Titanic Disaster Hearings Highlight Lookout Failures
Senate investigators heard Frederick Fleet and Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen testify that missing binoculars and failed signals helped cause the sinking of the Titanic with 1600 lives lost. Witnesses described bodies found near where the Titanic went down and the Mackay Bennet cable ship delivering the first list of recovered names from Halifax.
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Senate
Washington
Frederick Fleet
Arthur Godfrey Peuchen
Mackay-Bennett
Halifax
N. S
White Star Inc
Washington Dashes of 1907 Government Controversies
Confidential Roosevelt 1907 correspondence on a government anti trust suit against International Harvester is sent to the U S Senate from the Department of Justice files. Alaska home rule with women’s vote authority passes House. Banks holding US deposits to pay 2 percent to the federal government. Treasury official A Pratt Andrew doubles interest rate. Post Office aircraft mask research appropriation defeated. Karl Legien speaks on organized labor and world peace in Washington. Bulkley proposes half cent copper coinage to cut living costs.
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Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporationg
International Harvester Company
U. S. Senate
Department of Justice
Alaska
House
Washington
United States
A. Pratt Andrew
the Treasury
Treasury Department
Congress
Karl Legien
Socialist Party
Rhode Island GOP: Taft Delegates Chosen Until Released
The Rhode Island state Republican convention adopted resolutions to instruct delegates to Chicago to back President Taft’s bid for the nomina tion until released. A new tuberculosis preventorium at Farmingdale New Jersey was dedicated by Governor Woodrow Wilson. It cares for tenement children whose families are afflicted with tuberculosis.
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Rhoda Island
Chicago
Taft
Farmingdale
N. J
Woodrow WiIson
New Hampshire
Roosevelt Teaders
Roosevelt
Wealthy Minnesotans buy farm for urban recreation
Wealthy residents have closed a deal for a forty acre farm thirty miles out to provide fresh air and space for four hundred children from crowded districts. Seventh Day Adventists begin conferences in Battle Creek Michigan that may last until May 6.
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Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Battle Creek
Mich
Indian Joan D Arc Bride Weds Superior Man
Personal Minnte Cornelius of Fond du Lac Wisconsin last princess of the Oneida Indians known as the Indian Joan D Arc has become the bride of Orin J Ley of Superior Wisconsin. She was graduated from Wellesley College. Dr D K Pearsons of Chicago eccentric millionaire is dangerously in with pneumonia. B F Garrett of Arkansas completed a 140 mile walk to Stillwater Oklahoma for health. Robert Cameron Rogers author of My Rosary died at Santa Barbara California after an operation for appendicitis.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Joan D'Arc
Orin J. Kelley
Superior
Wellesley College
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Robert Cameron Rogera
Buffalo
Santa Barbara
Cal
Sailors Quit Over Fireboats Aboard Olympic Voyage
Three hundred firemen and engine room workers resign aboard the White Star liner Olympic in Southampton claiming collapsible boats are unseaworthy. Paris assistant chief detective Ise M. Journ killed. Officer Colmar severely wounded attempting to arrest Bonnot, alleged head of the automobile bandits responsible for multiple murders.
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Southampton
England
New York
Ise
M. Journ
Detec
Tven
Paris
France
Colmar
Bonnot
Former Boonville Chief Bowles Wounds Woman then Shoots Self
Boonville's ex police chief Joseph Bowles shot Mrs Edward Clarke at her home after a quarrel and, believing he had killed her, fired at himself in an alley. Bowles, a 45 year old miner, survived and is in a dying condition. Clarke, 28, was wounded in the arm and mouth.
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Boonville
Joseph Bowles
Edward Clarke
Bowles
Clarke
Howles
Clerks Refuse Sunday Marriage Licenses in Columbus
Columbus Bartholomew circuit clerk J. Cox announces he will not issue marriage licenses on Sundays. He notes past clerks granted urgent Sunday licenses and says Sunday licenses imply Sunday weddings. He argues licensing on Sunday is not legal and a Sunday fee implies ministerial work that day.
