House Clears Decks Amid Pressure and Militia Bill Passage
Washington May reports the House moving under pressure, passing many bills by unanimous consent as session calls soared to near continuous levels. Among measures approved are conference reports on the sundry civil and pension bills, district of Columbia labor issues, and a revised Dick militia law. New federal judges are authorized for Alaska, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and military provisioning for states is expanded. A reduced Hall of Representatives plan fails after a lengthy debate. The session adjourns for the night after a recess.
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House
Chaney
Indiana
District of Columbia
Porto Rican Provisional Regiment of Infantry
Dubuque
Iowa
Spokane
Alaska
New York
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Hall of Representatives
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Alabama
Indian Territory
Senate
National Guard Association
Secretary of War
Justice Department coal clause case set for June trial
The Department of Justice and coal carrying railroads agreed that the constitutional challenge to the commodity clause of the Hepburn rate law will be heard by three federal judges in Philadelphia on June 16. The case will be tried on an agreed statement of facts and no prosecutions will begin against involved railroads until a decision is issued.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Fay
Philadelphia
House approves Senate amendments on DC child labor bill
Washington May 25 The House by unanimous consent agreed to the Senate amendments to the District of Columbia child labor regulation bill. The measure now goes to the President for signature.
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Washington
House
Tuling
Senate
District of Columbia
Opening of Arbitration Court in Central America
Washington May 5 The flags of Central American republics flew from legations in honor of the opening of the Central American Court of Arbitration at Cartago Costa Rica The Brazilian Embassy also hoisted colors and the diplomatic corps from Honduras El Salvador and Nicaragua held a luncheon San Salvador May 25 The Salvadoran government decreed a national holiday to celebrate the opening.
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Washington
Cartago
Costa Rica
Honduras
Salvador
Nica- Tagua
San Salvador
Southern Pacific land suit outlined in Oregon case
Washington May 5 D Townsend a DOJ special attorney will travel to Portland to sue the government to dispossess the Southern Pacific of land in Western Oregon valued at 5500000 and seek a decree annulling the grant and restoring the land to the public domain The land was granted to encourage railroad construction but the holders allegedly failed to meet all obligations.
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Washington
D.townsend
Department of Justice
Portland
Ore
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Clare
Senate Filibuster Drags As Aldrich Leads Day
Washington May 25 The Senate spent the day delaying all but conference reports led by Mr Aldrich. After hours of reading journals and tactics the body adopted the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. Debate on the government liability bill followed with Senators Smith Nelson Hale Foraker Rayner and Beveridge offering views on constitutional and policy issues. A motion to adjourn finally passed as quorum gaps hindered further action.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Aldrich- Hale
Smith
Michigan
Nelson
Minnesota
Depew
Department of Commerce and Labor
Foraker
Rayner
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Commissioner of Pensions
Hale
House
Beveridge
Halecurtly
Indiana
Laundries Regulated Initiative in Congress
Washington May 2 Rep J Hampton Moore of Philadelphia introduces a bill to regulate laundries. It would tax laundries, ban acids and violent machinery, require inspection, and impose heavy fines for violations. Moore laments ruined evening shirts and says the industry is a gold mine propped by haberdashers.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Moore
Ethical Social League Closes Season at Temple Beth El
The last meeting of the Ethical-Social League gathered socialists, rabbis, ministers, professors and writers to discuss the league s future. Speakers included Dr Samuel Schulman Charles Edward Russell Professor John B Clark Dr Charles E Jefferson Mrs Anna Garland Spencer Marcus A Marks Rev Thomas R Slicer Dr Joseph Silverman and Professor Charles Sprague Smith. Dr Silverman defended Roosevelt's anti race death doctrine calling it immoral. A seven member committee will go to Albany to push for an inquiry into the city unemployment condition.
