FAVORS VREELAND BILL MUST HAVE EMERGENCY CASH
A financial analysis argues for emergency currency under the Vreeland plan as a remedy to banking panic. A banker speaker discusses Aldrich and Vreeland bills, Bank of England style support, and the need for notes against securities when cash is scarce. The piece argues deposits are protected and panic costs far exceed potential losses from the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Vreeland
J Selwin Tait
Aldred
Piper and Utter Securities
Cstomers
T Gen Plebs
Meget Ae Bank of England
England
Nee Remedy
Bank of England
World Bank
Vreeland Meets Aldrich Over Clearing House Feature Debate
A two hour conference discussed a possible emergency restructuring of a clearing house feature. Senators and representatives indicate a likely agreement to review currency reforms, with plans for a conference on the matter and broad support among key figures including Vreeland and Moser from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snatr
Aliichard
Vreeland
Senate plan stalls streetcar transfer bill in tight vote
Fragments describe a Senate fight over a transfer plan for streetcar lines near Gramwich and Rock Line Park. Key figures cited include Tadwaus Mt, House Appropriations panel, and Rep Molin chair. The article notes delays, veto threats, and a possible House action before adjournment.
Adviser Tanahan Dies A Maryland Political Figure
The obituary notes the death of Tanahan, adviser to Senator Ardour Poorman, at eighty one. He was the last survivor of the Gorman Pasnanilanghar trio, led in Democratic affairs in Maryland and active in real estate. His brother Willam Tanahan & Son was a prominent firm, with a fortune estimated at $901000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sportal
Pilkmore
Thomas
Attanel
Bretie Rey
John Lanilan
Lig Beath
Withary Tanahan
Willam Tanahan & Son
Tanahan
Suspect Held for Purse Snatching in Washington
Henry Donovan, a colored man charged with snatching a pocketbook from a woman at Luton's Station in Washington, was arrested at Camden Station after alighting from a tram. Marshal Parnan had searched for the purse containing $9 and several pins. Donovan was found in possession and taken to Washington tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton Post
Baltimore
Henry Donovan
Luton
Washington
Camden
Marshal Parnan
Negres
Donovan
BILLION HARK FACES A DEFICIT AS SURPLUS WIPES OUT
The government faces a projected deficit near 15000000 as treasury surplus may be wiped out by June 1908. Expenditures this session exceed last by about 83000000 with pension bills surpassing two thousand. Congress appropriations exceed revenue estimates, with totals over 1.0 billion for the session and drafts of major funds across military, post office, and civil programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Philadelphia
South
Congress
Sesson
Senate
House
Omnibus Pensionals
Cmbrking
Pen Sin
Congress Deliberates on Currency Bill and Appropriations
Congress faces a tense session as currency legislation hangs on adjournment timing while appropriation bills advance. Conferees narrow deficits and military academy issues, with Senate and House balancing suspensions and conference reports on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Miltary Academy
Senate
Bulkeley
Tariff action praised by American Manufacturers Assoc
The American Manufacturers Association hails Congress actions on tariffs as a step toward a permanent tariff commission. President M E Miles and others say Senate approval allows a fair tariff based on production costs and need, with balanced experts and nonconflicted manufacturers to guide schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Congress
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Whch
Senate
Miles
Wight
Briez Huel Steamer Reaches Port After Perilous Atlantic Drift
New York May 1 The steamer Briez Huel long adrift due to a gale and coal shortage reached port today in tow of the tug M Lickenbach after a perilous voyage from Dunkirk March 13 Wireless alerts from the Bremen steamer Lunta April 13 led to distress sightings fifteen miles south of Halifax. Numerous efforts to tow failed due to conditions and coal limits until the Lucerna and Sidra finally secured the vessel, Sidra delivering her to Bermuda where she arrived April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Daye
New York
Atlantic
Lickenbach
Dunkirk
France
Lunta
Bremen
Halifax
Lucerna
Shields
Philadelphia
Descendant of Pilgrims Denounces Centralization in Open Letter
Boston columnist Gamaliel Bradford profiles a long line of Pilgrim descendants including Guy Joseph W Folk and fifteen governors who protested federal consolidation. The letter lauds state rights, critiques militarism, and questions national constitutional interpretation while praising the governors’ willingness to meet in Washington. Bradford himself notes his Mayflower lineage and Harvard background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Joseph W Folk