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Columbus
Leon J. Cox
Bartholomew
Cox
First Train Ride for 84 Year Old Woman in Tipton
Tipton residents Mr and Mrs J J Martin of New York settlement in Jefferson township visited Tipton en route to Kokomo. It marked Mrs Martin s first ever train ride at age 84 while her 82 year old husband, familiar with steam and traction cars, urged caution as the horse showed fright upon arrival.
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Tipton
J. J. Martin
New York
Jefferson Township
Kokomo
Gary City Celebrates Sixth Birthday Without Ceremonies
Gary observed its sixth birthday on April 18 1906 with no ceremonies. Mayor T E Knotts and A F Knotts supervised unloading a car of cinders at the Calumet township sand dune wilderness, marking the start of the steel city which now has a population of 30 000.
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Gary
T. E. Knotts
A. F. Knotts
Trust
Calumet Township
Steel City
Death of George W. Clore on Big Four train near city
George W. Clore, 70, of McKinty Tennessee, died on a Big Four train approaching the city. Excitement caused by his first Tide allegedly triggered heart failure. He left home in good health, accompanied by his son J. S. Clore, a wealthy farmer from Blackford County.
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Anderson
George W. Clore
McKinty, Tenn
Clore
J. S. Clore
Blackford County
Rush County Doctor Feared Dead in Titanic Disaster
Rushville reports Dr. Frank W. Creger of Greenfield, once a local physician, is believed lost in the Titanic sinking. Friends say he planned to sail from Liverpool the week the liner went down after a year abroad.
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Rush County
Rushville
Frank W. Creger
Greenfield
Liverpool
Frost Damages Berries and Cherries in Columbus
Local fruit growers report frost injury to straw berries and cherry blooms. Nurseryman J H McFerron cultivates ten acres, with many plants in bloom that were killed along with cherry tree blossoms.
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Columbus
J. H. McFerron
Colored Girl Stops Train on Fire Bridge
Edna Johnson a sixteen year old colored girl halted the Chicago to New York limited on the Pennsylvania railroad near Calumet river. She waved a basket to signal the approaching locomotive forcing it to stop within feet of the burning bridge. Trainmen extinguished the flames and crowds showered her with coins as praise.
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Gary
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edna Johnson
Calumet River
Shortest Will on Record in Whitely County
The Whitely county probate file reveals a twenty one word will of Jacob Brower the county’s oldest mail carrier. The document states I give and bequeath to my wife Cora Brower all my property in fee simple.
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Columbia City
Whitely County
Jacob Brower
Cora Brower
Death of John R. Sterling tied to Sis Hopkins owner share
John R. Sterling aged 55, part owner of the play Sis Hopkins, died in Detroit from heart disease. He held one third of the show while Mrs. Frank Minzey, Rose Melville, owned two thirds. He leaves a widow and three children.
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South Bend
John R. Sterling
Sis Hopkins
Frank Minzey
Rose Melville
Detroit
Mich
Child Burned to Death in Laporte Incident
Five year old Page Lowry died after his clothing caught fire while playing with matches and paper. Grandfather Amos G. Larber, deputy county treasurer, suffered serious burns trying to help.
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Laporte
Page Lowry
Amos G. Larber
Condition of Wheat Improving in Rushville Area
Farmers report better wheat conditions after a week of favorable weather. Fields once deemed worthless show potential for a fair yield as crops respond to the mild conditions locally near Rushville.
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Rushville
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Local Occurrences
Portland couples celebrate golden wedding. A. W. Wheadon fined 37.50 for possessing a fish net. Smallpox closes a school in Anders Hanson’s family. Frost damages fruit in Paoli. John Cox pleads guilty to operating a blind tiger. fined 50 and jailed 60 days. J. R. Whirley fractures hip at 62. Water tests condemn three wells for typhoid germ in Logansport. Mrs. Walkinshaw dies by carbic acid in Laporte. Irene Coolidge survives rooster attack in Princeton. Wabash County may face wheat shortage. price rises to 1.06. Muncie: diamonds and gowns dazzle society during eastern trip notes.
