Aldrich Bill Dies in House as Hearing Set on Substitute
The house banking committee voted to table the Aldrich financial bill and schedule a hearing tomorrow for New York Representative Vreeland whose substitute is seen as an alternative. In Washington on April 17 the diplomatic consular appropriation bill commenced debate with five hours allowed for general discussion.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
New York
House
Taft Hints Resignation If Nominated by Convention
Washington April 17 Secretary Taft will resign from the cabinet if he is nominated by the Republican convention in June. Otherwise he will remain head of the department until Roosevelt's term ends. Taft denied a report that he planned to retire at session end to pursue his presidential campaign unrestrained.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Three Troops of State Police Deployed to Chester
Governor Stuart sent three troops of state police to Chester to quell unrest after a street car strike. Ten disturbances were recorded overnight, but the city was quiet by morning. Police protection may allow resumption of streetcar service this afternoon.
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Chester
Stuart
Theater Ahead in Case Kansas City Manager Acquitted
Kansas City April 17 Following Judge Porterfield instructions the jury freed Martin Lehman manager of the Orpheum theater from a Sunday laboring violation charge. A separate case against L A Keller ticket seller was under brief consideration with hours of evidence. The jury reportedly remained out late seeking a verdict.
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Kansas City
Porterfield
Martin Lehman
Orpheum Theater
Missouri
L. A. Keller
Orpheum
Jwry
Girl in horse theft held in Lacon jail at sixteen
Josephine Grill, 16, was arrested in Varna Illinois for horse stealing. She drove off a horse owned by N. A. Hall of Varna Tuesday night and was captured six miles away. She admitted to wanting only a ride. She attempted another theft Wednesday night and was jailed in Lacon.
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Josephine Grill
Lacon
Varna
Iil
N. A. Hall
Business Hints at Little Change With Mixed Results
Dun's Review reports the business situation shows no material change. Gains in some quarters offset by curtailment in other departments. An active money market is aiding collections and restraining declines in certain sectors.
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Dun
New York
Democratic row in Knox county uproots primaries
In Galesburg Illinois on April 17 the Knox county democratic committee annulled a primaries call and selected a Sullivan aligned delegation to back national committeeman Roger C. Sullivan. Critics claim farmers were too busy to vote and a Bryan aligned convention may follow.
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Galesburg
Knox County
Democratic County Central Committee
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
Sullivan
Bryan
Defaulting bank teller Harris offers to kill himself
Carlisle April 17 John V Harris teller at Merchants National Bank Carlisle with defalcations around 52000 confessed to bank officers proposing suicide after making the bank his beneficiary If allowed Harris would deed all his real estate and stocks to the bank Eckels bank president rejected the plan as cowardly and useless Harris agreed to deed the holdings to the bank
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Carlisle
John V. Harris
Merchants’ National Bank
Federal
Robinson
John C. Eckels
Eckels
Harris
Cannon Strong at Freeport Convention Endorses Cannon for President
Freeport Illinois April 17 the Republican congressional convention for the Thirteenth district adopted a resolution urging delegates to back Cannon for president by an 83 to 5 vote. The resolution also backed the federal administration praised United States senators for supporting it and commended Representative Lowden. National delegates chosen include A P Woodruff Carroll county and Oscar Woods Whiteside county with Taft as second choice among delegates and alternates.
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Congressional
Thirteenth
Freeport
Ill
Cannon
United States
Lowden
A. P. Woodruff
Carroll County
Oscar Woods
Whiteside County
Taft
del Gates
White for Iowa Governor Former Congressman Named
Des Moines April 17 At a state democratic conference Fred E. White of Keokuk county former congressman from the Sixth district was chosen as the democratic candidate for governor of Iowa this year. White twice ran for governor and was defeated by Leslie M. Shaw. He also ran three times for congress in his district, and was elected in 1890. He farms at South English.
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Des Moines
Savoy Hotel
Fred E. White
Keokuk County
Iowa
Panic on Chicago elevated as coach jumps track
A south side elevated train at Thirty-ninth Street derailed today injuring several passengers. The coach shattered windows and passengers suffered cuts from flying glass. Panic rose as trainmen controlled passengers deterred from jumping from the cars.
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Chicago
South Side
Thirty-ninth Street
Mellen Denounces Story As Absurd and False
New Haven Conn April 17 President C S Mellen of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad charged that A O Crozier of Wilmington Del misstated events before the house banking and currency committee in Washington Crozier claimed financiers planned a panic before Congress meeting and that the railroad borrowed 39000 Mellen rejected the assertion in the strongest terms as untrue and unqualifiedly false.
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New Haven, Conn
C. 5. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
A. O. Crozier
Wilmington
Del
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Washington
Crozier
Melten
Congress
Mellen
Formal protest planned at New York state convention
A conference of delegates from 25 counties in New York meets to plan a protest against the convention results and the state committee leadership under W J Connors and Charles P Murphy. William J Bryan arrives in Rochester and is to speak and meet Connors during the day.
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New York
W. J. Connors
Charles PF. Murphy
Rochester
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Bryan
W. J. Conners
State Democratic Committee
French Column Suffers Big Loss at Talzaza Hill
French column advancing at Talzaza hill near Tamlet was attacked at dawn by Berbers. The clash left 28 French dead and 10 wounded, including 10 officers, with Berber losses reported at 125 dead.
