Not less than seventy five contests in Taft delegation
The Tribune reports Harry S. New, head of the Republican National Committee, expects at least seventy five contests to reach the committee before the June 1 convention. Contests hinge on patronage and control of national committeemen, with heavy emphasis on Southern states.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Harry S. New
Republican National Committee
Taft
New
National Committee
Tennessee
Brownlow
Sanders
Congress
National Organization
1St Congress
Miineis
Illinois
Chicago
Committee On Arrangements
House to vote on Vreeland currency bill tomorrow
Washington report notes House leaders reached a plan for a four hour debate. Watson urges members to be present Thursday as a close vote is anticipated. Democrats will oppose. insurgent Republicans may need twenty five votes to swing this measure.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Committee On Rules
Watson
Vreeland
Hayes
California
Rules Committee
Aldrich
Senate
Finance Committee
Cannon
Fowler
Prince
Naval Bill Conference Report Approved by House
The House voted 136 to 124 to approve the conference report on the naval appropriation bill after debate over a provision for pay increases for Marine officers and enlisted men. Critics charged the conferees with overstepping, and the measure now goes to the President as members recessed until tomorrow morning.
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Washington
House
Marine Corps
Publishers' Print Paper Case In Washington
Washington May 12 The House special committee on wood pulp and print paper heard from John Morris of the American Newspaper Publishers Association who will testify again tomorrow. He described the International Paper Company formation and said production costs rose under consolidation versus individual mills. The committee was refused access to The New York Times contract with the company. Chairman Mann noted large papers seldom supply needed information, questioning if they are content with current contracts.
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Washington
House
John Morris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Norrris
International Paper Company
New York Times
Mann
Congress
Fire Sweeps Barrytown Landing
A May 12 fire at Barrytown Landing in Barrytown New York destroyed property valued at about 58000 and nearly every hamlet building. A southwest gale drove flames from the River side Hotel across a half mile area along the river.
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Barrytown
N. Y
Barrytown Landing
Poughkeepsie
Riverside
State Supreme Court Upholds Discretion in Bid Awards
Albany May 12 Justice Fitts holds that the State Printing Board may use its discretion in awarding contracts and need not always award to the lowest bidder. The ruling concerns public boards with discretionary power over contracting and follows the board’s decision to award 1998 legislative printing to J B Lyon Co of Albany, though not the lowest bid.
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Justice Fitts
Supreme Court
State Printing Board
Brandon Printing Company
John A. McCarthy
Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford Company
New York
Legislative Printing
J. B. Lyon Company
Legislative
Bills Signed by the Governor Expands Bond Tax Exemption
Albany May 12 Governor Hughes signed a bill by Syracuse Assemblyman Hammond exempting all municipal bonds from state local taxes. Cities counties towns bonds will be exempted leaving school district bonds mostly taxed. Other signed measures include reinstating dismissed firefighters and policemen and enabling county labs and bacteriologists.
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Albany
Hughes
Hammond
Syracuse
New York City
Urges Stewart Trial Calls Charges Trivial
Washington May 12 Senator Rayner addressed the Senate on his resolution directing a court of inquiry into charges against Colonel William F. Stewart U S A stationed at Fort Grant Arizona. He read a President letter condemning Stewart as unfitting for command calling him a nuisance. Rayner argued the charges were frivolous and pressed for trial and due process under law. The Senate also passed the post office appropriation bill and several pension measures.
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Rayner
Senate
William F. Stewart
Fort Grant
Arizona
Stewart
Colonel Stewart
Mr. Rayner
Wade
Grant
Murray
Duval
Davis
Congress
Howard
Admiral Schley
Europe
United States
Schley
Dreyfus
France
Offier
Senator Pinkney Whyte
William Pinkney
Maryland
Senator Foraker
Senator Rayner
War Department
Mr. Foraker
Mr. Bailey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Warren
Committee On
Believe Yacht Lost in Gale Off New England Coast
The schooner Valmore, recently purchased by Chicago real estate broker William Hale Thompson, is believed lost after a gale last Wednesday and Thursday. On board were Thompson, Chicago Yacht Club member George R. Pease, and a seven crew. Skipper Captain Maynard Fielding, famed offshore mariner, faced a voyage to Chicago planned to take seven weeks. The Valmore, built at Lawley’s five years ago, carried sails mostly aged, except for a new tri-sail jib and fore staysail.
