Abandon Navy Yards Demanded by Lilley in House
Connecticut congressman Lilley urged a commission to study abandoning Charleston Fort Ravel Mare Island Portsmouth New Orleans and Key West navy yards to cut waste. He cited past reports and argued for reorganization and improvements to stop public money mis spending on yards and stations.
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Washington
Charleston
Fort Reval
Mare Island
Portsmouth
New Orleans
Key West
Lilley
Connecticut
Navy
Navy Yards
Navy Department
N. H
Kittery
Navy Yard
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Dolphin
United States Navy
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Port Royal
South Carolina
Fla
Cal
Hughes Era Roosevelts Support Marks GOP Convention
New York April 13 The Republican state convention at Carnegie Hall drew strong interest as the state committee outlined resolutions praising President Roosevelt and Gov Charles E Hughes and urging delegates to back Hughes for the presidency. Delegate at large prospects included Woodford Low Hazzard Butler amid league debates and a tariff oriented platform. Alternate national delegates named Raines Peters Gould Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carnegie Hall
State Committee
Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
Seth Low
Frederick R. Hazzard
Syracuse
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo
Hughes League
Republican Organization
Bruce
Committee
John Raines
Thomas P. Peters
The
Brooklyn Times
Norman J. Gould
Seneca Falls
Charles J. Anderson
Internal Revenue
Castro Returns to Caracas After Two Month Absence
President Castro arrived in Caracas from La Victoria ending a two month absence. An editorial in the president's Constitutional newspaper criticized the 1905 report by W. J. Calhoun, special US commissioner, as unjust and petty, and called the American note by Minister Russell on Venezuela’s claims intemperate and aggressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
la Victoria
Crivitz Fire Threatens Town on Milwaukee Road
Crivitz Wisconsin faced possible total destruction as a fire swept the town along the Milwaukee road in Marinette county. The Marinette fire department dispatched an engine and firefighting crew via a special train, but telephone lines were down and communication hampered the response.
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Marinette
Wis
Crivitz
Milwaukee Road
Marinette County
Night Riders Threaten Tobacco Growers in Washington County
Night rider threats were sent to tobacco growers in Washington county announcing plans to grow a crop this year. All letters warned of whipping if a crop was planted, except one that threatened to blow up the recipient’s house.
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Lexington
Washington County
Soldiers Rout Outlaws in Luzon Combat Blitz
Bayombong dispatch reports Lingay gang ambushed by constabulary detachment after murder of a policeman. A sharp fight ends in rout with nine outlaws dead. Manila confirms the action and notes continued operations against the outlaw band.
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Manila
Bayombong
Lingay
Ed H. Galloway Dies Doubling as Dam Ride Dare
In Sulphur Springs Arkansas on April 13 Ed H. Galloway a famed New York athlete died after attempting to ride the dam in a frail rowboat. Hundreds watched as the wagered stunt went tragically wrong at Butler Creek.
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Sulphur Springs
Ark
Ed H. Galloway
New York City
Butler Creek
Shaw Becomes Trust Head in Philadelphia Role
New York April 13 Leslie M Shaw formerly secretary of the treasury and former president of the Carnegie Trust Company has tentatively accepted the presidency of the First Mortgage Guaranty and Trust Company of Philadelphia.
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Shaw
New York
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Carnegie Trust Company
First Mortgage Guaranty and Trust Company
Philadelphia
Laborers in Fierce Riot in New Jersey
Rivalry between Italian and Polish laborers in Linden, New Jersey, sparked a fierce Friday fight. Stones, clubs, and pistols were used. Many rioters were injured, but none seriously.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Linden
Taft Leaves Louisville For Washington After Cincinnati Stop
Secretary of War Taft spoke in Louisville today then departed for Washington via Cincinnati. The trip follows recent engagements and signals ongoing government business as Taft heads to the capital.
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Taft
Washington
Louisville
Cincinnati
Toothache Medicine Kills In Mansfield Case
Miss Lulu Brightbill died after using creosote to treat a toothache on Saturday. The 17 year old was well known in Mansfield where the incident occurred and neighbors report she suffered greatly before the end.
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Mansfield
Lulu Brightbill
Six Hurt in Collision in St Louis Apr 13
Six persons were injured in a collision between a Jefferson avenue street car and an automobile in St Louis on April 13. Two are seriously hurt and five of the injured were occupants of the automobile.
