Filibuster Battles in House End With Victory for Majority
In Washington April 2 the House passed the resolution to distribute the President's special message to committees after a five hour plus roll call session. Democrats led by John Sharp Williams mounted a long filibuster while Representative Payne of New York pressed for further rules and amendments. The chamber adjourned at 1 69 o clock with the majority triumphing and the session concluding after a grueling clash over procedural motions.
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Tribune Boreen
Washington
House
John Sharp Williams
Capitol
Congress
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Payne
New York
Jones
Paine
Republiicans
Missouri
Wfo
Gardner
Mississippi
Fitzgerald
Underwood
Mr Williams
Committee On the Judiciary
Cannon
Unterwooed
Irish Land Act's Peril Raises Treasury Committee Proposals
London reports the Treasury formed a committee after the Irish land purchase act could not secure more large loans. The proposals aim to ease the deadlock, but Nationalist MP William O'Brien says they delay purchases and risk ten years of stall. He cites earlier sales and urges a broad conference to reach a compromise.
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London
Committee of the Treasury
William O’brien
Daily Telegraph
Ireland
Wyndham
England
Death on the Pennsylvania Limited Aboard Jersey City
Emmons Clark a son of Colonel Emmons Clark and confidential agent for Lanman & Kemp killed himself on the Chicago Limited near Jersey City. Passengers rushed to aid him after a gunshot wound to the head but were unable to save him. He lived at 406 West End Avenue Manhattan with brothers John Hallett Clark and George H Clark, and two sisters.
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Emmons Clark
Tth
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Mr. Clark
of Lanman & Kemp
Water Street
Clark
George H. Clark
Lanman & Kemp
Ness
Far East
West End Avenue
Manhattan
John Hallett Clark
Pistol Fights After Guilty Verdict in Terre Haute Court
In Terre Haute Indiana on April 2 Henry D McDonald found guilty of arson in the circuit court room fired at Prosecuting Attorney James A Cooper Jr and killed William F Dwyer chief of detectives before being shot. He wounded three officers and a bystander. police say others may recover. About a thousand spectators gathered as deputies battled the gunfire and the crowd. The case stems from dynamiting around a Methodist church and two stores in 1907 and involved James Scanion who was not tried.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry D. McDonald
William F. Dwyer
McDonald
Sandford
James A. Cooper, Jr
Cooper
Henry McDonald
James Scanion Wee
Scanion
Foreign loan backs new West 34th Street building
A foreign life insurance company provides a 400000 loan for ten years on the eight story fireproof building at 13 and 15 West 34th Street opposite the Waldorf Astoria. Bonwit Teller & Co owns the land fee at 13 West 34th and leases 15 West 34th from Ernest G. Stedman estate. Ground rent on 15 West 34th is 22500 yearly. McVickar Gaillard Realty Co arranged the loan and noted plans for more large mortgage activity on Manhattan property.
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Manhattan
West 34Th St
Waldorf-Astoria
McVickar-Gaillard Realty Company
Corporation of Bonwit
Commander G. W. Roche Dead
Commander George W. Roche U S N retired died at his Baltimore home in April obituary notes his death in the city recognition of his naval service
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Baltimore
George W. Roche
U.S. N
Bryan withdraws from New York Democratic Club dinner
William J. Bryan withdrew his acceptance of a New York National Democratic Club dinner invitation slated for April 13. He cited embarrassment over whether he would speak or merely attend and messaged President Fox of the club to withdraw. Bryan spent the day in Des Moines meeting Democrats and giving non political speeches at several institutions.
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Iowa
William J. Bryan
New York National Democratic Club
Bryan
Fox
Haskell
Oklahoma
Okla
J. A. Mentona
Tate Brady
Humans
Tee
R Committee
Dinne
Ment
Mr. Br
Andrew Freedman
Cord Meyer
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Club
New York
Democratic National Club
Portland
Ore
Harry W. Walker
NYU Strike After Suspension Over Hazing Incident
Alfred Young, president of NYU junior class, is suspended until next Tuesday for alleged role in hazing freshman Henry Bloch. The entire student body of about 375 on the Heights goes on strike, with faculty and professors opposing hazing and calling for restoring order while the dispute centers on authority between students and university officials.
