Currency Views Committee at Work in Washington May 7
The currency committee under Rep Sherman began work to draft a currency bill approved by a Republican conference. Led by Rep Vreeland, members discussed whether to cap notes at 750 million, require contiguous association locations, permit multiple associations per city, and hold banks liable for notes. The group seeks member views via letters and anticipates naming the bill the Aldrich or conference bill.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Currency Committee
Sherman
Vreeland
Knowland Jaws
Edward B. Vreeland
JR. Knowland
Senate
Prince
Ilinois
Conference
Banking and Currency Committee
House
Banking
Conference Committee
Taft gets Kentucky delegates at large in crowded session
In Louisville. Ky on May 7 Taft supporters fought through disorder and wire pulling to elect four delegates at large instructed for Secretary of War to the Chicago convention. Willson Burnam Bullitt and Lane were chosen after a protracted five hour session amid party tension and a plea for harmony. Bradley urged unity but lost by 182 votes.
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Louisville
Committee On Credentials
Taft
Chicago
E. A. Willson
A. Burnam
Richmond
W. Marshall Bullitt
E. I. Lane
Bradley
Fairbanks
Death claims famed piano mover Alex the Great
Alexander Melville known as Alex the Great, 44, dies at Bellevue Hospital after a seizure in front of his East 23d Street home. He and his brother Dan were renowned as the strongest piano movers, lifting pianos by hand without blocks and tackles. Alex stood over six feet tall and weighed about 204 pounds. Dan mourns the loss and fears finding a successor to his unique craft.
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Alexander Melville
Alex the Great
Bellevue Hospital
East 23d Street
Melville
Dan
Alex” Melville
Gespeire
Alex
Plano
Streetcar Fire on Brooklyn Bridge Causes Passenger Scramble
A Court streetcar on the Brooklyn bridge suffered a short circuit and caught fire in the center, forcing a hurried stop and a scramble of passengers last night. No injuries were reported as flames were extinguished. Deputy Commissioner Bugher praised the bridge policemen for their handling of the incident.
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Court Street
Brooklyn
Manhattan Sound
Brooklyn Bridge
Bugher
Mayor Reyburn Receives Threatening Blackmail Letters
Philadelphia May 7 Mayor Reyburn reported receiving several blackmail letters. Some threaten his life others threaten to blow up his home. He believes the evidence comes from a person of education.
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Philadelphia
Reyburn
Bank cashier at Allegheny National Bank charged with embezzlement
William Montgomery, longtime cashier at the Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburg, is arrested on charges of embezzling 469000 dollars or more. Bail set at 5000 dollars, with prominent backers, amid a citywide scramble as bank officials and politicians react to the missing funds.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
George E. Tenor
John F Tenor
Congress
Senator Quay
Robert McAfee
Commonwealth
William L. Folks
William L. Folds
United States Bank Examiner
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Allegheny National
Morse Wins Control Of Mercedes Import Assets In Bankruptcy
Charles W. Morse, who settled with National Bank of North America receiver Charles A. Hanna, gained control of the bankrupt Mercedes Import Company assets. The company failed with liabilities over 150000 dollars, Davenport serving as receiver. Morse and allies, holding over 90 percent of claims, elected Morse’s trustee candidate to wind up the estate.
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Charles W. Morse
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank of North America
Mercedes Import Company
Mr. Morse
Mr. Hanna
Mercedes Company
Johns. Davenport
Davenport
Morse
Angry Boy Kills Chum In River Tragedy
In a New York City incident two brothers, Charlie and Joe Dekeupie, aged ten and eight, are linked to the death of George Kralik, seven, who disappeared after being shoved from a river pier. Charlie is held on homicide charges. Joe, a witness, aided the investigation.
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Joe Dekeupie
East Gist Street
Charlie
Children's Society
George Kralik
Joe
Madison Avenue
53Th Street
East 1Ist Street
Charlie Dekeupie
Kralik
George
Kraliks
Aged Soldier of Fortune Dead in Kansas
Dewitt C. Gallup a Civil War veteran and participant in Walker filibustering expeditions to Cuba and Nicaragua died in Hutchinson Kansas at age seventy eight. He joined a Cuban rebellion company in 1849 and served under General Lopez, escaped capture, then joined Walker’s Nicaragua campaign of 1856. He also served in a Missouri regiment during the Civil War.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Dewitt C. Gallup
Walker
Cuba
Nicaragua
Gallup
Lopez
New Orleans
Missouri
Wall blocks Cleveland cars over fare dispute
A brick wall erected by East Cleveland police blocked Cleveland & Eastern Traction Co cars for three hours over a 6 cent fare. Municipal road reduced fare to 3 cents but raised headway from four to ten minutes, halting service on the tracks of Municipal Traction Co.
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Tribune
Cleveland
East Cleveland
Cleveland & Eastern Traction Company
Municipal Traction Company
Municipal Road
Heinze exposes extortion plot involving Brennan
Augustus Heinze says Edward E. Brennan of Indianapolis tried to extort him for 40000 dollars by threatening to expose an alleged Montana bank scandal. Brennan, a Butte lawyer, was arrested after a sting in Heinze’s Broadway office with concealed detective aid. Brennan, Spanish War veteran, has a complex family history and recent marital troubles.