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St. Louis
Apr
Jefferson Avenue
Anna Gould Sails and De Sagan Shares No Marriage
New York reports Mme. Anna Gould and her tutor left for Genoa and Naples on the Frederich der Grosse while Prince de Sagan sailed for Europe on the St Paul. A Jersey City wedding rumor is denied as the prince says there is an understanding but no marriage or engagement.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Genoa
Naples
Prince de Sagan
Gould
Europe
St. Paul
Annette Chapin
Mme. Gould
Tyler Morse
St. Regis
Abbe de Caymac
E. D. Godges
Prince Helie de Sagan
Jersey City
Edwin A. Jones
Prince
Two Dishonest Bankers Sentenced in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City okla april 13 judge pollock in the united states circuit court friday night sentenced cr r billingsley former president of the capitol national bank in guthrie to serve seven years and five months in the federal prison at leavenworth. a s hayes of little rock ark former cashier of the first national bank of lexington okla was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. billingsley was convicted of misappropriating bank funds and hayes for falsifying reports to the comptroller of the currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Pollock
United States
Cr. R. Billingsley
Capitol National Bank
Guthrie
Leavenworth
A. S. Hayes
Little Rock
Ark
First National Bank of
Lexington
Billingsley
Hayes
Fireman Slays Woman in Memphis Quarrel
In Memphis on April 13 Elmer Ruddy of the fire department shot and killed Viola Walker after a quarrel at her apartments. He reportedly had been infatuated with her and then turned the revolver on himself.
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Memphis
Tenn
Elmer Ruddy
Memphis Fire Department
Viola Walker
Mail Robbery Strikes Janesville Depot
Two mail sacks from eastern states were stolen from a Janesville Wisconsin depot platform on Thursday night. The sacks were found ripped open with part of the contents missing, police said.
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Janesville
Wis
Riot in Pensacola as strike breakers arrive
A carload of strike breakers from St Louis sparked a fierce riot in Pensacola April 18. Bricks bottles and shells flew from the corner of Palafox and Wright streets as union sympathizers clashed with the newcomers. Fifteen imported men were wounded. police dispersed the mob after hours of chaos. Deputies sworn in, saloons closed, and 70 strike breakers were moved to the city jail for safety. Benjamin Commons urged calm and quiet withdrawal of the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
St. Louis
Pensacola Electric Company
Palafox
Wright
Board of Public Safety
Benjamin Commons
International Association of Street Railway Employes
Frisco Thieves Loot $50,000 in Market Street Jewelry Raid
Thieves in San Francisco’s best patrolled district robbed P. Lundy’s jewelry store at 744 Market Street, stealing diamonds and watches valued at $50,000. Entry was gained by cutting through a partition from a candy shop and the safe blown open with nitro glycerine.
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San Francisco
P. Lundy
Market Street
Freight rate cuts ordered by South Dakota board
The state board of railroad commissioners on Friday ordered freight rate reductions in western South Dakota ranging from ten to 43 percent. The largest cuts affect immigrants goods and groceries, and officials believe railroad companies will accept the decision and implement the lower rates immediately.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
South Dakota
Navigation Season Opens on Lake Superior
Moore returns from the first north shore trip reporting the lake nearly ice free. Superior harbor was almost clear on Saturday allowing vessels to move freely once more.
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Superior
Wis
North Shore
Northwestern Homeopathic Society Elects Officers
Rockford Ill April 18 The Northwestern Homeopathic Medical society Friday elected officers as follows President F K Hill Rockford vice president A S Atchison Rockford secretary C A Walker Rockford treasurer S H Hillard Warren IH
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Linois Homeopaths
Rockford
Ill
Northwestern Homeopathic Medical Society
F. K. Hill
A. S
Quarrel Fatal After Street Fight in Kansas City Area
In Kansas City Kansas after a street quarrel between three white men and five black individuals, including three women, two white men are hospitalized in critical condition, a third is seriously injured, and the condition of others is not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Tennessee Ousts The Standard Of Restriction Of Trade
Tennessee supreme court upholds a 1908 act voiding Standard Oil of Tennessee for restraining trade at Gallatin. Court bans the company from state business except interstate commerce. confirms charter forfeiture and cessation of corporate existence. Indictments in Arkansas accuse Waters-Pierce Oil Co. of discrimination and rebates. former lawmakers linked to alleged doodling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Supreme Court of Tennessee
M. M. Neil
Standard Oil Company
Gallatin
Standard Oil
State of
Tennessee
United States Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski County
Grand Jury
R. J. Lea
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Boundary and Fisheries Treaty Signed by U S and Britain
Secretary Root and Ambassador Bryce signed two treaties with Great Britain on April 13 to set up commissions. One creates a boundary commission to re survey disputed sections of the US Canada line and resolve related issues. The other assigns the fishery question on the Great Lakes and connected waters to a commission.
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Washington
Root
Bryce Saturday
United States
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Boundary Commission
German Cruiser Launched at Kiel Yard with Royal, Navy Notables
The armored cruiser Bluecher was launched Saturday at the imperial navy yard in Kiel in the presence of Prince Henry of Prussia and many high admiralty officials. Gen. Baron von der Glotz spoke, and Countess Bluecher christened the warship.
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Kiel
Germany
Bluecher
Imperial Navy Yard
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Admiralty
Baron von der Glotz
Koenigsberg
Countess Bluecher
Recruits Sent to Cuba From Columbus Barracks
One hundred fifty recruits at the Columbus Ohio barracks were ordered to Cuba by the War Office on Saturday. No explanation given, but it is believed some soldiers may be transferred back to the United States.
