William A. Rouguereau
J. B Guerin
Jules Goupil
Louis Kratke
J. B . Corot
George Henry Harlow
Antonio Torres
Aimé Perret
William Beech
P. M. West
St. Louis
Elizabeth Suswell
John Hoppner
la Duchesse d
Orleans
Mackworth- Praed
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Gimpel
Hie
F. R
Mec Caeusland
Mounguereau
Duchess of Marlborough Sails After Waldorf Visit
The Duchess of Marlborough left New York on the Mauretania after speaking at a Waldorf Astoria dinner for Mrs Kumphry Ward. She toured the Board of Health offices with Mrs Field and was guided by Dr Darlington. The party also visited St Luke's Hospital by automobile, viewing hospital aids and departments.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Mra Kumphry Ward
Waldorf-Astoria
Playground Association of America
Mauretania
Field
Board of Health
56Th Street
Sixth Avenue
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Henry Clay and Bock & CO
Lid Vana
Cuba
Counsel and Brother
Prince Helie
Saks & Company
Broadway
34Th Street
America
England
France
Germany
Austria
London
Paris
Copenhagen
Fifth Ave
45Th St
James P. Silo
James Mevibe
Rivington Street
Jennie Reilley
West Old Street
McCabe
Moses Friedman
Carlisle Indian School
Bil
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