Vreeland Bill Urged as Emergency Cash Remedy in Panic
The article discusses emergency currency as a remedy to bank panics, praising the Vreeland plan. It compares it to Bank of England practices, argues it protects depositors, and claims minimal risk to government while preventing wider economic collapse. It cites Mr Selwin Tait and asserts broader support for emergency circulation.
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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
A two hour conference about an emergency curtailment and the clearing house feature ended with hopes for early Senate House agreement on currency measures. Key figures Vie at the talks include Vreeland of New York and Moser, with Amtrak, the Treasury and banking interests urging swift action, while fate of the bill rests on conferees' alignment.
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Snatr
Aliichard
Vreeland
Street Car Bill Sparks Senate Fight Over Transfers
The Senate debates a transfer plan for Universal transfers and streetcar tracks along the station front. Lawmakers discuss funding, route versions, and a House committee report before a likely floor vote.
Advised Gorman Aide Dies in Maryland Politics Circle
Thomas Tuahen, adviser to Senator Ardour Poorman, dies at 81 after a life linked with the Democratic party of Maryland. He belonged to the Tanahan family, survived by brothers John Lanilan and Withary, noted for roles in Methodism and real estate ventures. The Tanahan firm William Tanahan & Son was a major local concern.
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Sportal
Thomas
Attanel
Bretie Rey
John Lanilan
Lig Beath
Withary Tanahan
Willam Tanahan & Son
Tanahan
Gamaliel Bradford
Boston
Gamalter Bradforl
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Bradford
Harvard
Clara Kinsman
Newburyport Wass
Hoseu
Blake Bros & Co
Massachusetts Historical Society
Soiety of the Cincinnati
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
Man Held For Purse Snatching In Washington
Henry Donovan, a colored man charged with snatching a pocketbook from a woman at Union Station in Washington, was arrested at Camden Station as he stepped from a tram. Marshal Parnan had been tracking the purse, containing $9 and several pins, and found on Donovan when captured. He was taken to Washington tonight.
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Renta
Bonda
Tg Bank
Peest
Lore Assis
Washngton Post
Baltimore
Henry Donovan
Luton
Washington
Camden
Marshal Parnan
Negres
Donovan
BILLION HARK FACES DEFICIT AND SURPLUS WIPED OUT
A historic session nears end as Congress votes vast appropriations totaling over 830 million dollars this year. Analysts project a 100 to 150 million dollar deficit for the new fiscal year starting July 1, with a potential Treasury surplus wiped out by June. Chair Tawney warned the deficit could reach 109 million if trends hold, amid 2700 plus bills enacted and numerous pension measures.
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District of Columbia
Military Academy
Philadelphia
South
Congress
Sesson
Senate
House
Omnibus Pensionals
Cmbrking
Pen Sin
Fears veto of pork bill delays currency legislation reading
Congress opens with currency and appropriation bills on pace for quick action but fears over passage of currency measures loom. Adjournment timing unsettled as conferees push the bills, with focus on the deficiency and military academy measures. Senate scrutiny of Browns continues amid currency negotiation and conference reports, while the House advances suspension of rules and potential submarine debates.
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Congress
Miltary Academy
Senate
Bulkeley
Trenton
Tariff Action Pleases Manufacturers Association Leaders
American Manufacturers Association hails Congress tariff action as a step toward a permanent tariff commission. They commend the Senate for enabling a fair tariff based on cost of production and advocate including department experts, practical men, and independent manufacturers on the commission.
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York
Congress
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Whch
Senate
Miles
Wight
Steamer Briex Huel Reaches Port After Perilous Voyage
The steamer Briex Huel after a stormy voyage and being derelict with no coal, was taken in tow by M. Lickenbach and finally arrived in Bermuda on April 27 after a series of failed tow attempts by Lucerna and other vessels. The ship departed Dunkirk March 13 and was sighted distressed near Halifax on April 13.
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Mary Daye
New York
Atlantic
Lickenbach
Dunkirk
France
Lunta
Bremen
Halifax
Lucerna
Shields
Philadelphia
Eminent Bostonian Protests Centralization in Letter
Descendant of Pilgrims Gamaliel Bradford writes amid a national note of distrust toward federal power. He cites the 76 spirit and warns of militarism while praising governors for defending state rights and local government against central consolidation.
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Guy Joseph W Folk
Washington
Europe
Bradford
Hoston
Murder profits tied to Guinness murders and calamitous sums
Coroner Mack reports Belle Guinness lured victims to her home for murder to fund a mania for killing. Victims include three husbands and others, with total alleged proceeds around 46 900 dollars. many bodies remain unfound as investigators comb the Guinness farm for grim evidence. Grand jury to convene with dozens of witnesses expected.
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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 _ house
Guinness
J G Renden
Hanfred
John Moe
Elpow Lake
Jennie Olsen
Ts Sejoinn
Fourteenth Lake Mohonk Conference Opens at Mohonk Lake
Diplomats gather for the fourteenth annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration at Mohonk Lake starting Wednesday May 17. The Pan American session includes addresses by John Barrett Bureau of American Republics director Senor Don Joaquin P Calvo Costa Rica minister Senor Don Tutso Corea Nicaragua minister and Prof William R Shepard of Columbia University among others.
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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 Says Steinmetz Warns Of Coal Exhaustion
Dr Charters P Steinmetz predicts coal reserves will end and rivers will be harnessed for heat light and power. He envisions a city of glass roofs powered by electricity with married couples moving to the country and heavy focus on water and solar energy to avert poison from burning soft coal.
