Assails Wickersham Gives Praise To Roosevelt
Senate debate sharpens over Attorney General Wickersham speech in Chicago defending the railroad bill. Senator Glupp denounces Wickersham as dictating party policy while others defend the bill and argue it protects the American public interests.
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Wickersham
Senate
Glupp
Minnesota
Ita
Chicago
Cead
Leimontcos
Fi Qld
Huta
Far West
Free Trelers
Poileles
Pome Et
Lincain
Atmoni
Woose Tee
Clapp
Mouse
Laugh at Parcels Post Sparks Smiles at Hearing
A Detroit medical representative and a National Association of Perfume Min officials testified before a committee, arguing for a parcels post as a benefactor to retailers and consumers. Concerns about enthusiasm and misinterpretation were raised, with a New York congressman reportedly clarifying the context.
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Asaf
Ingram
Detraltt
New York
Taft Nominates Montana Judge For U S District Post
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Carl Rasch Freser of Montana for United States district judge. Freser has served as assistant counsel in Washington and has experience as a railroad lawyer. The panel would include five to be appointed by the President, five by the Senate, and five by the Speaker, with Moore supporting the project.
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Senate
Carl Rasch Freser
Montana
United States
Hasch
Secretars
Washington
Ballinger
Panama Canal
Fida Peleniay
Bennsyhana
Cenm
Aftcen Nesider
Moos
Moo Moore
Taft
Masouri
C C Dickinson
Representatie de Armond
Phil
Griffith
Greenfield
Moills
Congress Condensed Senate Ashator Giapparragmen Controversy and Votes
The report summarizes Senate actions on a Chicago speech by Ashator Giapparragmen and railroad issues. It notes opposition from Senator Hughes, participation by Heyburn Aldrich Cummins, and a pending Gen Henry nomination for the port of New York. The session drew to adjournment after speeches and amendments, with a focus on the Underwood resolution and commerce court authority. The House adjourned at 640 pm to reconvene at noon.
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Ashator Giapparragmen
Wickarshatt
Chicago
Gearal
Hughes
Suedsare
Simetara Heyburn Aldrich
Henry
New York
Senate
uBld
Seantos
Sutherland
Riteifarte
Intntienta
Compres Court
Commerce Court
Euprema Court
Tt Dpsurgenta Apf Demncgrts
Wert
United States
Porto Ricans Arrive in Washington to Seek Citizenship Reforms
A Porto Rican delegation arrived in Washington and stayed at the New Willard to press Congress to amend the Olmsted bill creating a new civil government for Porto Rico. They seek an elected senate and house with broader citizenship, and immediate rights within two years, while preserving presidential veto power. They plan to meet with War Department officials, President Taft, and Insular Affairs Committee, facing opposition from Gompers and calling for more drastic changes from unionist leaders.
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Congress
Porto Rico
Washington
Willard
Jose Brioso
Jose Barbosa
Pedro Perea Fajardy
Todd
Republican Party of
Jose de Diego B
Giorgetta Josa Ruiz
Unionist Party
Santiago Igien
Free Federation of Workingmen of
Porto Riceo
George R Cotton
Island
Senate
United States
House of Delegates
Clarence R Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Taft
White House
House
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
Amercan Federation of Labor
Tous Munoz Rivera
Cay Coll Guenti
Unionist Party of
Committee On Insular Affairs
Nominations sent to Senate for postmasters and customs officials
Nominations include Henry Astriet of New Lore New York Witan Kennedy Optimbus Ohio James B Tox fennesser Tennessee Virginia Williams H Jones West Virginia Nina E Stewart Nothfork Stork Beveridge home. Absence of Senator Beveridge noted as family birth announced. Taft appoints Dickinson successor Griffith to Greenfield Mo. Underwood seeks data on minimum tariff grants from foreign nations.
