Equality in Tariff Wilson Gives Approval
The Underwood tariff schedule division of the Senate finance subcommittee agreed to equalize live stock and grain with their products, deciding whether they should be free or dutiable. President approved the approach, with drafts expected by June 1, and efforts to curb filibuster through a Senate rule change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
Simmons
Owen
Senate Finance Subcommittee
Underwood Ra
Senate
Democrats
House
John Sharp Williams
Walsh
Montana
Finance Committee
Senate to probe coal strike in West Virginia
A federal inquiry moves forward with amendments in the Senate Education and Labor Committee. The aim is a thorough examination of conditions in the coal regions before, during, and after strikes, aligned with a proposed workmen's compensation bill. Also noted is the Stefansson Arctic expedition with Capt. Robert in a key role and the June departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Senate Educa
Ermir
Cne Arty
Internat
Robert
Stefansson
Alaska bill sparks Senate clash over Guggenheims
Wickersham of Alaska accused Senator Chamberlain of drafting a bill that would have given the Guggenheims control of Cordova harbor and the Bering River coal fields. He warned that passage would have created a monopoly like Ryan on Controller Bay. Guggenheim reps later said the Dil merely granted railroad rights of way and did not touch Cordova Bay holdings.
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Wickersham
Chamberlain
Guggenheime
Alaska
Senate Territories Committees
Gusgenheima
Cordova
Bering River
Senate
Guggenheims
Ryan
Controller Bay
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Dil
Cordova Bay
Senators Sweat Blood Over Tariff Bill Fear of Wilson Campaigns
In the Senate Southern and Western Democrats fear presidential backlash if they oppose the tariff bill. Planters and manufacturers flood Republican senators with letters and telegrams urging modifications while some lawmakers admit votes against the bill could cost reelection. Fear of presidential ostracism drives measured resistance as suffrage progress continues in Illinois with a favorable House report and prior Senate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Senate
Mr. Wilson
Representative Sisson Heads to House for Legal Japan Talk
Mississippi congressman Thomas T. Sisson says his planned Friday speech on California land law in the House will focus on treaty rights and legal aspects not to embarrass the Wilson administration amid Japan dispute. He notes newspapers misrepresented his earlier remarks and insists the upcoming address will be true to his full context.
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Mississippi
White House
California
House
Thomas T. Sigson
Wilson
Japan
Sisson
Wilson Holds Three Conferences on Currency Reform
President Wilson conferred with Senator Kern and Chairman Owen of the Senate banking and currency committee and Representative Glass of the House banking committee on currency reform. He inquired about progress on a currency bill, with indications a bill may be completed within a week and receive administration approval for swift passage.
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Wilson
Kern
Owen
Senate, Banking and Currency Committee
Representative Glass
House Banking Committee
Progressives to Speak at Newport July Meeting
Arrangements set for a two day Progressive party meeting in Newport Rhode Island on July 2 and 3. Former President Theodore Roosevelt Albert J Beveridge and Jane Addams are expected to speak with other prominent party members from the South and Roosevelt likely addressing naval matters.
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Col. Roosevelt
Albert J. Beveridge
Jane Addams
Newport
R. I
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
United States
Indiana
Chicago
South
Venezuelan Officials Flee Across Caribbean Border
Two members of Venezuela's government council flee Caracas and seek refuge beyond the border. Dr Leopoldo Baptista is reported in Buen Ayre, near Curacao, while Gen Ramon Delgado Chalbaud, president of Venezuela Navigation Company, is said to be imprisoned. Willemstad advices place the events near Curacao and Buen Ayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Council
Willemstad
Curacao
Juan Pablo Penalosa
Leopoldo Baptista
Caracas
Baptista
Buen Ayre
Volcanoes Charm Earth With Refrigerating Blankets
A GARRETT P. SERVISS article explains how volcanic dust forms a cooling blanket around the globe. It cites Krakatoa 1883, Mount Pelée 1902, and Katmai as events lowering temperatures by blocking sunlight. Scientists Abbot and Humphreys discuss how dust scatters light yet allows heat to escape, potentially triggering past ice ages.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Katmal
Alaska
Iis
Sion
Krakatoa
East Indies
Pacific Ocean
Felee
C. G Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Algeria
W. J. Humphreys
Earth
Positive Aids to Beauty Seekers
A National Health Journals feature promotes home beauty routines using Va lotion with witch hazel glycerin and axparmax, claiming smooth skin and reduced chapping. It also recommends shampooing with canthrox in hot water to cleanse hair, remove dandruff, and promote growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Health Journals
Pope Revived Asks About U S Welfare
Rome May 21 Cardinal William H OConnell archbishop of Boston reports the Pope seems rejuvenated after a long audience. The pontiff, recovering from illness, appears healthier and more energetic and shows keen interest in conditions in the United States and American government prospects under President Wilson.
