Woman Dies By Chloroform In Walnut Hills Boarding House
Mrs Cecilia Willis 38 wife of William C Willis is found dead in a boarding house at 2123 Grand avenue Walnut Hills. The body shows a towel saturated with chloroform and an empty two ounce bottle. A contemporaneous note to her mother mentions her husband’s job loss and relatives in New York state. Coroner Cameron to hold inquest today.
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William C. Willis
J. M. Hook
Grand Avenue
Walnut Hills
E. S. McKee
Grand
Nassau Streets
Willis
The
Hook Home
Chicago
Indianapolis
Husband
Binghamton
N. Y
William Savage
Floral Avenue
Norwood
Cameron
Roosevelt vetoes dam rights bill urging definite inland water policy
President Roosevelt vetoed a dam bill and urged Congress to adopt a definite policy for granting navigable stream privileges. He warned against giving away 1,300,000 horsepower and proposed standards including time limits, public charges, and annual review to protect public interests.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rainy River Improvement Company
Rainy River
Lam
United States
Mark Twain among Bermuda homeward tourists arrives
Samuel L. Clemens better known as Mark Twain returns from Bermuda aboard the Bermudian with S H Rogers and Earl Gray Canada’s Governor general. Twain rescues Dorothy Sturgis from a rail fall as rough seas soak passengers. The party jokes about the voyage and loans.
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New York
Bermuda
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
S. H. Rogers
Earl Gray
Canada
Dorothy Sturgis
Russell Sturg
Powder Mill Explodes at Miller Ind Aetna Plant
The Aetna Powder Company separator mill at Miller Indiana exploded today killing no one as the plant was empty. Nitroglycerin caused the blast wrecking the building and scattering debris over a wide area with a large crater and the shock reaching Hammond ten miles away.
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Chicago
Aetna Powder Company
Miller
Ind
Hammond
Cincinnatians and Hamiltonians Debate Federal City Plan
A split delegation from Butler County Harris Hamilton and Cincinnati opposed and supported the Paine bill to create a federal plan of government for cities. Hamilton officials and Cincinnati safety, tax, and civic leaders argued against and for the measure as hearings occurred in Columbus.
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Eral
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Butler County
Hamilton
House
Cities Committee
Senate
Walter Tobey
D. Fitton
John B. Connaughton
Lazard Kahn
Gard and Murphy
Mark Millikin
Abe Rothwell
Connaughton
Kahn
Cincinnati
Floods Sink Junks In Hankow Area Fatal Freshet Drowns 2000
Report from Shanghai on April 13 describes disastrous floods in Hu Peh province. Seven hundred junks sunk or wrecked as an unexpected freshet swept through, drowning about 2000 people caught in mid night waters.
Chelsea Fire Learnings Lift Aid Drive And Loss Figures
Boston April 13. Official tallies show 3 dead with many feared missing in the Chelsea blaze that destroyed 350 acres and valued property at about 5.58 million dollars. Insurance losses run 3.5 million across about 150 companies as towns rally with subscriptions and state support.
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Boston
Chelsea
Tinker Sleeping Car Bill Not Reported Out
Representative Tinker had not returned to Columbus for today’s session and the Hunt sleeping car bill was not reported out. The subcommittee must report it as amended to the committee before it can be reported out. Chairman Crawford said the bill would receive attention once the subcommittee reports.
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Tive Tinker
Colum
Hunt
Crawford
Taft Friends Gain Ground Ahead of New Hampshire Convention
The upcoming New Hampshire Republican State Convention will likely send Taft delegates to the National convention amid reform activity led by Winston Churchill. Taft’s and Roosevelt’s rivals plan to press for Roosevelt’s nomination while Taft aides anticipate a statement from the President to preempt opposition. Representative J Eugene Harding travels home to rally support and push the district committee to issue a Taft aligned call for the convention.
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New Hampshire
Taft
Taft Club
Granite State
Winston Churchill
New York
Sphinx Club
New York City
Roosevelt
J. Eugene Harding
Middletown
Republican Congressional Committee
Third District
Harding
Montgomery County
Butler County
Preble County
Taft Lauded in Chicago as Nation's Next President
Secretary of War William Howard Taft toured Chicago on April 13 amid crowds and praise. He met thousands, receiving expressions of support for Roosevelt’s successor and offering cordial remarks to a group of African American citizens including Bishop C. H. Schaffer and Col. John R. Marshal.
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Windy City
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
William Howard Taft
Taft
C. H. Schaffer
African Methodist Episcopal Church
John R. Marshal
Eighth Regiment
Methodists Vote on Dancing Policy and Pastoral Tenure
In Worcester Massachusetts the New England Methodist Episcopal Conference approved a memorial urging the General Conference to repeal the ban on dancing card games and theater. The body also rejected a motion to restore a five year limit on pastor tenure.
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New England
Worcester
Mass
New England Methodist Episcopal Conference
General Conference
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