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Senate
Tes Tveyngs of
Customs
Son H Henry Astriet
New Lore
New York
Witan
Kennedy
Optimbus
Ohio
James B Tox Fennesser
Astrict
Tennessee
Peatmasters
Virginia
William H Jonesth
West Virginia
Nina E Stewart Nothfork
Stork
Beveridge
Meveridge
Tate
Chamber
Pension row over centralizing agencies in one site
Senate and House clash over abolishing eighteen pension agencies and centralizing work in one agency to be located in Lepua. House funds one agency. Senate committee favors keeping all existing agencies. Senate action forecasts a larger drop in next year’s appropriations without new pension legislation. Burrows to stay in race after conference. both Burrows and Townsend run in September primaries and vow to abide by primary results.
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Senate
House
United States
Lepua
Senate Committee On Pensions
Fearry Slovo
Senate Committee
Pension Legislatinn Ia
Burrows
Michigan
Townsend
Battles Over Popular Senate Election In House Vote
Debate on direct state election of U S senators ends in a party line House vote. A resolution backing popular election was substituted, receiving opposition reports from committee and shifting support among Democratic and Republican members amid broader naval and ship subsidy discussions.
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Bown Opin
Aayor Wey
Lmited
Popuy
House of
Brownell
North
Jenn Renwa
Merchant Marine League
Swain
Mae
House
Lowen House
Erson
Cleveland
Democrats and insurgents clash over commerce court power
In the House yesterday Democrats and insurgent Republicans pushed to strip the Presidents power to organize the commerce court from the railroad bill. The votes were tight with ties and decisive strikes by Speaker Cannon and Rep Bennet shaping the outcome. Amendments shifting (or preserving) court designation and jurisdiction were debated, with the reform faction seeking to curb executive control and place more judicial oversight on the commerce court. The session also covered living costs hearings in the District and a resolution for a Panama Canal celebration in 1915.
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Merce’ Fiature
Taft
Hubbard
New York
Supreme Court
Commerce Court
Cannon
Bennet
Clark
Missouri
Macon
Arkansas
Adamson
Georgia
Manden
Peters
Massachusetts
Woodward
Haskell
Moore
Pennsylvania
Panama Canal
Gen Henry Named Agsutant General of the New York State Guard
Nelson Ho Henry, long time adjutant general of New York with five terms as brigadier general, is named agsutant general of the New York State Guard. He met with Secretary MacVeagh after a seaate session and is a life member of the National Rifle Association.
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Nelson Ho
Henry Amgutant
New York State Guard
James
Clarkson Ge
New Yale
Taft
Guv Hughes
tArat Vies
National Guard Association of the United States
Secretary of War
National Militia Board
War Department
National Rifle Association
Labels Opposed by Manufacturers in District Foods Bill
Hearing before House District subcommittee on DC labeling of packages shows industry groups oppose weight or measure labeling and vendor taxes arguing evaporation, packaging, and delivery reasons make standards infeasible. Witnesses cite consumer harm from short weights and seek Sherman act remedies rather than new taxes.
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House District Committee
Congress
District of Columbia
J Hampton Moore
Rothermel and Johnson
Louis Runkel
Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers Association For
United States
National Con ‘Fectioners Association
United
American Specialty Manufacturers Association
Runkel
Kahel
Irving
Woodward
Weights and Mesqures
Haskell
Sata Col Haskell
Army Orders Leaves and transfers prompt May 1910
Military notices show First Lieutenant Geome B shareo Ninth Infantry granted months and days leaves to promote June. Colonel Jsaush Girard Medical Corps extended leave. Major Charles P Stivore to visit May 1910. Capt William C Coan to Gettysburg April 1910. Capt Jacob Birwin Commissary to Eagle Gale in Mughd. Lieutenant William G Bletchbauer to Sixth Signatry. First Lieutenant Keith Uragtry reassigned eighteenth to Sixth. First Lieutenant Charles B de Nancrede to Ann Arbor.
