Governor Goldsborough speech at Baltimore Methodist dinners
Governor Goldsborough spoke at two Baltimore Methodist gatherings outlining city and state reforms. He urged prison and liquor law changes, opposed capital punishment and contract labor, supported workmen’s compensation, a 10 hour law for women and child labor rules, education reform, and praised Goucher College for raising a million dollars. He urged citizens to engage in governance.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Goldsborough
Epworth League
League
Hess
Valiouds
Old Monument Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Commissioners
Baltimore City
Charles Street
Union Station
Lexington Street
Maryland
General Assembly
Goucher College
Test for would be middies at Naval Academy
Upward of 400 candidates will take mental entrance examinations this week under civil service rules for midshipman appointments. About 300 vacancies exist in the brigade and it is expected that about three fourths of the number will be filled.
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Naval Academy
Civil Service
Brigade of Midshipmen
Copper ore imports rise in UK in two months year to year
Copper ore imports into the United Kingdom grew from 453600 dollars in the first two months of 1912 to 1014000 dollars in the same period this year. John Quinn of Boston, a janitor, has inherited 500000 dollars.
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United Kingdom
John Quinn
Boston
Morgan Funeral Honors a Banking Titan in Unpretentious Ceremony
J Pierpont Morgan is eulogized in a simple, dignified service at St George's Church, attended by 1500, with three bishops officiating and honorary pallbearers led by Senator Root and Joseph H Choate. The procession moved to Grand Central then Hartford, where factories closed and schools paused. The red rose covered coffin was laid to rest beside his parents in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Stuyvesant Square
Morgan
Richmond
Mr. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan
Hartford
Greer
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Brewster
Connecticut
Hlihu Root
Joseph H. Choate
17Th Street
St. George’s Church
Senator Root
George S. Bowdoin
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Robert W. de Forest
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Robert Bacon
James W. Markoe
George F. Baker
Hilbert H. Gary
Morton S. Paton
Seth Low
J. P. Morgan, Jr
St.George’s Church
Grand Central Station
Lexington Avenue
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Morgan Estate Tax Estimated at Four Million
State Controller computations place the inheritance tax on the late J Pierpont Morgan between two and four million dollars. The estimate, based on a wealth figure of one hundred million, would be the largest single estate tax ever received by the state.
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Albany
N. Y
J. Pierpont Morgan
Governor reconvenes legislature for extra jury reform session
In Trenton New Jersey Governor Fielder issues a proclamation to reconvene the Legislature in a special session on Tuesday May 6. The aim is to enact a jury reform bill and to provide for a constitutional convention. Also urged is passage of a valid enactment ratifying the popular vote for provisions of a smaller freeholder board act in several counties.
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Trenton
N. J
Fielder
RUSSIAN RIVER LEVEES BREAK AND FLOOD REGIONS
Beulah Mississippi levee failures recur with April and January breaches. Expected crest near 22.5 feet threatens cotton and sugar areas. Beulah floods vast lands. crews mobilize as Memphis and Shawneetown report further washouts and a giant coal mine explosion near Shawneetown causes $100,000 damage. Dayton forms debt clearing bureau of five lawyers to aid flood claimants. Adjutant General asserts no shootings since martial law. Rail disruption hits St Louis Memphis routes and Frisco line between Hayti and Kennett.
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New Orleans
Beulah
Mississippi
C. O. Sherrill
Fort Jackson
Aleady
Dayton
Ohio
Wood
Washington
Albert Burleson
St. Louis
Memphis
Hayti
Kennett
Frisco
Paterson Conference Fails Over Mill Striker Dispute
In Paterson New Jersey silk manufacturers refuse to join a conference with the Board of Aldermen and a striker committee. Workers vote to deal with their own staff, rejecting Industrial Workers of the World leadership. Counsel wins release for 32 men and 16 women jailed for unlawful assemblage during Liall mill picketing.
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Paterson, N. J
Board of Aldermen
Industrial Workers of the World
Culebra Cut Progress Delays Put Deadline Near
Washington reports the Culebra cut of the Panama Canal cannot admit workers before October 1. Steam shovels will remove about 5,500,000 cubic yards by then, leaving roughly 2,500,000 cubic yards for dredges after water is diverted into the cut.
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Washington
Culebra
Panama Canal
Pensions for Poor Mothers Debate in Ohio Legislature
Ohio House backed a bill to pension dependent mothers to keep children at home, with $15 monthly for one child and $7 for each additional child. Eligible women include widows, those with disabled or deserted husbands, and with sons under 15 or daughters under 16, for six months with possible renewal. A state tax funds the program via juvenile courts. enforcement includes prohibitions on boys under 14 selling papers or gum.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Senate
New Jersey joins Mothers Pension column in states
Governor Fielder signed the bill placing New Jersey in the Mothers Pension column. The plan fixes $9 monthly with $4 more per school age child, yielding $30 for a mother with five young children in New Jersey versus $43 in Ohio. Illinois pioneers the law, aided by Henry Neal, with 1,200 children under care. advocates claim cost per child is $5.75 monthly versus over $11 in institutional care, saving taxpayers while boosting mothers’ earning ability. New York debates a Mothers Pension bill, while NYC uses a private trial by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.
