Senatorial lobby inquiry probes influence on tariff votes
Witnesses describe intense lobbying from trusts and large interests aimed at swaying tariff decisions. Senators discuss presidential influence, lobbyist funding, and proposed registration bills while extending the investigation deadline to June 28 as a second stage covers sugar, wool, metals, liquor, and labor interests.
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Oliver
Congress
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Crawford
South Dakota
Senate
Progress at Panama heavy concrete work completed
Panama June 6 heavy concrete work of the six locks of the Panama Canal is finished. Lower guard gates at Gatun and Pedro Miguel and upper gates at Mira Flores will close after June to let Gatun Lake fill. Gatun Lake will cover 110 square miles. Maurice H. Thatcher resigns as Governor of the Canal Zone, effective after his vacation leave.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Gatun
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores
Gatun Lake
Maurice H. Thatcher
Washington
Canal Zone
Citizen Held 23 Days Proves Ellis Island Birth
After 23 days at Ellis Island Giuseppe A Pert, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania eighteen years ago, was released as an American citizen. He arrived as steerage on the Italian liner Stamralia on May 14 and lacked proof of birth. His brother’s affidavit failed to suffice until a Scranton birth certificate arrived, clearing the case at Ellis Island yesterday.
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Ellis Island
Giuseppe A. Pert
Scranton
Penn
Giuseppi
Pettis Brother
New York
Hills Island
Petti
Whitman Gains City Hall Backing From West Side Club
Petitions to name Whitman mayoral candidate begin as lawmakers may revise election law. West Side Business Men’s Association meeting at Hotel Astor endorses Whitman, forming a committee for Carnegie Hall mass meeting. Whitman clarifies no Tammany Hall nomination, while officers from diverse parties organize to push informal petitions by July 1 pending law changes.
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Whitman
West Side Business Men's Association
Hotel Astor
New York
Charles 8. Whitman
New York County
City of
Carnegie Hall
Citizens’ Democracy
Tammany Hall
West Side
Business Men's Association
Ginner
A. E. Stilger
Chelsea Exchange Bank
George J. Mehier
Frank Williams
American Hay Company
Lawrence Emrich
Edward Carpenter
Perley Morse
Herman Nessler
Michael H. Blake
Charles H. Darmstadt
John Mulcahy
Joseph F. Murphy
Thomas J. Buckley
Joseph F. Flest
E. A. Arnold
Michael A. Burns
John P. Windolph
Thomas F. Devine
Senate
Boylan
Fusion Committee
Fusionists Eye Independent Nominations for City Race
Norman F Hapgood chairman of the fusion committee says independents may back Whitman McAneny or Mitchel or others The committee will weigh recommendations from all sources and study candidate appeal before naming a slate A Boro President Mel Aneny supporters react cautiously saying the timing may do more harm than good.
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Whitman
Norman F. Hapgood
Fusion Committee
McAneny
Mitchel
Friends of
Mel Aneny
Cohalan Case Hearing Set Before Bar Committee
The Bar Association grievance committee suspended its investigation of Justice Daniel F. Cohalan and his former client John A. Connolly until Monday when formal proceedings are expected. Justice Cohalan and former counsel Albert B. Cruikshank were invited to appear, with Cruikshank saying he will discuss the Connolly Cohalan dispute only before the committee. Cruikshank pledged to explain the altered affidavit incident with Connolly present if needed.
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Bar Association
Daniel F. Cohalan
Clent
John A. Connolly
Cohalan
Albert B. Cruikshank
Connolly
Einar J. Cryatie
Cruikshank
Kansas City
Cruikehank
Justice Cohavin
Tar Association
Nel
Cryatio
Arieyance Committee
Empire State Democracy Organizes Ticket Push for Mayor
The Empire State Democracy urged by the Committee of One Hundred and Seven plans to nominate full borough and county tickets and place them by petition on the ballot. A general committee will decide if their nominees are accepted or if other candidates are fielded. Bert Hansen leads the effort with Frederic W. Hinrichs and Lawrence Dunham among notable members. county committees rise in each county with Manhattan and The Bronx headquarters named.
