Massachusetts Republicans Name Uninstructed Delegates
Massachusetts Republicans at the state convention in Boston elected four delegates at large to the national convention in Chicago, uninstructed and unpledged. The platform endorses party principles, supports revision of schedules, and notes Taft preference is deemed unwise to avoid a divisive contest.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Chicago
Taft
Curtis Guild, Jr
Congress
Republic
Col Blakely, Noted Hotelier, Dies in New Orleans
Col. Andrew R. Blakely, proprietor of the St. Charles hotel and a leading figure among hotel men in the United States, died here Friday after a lengthy career in the industry. His death removes one of the country’s most prominent hotel executives.
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Col. Blakely
New Orleans
Andrew R. Blakely
St. Charles Hotel
United States
Cat Causes Fatal Fire Ordeal At South Boston Hospital
Mrs. Catherine Tucker, matron of a South Boston feline hospital, died from burns after a lamp toppled by her favorite cat trapped her in a fire. She perished while attempting to save her pet in the blaze.
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Boston
Catherine. Tucker
Tucker
Doukhobars Sentenced in Toronto Prison Row
Nineteen Doukhobars nine women and ten men were sentenced Friday to six months in the Central prison at Toronto. They were arrested by police for parading the streets unclothed and locked in the police station in Ft William Ont April 11.
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Ft. William
Ont
Central Prison
Toronto
Bankers Oppose Aldrich Bill In House Hearing
Victor Mora Welz chairman of AT and SF. Winory W. Clark First National Bank of Detroit. Frank La Lanne Philadelphia Board of Trade testified Friday against the Aldrich bill. Clark argued the emergency measure would not spur banks to buy bonds to avert a panic and could limit lending by enlarging reserves for small banks. La Lanne cited conflicts for bank directors and loss of business. Morawetz urged a nonpartisan banking commission to craft a plan for next session, suggesting any passage be temporary and avoid permanent changes.
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Washington
Victor Morawelz
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Winory W. Clark
First National Bank of Detroit
Clearing House Association
That City
Frank Dale la Lanny
Philadelphia Board of Trade
Committee On Banking and Currency
House of Representatives
Clark
la Lanne
Aldrich
Morawetz
Ryan denies grand jury testimony on Metro Street fund
Thomas F. Ryan told Harlem court that a 500000 fund for the Metropolitan Street Railway had been proposed and paid by Whitney as a company benefit. He said no records showed how the money was used and that Whitney was the controlling figure who informed him of the disposition.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Metropolitan Street Railway
Wall and Cortland Street Ferries
Ryan
Harlem
Street Railway Company
William C. Whitney
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Whitney
Indiana Man Is Slain in Cassopolis Mich
Carleton Morgan a 35 year old man from South Bend Indiana was shot and killed in front of Mary Green residence. Mrs George A Metsker wife of a South Bend saloon keeper is under arrest with her husband and alleged to have fired the shot though she denies it.
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Indiana
Cassopolis
Mich
Carleton Morgan
South Bend
Ind
Mary Green
George A. Metsker
Morgan
Double Tragedy in Economy Meats Proprieter and Wife Die
In Economy near Pittsburgh on April 11 William F. Reiss, owner of a local meat market, was found unconscious with a bullet wound and his wife dead in bed from a bullet. Reiss allegedly confessed to firing the shots before dying.
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Economy
Pittsburg
William F. Reiss
Here
Reiss
Fire Drill Saves Pupils at Fleming School
In Denver Colorado on April 11 a well conducted fire drill saved 100 pupils when an overheated furnace sparked a blaze at Fleming school in South Denver. Miss Katherine Harris whose room sparked the fire acted quickly and likely prevented a disaster.
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Denver
Col
Fleming School
Katherine Harris
Barnard Named for Congress in Sixth District Nomination
Shelbyville Ind April 11 The Sixth district Republican convention nominated W. O. Barnard of Newcastle on the 384th ballot to succeed Representative James B. Watson who was recently nominated for governor by Republicans.
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Barnard
Congress
Shelbyville
Ind
Newcastle
James B. Watson
Johnson Urges States Rights Against Court Power
Shiloh Battlefield Tenn April 11 Gov John A Johnson Minnesota aspirant for the Democratic presidential nomination declares the people must assert their rights to prevent constitutional nullification and rise above judicial fallibility. He notes the sacred duty to obey government and the need to safeguard individual rights against encroachment by office and wealth.
