Senate rushes through broad legislation in Washington
The Senate pushed through many measures including a National Monetary Commission to study banking and currency. A defense bill and a big supply package passed with minimal debate while political exchanges over The Record and editorial inserts sparked frictions. A child labor conference report for DC and territories was adopted as well.
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Subvention Bill Advances In Congress To Export Mail
Washington after agreement on the postoffice bill retains the subvention feature, with Senate adoption. The measure would let the Postmaster General contract with steamship lines to South America, the Philippines, Japan, China and Australia to carry mails, paying second class rates to first class vessels and third class rates to second class vessels. Foreign mail transportation funds rise to 4.5862 million dollars. The bill bans anarchistic and indecent material in the mails, defining indecent as inciting arson murder or assassination.
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South America
Philippine Islands
Japan
China
Australia
Europe
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Eastern and Western paper makers in inquiry hearing
The Washington inquiry into woodpulp and paper costs continued with Eastern manufacturers presenting their case and Westerns to be heard tomorrow. Testimony cited rising production costs and weaker demand. The Cliff Paper Company showed mills operating at a loss over periods in the past nine years amid a wide price contract tale with Hearst papers and The Philadelphia Press.
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Cliff Paper Company
Niagara Falls
International Paper Company
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Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia Press
President Urges Centralization in Rail Regulation Debated
Lincoln dispatch reports an editorial adapted from The Commoner in which W J Bryan warns that federal centralization of railroad regulation could let railroads dominate politics. He cites two cent fares, state versus federal control, and Republican resistance to rate legislation as evidence of a broader confrontation over national power.
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Hughes Signs Cassidy O Brien anti bucket shop bill
Governor Hughes signed the Cassidy O Brien anti bucket shop bill as part of a push against stock gambling. The act imposes penalties, requires transparent trading records, and targets high risk speculative practices linked to bucket shops. Senator Cassidy hailed the measure as protecting the public from fraudulent stock dealings.
Taft Addresses Tennessee Bar on Philippines Policy
Secretary Taft spoke to the Tennessee Bar Association in Nashville discussing the Philippines policy, church state relations, friar lands, and the impact of Jesuit and Aguinaldo era conflicts. He noted land purchases, rinderpest damage, and the need for a slow restoration of church prosperity before government payments end.
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Nashville
Tenn
Taft
Tennessee Bar Association
Horace H. Lurton
Bar Association
Philippines
Albany Waiting Game Defines End of Extraordinary Session
The Assembly adjourned to Monday and will reconvene for a working week. The Senate will have a technical day with no business. Governor Hughes’s decision on anti gambling bills and the seating of Senator Wallace influence whether the session ends by Thursday or extends into December. Assemblyman Foley pushes mandatory direct nominating primaries. Travis’s bill remains permissive.
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Senator Foelker Improving In Poughkeepsie NY
Senator Otto G. Foelker’s condition is improving. Dr. F N Murphy says he may leave bed in a week and likely resume legislative duties in four weeks. Surgeon Dr I Prescott Grant reports satisfaction with his recovery after appendicitis operation.
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N. Y
Otto G. Foelker
F. N. Murphy
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Foelker
Panama Canal Zone Health Report Shows Record Low Death Rate
The Canal Commission reports April health conditions in the isthmian zone show a general death rate of 2.04 per thousand, down from 4.97. Population estimated at 116,178, up from 7,415 last year, with only one death from disease among about 9,000 American white personnel.
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Booming Mr. Fairbanks Amid Taft Second-Place Push
Washington reports an active effort by Fairbanks supporters to secure his nomination for vice president alongside Taft. Chicago headquarters led by Kealing, Washington lobbying by Hemenway, and Indiana views coordinated by Watson bolster the bid. Indiana delegates remain intact to prevent a sudden shift, with New York's Ward implicated in the movement.
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Taft
Kealing
Chicago
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Watson
Indiana
Fairbank
William L. Ward
New York
Governor Johnson Calls for Cheap Capital and Rigid Rail Control
Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota addressed the American Cotton Manufacturers Association in Richmond urging cheap capital for national industry and development of internal waterways. He warned against federal overreach in railway control and cited Minnesota’s state-law battles against federal court actions.
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Richmond
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Johnson
United States
Genera
Hughes Men at Chicago Headquartering Hughes Campaign
Chicago May 1 Headquarters for Governor Hughes New York were set up at the Auditorium Annex by the National Hughes League Andrew B Humphrey secretary in charge announced the name of Governor Hughes would be presented to the national convention with 126 votes to start with.
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Sixty killed in Belgian rail crash at Contich station
A collision near Contich, six miles southeast of Antwerp, between a pilgrim local train and the Antwerp Brussels express at eight this morning left about sixty dead and one hundred wounded. Investigators blame a defective switch as the cause. the engineer tried to brake but impact was fatal.
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Europe
Contich
Prince Albert
Suffragettes at Asquith's House in Downing Street
Militant women protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Asquith's Downing Street residence after a Commons delegation's reply on suffrage. Police cleared the crowd and six demonstrators were jailed for 1 week to 1 month for refusing to post recognizances.
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Vienna Children Honor Emperor's Sixtieth Throne Anniversary
Vienna schoolchildren over 85 000 gathered at Schoenbrunn Park to honor Emperor Francis Joseph on the sixtieth anniversary of his accession. The emperor met the crowd, spoke with children, and was greeted as flowers were strewn along his path.
