Corporations Fight Regulation Campaign Grows
The piece describes a lobbying surge by major public service firms to weaken or defeat new state regulatory measures. It notes petitions, special railroad trains, and business signatures urging lawmakers to let existing laws stand. It also mentions Governor Hughes as a political target and hints at a broader, orchestrated push to shape the forthcoming 1909 legislature.}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rrr
the Tribune
Hughes
Bea
Ausy
Pew
Saate
Nso
Travis-Lee
New de Sy
Commission
1St District
Capitol
Black Horse Cavalry
Lemuel E. Qigg
New York
Impor Mit
Batts
Erie Railroad
Erie
Hornell
Railway Business Association
United States
Strengthenig
Buffalo
Tailroad
Soig
Serge
Emerson and Grattan
Motorman Threatened After Child Run Down
Reserves from Stagg Street Police Station protected Domi nick Leotta the motorman of a Hamburg Avenue car amid a mob after the death of six year old Jennie Sorrentione on Johnson Avenue Williamsburg. Leotta was locked up on a homicide charge claiming the child ran in front of the car.
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Stagg Street
Williamsburg
Dominick Leotta
No.32
Walton Street
Hamburg Avenue
Jennie Sorrentione
No. 209
Johnson Avenue
No. 219
Leotta
Militia Wiped Out by Rhode Island Assembly Error
The Rhode Island General Assembly repealed the militia act while seeking an amendment, wiping out every military and naval organization in the state including the State militia, the Governor's staff, and chartered companies. A corrective militia bill will be enacted next Tuesday to fix the mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Providence
Rhode Island General Assembly
Would Talk With Mars Plan By Harvard Astronomer
Professor William Henry Pickering of Harvard outlined a plan to communicate with Mars next July using a system of mirrors on a single axis driven by motors. The array would span over a quarter mile and require telescope aid to see the reflected light from Earth.
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The
Tribune
Boston
William Henry Pickering
Harvard
Mars
Earth
Mob Besieges Motorman After Boy Killed on Tracks
A two hundred strong mob gathered at 177th Street and Cedar Avenue in the Bronx last night to attack a motorman after a child, Emmett McCormack aged six, was killed when a Sedgwick Avenue car driven by Andrew Lennane struck him at high speed. Police, including a sergeant and detectives, kept the crowd back for twenty five minutes before taking the driver to Highbridge station on a homicide charge. The boy was dragged under the wheels for twenty feet.
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177Th Street
Cedar Avenue
Bronx
Highbridge
Sedgwick Avenue
Andrew Lennane
West 4Th Street
Emmett McCormack
Man Clinging to 85 Foot Wall Rescued by Patrol
In New York City a bartender Carl von Miller was found asleep on an eighty five foot high retaining wall above the Hudson River near 70th Street. Patrolman Turbush tied a rope to the man and dragged him to safety before admitting him to the West 68th Street station for intoxication. He could not explain how he reached the perilous position or pay the ten dollar fine.
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70Th
71St Streets
Hudson River
New York Central Railroad
West 68Th Street
Turbush
Carl von Miller
S6th Street
Cross Atlantic Alone The Gush Girls Arrive on New York
Gertrude ten and Elizabeth five travel alone from Southampton aboard the New York bound for Galveston. They will depart New York on the Lampasas Wednesday after noon. Their mother died two months ago in Southampton. L B Wolfe Mallory Line agent will supervise their safe handoff to the father in Galveston.
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Vian
Galveston
American Line
New York
Southampton
Gertrude
Elizabeth Gush
Mallory Line
Lampasas
Texas
L. B. Wolfe
Ellis Island
West Snd Street
Galvestog
Trinity Rector Defends Parish in St. John's Controversy
Rev. Dr. William T. Manning preached at Trinity Church defending the vestry, detailing charges against Trinity, the consolidation plan with St. John's and St. Luke's, extended publicity, evangelistic work, and aid to poor communities. He urged open policy and criticized a few internal critics while asserting public interest and lawful rights.
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William T. Manning
Trinity Corporation
Trinity Church
Corporation
St. John's Chapel
Varick Street
Trinity
St. John’s
St. Luke’s
Dr. Manning
New York
St. Agnes's
St. Luke's
Morgan Dix
St. John's
Hudson and Grove
Manning
Tinity Parish
Trinity Parish
Trinty Parish
Est
Aldrich to Retire and Back New Financial Bill
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island announces he will not seek reelection after his current term ends March 4 1911. He hopes to see enacted a tariff bill and a major financial reorganization to stand as a monument to his service while he travels to explain the Monetary Commission’s plans to bankers and business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
United States
Aldrich
Congress
National Monetary Commission
Monetary Commission
Nicholas Murray Butler
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Senate
Reichstag
Chamber of Deputies
Sultan's Heir Rechad Joins Young Turks Amid Istanbul Tension
Constantinople dispatch claims Rechad brother of the sultan and heir apparent has joined the Young Turks. The sultan responds by placing heavy artillery on the heights above the Stamboul quarter in Istanbul.
