Secret Service under debate in House over use by departments
Washington May 5 The House amendment to the sundry civil bill to bar Secret Service from all but the Treasury for detecting counterfeiters and guarding the President drew Cabinet concern. Attorneys General Garfield and others argued such limits hinder prosecutions and cry out for essential investigative support, while White House letters urged survival of the service.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
The
Treasury
Senate
Secret Service
Wen
Garfield
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilkie
Secer Service
Cannon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Snnon
Townsend
Interstate Commerce Mission
New York
Prat
Allison
Appropriations Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Arbitration Treaty Between United States and Japan
Washington reported a general arbitration treaty between the United States and Japan was signed by Secretary Reot and Ambassador Takaira. The pact follows European-arbitration accords and aligns with Hague conference ideas, allowing The Hague arbitration for nearly any dispute between the signatory powers.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Gar Br
Reot
Takaira
Hague
Norris testifies on wood pulp and paper prices
John Norris of New York, representing the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, testifies before the House committee on the wood pulp and print paper industry. He says American manufacturers bought large Canadian woodlands and marked up prices, warning against penalizing consumers. He cites figures of reduced Canadian pulp exports and argues paper could be made for 3% a ton. the inquiry continues.
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Washington
John Norris
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
House
Canada
Norris
Philippine Assembly considers sweeping salary cuts
Manila May 5 The Assembly began debate on the Appropriation Committee's financial measures. Governor General salary cut by 16409 pesos and most officials reduced sharply. Forestry bureau merged with Lands Department Civil Service merged with Auditing Bureau. American officials hit hardest. critics call the move racist and a political play to block Americans from civil posts.
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Manila
Forestry Bureau
Lands Department
Civil Service
Commission
Senators Clash Over Forestry Policy and Brownsville Affair
In Washington May 5 the Senate debated the Brownsville affair amid postponement of the agricultural appropriation bill. Heyburn attacked forestry service funding, Smoot defended the administration, and Penrose returned after illness. The session previewed a vote on the DC child labor law with Foraker’s adjournment threat viewed as bluff.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Warner
Senate
Brownsville
Heyburn
Smoot
Idaho
Herburn
Michigan
Wisconsin
Penrose
District of Columbia
Foraker
Ohio
Senate Adopts Resolution on Colombia Panama Seizure Claim
Washington May 5 Senate action may affect Taft trip to Panama. A Bacon resolution calls for U S Colombia Panama correspondence since January 18 194 about the secession of Panama. Colombia seeks arbitration over a 10 million claim and a triangular treaty reportedly reduces it to 800 thousand. Panama objects to paying from canal zone funds.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Panama
Bacon
United States
Colombia
Canal Zone
Osteopath Sues Board of Health Over Registration
Martin W. Littleton, for Dr. Charles F. Bandel of Brooklyn, seeks a writ of mandamus to force the Brooklyn Board of Health to record Bandel as a practising physician. The Board rejected his name, arguing the law allows only osteopathy, not medicine or surgical practice. Justice Dicker reserved decision.
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Martin W. Littleton
Charles F. Bandel
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Justice Dicker
Supreme Court
Board of Health
Dr. Bandel
George L. Sterling
Littleton
Montpelier Tragedy: Woman Kills Clerk Then Herself
Miss Christina Ball shot and fatally wounded Louis Neveaux, a hotel clerk, on Montpelier’s principal street before killing herself. Neveaux, asked about the incident, said he had never seen her before and could not explain the tragedy. Ball, 25, was formerly confined at the Vermont State Insane Asylum. she previously shot two men in Woods ville, New Hampshire, two years earlier.
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Montpelier
Christina Ball
Louis Neveaux
Neveaux
Heaton Hospital
Miss Bau
Vermont
Waterbury
Woodsville
N. H
Subway reaches Flatbush and Atlantic terminals
The Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company seeks return of a 1 million dollar deposit after trains run to the Flatbush and Atlantic terminal. August Belmont, president, asked the Public Service Commission to approve completion so the firm can claim the funds from the Controller. The request was sent to the chief engineer.
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Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Rapid Transit Board
August Belmont
Public Service Commission
Troops surround barn after slayer’s double murder
Bert Devaney, a renowned horseman in Washington Court House Ohio, shot and killed Miss Lida Bird and wounded her mother in the Bird home, then killed Silas Shackleford. Shackleford’s son is reported dead. Devaney is cornered in Shackleford’s barn as sheriff’s posse and Ohio National Guard prepare to storm. Jealousy is suspected as motive.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Bert Devaney
Lida Bird
John Street
Mrs. Bird
Silas Shackleford
Shackleford
Devaney
Company M
4Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Fatal Air Rifle Death of Eight Year Old in West Side Play
Frank Green, eight, died after being shot in the eye with an air rifle by nine year old Joseph Finley during a Wild West game. Finley, who turned himself in, faced a homicide charge as the Eighteenth Street Cowboys club dissolved after the incident. Green died at St Vincent's Hospital. Finley cried when told of the death.