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Vienna
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Signers of Viborg Manifesto Begin Three Months In Prison
Seventeen members of the first Douma started three months imprisonment in St. Petersburg for signing the Viborg manifesto. They were driven to the prison in cabs with no escort or demonstration. Two deputies lacked passports and were refused admission until documents were procured.
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First
Douma
Exequatur Withdrawn of U S Consul in Charlottetown
Halifax reports the exequatur of the United States Consul at Charlottetown P E I has been withdrawn due to prominence in commercial ventures. The move was by royal request per the United States government. C H Murphy remains in Charlottetown awaiting the arrival of Franklin Hale as successor.
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N. S
United States
Charlottetown
King Edward
C. H. Murphy
Canada
Franklin D. Hale
Coticoate, Que
Shirley
Russian ultimatum to Persia over border attacks
In Tsarskoe-Selo M Iswolsky was told of a dispatch from Tabriz stating General Snarski demanded immediate indemnity for Russian victims of attacks on the Persian border. He warned of force if no reply is given, while efforts for a peaceful solution continue.
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M. Iswolsky
Tsarskoe-Selo
Tabriz
Snarski
Danish Railway Bill Approves 14 Million Investment
Copenhagen May 21. The Folkething adopted a bill to authorize the state to spend 14 million dollars over the next sixteen years on new railway construction. The plan includes a line from Copenhagen to Kro ge, shortening the international route via Gedser.
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Kroege
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Special Sale on Children's Vests and Coats Featured
Special sale offers children Swiss ribbed vests in sizes 2 to 23 cents, value 40 cents. Lisle silk wool and silk vests in sizes 4 to 9 at 39 cents, value up to $1.10. Complete lines of cotton lisle thread merino silk and wool, balbriggan cotton and linen mesh in all weights and sizes. Infants short pique coats with hand embroidered collars sizes 6 months to 2 years, special price 4.75.
Army and Navy News from The Tribune May 21
Field officers of coast artillery and Army staff may choose a three day horseback ride or a fifty mile walk for the new physical test. Many will prefer riding, with August to October set for the rides. Pearl Harbor dock plans call for a nine hundred foot granite concrete harbor to serve as a large mid Pacific base costing about ten million dollars. Orders issued place officers in various assignments across Army Navy and Marine units with transfers to hospitals fort gibbon Fort Omaha Whipple Solace and other posts and ships.
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Bank of Bengal Lowers Discount Rate in Calcutta
The Bank of Bengal reduced its rate of discount today from seven to six percent in Calcutta, signaling a tighter credit stance and broader market impact. The move lowers borrowing costs for some borrowers while possibly constraining others seeking funds.
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Korotovitz Named Ambassador to Peking
St Petersburg May 22 reports M. Korotovitz appointed Ambassador at Peking. He previously served as secretary of the legation in Peking and now heads the Asiatic department of the Foreign Office.
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Rhode Island Governor Drenched Touring to Coney Island
Governor James H. Higgins of Rhode Island was soaked on the way to Coney Island last night. He rode with President Mc Gowan and others in two touring cars when a tire exploded near Ocean Parkway and Avenue F. After an hour they replaced it and continued to the island where Higgins enjoyed the shows before returning to Rhode Island today.
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Four Delegates Chosen for Bryan in N C District
The Democratic convention of the 2d Congress District at Kinston selected four delegates to the Denver convention and instructed them for Bryan. The delegates are Plaza Collins of Kinston, J C W Graveley of Rocky Mount, T M Washington of Wilson, and L Travis of Halifax. no alternates were named.
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Navy personnel moves and warship movements to Mare Island
Lieut Col J H Pendleton assigned to Mare Island navy vet. Major R H Lane to navy yard. Beadle detached to Maryland. Movements report: arrivals March 20 Preble Perry Farragut Fox Davis at Mare Island. May 19 Eagle for surveying. May 20 Prairie from Charleston. Olympia from Norfolk. Paducah from Curacao. Preble Perry Farragut Fox Davis from Sacramento to Mare Island.
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Atlantic battleship fleet arrives at Bellingham Bay
Eight ships of Rear Admiral Sperry s fleet anchor in Bellingham Bay at 1 o clock with the Connecticut Rhode Island Louisiana Vermont New Jersey Kansas Nebraska and Virginia leading. The fleet carries 428 officers and 7000 enlisted men. Other ships anchor at Port Angeles and Port Townsend.
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Notorious US Army deserter sentenced by court martial
San Francisco May 2 Fifteen years imprisonment is the fate of David Sheehan said to be the most notorious deserter the United States Army had ever known. Sheehan first entered the army July 28 1898. All told he enlisted eleven times and ten times he got away with uniforms which it is supposed he sold. The sentence was imposed by court martial at the Presidio.
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Bryan on Keystone Convention
William J. Bryan met with Jere S. Black Warren Worth Bailey and other Bryan supporters in Harrisburg after a state convention defeat. Bryan praised primaries saying voters should decide, not uninstructed delegates, and decried the betrayal of public trust.
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Penn
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Jere S. Black
York
Warren Worth Bailey
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Wu Ting-fang in auto accident during Newark trip
Wu Ting-fang faced an unexpected stop in Newark after a gear chain snag in a car used for a sightseeing trip. Ex-Governor Franklin Murphy sent his automobile for the Chinese minister and Mr. Flint, and the party continued the journey to New York.
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Charles R. Flint
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