Venezuelan Claims Put to Senate as Root Seeks Arbitration
The long awaited Venezuela American claims correspondence was submitted to the Senate. Secretary Root outlines three proposals including tariffs on Venezuelan coffee and banning asphalt imports while authorizing the President to take necessary steps. The documents show efforts since 1907 to reach amicable settlement through arbitration, with Venezuela repeatedly refusing to arbitrate all five disputes.
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Anna Gould Announces Plans to Marry Prince de Sagan
Mme Anna Gould declares intention to wed Prince Helie de Sagan amid family opposition. She moves to the St Regis Hotel with three children and servants. Legal action feared over share of Jay Gould estate. engagements and future Paris return noted.
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Miners Idle as 250000 Walk From Work Amid Wage Standstill
Indianapolis dispatch reports 250000 bituminous coal miners will idle as talks between United Mine Workers and operators stall over wage scales and the unit rule. District meetings spread across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Western Pennsylvania. some regions sign, others pause with no immediate strike. President elect Lewis plans to revive interstate unit rule while awaiting new executive appointments.
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Police refuse to disclose evidence in Union Square bombing case
March 31 reports say police unearthed important new evidence in the Union Square bomb throwing tragedy. Alexander Berkman, treasurer of the Anarchists' Union, is in court on an affidavit accusing him of advising the meeting. Detective Lieutenant Werzansky refuses to reveal the evidence. Berkman is held on $500 bail for Friday examination. four of six suspects were discharged, Walter Appit held for immigration action, George Robinson remanded to the coroner. A late unsigned letter warned Mayor McClellan and the Comptroller of death unless subway work funds are provided.
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Walter Appit
George Robinson
Metz
McClellan
Kirchner warns Venezuelan asphalt ban hurts independents
President F. Kirchner of Kirch ner Construction Company argues that excluding Venezuelan asphalt would devastate independent asphalt firms. He says it would create a monopoly by the Bar ber Asphalt Company controlling lake output in Trinidad and leave independents at its mercy.
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Kirchner Construction Company
Trinidad
Barber Asphalt Company
DeForest Tests Wireless Telephone From Eiffel Tower
Dr Lee DeForest conducted the final test of his wireless telephone system from the Eiffel Tower with French naval and army officers present. Messages were exchanged satisfactorily with government wireless stations across France and the system will be tested by the navy soon.
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Paris
Lee DeForest
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France
Tallam Navy
Widow of Denver man shoots self after death news
Mrs. Elizabeth Ense aged 78 in Denver shot herself in her home after learning her husband Lawrence Ense had died in Chicago. Telegram of his death lay beside her body as she waited for death to come.
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Jurisdiction Ruling on Freight and Passenger Fare Cases
Judge Smith McPherson in Kansas City Missouri ruled he has full federal jurisdiction over both maximum freight rate and passenger fare cases in Missouri. He sided with the complainants against the state on the jurisdiction question.
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Missouri
Mayor Urges Reforms and Higher Taxes in Annual Report
Hamilton Ohio March 31 Mayor Straub submitted his first annual report to the City Council criticizing city officials for cooperation in the council deadlock. He calls for a higher tax duplicate, condemns the street railway service, and proposes underground wires a new City Hall and extensive budget plans totaling 193 dollars for the year.
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California Taft Column Predicts Delegation Vote
A Taft column from California reports the state will send a delegation to the Republican National Convention and vote solidly for Taft. Representative Knowland notes a large coast Republican majority favors Taft. In Boston Taft supporters win at least one of Massachusetts' thirty-two delegates.
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William H. Taft
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Moroscans Kill Fight Frenchmen in Paris War Update
Paris dispatch reports forces under General D Amade in Morecgo area report clearing Bestarete. The message describes Moroscans killing French troops amid ongoing fighting with unclear subsequent actions.
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Bestarete
Jealousy Blamed in East Liverpool Tragedy
In East Liverpool Ohio on March 31 Charles Howard aged 25 killed Myrtle Raush 28 the wife of Lemuel Raush and then shot at Mrs John Dewolf mother of the slain woman with a revolver He surrendered at the Central Police Station claiming duty and jealousy drove him The Dewolf family had recently moved from Coolville Athens County Howard was a boarder in their homeAuthorities say jealousy was the motive.
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Coolville
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TWO DIE OF BURNS FROM EXPLOSION IN CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga reporter James F. Barnes and his three year old daughter died from severe burns after a gasoline explosion when he attempted to light a stove. Barnes' injuries included burns over the body with flesh dropping off at the hospital. His daughter was also badly burned as the bed clothes caught fire. In Scranton Pennsylvania three children Mary John and Joseph Jimi to perished when a fire trapped them in Hughestown as their mother was away at a butcher shop.
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Senator Davis Arrested After Street Fight in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas United States Senator Jefferson Davis and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Helm were involved in a street altercation. Davis punched Helm and Helm says Davis insulted him and struck back, leading to Davis's arrest on a warrant accusing him of drawing a revolver.
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Harris Urges Fair Impartial Probe of State Offices
Governor Harris calls for an immediate comprehensive investigation of all state offices and departments. He urges a bipartisan commission, funded and supervised to ensure impartiality, and asks for swift passage of a bill authorizing the probe with safeguards and minimal political influence.
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White Man Saved From a Negro Mob in Atlanta Suburb
In Brownsville, a Atlanta suburb, police with loaded rifles halted a mob of Black men threatening to lynch B. R. Chapin, a young white man from Vermont employed at a local mill. Two county officers intervened to disperse the crowd and protect Chapin.
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Roosevelt names Hill ambassador to Berlin
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of David Jayne Hill to be American Ambassador at Berlin. Charlemagne Tower resigns to take effect in June and Hill will assume duties then. The White House calls the Hill incident a happy ending. Also named were Arthur M. to be Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg and J F Eddy to the Argentine Republic. General B Kerr nominated for brigadier general concerns military officiating.
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Hitchcock Witness Indicted in Perkins Case
Flora Whiston, one of the girls who testified in the Hitchcock case against comedian Raymond Hitchcock, was indicted by a grand jury today on a charge of perjury related to her testimony in the case. The indictment adds a new dimension to the high profile proceedings in New York.
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