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Horough
Empire State Democracy
Wilson
Sulzer
Bert Hansen
Frederic W. Hinrichs
Ashinwall Hodge
Lawrence Dunham
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Bron
Wath Street
Third Avenue
Cit
Camp Marling Gifts 30 Acres for Y M C A Boys Camp
Mrs A E Marling donates thirty acres in Sussex hills near Glenwood Lake as a Harold Marling memorial for Y M C A s 24 street branch. Henry M Orne accepts for New York City Y M C A. camp opens July 1 and may be named Camp Harold or Camp Marling.
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A. E. Marling
Alfred F Marling
Horace 8 & Co
Young Men's Christian Association
24 Street
Sussex Hills
Glenwood Lake
Dre Marling
Harold Marling
Henry M. Orne
New York City
Orne
Harold
Mrs Whiteside Sues Armstrong for Fifty Thousand Dollars
Mrs Nannie Verity Whiteside wife of Dr Whiteside filed in Supreme Court to recover 400 for alleged insulting words by J Sinclair Armstrong at the Plaza Hotel in June 182 The suit names Menken Griscom as Armstrongs attorney and Nathan Perlman as Whiteside counsel
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Dr. Whiteside
Ansonia Hotel
Oit
Supreme Court
J. Sinclair Armstrong
East Fist Street
Armstrong
Plaga Hotel
Iaw
Beekman, Menken & Griscom
Nathan D. Perlman
Broadway
Dougherty Faces Aldermen As Feather Burglary Report Fades
Aldermen advance two committee reports criticizing the Detective Bureau under Waldo and Dougherty. The notes urge sweeping reforms, including civilianization of duties, abolition of the Tenement House Health and Boiler squads, and reorganization of the Central Office squad. The surgical bureau faces strict rules limiting private practice and enforcing district residency and monthly health checks. The panel aims to vote on the final findings and Waldo’s potential dismissal at Monday’s session.
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Tammany
Downing
Brooklyn
Exterbrook
Curran Widermanie
Tte
Waldo and Dougherty
Omoe
George & Dougherty
Dougherty
Benjamin Levy
Levy
Tranfora
Era Baker
Waldo
Wroni
Brand
Surgical Bureau
Police Department
Health Department
Holler
Offee Naval
Tae
Tin
Alderman Seeks Delay for Minority Report Over Fusionist Split
The six members vote for the report while Shipley, a missing fusionist, appeared yesterday but refused to state his final stance. Alderman Frank Dow, floor leader, intends to request a one week delay to prepare a minority report if the current report is adopted, delaying any floor fight until the June meeting.
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Shipley
Recordi
Frank Dowmany
Aldermanic Chamber
Doctor Kieb Matteawan Head Named Superintendent
Dr. Kieb Matteawan becomes superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, succeeding Dr. Rogts Leak who returns as first assistant. Governor Sulzer’s inquiry previously probed alleged bribe attempts by John N. Anhut in Marty Thaw case. Salary cited as 6.0% annually.
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Albany
Staymond F
Sulzer
John N. Anhut
New York
Deta
Marty K. Thaw
Anhut
Sing Sing Prine
Mallenwan
On Guard in Ship Strike at United Fruit Co
United Fruit Co prepares for a possible ship strike by the Marine Firemen's Union after a contract expired May 21. No trouble reported as crews await Jamaica and Santa Marta with new crews signed. Guards at piers monitor for tampering and ensure smooth unloading at Morti East River. Captain Dunning says no trouble expected though prepared.
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United Fruit Co
United Fruit Company
We Untos
Yeaterdar ‘Duit
Cavill
United Fruit
Jamaica
Morti
East River
Ape Uarde
Teo
Cella Male
Governor Hooper Heads Tennessee Bond Issue Field Visit
Governor Ben W. Hooper and aides toured the city to solicit New York bankers for a 4 percent Tennessee bond issue to be sold in Nashville June 17. Treasury officials reported state debt reduction and a better per capita position, with Hooper noting Tennessee’s favorable finances and a likely successful issue.