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Wild West
Frank Green
West 18Th Street
Joseph Finley
West 3Th Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Eighteenth Street
Cowboys’ Club
Finley
West 30Th Street
Seventh Avenue
West 20Th Street
Gerry Society
Frankie
Green
Joseph
Stabbing Fight Ends in Multiple Injuries at Harlem Theatre
Special policeman Herman Lederman was stabbed three times in the back during a basement restaurant fracas at a vaudeville theatre on Second Avenue and 9th Street and is hospitalized in Harlem. Charles Stein was arrested after a chase and held on $1,000 bail for examination. Abraham Epstein was shot in the leg during the aftermath. Jacob Mahea faces felonious assault charges as Epstein is treated at Harlem Hospital.
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Herman Lederman
Second Avenue
9Th Street
Harlem Hospital
Charles Stein
East 1Lst Street
Lederman
Abraham Epstein
Stein
Jacob Mahea
Leterman
Mahea
Epstein
Harlem
Black Hand Letters Found Shook Queens Ward
Police traced a two month terror campaign of blood curdling notes to a Black Hand syndicate based in Elmhurst High School. Authorities held a conference with parents after inspecting handwriting and school records though no names were released.
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Borough of
Queens
Newtown
Elmhurst High School
Gardiner
Dillingham
Pringpan
Elmhurst School
Plague Strikes La Guayra as Dr Peraza Wins Fame
Caracas reports La Guayra isolated by land and sea as American Consul Thomas P. Moffat and Venezuelan physician Dr. Gomez Peraza emerge as pivotal figures. Peraza treated the first bubonic case, faced arrest, and was temporarily freed as authorities fight the outbreak with sanitary measures, hospital isolation, and city cleanup.
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Caracas
la Guayra
Thomas P. Moffat
Gomez Peraza
Board of ‘Health
la Guayrta
Peraza
Rangel
Vargas Hospital
Dr. Rangel
Castro
la Guarra
Puerto Cabello
Customs inspector arrests man for lottery ticket import
San Juan Porto Rico May 1 Mr Matheson customs inspector arrested Armando Benitez on his arrival from Santo Domingo today on the charge of introducing foreign lottery tickets into Porto Rico.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Matheson
Armando Benitez
Santo Domingo
Crisis in Russian sugar trade hits major firms in St Petersburg
May 5 in St Petersburg reports a sugar industry crisis centered in Kiev with two large refiners—Chartronenko & Sons liabilities 7.2 million dollars and the Cherkassky Refining Company liabilities 4 million—suspending payments. The State Bank aids Chartronenko asking creditors to extend notes for 12 to 18 months and may assist Cherkassky as Russia's export restrictions and overproduction strain the sector.
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St. Petersburg
Kieff
Chartronenko & Sons
Cherkassky Refining Company
Karitonenko & Sons
Kerkassky Company
Russia
Peruvian Rebel Uprising Reported in Cuzco
Lima reports rumors of an uprising in the Cuzco department with rebels said to have captured Cuzco city. The government plans court martial for recent political prisoners and has seized arms from Lima shooting clubs. Durand, the revolutionary leader, was reportedly defeated at Cerro de Pasco and fled toward Juanuco as government forces close in.
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Lima
Cuzco
Mamurcana
Durand
Cerro de Pasco
Department
Junm
Juanuco
Eduardo Higginson
Peru
Mr. Higginson
Fez Proclaims Restoration of Abd-el-Aziz
Fez dispatch reports inhabitants issue proclamation denouncing Musaf Hafiq the usurping sultan of the south and restoring Abd-el-Aziz to authority amid the conflict or upheaval in the region.
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Tangier
Fez
Musaf Hafiq
Abd-el-Aziz
The Pleasures of Retirement in Rome
Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan remain in Rome at the Grand Hotel. They announced plans to depart but have not yet fixed a date, continuing to carry out arrangements that left many observers misled.
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Rome
Mme
Anna Gould
Hélie de Sagan
Turmoil in Tabriz as governor is expelled by locals
A dispatch from Tabriz reports fighting on May 1 as residents clash with the newly appointed governor and his followers. The people reject the governor and drive him out, leaving the garrison unable to quell the unrest and awaiting reinforcements.
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St Petersburg
Tabriz
Persia
Divorce Granted to Henry J. Lord in Bridgeport Case
The Superior Court in Bridgeport granted an absolute divorce to Henry J. Lord, the horseman, who sued his wife Augustine Emmanuel Lord for misconduct with their negro coachman. Mrs Lord’s attorney refused to handle the case.
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Tribune
Bridgeport
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