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Ethical- Social League
Temple Beth-El
Samuel Schulman
Charles Edward Russell
John B. Clark
Columbia University
Charles E. Jefferson
Broadway Tabernacle
Anna Garland Spencer
The
Ethical Culture Society
Marcus A. Marks
Thomas R. Slicer
Joseph Silverman
Charles Sprague Smith
People’s Institute
Roosevelt
Silverman
League
Albany
Matricide Declared Insane In Syracuse Case
Syracuse police report: W Halsted Gray eighteen year old who choked his mother to death three months ago was found insane by a commission. He was ordered committed to Matteawan by Supreme Court Justice W S Andrews.
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Syracuse
W. Halsted Gray
Matteawan
Supreme Court
W.S. Andrews
Methodists thank governor for veto of excise bill
The New York Methodist Preachers' Association sent a message yesterday to Governor Hughes thanking him for vetoing the Arnold excise bill which would have allowed liquor traffic to be carried on within two hundred feet of a church or schoolhouse.
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New York Methodist Preachers’ Association
Hughes
Twain Praises Queen at New York British Club Dinner
Mark Twain was the guest of honor at the Victoria Day dinner of the British Schools and Universities Club of New York at Delmonico's. He paid tribute to Queen Victoria and lauded her as a moral force and enduring, beloved sovereign. Other speakers included British consul general Walter Courtenay Bennett and Rev. Dr. D Parker Morgan, celebrating the Empire and club contributions.
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British Schools and Universities Club
New York
Delmonico’s
Cub
Walter Eyre Lambert
Dr. Clemens
Dr. Lambert
Queen Victoria
Walter Courtenay Bennett
D. Parker Morgan
D F Cohalan Elected Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall
Daniel F. Cohalan was chosen grand sachem by Tammany associates, supplanting W Bourke Cockran. The meeting had slim attendance with a brief vote. A building committee was named and powers granted. Fourth of July plans were set despite leaders attending the Denver Democratic Convention.
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Tammany Hall
W. Bourke Cockran
Cochran
Tammany
Croker
Murphy
Cockran
Knickerbocker Trust Company
General Ide
Cochalan
John F. Ahearn
Charles F. Murphy
Thomas F. McAvoy
John J. Scannell
Julius Harburger
Thomas F. Smith
Denver
Recount Trial Faces Crisis Over Ballot Box Opening
Counsel for Mayor McClellan fought to block opening ballot boxes as the recount resumed after a week. The argument centered on whether the boxes remained in lawful custody and if pollbooks stubs and mutilated ballots should be produced to verify election checks. The clash included orders and contempt claims as Justice Lambert pressed to bring the boxes into court.
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Dolson
Attorney General's Office
24 Assembly
Richards
Hearst
Justice Lambert
Board of Elections
Pendleton
Supreme Court
Guy
John J. Dooling
Shearn
Mr. McClellan
Mr. Shearn
Mr. Richards
Decision for American Tobacco Co. handed by New Orleans judge
Federal Judge Saunders ruled American Tobacco Co must pay 168,968 to People's Tobacco Co in a Sherman Act suit alleging a conspiracy to wreck the plaintiff's business. The case, filed in New Orleans, centers on antitrust claims and damages.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Saunders
People's Tobacco Company
The
American Tobacco Company
Prohibition Vote Seen Tight in State Election
Raleigh report notes a close statewide contest on prohibition with leaders from both major parties backing the measure. Prohibition forces estimate a majority between 19,090 and 36,000, while anti prohibition advocates refrain from figures, predicting the state may go wet.
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Raleigh
Sunshine in Seattle Battleship Fleet Visit Draws Crowds
May 25 Seattle reports sunshine drawing thousands to the harbor battleship fleet. Excursion launches ferried visitors to inspect a modern battleship while Rear Admiral Sperry met personal friends and officials. Ohio detached for Bremerton to load stores. 30 000 schoolchildren toured without incident. A Rainier Club banquet honored Sperry and officers. tomorrow six thousand sailors will march with Fort Lawton artillery through the city.
