House Leaders Agree on Legislative Plans for Session
The House leaders outline a five bill program urged by the President including an anti injunction measure a preliminary tariff inquiry a District of Columbia child labor bill a government employee liability bill and a liberal workers concession bill. Speaker Cannon pushed members for support with Senator Sallinger Ghett and Representative Alexander drafting key measures.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Senate
Parnell
Civic Federation Censare
Pat
District of Columbia
Sallinger
Ghett
Alexander
New York
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Watson
Paper Inquiry shows publishers’ testimony on rising costs
Washington May 4 Telegraphs from many publishers report increased print paper costs. John Norris of New York presented figures urging action. Committee plans to adjourn Friday to inspect Hudson River Paper Co mills at Palmer’s Falls and gather production cost testimony. Forty six publishers said they will testify in Washington. Chairman Mann urged notice to maximize attendance. Adjournment moved to tomorrow morning.
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Washinston
John Norris
New York
Norris
Palmer's Falls
Saratoga County
XN. C
Hudson River Paper Company
Washington
Mann
Appeal of Harriman and Kahn in Supreme Court
In Washington on May 4 the Interstate Commerce Commission moved to advance on the docket the cross appeals of the commission and Edward Harriman and Ott Kahn of Kahn Lee Co. over questions posed in an irrigation inquiry into railroad consolidations. The U S Circuit Court had ordered responses on almost all topics except stock purchase details by Harriman in antici pation of the Union Pacific dividend. The motion stressed the public stakes involved and was argued by Frank B Kelege and others for the commission.
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Southern District of New York
Mr. Harriman
Supreme Court
Frank B. Kelege
A. Severance
John H. Marble
Wunsel
Fight for embassies not given up in Paris bill
Washington March 4 Senator Lodge introduced a bill to appropriate 6.0 million dollars for the purchase of a building in Paris to be used as the American Embassy. A provision for purchasing the dwelling was stricken from the diplomatic and consumer appropriation bill. He will press the measure as general legislation to open a path to embassies and legation buildings in foreign capitals. Amendments for the same purpose were offered in related bills.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Paris
Lodge
United States
Lodger
Boundary treaty ratified
The Canadian boundary treaty was ratified by the Senate in executive session. It outlines fuller demarcation of the U S Canada boundary without altering the current line.
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Wastengter
Senate
United States
Canada
Trained Nurse Endorses Grape Nuts Nourishing Food
A nurse recounts improved energy and mood after drinking Grape Nuts for weeks. She notes pre digestion of the grain as a helpful feature and reports weight gain and better appetite. Patients also show positive results, with caregivers reporting changes in appearance and wellness.
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Plysiciam
Brownsville Case Tests Roosevelt Dismissal Power
In Brownsville court Judge Hough hears arguments over President Roosevelt’s claimed power to summarily dismiss three companies of negro soldiers from the 25th Infantry for alleged involvement in the Brownsville riot of August 12, 1906. The suit by Oscar W. Reid seeks back wages and contends enlistment is a civil contract. debate centers on whether Congress or the President holds removal authority.
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Tudge Hough
United States District Court
Wich
Roosevelt
25Th Infantry
Brownsville
Oscar W. Reid
Kase Mellen
Francis Woodbridge
Reid
New
Reid United States
Henry L. Stimson
Mellen
Congress
Army
Navy
Stimson
Hough
Defends Negro Soldiers in Brownsville Inquiry
Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut defended the 3th Infantry's black soldiers against charges they shot up Brownsville. He stated, after Senate testimony, that none were involved and blamed external Mexican and local lawless elements for the raid, citing city darkness as undermining witness testimony.
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Washington
Senator Bulkeley
Connecticut
3Th Infantry
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Bulkeley
Test of Commodities Clause Under Hepburn Act Planned
Washington May 1 It was stated at the Department of Justice that arrangements are well under way for a test of the commodities clause of the Hepburn act unless legislation or other changes alter the situation. Railroads most interested have shown hearty sympathy with the Attorney General and agree with department representatives in the preliminaries for a test case. Definite action toward such a case is expected soon.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
President Roosevelt Thanks Red Cross for Tornado Relief
In reply to Miss Mabel Boardman, Roosevelt commends the Red Cross for prompt relief efforts after the South tornado. Six Red Cross nurses will join eighteen already on the ground. clothing and supplies are being gathered in Cleveland and Washington. Senate approves $256,000 relief appropriation.
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Mabel T. Boardman
The
American National Red Cross
Roosevelt
South
White House
Miss Boardman
Red Cross
Theodore Roosevelt
Hattiesburg
Miss
Redross
New York
Cleveland
War Department
Senate
House
Byrd Proposes 366000 Tax Refund Bill in House
Washington May 4 A bill seeks 366000 six percent to refund cotton tax collected by the United States from 1864 through 1868 inclusive Rep Byrd Mississippi introduced the measure in the House today The proposal aims to compensate cotton producers for the levies assessed during the postwar era.