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Rome
William H. O'Connell
Boston
Ikea
Mgr
Lana de Samper
Fius
O'Connell
Cardinal O'Connell
United States
Woodrow Wilson
McKenna Attends Meeting Amid Threats From Suffragette Plot
In Cardiff the home secretary Reginald McKenna skipped a Welsh conference due to threats of a suffragette attack. Authorities warned militants planned to maul ministers at mid conference meetings, while a later address in the evening proceeded with a Scotland Yard detective nearby. A bombing spree in Edinburgh followed, the Royal Observatory dome damaged but intact, with militants suspected in the blast.
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Cardiff
Wales
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
Mr. McKenna
Scotland Yard
McKenna
Edinburgh
Scotland
Royal Observatory
Riot at Suffrage Meeting in Kensington Mills
In Philadelphia on May 21 suffragists attempting an open air rally in Kensington mills faced a riot. The crowd surged around a speaker cart and fights broke out as supporters and mob interfered. Police used clubs to separate factions. no serious injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Condemns Dress of Girls at Convention
Mrs. Orville Bright of Chicago used the final meeting of the annual convention to denounce what she called immodest and questionable styles among high school girls including the tube skirt slashed skirt and bow necked waist She urged teachers to adopt stronger dress standards and methods. Mrs Frederic Schoff of Philadelphia warned that neglect of wayward children promotes crime and called for greater attention to troubled youths.
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Orville Bright
Boston
Orville T. Bright
Chicago
National Congress of Mothers
Parent-Teachers’ Associations
Praise of Wilbur Wright Memorial Address in London
Horace Darwin delivers the first Whiter Wright memorial address in London under the Royal Aeronautical Society. He credits Wilbur Wright with opening a new engineering chapter and notes the Wright brothers faced no bird model to imitate, their innovation stood apart. He believes the Wright name will endure for all time.
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London
Whlter Wright
Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
Horace Darwin
Royal United Service Institution
Wilbur Wright
Wilbur
Orville Wright
DROWN FROM PILE DRIVER NEAR KATAILA ALASKA
Nine men were drowned when a storm blew a pile driver and barge ashore near Kataila at the mouth of Martin River. The vessel broke six anchors during a furious wind and storm that swept the area Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordeya
Alaska
Katalja
Northwestern Fisheries Company
Martin River
Kataila
Ehey
Emnete
Charge Monopolies Hit 23 Directors Of Brick Company
Twenty three directors of the Greater New York Brick Company faced warrants charging unlawful monopoly in Hudson River brick. Arrests were ordered at the Onen's Hight Court with arraignment adjourned to June 12. FF HL Weeks, a New York City building firm member, filed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
Virginia Episcopal council votes to keep church name
The Virginia Diocese council in Charlottesville votes to instruct its New York general convention deputies to oppose changing the church name and to retain the present title page on the prayer book. Bishop Gibson notes gratitude for the term Protestant. Six deputies elected. missionary funds rise to 14,318.42.
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New York General
Gibson
Charlottesville
Washington Post
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
New York
Hubert A. Gibson
William Meade Clark
Richmond
Edward L. Goodwin
Ashland
W. D. Smith
Winchester
RB. C. Scott
J.K. M. Norton
Alexandria
P. H. Mayo
E. L. Goodwin
William E. Gardner
Nelson P. Dame
George P. Mayo
Stanardsville
Dockers' Strike Spreads Across Ports
Philadelphia reports the I W W organized strike at Songahoremen’s port extends with assurances from Baltimore Boston Savannah New York New Orleans Newport News and foreign ports that longshoremen will refuse to unload vessels loaded here. Shipping men call the claim ridiculous noting unorganized crews at other ports and several ships diverted to New York and beyond while coastwise lines feel minimal impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Industrial Workers of the World
Baltimore
Beston
Savannah
New York
New Orleans
Newport News
Ines
Taft Addresses Unitarians at Boston Anniversary
Former President William Howard Taft spoke at the Unitarian anniversary week in Boston. He received honorary presidency of the Layman's League and defended his Unitarian faith citing family roots. He praised Rev. Edward Everett Hale and served as toastmaster at Tremont Temple with Charles W. Eliot among the speakers.
