Rebuffed bid for Vreeland bill stalls in House session
The Tribune reports May 4 that House leaders secured 156 signatures to call a conference on the Vreeland bill. Speaker Cannon resisted Fowler and Prince, calling their proposal the Hill bill in disguise, as the Banking and Currency Committee tabled the measure in a brief debate. The plan favored by a conference would see action on the Vreeland bill while Fowler’s currency bill awaited later.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Tomnorrow
Cannon
Vreeland
Fowler
Prince
Barking and Currency Committee
Messrs
Payme
Messrs. Fowler and
Payne
Banking and Currency Committee
Weeks
Burton
McKinney
Payne” Hill Billies
Treasury
Fowl+*r
Pirate sloop captured near San Juan by revenue cutter
The revenue cutter Algonquin chased a sloop along Porto Rico’s west coast and captured it after three shots. The pirates had stolen the vessel earlier and planned more robberies before aiming to flee to Santo Domingo.
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San Juan
Algonquin
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Licensing bill advanced in House of Commons vote
London May 4 The House of Commons passed the second reading of the licensing bill by a majority of 246 and referred the measure to a Committee of the Whole House.
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Committee of
London
House of Commons
Jewel Theft Suspects Nabbed by Brooklyn Police
Detectives from Brooklyn police headquarters arrested George B Howsler and Farah Papps linked to a 31500 jewel theft from Benjamin H Knowles’s Brookson estate at 724 Fast Bath Street. Howsler, ex police, and Papps, a manicurist, were found with a pawned ring and were detained at Adena Street station on grand larceny charges. Police tracked Howsler to the Jamaica racetrack before arresting him.
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Brooklyn
Benjamin H. Knowles
Brookson Res
Stokes & Knowles
Fast
Bath Street
George B. Howsler
Seventh Avenue
Farah Papas
Avenue J. Flatbush
Adene Street
Miss Papps
Knowles
Mrs Knowles
Howsler
Jamaica Racetrack
Widows Dispute Greenough Estate in Damages Suit
Boston May 4 A legal battle over the estate of Joseph F Greenough intensifies as two suits for 700000 each are filed by Mrs Emma P Eaton Greenough against Mrs Martha D Greenough and Archibald M Howe alleging conspiracy to induce a marriage while Greenough was the legal husband of Martha and that Martha’s divorce was invalid. The case lists Martha as legallywidow after a Colorado divorce ruling was reversed and includes Mary M Kerkes and others connected to the prior action. The suits seek damages from the parties tied to the contested will and widow status.
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Boston
Joseph F. Greenough
Greenough
Emma P. Eaton Greenugh
Martha D. Greenough
London
Archibald M. Howe
Cambridge
Martha Greenough
Colorado
Howe
Emma Greenough
Tawney Warned, Committee Beaten in House Vote
The Tribune reports May 4 that the powerful Appropriations Committee was defeated in the House after a lengthy debate. Amendments cut a provision for paying non continuously employed workers and boosted several appropriations for structural materials and fuel tests. Norris and Dalzell led the changes, while Tawney argued the advisory board was misused to influence funding.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
Advisory Board
Norris
Nebraska
Representative Tawney
Dalzell
Tawney
Geological Survey
Urge Senators to Bolt Over Racetrack Gambling Scheme
Kings County Senators faced pressure from party leaders to adjourn without acting on the anti racetrack gambling bill in the extra session. The plan urged a caucus vote to declare the bill presented in good faith and to adjourn, aligning with a broader effort to undermine the Governor. Friends of the bill fear the maneuver could defeat the Governor’s wishes.
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Kings County
Senate
Reoklyn
Ewer Brings 21000 at Christies Sale in London
The late Marchioness Conyngham art collection sold at Christie’s in London. A James 1 rosewater ewer and dish bearing a 1618 London hallmark fetched 4000 guineas. a matching piece is housed in Windsor Castle.
