Albany Legislature Faces Slow Week In Extra Session
The second week of the extraordinary session convened by Governor Hughes will mostly involve five committees handling introduced measures. Senate activity is expected to be perfunctory with absences of Foelker and Wallace affecting seating timelines. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the Page bill to bring telecoms under the Public Service Commission and other election and primary law bills.
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Feelker
Kings
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William C. Wallace
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Public Service Commissions
McCarren
Attack on Ward bill aims to block official primary reform
A New York Citizens Union statement through J O Hammitt attacks Assemblyman Ward’s official primary ballot bill. It warns the measure would empower the party machine, reduce voter choice, and keep caucuses and large candidate lists, urging reduction of names and reform before the extra session.
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Citizens Union
New York
J. O. Hammitt
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Assemblyman
Ward
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Ikwobe
Eason
Two Dead Men Found in Launch Near Green Island
Jenae Michigan May 17 Two men named Johnson and McCauley from Beaver Inland were found dead in a gasolene launch ashore at Green Island after being seen running ashore Thursday. No cause of death evident. coroner's jury to begin investigation Monday.
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Montey
Vain Search For Miss Vanderbilt In New Jersey
The canal lake and Millstone River were dragged for Miss Beha Vanderbilt missing since May 17 in Princeton New Jersey. A 40 expert diver was sent from New York and will begin work tomorrow to locate the missing girl.
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Tribune
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X_ J
Millstone
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New York
Seragon
Condemn Mayor's Veto Divides Central Union Meeting
At a Central Federated Union session yesterday a letter from Mayor McClellan outlining his veto of the amended Hoey per diem vacation bill was read. Delegates including socialists condemned the veto while others defended the Mayor and the bill, with the issue sent to the executive committee.
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Central Federated Union
Department of Education
Coakley
Lithographic Apprentices’ Union
Albert Abrahams
Rudolph Modest
Samuel Prince
Hearst
Prince
James Holland
Thunder Storm Scorches Raritan Valley Farmlands
A May 17 thunder storm swept the Raritan Valley causing fires and damage. Lightning struck John O'Brien's Neshanic farm barns, burning them to ground and injuring no animals. E W Sutton's Lebanon general store was set ablaze but saved by a bucket brigade, though $2,000 in contents were damaged. The total loss was around $3,000.
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Tribune
Somerville
N. J
Raritan Valley
John O’brien
Neshanic
E. W. Sutton
Lebanon
Georger Actions Settled Over Buffalo German Bank Wreck
All civil and criminal actions against Eugene A. Georger arising from the German Bank of Buffalo wreck were settled for 80000. The settlement funds will be turned to the bank receiver to dismiss indictments for larceny and perjury when possible. Depositors will receive about 2 percent.
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Eugene A. Georger
A. E. Appleyard
Boston
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Jackson
Unemployed Relief Effort Seeks Roosevelt Audience
National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed reconvened at the Manhattan Lyceum to press Congress for 150 million dollars for road works and to secure access to President Roosevelt. Gompers pledged to intervene. Rockefeller appeal to be arranged via Rev. Dr. Aked. mass meeting planned with speakers including Sullivan, Hearst, Hughes, Potter, Metz and McGowan.
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Manhattan Lyceum
East 4Th Street
Washington
Congress
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J. Eads How
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Aked
Big Tim
Little Tim” Sullivan
William R. Hearst
President Gompers
Hughes
Bishop Potter
Charles Sprague Smith
Metz
McGowan
Rev. H. S. Baker
Crowd chases man with jimmy on Broome Street
Detectives Kesselmark and Allen stopped a pursuing crowd on Broome Street near Ridge Street Saturday night. They took Louis Klein, found with a jimmy, to Police Headquarters. Klein, of 35 East 5th Street, claimed he found the tool at a hallway leading to a synagogue on Ridge Street and was held in $1,008 bail at the Tombs for examination.
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Tombs Court
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ReNewes Fight Against Pearson Firm in City Meeting
The Central Federated Union revived a long dispute with Pearson & Son, builders of the 34th street tunnel, urging the Mayor not to award Wallkill Valley siphon contracts to the firm. McConville of the Safety Engineers' Union moved the motion, which passed.