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Augustus Heinze
Edward E. Brennan
Butte
Indianapolis
Brennan
Montana
Moss
Tombs
Beery
District Attorney's Office
New York
Heinze
Rays
Butte Man
Edward Lauterbach
Bays
Jstna Bank and Trust Company
Clements
John E. J. Brennan
San Francisco
Apathy in District Hinders Hughes Anti Race Track Drive
Telegraph dispatches from the 47th District report apathy and a close vote foreseen as Governor Hughes prepares to campaign. Wadsworth Merritt Republicans are accused of doing little work while Orleans County factions shift, and Stevens-Porter forces reportedly seek a union with Wadsworth against Wallace. The drift favors Democrats. campaign funds are scarce and weather may decide voter turnout.
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Tribune
Lechester
Hughes
Niagara
Orleans
Orleans County
Stevens-Porter
L’hommedien
Stevens
Wadsworth
William €. Wallace
Wallace
McMahon
Storm wrecks traffic as New York flooded and rails fail
Heavy rainfall drenched New York for hours, flooding sewers and severing transit. Subway block signals under the East River failed, Brooklyn routes tied up, and trains late or halted. Power cuts left areas in darkness while commuters faced high carriage costs and delays.
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Local
Weather Bureau
New York
East River
New York Central
41St Street
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Main Street
Newark
City Department Emergency Corps
Staten Island
Manhattan
Borough Hall
Brooklyn Bridge
Three Men Rescued After Launch Drifts At Sea Near Brooklyn
Captain L D Potter of the tug Reliance landed three men recovered from a disabled naphtha launch off Brighton Beach. John and William Schmidt and Charles Schroeder of New Brunswick N J were nearly unconscious from exposure and were rescued at daybreak after their craft lost engine power in heavy seas while returning from Shad Creek Long Island.
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L. D. Potter
Reliance
Stapleton
Brighton Beach
John and
William Schmidt
Charles Schroeder
New Brunswick
N. J
Shad Creek
Long Island
Second of Two Cat Heirs Dead in Dilley Will
Wilkes-Barre May 7 Blackie the surviving cat of two left $40.00 a large flat and a caretaker in 1900 by Benjamin F. Dilley was euthanized with executors consent after a vet reported hopeless illness. The income building will be sold and proceeds given to relatives and charities. Fifty thousand dollars will fund a fountain per the will.
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Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Blackie
Benjamin F. Dilley
Hughes Starts On Tour In 47th Senate District
Governor Hughes leaves Albany for a two day speaking tour through the Niagara Orleans district to urge abolition of public betting on racetrack enclosures. He will visit Holley Albion Medina Middleport Lockport North Tonawanda and Niagara Falls, with seven speeches planned and a return to Albany by Sunday.
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Rochester
Niagara-Orleans
Senate
Franchot
Hughes
Albany
William (. Wallace
Treadwell
The
Delta Upsilon
Geneseo Valley Club
Appellate Division
Holley
Orleans County
Albion
Medina
Niagara County
Middleport
Lockport
North Tonawanda
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
William c. Wallace
Genesee Valley Club
Hughes Sentiment in Montana Convention Divides Endorsements
The Madison County Republican Convention split evenly between Taft and Hughes endorsements, while directing delegates to oppose an instructed delegation to Chicago. Dawson County chose a Hughes delegation.
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Tribune
Butte
Mont
Madison County
Taft
Hughes
Chicago
Dawson County
Peter Rickmers Run Aground In Desperate Wrecking Battle
Four masted ship Peter Rickmers with about a hundred men aboard battles a severe gale off Short Beach. Masts carried away and crew, aided by lifesaving crews from multiple stations, attempt to jettison cargo and reach safety as the Mohawk and Rescue head to the scene.
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Peter Rickmers
Short Beach
New York
Merritt-Chapman Company
Jones's Inlet
Long Beach
Zach's Inlet
Seaford
Point Lookout
Jones’s Inlet
Great South Bay
Rangoon
Constable Hook
Fire Island
Bachman
Mohawk
Richmers
Pauman
Bremen
Family killed in auto collision with train at Revdley
Bakersfield Cal May 7 W E Loucke his wife and their baby were instantly killed today when an automobile they were riding in was struck by a Southern Pacific train at Revdley Loucke was a prominent businessman of Sela
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Bakersfield
Cal
W. E. Loucke
Southern Pacific
Revdley
Loucke
Sela
Troop A Ordered to Ripley by Governor Harris
Columbus Ohio May 7 Troop A of Cleveland was ordered to Ripley by Governor Harris at the request of Assistant Adjutant General Kautzman who reports that Troop B and Company G of the 19th Regiment were not sufficient to guard the sixty miles of river front from raids of night riders Great Bear Spring Water Its purity has made it famous Adve
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Ripley
Harris
Kautzman
Ith
Great Bear
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Kentucky
Death
Alex’ the Great
Brother
Bank Short
C. OW. Morse
Chum
F. A. Heinze
Clifton
New York City
96Th Street
Atlantic
Flatbush Avenue Terminal
Subway
Fulton
Wall Streets
Bowling Green
Williamsburg
New York Centrale
Rickmers
Sandy Hook
Jersey
Zach
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