South Boston Plans Municipal Building Assembles Key Services
Public Buildings Superintendent Manjus J. Fish announced the Broad way site former Perkins Institution for the Blind will host a new municipal building. It measures 70 by 100 feet, features fireproof first class construction, and will house the South Boston police station court branch library and a large assembly hall. The basement will include 63 shower baths 49 for men and 23 for women.
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Resignations of Two Bishops Accepted in Special Meeting
The Episcopal House of Bishops accepted the resignations of Bishop Van Buren of Porto Rico and Bishop Brown of Arkansas tendered for ill health. Their successors were expected to be named at the meeting in New York on April 11.
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Arkansas
MacVeagh predicts world free trade in distant future
Secretary MacVeagh told the National Metal Trades Association banquet in New York that free trade would eventually become policy for the United States and the world. He noted tariff walls would fall for posterity, but current work centers on further tariff revision and reduction. He said he had been a free trader, but was now a tariff reformer.
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Tariff Not Now a Campaign Issue Says MacVeagh
Mr MacVeagh attributes absence of tariff in current pre convention campaign to Colonel Roosevelt who favors shifting focus to other issues. He says Roosevelt’s stance dominates discussions despite reconstruction goals. He notes Democrats no longer believe in free trade and both parties move toward tariff revision from different theories.
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Dix Denies Candidacy Despite Democratic Delegate Selection
Albany April 11 Governor John A Dix declared he is not a candidate for any political office after being selected as one of four Democratic national convention delegates-at-large to Baltimore. He emphasized the unfettered New York delegation and avoided commenting on a possible renomination or future private life plans. He and Mrs Dix plan a Europe trip starting April 20.
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Taft Denies Compromise Move as Roosevelt Dark Horse Claim
Taft headquarters dismisses talk of a compromise candidate as a Roosevelt ploy to save faces. Senator Dixon says there will be no compromise, calling Roosevelt the dark horse and insisting Roosevelt delegates will not be shifted. Contests over Southern delegations at Chicago will be directed by Ormsby McHarg for Roosevelt and A. B. Dick for Taft.
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Clark League Appeals for Voters to Support Champ Clark
The Champ Clark League of Massachusetts urges all voters to back Speaker Champ Clark regardless of past or present affiliations. The group says Clark is a progressive leader who has acted for the country and urges Democrats to unite for progress and victory.
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Curley Takes Lead of Clark Campaign in Massachusetts
Congressman James M. Curley assumed temporary charge of the Champ Clark campaign in Massachusetts while George Fred Williams was away. He announced a mass Clark supporters meeting at Faneuil Hall on the night of the 19th.
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Roosevelt delegates chosen from Fourth district in Savannah
In Savannah Missouri on April 11 the Fourth district Republican convention elected Roosevelt delegates to the Chicago convention. Ralph O. Brauber of St. Joseph and J B. Schinnabarger of Nodaway County were chosen as delegates. John D. McNeely of St. Joseph was indorsed for delegate at large.
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Roosevelt Rests at Home After Western Campaign Tour
Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay for a night’s rest after a week traveling through West Virginia Kentucky Illinois and Pennsylvania. He expressed pleasure with results especially in Illinois and Pennsylvania and spoke in Reading Allentown and Watson to large crowds. He plans a short tour of Massachusetts and New Hampshire tomorrow afternoon.
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Williams to Tour Nebraska for Clark
George Fred Williams, a Clark campaign leader in New England, leaves for Nebraska to meet Senator Dubois and tour the state. The trip aims to boost Champ Clark’s candidacy amid a Wilson Harmon battle in Nebraska.
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Roosevelt's U K Delegates on Pennsylvania Ballot Cards
Senator Dixon announced 2,600,009 cards listing Roosevelt delegates were distributed to Pennsylvania voters for Saturday's primaries, bearing a facsimile of Colonel.
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Roosevelt Delegates Spark Ticket Purge Across Districts
Roosevelt faced criticism as delegates not aligned with him were allegedly placed on tickets in many districts, labeled as the Roosevelt delegates. The action reflects a broader dispute over loyalties within the party.
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I'm Too Happy to Talk Declares Roosevelt in Philadelphia
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt resumed his speaking tour after a rest at a Haverford residence. He declined interviews, saying he was too happy to talk as he prepared for the final leg of his appearances. Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt were guests at the friend’s home.
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Roosevelt Delegation Emerges From St Louis County GOP
In Clayton the St Louis county Republican convention elected a Roosevelt delegation, surprising Taft leaders. The 34 county delegates give Roosevelt four Missouri at large delegates and state endorsement.
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Wilson Coy on Illinois Result
Trenton April 11 Governor Woodrow Wilson returning from Pittsburg said Illinois primary results spoke for themselves and he accepted them as the people’s expression. He declined to say whether he was disappointed, noting he did not know the real situation in Illinois.
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Explosion Startles Mayor Fitzgerald
An exhaust pipe in a boiler in the Niles building on School Street exploded and startled Mayor Fitzgerald yesterday. The pipe lay near his office window and caused brief anxiety at City Hall before he calmly resumed his remarks.
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Cascarets Promise Quick Inland Cleansing Aid
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a universal remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness and related discomforts. It claims immediate relief and a clear head with a 10 cent box and urges both adults and children to use the product for gentle internal cleansing.
Taft Favored by Nearly All Taft Delegates at Nuimeng State
Under the Republican State convention plan in New Haven April 11 delegates to the state convention were chosen by town and senatorial district caucuses. About 586 delegates appear to be Taft supporters and most district caucuses favored Taft. Charles F Brooker was placed on the platform committee. Local contests arose in town caucuses on issues besides delegation.
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Berkshire Mud Delays Road Committee Near Sedgwick Home
A four-car Berkshire road committee trip from North Adams faced heavy mud near Representative Alexander Sedgwick's Stockbridge residence and canceled a lunch. They gave up a jungle trip to Tyringham and postponed visits to Robb DePeyster Tytus's Ashintully Farm, famed for maple sugar, returning to Pittsfield for the 4 p.m. Boston Express.
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Cassetti pleads manslaughter in Weymouth stabbing case
Peter Cassetti of Quincy, jailed since November 18 1911, charged with murder in the first degree for the October 1 1911 stabbing death of Nichola Cassetti with a pitch fork at Weymouth, appeared in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham and entered a manslaughter plea. The case was continued for sentence.
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