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Isaac North
Rochester
A. W. Wheadon
South Bend
Anders Hanson
Muncie
John Cox
Miltton
J. R. Whirley
Logansport
Laporte
Walkinshaw
William Walkinshaw
Stillwell
Laporte County
Princeton
Irene Coolidge
Washington
New York
Mre
Anthony
Broadway
Tornado Toll and Train Wreck Reported Across Midwest
In Kansas and nearby areas a sequence of tornadoes killed three people near the Kansas Oklahoma line, demolished 75 houses west of Ponca City, destroyed the Santa Fe depot at Ucas, and damaged interurban trolley lines. A Nebraska wind storm derailed a Union Pacific passenger train near North Loup, injuring 29, with one possibly fatal. The engine survived. the train cars overturned and telegraph service was disrupted.
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Kast
Moore
Ponca City
Ucas
Okla
Arkansas City
Santa Fe
Genda Springs
Winfield
Omaha
Neb
James Davis
Union Pacific
North Loup
O'Brien
Ord
Ohio Electric Car Collision Near Trenton Kills One Man
One man died and seven were injured when an Ohio Electric passenger car rear ended an express car one half mile north of Trenton Ohio. Motor man Val Johnson of the passenger car was crushed to death as the trolley cars locked and the express halted abruptly.
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Ohio
Hamilton
Trenton
Val Johnson
Noted Doctor Talbert Sle neau Dies in Port Huron
Dr. Talbert Sle neau aged sixty six, prominent medical examiner of the Modern Macca bees, died at his Port Huron home after a long illness. He was well known and highly respected.
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Port Huron
Mich
Talbert Sleneau
Sisters Drowned in Grand River Canoe Accident
In Lansing Michigan sisters Cecil and Josephine Richardson aged 21 and 26 drowned when their canoe with Frank Eidman capsized in the swift Grand River.
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Lansing
Mich
Cecil
Josephine Richardson
Grand River
Frank Eidman
Three Men Fined for Running a Blind Tiger in Greenfield
In Greenfield Indiana Daniel Lanahan received a $100 fine, $54 costs and sixty days in jail for running a blind tiger. Two other men were given similar sentences in the circuit court.
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Greenfield
Ind
Daniel Lanahan
Body of Mrs M A Schuler Found Off Santa Monica
The body of Mrs M A Schuler was recovered from the ocean at Santa Monica, California. Friends say she was deeply affected by the Titanic disaster and it is believed her mind may have given way.
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Santa Monica
Cal
M. A. Schuler
Twenty Brides Widowed After Titanic Disaster
Twenty widows aged nineteen to twenty three arrived aboard the Carpathia. Six had been married less than six weeks and all lost their husbands in the Titanic tragedy.
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New York
En Route to Be Married After Titanic Rescue
San Diego telegram reports Miss Buss of Kent England, passenger on the Titanic, has been rescued and will marry S. G. Willis as arranged.
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San Diego
Cal
S. G. Willis
Miss Buss
Kent
England
Bates Ends Life at Seattle Y M C A Building
Horace Bates committed suicide in the Young Men’s Christian Association building in Seattle Washington by taking poison. He was identified by a registered package receipt. Bates formerly resided in Waverly Tennessee.
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Seattle
Wash
Horace Bates
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bates
Waverly, Tenn
Edmonds Sawmill Owner and Wife Found Dead in Bed
James Brady, a wealthy sawmill operator in Seattle area, and his wife were found dead in their Edmonds home. Authorities consider Mrs Brady Kidd shot her husband and then killed herself. the motive cited is illness.
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Seattle
Wash
James
Brady
Edmonds
Brady Kidd
Incubator Explosion Rumors Reach Aberdeen
Fragmented report from Aberdeen cites a deadly incident involving a man identified as D. Fred Krehn his wife and an infant. The fragmentary text implies an incubator explosion with fatalities but lacks complete details.
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Aberdeen
Fred ‘Krehn
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