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Alfred Young
New York University
Henry Bioch
Bloch
Hall of Fame
University Station
New York Central Railroad
Young
John C. Brodsky
A. H. Sherin
Chancellor MacCracken
Mr. Young
Riots in Rome Fire Upon Funeral Kill Three
At a Rome funeral rioters attacked troops preventing passage. Troops fired, three rioters killed and fifteen wounded, four of whom were mortally injured. Labor exchanges threaten a general strike as a protest. In Philadelphia a fire destroyed Howard B. French summer home at King of Prussia, Penn., damaging a mahogany boudoir set once from Madrid's royal palace.
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Philadelphia
Howard B. French
King of Prussia
Penn
Madrid
French
Alfonso Aii
Spain
Sink With Destroyer Tiger Sinks After Collision
A wireless report from Portsmouth says during Channel night maneuvers the cruiser Berwick rammed the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, cutting her in half and sinking her. Twenty two men were rescued, one later died. the Tiger carried about forty five hands.
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Berwick
Tiger
Gladiator
Portsmouth
Panama braces for possible casus belli over Jurado invasion
Reports from Panama say Colombian troops occupied Jurado on March 26, a town on the frontier under Panama's jurisdiction. Five Panamanian police offered little resistance while Ricardo Arias warned the occupation could be a casus belli. A government meeting will decide immediate steps to reclaim Jurado.
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Panama
Jurado
Colombia
Ricardo Arias
Republic
Bomb injures three at East 12th Street tenement
Three men including owner Emmanuelle Sportare were injured when a bomb exploded in the hallway of a No 427 East 12th street tenement. Antonio Bassi and Giovanni Gaspera were hurt as the blast shattered walls and windows sending residents into panic. Police and Bellevue ambulance staff responded.
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East 12Th Street
Emmanuelle Sportare
Antonio Bassi
Giovanni Gaspera
Eastith Street
Bellevue
Sportare
Ocean Rate War Likely Over European Steamship Lines
The North German Lloyd Line cut its eastbound steerage rate to $15 to the Mediterranean, signaling a probable rate war among major lines including Hamburg American White Star and Cunard. The move could drive Italian and Hungarian migrants home as duel pricing and onboard provisions are included. Italian lines were expected to match the $15 as of tonight.
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Mediterranean
Levant
White Star
Cunard
Lloyd
Naples
Raid on International Pavers Union HQ Sparks Gambling Bust
Police raided the so called headquarters on 184th street of the International Pavers Union after complaints of a gambling house. Sixteen people, six negroes and ten Italians, were detained as workers claimed to be pawers while the police blotter lists them as laborers. William Lytle of West 185th Street faced charges for running the gambling den. Joseph L. Wallace among the detainees was later bailed out.
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Star Chamber
International Pavers’ Union
184Th Street
Carrao
Wood
Bank Robbers Barricade Street in Oklahoma Heist
Robbers blasted the Bank of Mounds in Mounds Oklahoma and took 5400 dollars in currency and silver before fleeing on horseback. A pursuing posse staffed by local residents chased the robbers who fired from behind a barricade of barbed wire and debris as they escaped toward Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bank of Mounds
Mounds
Here
Frost Kills Early Fruit in Texas and Nearby Belts
Telegraph report says killing frosts struck in the early fruit belts of Texas Oklahoma Missouri and nearby states last night damaging orchards and vineyards. Significant losses expected in peach and apple crops with growers assessing impact and seeking assistance.
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the Tribune
Texas
Oklahoma
Alissouri
RACING BILLS DELAYED RAINES NOW IN CHARGE
In Albany on April 2 the racing anti-gambling bills faced delays as Senate tactics and political pressure stalled passage. Senator Raines took command, pushing Assembly bills to the floor as a special order for next Wednesday amid intense lobbying and threats aimed at undecided supporters.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
Raines
Assembly
Agnew
McCarren
Wilcox
Grady
Christy” Sullivan
Folker
Brooklyn
Saxe
Fancher
Gates
White
Cardinal Gibbons
Chanler
Lsave
Smith
Carpenter
Assembly Measures Be Submitted For the Agnew
Hughes
Brother of P F Collier Held on Haughey Death
Abraham Collier, claiming kin to P F Collier of New York, is jailed in Belair Harford County Md charged with causing the death of William Haughey a laborer who died from a skull fracture after a dispute with Collier and John Connor. The coroner plans an inquest tomorrow. He is sixty six, living on Collier’s farm with his wife and three children.
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Colier
Connor
Haughey
Collier
Belair
New York
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