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New York
Fielder
New Jersey
Ohio
Illinois
Henry Neil
National Probation League
New York State
New York City
The
Association For Improving
Munson Marries For $10,000 Legacy in Yonkers
In Yonkers New York after five years of hesitation Charles L. Munson twenty five marries widow Louisa Hoeffer thirty five to claim a conditional $10,000 legacy from his grandfather George Munson Hastings quarry owner. The legacy was left on the condition that Munson wed.
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Munson
Yonkers
N.Y
Charles L. Munson
George Munson
Hastings
Louisa Hoeffer
Bride-Elect Olga Temp lrovich Commits Suicide in San Francisco
Miss Olga Temp lrovich, a Russian beauty known as the most beautiful woman here, shot herself at the St. Francis Hotel on the eve of her wedding to Isaac Upham, a wealthy man. The engagement was announced recently and the couple planned a honeymoon at the bride’s home in St. Petersburg.
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San Francisco
Olga Templrovich
St. Francis Hotel
Isaac Upham
St. Petersburg
King Alfonso narrowly escapes anarchist assassination in Madrid
In Madrid King Alfonso survived a rebuff from a Barcelona native Rafael Allegro as he rode from the recruit ceremony. A revolver was fired three times, the horse absorbed the blow, and a Secret Service officer halted the assailant. Police later protected Allegro as crowds demanded lynching.
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Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Barcelona
Rafael Sanchez Allegro
Ferrer
Calle de Alcala
Secret Service
Seven Die In Train Upset Near Montreal
Seven killed and fifteen injured when an excursion train on the Montreal Chambly branch of the Central Vermont Railway derailed about four and a half miles from St Lambert. The train carrying about 700 passengers had taken a free trip offered by real estate agents to buyers eyeing Albani subdivision. Speed at mishap was 20 to 30 mph as engine and first three coaches left the track near East Greenfield station. Names among the dead include J Moses fireman Montreal. J Lacoste 501 Drolet St Montreal. Margaret Deer 10 of 109 Coonway St Point St Charles. unidentified man believed Christie CP Rail engineer The Glen Quebec. Rochon Martin White Lafayette Ave Montreal South. and other unidentified man.
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Montreal
Montreal- Chambly
Central, Vermont Railway
St. Lambert
Albani Subdivision
East Greenfield Station
Pankhurst Released After Hunger Strike
Militant suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst was released from Holloway Jail after nine days on hunger strike. She was taken to a nursing home at Pembridge Gardens in Bayswater to recuperate, a move described as necessary due to her weakened condition.
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Nursing Home
London
Holloway
Emmeline Pankhurst
Maeterlinck backs Belgian striker movement
Maurice Maeterlinck joins 390,000 strikers in Belgium in a letter to a Socialist paper. He condemns the ministry as embodying old Belgian clericalism and vows to support the cause more effectively than with writing.
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Brussels
Maurice Maeterlinck
Open House on Arizona Border Refugees Entertainment
Washington War Department asks State Department to allow open border policy for Mexican federal refugees escaping rebel forces. Hundreds already interned at Nogales and fed by U S Army stores. recent flyout from Naco increased refugees to about 300. Commander at Naco sought guidance on duration of government relief.
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Washington
War Department
State Department
United States
Wnh
United States Army
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Ojeda
Naco
Arizona
Danville Votes Day in Liquor Referendum
Danville Virginia voters in four wards upheld dry rule with 691 drys to 623 wets amid a total 1,314 ballots cast. First ward produced a surprise 36 vote dry majority, while overall results favored prohibition after a heated, but speechless, campaign day with heavy turnout and polling activity.
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Danville
Bryan Fifth Times Grandchild Born in England
Secretary Bryan received congratulations on the birth of his fifth grandchild, Reginald Bryan Owen, born at Elphan in Kent, England. He is the son of Lieut. Reginald Owen of the Royal Engineers and Mrs. Owen, formerly Ruth Bryan.
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Washington
Bryan
Reginald Bryan Owen
Elphan
Kent
England
Reginald Owen
Royal Engineers
Owen
Ruth Bryan
Wreck injures five railroad workers at Butler Junction
Five railroad men were severely injured at Butler Junction when a shifting engine crashed into the two cabin cars carrying them. The impact pushed the cars over the end of the track and down an embankment with the cabins toppled.
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Freeport
Butler Junction
Stillwell Vindicated in extortion charges
Albany reports the New York Senate found no sustained basis for charges of attempted extortion against Senator Stillwell as leveled by George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note Company. The vote stood 21 to 28 in favor of sustaining the charges.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Stillwell
George H. Kendall
New York Bank Note Company
Boy killed by bat ball in Lawton Michigan
Lawton Michigan reports 9 year old Paul Murphy died instantly after a baseball he tried to catch slipped from his hands and struck him over the heart. The ball was batted by his 13 year old brother Joe Murphy.
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Lawton
Mich
Paul Murphy
Joe
Paul
Firecracker Triggered Fatal Shot Incident
New York youths John Miller aged 11 and Lawrence aged 7 found their father’s shotgun and used a lighted firecracker in the muzzle. The blast ignited an old charge and the shot struck Lawrence, who died within minutes.
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New York
John Miller
Lawrence
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