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Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Woodland Park
Ohio
Navy Yard
Bremerton
San Francisco
Rainier Club
Fort Lawton
Long Pat Calls On The Mayor In Session
Senator McCarren visited Mayor McClellan on Monday during the legislative session. The mayor framed the visit as a discussion of higher thought while cryptically noting not to mistake it for social chatter. He hinted at hiring someone to think for him, a pun on hire thought.
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McCarren
Mayor McClellan
Albany
Aii
Tim” Sullivan
Quarterly Reviews
Pat
Governor Hughes Vetoes Insurance and Election Bills
Governor Hughes issues extended veto memo explaining cancellations of Assembly Insurance Committee bill amending life insurance commission limits and Section 97 protections for prudent insurance management. He also disapproves fire policy amendment proposals, local official salary bills, private claim and escheat measures, and two railroad charter extension bills for Albany & Schoharie and New York Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Hughes
Assembly Insurance Committee
J. A. Foley
New York
Erie
Essex
Monroe
Saratoga
Delaware
Cortland
Gilchrist
Senator Grattan
Albany & Schoharie Railroad Company
Frisbie
Schenectady
New York Canadian Pacific Railway
Governor Johnson in Alabama visit to speak at state university
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota arrived in Birmingham en route to Tuscaloosa where he will address the State University commencement Tuesday. He called Alabama primaries a happy disappointment and noted receiving 30 to 40 percent of the vote for presidential nomination in a state he had never visited before.
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Birmingham
Ala
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Tuscaloosa
State University
Alabama
Patrolman O Neill to Face Charges Over Duty Conduct
Patrolman O Neill of the traffic squad is likely to be tried before Deputy Commissioner Hanson within two weeks on accusations he conducted a hand book while on duty. Charges have not yet been formally preferred but affidavits from three reporters exist. A Deputy Commissioner’s aide may testify, though police doubt this claim.
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O'Neill
Hanson
Broad Street
Attack on election laws sparks Senate debate in Albany
A memorial by the Independence League accusing New York City elections of fraud triggers a Senate session. Senators Grady Raines and McCarren clash over calls for a legislative investigation, with Hearst and Simson among signers. The memorial is referred to the Judiciary Committee for consideration.
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Tribune
Albany
Independence League
Leary
Metropolitan Elections Bureau
Senate
Grady
William Randolph Hearst
Max Simson
Brown
New York City
New York
Judiciary Committee
Raines
McCarren
League
Upholds Cotton Exchange Grading System
The New York Cotton Exchange reports strong support for its grading and classing system, noting growing confidence in impartial decisions based on real quality. The committee handled 43,380 bales for non members, with 8 percent from mills, and profits fell to 7,381 from 13,967 due to legal expenses in the Price suit. membership stands at 420.
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Board of Managers of the
New York Cotton Exchange
New Brunswick
Canada
Exchange
Shorts Fuel Cotton Rally on Liverpool Ease and Rain Bets
Urgent short covering and heavy rains in the cotton belt plus a firm Liverpool market pushed active Cotton Exchange July options to a record high of 10.41, about 235 per bale above Saturday’s close. Profit takers who bought 30 to 40 points lower trimmed prices to 10.08 before rebounds carried the session to a 14 to 4 point net advance by close.
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Shorts
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Watchung Hunt Club Seeks to Stop Racing Bet
The Watchung Hunt Club of Plainfield asked Sheriff Church and Prosecutor Berdine to prohibit bookmaking at its Plainfield Driving Park race meet on Saturday. Last year a book was run and large sums were wagered, drawing unfavorable comment. The sheriff and prosecutor confirmed betting would be barred this Saturday.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Watchung Hunt Club
Plainfield
Sheriff Church
Berdine
Constituents Protest to Wilcox Over Hart-Agnew Vote
About twelve hundred members of Auburns Federated Mens Clubs adopted a resolution protesting Senator Wilcox recent negative vote on racetrack gambling bills. The measure endorses Governor Hughes efforts to enforce the constitution and abolish racetrack gambling and urges Wilcox to support the Hart-Agnew bill when it returns to the Senate.
