La Follette Reaches Filibuster Milestone in Senate Currency Fight
The Senate endured a long currency debate as Senator La Follette led a bid to force a quorum amid repeated roll calls and clashes with Senator Aldrich. Culberson urged government expenditure scrutiny while Fairbanks and Gore counted votes, with discussions stretching into the night about railroad bonds and fiscal policy.
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Gore
la Follette
Senate
Allen G. Thurman
Aldrich
Culberson
Rhode Island
Teller
The House Waiting
Washington May 29. The House recessed from 3:30 p m to 7 with a thin quorum due to heat and no further business. Dems forced five roll calls and the chamber opposed Senate naturalization fee increases, while bills on Fort Peck allotments and minor measures advanced amid mixed disagreements.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fort Peck
Montana
Payne
Secretary Straus Plans Interstate Telegraph Inquiry
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus held a conference with Commissioner Smith to outline a Senate resolution directing an investigation into interstate telegraph and telephone companies. The plan envisions joint work by the bureau of corporations and bureau of labor, with details to be settled after further talks.
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Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Senate
Bureau of Labor
Pressure on Senators Over Racing Legislation Letters
Governor and lawmakers react as racing interests flood officials with letters urging defeat of the Percy Gray repeal. Senator Page carries hundreds of letters to New York, while investigators probe signatures and addresses to gauge constituent backing and possible impropriety in the lobbying push.
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Tribune
Eriktias
Iarhet Shargabe
Black
Senator Page
New York
Jared
Agnew
Wall Street
Oregon Congressmen Praised by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt commends Oregon House members Hawley and Ellis for backing administration policies. He publicly thanks them for supporting naval and merchant marine upbuilding, forest reserves, waterways, workers’ liability and child labor laws, court and interstate commerce protections, and strong oversight of large corporations. Oregon Congressmen praised.
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Roosevelt
Oregon
House
Messrs
Hawley
Ellis
Thoreure
Oregon Congressic
Aero Club members dive two hours aboard Lake boat voyage
Aero Club of America members traveled to Bridgeport on the 915 a.m. train to ride under water in the Lake boat commanded by Captain Simon Lake. The expedition included A Holland Forbes William F. Whitehouse J L Mott and Ernest Le Rue Jones among others. They logged a two hour submerged voyage two miles south of Bridgeport Light and preferred ballooning to diving.
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Aero Club of America
Bridgeport
Simon Lake
The
Lake Company
A. Holland Forbes
North Adams
Mass
America
William F. Whitehouse
New York Yacht Club
J. L. Mott
Ernest le Rue Jones
Aeronautics
Scopefield
Lake Boat
C. D. Wallace
J. Christopher Lake
Algonquin Club
Taft Addresses Large Norwich Crowd On Panama Speech
Secretary Taft arrived from New York to a strong crowd at Union Station and again at Broadway Theatre in Norwich. He spoke briefly and then focused on the Isthmus of Panama project, detailing topography and the canal task, praising John F. Stevens, and asserting there will be no graft in the work while noting his Yale and Harvard race memories.
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la Fellette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Messrs. Gore
Stone
Mr. la Follette
the Tribune
New London
Conn
Taft
New York
Union Station
Norwich
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Yale
Broadway Theatre
Panama
Frederick Cary
Board of Trade
John F. Stevens
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Sherman on Candidacy for Vice President
Utica May 29 Congressman James S Sherman returns home and discusses Vice President nomination. He supports Governor Hughes for President and says New York could name a VP candidate if needed, but he has no intention of announcing himself. He urges unity at Chicago and argues the top offices should seek the men.
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Utica
Jamess. Sherman
Washington
Chicago
Hughes
New York
Burton to Name Taft at Chicago Convention
Washington May 29 report that Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio will present Secretary Taft as the presidential nominee at the Chicago convention. Burton, rested after planning duties, will draft the speech in Hot Springs Va. Dolliver will second the nomination. Post convention, Burton may join the currency commission with Vreeland Weeks McKinney Hayes and Moore as colleagues.
