Governor Wilson Champions Progressive Reforms In Jersey
New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson outlines reform goals and press influence as he defends progressive measures. He cites direct primaries, civil service, non-partisan ballots, and commission government for cities, plus workmen compensation and public utilities oversight as key acts.
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New Jersey
William Randolph Hearst
United States
Public Utilities
Civil Service
Massachusetts
Commission
Engineer Farrell seriously hurt in Vandalia wreck
Greensboro on April 29 engineer R B Farrell of Greensboro suffered two broken arms and severe bruising when a tender backed engine toppled at Vandalia on the Sanford Mount Airy division. He was trapped between the reverse lever and boiler and rescued by a relief engine crew. A nearby Danville passenger train struck a delivery wagon at Summit avenue, injuring 11 year old John Angell, jailer’s son, who remains in a precarious hospital condition.
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Greensboro
N. C
R. B. Farrell
Vandalia
Sanford Mount Airy
Southern Railway
St. Leo’s Hospital
Sanford
Climax
Farrell
Cut
Southern
Danville
Summit Avenue Crossing
John Angell
Sully Granted Immunity to Travel for Trial
Daniel J. Sully, once titled cotton king, was granted a writ of protection allowing him to travel to New York Monday and be immune from arrest under civil commitments pending against him. His wife, Mrs. Sully, is being sued by Peter H. Corr for $20,000 on a note she indorsed to aid Sully. Corr claims non payment and says the note was for cotton speculation losses.
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New York
Daniel J. Sully
John Hays Hammond
Washington
Corr
Carr
Sully
Supreme Court
Threatening letter targets Burns in McNamara case
Chicago reports a letter threatening to explode Burns and others connected to the McNamara and McManigal dynamiters. It is signed M J Schmidt and postmarked New York. Detectives connect Schmidt to anarchist circles and to the Times building plot.
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McNamara
Chicago
Atoms
William J. Burns
Raymond
Fredericks
Los Angeles
Chief Burns
McNamara Brothers
Ortie E. McManigal
Los Angeles Times
Times Square Station
New York
M. J. Schmidt
Burns
Matthew J. Schmidt
Los Angeles District Attorney
Schmidt
Amalgamated Wood Workers International Union
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Let
Cal
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Dynamiters
Survillance
J. B. McNamara
J. B. Bryce
Dupont Powder Works
Giant
Trevor MacCachren
Hotel Argonaut
San Francisco
J. J. McNamara
M .A. Schmidt
Davis Caplan
Argonaut
J.B. McNamara
Bryce
D. H. Ingersoll
Times
Hilton
McManigal
McNamaras
W. J. Burns
National Detective Agency
Which Is A Greater Detriment to Man Whiskers Or Bald Head
Washington April 29 Senator Robert L Taylor of Tennessee has replaced Ollie M James of Kentucky as a member of the affirmative team in the debate at the National Press Club Tuesday night on the resolution that whiskers are a greater detriment to a man than a bald head Senator Taylor will be paired with Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio On the opposing bald headed side are Senator John W Kern of Indiana and Uncle Joe Cannon of Illinois Mr James will be absent on business.
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National News
College Zence
Conkel
Yennor Wilson
Lincoln
Vernor Wilson
Obaenre
Jersey
Woodrow Wil
Washington
Robert L. Taylor
Tennessee
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
National Press Club
Taylor
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
John W. Kern
Indiana
Joe” Cannon
Illinois
James
Sam Smith Dead Beloved News Office Mail Clerk
The News office mourns Sam Smith a longtime mail ing clerk and trusted circulation informant who died after a brief illness. Funeral today at 12 from First A R P church corner Third and Tryon with interment in Matthews. pallbearers named McLaughlin Owen Bangle Ireland Deal Granger.