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Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
Executive Council
Federated Men's Clubs of
BR. M. Wilcox
Hughes
Wilcox
Senate
ORDER PROTECTS YOUNG MINTYRE IN BANKRUPTCY CASE
Thomas A. McIntyre Jr through Patton & Patton obtained a federal order from Judge Holt shielding him from arrest until bankruptcy proceedings against T A McIntyre & Co are resolved. The injunction bars Frederick Kavanaugh of Waterford NY from pursuing further civil action seeking 30,000 in securities unlawfully converted, for one year after adjudication unless discharged earlier.
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Thomas A. McIntyre, Jr
Patton & Patton
Foley
Holt
United States District Court
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Frederick Kavanaugh
Waterford
N. Y
McIntyre & Co
Young McIntyre
Ice cream sandwich makers clash with strike breakers
Ice cream sandwich workers who struck against Consolidated Water Company attacked strike breakers yesterday at Eldridge and Broome Streets. Several quit during the day as a fight erupted and the workers fled. State Board of Arbitration attempts to mediate failed. employers refused dealings with workers no longer employed.
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Consolidated Water Company
Eldridge
Broome
State Board of Arbitration
Gruber Presses for Patronage Ties to Governor Hughes
Abraham Gruber addressed the Co Republican Club of the 1éth Assembly on Political Organizations and Uses praising party loyalty and criticizing civil service. He argued Republican leaders in the Public Service Commission would have strengthened the party, while Lemuel Ely Quigg attacked civil service as un-American and called for keeping party control of offices.
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Abraham Gruber
Co Republican Club
Gruber
Hughes
Roosevelt
Graeber
Gnto
Public Service Commission
Lemuel Ely Quigg
Civil Service
Quigg
Republican Club
Harry Mack
Balloon Accidents Prompt US Flight Safety Call
The Aero Club of America urged strict rules after a recent balloon crash involving the Ariel near Berkeley. Captain Thomas Baldwin and others, under a US government contract, faced calls for government approval before any tabed ascent. A.C. Triaca condemned unqualified pilots and builders, calling for stronger disapproval to protect lives amid rising accidents linked to defective apparatus and untrained operators.
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Ariel Ag Berkeley
Calon
Thomas & Baldwin
United States
Aero Club of America
France
Germany
Ariel
A. C. Triaca
International School of Aeronautics
California
Wreck of Cyclades Cleared by Investigation
Investigation into the wrecking of the Cyclades found no irregularities. Lawyers for Wallace Butler & Brown said the crew and four passengers were brought to their offices from the Ward liner Vigilancia and that the captain gave a straightforward account of the event. The Greek consul general questioned the underwriters' lawyers actions as unusual. Agents said the men would return to Greece in a few days on the company’s steamer.
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Cyclades
Wallace Butler & Brown
Wall Street
Vigilancia
Bahamas
D. N. Botassi
N. A. Galanos
Broad Street
Greece
Pany
Colored Republicans Meet At Cooper Union Mass Meeting
Colored Republicans of this city plan a mass meeting tonight at Cooper Union, to be presided over by Bishop W. B. Derrick. The aim is to affirm continued support for the Republican ticket and disavow any hostility to President Roosevelt or Secretary Taft.
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Cooper Union
W. B. Derrick
Roosevelt
Tat
Arrest 404 to Solve Holmes Mystery
Chicago police arrested 44 men yesterday spurred by the death of Robert P. Holmes whose body was found in an alley last Thursday. Beggars and well dressed idlers, both old and young, were rounded up from the unemployed ranks, but none of the Holmes Jewelry was recovered.
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Chicago
Robert (. P. Holmes
Helmes
Three Men Drown After Fall In Kootenai River Near Nelson
Spokane reports that John Sharpless, John Miles, and a young Englishman named Rich, all from Nelson B C, were swept over a river fall in the Kootenai yesterday. Believed to have misjudged the current or the effect of war related danger.
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Wash
John Sharpless
Jomn Miles
Richall
Nelson
B. C
Kootenai River
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