Retirement of Interior Minister Durnovo and Witte's rise in Russia
In St Petersburg during Easter celebrations officials congratulated superiors as Minister Durnovo announced retirement and urged subordinates not to call on him. Count Witte gains ground as elections bolster his position and shift blame for repression onto Mornovo amid ongoing political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witte Seema
St. Petersburg
Klahiney
Durnovo
Count Witte
Mornovo
Miraculous Escape in Naples Refugee Crisis
In Ottajano and San Giuseppe salvage continues as rescuers pull two elderly women from the Ottawano debris after six days entombment. They survived on scraps and sheltered beneath house rafters as thousands remain homeless and hope fades for other survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Ottajano
San Giuseppe
Ottawano
Lost boy found after twenty hours in Hog Back snow
Patsy Sullivan the four year old son of John Sullivan of East Lake City was found near Hog Back mountain three and a half miles east of Bountiful. He had wandered for twenty hours through ravines and snow before breaking through and becoming entangled in brush until a rescue party located him at noon Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lake City
Patsy Sullivan
John Sullivan
Hog Back Mountain
Bountiful
Patay
Sten
Earthquake in Formosa Kills Hundreds and Triggers Landslides
In southern Formosa the Saturday quake leaves 109 dead and 29 injured. Kago is hit hardest as homes spared in earlier tremors collapse, while Doke and other towns suffer landslides altering the landscape. Relief efforts race to reach thousands displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Formosa
Kago
Doke
Oferals
Mining Man Williams Murdered by Yaqui Indians
Telegram from Hermosillo Sonora reports Yaqui Indians killed Samuel Williams an assayer for the Giroux Consolidated Mining company at Carbo Sonora. Williams was killed during an ambush on Saturday. The fate of other party members is unknown and the company’s superintendent had been killed recently by Yaquis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Tex
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Samuel Williams
Williams
Giroux Consolidated Mining Company
Carbo
Yaquis
Retirement of Castro Sparks Much Comment in Venezuela
Travelers arriving from Venezuela report General Castro's retirement from the presidency in favor of Vice President Gomes is not clearly understood there. Some say the move is temporary as Castro has left the capital, while others note cabinet resignations and unsettled leadership as followers scatter. Venezuelan opinion remains cautious and divided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Gomez
Venezuela
Race War in Missouri Sees Teen Kills Attacker
In Springfield Leslie Peters 16 shot and killed Ralph Burns a negro after two assailants attacked him at a gate. Peters surrendered then was released. Crowds gathered as militia blocked violence and tensions rose between residents and the local Black community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Leslie Peters
Ralph Burns
Peters
Regio
Emma Le Doux Arraigned in McVicar Murder Case
In Stockton California Mrs Emma Le Doux was arraigned on a murder charge in a brief court appearance. She pleaded not guilty in a clear voice as a crowded courtroom watched the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma le Doux
A. N. McVicar
Stockton
Cal
Insurance Agent Causes Attack on Aged Couple
Obediah Smith and his wife near Hampton were attacked by A Evans, an insurance agent from Waterloo and secretary of the Property Mutual Insurance Co. He went to Hampton to conduct business, struck the couple, left them unconscious, and then died by his own hand on Monday. Motive remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Obediah Smith
Hampton
A. Evans
Waterloo
Evans
Property Mutual Insurance Company
Smith
A Ladrone Uprising in Luzon
Philippine constabulary headquarters at Maplos Luzon were attacked by ladrones. Three native troopers and one ladrone were killed. The incident is treated as a routine part of restoring order with native constabulary efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Maplos
Luzon
Constabulary
New Official Under a Cloud Indicted in Erie County
Fred Murray, recently named collector of the port of Buffalo and former Erie county treasurer, is indicted for stealing about 48,870 dollars and receiving stolen property. The grand jury returned seventeen indictments as it probes graft tied to the North Street cemetery purchase for the Sixty-fifth regiment armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N
Fred ©. Murray
Port of
Buffalo
Erie County
Grand Jury
County of Erie
Grand
North Street
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Springfield Lynching Mob Prosecution Expands
Springfield Missouri reports four men under arrest as leaders of the mob that broke into the county jail and lynched three Black men. Cannefax Calfry Crane Hall are named. one jailed, others released on bond. Grand jury expected to indict many more as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles Cannefax
Oney Calfry
Dan Crane
Oat Hall
Hal Ie
Governor’s Supreme Power Upheld in Labor Leader Incarceration
Denver Chief Justice Gabbert releases a supplemental opinion asserting the governor may suspend habeas corpus at his discretion, barring court review. He cites Philippine and Batangas precedents, analogizing to Colorado labor turmoil and upholding the military detention of Charles H. Moyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Gabbert
State Supreme Court
Moyer
Johnson
Philippine Islands
Americans in China Said Safe by Bishop Bashford
San Francisco bishop Bashford, returning from Shanghai after four years, states China is stable. He notes three riots since the boycott began, caused by local issues, with Chinese generally friendly to Americans as he travels to Chicago for an Episcopal bishops meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. W. Bashford
Methodist Episcopal Church
Shanghai
Orient
Bashford
Ohio Wesleyan University
Chicago
Board of
Episcopal Bishops
China
United States
Empire
