Bailey attacks press in Senate over Chandler memo
In Washington on May 17 Senator Bailey read a letter to ex Senator Chandler asking for writings to the president and cited Chandler diary notes about a memorandum. He accused Tribune correspondents of lies and asked the president to reveal the issue, urging the firing of the author of the slander. He warned against double dealing and pressed for accountability in the White House press coverage.
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Washington, D. C
Bailey
Senate Today
Chandler
New York Tribune
Washington
House
Tribune
Hailey
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
The
Tribune Today
Raymond
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
United States
Senate
William E. Chandler
Pennsylvania Rail Officials Questioned Over Car Distribution
Interstate Commerce Commission probes alleged bias in coal car allocations as Pennsylvania Railroad executives face stock gifts and cash from coal operators. Key witness Michael Trump to explain orders for assigning cars, while Jamison Coal official testifies stock was pledged for favorable treatment.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Michael Trump
Trump
George W. Creighton
Pennsylvania Division
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
John M. Jamison
Greensburg
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Parliament Debates Throne Reply Amid Impatience In Russia
St Petersburg May 17 parliament resumed the debate on the reply to the throne speech as impatience grows among members. The lower house passed abolition of martial law and other measures, while four planks including general amnesty and suspension of exceptional laws were adopted and the emperor seeks a constitutional compromise with a cabinet drawn from conservative majority members.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Tamboff
Russia
Zhanoff
Maria Spiridonova
Luzhenoffsky
Associated Press
Goremykin
Mrs Valentine Given Life Sentence In Hackensack Murder Case
Trenton New Jersey May 17 The court of pardons commuted the sentence of Mrs Anna Valentine to life imprisonment She was under sentence to be hanged at Hackensack May 25 for the murder of Rosa Silva
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Pardons
Anna Valentine
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington May 17. Brief resume of yesterday's proceedings in both houses. Senate debated rate bill issues with Tillman Bailey Chandler exchange. anti pass amendment substituted. pipeline provision trimmed near Panama zone. House completed naval appropriation bill around 100 million. defeated bid to veto battleship control. adjourned at 6 10 pm.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Tillman
Chandler
Bailey
Chicago
Panama Canal Zone
HOUSE
Secretary of the Navy
Sea level canal favored by senate panel after quake
Washington reports that the San Francisco earthquake influenced the senate committee on interoceanic canals to back a sea level canal. Senator Kittridge released the AIDE report arguing sea level is safer, cheaper to operate, and feasible in 10 to 11 years at about 60 million dollars more than a lock system.
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Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Senate Committee
Governor Blanchard Urges Louisiana Policy Protection
Governor Blanchard sent a long message to the Louisiana legislature urging action to shield policy holders. He cited life insurance exposures in New York and listed policy totals for major companies operating in Louisiana. A separate Iowa fire report notes Boone cereal mills destroyed by fire with $160,000 loss and $42,000 insured.
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Blanchard
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
New York
Iowa Mills
Boone
Iowa
Sherman in Plain Talk: Legislature Adjourns and Sign Bill
Sherman in Plain Talk reports the legislature adjourned and Governor will sign Shurtleff bill. The piece cites political tensions and the bill’s implications for state governance and policy.
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Sherman
Special legislative session concludes after primary act
April events show Supreme court invalidate first primary law and Governor Deneen call a special session. General assembly meets April 10, passes primary act by May 16, adjourning with four bills, including Shurtleff convention nomination act and governor expenditures. Total cost about $60,000 to $64,500 for expenses. Sherman lampoons bill as double headed monstrosity, Democrats and some Republicans concur.
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Supreme Court
Deneen
General Assembly
Illinois Central Investigation and Civil Service Commission
Springfield
Illinois
Shurtleff
Sherman
Senate
Wisconsin secretary of state accused in bribery scheme
Milwaukee reports reveal Insurance Commissioner Host testified that Secretary of State Houser sought a favorable ruling to aid the Equitable Life case. A slip suggested favorable action toward Equitable with a $2,000 political contribution offer. Host said he would decide against Equitable. later the company pursued the matter in court. Also, Arthur Holden, a famed diver, was seriously injured at a Peoria carnival when a trap spring failed and he fell forty feet.