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Shiloh Battlefield
Tenn
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
National Park
Shiloh
Gov. Johnson
Washington
United States
Ex Premier Campbell Bannerman Slips Toward Critical Condition
London Apr 11 The condition of former prime minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman has grown markedly weaker in the last 24 hours and is described as causing grave anxiety. A Friday bulletin reported he passed a restful night but his weakness increased.
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London
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Henry
Kent City Marshal Fatally Wounded in Duel
City Marshal Harry Miller of Kent was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with five highwaymen. Night Marshal Charles Guiberson helped in the fight and escaped unscathed.
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Kent
Wash
Harry Miller
Charles Guiberson
Miller
No Strike, Says Seamen's Leader
Chicago April 11 William Pease president of the Lake Seamen's union declared there will be no strike by his members at the opening of navigation. He stated in his opinion there will be no walkout when navigation starts.
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Chicago
William Pease
The
Lake Seamen’s Union
47000 Miners Likely to Resume Work in Ohio
Columbus Ohio April 11 It is very probable that 47000 idle miners in Ohio will resume work around April 15 or 16 after a Toledo conference between miners and operators. See Green state president says agreement likely to renew the old wage scale to April 1 and restore harmony among the four states in the sixth district with 500 delegates planned from the region.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
William Green
Green
Hughes Proposes Special Election in Forty-seventh District
Gov. Hughes issued a proclamation for a special election in the Forty-seventh Senatorial district to fill the Niagaran Falls vacancy created by the death of Stanislaus P. Franchot. Lawyers from both parties questioned whether a vacancy in the de facto Senate can be filled by a special election given the court of appeals ruling on unconstitutional apportionment.
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Albany
N. Y
Gov. Hughes
Niagara-Ontario
Stanislaus P. Franchot
Niagara Falls
Senate
Court of Appeals
Representative Brick Buried in Large Northern Indiana Funeral
The funeral of Representative A. L. Brick in South Bend Indiana drew one of the region’s largest crowds. Attending were federal state and local officials. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Francis M. Banfil and Rev. Henry Johnson with the congressional committee arriving shortly before services.
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Brick
South Bend
Ind
A. L. Brick
Indiana
Congressional Committee
Francis M. Banfil
St. James
Henry Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
Two Boys Die in Fire at Pitt Street Tenement
Two young boys were killed and several others injured in a blaze that tore through a five story tenement at 25 Pitt Street in New York on Friday. The fire caused about 20 families to lose their homes, emptying tenements and lodging houses for a full city block.
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New York
Pitt Street
Westville Partially Wet in Local Options Vote
In Danville Illinois on April 11 the town of Westville nominally in Georgetown township was found to extend into Danville township which voted wet by a large margin in the same local option election.
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Danville
Ill
Westville
Georgetown Township
Danville Township
Anti Betting Bill Reported For Benning Track Ban
Washington April 11 a senate committee subcommittee gave a favorable report on the house bill to prohibit betting at the Benning race track Chairman Carter will report the bill to the senate Monday.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
District of Columbia
Benning
Carter
Senate
Guild's Recovery Expected
Boston April 11 Gov Curtis Guild shows favorable progress this week and relatives and friends anticipate his recovery from illness or condition reported in the final line of the update.
Nations Conference Called By England Delays Treaty Ratification
Great Britain invites Hague participants to London for experts to craft a code for an international prize court. The United States will send a representative. Ratification of the related treaty is expected to wait until the London expert body reports. The conference date is not fixed.
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London
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Republic
National Match Company
Venezuela Salt Monopoly, Ltd
Ethelburga Syndicate, Ltd
Caracas
Gray
Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith
Biarritz
Edward
Fire Racks Indiana Plant and Other City News
News briefs report the Monarch Book Printing plant in Wheeler Indiana destroyed by fire with an $18000 loss covered by insurance. Actress Lillian Russell died in Rutherford New Jersey at her daughter’s home. New York lawyer William L de Lacey died by his own hand in Poughkeepsie. Chinese in New York plan a $100000 club house to preserve tradition. Indust Christian Alliance buys $70000 land at Bond Street and Fayette Place for housing and jobs for 400 men. Sheip Vandergrift cigar box factory and Phil veneer plant in Philadelphia burned, losses around $250000. New York organized labor appeals to Sherman Act at Grand Central Palace. Nevada mining operators Henry and Arthur Webber arrested at Goldfield for embezzling $20000 from Doctor Min Company treasury. Chief Judge Peter S Grosscup discussed movement and corporate development at the American Academy meeting in Philadelphia.