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Sam Smith
Grim Reaper
the News
Sam
Charlotte
R. A. Smith
Third
Tryon
Matthews
Messrs
John A. McLaughlin
John S. Owen
Floyd W. Bangle
George W. Ireland
Carson Deal
C. L. Granger
Congress Action Signals Changes to Trade and Rail Policy
In Washington on Saturday the House continued debate on the free list bill with Hammond of Minnesota arguing it could offset reciprocity’s effect on farmers. A Stanley resolution sought a special committee to probe the steel trust as hearings began. A Connecticut bill proposed federal control of carriers with 5 percent stockholder dividends and bondholder interest charges, placing operation under the Postmaster General with added assistants and merging the Interstate Commerce Commission into the postal department for rate supervision. The Senate did not meet.
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Washington
House
Hammond
Minnesota
Stanley
Steel Trust
Committee On’ Rules
Reilly
Connecticut
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
Bull
Postal Progressive League
Senate
Negro Arrested in N J for Murder
Lakewood New Jersey April 29 Henry Graham the negro who disappeared when the body of Mrs Charles Turner was found near her home was arrested tonight in the home of a farmer named Jennings.
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N. J
Lakewood
Henry Graham
Charles Turner
Jennings
Disastrous Wreck Of Excursion Train On Pennsy Railroad
A Martins Creek wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad leaves two dead and eight missing with two others seriously injured. Easton dispatches report the death toll may reach nine or ten as cars burn and passengers remain unaccounted for.
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Pennsy
Helm committee uncovers new Lorimer bribery angles
Chicago April 29 The Helm committee probing the Lorimer bribery case reveals three unexpected developments. A New York contribution links to the alleged 100000 bribery fund, with no Illinois source yet found. The panel believes the Lorimer seat was bought and sold for profit by large tariff interests, aided by a New York based trust network.
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Chicago
Helm Committee
Lorimer
New York
Springfield
Illinois
New York City
Indiana
May Day festivities fill Wellesley College day
Wellesley Mass April 29 annual May Day celebrations at the college lasted all day. Students scrubbed statues with soap and dressed them in costumes, including a black woodsman as a baseball player and Venus as a snake charmer. Seniors rolled hoops to chapel after breakfast, then gathered on the steps to sing college songs.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Diana
Venus
Jap Woman May Get Some of Morgan Wealth
Lenox Massachusetts April 29 The death of George H Morgan cousin of J P Morgan makes it likely a large share of the Morgan millions will go to Mrs Yuki Kate Morgan a Japanese wife of George Dalton Morgan who is in Japan and recently married in Yokohama in 1904 on a world trip. The elder Mor gan and his wife once opposed the match but Yuki Kate is from a prominent Japanese family and the couple visited the Morgan mansion in Chicago before heading to the Orient. Morgan's engagement to Meta Mackay was broken off prior to the trip.
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Lenox
Mass
George H. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Yuki Kate Morgan
George Dalton Morgan
Yokohama
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Pierpon
Morgans
Orient
Young Morgan
Meta Mackay
Russellville Marshal Shot After Ambush In Alabama
City Marshal Ramsey in Russellville Alabama was ambushed and shot last night four buckshot took effect. Bloodhounds track the assailant as authorities believe his crackdown on bootleggers sparked the attack. The officer is seriously wounded.
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Russellville
Ala
Ramsey
Tragic Pennsylvanian Rail Crash Kills Teachers
A Belvedere division excursion train derailed eight miles south of Easton sending 168 passengers into a fifty foot gulch. Eight are dead or missing and forty injured including many Utica New York teachers. Conductor Charles M. Person is among the dead. Fire raged through carriages as rescuers worked amid burning oil and debris.
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Easton
Belvedere Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware River
Utica
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Martin’s Creek
Charles M. Person
Stroudsburg
Rutherford
Sarah Jones
Miles Sophie Knowlt
Bessie Walker
Susan Sessions
Louise Lindsman
Mary Allen
Marion Brown
Nellie Bayres
Catherine Bayres
Catherine Lawson
Murporie Williams
Elmer Rutherford
Edith Bell
Bertha Hall
Catherine Boggs
Samuel Sproal
Clark Parsons
Cecilia Linsman
Anna Campbell
E. C. Howley
Edith
Mary E. Condon
Pennsylvania Engine
David Hillyard
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