Senate report to condemn Titanic crew and Ismay in great disaster
Washington prepares sweeping charges of incompetency against White Star Line management and strong denouncements of members of the Titanic pickup crew and officials, with a Taft ordered suspension of the coffee trust case and state department handling of papers. A six year presidential term amendment is reported to the Senate, and a ten year limit for inferior federal judges is proposed. Supreme Court justices would serve during good behavior.
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Btar Steamship Line
J. Bruce Ismay
United States Senate
Senate
Taft
Department of Justice
New York
Coffee Trust
Department of State
Crawford
South Dakota
Supreme Court of the United States
Noted Society, Legal and Labor Sparks in Briefs
Former banker Charles Wyman Morse returns to New York after a Europe tour, appearing stronger than when pardoned by Taft. In Los Angeles the Darrow jury includes a thirteenth member for emergencies. Bishop elections advance at Minneapolis through five clergy names, with four new bishops named. A Detroit doctor Prof. Henry Samuels is jailed over alleged sugar solution cures. Missouri and Oklahoma ban roller towels and public grooming devices in hotels and restaurants. The National Railway Mail Association opens its 20th convention in New Orleans as payroll theft is reported in Helena. The American Unitarian association backs abolition of capital punishment and women’s suffrage. Five drowned after auto overturns into Chicago’s Calumet River. Progressives win a tight Presbyterian floor vote on interim doctrine committee. A 70-year-old woman dies in Neenah during a thunderstorm. Aviator Fred J. Southard dies after a 100-foot fall near Osborn, North Carolina. Bethlehem Steel raises capital stock to 72.6 million. John Kirby Jr opens the manufacturing meeting urging a new party to defend constitutional government. Clarence V. T. Richeson is electrocuted in Charlestown for murder. Countess de Leaufort’s marriage to Jacques Alexander Dudley von Mourik de Leaufort ends in annulment. A Seattle excursion steamer Flyer accident drowns two and injures eight aboard. The Methodist Episcopal ban on dancing and theater stays. Minneapolis vote favors no change. Wilkes-Barre miners ratify a seven-week idle period end deal.
Stone Reelected Leader Of Locomotive Engineers
Warren S. Stone of Cleveland was re elected grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for six years at Harrisburg. Dr George Dock resigns as dean of Washington University Medical School St Louis to continue as medicine professor.
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Warren S. Stone
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Harrisburg
George Dock
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
Taft Roosevelt Split Shapes Ohio Republican Convention
The Taft Roosevelt contest governs the Ohio delegation to the June 3 state convention as Taft wins 10 of 42 district slots and seeks 28 at-large delegates to Chicago. National Manufacturers Association session in New York endorses a new party plan with John Kirby Jr. leading efforts. Senator Elihu Root of New York is reported to have raised the tempo.
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Ohio
Taft
Chicago
Report to Senate Denounces Titanic Crew and Management
The special sub committee report to the Senate denounces J Bruce Ismay White Star Line officials and many pick up crew members for incompetence and failures in Titanic disaster management. It blames Captain Smith and the ship’s crew for poor lifeboat use lack of drills and disorganized actions and cites wireless operators Rostron Carpathia and Calafornian’s actions as contrasting heroic efforts.
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Washington, D. C
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Inc
New York
United States
Senate
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Carpathia
Senator Smith
Montreal
Hughes
West Virginia
White Star Line
Simith
Amerika
Ismay
Andrews
Harlan & Wolfe
Lightoller
Ife
Belfast
Phillips
Bride
Sisters of the Sea
Lord
Rostron
Annals of Navigation
British ‘Board’ of “Trade
Temperance Orator Questions Liquor’s Misery
A garbled excerpt shows a temperance speaker asking why more misery results from liquor. A husky voice replies with thirst as the real cause, highlighting alcohol's harms and the call for clear thinking.
Swiss Bank Notes Printed for War Readiness
The Swiss National Bank in Zurich completed printing 20 franc notes for six million dollars but will not circulate them unless war breaks out in Europe. Police guarded the Geneva printing offices nightly while the notes are stored in Bank of Zurich cellars.
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Swiss National Bank
Zurich
Geneva
Europe
Bank of Zurich
Emancipation talk ends with sharp quip on women advisers
A statesman addresses women’s rights during a discussion on emancipation. A young woman asks what post she would hold if women governed. The statesman answers with a quip about managing an institute for the deaf and dumb, implying a test of speaking or silence.
Decorations of the Daughters of the American Revolution
The article notes jewelry worn by the Daughters of the American Revolution at two Washington receptions reportedly exceeds 500000 in value. It adds a comparison that fathers of the revolution might have saved years of conflict if they controlled 50000 worth of ammunition at key times.
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Washington
Hostone
Veracity Questioned in Kansas County Case
Jim Slocum of Montgomery county testified to impeach a witness in Kansas City Journal coverage. He faced a reputation inquiry for truthfulness and said neighbors would want corroborating evidence if the man looked dead before burying him.
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Jim Slocum
Montgomery County
Kansas City Journal
Jim
Brooklyn Man Seeks Bargain Coffins In Cleveland Visit
A 79 year old South Brooklyn windmill dealer, spending his birthday in Cleveland Ohio, sought affordable coffins. He rejected pricey options noting most looked overvalued and questioned second hand choices. He left without buying, hoping death costs may fall later.
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Brooklyn
Cleveland
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Committee On Judiciary
Curmins
Charles Wyman Morse
Death's Door
Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence Darrow
McNamara
Hutton
Napthali Luccock
Hyde Park Methodist Church
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Theodore 8. Henderson
N. Y
W. O. Shepard
Henry Samuels
Detroit
Missouri
Oklahoma
Boards of Health of
States
United Commercial Travelers’ Association
National Railway Mall Association
New Orleans
W.H. Chandler
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort
William Henry, Harrison
Helena
Ment
American Unitarian Association
Boston
Calumet River
Ninety-second Street Bridge
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Bristol
Tenn
Louisee Hesse
Neenah
Wis
Fred J. Southard
Wright Aviation
Osborn, C
Southard
Wright Brothers
Bethlehem Steel Company
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Charlestown
Mass
Orison
Jacques Alexander Dudley von Mourik de Leaufort
Irma Kilgallen
Hrentano
Atxty
Puget Sound
Flyer
Seattle Wash
Methodiet Episcopal Church
Methodist General Conference
Minneapolia
Wilkesbarre
National Manufacturers’ Association
Elbu
Bruce Ismay
Garfield
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