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Washington
United States
Byrd
Mississippi
Memorials Pay Tribute to Pela tiah Webster in Senate and House
In Washington on May 4, memorials were introduced in both chambers honoring Pela tiah Webster of Philadelphia as the architect of the U.S. Constitution. Hannis Taylor notes Webster published the epoch making paper in 1782 and republished with notes in 1794, outlining the entire constitutional plan. The memorials were referred to the Judiciary Committee with a request for many copies.
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Washington
Carter
Montana
Senate
Clayton
Alabama
Pelatiah Webster
Philadelphia
Hannis Taylor
Spain
United States
Committee On the Judiciary
Sentenced for running a bucketshop in DC
Washington May 4 Percy Wade recently convicted of violating the District gambling laws by operating a bucketshop was sentenced today by Justice Barnard in Criminal Court to thirty days in jail. Wade appealed and was released on $ bail. The case was a test under the District code. Five other brokers face similar-indictment charges.
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Washington
Percy Wade
District of Colombia
Justice Barnard
Jal
Wade
Ambassador Bryce Visits Naval Academy at Annapolis
Baltimore May 4 The Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain with Mrs Bryce and embassy staff visited the Naval Academy today. Midshipmen Heusen met them and gave a tour including luncheon. The Ambassador summed up the academy with the word Grand.
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Baltimore
Amibass Dier Bryce
Great Britain
New States Plans Shape RNC Convention Leadership
Washington dispatch reports Chairman New positions Senator Dolliver as likely temporary chair with Lodge as probable permanent chair. Taft supporters on arrangements committee back Dolliver. Lynch once eyed as temporary chair in 1888 precedent case. National committee faces hundreds of contested ballots. meetings set for May 11 to organize in Chicago.
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Washington
Chairman New
Republican National Committee
New
Special Committee
Senator Beveridge
Senator Dolliver
Senator Lodge
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Powell Clayton
Theodore Roosevelt
John R. Lynch
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Lodge
Lynch
National Committee
Committee On
Indianapolis
Coliseum
Chicago
Ed Callahan Wounded in Kentucky Feud Shootout
Ed Callahan former Breathitt county sheriff and Hargis ally was fatally wounded in a store fight at Crockettsville. His brother in law John Spicer was killed. Callahan’s son Wilson shot and killed his uncle. Judge Hargis was killed earlier in Jackson.
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Lexington
Ed" Callahan
Breathitt County
James Hargis
Hargis
John Spicer
Callahan
Crockettsville
Spicer
Wilson
Wilson Callahan
Judge Hargis
Jackson
Beach
Buffalo Bill Wild West Show Delights City Orphans
Thousands of orphans and crippled children from about thirty one institutions filled Madison Square Garden for Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show. Aisles and lower seats were packed with young spectators as they shouted new noises of joy and even unsettled pigeons along Madison Avenue fled in alarm. The Catholic Protectory delegation from West Chester led the group with its band.
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Madison Square Garden
Madison Avenue
Catholic Protectory
West Chester
World wide relief for Jews petition dismissed in Chancery
London May 4 A petition by the Jewish Colonial Trust to limit its operations to Palestine was dismissed by the Court of Chancery. The trust, with 2 million pounds capital, aimed to promote Jewish welfare worldwide. Israel Zangwill and others opposed the restriction, arguing it would hinder aid to persecuted Jews outside Palestine. Justice Fre concurred, noting the need to aid oppressed people beyond Zionist limits.
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London
Jewish Colonial Trust
Palestine
Court of Chancery
Israel Zangwill
Zangwill
Zion
Fre
Mail Car Burned in Train Fire near Sharon Mass
A mail car on the Boston to New York postal train was set ablaze by a lamp explosion between Sharon and Sharon Heights. Car 296 burned with its contents, the car was detached and moved to a siding where it burned. No injuries reported.
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Boston
New York
Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Sharon Heights
Millionaire Worker Loses Eyes in Accident
Muskegon Michigan May 4 Special staff report Charles Moore Hackley Muskegon's young millionaire famed for liking common labor will lose the sight of both eyes due to a dynamite blast last week.
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Muskegon, Mich
Specialista
Charles Moore Hackley
Muskegon
Peru Rebels At Large In Lima and Junin
Lima reports Dr Durand and about two hundred revolutionists unaccounted for with authorities claiming to hunt them near Oroya in Junin. Government troops push to Matucana and arrests rise as the Purhuay bridge is repaired after dynamite damage. Public condemnation follows mass meetings and President Pardo speaks from the palace balcony.
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Oroya
Junin
Matucana
Purhruay
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Peru
Movement insignificant to Peru investors plea for publicity
Consul General Eduardo Higginson submits to The Tribune that Lima unrest is isolated and politically minor, tied to Peru’s presidential elections. He reports cable advice that leader Durand and a few followers are pursued by government troops and likely to be captured soon, urging fair coverage to reassure Peru’s reputation and investors.
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Tribune
Lima
Peru
Durand
Eduardo Higginson
Telegraphic rule proposal at international conference
Nisbon May 4 The International Telegraphic Conference opened with Belgium proposing a radical change to word counting abolishing distinctions for plain conventional and code language and introducing a uniform five letter or five figure word. The plan faces strong opposition from Great Britain and American commercial interests.