Washington
Europe
Slall
Bradford
Hoston
Gamaliel Bradford
Boston
Gamalter Bradforl
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Harvard
Clara Kinsman
Newburyport Wass
Hoseu
Blake Bros & Co
Massachusetts Historical Society
Soiety of the Cincinnati
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
Guinness house murders linked to 40 victims say police
Coroner Mack reveals a list of victims tied to Mrs Belle Guinness in a spree of killings at the Guinness farm. Items cite three children among the killed or planned for murder at a hundred dollars each, with total alleged gains around sixteen thousand. Detectives and the grand jury prepare to hear up to forty witnesses as morgue identifications continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Port
Laporte
Belle Guinness
Mack
Appendra
Peter Guinness
Mads Sorenson
Andrew Ilefgetein
Aberdeen S
Herman Konitzer
Chicago
Charles Edman
New Carlisle
George Berry
John
Moe Elhew
Lake Mann
Ole Budsberg
Ida Wis
Henry Gurhalt
Scandinavia
Wis
Mrs Guinness
Guinness House
Guinness
J G Renden
Hanfred
John Moe
Elpow Lake
Jennie Olsen
Ts Sejoinn
Mohonk Lake hosts fourteenth Lake Mohonk Conference
Diplomats gather at Mohonk Lake on Wednesday for the fourteenth annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration. The meeting continues through Thursday and Friday with a Pan American session featuring addresses by John Barrett of the Bureau of American Republics, Costa Rican minister Don Joaquin P Calvo, Nicaraguan minister Don Tutso Corea, and Columbia University’s Prof William R Shepard among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Monone Ny
Lake Mohonk
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Don Joaquin P Calvo
Costa Rica
America
Don Tutso Corea
Nicaragua
William R Shepard
Columbia University
Future of Electricity Terrains a World Without Coal
Dr Charters P Steinmetz predicts a future where soft coal runs out and electricity powers heating lighting and cooking. He envisions glass roofed homes urban centers and widespread riverless water power harnessed from streams and solar energy, with farming faces declines and a need to conserve soil nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Charters P Steinmetz
Union College
Steinmetz
United States
Sol
Anthia Cle
Greenlands
Pittsburg
Steinmetts
New England
Pacific
Militons of
China
Postum Helps Nervous Systems Says Cleveland Grocer
A Cleveland grocer shares a customer letter claiming relief from nerves and stomach troubles after abandoning coffee for Postum Food Coffee. He recalls morning irritability and lack of appetite before trying Postum, noting his own nervousness faded and breakfast returned. The message ends with a plug for the product and a hint about The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agrec
Cleveland Grocer
Wellville
Plogs
Fertilizer from Air Stirs Debate on Energy Cost
A discussion notes that converting air into fertilizer via electric power is technically possible but not practical due to high power costs. It cites Gweten as the only place with very cheap electricity and warns that vast capital must return to farms, a need visible each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gweten
New Hydrophobia Cure Study by Pasteur Institute Chief
Dr George Gibier Rambaud, president of the New York Pasteur Institute, sails from New York May 17 for Cherbourg and Paris to study a newly discovered rabies treatment. He will travel aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm to reach Paris where researchers have reported progress on the cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Pasteur Institute
Paris
Washington Post
New York
George Gibier
Rambaud
Cherbourg
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Qualify for Consuls Highest On Record in April Exam
The April consul examination produced nineteen passes from thirty entrants with eleven failing. Samuel MacChotock of Kentucky led the list with a rating of 8608 or 8908 as listed, with Henry C A Damm of Tennessee and Cornelius Ferris of Colorado among top scorers. Other successful candidates from various states include Charles K Moser Virginia and John Q Wood Hawaii, with ratings ranging from 8578 to 8931. Those passing for student interpreters are Eason M Gale Michigan and Harefq Denri Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Maccointock
Kentucky
Henry C A Damm
Tennessee
Cornelius Ferris
Colorado
Charles K Moser
Virginia
John Q Wood Hawait
Fred C Slater
Kansas
Edgar Turner
Pennsylvania
Frank Deedmayer
Alabama
Douglas Jenkins
South Carolina
Frank Bohr
Andrew J McCommick
Mississippi
Arthur B Cooke
Alfred W Donegan
Kenneth S Patton
Coldwell & Johnston
Samuel C Reat
Illinois
Sueden N Sullivan
Eason M Gale
Michigan
Harefq Denri
Rhode Island