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Ben W. Wooper
Tennessee
Fia
New York
Nashville
Hooper
Perl Sneed
W. B. Mick
Freen
Terasnear
Themas N
Kcer
Hiner
Kgovernor Hooper
Tennesse
Mr. Hooper i
South
Restored funds end theft case at Merchants Union Trust
Philadelphia June. Walter and Shourds former superintendent of the Kase deposit vaults faced a verdict of not guilty as restitution had been made. Nearly 1400 in cash and securities were missing with 40001 securities unaccounted for. Detectives searched Europe and the U S with bank officials negotiating recovery. Rumors linked Shourds to further losses and misused funds.
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Philadelpia
Walter
Trust Company
Ais
Europe
Benk
Philadelphia
New York
Paris
Te Fenant Shourds Raye
Shourds
Boy crushed under trolley car in Brooklyn tragedy
Four year old Jeremiah Dugan of Sands Street Brooklyn ran to greet his father near Graham Avenue trolley tracks but tripped and was run over by the car. The accident occurred as the motorman Watlitt could not stop in time. The boy’s father and mother witnessed the scene and the driver faced no arrest.
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Reiner
Jeremiah Dugan
Sands Street
Brooklyn
Cauehsieht
Graham Avenue
Harry Watlitt
Fathi
Balloon stunt at Hotel Astor shocks cultured women
A young aviator named Frank Woodale flew a dirigible over the Hotel Astor roof during a New York Federation of Women’s Clubs reception. He performed aerial turns, then nosed the craft toward the roof, skimming the building line before crossing 45th Street and moving northward. Police cleared streets as the crowd gasped and cheered.
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Acros
Hotel Astor
New York City Federation of Women's Clubs
45Th Street
Longacre Square
Broadway
Frank ‘Toodale
Hudson
Wood and co-defendants face verdict in dynamite planting case
Boston June 6 jurors in the dynamite planting case debated before Judge Crosby as to the fate of William M. Wood president of the American Woolen Company Frederick Atteaux a dye maker and Dennis J. Collins a Cambridge dog fancier stood trial for conspiring to discredit the Lawrence strikers. After a long session the jury was told to return verdicts by six o'clock with Wood and Atteaux the central figures. Collins has testified to aiding Breen in planting dynamite but the court cautioned that Collins alone could not bind them all and passive knowledge without participation could not convict. The court noted Wood offered no defense and the jury returned to deliberate after a lunch recess.
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William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Frederick BK. Attewax
Dennis J. Collins
Cambridge
Lawrence
Tuncheon
Crosby
Morris Shuman
John ¢. Crosby
Shuman
Cromby
Pelletier
Councl
Wood and Atteaux
Collins
John J. Breen
Collus
Breen
Collinge
Wood
Mrs Tronson to Stay Wed Court Rules Illness Not Annulment
Juste Greenbaum dismissed yesterday the annulment suit by Mrs Lou Evelyn Romaine Tronson against Norman Graham Pierce De Coudray Tronson. Ground cited tropical disease contracted during India travels and the couple’s troubled marriage. Mrs Tronson previously ran a tea room in South Orange New Jersey.
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Juste Greenbaum
Yeater
Lou Evelyn Romaine Tronson
Norman Graham Pierce de Coudray Tronson
India
Tronson
Frank
Hart Romaine
H. E. Manville
Tf. W. Johns-Manville Company
South Orange
Scholarship for Brown University from New York club
The Brown University Club in New York establishes a scholarship of 160 dollars per year for four years to a student who can show no parental aid and whose living expenses are met by work during the course.
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New York Schooway
Brown University
Jewelled Widow Hobo Bets Big to Win Five Thousand
Mulberry Grove widow Mrs. Ingram was taken from a Baltimore Ohio freight car loaded with chickens. She claimed a $5,090 wager on the trip, later showed a roll and bought a Newark, New Jersey bound ticket. She wore multiple diamond rings including her late husband’s wedding and Mason ring.
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Lala
Ingram
Mulberry Grove
St. Louis
Baltimore
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Poison incident at Sixth Avenue building ends in hospitalization
A woman, Miss Anna Miller, swallowed a mercury chloride tablet by accident in a West Sixth Avenue building. An assistant, Vatrotman armatrons, and Prof Chim, a palmist, aided until Bellevue Hospital ambulances arrived. A stomach pump was used. the patient is expected to recover.
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Vatrotman Armatrons
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