Senate Debates Elkins Resolution On Commodity Clause
The Senate spent most of the May session debating Elkins resolution to suspend twenty months the commodity clause of the railroad rate law. Supporters argued suspension needed due to capital shortages from the panic while opponents warned of legal limits.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Elkins
Fulton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Heyburn
Culberson
Foraker
Dei
Hepburn Civic Federation
Navy Pay in Dispute as House Demands Foss Pay Scale
The House and Senate disagree over naval pay in the naval appropriation bill debate. House conferees press Foss bill which equalizes navy pay with army levels, raising officers and sailors to parity with other services while supporting immediate funding for two new battleships.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Senate moves to buy site for Paris embassy building
Washington May 1 The Senate Committee on Appropriations inserted an amendment in the diplomatic and consular bill to provide 406000 dollars for the purchase of a site and erection of a building for the American Embassy in Paris.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Paris
Nomination of William R. Wheeler for Assistant Secretary
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of William R. Wheeler of California to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
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Washington
Senate
William R. Wheeler
California
Commerce and Labor
Treasury's April deficit and yearlong cash strain
The April 1908 statement shows receipts of 43,919,321 and expenditures of 59,888,784, a monthly deficit near 16 million. Ten month totals reveal a 51,644,615 deficit versus a prior year surplus, with receipts down 41,397,562 and spending up 66,722,804, signaling a worsening treasury outlook toward 125 million by year end.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue
War Department
Navy Department
National Bank
United States
Inquiry into Pulp and Paper Prices Highlights Tariff Debate
Medill McCormick testifies about paper contracts with International Paper rising from 185 to 220 a hundred pounds and yearly purchases of 14 000 to 15 000 tons. He notes rival papers pay similar or slightly different rates. The hearing discusses artificial price rises, tariff effects, and potential further inquiries. An extension is granted for papers from Dexter Sulphite and De Grasse companies to the federal grand jury.
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Washington
Wood Pulp and Paper Investigating Committee
Medill McCormick
Chicago Tribune
International Paper Company
Stafford
McCormick
Chicago Record-Herald
News
Tribune
Hearst
Journal
International Company
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Mr Mann
Norris
Mann
Mr. Norris
James E. Campbell
Dexter Sulphite Pulp and Paper Company
James A. Qutterson
de Grasse Paper Company
Federal Grand Jury
Manila and Fibre Paper Manufacturers’ Association
Campbell
Qutterson
Lacombe
Prosperity Movement Forms Nationalized St Louis Group
A new body named The National Prosperity Association of St. Louis is formed by business leaders after a three day conference. It aims to extend nationwide to boost prosperity, keep workers employed, and support railroad revival as essential to restoring overall business and wages.
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St. Louis
National Prosperity Association of
FE. ¢. Simmons
Simmons Hardware Company
W. K. Bixby
American Car and Foundry Company
Hight
National Prosperity Association of St
Simmons
Departments of Justice
Man Attempts Suicide Jump From Brooklyn Bridge
A man identified as Manthres Candylaies jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. He was pulled from the river by a tug crew and taken to Fulton Market pier, then transported to Hudson Street Hospital in shock and submersion. Mrs. Edward Simons witnessed the act and notified police. He formerly worked at the Hotel Riccardonna in Brighton.
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Hudson Street
Manthres Candylaies
Riccadonna
Brighton End
Edward Simons
No. 6
West 26Th Street
Candylaies
Davis Seeks Discharge to Press Attack on Trusts in Senate
In the Senate Jeff Davis of Arkansas moves to discharge the Judiciary Committee from his bill to suppress trusts and combines. He denounces the press and plutocracy, calls for indictments of Rockefeller and Morgan, and vows to defend organized labor. Senators depart as he speaks. galleries thin out.
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Senate
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Committee On Judiciary
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pelf
Plutocracy
Organized
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Yeomanry of America
Davis
Clarke
Telier
Gallinger
President Roosevelt Extends Sympathy to Japan
Roosevelt condemns the Matsushima disaster, expressing deep sorrow for the loss of 207 or more Japanese naval personnel. The message to Emperor Hirohito notes profound sympathy and hopes for continued friendly relations. The Japanese count lists 23 officers 33 midshipmen, 1 warrant officer, 150 sailors.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Emperor of
Tokio
Theodore Roosevelt
Baron Takahira
United States
Dougherty
Matsushima
Pescadores
Sinking of Japanese Cruiser Matsushima in Makang Harbor
An official report from the Matsushima says a large rent runs along the port side after an April 30 explosion in Makang harbor. The afterdeck is shattered and interior wreckage blocks removal of many bodies. The captain and commander’s bodies have been recovered.
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Matsushima
Makang
Fescadores Islands
Churchill in Dundee He Days Campaign For Safe Seat
Winston Spencer Churchill arrives in Dundee to contest the vacancy created by Edmund Robertson's peerage. He faces a well organized Unionist opposition led by Sir George Baxter and an out and out prohibitionist Labor candidate G H Stuart. Scrymgeour urges Irish support aligning with Asquith’s Home Rule stance.
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Dundee
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Manchester
Edmund Robertson
George Baxter
G. H. Stuart
Mr. Scrymgeour
United Irish League
Mr. Churchill
Asquith
Ireland
Eight hundred rescued after Baltic collision near Norderney
The North German Lloyd steamer Koln collided in fog with the Hamburg steamer Emperor Nicholas II nine miles off Norderney. Feldmarschall rescued 82 passengers, one child drowned, Koln to Bremerhaven. Emperor Nicholas II badly damaged with bow flooded. Sir Robert Hart leaves Shanghai for Europe on a year long leave.