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London
Marchioness
Conyngham
Christie's
Windsor Castle
Man Shoots Self After Planning Funeral At Netherland Hotel
Arthur B. Schurter, a New York Central ticket agent living with his uncle Leonard Smith, shot himself in the head at the Hotel Netherland after registering as H Schuyler Boston. He had visited an undertaker linked to A G Cattell and spoke of funeral prices, revealing stomach trouble as a motive.
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Arthur B. Schurter
New York Central Railroad
Leonard Smith
Schurter
A. G. Cattell
102D Street
Manhattan Avenue
Dooley
Cattell
Aad
Smith
Terriers Eye Surgery Sparks News At Boston Hospital
A pet terrier owned by Mrs. Jack Wade was brought to the Boston Eye and Ear Hospital where six surgeons consulted over the case before performing an operation on the dog’s eye. The animal rests in a private room under the care of two nurses.
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the Tribune
Boston
Jack Wade
Boston Eye and Ear Hospital
Hard Fighting in Corsica at Lozzi Election Clash
In Ajaccio Corsica on May 4 the Lozzi village election dispute turned into a violent clash. Rival factions with shotguns exchanged fire leaving unknown casualties. Troops were dispatched to Lozzi to restore order amid ongoing fighting.
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Ajaccio
Corsica
Vilage of
Lozzi
Loza
A Great Indian Plot Defeat of the Afghans
Calcutta reports an expanded bomb conspiracy inquiry after thirty arrests reveal plans against public officials and bombs that failed to explode. A prisoner describes a nationwide revolutionary campaign with documents showing a plot to kill Lord Kitchener and other high officials, with Bengalese figures implicated and more arrests anticipated.
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Calcutta
Lord Kitchener
India
Rogers Asks Damages in Utah Merger Case
Salt Lake City reports that H H Rogers and James Stillman with Harriman and other railroads filed answers in the federal merger case. They deny conspiracy and seek dismissal for lack of Utah jurisdiction, plus costs and damages to character. Stillman, a Union Pacific director since December 6, 1907, follows the same defense line.
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Salt Lake City
H. H Rogers
James Stillman
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Jacob Schiff
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
Southern Pacific
Mr. Rogers
Utah
Rogers
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Stillman
Kuhn
Frick
W. A. Clark
Broad
Rout of the Tribesmen In Khyber Pass
Major General Sir James Willcocks rushed troops to the disturbance scene and attacked Afghan raiders west of Landi Kotal. He drove them back across the frontier, scattering them. With no tribal support the raiders are dwindling while Mohmands and other border tribes remain quiet and harvesting.
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Simla
James Willcocks
Landi-Kotal
Khyber Pass
Indian frontier news sinks Consols and stocks in London
London on May 4 saw Indian frontier developments drag Consols and Indian stocks on the Stock Exchange. Prices fell with Consols opening at 86 sliding 1% amid fair offerings. Dealers who bought earlier in the year blamed expected cheap money for weak activity, contributing to the slump.
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London
Stock Exchange
Hascoat Cremated With Him East Orange News
The body of Juan de Dios Tejada was cremated today with the overcoat he wore to shield his wife and four children during a shipwreck. The ashes and coat will be sunk at sea as he requested. Tejada, Cuban engineer and inventor, and his wife and two others survived the voyage from New York to Santo Domingo after the shipwreck. The family died of exposure in the lifeboat, and only Tejada and the captain remained before the wife died wrapped in the overcoat. The survivor later learned a sailing vessel rescued him. Tejada was a mechanical engineer on the Panama Canal project and a noted writer.
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East Orange
N. J
Juan de Dios Tejada
Mr. Tejada
New York
Santo Domingo
Panama Canal
Convicts Whipped to Death Claim Stuns Arkansas Board
Dr. R L Russell, state penitentiary physician, told the penitentiary board that convicts died at Lincoln County county convict farm and camps. Seventy three deaths in seventeen months, with thirty seven at the farm and thirty nine at camps and hospital. Governor Pindall urged a thorough investigation. board commended Russell and suspended Warden Stevens after water poisoning accusations.