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Washington
Taft
Chicago
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Burton
Hot Springs
Congress
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Dolliver
Iowa
Currency Commission
Senate
House
Vreeland
New York
Weeks
Massachusetts
McKinney
Ilinois
Hayes
California
Moore
Pennsylvania
Boy Stripped and Tied in Jamaica Swamp
Ten year old Charles Morgenthaler was stripped and bound to a tree in a swamp by a boy three years older. Found hours later by his father after exposure and suffering, Charlie wore his Sunday suit and had resisted. An earlier incident involved a fish sale attempt by the same youth, who then led to the attack at the swamp.
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Charles Morgenthaler
Jamaica
Jamaica Bay
Charlie
Merrick Road
Taft Delegation Planned From New York for Chicago Convention
The Taft organization of New York plans to send a delegation led by Louis Hay to the Chicago convention on June 16. Expected attendees include George E. Ide Charles W. Price George E. Stevens Charles H. Boynton of New York City and Martin Heermance of Poughkeepsie.
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Taft Organization
New York
Louis
Hay
Chicago
George E. Ide
Charles W. Price
George E. Stevens
Charles H. Boynton
New York City
Martin Heermance
Poughkeepsie
Bryan on Parker Presidency Chairmanship
William J. Bryan, on a Nebraska South Dakota speaking tour, denied discussing or consenting to Judge Parker as chairman of the resolutions committee at the Denver convention. He said he has not discussed the chairmanship and remains engaged in a schedule of speeches through Wednesday afternoon.
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Capitol
Gore
Mr. la Follette
Jeff Davis
la Follette
Washington
Bryan
Aldrich
Wisconsin
Congress
Bryan ON Parker
Omaha
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
South Dakota
Tammany Hall
Judge Parker
Denver
Resolutions
Mr. Bryan
Conviction in Auto Test Case in Trenton
Richard H. Johnson drove a White car without a New Jersey license and with no driver’s license on him. He was convicted in police court, rebailed for 200 dollars, and the case appealed to the Common Pleas Court. The auto company plans to challenge the Frelinghuysen law in state courts as unconstitutional.
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Trenton
N. J
Richard H. Johnson
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Common Pleas Court
The
Automobile Company
United States
Boy Drowns as Two Chums Are Arrested
Police investigated the drowning of 14 year old Edward Doherty of Brooklyn after a swimming incident by Amity Street and the East River. Two boys, 14 year old Tarmello Dusardo and 12 year old Bartello Ceratto, were arrested. Dusardo on vagrancy charges and Ceratto as a material witness as the search continues for Doherty's body.
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Edward Doherty
Amity Street
Brooklyn
East River
Doherty
Tarmello Dusardo
Pacific Street
Bartello Ceratto
Columbia Street
Ceratto
Dusardo
New Triple Alliance Rumor Grows Among Allied Powers
London May 29 The visit of President Fallieres to England intensifies talk of a formal Anglo French Russian alliance. Sir Edward Grey and M Picton discussed a broader agreement while King Edward and Fallieres prepare to visit Emperor Nicholas in St Petersburg. Public opinion favors maintaining the existing understanding over a new alliance, though some see a triple pact as checkmating Germany. Paris May 2 The French Foreign Office backs an alliance in spirit rather than treaty and foresees stronger bonds after forthcoming royal and presidential visits, possibly forming a Europe wide balance with the Russo French link and the Anglo Japanese arrangement.
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London
England
Falliéres
France
Edward
Great Britain
Russia
Edward Grey
M. Picton
Nicholas
Charles Harding
Germany
House of Commons
Charles Hardinge
Falli@res
Dover
King Edward
Prince of Wales
M. Falli
Léon Gambetta
M. Falliares
Paris
Fallieres
Foreign Office
Falli#res
St. Petersburg
Europe
East
Fights in Samos raise casualties and refugee peril
Consular dispatches from Samos report about 150 killed or wounded over four days as fighting in Vathy continues. Turkish garrison beleaguered, Governor Kopassiz Effendi seeks refuge with no provisions, rebels aided by local police. Refugees flee to Athens as consuls seek permission to sell wayships and Turkish forces move toward Chios.