French Force Captures Boudenib After Fierce Algerian Fight
Paris dispatches report Gen Vigy, commanding French forces in Algeria, stormed and seized Boudenib, the Mulal Heesan stronghold. Arabs, estimated at 6900, dispersed after heavy shelling. French losses were three killed, nine wounded. The victory prompts widespread submissions across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gfflelul
Vigy
Algeria
Jin
Thaieday
Boudenib
Mulal Heesan
Ogeu Peticn Fas
Cholera Forcing Troops Back From Mohmand Front
In Simla and London reports on May 17 describe a cholera outbreak driving retreat of new Ok troop units into a cholera camp. Maj Gen Willcocks force endured a deadly four hour clash with Mohmand tribesmen near Khapak Pass, with ten killed and twenty four wounded. An India office telegram notes twenty seven cholera deaths in the Munster Fusiliers after they were moved to the gholera camp from Mas Gen Willcocks force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steimmem
Steinmerg
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
West Thirty Ninth Street
New York Electrical Trade School
Steinmetz
Steinmetzs
Simla
Khapak Pass
Willcocks
London
The
India Office
Chotera
Munster
Canadians Seize Halibut Steamer Off Vancouver Island
Vancouver May 17 The American halibut fishing steamer Francia Cutting seized last Tuesday off the northern end of Vancouver Island by the Canadian fisheries cruiser Hiestel while fishing inside the three mile limit was turned over today to Collector of Customs Bowell by Commander Newcombe acting under Ottawa instructions. Newcombe disposed of the sounds of halibut found on the Francia Cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
British Columbia
Francia
Vancouver Island
Hiestel
Three Mile Limt
Bowell
Newcombe
Ottawa
Francis
Hard Times For Undertakers Suffer in May Depression
Special to The Washington Fest reports Waterbury Connecticut on May 17 that medical investigations across the state show undertakers suffer most in hard times as workers aim for regular incomes yet cannot afford excesses leading to fatal diseases and violent deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury Conn
Democratic Central Committee Calls for District of Columbia Primary
The Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia issues a call for a Democratic primary election on May 18 1908 at designated polling places across the district to elect delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver Colorado. The notice lists polling locations and appoints officers, inviting all Democrats to participate and meet at Odd Fellows Hall Seventh Street Northwest for the convention proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Central Com
District OF Columbo
Ogi
mMopatie
Cen Comenittes
Columbia Ceoereby
DTMA
Dtveén
Columbia
District of Columbia
National Rifles Hall
Gat
Washi
District of Coumbia
Monroe St
Anacostia
Brightwood Ave
Longfellow St
Pa Ave
14Th St
Democratic Central
Clayton
Washington DC
Democratic Central Committee District OF Columbia
Cail
Tueeday
Democratic National Committee For
Democratic Naional
Central Democratic Committee
Ugell
Masia
Odd Fellows
Washington
Denver
Colorado
United Sinto
Oval
Tisinensio
Columba
Citizans
Cotuttin
Wexn
Ceramical
Coumbia
Tth
Wisconsin
Sleas
of Carr
Central Democratic
ruant _ wu
Tts
Co-operative Guild, Inc
Georgetown Gas: Light Company
2Th Street
Robert L Middleton
Cornell Wall Paper CO Fins
KY Ave
Madden Bros
Edwin Ellett
Harry F. Seamark
MO Kale
Fine Partners
Stile Vi Prudhomme
Adalta
Weil
Lerstand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vreeland Bill
J. Selwin Tait
Renta
Bonda
Tg Bank
Peest
Lore Assis
Roe Bankers
Ural
Prasou
Governaien
NewsraprifacHive
Representatives
Clearing House
Pouter
Wasack
Vie
Arman
Tadwaus
Leoit
Gramwich
Srpiti Molin
Miyor
House Committee of
F Gorman
Thomas M Lanahan
Maryland
Séssiim
Gamaliel Bradford On
Mayflower
Mrs. Guinness
Mohonk
Wade
Samuel MacChotock
Mulai Hassan
Gholera
Tokyo
Frank P. Milburn & Co
Architegts
Washington, B. C
Dal Y
Buffalo Bill’sweet
Cody
Berralo
Rough Riders
Real India
Hala
Shine
RVC
Richard Golden and Company
Bowers Walters & Cragker
Marty Dupont & Co
Klem & Ciifton
Ma Grannon Aholo & Othele
Touarege
Vitagraphe
Wm Hawkey & Co
Bert Lestte & Co
Butler & Beesett
ROSE
Sis Hopkins
Sharentine
Mativee
Highey Kernan
GWA
Washington Society Girls
Amatiur Nicht
Golumbia
James K. Hacketting
Spee al Reval
John Glayde
PEI Acl
Guy Standing
Entirf Batasco Company
Wiliam Cillettes
Aborn Opera CO
Eugene Cowler
Robin Hood
Marth
Averilas
LFA
TF Park
CHE
Randle Highlands
Capitol OF US
Randie Wizhlands
Duport Circle
O 8 Realty Company
Rot
Mary Yardhsmera
Brower
US Realty Company
Cenral National Fark
Central National Bank
7Th Tao
Post
Ninth Street
Munyon
McGill &G Wallace
E Street
Shoomaker CO
Hodges
Star
Peter Latterner
Fepson
Sapproachive
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!