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Robert Hart
Shanghai
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Maritime Customs Service of China
Europe
Kansas Congressman's Appeal Over Turkish Prince Case
Representative Murdock of Kansas raised with the State Department the alleged effort by Ambassador Leishman to persuade Mrs. Bernard Warkentin to sign a release for the Turkish prince who accidentally shot her husband on a Damascus railroad train. The department will seek an explanation. no formal complaint has been filed.
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Murdock
Kansas
State Department
Leishman
Bernard Warkentin
Damascus
Brooklyn Man Found Dead in Delaware River
The body of Frank A. Mc Gill aged 23 of 853 Gates Avenue Brooklyn was found floating in the Delaware River in Philadelphia. He had been reported missing to police for several weeks as a brother in law arrived to assist inquiries.
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Frank A. McGill
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
Delaware River
McGill
China Faces Growing Troubles Over Fleet Movements
May 1 report from Peking says Chinese officials understand Washington split the American battleship fleet into two squadrons to visit Japan and China simultaneously. Beijing fears the move neutralizes political aims, while Japan seeks Britain’s help to curb the anti-foreign boycott spreading from the Tatsu incident. Hong Kong reports the U S has accepted a fleet stop en route around the world.
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Washington
Japan
China
Asiatic
Far East
Tatsu
Ijuin
Taku
Great Britain
Canton
Hong Kong
May Day Demonstrations Across Europe Stay Peaceful
Berlin saw 33 000 workers and 2600 women abstain from labor with 22 mass meetings but no disorder as authorities kept full police on duty. Paris reports large meetings denouncing capitalist treatment with bets on an eight hour law, and Madrid held a peaceful eight thousand worker procession without incident.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysées
Madrid
Government trims budget by twenty-two million pesos
Santiago de Chili reports the government has announced a 22,000,000 peso reduction in the next fiscal year's budget.
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Chili
Santiago de Chili
Nansen Resigns as Norwegian Minister to Great Britain
The Norwegian Cabinet accepted Fridtjof Nansen’s resignation today. Nansen will stay in office until after King Edward’s visit to Christiania, and he will be succeeded by J. Irgens, the current secretary of the legation in London.
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Christiania
Fridtjof Nansen
Great Britain
Dr. Nansen
Edward
Copenhagen
Dr.Nansen
J. Irgens
Legation
London
Philadelphia man fined after Neuilly auto fatality
Paris May 1 Charles P. Baird of Philadelphia ran down and killed a boy at Neuilly on October 10 while driving an automobile. He was sentenced to a month in jail and a $10 fine. The jail term was suspended under the first offenders act, but the fine rose to 120 dollars and he must also pay 2000 dollars in damages.
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Paris
Charles P. Baird
Philadelphia
Neuilly
Body of bank robber found near Ste phen prairie
US detectives tracking Stephen Minnesota bank robbers found a corpse eight miles northeast of Ste phen Manitoba on the prairie. Ashes nearby suggested the desperadoes removed identification. A suspected robber was shot by a citizen during the robbery night. About one hundred riflemen hunted the robbers. Three suspects were arrested at Emerson Manitoba and jailed at St Vincent Minnesota.
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Manitoba
Stephen
United States
Emerson
St. Vincent, Minn
Nighttime Passage of White Star Ships Delays Cunard Landing
Queenstown reports the Cedric and Cymric crossing toward Liverpool in heavy seas at 3 am. Neither ship landed passengers or mails, hindering 130 Cunard line travelers awaiting the Caronia. They will board the Mauretania on Sunday.
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White Star Line
Cedric
New York
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Cymric
Boston
Fos
Cunard Line
Caronia
Involuntary bankruptcies filed against multiple Yorkers
Petitions filed yesterday in the United States District Court name Gustav Gomprecht Emil Rump John F Cambers Daniel Cornell Co Louis Cohen and D A Brinker as involuntary bankrupts. Receivers appointed include A Edward Glasgow Frederick McLaughlin William F Smith George D Graves and others with liabilities ranging from several thousand to over one hundred thousand dollars and assets variably reported.
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Gustav Gomprecht
Third Avenue
Max Bartell
Maurice Ettlinger
Hirsch & Graf
Edward Glasgow
Emil Rump
Pearl Street
Henry Japp
Herman Pauli
Carl Rump
Frederick McLaughlin
Herts Brothers
Arnold, Constable & Co
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Daniel Cornell & Co
George D. Graves
John F. Cambers
West Lrn Street
Louis Cohen
University Place
Joseph
Marcus
Delancey
Orchard Streets
Rosenthal
Greene Street
Union Exchange Bank
H. H. Pulaski & Co
Broadway
D. & A. Brinker
Discouraged Midshipmen Delayed Final Graduation
The Navy delays final graduation for two advanced Naval Academy sections until June 1909, stirring protests from midshipmen who trained for earlier completion. The article also lists Army and Navy personnel movements and ship movements reported by The Tribune Bureau.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Naval Academy For Sea
Navy Department
Midshipmen
Whitwell Fund Split Sought In Probate Court
Judge Flint heard Mrs. Blanche H. Whitwell petition to divide a 0.4 fund from the will of William S. Whitwell between Sturgis B. Whitwell and Sutler B. Whitwell. William S. Whitwell III, Harvard junior and varsity athlete, disappeared after leaving a note indicating a planned death by his own hand. a possible sighting in Waco, Texas followed.
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Blanche H. Whitwell
New York
Arizona
William S. Whitwell
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Sutler B. Whitwell
William S Whitwell
Harvard
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