Fairbanks Attacked and Elliott’s Charge in Senate Document
Washington March 3. The Tribune reports Senator Charles W. Fairbanks said the fur seal bill is unnecessary as the issue is settled by the high joint commission and will be published when it reassembles. Henry W. Elliott’s document accuses Secretary Root of inaction and contains sharp criticisms of administration figures including Blaine Hay and Foraker.
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The
Tribune A. Washington
Charles W. Fairbanks
High Joint Commission
Farbanks
Elliott
Bacon
Mortimer Durand
Root
Senate
Foraker
Henry W. Elliott
Lakewood
Ohio
Alaska
Register of Senate
Ofice
Senator Foraker
Fairbanks
Reot
Burr
Blaine
Ienerante
Whan
Plomat
John W
Hay
Mr. Hay
Gloucester Protest Over Local Officeholders in Politics
Four Gloucester citizens telegrammed President and officials to protest alleged political activity by local federal officeholders. Postmaster Brown named as principal offender. Meyer cautioned Brown against coercion and neglect of duties. White House official says civil service status not charged. as long as no rules broken, political participation allowed. Selge invites charges but reports show both sides active and no illegal action found.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Gloucester
Mass
Meyer
Lodge and
Crane
Postmaster Brown
Brown
White House
Valuation of Railroads and government projects outlined
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee received a letter from Clair Ta Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission outlining its estimate of the La Follette bill for a formal valuation of railroad property. The note cites Adams and the commission's annual report, suggesting three years to complete and costs around 3.9 million dollars. Washington reports also note Brock Brothers winning the Bureau of American Publics home contract, with cornerstone ceremonies planned, plus a House Mines Committee move toward creating a Department of the Interior bureau of mines and mining and a favorable path to draft a bill within weeks.
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Weslington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce Today
Clairtiaan Knapp
The
Interstate Commerce Coscciwsion
la Follette
Knapp
Henry (. Adams
Comwesficstem
Commission
Washington
Noerecross Brothers
Woreavr
Mass
Bureau of American Re Publics
Andrew Car- Pee
Congress
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines and Mining
House Committee , Mines and Mining
Copyright agreement reached on comprehensive bill in Washington
A settlement among authors, composers, and dramatists on a copyright bill was reached in Washington with Sen ator Smoot and Rep Currier presiding. The pact provides royalties for mechanical reproductions via stamps and two cents per perforated roll, plus full protection for dramatic works.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Smoot
Currier
John J. O'Connell
National Piars Manufacturers’ Association
S. Johnson
National Association of Theatrical Reproducing Managers
Harry Williams
The
Words and Music Club
Aldrich Bill Reaches House Bank Currency Panel
The Aldrich currency bill arrives in the House and is referred to the Banking and Currency Committee. Hearings start Wednesday with a two week plan to decide action. Burton drafts amendments on emergency currency rules for national banks and a proposed 18 member currency reform commission.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Fowler
Congress
Senate
Burton
Ohio
Committee On Banking and Currency
Mistletoe Debate Wounds Gaines In Congress Vote
Washington March 30 Representative John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee was deeply moved as Representative Burleson of Texas offered an amendment allowing the Agriculture Secretary to destroy mistletoe in Texas. Gaines cried for mercy and implored Congress not to murder the mistletoe, ending with a 43 to 38 vote in favor of destroying the plant.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Burleson
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
John Wesley
Mr. Douglass
Ohio
Mr. Gaines
Mr. Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Great American Congress
Emperor honors Stevens family with Grand Rising Sun
Tokio reports the late Durham White Stevens, assassinated in San Francisco by a Corean, will have the Grand Rising Sun awarded posthumously. The Japanese government adds 159,000 yen for the family and Korea contributes 50,900 yen, totaling about $100,000.
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Tokio
Durham White Stevens
San Francisco
Japan
Corean
Japan to remedy patent abuses and sign treaties
Tokio reports the government will curb piracy and speculative patent and trademark registrations. Japan plans to sign conventions with the United States and Great Britain covering patents and trademarks. Preparations for the grand exposition of 1942 are under way to protect foreign exhibitors. A bill for efficient protection of all foreign exhibits has passed the Diet.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Official Gazette Announces Early April Bond Payment
Tokio reports that the Official Gazette will publish tomorrow details for the April 30 payment of 40 million yen as the first instalment of redemption on the 100 million yen national loan. The loan matures next December.
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Tokio
Sissell Names Assistant Deputy in State Charities
March 26 Charles M. Bissell fiscal supervisor of state charities announced the appointment of Herbert F. Prescott of Albany as his deputy with an annual salary of 3.50. Prescott has been secretary to the fiscal supervisor since the department was organized in Albany.
