House Refuses Four Battleships Accepts Two
The House voting 149 to 83 rejected the President's plan for four battleships and backed the Naval Affairs Committee's call for two ships. An amendment for only one ship failed, and a Hobson compromise for three ships also failed. The bill totals $107,837,000 with two fleet colliers approved at 18 knots and 1248 tons capacity.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House of Representatives
Committee On Naval Affairs
Tawney
Hobson
Representative Foss
Naval Committee
Messrs
Burton
Longworth
Cochran
Representative Goldfogle
New York
Government Yard
Longforth
House
Congress
The Battle Ship Fight In Congress Over Naval Policy
Washington April 15 The House resumes the naval appropriation debate after half an hour of delays. Burton of Ohio argues the Monroe Doctrine is hurt by armament while Hobson asks what protects the country without absolute power to arbitrate. Cockren of New York warns of race tensions amid San Francisco school troubles as Tawney cites costly arms spending and urges restraint.
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Washington
House
Burton
Ohio
Hobson
Alabama
Mr. Cockren
New York
San Francisco
Pacific
Equelitr
United States
Rainey
Illinois
Cock- Teo
Mary
Williams
Mississippi
Hermon
Navy
Erie
Congress of the United
Japan
Carnegie Gift Proposes Enlarged Pittsburg Technical Schools
Andrew Carnegie offers to donate 33 million more to the Carnegie Technical schools in Pittsburg on condition that the city buys 42 acres adjoining the current site. Ground cost is estimated at 1.25 million. Carnegie's gifts to date total about 150 million.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Technical Schools
Mr. Carnegie
Suit For Biltmore Land Seeks U S Ownership
In Asheville North Carolina District Attorney A E Holton files a test suit in federal court to establish United States ownership of western North Carolina lands covering eight counties including Biltmore forest preserves and Vanderbilt property. The case claims a 1785 Cherokee treaty ceded lands to the tribe and that later transfers never passed title to the state.
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Tribune
Asheville
N. C
A. E. Holton
United States
North Carolina
George W. Vanderbilt
Pisgah
Indian Territory
Deny P. S. C. Jurisdiction by Telegraph to The Tribune
Auburn April 15 The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company replies to the Business Men's Association complaint alleging the New York Public Service Commission lacks authority to investigate the branches serving Auburn. The answer contends the Public Service Law is unconstitutional, cites U S constitutional guarantees, and seeks dismissal. A hearing is set for Friday before the state commission and the company argues it reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Auburn
N. Y
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Business Men's Association
Public Service Commission
State of New York
J. F. Schoperkotter
Public Service Commissions
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commission
Lawyer George Scofield Jr dies suddenly in Clifton
George Starr Scofield Jr died at his Clifton home from injuries said to have been caused by a fall down stairs, though his son claims death stemmed from heart disease. Born November 10, 1848, in Clifton, he studied law at Columbia and practiced in New York City and Staten Island. He served as Deputy Commissioner of Water Gas and Electricity for the Borough of Richmond and chaired the Richmond Republican County Committee. A founder of the Staten Island Cricket Club, he belonged to the Staten Island Club Sons of the Revolution and St Johns Episcopal Church. He was survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Harry Wiman and a son George Scofield Jr.
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George Starr Scofield, Jr
New York Avenue
Clifton
Staten Island
George S. Scofield
Mr. Scofield
Hawkins
Columbia University
New York City
Low
Richmond
Scofield
Republican County Committee
Staten Island Cricket Club
Staten Island Club
Sons of the Revolution
St. John's Episcopal Church of
Harry Wiman
George Scofield, Jr
Father kills daughter then takes own life at college
O Swinner, formerly of New York, visiting daughter Nellie Swinney at the Normal and Collegiate Institute in Asheville, shot her three times in a reception room, then killed himself. Nellie, reported fatally injured, had recently drawn disapproval from her father over suitors.
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Tribune
Asheville
O. Swinner
New York
Marion
N. C
Nellie
Normal and Collegiate Institute
M Kinley Home Transferred In Ohio Sale
The home of President McKinley was formally transferred to Mrs Rose Klover of Canton for 21000 dollars. Miss Helen McKinley elected to take the property under the appraisement at 20000 dollars. Personal effects of the late President, including presents from the porch campaign and the White House years, will be divided among the five heirs and scattered.
