Turmoil in Constantinople as Young Turks Gather for Attack
A Vienna era dispatch reports the Union and Progress committee near Constantinople with 15 000 to 20 000 troops within striking distance. Salonicik troops concentrate at Spartakuleh while a commission fails to sway leaders. The mutinous garrison and Bulgarian clashes raise fears of a broader conflagration.
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Constantinople
Committee of Union and Progress
Tohatalje
Saloniki
Tehatalje
Spartakuleh
Haderkol
Adrianople
Committee
Pew
Monastir
Hademkoi
Taft Plans Summer Trip Including Alaska
President Taft plans a late summer and early autumn journey to the West and Alaska if Congress continues the traveling expense appropriation. The cost is expected at 15 000 to 17 000 dollars, with Alaska likely added and Seattle as a starting point. The trip would include Salt Lake City Denver Seattle and a Southwest and Southern sweep. Mrs Taft would accompany him.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
Alaska
Seattle
Navy
Revenue Cutter Service
Territory
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
National Irrigation Congress
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Southwest
South
Riverside Drive
Potomac River
Monument Grounds
United States News Band
Gridiron club dinner mocks Taft amid jokes and songs
Washington April 17 Taft and Cannon among guests as the Gridiron Club staged a minstrel style dinner at the New Willard. A lighted electric gridiron, a mock cabinet, and songs poked fun at administration figures and policies in a lively, satirical program.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
New
Willard
Taft
Cannon
Cabinet
Diplomatic
Henry Hall
Scott C. Bone
The
Washington Herald
Messenger Boys
Dusters
Georgia
Dickinson
Ten Cent Bread Policy Moves Highlight Cincinnati Bakers Meeting
Master Bakers Association of Cincinnati plans gradual rollout of ten cent bread citing nutrition gains. A Grand hotel meeting adopted resolutions opposing wheat gambling and proposed a women’s bakery inspection committee. A mass meeting next Saturday will extend invites to all city bakers. Springfield will see ten cent bread first, with Cincinnati a slower transition.
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Master Bakers’ Association of Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
Ohio
National Congress
W. B. Robertson
Cumminsville
Calabria Again Earthquake Shakes Brancaleone at Midnight
A severe earthquake struck Brancaleone in Calabria Italy at midnight. No casualties were reported though the tremor caused alarm among residents.
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Brancaleone
Calabria
Italy
Missing Cabanee Boy 3 Sought by Dayton Officers
Dayton police pursue James Cabanne III after a tip from a Cleveland peddler describes a boy matching Cabanne on a car with a man believed to be Italian. The mother is suspected of hiring the kidnapper, while Brandenburgh (designated husband) is sought on related charges. A separate Paducah case traces James Estes Jr. to a shanty boat camp with armed men. no ransom yet.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
J. W. Randall
Cleveland
James Shepard Cabanne III
St. Louis
Randall
Indianapolis
Cabanne
James Cabanne Brandenburg
Broughton ’Brandenburg
New York
Grover Cleveland
Paducah
James Hstes
Birmingham
Ala
Ohio
Robert Lee Hawkins
James .Estes
Estes
Hawkins
Smugglers Offer Loeb Compromise
New York April 17 An offer to pay 50000 to settle smuggling cases under investigation was made to Collector William Loeb Jr The offer was refused and Loeb will not compromise state Harrison Osborne said two lawyers claimed unknown clients and proposed surrender of seized goods worth about 50000 in French gowns and laces
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New York
William Loeb, Jr
Harrison Osborne
Loeb
Osborne
Seven year old heroine saves brother from blaze
In Plymouth Michigan on April 17 Zaida White a seven year old girl woke the family by barking dog and saved her two year old brother from a burning home by running back into the flames and carrying him outside.
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Plymouth
Mich
Zaida White
Zaida
Administration candidate outlines DAR platform
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, the administration candidate for president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, issued a formal statement. She declares she takes her stand on the constitution and will uphold it as it now stands or may be amended.
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Washington
Matthew T. Scott
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Donald McLean
Trolley Crash Kills One, Injures Twenty in Canton
An Interurban train on the Northern Ohio Traction line left the tracks at a curve in Canton Ohio near Lake and Oxford streets. Herman Frease of near Greentown was killed instantly. Twenty were injured, several seriously, but likely not fatally. The airbrake failure caused the accident. Passengers crawled from windows of the overturned car.
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Canton
Wade Ellis Talks On Sherman Act At Westchester Dinner
Assistant US Attorney General Wade H. Ellis was the keynote at the Westchester Bar Association dinner in New York. He urged amending the Sherman Act to exempt railroads, arguing the Interstate Commerce Act and Commission suffice to regulate railroad operation. Judge Charles M. Hough, Richard I. Hand, and ex- Congressman J. Adam Bede spoke.
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New York
United States
Wade H. Ellis
West Chester County Bar Association
Delmonicos
Ellis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles M.hough
Richard I. Hand
J. Adam Bede
Elevator Boy Rescues 125 Girls in Empire Building Fire
Fire on a upper floor of the Empire building at Broadway and Bleecker Street trapped 125 female workers. An elevator operator repeatedly ran the car through smoke and flames, bringing the women to safety on the street. Fire damage was minor.
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New York
Empire Building
Broadway
Bleecker Street
Thompson Bridge VP Shot in Office Robbery Plot
James M. Thompson, vice president of the Thompson Bridge Co., entered his San Francisco office with $3,200 in a sack when two masked men attacked. One shot him in the chest, inflicting a serious wound. The robbers escaped but were later captured.
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San Francisco
Cal
James M. Thompson
Thompson Bridge Co
Divorce for Cruelty Sought by Eloped Daugher in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati area woman who eloped to marry a man is set to file for divorce on cruelty grounds. They wed recently but separated at year start. the father, a millionaire by reputation, travels to the East as counsel is prepared. The husband may counter with statements involving other family members.
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Mr. Roosevelt
James 8. Henry
Philadelphia Press
Trusts
Wickersham
Cincinnati
Queen City
East
Covington
Patten Defends Wheat Views at Chicago Corner
James A. Patten attacks Secretary Wilson over wheat supply estimates and praises tariff removal while asserting his own market information. He claims no corner exists and predicts world parity in prices as May and July wheat rise. Wilson counters that ample supply exists for bread until the new crop.
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Patten
Wilson
Mr. Patten
Jim Hill
Washington
Chicago Wheat Corner
J. A. Patten
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Beds Scraped In Montgomery County Farm
Unknown parties visited John Morrow's farm in Montgomery county Tennessee last week and scraped a 1,000 square yard tobacco bed. After ruining the bed they replaced the canvas to conceal the act for several days. Other planters in the same area report scraped beds.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Morrow
Montgomery County
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Jin
War Office
Chamber
House of Parliament
Hademkot
Council of Ministers
G. H. Fitzmaurice
Salonik
Philippine Constabulary
White House
Tokyo
Japan
Lincoln Farm Memorial
Hodgenville
Aldrich
Payne
Castro
Traveler
Lad
Shan
Ty Boat Men
Little Heroine
Daves Brother
Dashes
U. Alb
Mrs. Scott
Canton, O
Northern Ohio Traction
Akron
Lake and
Oxford Streets
Herman Frease
Near
Greentown
Wade Ellis
Bar Association
Wheat Corner
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Publc
Tennessee
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