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Charles M. Bissell
Herbert F. Prescott
Albany
Prescott
Forestry Service Attack Sparks House Debate Over Water Rights
Washington lawmakers clash over charges against Gifford Pinchot chief of the Forestry Bureau as the agricultural appropriation bill is debated. California water rights and Los Angeles irrigation schemes are alleged to influence forest policy, with amendments limiting travel expenses and publicity funds adopted amid sharp exchanges.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Bureau
Messrs. Smith
California
Mondell
Wyoming
Tinchot
Pollard
Nebraska
Scott
Kansas
Forestry Service
Smith
Owens River Valley
Pinchot
Weeks
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Hieuse
Mr. Kahn
Knowland
Mr. Needham
Englebright
Mr. Pinchot
Monde
Forest Service
Denver
Federal
Forestry Office
Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury
Williams
House
Democrats
Cannon
Stewart sworn in as Vermont senator to succeed Proctor
Washington reports John W. Stewart appointed by the Vermont governor was sworn in as a United States Senator to replace Redfield Proctor. He takes the seat in the Senate today.
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Washington
John W. Stewart
Vermont
Redfield Proctor
Senate
Senate adjourns abruptly over quorum in Washington
Washington March 30 The Senate spent the day passing many minor bills and debating a bill to authorize damming the Snake River. The session ended suddenly when a quorum was not reached.
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Washington
Snake River
Senate
Death of Philadelphia banker with accidental morphine overdose
Joseph Channon a cashier at Northwestern National Bank Philadelphia died last night at the Hotel Stewart San Francisco from an overdose of a drug administered accidentally by himself. He was visiting the coast and aged fifty two. He had worked with the bank since its 1886 organization and lived with a sister and aunt in Germantown.
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San Francisco
Joseph Channon
Northwestern National Bank
Philadelphia
Stewart
Channon
Germantown
Walter Baker Body Reshipped From Ridgewood to Boston
Walter Baker's body, held at Ridgewood for an inquest into his death, will be shipped to Boston on Wednesday after its inquest concluded last week.
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Hackensack
N. J
Walter Baker
Ridgewood
Boston
City News In Brief Of New York
Justice O Gorman dismissed a habeas corpus writ for stock broker Charles E Stade return to the Tombs for grand larceny trial. Manila Hong Kong Shanghai Yokohama and Honolulu arrivals due Wednesday morning. Gotham Club hosts occult evening at Prince George Hotel with April Fool's Night amusements. City Club transit exhibit moved from the American Museum of Natural History to West 44th street clubrooms for public view next week.
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Charles E. Stade
Manila
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
Gotham Club
Prince George Hotel
East 28Th Street
City Club
American Museum of Natural History
West 44Th Street
Andrews Resigns as Jerome Commissioner After Time Demands
Albany reports Charles Andrews, former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, resigns as Jerome investigation commissioner citing time and labor demands. The Jerome probe, begun March 26, has produced extensive testimony and lengthy records, with Andrews noting he will depart before June to study abroad. The resignation prompts reflections on the judge’s age and health and the trial’s broader significance.
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Albany
Charles Andrews
Court of Appeals
Jerome
Andrews
Hughes
Mr. Jerome
Isa
More Bermel Charges by Telegraph to The Tribune
Albany dispatch reports renewed calls to remove Queens Borough President Joseph Bermel, with charges of misconduct, incompetence, neglect, and illegal activity in office. The document accuses Bermel of conspiring in land deals, accepting money, blocking grand jury investigations of the Kissena Park case, perjury, false writings, and improper payroll practices.
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Tribune
Albany
Bermel
Queens
Hughes
Christian F. Zimmer
Kissena Park
Grand Jury
William S. Pettit
Far Rockaway
Theodore E. Pettit
Zimmer
Young Pettit
Joseph Bermel
City of New York
Queens County Grand Jury
Kissena
Joseph Bermer
Borough of
Joseph Rerme
City of
New York
Vidaver
Delay Racing Bills in New York Senate Fight over Hart and Agnew Measures
Albany March 30 Absence of several Republican Senators leaves Governor Hart racing bills in flux as Agnew fights to table Hart measures and substitute Assembly penal code and racing bills. Speaker Wadsworth and Merritt weigh potential adjournment timing and Assembly acceptance to avoid a deadlock. Agnew predicts enough votes to pass with or without McCarren amendment. public view uncertain.
