Arraignment of Mogan Smiths in Police Court
Hints at Mr and Mrs J Morgan Smith fugitives from justice were arraigned in Police Court. They sought time as their attorney was delayed, cases set for April 4, habeas corpus arguments to follow April 2, while New York authorities decide on their return.
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J. Morgan Smith
Nan Patterson
Smith
Shay
Shay & Cogan
Spiegel
New York
Garvin
Thomas Shay
Akin
Thiel
Montreal
The
Smiths
Smit
Peasant Uprising Rages in Werra District Lithonia
Reports describe mobs marching through Werra district pillaging estates and burning houses. A proprietor was shot as peasants wreck vodka shops, terrorize inhabitants, and cut telegraph lines. police fail, troops summoned amid severed communications.
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ST. Petersburg
Werra
Lithonia
Renewal of Ransacking in Helsingfors Lodging Houses
In Helsingfors on April 1 masked men renewed ransacking of lodging houses. They bind gag inmates and search rooms, destroying furniture in one boarding house after finding a picture of Maxim Gorky. The populace suspects police agents, which the police deny. No arrests have been made.
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Helsingfors
Popudece
Maxim Gorky
Poplice
Czar Consider Ceding Part of Sakhalin
An official report from St Petersburg on April 1 indicates the czar is prepared to cede portions of Sakhalin island. Details follow on the second page.
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Sakahalin
Taste Buds in the Larynx Found By Prof Wilson
Chicago April 1 Prof J T Wilson announces discovery of taste buds in the larynx. The cells are said to have higher sensitivity than tongue buds. He notes that a longer neck may yield greater enjoyment from foods through more buds.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
J. T. Wilson
Infants’ deaths blamed on food poisons in U S
Chicago April 1 The Indiana state health secretary J N Hurty cites figures showing 455000 infants died in the United States last year from effects of food poisons. He frames this as a major share of total deaths and calls for action.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
United States
J. N. Hurty
Indiana State Board of Health
Shonts to Head New Isthmian Canal Commission
President Roosevelt completes the reorganization of the Isthmian Canal Commission with Theodore P. Shonts named to lead. Shonts accepted after a long Washington visit and will have salary fixed at a high level to offset financial sacrifice.
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T. P
New
Canal Commission
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Taft
Theodore P. Shonts
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Shonts
William Nelson Cromwell
Morton
Edwards
Insular Affairs Bureau
War Department
White House
Mr. Shonts
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific Road
Canal
Shortage at Lorain Savings Bank Tops 102000
Reports from surety men in Cleveland claim the Lorain Savings Bank shortage totals 102000 with 12000 already returned. Most losses occurred in 1908 and earlier, while city funds of about 25000 are secured by a matching depository bond. Cashier Kaneen, Assistant Walker, and Dana Walker face embezzlement charges in Lorain County Jail, bonds set at 8000 each.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Te Savings Park
Lorain
City of Lorain
A. H. Babcock
Elyria
B. F. Kaneen
E. B. Walker
Dana Walker
Citizens’ Savings Bank of Lorain
BE. C. Lord
Turks Reach Yemen Capital Sanaa in March 29 Operation
A private telegram from Constantinople reports Vice General Riza Pasha, aide to the Sultan, with a strong force arrived at Sanaa the capital of Yemen province on March 29.
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Commercial Tribune
Constantinople
Wice
Riza Pache
Sanaa
Yemen
Arabia
Fire at National Refining plant in Bessemer
A dozen engines fought a blaze this afternoon at the National Refining Company plant on Bessemer Street Cleveland. Flames consumed the ware and caused unknown losses as fire crews battled the fire.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
National Refining Company
Bessemer
Fair to single out Rockefeller as a target
Dr Stephen Wise defends Gladden and the Rockefeller gift while criticizing the Prudential Committee. He argues against singling out Rockefeller and warns that accepting gifts from money with questionable origins may lower American ethical standards. The sermon questions fairness in targeting Rockefeller and the broader implications for moral conduct.
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Rockefeller
Commerccial Tribune
Portland
Ore
Stephen 8. Wise
Prudential Committee
American Board For Foreign Missions
John D. Rockefeller
Washington Gladden
Mr. Rockefeller
Washington
Gladden
India
Lightning Flash Displaces Heart Destroys Miss Rigney
St Joseph Michigan reports the death of Miss Mabel Rigney after a lightning strike while at a telephone exchange frightened her heart. Medical men are puzzled as her heart was displaced by the fright and she suffered two weeks of increasing pains and rapid beats before death.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Joseph
Mich
Mabel Rigney
Pete Eae
Morocco Open Door Policy Not Officially Committed
The State Department states no exchanges with Germany or America on Morocco policy. It notes gratitude for French mediation in Perdicaris case but rejects any French influence recognition and maintains a purely commercial stance unless annexation occurs.
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Commercial Priseune
Washington
State Department
Germany
America
Morocco
RTE
Madagascar
France
United States
Baron Speck Varnburg
Reign Office
Reichstag
Germany asserts foothold in Mediterranean Morocco
Paris reports Berlin and Berlin press discuss Germany’s entry into the Mediterranean sphere via Morocco. Germany claims the open door to trade as basis, while France seeks US sympathy after the Perdicaris case and Anglo-French accord. Berlin rejects France’s dominance and emphasizes treaty continuity with Morocco.
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Paris
Germany
Mediterranean
William
Morocco
von Buelow
France
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Suez
Gey Fhang
Kiaochou
China
United States
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Lincoln
National Council of the Congregational Churches
Dr. Gladden
Finland
Toledo, St. Louis ,& Western Railway
Crawford County
Monmouth College
Ill
John A. Drake
John W. Gates
Lorain Savings Bank
Justice Lord
BOZEN
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Berlin
Mperor William
Peris
Delcasse
Prince von Radolin
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Foreign Office
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