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Equitable
Milwaukee
Wis
Insurance Investigating Committee
Wisconsin Legislature
Host
Wisconsin Department of Insurance
Wisconsin
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Houser
Insurance Commissioner's Office
Equitable Company
Peoria
Arthur Holden
Cumberland Presbyterian assembly opens with tension in Decatur
In Decatur on May 17 the 76th Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly began under Stated Clerk Rev. J M Hubbert amid an anti unionist caucus planning an injunction case, while at Des Moines the 118th session of the Presbyterian Church in America opened promptly with Retiring Moderator Dr James D Moffat presiding before about 1500 attendees.
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Decatur
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
J. M. Hubbert
Marshall
Hubbert
S. M. Templeton
Anti-Unionists Center
A. N. Eshmer
Rev
T. Ashburn
Judge Russell
WHI
Antiunionists
Des Moines
Iowa
James D. Moffat
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In America
Relieving Moderator Delivers Opening Sermon at Meeting
The retiring moderator spoke on the meeting's significance before delivering the opening sermon. A good natured contest for the moderator's honor was noted and expected to be decided this afternoon.
Illinois Medics End Their Meeting at Springfield
The Illinois State Medical Society closed its annual convention adjourning to meet the third Tuesday in May 1907 in Rockford. Officers elected include President J F Percy Galesburg First Vice President H A Nieerks on Quincy Second Vice President J H Stowell Chicago Treasurer T J Brown Decatur Secretary E W Weis Ottawa. Delegates to the American Medical Association meeting in Boston June 4 George W Webster Chicago J L Wiggins East St Louis C B Will Peoria and C L Mix Chicago.
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Springfield
Illinois State Medical Society
Rockford
J. F. Percy
Galesburg
H. A. Nieckerson
Quincy
J. H. Stowell
Chicago
T. J. Brown
Decatur
E. W. Weis
Ottawa
L. C. Taylor
J. B. Fowler
M. S. Smary
Peoria
American Medical Association
Boston
George W. Webster
State Board of Health
J. L. Wiggins
East St. Louis
C. B Will
C. L. Mix
Cruiser St Louis Is Fast in Rockland Trial
The protected cruiser St Louis, second of three in its class to trial, performed strongly on the Rockland course. Its fastest corrected mile reached 22.24 knots per hour. In Washington, the president sent postmaster nominations for Illinois to the Senate naming A. F. Duckett of Forest and J. A. Walter of Lockport.
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Rockland, Me
St. Louis
Rockland
Washington
Illinois
Senate
A. F. Duckett
Forest
J. A. Walter
Lockport
Miners and operators seek accord in Illinois meeting
In Springfield executives and miners meet in joint session to resolve labor disputes with G W Traer elected president of the joint conference and W D Ryan named secretary with adjournment planned for separate miner and operator talks. Salt Lake later reports the Mormon church is exiting business with Utah Light and Railway to be acquired by a 25 million dollar concern. Simultaneously the Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad and church property sell to a local syndicate for 500000. President Joseph F Smith says religion and business are being divorced as protection is no longer needed by Mormons.
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Springfield
Illinois
G. W. Traer
Chicago
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers
Salt Lake
Mormon Church
Utah Light and Railway Company
Ogden Street Railway
Juno County
Utah
Oneida County
Idaho
Los Angeles
Joseph F. Smith
Church
Van Cleave Elected President of National Association of Manufacturers
J W Van Cleave of St Louis was elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers at the New York annual convention. He pledged to defend the association interests with vigor and an ax if needed. Francis H Stillman of New York City was chosen treasurer. The convention will reconvene next year in St Louis.
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St. Louis
National Manufacturers’ Association
New York
J. W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Francis H. Stillman
New York City
Oil Trust Hit Again and Roosevelt Letter Published
Washington May 17 President Roosevelt transmitted the Garfield inquiry into the oil trust to Congress with a full report and synopsis. Garfield’s 500 page document includes waybills and railroad letters, claiming concealed rates benefiting Standard Oil. The Standard Oil Company rejected the charges, asserting no secret rates and attributing profits to broad industrial organization rather than improper methods.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garfield
Congress
Standard Ol Company
Off Trust
Standard Oil
Standard
Bureau
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Committee
New York
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HITS
Pennsylvania
Robert Pitcairn
Cassatt
Jamison
George W. Clark
Altoona
Alfred Hicks
New Jersey Board of Pardons
Total
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Ilinors Union
van Cleave
OIL Trust
Standard Ol
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