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Albany
Agnew
Assembly
Senate
Grady
Hart
Raines
McCarren
Wadsworth
Merritt
Subways in New York City to be privately built and run
Albany reports the Senate Cities Committee will report a committee bill authorizing private bidders to construct future subways in New York City and operate them for up to fifty years. The measure follows earlier bills by Travis and others and faces a committee vote tomorrow.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate Cities Committee
New York City
Page
Foelker
Grady
McCarren
White
Cities Committee
Travis
Elsberg
Sulway
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bill for Immigration Commission Forms New State Panel
By telegraph from Albany March 30 a bill by Senator Page creates a nine member state immigration commission serving without pay to study immigration for New York and report recommendations. An appropriation of 10000 is asked for expenses as backers of the Governor favor an investigative approach before any regulation.
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Tribune
Albany
Commission of Immigration
Senator Page
New York
Assemblyman
Merritt
Merritt Introduced A Bill Creating An Immigration Department, But the Friends of
Strike of 100 workers at Manhattan approach to Williamsburg Bridge
A strike by one hundred electrical workers, cement masons, carpenters, cement laborers, sheet metal workers, waterproofers and others halted work yesterday at the Manhattan approach to the Williamsburg Bridge. They protested Gore Engineering Company’s use of non union electrical workers. The Inside Electrical Workers Union ordered the action. If no settlement is reached today, all workers may quit.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Gore Engineering Company
Io “& Broadway
Inside Electrical Workers
McClure Libel Case Compromised Out of Court
A settlement was reached in the libel suit by Union Refrigerator Transit Co of Milwaukee against McClure Company over an article in McClure's Magazine by Ray Stannard Baker alleging Elkins law violations. McClure pays $1.06 in counsel fees. Judge Ward ordered a mistrial earlier. The compromise follows a verdict for Union president E L Philipp for $15,000, seen as vindication and not a dollar pursuit.
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Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Milwaukee
Ss. &. McClure Company
Mcclure
Ray Stannard Baker
Milwaukee Company
Elkins
McClure Company
New York Representative Goldfogle Stricken in House
Washington report says Representative Henry M. Goldfogle of New York suffered acute indigestion on the House floor today and was carried to his apartments. His physician reports he is resting comfortably tonight.
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Washington
Henry M. Goldfogle
New York
Scarlet fever and measles prevalent in city
City health bulletin notes 961 scarlet fever cases for week ending March 2. Winter and spring require disinfectant use at home. Recommends Platt's Chlorides odorless disinfectant to treat traps and suspected areas. mix one part Platt's Chlorides to ten parts water. warns to sprinkle cellars. distributed by Herry BR. Platt, New York.
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Platt
New York
Herry BR. Platt
Police raid at Ann and Nassau poolroom ends with eight arrests
A squad led by Lieutenants Meade Murphy and Sullivan swept the sixth floor of a building at Ann and Nassau streets, arresting eight men. Racing slips and charts were seized from the alleged poolroom as officers faced by Captain Toole of Oak Street Station. Two women, alleged telephone operators, escaped arrest after sitting on a Nassau facing window ledge for fifteen minutes as a crowd gathered. The suspects named Henry Rouseveld Charles Bradley George Parrott John Steven Michael Flower Frank Clark John Stanley and George Rice. Building tenants said the business had operated there for over five years.
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Meade, Murphy and Sullivan
Hanson
Staf
Ann and
Nassau Streets
Toole
Oak Street
Nassau Street
Henry Rouseveld
West 1Ith Street
Charles Bradley
Haverstraw
N. Y
George Parrott
West Sth Street
John Steven
West 1Th Street
Michael Flower
21Th Street
Brooklyn
Frank Clark
West
15Th Street
John Stanley
West Mth Street
George Rice
10Th Street
Riverside Drive
Captain Toole
Man fatally struck in Harlem street confrontation
John Callais of 596 West 1 25th street died after a street confrontation at East 119th street and Madison Avenue yesterday afternoon. His skull was fractured as he was placed in a Harlem Hospital ambulance. A single witness, Mrs. McGeorge of 60 East 119th street, said Callais was with a woman when approached. the assailant and the woman vanished.
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John Callais
West 1
25Th Street
East 119Th Street
Madison Avenue
Callais
Harlem Hospital
McGeorge
Callals
None Alive in Hanna Mine After Twin Explosions
Hanna Wyoming report notes sixty two workers were confirmed dead after Saturday's two explosions at Mine No 1 of the Amien Pacific Coal Company. Five bodies were recovered blown from the shaft by dust and gas. Survival appears unlikely for any others. An official list lists sixty two known victims. some believe ten more perished in the disaster.
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Hanna, Wyo
Marea
Amien Pacific Coal Company
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Bill For Immigration Commission
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