Four Battleships Urged to Secure U S Peace Policy
President Roosevelt asks Congress to authorize four new battleships, arguing a strong fleet is essential for national defense and world peace. He notes naval builds by major powers have outpaced the United States and warns against relying on arbitration alone in a dangerous international climate. The address cites China and other crises to urge fortification and a robust navy as a safeguard of peace.
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Roosevelt
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Senate
Hague
Wave
United States
China
Turkey
Luis
Waiden Cain
Africa
State Department
Great Britain
George Washington
Ures
Judge Gray Rejects Party Endorsement at Dover Scene
In Dover and New York City on April 15 1908 delegates and leaders clashed over presidential endorsements. Judge Gray formally urged that Delaware's delegates not be instructed for him, yet the Dover convention endorsed him. In New York the fight over McCarren delegates continued with injunction arguments and a Bryan endorsement resolution.
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Gray
Thomas F. Bayard
State Committee
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New York
McCarren
Brooklyn
William J. Bryan
Daniel F. Cohalan
Justice Crane
Supreme Court
Isaac M. Kapner
Cohalan
Bryan
Committee On Resolutions
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
United States
Col
Another Italian Murder in New York City
An unidentified Italian man was found strangled in a vacant lot on Brooklyn’s southern outskirts Friday, believed linked to Night Riders. In Kentucky a fire destroyed a tenement and tobacco barn at Mayslick, caused by suspected arson. Missouri’s prominent Republican Samuel Sully died at 69 after a life in law and politics.
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New York
Brooklyn
Lexington
Walter Matthews
Mayslick
Sedalia
Samuel 5
Sully
Legisrature of
Missouri
Striker Action Tense as Troops Deployed in Pensacola and Chester
Four more Florida state companies join 40 New York strike-breakers held at police HQ as 14 militia companies guard Pensacola car barns. In Chester Pennsylvania a street car strike subsides after disorder and a stalled conference. no cars running and crowds dispersed. The dispute centers on wage reductions affecting five company lines to Philadelphia and Wilmington.
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Pensacola
New York
Pensaloon Electric Company
Chester
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Relief for Chelsea Fire Victims
Boston reports relief efforts after Sundays Chelsea blaze left 10000 homeless. Insurance losses are around 3.5 million dollars and total property losses near 6 million. City authorities plan rebuilding over 850 acres. No new deaths. two injuries critical. Three bodies unidentified at Boston morgue.
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Boston
Chelsea
Giordani Sentenced to Six Months in Sing Sing
Joseph M Giordani an agent of the Firmin revolutionists in the United States was sentenced to six months hard labor in Sing Sing for possession of counterfeit Haytien money. He remains in U S Marshal custody until May 15 while notes were printed in New York to fund a revolution.
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New York
Joseph M. Giordani
Firmin
United States
Sing Sing
Henkel
Giordani
English Actor Willie Edontn Dies in London
English actor Willie Edontn has died in London after a prolonged illness. Born in Brighton in 1841, he had recently returned from the United States and had been in failing health.
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London
Willie Edontn
United States
Brighton
Notable Selections and Court News From Across Articles
Louis Sherry faces separation with wife in New York. Steamboat warnings issued by investigators. American minister W. O. Russell to sail April 27 for New York. Gustave Mahler to conduct New York Symphony concerts next fall. Three Rutland accomplices convicted of plotting to kill King Alfonso. death sentence for lead conspirator. Surrogate Beckett appoints Mrs Tille Blach administrator for Hugo Cohn’s affairs after Cohn’s disappearance. Granite City Madison Venice mayors pledge $250 relief aid for 4,500 Bulgarians Romanians and Macedonians stranded locally. Coroner ties Julius Rosenheimer murder to Sicilian lovers mix up. Russian art exhibit planned paintings to return to Russia to avoid sale. US customs value Russian embassy loaned artworks at $250,000.
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Louis Sherry
New York
Gustave Mahler
Vienna
Jean Rutland
Alfonso
Venice
Granite City
Weisendanger
Julius Rosenheimer
Pelham Manor
St. Louis Exposition
Russia
United States
Excitement in Galicia Over Lemberg Governor's Killing
Vienna reports Galicia in feverish mood after the assassination of Count Andreas Potocki, governor of Lemberg province, by Ruthenian student Miera Siczynski. Ruthenian students in the Austrian Parliament call such acts a necessity to end Polish oppression, while mobs in Vienna show anti Polish demonstrations and vandalize Ruthenian clubs.
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Vienna
Galicia
Lemberg
Andreas Potocki
Miera
Slip Siczynski
Revival Causes Long Sleep In Janesville Woman
Mrs. Eliza Hodge, a middle aged Janesville resident, has been unconscious since Saturday. Doctors attribute her condition to over-excitement at church revival services.
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Janesville
Wis
Eliza Hodge
One Kiss Costs Four Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Nine
Mrs Olga Bergerman of Hibbing received a verdict of 4750 dollars for a kiss in Duluth Minnesota on April 15. The amount is 250 dollars less than the prior trial verdict.
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Duluth
Mim
Olga Bergerman
Hibbing
Markets Summary for Grain and Provisions in Chicago and New York
Market notes from Chicago show mixed activity with futures in grain and provisions. Minnesota hard patent futures ranged around 4.80 per bushel for export bags, with nearby and May/July positions noted. corn and oats described as active or quiet with specific bid ranges. Live poultry prices listed per pound for turkeys and chickens, while eggs and potatoes show varied price levels. New York reports quiet flour trade and wheat movement influenced by Liverpool cables, rain prospects, and crop outlook. rye in No 3 western market priced around 1. Sac, with broad price signals across grains.
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New York
Liverpool
Live Stock Market Prices From Chicago and Omaha
Livestock figures show cattle and hog prices across Chicago and Omaha markets. Cattle ranges include native steers from $5.00 to $6.75, cows and heifers $3.50 to $6.25, and calves $3.00. Hogs command $5.60 to $6.10 for heavy, with other classes $4.00 to $5.60. Sheep and yearlings move slowly with lambs $7.25 to $7.60 and ewes $5.00 to $6.00.
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Apr
Ught Barrow
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Lambs
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