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Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Rose ©. Klover
Helen McKinley
White House
Storm Damage in Texas Reported by Telegraph
Beaumont Texas April 16 heavy rains caused widespread damage to towns railroads and sawmills in the area. Bridges feared undermined as a fire started by lightning burned for a day in a Security Oil Company well, causing about 40009 dollars in losses.
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The
Tribune
Beaumont
Tex
Security Oil Company
Death by Own Action of Dr McDowell at West 129th Street
Dr Alexander PR McDowell a West Point educated physician with rich New York practice killed himself yesterday afternoon in his West 129th Street apartments after bidding farewell to his five year old son Alexander B Jr Mrs Purcell who rented rooms heard a fall and found him with his throat cut A will dated April 18 1907 leaves estate to his son and names executors including Dr Henry Hazen and Frank B Keech Coroner Dooley and several physicians attended the scene.
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Alexander PR. McDowell
F. Benjamin McDowell
West 129Th Street
Alexander B., Jr. Goodby
Elizabeth Purcell
Henry ©. Hazen
West 56Th Street
Keech, Loew & Co
McDowell
West Point
Columbia Medical School
Washington
George Washington University
New York Infants’ Asylum
West Side German Hospital
Dooley
Chicky
A. M. Crosby
Atlantic City
Hazen
Frank B. Keech
Keech
Dr. McDowell
Reech
A Blow to Liberals at Dublin Meeting
John Redmond told United Irish League members in Dublin that changes in the ministry shift Ireland toward the Liberal party and said Irish voters would not back Winston Churchill in Manchester by election. He urged Ireland to push home rule at the next general election and warned Asquith to recall Rosebery.
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Dublin
John Redmond
United Irish League
Ireland
Liberal Party
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
Redmond
Asquith
Birrell
Lord Rosebery
Westminster
Fights in Nicaragua Reported by Passenger
W R Coffman of Bloomington recounts a Caribbean coast bush war in Nicaragua where about sixty whites and Indians were killed. The Mosquito Indians attacked Peinzapolea Ber, two locals died, a siege followed, and a second clash at Cape Gracias left five troops dead. Many Indians were captured and beaten before imprisonment in a stockade.
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New Orleans
Indiana
Nicaragua
W. R. Coffman
Bloomington
Caribbean
Peinzapolea Ber
Cape Gracias
Honduras
Many Delegations Shy Republicans Warned
Washington dispatch reports that over a hundred districts have not yet reported to the Republican National Committee for state and district conventions to elect Chicago delegates. The March 26 warning urged all conventions to be called and advertised by April 16 with delegates chosen by May 1. Missing districts total 14 and two states, risking disqualification and late entry at the national convention.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Elmer Dover
National Committee
Taft
Fischer
Texas
Cecil Lyons
Dallas
Waco
Lyons
Oregon
Hyams Given Intervening Right in Mutual Reserve Receivership
Judge Ward allowed Joseph W. Hyams of New Orleans to intervene in the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company receivership, filing a dependent bill on his behalf and for other policyholders. Ruston, Hyams counsel, will appeal to 17 000 policyholders for contributions to fund the proceeding, aiding speedy adjustment of claims.
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Henry G. Ward
United States Circuit Court
Joseph W. Hyams
New Orleans
Policyholders’ Committee
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
John Edward Ruston
Mr. Hyams
William Hepburn Russell
Charles E. Rushmore
Ward
Hyams
Assembly of Louisiana
Ruston
Broadway
Dam Breach Triggers Million Dollar Montana Flood Loss
In Craig Montana forty six miles north of Helena two men and hundreds of cattle drowned as the Hauser Lake dam failed washing away miles of Great Northern tracks. Loss toll tops one million dollars with dam damages included. Helena Power says rebuild cost about 250 thousand. Black Eagle dam at Great Falls blown by dynamite to save the smelter. a smelter worker died.
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Helena
Mont
Craig
Great Northern
Hauser Lake
Helena Power Transmission Company
Boy awarded damages in suit against White Sewing Machine Co
John Fermel, aged thirteen, won 2100 damages before Justice Seabury and a jury for injuries from being struck by a White Sewing Machine Co automobile two years earlier on June 15. He sought 3000 pounds, saying his leg fractured and he suffered shock. his account was corroborated by a playmate.