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Belgium
Great Britain
America
Police Watch Liebenberg Castle Over Prince zu Eulenburg
Berlin May 4 criminal police stationed around Liebenberg Castle to prevent Prince Philip zu Eulenburg leaving Germany during the Crown Prosecutor's preliminary probe into alleged false testimony at the Harden trial. The prince is reported to be suffering from neuritis.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Liebenberg
Philip Zu Eulenburg
Radical parties gain in France municipal election sweep
Paris and other French cities saw large gains for the Radical and Radical Socialist groups in the municipal elections held yesterday. They benefited at the expense of extreme Socialists and the Nationalists with Paris alone reporting about six thousand votes lost by the latter.
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Paris
Radical
Radical Socialist
France
Baroness von Ruexleben Dies After Double Suicide
Berlin reports Baroness Udo von Ruexleben died by self-inflicted gunshot after she shot her husband at their Buddenberg castle near Dortmund on May 1, with the tragedy confirmed May 4.
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Baroness von Ruexleben
Berlin
Udo von Ruexleben
Buddenberg
Dortmound
Rio government selects Fernando de Noronha radiograph station
Rio de Janeiro on May 4 reported the government has decided to place a radiograph station on Fernando de Noronha island, located 15 miles off the eastern coast of Brazil.
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Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Home Rule Doubtful In London May 4 Conservative MPs press Irish question
London reports show Conservative Unionists pressing the Irish question in the House of Commons. Premier Asquith refused to be bound by party lines on future election issues and reaffirmed Liberal aims for Irish self rule with imperial oversight. He cited his March speech and a resolution calling for Irish legislative and executive control of Irish affairs within imperial authority.
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Asquith
Ireland
House of Commons
Walter Long
House
John Redmond
Irish League
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
Liberal Party
Ireland Quietly Sees Top Official Resignations
London May 4 Augustine Birrell announces the resignation of Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to take effect in July. The move follows ongoing political pressures surrounding Irish administration.
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Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Antony Patrick MacDonnell
Ferry capsizes on Dnieper near Bykhoff. over a hundred drown
A Mohileff government ferry carrying peasants and families from church capsized on the River Dnieper near Bykhoff. The boat became unmanageable as panic crowded to one side, and over a hundred passengers drowned.
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Dnieper
Bykhoff
Mohileff
Bad financial outlook in Japan worsens hopes in Tokyo
May 4 reports say the economy remains the focal issue as another coupon redemption of bonded indebtedness is announced for month end. The balance of trade stays adverse with no signs of improvement and persistent financial stringency.
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Japan
Tokio
Army and Navy News Orders and Ship Movements
Washington May 4 reports issued orders converting officers and retirees across army and navy staffs. Movements list ships arriving Guantanamo, Santa Cruz, Norfolk and San Francisco with multiple vessels, plus reserves for Brutus Hannibal and Sterling at Norfolk and Boston yards.
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Paducah
Aturacao
Fortune
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Des Moines
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Guantanamo
Alexander
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Eagle
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Mass
Chauncey
Cavité
Montgomery
League Island
Newport
Uness
Port Antonia
Santa Cruz
San
Navy Yard
Hannibal
Bostog
Panama Venezuela and Colombia in War Intrigue
Cartagena Colombia May 4 The Colombian government suspects Panama of conspiring with Venezuela to wage war on Colombia. Jurado on the Atrato River border has sparked Panamanian anger. Jurado was seized with advice from the American government to keep within Colombian territory. President Reyes travels to Santa Marta amid anxiety in the United States. General Angulo acts as president. unrest grows over Reyes prestige. Venezuela seeks large Guajira peninsula cession and control of the Cuuta Encontrades rail link, threatening long standing border dispute.
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Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
Jurado
Atrato
United States
Taft
Westorm
Savanilla
Guajira
Reyes
Bogota
Santa Marta
General Reves
New York
General Angulo
Castro
Cucuta
Cuuta
Maracaibo
Ultimatum by Cleveland Carmen on appointing arbitrator
May 4 Cleveland. In an ultimatum the motormen and conductors of the Municipal Street Railway Company gave President Dupont until 8 o clock tonight to appoint an arbitrator from a panel of three to adjudicate the streetcar troubles. If not done the union threatens a walkout involving about two thousand men. Dupont previously accepted arbitration in principle but said he could not appoint an arbitrator for the company until Thursday.
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Cleveland
Municipal Street Railway Compans
Dupont
Morres
Compani
Dary
Municipal Company
Gliding Tests On Long Island Yield Long Flights
Daniel I. Braine Wilbur R Kimball and Aero Club of America members tested gliders at Locust Valley on Sunday. One hundred twenty five glides covered forty to fifty feet with flights reaching eighteen to twenty feet high as an eighteen mile per hour wind blew. The group refined the front rudder design for better results and Alberto Triaca of the International School of Aeronautics offered gold and silver medals for the longest glides at a June Long Island contest. Medal criteria will be announced this week.
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Wilbur R. Kimball
Aero Club of America
A. W. Vorse
International School of Aeronautics
L. L. Adams
Locust Valley
Long Island
Aerolab
Alberto Triaca
Internationall School of Aeronautics
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