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Boston
W. H. Taft
Layman's League
Charing Hall
Taft
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
Tremont Temple
Charles W. Elliot
Harvard University
Two Thousand Baptists Meet in Detroit Convention
Over 2900 delegates attend the Northern Baptist convention opening in Detroit Michigan with President Henry Bond of Brattleboro Vermont delivering the opening address. Dr Grose editor of Baptist missions magazine speaks on missions urging pastors to form efficient missionary clubs in every church.
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Detroit
Mich
Northern Baptist Convention
Henry Bond
Brattleboro
Grose
Baptist Missions Magasine
Bond
German Synod Opens in Baltimore Atlantic District
The Atlantic district of the German Evangelical Synod of North America opened in Baltimore with a synod sermon by Rev. George Kern and a welcome by Rev. C. W. Locher. The morning session will include the president’s annual report read by Rev. J. A. Weishaar. Akron to host next by General Synod meeting in Atchison.
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Baltimore
Atlantic District
German Evangelical Synod of North America
George Kern
Tarbotton
J. A. Weishaar
Akron
Atchison, Kans
Ohio
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In the
United States
Ptay
Anton
Carlisle
Soa Angélea
Lata
Honors to Brazil's Envoy on June Visit
Secretary Bryan plans a reception for Senhor Lauro Muller Brazilian foreign minister en route to the United States to honor Brazil for 1963 aid. Ambassador Morgan accompanies Muller aboard the battleship Minas Geraes, due at Hampton Roads between June 7 and 10 for about three weeks. Malone will meet the party and escort them to Washington to meet President Wilson and Mr. Bryan.
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Bryan
Senhor Lauro Muller
Brazil
Boot
Morgan
Minas Geraes
Hampton Roads
Malone
Washington
Wilson
Dynamite Found Behind Courthouse Radiator in Poughkeepsie
Two sticks of dynamite with caps and fuse were found behind a radiator in the corridor of Duchess County Courthouse. Prisoners working there discovered the device near the treasurer's office door. Police lack motives or leads to explain the threat.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutches
Rhode Island Man Leper in Narragansett Pier
William Comber, a Rhode Island resident, is diagnosed leprosy by Dr. Gardner T. Swarts of the state health board. He has suffered for 25 years and has not left his home for five years. Comber may have contracted the disease in China as a child. he and other family members have since left town.
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China
Narragansett Pier
R. I
William Comber
Gardner T. Swarts
State Board of Health
Swarts Sali
Comber
Jail for I. W. W. Leader in Little Falls riot
Benjamin L. Legre of Bridgeport Conn an organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World was sentenced to Auburn prison for one year at hard labor for rioting during a recent textile strike in Little Falls He denounced capitalism and proclaimed his innocence before sentencing
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Little ,Faila
Benjamin L. Legre
Bridgeport
Conn
Industrial Workers of the World
Auburn
Onwentsia Club Cancels Western Golf Classic
For the first time in eighteen years the Onwentsia Club will not hold its annual invitation golf tournament in Chicago. Lack of interest in tournaments in recent years is cited as the reason for calling the event off.
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Onwentsia Club
Chicago
Canadian buys Wolfe home to turn into museum
The Wolfe birthplace at Westerham Kent England, birthplace of Quebec conqueror born 1727, has been purchased by J B Learmont of Montreal. Learmont plans to convert the house into a museum.
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Quebec
Montreal
Wolfe
Westerham
Kent
England
J. B. Learmont
Learmont
TEST FOR YACHT BUILDERS CHEAPER BOATS FOR AMERICA'S CUP
New York plans for Lipton challenge defense discuss cheaper seaworthy 75 foot yachts under the current measurement rule. Yachting circles foresee three to four boats for trial races with American designers to show best speed, including Herreshoff Gardner and Gielow.
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New York
London
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Bossip
Eee
Herreshott
William Gardner
Henry J. Gielow
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Diocesan Missionary Society
Goodwin
Anne Eliza George
Atlantic
Bryant
Muller
Rhode Island
I. W. W. Leader
B. L. Legre
Palais Royal
Frederick
Victrola
Margaret Deane Ashby
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
G Street
Bcard
Frederick Piano
Matinees
Eading Theatre
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Festi
Gis
Tad Sey
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