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John Fermel
Tennessee business reinsured in Hartford deal
The National Insurance Company of Hartford reinsured the Tennessee operations of the Insurance Company of Tennessee in Nashville, with $8000 capital. Cooper & Hall were named general agents for Tennessee. Union of Philadelphia business was reinsured through Mechanics and Traders of New Orleans, with the same agents appointed.
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Nashville
Tenn
National Insurance Company of Hartford
Insurance Company of Tennessee
Cooper & Hall
Tennessee
Union of Philadelphia
Mechanics and Traders
New Orleans
Two Drown in Chicago Gale
A heavy gale hit Chicago on April 12 with winds up to forty seven miles an hour. Two men, Joseph Sachsel a liquor dealer and his nephew Arthur Freud, drowned when their boat capsized in Lake Michigan near Wilson Avenue. Eleven men were rescued by the life saving crew off Jackson Park during the day.
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Chicago
Joseph Sachsel
Arthur Freud
Lake Michigan
Wilson Avenue
Jackson Park
Scotti Saves Miss Farrar From Curtain Accident
Baltimore April 15 Geraldine Farrar the Metropolitan Opera Company soprano was saved from serious injury at the Lyceum Theatre last night when Signor Scotti pulled her back as the drop curtain descended toward her head. The weighted curtain struck her tiara and she escaped unharmed though greatly frightened.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Geraldine Farrar
Signor Scotti
Metropolitan Opera Company
Lyre Theatre
Miss Farrar
Mme. Farrar
Scott
Violetta
Prison Break at Penza Leaves Ten Dead, Eleven Prisoners Hurt
Ten inmates died and eleven political prisoners were injured after a prison break at Penza. The escape occurred as prisoners attacked guards with a sharp object, hurled hazardous devices, and fled during the ensuing confusion. Guards pursued, killing eight of the escapees.
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St. Petersburg
Penza
Fire Island Lifesavers Rescue Capsized Skiff Crew
In a gale on Great South Bay two Fire Island lifesavers were capsized while returning from the mainland. Captain Shixse and the station crew launched the surf boat and rescued the stricken men, who sustained injuries described as minor.
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Fire Island
Great South Bay
Shixse
Eight Lives Lost In Sweden Steamer Capsize
Gothenburg April 15 The small steamer Goethelf capsized this afternoon with about forty aboard Many were thrown into the water Some were rescued eight bodies recovered others believed still under the deck T. Dewey & Sons Co 45 Fulton St N Y Advt
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Senator Landrum Proposes Ban on Indian Cigar Signs
Guthrie Oklahoma April 15 Senator Landrum a Cherokee Indian introduced a bill today prohibiting the use of Indian figures as cigar or tobacco signs. The measure is regarded certain to become law as the large Indian vote holds balance of power.
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the Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Landrum
Threat to close all shipyards on coast
London April 4 The Shipbuilding Employers Federation warned that if northeast coast workers who struck in January do not resume by April 6 all shipbuilding aids nationwide would be closed. The move would directly affect about 30,000 workers. Tyne workers again rejected a settlement arranged by leaders with employers.
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London
Federation
Tyne
Democrats in Riot as Convention Ends
At Carnegie Hall the Democratic State Convention ended amid violence as delegates protested the new state committee lineup. Police struggled to restore order after a gavel-splitting clash, with McCarren supporters walking out and denouncing Tammany Hall as Murphy-Conners factions asserted control in Kings County.
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Carnegie Hall
State Committee
Delee Gates
Murphy- Conners
Harry W. Walker
Bryan
New York
Denver
Murphy-Conners
P. H. McCarren
Brooklyn
McCarren
Murphy
Kings County
Mason
Tammany Hall
Grady
Controller Metz
Upstate
Tammany
Charles N. Bulger
Oswego
Committee On
Kings
Tammany Men
Mr. Bulger
Carmody
Mearren
Senate
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Ehip
Ir Tawney
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Germany
France
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Biltmore Land
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Fall
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Charles Frobr
Alton R. Parker
A.B.M Dowell
Charles F. Murphy
Mr. Redmond
Lewis Nixon
Arkansas
California
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
New Jersey
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Montana
Great Falls
Biz
Boston
Scotti
DEWEY
T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Coler
Bulger
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