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Washington Post
New York
Charters P Steinmetz
Union College
Steinmetz
United States
Sol
Steimmem
Steinmerg
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
West Thirty Ninth Street
New York Electrical Trade School
Steinmetzs
Anthia Ce
Greenlands
Pittsburg
Steinmetts
New England
Pacific
Militons of
China
Cleveland grocer credits Postum for health improvement
A Cleveland grocer shares a testimonial about ditching coffee for Postum Food Coffee. He describes relief from nerves and morning irritability after two years of coffee use, crediting his wife’s suggestion and the product’s directions. He urges others with nervousness or stomach trouble to switch. A note claims such letters are genuine and recurring.
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Agrec
Cleveland Grocer
Wellville
Plogs
Fertilizer From Air Still Unpractical Says Expert
A speaker explains that turning air into fertilizer is not yet feasible due to high electrical power costs. The process is tested only in Gweten where power is cheap, and yearly capital must be reinvested in farming to sustain operations.
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Steinmetz
Gweten
New Hydrophobia Cure Studied by Pasteur Chief in Paris
Dr George Gibier Rambaud, president of the New York Pasteur Institute, sails for Cherbourg then Paris to study a newly discovered rabies cure. He will travel on the Kronprinz Wilhelm and aims to investigate the tabba cure reported in Cherbourg.
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New York
Pouter
Wasack
Vie
New York Pasteur Institute
Paris
Washington Post
George Gibier
Rambaud
Cherbourg
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Qualifying for Consuls Best Yet as Candidates Pass Exam
Samuel MacChotock of Kentucky tops the list with a rating of 8908 among nineteen men who passed the April examination for the grade of consul and student interpreter corps. Eleven failed of the thirty who appeared, a higher success rate than any prior test, with the passing list naming Esson M Gale Michigan and Harefq Denri Rhode Island among the student interpreters.
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Samuel MacChotock
Kentucky
Samuel Maccointock
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
Lucien N Sullivan
Esson M Gale Michigan
Harefq Denri
Rhode Island
French Disperse Tribes After Algeria Fight
Paris dispatches report Gen Vigy’s French forces struck in Algeria and captured Boudenib, Mulal Heesan's stronghold, after shelling. Arabs numbering about 6900 dispersed from their camp, abandoning stores and ammunition. French losses stood at three killed and nine wounded. Dispatches say the action prompted widespread submissions across the region.
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Paris
Gfflelul
Vigy
Algeria
Jin
Thaieday
Boudenib
Mulal Heesan
Ogeu Peticn Fas
Cholera Forcing Withdrawals of British Troops in Mohmand Campaign
An official telegram from London reports twenty seven cholera deaths among the Munster Fusiliers, who were moved into the cholera camp after intense heat and lack of water. Maj Gen Willcocks’ force clashed with Mohmand tribesmen near Khapak Pass, suffering ten killed and twenty four wounded as cholera spreads among scattered troops.
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Simla
Khapak Pass
Willcocks
London
The
India Office
Chotera
Munster
Canadians seize halibut steamer off Vancouver Island
Vancouver BC May 17 The American halibut fishing steamer Francia Cutting was seized last Tuesday off the northern end of Vancouver Island by the Canadian fisheries cruiser Hiestel for fishing inside the three mile limit. It was turned over to Collector of Customs Bowell by Commander Newcombe acting under Ottawa instructions. Newcombe disposed of the £ 000 sounds of halibut found on the Francia Cutting.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Francia
Vancouver Island
Hiestel
Three Mile Limt
Bowell
Newcombe
Ottawa
Francis
Hard Times Hit Undertakers Across States Say Studies
Special to The Washington Fest reports Waterbury Connecticut on May 17 notes medical investigations reveal undertakers suffer most in hard times. Workers face tighter budgets, turning away from excessive drinking that causes health issues and fatal accidents. Interviews indicate this pattern repeats in similar periods nationwide. Tokyo May 17 dispatch notes election returns pending and constitutionalists expected to maintain a substantial majority, keeping the cabinet in power.
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Waterbury Conn
Tokyo
District of Columbia Democratic Primary Convention Call
The Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia issues a call for a Democratic primary election and convention. It designates May 18 in the evening for the primary and May 19 for the convention at Odd Fellows Hall, specifying delegates and alternates from twenty two districts to represent voters at the Denver National Convention.
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District OF Columbo
Ogi
mMopatie
Cen Comenittes
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DTMA
Dtveén
Columbia
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Gat
Washi
District of Coumbia
Monroe St
Anacostia
Brightwood Ave
Longfellow St
M St
Pa Ave
14Th St
D 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
City of Washington
Denver
Colorado
United Sinto
Oval
Tisinensio
Columba
Citizans
Cotuttin
Wexn
Ceramical
Coumbia
Tth
Wisconsin
Sleas
CARR
Central Democratic
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Gramwich
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Thomas M Lanahan
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MO Kale
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Marty Dupont & Co
Klem & Ciifton
Ma Grannon Aholo & Othele
Touarege
Vitagraphe
Wm Hawkey & Co
Bert Lestte & Co
Butler & Beesett
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Sharentine
Mativee
Highey Kernan
GWA
Washington Society Girls
Amatiur Nicht
Golumbia
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Spee al Reval
John Glayde
PEI Acl
Guy Standing
Entirf Batasco Company
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Aborn Opera CO
Eugene Cowler
Robin Hood
Marth
Averilas
LFA
TF Park
CHE
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Capitol OF US
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Duport Circle
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Rot
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