Cubs Win Opening NL Game 6–5 Over Reds at League Park
Chicago Cubs rallied to beat Cincinnati Reds 6 to 5 in an opening National League game at League Park. Johnny Evers delivered the winning run in the ninth, as the crowd of about 20 000 saw tense stands and controversial umpiring in a sunlit afternoon.
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Larry McLean
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O'Day
Billy Campbell
Roosevelt Urges Building Four New Battleships
President Roosevelt calls for rapid construction of four battleships to protect both coasts and strengthen naval power. He emphasizes industrial mobilization and national security.
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Roosevelt
Koreans Rise in Opposition to Japanese Rule
Reports from Shanghai describe appalling conditions in Korea as Koreans widely oppose Japanese authority, with mass movements near Seoul and coast ports. Fighting details show Korean casualties with Japanese losses far lighter. Machun garrison town saw a two-hour clash ending with seven losses on each side.
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Taft Captures Delegates in Michigan and Texas Support
A. M. Vorys reports Michigan Second District delegates Grant Fellows and Robert L. W. Warren intend to vote for Secretary Taft until nomination. Texas State Committee also unanimously endorses Taft. A dissident group plans a convention for April 26 with a later regular date.
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Runaway Freights Kill Fireman After Ludlow Bridge Crash
Seven heavily loaded freight cars detach on the C N and T P Railroad at Erlanger. They race down a grade at seventy miles per hour, crash into Engine 642, and fatally injure fireman Patrick Ryan who was entering the cab. The derailed train wrecks the viaduct, damages the bridge, and halts traffic as engineers and residents respond.
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Frank Pierce
Tim Crowe
Charles White
J.C. Mayfield
Soldiers Reported Slain in Battle With Moros
Manila April 15 A private telegram reports an engagement between regular troops and constabulary and Moro outlaws near Lanao Mindanao. Two constabulary are killed and three soldiers wounded. A battalion of the Eighth Infantry and constabulary under Colonel Davis pursued the band, and an engagement is presumed.
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Sleeping car bill faces House delays in Columbus
Senator Hunt said he is pushing the sleeping car bill through the House but progress is slowed by the House Railroad Committee. A subcommittee is drafting an amendment after a hearing, and retaliation fears may cause the House to pass only its own bills, delaying the Senate measure.
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Uninstructed Delegates Chosen at Massachusetts District Meet
Lawrence Massachusetts April 14 Uninstructed delegates to the Republican National Convention at Chicago were elected at the Fifth Massachusetts District Republican Convention today. A resolution endorsing Secretary of War Taft was tabled.
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Taft Backed by Tenth Massachusetts Delegates
In Boston on April 14 the Republican Tenth District elected H. Clifford Gallagher and Dr. Archbald T. Davison as convention delegates. They were uninstructed but passed a resolution supporting William H. Taft for the presidential nomination.
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T. Davison
William H. Taft
Texas State Republicans back Roosevelt nomination
The Texas State Republican Committee met in Dallas and called the state convention. They chose delegates to the national convention in Fort Worth on May 15. A majority favor Roosevelt for renomination with Taft as second choice.
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Hawaii Republicans Endorse Roosevelt Freer Policies
Honolulu April 14 The Republican Convention elected Representative C A Rice as Chairman. The platform endorses President Roosevelt and Governor Freer and Rep Kulho, backs tariff revision, ship subsidy, fortifications at Honolulu and a Pearl Harbor naval station. Delegates to the National convention go uninstructed with the unit rule prevailing.
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Frye Backs Taft In Public Position Statement
Maine Senator William P Frye President pro tempore of the Senate announces his support for Taft. The veteran Republican leader in the upper chamber states his position in Washington dated April 14.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
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