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Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
R. L. Russell
State Penitentiary
Penitentiary Board
State County
Lincoln County
Pindall
Tinsman
Russell
Stevens
Disabled Booth liner Justin sighted after propeller loss
The White Star liner Cretic reported early Thursday that the Booth liner Justin from Galveston to Liverpool lost her propeller and sought a tow. The Cretic stood by for an hour 1462 miles east of Sandy Hook before a sister Booth Line ship took over. The Justin likely carried cotton.
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Cretic
Genoa
Naples
Booth
Justin
Galveston
Liverpool
Azores
Sandy Hook
Maer
SIMPLE PITCAIRN ISLANDERS TRADE ON SUNDAY ban
Captain Mallett of the Hawaiian Isles reports Pitcairn Islanders, though living simply, are shrewd traders. After reaching the island from Australia on Sunday, they traded a boatload of provisions for fresh fruit but refused to work on Sunday, forcing the captain to depart without fruit.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Mallett
Hawaiian Isles
Australia
Vetru
Bolivian Elects Fernando Guachalla President
La Paz reports Fernando Guachalla elected president of Bolivia succeeding Ismael Montes whose term ends August 11. Guachalla, previously Bolivia’s minister to Washington, will lead the republic.
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la Paz
Fernando Guachalla
Bolivia
Sefior Ismael Montes
Sefior Guachalla
Republic
Washington
Sully's Bubble Burst as Buchan's Soaps Falls in Bankruptcy
Daniel F. Sully, ex cotton king and Buchan's Soaps president, saw a receiver appointed for Buchan's Soaps Corporation at 221 Fifth Avenue. Leonard Bronner named receiver with $10 bond, assets estimated near $1,000,000, liabilities around $800,000. Company to continue manufacture, possible reorganization. Sully to be examined by petitioners' counsel.
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Daniel F. Sully
Cotton King
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
Fifth Avenue
Sully
Philbin, Beekman & Menken
The
Oriental Bank
Charles H. Stanton
Trow Directory Company
Sutty
Ralph Pouell
George H. Thompson
Frank Tilford
George S Graham
Henry R. Wilson
Thompson
Leonard Bronner
Broadway
Bronner
Buchan Soaps Corporation
Gray Lithographic Company
Judg Ments
Seckler
American Lithographic Company
Brave dock worker frees boy pirate on river raft
Willie Higgins, 1 year old, pretends to be pirate captain on a makeshift raft near East Sid street. William Ohlswilder, of East 72d street, dives in with clothes on to chase the young captain, catching him after a short pursuit. The rescued boy was revived at Presbyterian Hospital.
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Willie Higgins
East 1St Street
Davy Jones
William Ohlswilder
East 72d Street
Willie
Skull and Crossbones
East Sid Street
Kidd
Ohlwilder
Governor Hughes Denounces Racetrack Gambling at Carnegie Hall
Governor Hughes delivered a stirring Carnegie Hall denunciation of racetrack gambling during his campaign for an anti-racetrack gambling bill. He framed the issue as a moral crisis, argued the Percy Gray law’s flaws, and urged direct popular government and honest representation against political manipulation.
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Hughes
Carnegie Hall
Tomes
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Herrick
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Speaker Cannon
Bunco
Dewey's
T Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
MR. Tawney
Christie’s
Netherland
Fair
Mani
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Oregon
Willillcocks
Shop of Oregon
Newport
Ore
Minnie E. Kelleen
Minnie FE
Keilon
James McKenna
Aberdeen
Hascoat
Inventor
Guachalla
Buchan
Cotton Bull's Corporation
Chiep
Presbyterian
MR. Hughes
Court of Appeals
Bostom Harbor
Missouri
New Hampshire
Union
Harrison
District of Columbia
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