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Safety Engineers’ Union
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Fun With Jeff Davis in the U S Senate
Jeff Davis of Arkansas endures light hazing in Washington as Rule 17, an unwritten Senate device, threatens his measures. Davis seeks action on his trusts bill, ponders discharging the Judiciary Committee, and vows to speak on every measure at least once every thirty days to avoid being silenced.
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Washington
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Arkansan
Johnston
Alabama
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Judiciary Committee
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Aldrich
Pass Consular Examinations Result With Strong Pass Rate
Washington May 17 nineteen men passed and eleven failed of thirty who appeared for the April consul grade and student interpreter examinations. Passees include Samuel MacClintock Kentucky 86.08 Henry C A Damm Tennessee 86.04 Cornelius Ferris Colorado 8.80 Charles K Moser Virginia 85.76 and others. Interpreters finalists Esson M Gale Michigan 87.97 Harold O Henry Rhode Island 85.31.
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Samuel MacClintock
Kentucky
Henry C. A. Damm
Tennessee
Cornelius Ferris
Colorado
Charles K. Moser
Virginia
John Q. Wood
Hawaii
Fred c. Slater
Kansas
Edgar D. Turner
Pennsylvania
Frank Deemayer
Alabama
Douglas Jenkins
South Carolina
Frank Bohr
Andrew J. McConnie
Mississippi
Arthur B. Cooke
Alfred W. Donegan
Kenneths. Patton
Coldwell S. Johnston
Samuel C. R. Reat
Illinois
Lucien N. Sullivan
Esson M. Gale
Michigan
Harold O. Henry
Rhode Island
Elkins Resolution Delayed By Illness And Politics
In Washington on May 17 the illness of Senators Elkins and Foraker and political concerns delay the Elkins resolution to suspend the Hepburn railroad law commodities clause. Support exists but opposition is strong, debates focus on railroad interests and possible court rulings if enacted.
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Army and Navy News From The Tribune Bureau
Washington May 17. A new weeding out board will meet in Washington before July 1 to select officers for yearly vacancies. Rear Admiral Evans may be detailed for duty but health could require Rear Admiral Goodrich to serve as senior officer. Congress failed to appropriate 500000 for stronger ammo handling protections in turrets. a two stage hoist is now used on newer ships. A second exam will be held in August to fill junior medical corps vacancies. Fort Jay and other posts reported eighty candidates, with many disqualified.
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Surgeon General of the Army
Fort Jay
N. Y
Army Medical School
Navy orders plan large tobacco and uniform stock
Navy departments bid for 100000 pounds of chewing tobacco for enlisted men, expanding as Navy grows by 6000. Army seeks several million dollars in clothing and equipment, with bids opening June 11 in New York and other depots. Pearl Harbor site survey for a grand dock progresses, with a 1 million already available toward a $5 million station. An enlisted man faces possible charges for explosion losses, but policy shifts limit penalties. Annual naval supply contracts under scrutiny.
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Navy
Army
Quartermaster General
New York
Congress
Contracts For Supplies Shorter Term Vary From Annual
The text discusses buying certain fluctuating price items under contracts shorter than one year. It notes copper price swings last year and says the policy will avoid forcing all purchases into annual contracts. Instead, selective reductions and exceptions will apply to mitigate bidder risk.
Atlantic fleet sails from San Francisco for Puget Sound
The Atlantic battleships depart San Francisco Harbor at 1 o clock for Puget Sound with Seattle arrival expected May 2. Half dock at Bremerton, others return for waterline repairs as the fleet resumes routine. A July 3 reassembly in San Francisco precedes a July 7 voyage to Honolulu and Auckland.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Bremerton Navy Yard
Honolulu
Auckland
Dayton
Sperry
Atlantic
Admiral Dayton
Admiral Sperry
Pacific
Fairmont Hotel
New Jersey
Nicholson
Nebraska
Oil as Fuel for War Vessels Sees British Navy Move
Major J R D Graham, retired British officer, arriving on the Amer can nort Louis, travels to Canada to survey oil fields for supplying the navy. He predicts oil will replace coal aboard warships, noting faster torpedo boats and broader naval adoption. He highlights Tilbury, Toronto, New Brunswick, and Cape Breton fields with high quality oil compared with Texas products.