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Cuba
Columbus
War Office
United States
Doctor Joseph Rogers Dies at Northern Indiana Hospital
Logansport Indiana April 13 Dr Joseph Roberts superintendent of the Northern Indiana Insane hospital died Saturday morning at one o'clock after a short illness Death is believed to have been caused by uremic poisoning
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Joseph Rogers
Logansport
Ind
Joseph Roberts
Northern Indiana Insane Hospital
Son Kills Mother in Mistaken Burglary at Bald Mount
Otis Wood, 45, killed his mother Mrs. Lucretia Wood at Bald Mount near Scranton on April 13. He says he mistook her for a burglar as she entered the house.
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Scranton
Otis Wood
Lucretia Wood
Bald Mount
Here
Wood
June 6 Graduates at Naval Academy and Other News
June 6 marked graduate day for midshipmen at the Annapolis Naval Academy. The Monarch Book Printing plant in Wheeler Indiana was destroyed by fire, losses totaling $18,000 insured. Sir Thomas Lawrence painting sold for $5.3 at Mendelssohn Hall New York. Joseph Rogers died at Logansport Indiana Insane Hospital likely from septic poisoning. The 10,000 ton freighter A I Nettleton launched at Wyandotte shipyard Detroit will halt work with about 1,100 laid off. Samuel Insull named receiver of Consumers Electric Company New Orleans following creditor action by National Conduit and Cable Company New York.
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Napolis Naval Academy
Monarch Book
Wheeler
Ind
Thomas Lawrence
Marta Liddell
Mendelssohn Hall
New Yorkr
Joseph Rogers
Indiana
H Pital
Logansport
A. I. Nettleton
Wyndotte
American Shipbulling Company
Detroit
Wyandotte
Sanuel Insull
Congo Edison Electric Company
Consumers’ Electric Company
Orleans
Conduit and Cable Company
New York
Bad Floods Sweep Southwest Missouri and Nearby Areas
Floods across the southwest Missouri region and neighboring states cause at least one death in Joplin as mines flood and rail lines fail. Levi Sevier perishes in the Iroquois mine while the Iron Spring river washes out routes near Monett and Granby. Dam holds at Varck Kan as Carthage and surrounding towns flood rivers and homes. In Huntington, West Virginia, Mrs William Adkins and two children drown when their riverside house collapses into the Guyandotte.
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Joplin
Electric
St. Louis
San Francisco
Badger-Peacock
Southwes
Missouri
Levi Sevier
Iroquois
Monett
Iron Spring
Missouri Pacific
Carthagh
Sprin River Water Company
Varck
Kan
Huntington
W. Va
William Adkins
Guyandotte River
Indictments in Peonage Cases Prompt Federal Probe
Huntington W Va April 13 indictments were returned by the federal grand jury in peonage cases stemming from an Italian government inquiry. Names of those indicted not released immediately but it was announced that prominent coal companies and other large concerns are charged.
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Huntington
W. Va
Federal Grand Jury
Captain John H. Rohan Dies After Long Civil War Service
Fort Wayne Indiana April 13 Captain John H Rohan a former county treasurer died Friday night of paralysis He served as a captain in the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York infantry during the Civil War After the conflict he lived in Milwaukee and Chicago and moved to Fort Wayne in 1871.
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John H. Rohan
Fort Wayne
Ind
One Hundred and Sixteenth
New York Infantry
Milwaukee
Chicago
Flour and grain markets across Chicago and New York
Market reports indicate spring wheat prices up to 5.60 per bushel in Chicago with May wheat around 93 94 cents, corn steady, oats strong, and butter and eggs varying by grade. New York notes dry western weather lifting wheat futures and firm corn demand, with Minnesota patents cited among flour grades.
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New York
Minnesota
Wehnat
Iansas
Nebraska
A. B
Live Stock Prices in Chicago on Apr 11
Chicago live stock figures show cattle ranges from good to prime steers at 5.00 to 6.75, cows and heifers varying 2.50 to 6.50, feeders 4.00 to 5.25, and calves 4.00 to 6.75. Hog market lists heavy sows 5.80 to 6.00, mixed packers and barrows 6.00 to 6.12, and prime barrows 6.10 to 6.22 with pigs 4.60 to 6.00.
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Chicago
Cattlis
Omaha Livestock Markets Report From Apr 11
Omaha Nebraska cattle and hog market roundup shows stable cattle prices across categories with slight hog price uptick. Cattle: native steers 5.00 to 6.90, cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.00, western steers 8.75 to 5.85, Texas steers 3.25 to 5.26, range cows 2.76 to 4.50, stockers 3.00 to 5.35, calves 3.00 to 6.00, bulls 3.00 to 5.25. Hogs: heavier pigs and bulk sales around 5.70 to 5.76, top 5.85. Sheep: yearlings 6.00 to 6.60, wethers 6.25, ewes 6.00, lambs 6.75 to 7.50.
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Omaha
Neb
Texas
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Hughes
Crivitz, Wis
DE Sagan
Pacific Coast City
Standard
Rockefeller Company
Supreme Court
Corporation
Astéc
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