Wild Disorder in Senate Over Bronx County Bill
May 16 Albany reports a Turbulent Senate scene over Senator Stillwell’s bill to create Bronx County. Fights, threats, and a forced removal by the sergeant at arms marked a dramatic clash amid Tammany Hall’s efforts to amend and defeat the measure. The lower house had earlier defeated the bill 77 to 20.
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Senate
Imp
Tribune
Albany
Stillwell
Flore
Roosevelt
Fiero
Brackett
Tammany
Dstead
Atien
Tammany Hall
Loom
Buffalo
Notheless
Loomis
Stilwell Oil
New York County
Tammany Men
Burd
Fulfalo
Bolters
Stillwell Gnc
Byrd
Nator Fiackett
Warner
Grady
Frawley
Doubly Royal Money at Drury Lane Tonight
London May 16 royal audience including King George Queen Mary and the German Emperor attend a gala command performance of Money at Drury Lane. The theatre is lavishly decorated and the cast is among the era’s most esteemed. A crowd gathered outside yesterday with earliest watcher arriving thirty seven hours before the curtain.
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Rea Teney
London
George
Mary
Frpress
Drury Lane Royal Theatre
Drury Lane
Macready
King George
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Senate committee backs equal suffrage measure in Albany
Albany May 16 Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 2 to report Senator Stillwell’s equal suffrage resolution favorably The result signals some progress though odds remain slim as the Assembly has opposed it This favorable report will force a Senate lineup showing which members support advancement of equal suffrage and marks notable legislative thinking in this era.
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Albany
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stillwell
Bayne
Burd
Black
Fiero
Griffin
Newcombitwell
Wagner
Hinman
Senate
Assembly
Swallowed $150 Diamond by Seegraph
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on May 16 jeweller Harry Fascon of Pittston lost 199 dollars after tailor Max Mareus swallowed a large unmounted diamond during a shop visit. Mareus claimed it could be swallowed to thwart theft and, after a drink, swallowed the stone and left after paying 39 dollars. Fascon valued the diamond at 184 dollars.
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Seegraph
the Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Harry Fascon
Pittston
Max Mareus
Fassen
Marcus
Trolley Kills Banker in Germantown Carriage Crash
Philadelphia banker Charles Ay Spiegel, treasurer of the Germantown Savings Fund Association, was killed when a trolley car struck the carriage returning from a Thirteen Club ball game in Old York Road. His daughter Ellen Spiegel and friend Mike Fimma Adame escaped with scratches. Spiegel’s estate is valued at about a million dollars.
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Germantown Savings Fund Association
United States
Aviator's Close Shave at Belmont Park Practice Night
A Demarsene monopane owned by the Novesileky brothers leaped 45 degrees, rose fifty feet and a hundred yards, then nose-dived into the ground at Belmont Park. Joseph Novostinky escaped unharmed driving the plane as a crowd watched in disbelief. Cangton, the amateur, flew three jumps reaching about a thousand feet and staying aloft about forty minutes each time, traveling roughly seventy five miles.
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Novesileky Brothers
Belmont Park
Joseph Novostinky
Peace talks near armistice in Mexico as Diaz likely resigns
Reports from Mexico City and Madero indicate near completion of a peace agreement ending the revolt. A national armistice is expected within 24 hours with Diaz to resign in two to three months or when peace is restored. Cabinet posts and governors are being allocated to insurgents. Prices of peace include extensive suffering and property loss for Mexicans. The government has offered three cabinet portfolios and possibly fourteen governorships, with key appointments for War Justice and Government.
