Monument to Rough Riders Dedicated at Arlington
President Roosevelt spoke on patriotism at the dedication of the First Cavalry United States Volunteers memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs. Allen K. Capron unveiled the monument, with diplomats, military leaders, and former Rough Riders in attendance. The granite monument bears regimental insignia and lists battles Guasimas San Juan and Santiago.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
First Cavalry
United States Volunteers
Rough Riders
National Cemetery
Arlington
Allen K. Capron
Capron
D. J. Stafford
St. .Patrick’s Church
H. A. Brown
National Guards
District of Columbia
Thirteenth Cavalry
S. B. M. Young
Frank B. McCoy
Ft. Meyer
Preston
Jusserand
France
Baron Rosen
Cuba
United States
Guasimas
San Juan
Santiago
First
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Starving Chinese Die by Thousands in Famine Crises
Telegraph reports from twenty famine districts describe worsening conditions. Ten million exposed to starvation, with cannibalism alleged as bodies and families suffer. Relief funds total about four million dollars locally and half a million from foreign sources, with Americans urged to donate three million more in three weeks for humanitarian aid.
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Shanghai
China
America
Rodgers
James
Linn Rodgers
Cabinet names delegates to PEAGE conference
Short meeting notes announce the cabinet has named delegates for the PEAGE conference. Details on delegates and schedule were not provided in the readable text.
Delegates Named for Hague Peace Conference
The April cabinet meeting in Washington announced the American delegation to The Hague conference led by Joseph H. Choate, Horace Porter, and A. M. Rose with James Brown Scott and Charles Henry Butler named as attaches. The group sails from New York mid May to participate in the international peace effort.
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Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Horace Porter
France
A. M. Rose
Arkansas
American Bar Association
Arkansas Bar Association
David Jayne Hill
Netherlands
Rochester University
George B. Davis
United States Army
United States Military Academy
Charles S. Sperry
U.S. N
Naval War College
William S. Buchanan
Argentine
Panama
Chandler Hale
Maine
Vienna
Hale
James Brown Scott
Department of State
Charles Henry Butler
United States Supreme Court
New York
Hague
Abner Confession Not Accepted in Breathitt County Killings
In Lexington Kentucky April 12 attorney Floyd Byrd said John Abner who faces assassination charges in the Cox murder has written a confession but Byrd will not grant immunity or rely on it. Jury issues persist as 160 veniremen plus 15 regular panel failed to yield 9 jurors for Bill Britton's trial. Prosecution expects Riley Coldiron to testify again while Curt Jett may confess and blame others, as trials for Britton Hargis and Callahan proceed in May. A related Abner killing case north of Breathitt County prompts warrants for Jeptha Merrell Bud Begley and Hayden Reynolds.
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John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
Pittsburg
Mr. Carnegie
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Floyd Byrd
Bill Britton
John Abner
B. D. Cox
Breathitt County
Byrd
James Cockrill
Coldiron
Riley Coldiron
Britton
Curt Jett
Cockrill
Frankfort
Hargis
Callahan
Jett
Iife
Marcum
Hargises
Tom
McKinley Cockrill
Sam Jett
Jesse Abner
Beattyville
Lee County
Jeptha Merrell
Bud Begley
Hayden Reynolds
Owsley County
Abner
Russia Names Delegates to Hague Peace Conference
Petersburg reports Russia officially designates M Nelidoff, M De Martens, and M Tcharykoff as Hague delegates. Nelidoff expected to be conference president. opening address to outline Russia’s program. Russian stance on armament limits remains undefined amid ongoing Vienna Berlin St Petersburg exchanges. Russia shows Germanic sympathy despite French ties.
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T. Petersburg
Russia
Aay
Hague
M. Nelidoff
France
de Martens
M. Tcharykoff
Vienna
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Argentine Accepts Invitation to Hague Peace Conference
BUENOS AIRES April 12 The Argentine Government has decided to accept the invitation to the peace conference at The Hague.
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Buenos Ayres
The
Hague
Russia massing troops on Persian frontier
Advices from the Caucasus report Russia is assembling troops on the Persian frontier for a possible demonstration. Twenty railroad cars of artillery and three regiments of Cossacks passed through Kars last week en route south. Diplomats hope the display will help the Shah restore order without invasion. the Persian Assembly may be dissolved.
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ST. Petersburg
Caucasus
Russia
Kars
Mining Company Enjoined Over Osceola Copper Stock
Judge Knappen in U S Circuit Court granted a preliminary injunction restraining Calumet and Hecla Mining from voting stock in the Osceola Copper Mine. A.S. Bigelow, Osceola president, sought the order after a hearing and Michigan Legislature action recalling a bill to ban cross holdings.