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Geome
Shareo
Jsaush
Girard Medical Corpa
Per Mlueian
Henry A
S Jecob & Birwin
Mughd
Davivan Renty
Kenera
Bletchbauer
Keith
Charles BG Dé Nancrede
Ann Arbor
French Aviator Tries to Fly in Gale for Roosevelt
Paris report on Emile Dubonnet’s failed wind swept flight while former President Roosevelt observed. The attempt ended with a wing damaged but the aviator unhurt with Roosevelt applauding, a deputy from the French parliamentary group for international arbitration meeting him, and a day of official visits and banquets following.
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Gale
Roosevelt
Deputaten
For, International Arbitration
Basa
Garson
Paria
Emile ‘Dubonnet
Inay
Les Moulineaux
Academy of Sports
Cabinet
Col
Roosevelt Dubonnet
Paris
Dubonnet
Duboninet
Col Roosevelt
Count de Lambert
Hart
Berg
Wrights
Wright
Paul Mae Villeneuve
Academy
Parliamentary Group For International Abitration
Sean Bourgeois
Baron de Tovenelies de Constant
Sala
Luxembourg Gally
Palais de Jusfice
Marie Antoinette
Ambagsagox
An Passuaor
Ana Sis
Jagatiit Sign Bahadur Maharajah
Kapurthala
Vincame
Morang
Dalatein
Versailles
Pittsburg Councilman Confesses Ignorance in Graft Trial
Maurice Coffey, a Pittsburg councilman on trial for graft, admits ignorance of council proceedings. He testified he earned 210 a day as a tender on the Seventeenth Street incline and attended meetings only when he could get off work every other week. He claimed pressure from other felons influenced votes.
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Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Maurice Coffey
Councl
Coffey
Seventeenth Street
Conservatory Chief Alleges Theft of Spineless Cactus Cuttings
East Lake conservatory head Cowan accuses Tuther Burbank of taking cuttings from a great spineless cactus on the grounds. The cactus, long kept there, stands feet high and covers a large square area. The claim notes the plant is free from pests and remains in place.
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Conservatory
Los Angeles
W . Cowan
East Lake
Benedict Arnold Note Sold at Auction in New York
A letter about Benedict Arnold’s command at West Point, dated April 2, two months before his planned surrender to the British, sold for five dollars at auction. A rare second edition of Plank’s copy announcing Columbus’s discovery of America fetched fifteen hundred dollars.
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New York
Ins
West Point
Benedict Arnold
Bis
Columbia
America
Movements of Ocean Steamers Across Atlantic and Europe
A garbled shipping notice lists numerous Atlantic and European sailings. Vessels and routes include New York to Bremen, Bremen to New York, and Genoa to New York, with ports cited such as Rotterdam and Naples. Several lines mention arrivals, dockings, and intermediate stops, though many names and spellings are unclear.
Storm Cost A Billion Cold Disaster Across Regions
Across the nation a freak freeze devastates crops in twelve states with losses near a billion dollars. Cotton, fruit, and vegetable plantings suffer extensive damage. Planters face seed shortages and late crops as replanting begins amid widespread fruit and cotton losses from Louisiana to North Carolina.
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Benass
Spee al
Washinton
Middie West
Feras
Middie
New Orleans
Avril
Louisiana
Mississippo Naucate
Montgomery Ala
Alabama
Charlotte NG
Wilmington
North Carolina and
Upper South Carolina
Jealous Planter Kills Two Men Over Wife
In Louisiana in early March and April two killings occurred as a wealthy cotton planter Ernest Mae suspects rival John Pelton of courting his attractive wife. An overseer, Flannagan, was shot after a quarrel when Maxie ambushed him with a shotgun, killing him. Both deaths center on alleged spousal jealousy and rivalry.
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Lousiana
Speecl
Washington
Ernest Mae
Tames Wannagin
Mewie
John Pelton
Maxies
Maxie
Pelton
Flannagan
M Maxies
Unconscious Conductor After Freight Train Collision
A freight train on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad passed a stop signal near Butler on April day. Fireman Jann Sommers leaped to the tender and found engineer WW Woodworth unconscious at the throttle with a fractured skull. The engineer, seated upright, was moved to a hospital after the train was brought into Butler.
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Butler
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Jann Sommers
Wood
Bute
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