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Monarch Book Printing
Wheeler
Ind
Charles Il. Leonard
Lillian Russell
Idwin Schultze
Rutherford
N. J. Co
William L. de Lacey
New York
Poughkeepsie
Confucian Association
Indugts ‘Christian Alliance
Bond Street
Fayette Place
Sheip & Vandergrift
Tory
Philadelph Veneer and Lumber Company
Philelphia
Grand Central Palace
Nig Henry
Arthur Webber
Nevada
Goldfield
Doctor Min Company
Peter S. Grosscup
Movernent
American Academy of Political
4 Social Science
Philadelphia
Threatening Letter Targets Governor Haskell and Guthrie
An unsigned letter sent to the New Guthrie State Tribune threatens to assassinate Gov Charles N Haskell and Muskogee police chief Bud Ledbetter and to burn Guthrie by negroes. The letter follows the Jim Crow law in force and prompted Ledbetter to order all unemployed African Americans to leave Muskogee while all gambling houses and saloons were shut down.
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Muskogee
Okla
Guthrie State Tribune
Charles N. Haskell
Bud Ledbetter
Guthrie
Ledbetter
Police seize three anarchists and dynamite cart in Paris
Paris authorities report the arrest of three well known anarchists Kuhn Roux and Roussel. A cart loaded with dynamite was captured in their possession. Officials say strict secrecy is being maintained.
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Paris
Kuhn
Roux
Roussel
Isenberger matriarch dies at 87 leaving large family
Mrs. Rachael Isenberger of Niota Illinois died Thursday at age 87 at her daughter Mrs. Rachael McKaskell’s Burlington home. She leaves 14 children and 201 descendants spanning five generations in a large extended family.
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Burlington
Rachael Isenberger
Niota
Ill
Rachael McCaskill
Life Sentence For Matricide In Anderson Indiana
Grover Blake pleaded guilty to the March 21 matricide in Anderson and was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for killing his mother with a hammer to rob her.
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Anderson
Ind
Grover Blake
Miss Mary Robinson Sentenced for Perjury at Old Bailey
London April 11 Miss Mary Robinson, a witness in the Cruce case, was Friday sentenced at the Old Bailey to four years penal servitude for willful perjury.
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London
Mary Robinson
Old Bailey
Badger Split In Taft Delegation Contests
Milwaukee dispatch reports that in the Eighth district La Follette delegates were elected while Walter Alexander won in the Tenth district as a Taft delegate. A second Tenth district delegate backs Follette. Peoria reports the Republican Sixteenth district convention selecting two delegates and two alternates to back Cannon for president at Chicago.
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Milwaukee
la Follet
Walter Alexander
Follette
Peoria
Ill
Thurso
Chicago
Joseph G. Cannon
Lynching After Attempted Assault Near Longview
Fort Worth reports a lynching of Alb Fields a Negro after he allegedly attacked a 12 year old white girl May Morris near Longview. He was arrested then executed by hanging with a rope around his neck as a horse pulled the vehicle.
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Fort Worth
Tex
May Morris
Longview
Alb
Ten Miners Die in Explosion in Norton Colliery Bath
Bath, England April 11 Ten miners perished at Norton Colliery in Somersetshire when coal gas explosion trapped workers. First rescue parties descended but were overcome by fumes. survivors noted in fragile condition and evacuated.
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Bath
England
Norton F
Somersetshire
Markets Fall and Rise Across Grains and Livestock
Chicago early market shows weakness in flour with various grades down. wheat futures rebound May 89 1/2 to 91 1/4 cents while July sits around 84 1/4 to 84 1/2. Corn and oats firm with May corn at 67 3/4 cents, oats May 52 1/2 cents. Butter steady with creamery prices. live poultry and eggs mixed, potatoes steady to firm. New York reports flour dull, wheat opening strong on dry weather notes. May wheat 97 3/4 to 98 5/8, July 92 4/4 to 92 6/2, rye firm at 2 1/2 to 2 3/4.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
Western
Kans
Ft. B
Live Stock Prices Chicago and Omaha Markets Today
Chicago bids show cattle ranges from good to prime at 4.25 to 7.25 per cwt with feeders and calves also listed. hogs mix from 3.25 to 6.20 cwt, including sows and pigs. Omaha market notes steady cattle with natives at 5.00 to 6.90, hogs down about 10 cents, sheep steady with lambs 6.50 to 7.60 per cwt.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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