Trustees Plan Radical Retrenchment To Lighten Debt
A joint meeting is expected to decide on retrenchment measures to cut teachers’ pay and dispose of the medical school or main university buildings to ease finances. Plans include selling hospital property and Corcoran fund recovery while scrutinizing Garfield Hospital and other sites amid debates on Morrill fund extension.
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Faculty Dissent Measures Sale Of Main Building
Resident board votes to sell the main building as part of a plan affecting the university property. Discussions note potential savings and salary effects, with faculty tensions over appointments and the new president's direction. A 3:14 p m matinee at the Columbia Theater is advertised.
Court calls for reform in legal procedure nationwide
A joint committee of the National Bar Association and National Civic Federation says the U S legal system is 109 years behind in equity practice and must be reformed. They blame delays on procedure rather than attorney tactics, noting much of appellate decisions hinge on technical rules. President Taft supports radical changes and Congress will consider ABA proposals.
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New York
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Chatanooga
Porous plaster tale sparks Treasury rumor in Washington
Special to The Washington Post from Middletown N I June 1 reports Treasury officials may issue a $50 bill embedded in a porous plaster. A local merchant's wife placed the plaster on her husband s back and failed to notice the concealed note. The confusion spread until the bill was found yesterday.
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Washington
President Taft Heads West on Four Day Tour
President Taft will leave Washington for a four day trip to Michigan Ohio and Illinois. He will attend Bryn Mawr College commencement in Bryn Mawr Pa where his daughter Helen studies. He speaks at Ohio Northern University Ada Ohio and attends a Detroit board of commerce banquet. He unveils a monument to Gen Custer in Monroe Mich and attends Jackson Michs Republican centennial. He also accepts Jersey City New Jersey celebration Oct 38 and plans to open a golf tournament Bretton Woods N A July 11. Nelson meets Taft at the White House and remarks on his strength.
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Vie
American Golf Association
Ala
Nelson
Joe Cannon
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Struggle Ends as Madriz Forces Retreat from Bluefields
American gunners repelled a major assault at Estrada trenches near Bluefields. Madriz commander Lara’s forces retreated toward Rama after fierce hand to hand fighting, with many dead and wounded left behind. Washington discussions of a protectorate and a fair election surge amid reports of renewed Marine deployments and diplomatic moves.
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Washington Post
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Forces in Nicaragua Move Toward Rama Clash
Descriptions note a force estimate up to 1,000 men at Rama near Bluefields with Gen. Estrada’s victorious army able to advance, while Gen. Mena’s troops could disperse the Madriz army. Reports say the DuBuque landed Marines at Bluefields from Colon and has returned for coal and provisions as the Navy orders Vicksburg to Carlito to relieve Princeton.
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Artillerymen Released After Shortened Guard Time
Privates of Battery KB Third Artillery, charged by Lieut Stewart with leaving their formation before dismissal, were released after serving eight days instead of twenty. The reduction aimed to prepare them for gunner's examination, not to acknowledge injustice.
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Artillery Makes Record at Fort Mendell San Francisco
The Sixty fourth company coast artillery under Capt. G. Connolly fired 1-Inch disappear suns at Fort Mendell, moving at 7 miles an hour, shattering the trail craft. The range was 4,300 to 4,400 yards and the firing took two minutes and thirty seconds.
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Washington Post
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Gentiles Enter Temple to Repair Angel Statue
Salt Lake City June 1 Gentile workmen Arthur Smith Peter Munyon and two helpers were admitted to the Mormon temple precincts to repair the trumpet held by the statue of the angel Moroni atop the tallest spire after a dynamite blast across the street dislocated the trumpet. Smith climbed 225 feet to effect the repair and restore the angel’s ornament.
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Prize Race for China Dinner Set at Marriage Bureau
The Bronx Bureau offered a china dinner set to the first couple presenting for marriage via the new Benes bureau. Benedict Calanan and Estelle Gettings led a sprint to the top step but Miss Gettings reached the door first. May Willner O'Connell and John W. Jenneon were later revealed as overall winners, while Helen Nolan had prepared a blank application but withdrew upon hearing of the race.
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STOP BAITING BIG FIRMS' TROUBLES OF THE COUNTRY
Daniel Guggenheim sailed for Europe aboard the Mauretania with ideas to boost American securities abroad. He called the country’s troubles political rather than economic and urged selling securities to European, especially French, investors and using francs for dividends. He favored railroad rate reforms to raise earnings and investor confidence. Charles M. Schwab and Isaac M. Seligman accompanied him. Seligman criticized current conditions and planned to be away until October.
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Yale Students in Battle at Grove Flying Horses Riot
New Haven June 1 Ten Yale seniors arrested after riot at Sheffield class supper on East Shore. Fight between town and gown crews leaves students with cuts and ruined clothes. ten named arrestees including William Jaferus Alfred Johnson and Albert Ockwood. One student, Smithson, severely injured eye tissue loss. doctor notes potential blindness. Protests ensued at the pier where Flying Horses ride was seized by students. police dispersed the mob.