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the Tribune
New London
Donn
Valmore
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
George R. Pease
Chicago Yacht Club
Maynard Fielding
Valmoere
New England
South Shoals
Nantucket
George's Bank
Halifax
Gulf
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Lawley’s
Segregation of Defectives Topic at Conference
In Richmond on May 12 delegates to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections held several meetings. Key discussions covered children in non parental homes, rural welfare, aftercare for inmates, inspection experiences, and a proposal by Alexander Johnson for segregating degenerate defectives into celibate, industrial communities where they can be used according to ability.
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National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Charles W. Birtwell
Children’s Aid Society
Boston
Florence Lattimore
Pittsburg
L. H. Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Henry Gregory
New York
Alexander Johnson
Indiana
Johnson
Supposed Bandits Attack Express Messenger in Seattle
J E Perrine, a Great Northern express messenger, was beaten with a pistol, tied, and robbed as the Seattle to Vancouver train began its run. The two assailants, in brakemen uniforms, looted the strong box of an estimated $1000 to $10000 and escaped before authorities could intervene. Perrine initially mistook the robbers for train hands.
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J. E. Perrine
Great Northern
Vancouver
B. C
Perrine
Standard Oil Trial Begins in Rochester Federal Court
The government charges Standard Oil with rail rebates. Trial opens before Judge Hazel with S. Wallace Dempsey for the government and James McMitchell, John G. Milburn, and Harris Havens for the company. Indictments total 53, covering shipments from Olean to Rutland and Belews Falls VI. Trial to continue tomorrow morning.
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Standard Oil Company
John R. Hazel
Buffalo
S. Wallace Dempsey
United States Attorney General
James McMitchell
John G. Milburn
New York
Harris, Havens, Beach & Harris
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Olean
Rutland
Belews Falls
T. C. N. Schindler
Bureau of Corporations
G. N. Crosland
Publi Service Commission
Dempsey
Army and Navy Orders And Movements Report
The Tribune Bureau lists army and navy orders issued from Washington Barracks and various depots. Captains Bailey Ashford and Benjamin Pl Nacklin receive transfers, and several officers receive leave or reassignment. Movements of warships include multiple vessels reported at Curacao, Key West, Mare Island, and Norfolk with routes to Indian Head and Mare Island.
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Medical Corps
Washington Barracks
Juan PL R
Ogden Rafferty
Fort Wayne
Benjamin PL Ncklin
Sth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
William Peirce
Ordnance Department
Washington
Harvey ¢. Carraugh
Clarence S. Natles
3Th Infantry
Navy Department
Paducah
Curacao
Scopion
Key West
Hist
Navy Yard
New York
Hopkins
Hull
Lawrence
Stewart
Mare Island
Change in Bridge Plans Sparks Safety Debate At City Hall
Chief Engineer Ingersoll explains Board of Aldermen approval on December 15 1914 for revised Blackwell Island Bridge plans increasing live load from 12.6 to 16.4 pounds per foot and dead load from 84 million to 1050 million pounds while noting nickel steel use limited to upper members. Gustave Lindenthal defends design process and warns that main compression members could be unsafe amid earlier Quebec bridge failures.
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Mr. Ingersoll
Board of Aldermen
Lindenthal
Best
Tosao
Quebec
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell’s Island Bridge
Blackwell’s Island
Hase
Blanchard urges strict liquor laws and anti gambling steps
Baton Rouge on May 12. Governor Blanchard addresses the General Assembly urging strict regulation of liquor traffic and, if evils persist, prohibition. He calls for employers facility and anti lobby laws and condemns racetrack gambling as pernicious, urging its abolition.
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Baton Rouge
Blanchard
General Assembly
Thaw examined by Dr. Wilson in Poughkeepsie jail
Harry Thaw was visited this morning by Dr. John P. Wilson for a medical exam in the Dutchess County jail. If the examiner finds sanity he will join four other experts the relator will introduce at the habeas corpus proceeding before Justice Morschauser, set to begin Thursday. The district attorney hopes the matter is resolved in three days and the trial finished by Saturday night.
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Poughkeepsie
Harry Thaw
Duteness County
John P. Wilson
Thaw
Morschauser
Mack
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