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Amercan Nort. Louis
Canada
Dominion
England
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Tilbury
Toronto
Ont
New Brunswick
Cape Breton
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wolverine to Go on Cruise
The U S gunboat Wolverine restored to recruiting duty will begin a four city cruise starting at Sandusky Ohio and visiting Toledo Detroit Port Huron Mackinac Muskegon Chicago Milwaukee and Sheboygan The ship will be at Erie Pennsylvania from May 24 to June 4 for Memorial Day and at South Manitou Island from August 9 to 16 for the lake states naval militia drill.
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Muskegon
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Erie
Penn
South Manetee Island
Lake States
Trials for Octopus This Week at Naval Torpedo Station
Newport May 17 The submarine torpedo boat Octopus in tow of the tug Orion and convoyed by the steam yacht Starling arrived at the torpedo station from Quincy Mass to undergo trials. The board of inspection will conduct tests this week after a prior machinery accident, with final acceptance by the Navy Department likely and addition to the second submarine flotilla.
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Two-Stage Ammunition Hoists Planned for Battleships
The United States will install two stage ammunition hoists on the battleships South Carolina Michigan Delaware and South Dakota. The hoist typifies British design and is believed to increase rate of fire aboard American ships.
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Washington
South Carolina
Michigan
Delaware
South Dakota
Promotion by Elimination in Navy Promotion Plan
Secretary Metcalf will fix early this year how many naval officers may be retired to ease promotion stagnation under the naval personnel act. Last year compulsory retirements allowed as many officers to be promoted, a method dubbed promotion by elimination. Rear Admiral Evans headed the elimination board last year.
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Metcalf
Board of Rear Admirals
Naval Personnel Act
Navy
Evans
Mercury Treatment Encouraging at Fort Lyon Sanatorium
Advices from the new naval hospital at Fort Lyon Colorado confirm Surgeon B L Wright s earlier report on treating tuberculosis with mercury. Thirty cases have been observed with progress seen as promising, boosting confidence in an important discovery by naval surgeons at the sanatorium.
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Naval Hospital
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Colorado
B. L. Wright
Metcalf Returns to Washington After Fleet Review
Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf arrived in Washington tonight from San Francisco where he reviewed the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets last week. First line notes his travel back to the capital after the naval review.
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Washington
Victor H. Metcalf
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Thaw Denies Nervous Breakdown After Three Court Days
Fatigued after three days before Justice Morchauser, Harry K Thaw slept well in the sheriff's room and appeared AD at 6:92 am. He said he was careful with his statements and blamed stenographer changes for confusion. His mother arrived, he visited services with prisoners, and a push for further adjournment in Nesbit Thaw’s case was noted amid prep for a potential decision next Monday.
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Justice Mor
Chauser
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Jaffor Havens
Thaw
William Thaw
Pilgrim
Pittsburg
Mia
New York
Jerome
Graham
Daniel O'Reilly
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Deyo
Matteawan
Franklin Bartlett
Indict Two Railroads for Rebating on Cotton Shipments
New Orleans telegram reports a federal grand jury has returned indictments against the Illinois Central and the Yazoo Mississippi Valley railroads for rebating on cotton shipments.
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Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Woman Drowns While Canoeing in Vermont Creek
In Middlebury Vermont Miss Faith Powers of Bennington drowned while canoeing in Ottes Creek. Her companion Szan Wittelow of Nashua New Hampshire a Middlebury College senior, was pulled ashore after clinging to a tree branch until a rescuer arrived. Powers was a Middlebury College Class of 7 graduate.
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Faith Powers
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Szan Wittelow
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Middlebury College
Winstow
Miss Powers
Steamers to stop at 129th Street Pier on Up Trip
Beginning tomorrow the C. W. Morse and Adirondack of the People's Hudson River Night Line between New York and Albany will stop on the up trip only at the 129th Street pier. Leaving times from Pier 32 North River remain 6 p.m. with 6:39 p.m. departure from 12th Street pier.
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