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John Seery
Gerald Griffin
Explosion at Utah quarry kills or injures workers
Ogden Utah June 1 Four hundred kegs of powder exploded prematurely at the Union Portland Cement Company quarry near Devils Slide Weber canyon eight miles east of Morgan. Seventeen laborers are missing including foreman Hugh McGuire seven Italians seven Hungarians and two Japanese. A tunnel had been driven into the hill and 44 kegs placed inside as the men prepared to seal the chamber before firing the blast.
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Cuba agrees to assist in raising Maine wreck
President Gomez said Cuba will authorize raising the wreck of the battleship Maine and provide full assistance as requested by the American Navy Department via Ambassador Jackson. The pledge comes as Havana reports through official channels.
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American Navy Department
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Gomez
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Maine
Writ for Lady Cook Accused by Newspaper Man Denied
New York report details a habeas corpus grant for Lady Frances Cook known as Tennessee Claflin. Sister Mary Sparr seeks control over Cook amid claims of restraint and secrecy surrounding her English estate. Cook denies malice and plans to sail to Europe then return to America.
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John Floyd Hume
New York
Lady Frances Cook
Tennessee Claflin
State Supreme Court
Lady Cook
England
Cook
Europe
Rate Pooling Trial Signals Government Action in Missouri
A federal case in Missouri seeks to dissolve the Western Trunk Line Association and end rate pooling. The DoJ moved after Congress struck a railroad bill section legalizing pooling. A temporary injunction halted Tariff A lib, with new rates and additions to tariffs affecting routes from St. Paul to eastern and midwestern destinations.
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Missouri
Wickersham
Standard Oil
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Department of Justice
Tariffa
Intgistile Commerce Commission
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Hastern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rates Rise on Western Wool Shipments to Atlantic
Tariff increases raise freight costs for wool from St Paul to New York and Boston, a 10 cent per hundred pounds hike affecting Western routes through Minneapolis and St Paul to Atlantic tidewater. Justice Department injunctions and rehearing prospects complicate railroad decisions as lawmakers plan steps and schedules. A separate Baltimore and Ohio excursion from Union Station to Luray, Va departs June 5.
Popular Excursion to Harpers Ferry and Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railway offers a same day excursion leaving Union Station at 8:01 a.m. for one dollar to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg, one dollar thirty five cents to Berkeley Springs, and two dollars to Cumberland. Special trains return the same day for a thrifty, delightful outing.
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Cumberland
Rehearing Hinted Over Railroad Rates Contention
The text discusses potential rehearing actions among two members affecting railroad rates, noting rates are mandatory only until November 10, 1910. A granted rehearing could render the commission order ineffective before a new decision, triggering another contest over the issue.
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Canfield's Club Closes as Gambling Gear Is Shipped Out
Saratoga N Y June 1 Dick Canfield's famed Saratoga Club emptied its gambling paraphernalia. A carload of roulette wheels fare tables and poker chips was shipped to a destination believed to be Mexico where Canfield plans to reopen. Doors and windows were nailed shut after the last table left.
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Mexico
Washington Post
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Dick” Canfield
Saratoga Club
Canfield
Morrissey and Spencer
Charlie’ Reed
Railways plan fight hold agreement is legal
In St Louis June 1 Judges restrained four Western railroads from increasing freight rates as government files suit arguing the move violates the Sherman law The railroads planned a joint defense arguing any rate rise is necessary to protect the public and that existing Western Trunk Line commitments are not binding Without service today officers observed compliance and several railroads prepared to pause planned improvements until litigation concludes Hearing could occur in St Paul as early as next week with multiple circuit judges possible The dispute marks a rare public split among Western transport groups and business associations over the proposed rates
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Bryan Jokes Roosevelt at Bradford Lecture
Special cable dispatch reports William J. Bryan addressing Bradford's Young Men's Christian Association audience. He joked about avoiding foreign politics as an outsider and noted religion as a universal topic, praising American and British missionary work without naming Roosevelt.
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Touriot Rates Haltimore and 5 Anse Trip Listing
Travel rates to Adirondacks Catskills and New England regions listed with Atlantic seashore resorts. Readers advised to consult agents at 1417 St or 619 Pa for trip planning and fare details. St Louis round trip June 3 to 6 via Chesapeake & Ohio lines.
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Editor Denounces Former President in London Dispatch
In a dispatch to the London Mail Hearst editor rebukes the former president and argues the original ideal of government by the consent of the governed must be dropped if colonels doctrines stand. The piece notes the editor dined with a prominent naturalist and papers resent a Guildhall talk.
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Hearst Rebukes Roosevelt Over Guildhall Speech
William Hearst wires from Paris a critical column attacking Mr Roosevelt for his Guildhall remarks. He accuses the ex president of self advertisement abroad and meddling with monarchies, urging the US to defend republican ideals while condemning imperial actions in Egypt and Panama. Roosevelt limned London views include a gallery visit and talks with Irish nationalists before a planned royal reception.
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Star
George V Creates First Peer for Sir John Veary
Special Cable from The Washington Post reports London confirms George V has conferred the dignity of baron on Sir John Veary by Villiers, honoring his role as chief justice of the Cape of Good Hope and then chief justice of the South Africa supreme court amid the union of South Africa. Sloan's Annual Clearance Auction opens at 187 G St today with items priced from 20 to 400, plus real estate financing offers from F. T. Rawlings at 196 Pa.
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