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Mexico
Carbejal
Vow
Madero
Diaz
Tar
Mexico City
Gonzales Salex
Sefior Vasquez Tagle
Francisca Vasquez Gomez
Chihuahua
Abram Gonzales
Senora
Sefior Cayon
Sinaloa
Manuel Ronilla
Yucatan
Jose Pino Suarez
Sacatecas
Guadalupe Gonzales
Coahuila
Ano Garranza
General Salax
Sara
Gomez
Lower
California
Tepic
Quintana Roo
Tr Gomer
Tofner
Revolutionist
Francisco Madero, Jr
Corral
Mexican Congress
Elefty
Cardajal
Head of the Standard Oil Co. of N J and Directors
A report by G R B Maynadier, federal soil expert, on Central Park soils was submitted to Mayor Gaynor. The findings support lawns but stress constant maintenance and oppose resurfacing with heavier soil. Park Commissioner Stover notes clashes over influence by Professor Whitney and Samuel Parsons.
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G RB Maynadier
Central Park
Gaynor
Stover
Milton B. Whitney
Bureau of
Washington
Maynadier
Professor Whitney
New York
Mr. Maynadier
Park Board
Denyine
Whitney
Parsons
Fosdick
Magnadier
Tribune
Bureau of Solle
Parsona
Whiter
Samuel Parsons
Pargona
Marnadier
Bureau of Solin
Maynaiier
Haway
Taft Favored Reasonable Regulation and Peace Treaty
The report indicates President Taft supports reasonable regulation and that a peace treaty is ready for submission. Ashington notes Britain’s government awaits British approval as arbitration nears final stage with Standard Oil decision.
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MR. Taft Long
Nashington
Standard Oil
Treaty draft discussed with Taft as Bryce to carry notes
Ambassador Bruce met President Taft for cabinet discussion on a tentative treaty draft. Knox presented the draft, judged satisfactory by Taft and his aides, likely to go to Ambassador Bryce for transmission to Britain before Senate ratification. The article also covers La Follette’s critique of Taft’s anti trust message and Wickersham’s statements.
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Bruce
Great Britain
Taft
Knox
Bryce
Tetoune
Washington
la Follette
Justice Harlan
Senate
la Pollette
Wickersham
Wisconsin
Stock market up amid Supreme Court ruling on restraint
The market rallied after the Supreme Court recognized a distinction between reasonable and unreasonable restraints, with Standard Oil linked to possible reorganizations. Key figures including M. F. Elliott and John D. Archbold attended a directors meeting as analysts weigh how the decree to dissolve affects operations and future corporate structure.
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Supreme Court
Hich Corporation
Standard Oil
Stork Exchange
London
M. F. Eliott
Standard Oil Company
William Rockfeller
Biltett
Standard OM
John D. Archbold
New Jersey
Hi! Folger
James A. Moffate
Charles J Pratt
Walter Jennings
A.C Bedfors
F. T. Bedford
John G Milburn
Meare
Mayor Smalley Aims At Park Avenue Speeding Charge
Plainfield May 1 Mayor Smalley of North Plainfield faced charges for racing his horse with his daughter Elizabeth on Park avenue and William J. Buttfeld charged with speeding in a car. In City Court sentence was suspended. Moy warned enforcement would follow. A heated exchange occurred over a borough fire, with Smalley hinting at another appearance.
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Plainfield J
Smalley
North Plainfield
Park Avenue
Elizabeth
William J. Buttfeld
New York
Moy
Counser
W. A. Coddington
Vigilantes nab horse thief in Queens Borough
John Zablenowens was captured at Union Courts Queens Borough after a horse and buggy stolen from farmer Smith Cornwall on Ergen Landing Road South Woodhaven. A local vigilance committee aided by autos bicycles chased suspects. Cornwall’s son identified the thief and held him until police arrived. The thief then secured work with Cornwall.
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John Zablenowens
Union Cotrs
Queens Borough
Smith Cornwall
Ergen Landing Road
South Woodhaven
Jamaica
Richmond Hill
Ozone Park
Ronan
Parmer Cornwall
Zablenowakt
Cornwall
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Henry M. Flagler
JT. Bedford
Charles M. Pratt
White
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World of Finance
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Whites
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Jersey
Justice White
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey Company
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Standard O1 Company
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Standard Ol Company
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Tours Meen Securities
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