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Commercial Tribune
Grand Rapids
Mich
Knappen
United States Circuit
Calumet and Hecla Miningompany
Osceola
A.S. Bigelow
Osceola Company
Michigan
Roosevelt halves Saturday workday for war department staff
President Roosevelt issues a July September order granting four hour Saturdays as a half holiday for all mechanics laborers and other employees at War Department arsenals depots and army division and department offices and Engineer Department headquarter offices.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Army
Engineer Department
Reverend Frank Riley Ends Life by Gas at Home
The Rev Frank Riley a former member of the South Georgia Methodist Conference killed himself at his Atlanta home by locking himself in a room and turning on the gas. Despondency from ill health is thought to be the cause though he had recently been less active in ministry and was seeking life insurance.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Frank Riley
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Riley
Bonilla Surrenders Ending Honduran War
A cable from Managua reports President Manuel Bonilla of Honduras has surrendered to Nicaraguan forces. Officials in New Orleans say Bonilla was trapped in Amapala after fleeing Choluteca and the war ends with the surrender. The State Department notes Amapala's surrender marks the end of hostilities.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Fruit Dispatch Company
Manuel Bonilla
Honduras
Managua
Nicaragua
Jose Zelaya
Bonilla
Amapala
Cholutec
Washington
State Department
Olivares
Bonilla Takes Refuge Aboard American Ship
Managua April 12 Bonilla has taken refuge on the American cruiser Chicago and will not be allowed to disembark on Central American soil.
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Bonilla
Managua
Nicaragua
Chicago
What Shall the Preacher Preach at Church Congress
Rev. George R. Van de Water argues the preacher should address social questions but not become a fadist. He says reference to current literature is allowed but the preacher must remain grounded in prophecy and gospel rather than literary trends.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Protestant Episcopal Church Congress
George R. van de Water
St. Andrew’s Church
New York City
Helena Richie
Fire in Cleveland Traps Tenants Sparks Panic
A tenement fire at 1982 Columbus Road Northwest in Cleveland sent residents from upper floors jumping from windows to escape flames. Nine families slept on three floors as escape routes failed, several injured, firefighters rescued many with ladders, and no fatalities were reported.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, .C
Columbus Road
N. W
Serral
Fire destroys Smith Nixon piano store in Louisville
A blaze in Louisville on Fourth Street near Walnut leveled the piano and music shop of Smith and Nixon Company. The building and its contents suffer about 100000 dollars in damage as residents on upper floors are rescued by firefighters amid a two hour blizzard.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
the Smith &Nixon
Fourth Street
Walnut
U W To Be Ousted Over Oath Lodge Accounts
Attorney General Wade Ellis files quo warranto in Circuit Court to oust the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Ohio from doing business in the state. The lodge admits charges and consents to petition, citing failures to file reports and breach of good faith in handling death claims totaling $150,000 and its assets of $3,000. Insurance Commissioner A I Vorys signed the complaint.
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Columbus, CO
Circuit Court
Wade
Ellis
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Ohio
A. I. Vorys
Jesny
Thaw Gage Ends in Disagreement in Guilty Verdict
The jury is unable to reach a verdict on Thaw Gage charged with guilt. The defendant shows disappointment at the outcome while his wife offers comfort. The court records indicate no agreed change of venue was favored by either side.
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Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
George Carnegie
Edward
Josiah Thaw
Axa
Thaw White Trial Costs Run Into Hundreds of Thousands
The Thaw murder trial of Stanford White began January 23 and stretched about eleven weeks with delays. Total expense is estimated at 313,686 dollars with the heaviest outlay on Thaw and his family. Five lawyers have worked the case, Delmas is said to receive at least 100,000 dollars.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Black, Olcott, Gru
Ber & Bonynge
Thaw jury fails to reach verdict after months of deliberation
New York April 12. After forty seven hours and eight minutes the jury in the Thaw murder case reports it cannot agree on a verdict of guilty or insanity. Justice Fitzgerald dis charges the panel and Thaw is remanded to the Tombs for a second trial on the Stanford White murder charge. No venue change likely. Thaw’s lawyers to confer and may seek bail. District Attorney Jerome notes other homicide cases awaiting trial. The court calendar may push Thaw’s trial to fall. Thaw’s family in attendance faced the announcement in tense silence.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Fitzgerald
Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
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