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Paris
Constantinople
Rechad
Massacre Report Sparks Russian Troop Dispatch to Astrabad
Advices to the Russ from Teheran claim Turcoman tribesmen killed 2000 people at Astrabad including women and children. No confirmation yet, but Russia plans to send troops to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Astrabad
Miss Farrar Repays 34 000 Loan For Musical Education
The Metropolitan Opera star Geraldine Farrar has completed payment of a 34 000 loan taken ten years ago for her musical education. The final instalment was delivered to agents in Salem and Chicago after Farrar also repaid 10 000 plus 24 600 in subsequent loans with interest at 5 percent. She remains at the Auditorium Annex Hotel and could not be reached for comment.
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Ny Telegraph
the Tribune
Chicago
Salem
Mass
Geraldine Farrar
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Bertram Webb
Mystery in ship fire on the James C Clifford
Captain John Miller of the burned schooner James C Clifford reports that near Mobile Bar the vessel leaked and later was awash with seven feet of water in the hold. He and seven crew abandoned ship on April 14 as flames intensified. The vessel, found with a candle burning in the cabin, was reduced to a hull with upper works burned away at Pensacola.
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bRy Telegraph
the Tribune
Mobile
John Miller
James &. Cliffor
New York
Mobile Bar
Iller
Pensacola
Fla
James C. Clifford
Gulf of Mexico
Clifford
Algoma
Panic on Brooklyn Bridge as Train Car Skids Off Tracks
About 300 people panicked last evening when the second car of a Sea Beach Culver line train jumped the rails near Brooklyn Bridge terminus. No injuries reported. motive power cited a faulty switch or missetting. Passengers walked over third rail to Brooklyn as crews cleared the car by 2 am.
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Brooklyn Terminal
Brooklyn Bridge
Sea Beach-Culver
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Edward Fagan
No trace of Davidson as search continues for missing poet
London reports no trace of John Davidson the poet missing from his Penzance home since March 23. Family has lost hope of finding him alive. A papers search found a document in which he cites financial troubles ill health and cancer and mentions a will from August bequeathing copyrights to his family.
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London
John Davidson
Penzance
Canada Accepts Waterways Treaty After Talks
Ottawa reports the Canadian government has practically agreed to assent to the waterways treaty as amended by a U S Senate rider. After several conferences with the United States and Britain, Ottawa ministers deem the pact fair and equitable to both nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States Senate
Folding bed traps couple. husband dies, wife rescued
James Maher fifty of Spencer Street Williamsburg and his wife Mary forty four were trapped when a folding bed closed on them for over ten minutes. Maher died. Mary was unconscious before rescuers arrived and later revived.
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James Maher
Spencer Street
Williamsburg
Mary
Maher
Ex Senator and Mrs Jones Deny Daughter Engagement
Relatives of Miss Alice Jones of Santa Monica react to Paris reports that she may marry Frederick MacMonnies the American sculptor recently divorced from his wife. Ex Senator Jones says he cannot confirm the engagement and denies knowing details. Mrs Jones says she has heard nothing from her daughter and doubts the reports.
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The
Tribune
Los Angeles
Alice Jones
Santa Monica
Jones
Nevada
Paris
Frederick MacMonnies
Bryn Mawr
Mr. Jones
MacMennies
Mrs. Jones
Mr. MacMennies
Loan Saves Greenvale Farm From Foreclosure Fight
Mrs. Mary Seaman of Greenvale held an $84 000 option on her farm adjoining Mrs. Clarence H Mackay's Long Island estate to serve as part of an asylum site. A syndicate tied to the Mackays offered $100 for the Seaman property to block adjoining use. Ten years earlier Seaman's husband faced foreclosure but a loan of £4 000 allowed the bid to win and keep the farm, valued at about $100 000 by potential buyers.
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Harbor Hill
Long Island
Clarence H. Mackay
Mary Seaman
Greenvale
Seaman
Mackay
Uprising Ravages Adana Hit by Fire and Deaths
Beirut Syria April 18 A severe uprising devastates Adana with three days of street fighting leaving at least one thousand dead. Two American missionaries D M Rogers and Maurer are dead along with many injured including British Vice Consul Major Daughty Wylie. Four thousand refugees seek aid at the American mission as relief is urgently needed. Conditions near Alexandria also dire.
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Adana
Maurer
Hadjin
Major Daughty-Wylie
Tarsus
Mersina
Alexandretta
Messina
Salonica
Spartakuleh
Constantinople
Tchatalje
Ultimatum to Sultan as Adana massacre spreads
Reports from Constantinople confirm the killing of two American missionaries in Adana, with other missionaries seeking refuge. French and British warships head to Mer sina and Alexandretta as moslem forces advance, while Armenian farms burn and thousands are left homeless.
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Young Turks
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Russia
Miss Farrar
Davidson
Dominion
Tarsua
Beirut
Syria
D. M. Rogers
Alexanddretta
Third Army
Rogers
Christie
John Debbas
Kharput
Tehatalje
Hosni Pacha
Dedenghatch
Committee of Union and Progress
Mahometan League
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