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Colomb Bechar
Algeria
Mine Operators Refuse Shot Firers Pay in Illinois Conference
Springfield April 17 mine operators in Illinois refuse to pay shot firers in mines. They warn if miners do not bear the expense mines will shut down and mines will switch to Ohio and Pennsylvania basis. A joint meeting of operators and delegates is held this afternoon to resolve the question.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Mlinors
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mob Drives Italians From Clinton After Black Hand Threat
April 17 report from Bloomington notes thirty Italian workers at the Illinois Central in Clinton were forced to flee the town after a mob fired shots in their direction. The unrest follows a Black Hand letter threatening Mayor Edmonson, with locals accusing the Italians of authorship.
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Clinton
St. Bloomington
Illinois Central
Edmonson
Senator La Follette Seriously Ill at Home
Wisconsin Senator Robert M La Follette remains at home in Washington on April 17 with gall stones and stomach inflammation. A physician has attended him almost constantly for 48 hours and family and friends are alarmed by his condition.
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Wisconsin
Bryan's Illinois contest shapes Democratic fate
Chicago reports indicate the Illinois Democratic state organization hinges on Cook County delegates. Bryan supporters plan ongoing contention at the state convention in Springfield while Bryan signals harmony and a majority vote. The drama centers on National Committeeman Sullivan with Bryan’s Chicago allies pressing for a Bryan-aligned delegation even as Dunlap withdraws from a direct challenge.
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Bryan
Illinois
Chicago
Democratic Party
Iinois
Cook County
Springfield
Roger Sullivan
Millard F. Dunlap
Jacksonville
Ilinois
Boeschenstein
Democratic State Committee
Bryant
Sullivan
Dunlap
Mi RS Pte Tees
Maine
Florida
Johnson
Denver
Detroit
Adlai E. Stevenson Ofington
Stevenson
Allp
Bryants
Bartholdt peace bill favored by labor committee
The Bartholdt peace bill would create an industrial peace foundation with seven trustees nine others representing labor capital and the public. It authorizes investment of funds and funds income to the peace committee which will organize meetings and conferences to foster understanding between workers and employers and to address major industrial crises.
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Washington
House Committee On Labor
Federal suits target railroads over 28 hour car rule
Sixty two lawsuits against the St Paul Burlington Northwestern Illinois Central Rock Island Santa Fe Wabash and Great Western railroads allege violations of the 28 hour rule for protecting battle sheep and hogs in cattle cars. Fines up to 31000 per case may be imposed as the government seeks maximum penalties. In a separate ruling the federal appeals court says federal courts cannot block state railway commissions from changing rates until rates are set.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Burlington, Northwestern
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Wabash
Great Western
United States District Court
Sims
St. Louis
United States Court of Appeals
Mother Hurls Babe Overboard Aboard Steerage Ship
On the Statendam en route to New York from an immigrant port, Mrs. Bertha Szybik reportedly threw her 1-year-old daughter into the sea after being urged by fellow passengers who claimed the ship would sink if the child remained aboard. The infant was found in a coma by the ship’s surgeon Dr. Kelly.
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New York
Bertha Szybik
Statendam
Kelly
Record Egg Gathering Hits 10500 Dozen In One Week
Peoria Illinois April 17 The gathering of 10500 dozen eggs in one week was the record set by John Haverstahl at Low Point. Ill He secured Woodford county for the consignment and filled the order from Boston at 13 1 2 cents per dozen. Tenth Body Recovered From Chelsea Fire Ruins
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Peoria
Fil
John Haverstahl
Low Point
Boston
Woodford County
Chelsea
Mauretania Sets Atlantic Crossing Record By One Minute
New York April 17 The Cunard liner Mauretania arrived and shaved a minute off the prior record crossing the Atlantic with a four days 23 hours 59 minutes passage The previous fastest trip was five days by the Lusitania Mauretania is described as the fastest time on record. Chillicothe Man Burns Self Galesburg Ill April 17 Frank Cramer of Chillicothe Indiana saturated his clothing with gasoline and set fire to them in an apparent suicide attempt He was severely burned.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Citizens State Bank
Chautauqua
C. C. Walterhouse
D. E. Cleasley
Okithoura
Walterhouse
William Teneni
Nowata
Okla
Tenent
North
Minneapolis
Minn
North Janetson
Los Angeles
Cal
Standard Oil Company
Riverside
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Atlantic Coast
New York
Delaware
Johnson
Cunard
Mauretania
Atlantic
Matretonia
Lusitania
Chillicothe
Galesburg
Ill
Frank Cramer
Chillicothe, IN
House Allows Navy Free Choice on Submarine Boats
Yesterday in Congress the House struck out a proviso limiting the secretary of the navy to Holland type boats, granting a free hand in selecting abmarine vessels. A humorous exchange between Mr Williams of Tennessee and Mr Hal of Alabama drew attention before adjournment at 5:52. The session adjourned to reconvene at 11:30 today.
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Washington
Houses of Congress
Senate
HOUSE
United States Navy
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Williams
Hal
Alabama
Harvard President Denounces College Sports As Evil
Cambridge April 17 President Charles W Eliot of Harvard criticizes the exaggeration of athletic sports in schools. He calls football the least useful game and urges limiting intercollegiate contests to two per season with mostly home competition. He argues sports fail to train the mind or character for professional life and cites bad preparation for real warfare and competition.
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Cambridge, Mays
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
Eel Port
Extra
Saks
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Wakeland
Democratic County Committee
KNOX/KANSAS
McLean
Bry
Bloomington, Jr
McLean County
Chu‘auqua
Oklahoma
White
Railroad
Mittteeship
Michigan
Bartholdt
Burlington
Lines
Woodford
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