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Constantinople
Samos
Vathy
Kopassiz Effendi
Athens
Memphis Chauffeur In Collision Kills Parke Family
In Memphis on May 29 Bye, the chauffeur, steered the Van Vleet touring car into a survey where S. T. Parke, a wealthy manufacturer, and his daughter in law Mrs C W Parke were killed. Mrs S T Parke and C W Parke escaped with minor injuries. The chauffeur was arrested.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bye
P. P. van Vleet
Memphis Country Club
T. Parke
Parke
C. W. Parke
S. T. Parke
Chaffeur
Self-Defence Philip's Plea In Fatal Hotel Shooting
In Washington on May 28 the defense in Gaston Philip's murder trial presented witnesses claiming Philip shot cabman Frank Macaboy in self defense after Macaboy threatened violence. The government rested earlier in the day. Defense opening statement argued Macaboy's abusive demeanor and threat to Philip.
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Washington
Gaston Philip
Frank Macaboy
Arlington Hotel
Henry EB. Davis
Philip
Macaboy
Japanese water power project pledged by syndicate
Tokio May 29 The development of Japan's water power has been undertaken by a Japanese English American syndicate. At today's meeting 60000 was pledged for the purpose with Japanese contributing 3000.00
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Tokio
Japan
Dinner for Mr Tower headline Berlin reception marks cordial ties
Berlin May 2 German and American friends of Charlemagne Tower the retiring American Ambassador to Germany joined a subscription dinner in his honor. Chancellor von Bülow sent regrets. Tower praised harmonious U S German relations and the American merchants' partnership in Berlin. Stephen H McFadden spoke for the colony and presented an address signed by over a hundred Americans.
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Charlemagne Tower
Germany
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Ernan
Vor Billow
Roosevelt
William
Prince Ver Press
Ambassador Tower
United States
Stephen H. McFadden
Tower
Rumor of Plot to Kill Kaiser in Bari Italy
Bari Italy May 2. Police arrest Paul Nikolaus a 25 year old mechanic from Charlottenburg Prussia. He confessed to being an anarchist pledged to kill a high Imperial court official who traveled with Emperor William to Corfu. Nikolaus said he had a companion who left at Ravenna. It is believed the target was Emperor William.
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Bari
Italy
Paul Nikolaus
Charlottenburg
Prussia
Nikolaus
Berlin
Germany
William
Corfu
Ravenna
Fears of Trouble in Far East Revealed
G C Cruce former Oxford mayor and botanist arrived from the Orient says in the Far East all nations view American naval strength through the Manchurian trade lens. Japan has reversed open door in Manchuria except for its own people as ports near Port Arthur and Dalny are fortified, suggesting an imminent clash over discriminatory policy in the Orient.
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Vancouver
G. C. Cruce
Oxford
England
Botanical Society of Great Britain
University of Oxford
Orient
China
Corea
Japan
Far East
Port Arthur
Dalny
Druck
International Polar Congress Opens in Brussels
Delegates from twelve nations including the United States attended the International Polar Congress in Brussels on May 29. Herbert L. Bridgman represented the United States. The gathering aims to forge international agreement on polar geography, coordinate efforts to reach the North Pole, plan expeditions for broader polar research, and draft a scientific program for future polar expeditions. An international committee was formed with Bridgman named a member.
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Brussels
United States
Herbert L. Bridgman
North Pole
Me Bridgman
Notes of foreign news roundup from varied world locales
Lima reports President-elect Leguia greeted by dispatch from Secrest Rocet. Victoria labor ruling limits strike power if nonmembers are excluded. Manila public works bill allocates pesos for roads irrigation capital Manila harbor Cebu customs. Novorossysk military court case over December 1906 republic. Seoul notes Japanese corean insurgent battles with high insurgent fatalities and low Japanese losses. officials expect subdual within sixty days.
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Iloilo
Cebu
Assembly Bild Prowidit
Seoul
Corean
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