End of Mount Vesuvius eruption observed in Naples
Naples reports the danger period passed as Mount Vesuvius shows no life signs. Director Matieucel at the observatory asserts the eruption ended, with no rumblings, a smoky veil hanging over a wide arc near Rome and Naples, and Friday's sunshine reaching the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Vesuvius
Matieucel
Rome
President Castro Taking Rest Amid Venezuelan Pressure
Washington reports President Castro of Venezuela is resting due to exhaustion and plans a brief respite, per a dispatch from W. W. Russell, the U S minister to Venezuela, dated Caracas April 10. The State Department notes no political significance attached to the temporary retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Castro
State Department
W. W. Russell
United States
Venezuela
Mr. Russell
Caracas
Senator Clark Plans Southern Arizona Rail Line
An evening paper reports Senator Clark and associates have decided to build a railroad from a San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake connecting point south into Arizona to reach Clark's Jerome copper mines and link with the Southern Pacific. The line would cross the Grand Canyon at Leo's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Senator Clark
San Pedro
Salt Lake
Arizona
Jerome
Southern Pacific
Grand Canyon
Leo's Ferry
Six Die as Cyclone Rips Through Texas Towns
Six persons were killed and several injured when a tornado struck Driggs Texas late Friday. Buildings were destroyed across the district, and at Cleburne the grandstand collapsed during a game. Heavy rain fell in Dallas with general precipitation across northern Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Driggs
Tex
Cleburne
Ball Park
Texas
Panic in Chicago Church Fire Alarm Tragedy
A false alarm of fire during Easter services at St Ludislas Roman Catholic Church in Chicago led to a chaotic stampede. Four people died including three children and one woman, with many injured as worshipers escaped through windows and the center aisle. A boy outside shouted fire and fled, his identity unknown to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Ludislas
Twenty-fourth
Albany Avenues
M. Farnik
Explosion on Battleship Kearsarge Kills Six in Guantanamo
Washington reports say a powder explosion after target practice aboard the battleship Kearsarge at Guantanamo Bay caused six deaths and several injuries. The listed dead include Lieutenant Huggins turret officer Peter Norberg gunner's mate Theodore Naugell and others with two more crew members named as injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guantanamo
Cuba
Kearsarge
Huggins
Peter Norberg
Theodore Naugell
Anton O. Thorson
Julian EB. Poster
Ellis H. Athey
W. King
Sunflower in Ear Restores Grace Barrett’s Hearing
In Delaware Ohio an embryotic sunflower seed removed from Grace Barrett, daughter of a local preacher, restored her hearing. The seed had been in her ear since fall and no healthy sprout formed. surgeons removed it Saturday, ending her progressive deafness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware, O
Grace Barrett
Labor backed bank to open in Chicago May 19
Commonwealth Trust and Savings bank, promoted by organized labor, will start operations May 19 with a capital of $500 000. All but one director are labor members, though bank officials will be practical bankers not drawn from organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commonwealth Trust and Savings Bank
Kansas Politician Breaks into Colson Hotel Saloon
W. W. Caldwell, Cloud county Republican chairman, forced entry into a Colson hotel basement saloon, drove out occupants, and wrecked the bar and beer pumps. The hotel owner left the property in a ruined state with no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Kan
W. W. Caldwell
Republican County Central Committee
Cloud County
Colson Hotel
Caldwell
Taft limits chief of staff authority in war department order
Secretary Taft issues an order that curtails the chief of staff powers by requiring that orders to the general staff corps be issued in the name of the secretary of war or through the military secretary, placing the chief of staff in an advisory role and increasing Assistant Secretary Oliver's burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Oliver
General Staff Corps
Secretary of War
Rates Fixed by Traffic Association Governs Coal Transport
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings revealed that the Traffic Association fixes both the tonnage shares and the rates for coal transport. Joseph G. Searles, traffic manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad and chairman of the All-rail Traffic Association, explained the arrangement during the final testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Traffic Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph G. Searles
Conl
Pennsylvania Railroads Company
All-rail Traffic Association
Were Comforted Too Soon
In St. Petersburg curious domestic complications arose after Russian soldiers were reported dead and then returned. A woman believed widowed found herself legally wed to two men, with a child born to the second husband. The first husband offered his claim for 25, but lacking funds led to priestly mediation. The settlement sent the wife back to her first husband while the child remained with the second husband and bore his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Jailed for Forty Days in Standard Oil Case
In Middletown Connecticut Superior Court John Boylan local Standard Oil agent was convicted of selling inferior dangerous quality kerosene and sentenced to forty days in jail and fined 25 plus costs. The case stemmed from two civil suits by Theodore White after a lamp exploded at his home in January injuring his daughter who later died and burning Mr White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
John Boylan
Standard Oil Company
Theodore White
Germany's Drink Bill
Washington reports Germany's large liquor outlay based on letters from American Consuls Brittain and Guenther. Per person averages show six and a half quarts of wine 129% quarts of beer and nine quarts of brandy yearly. For 60 million residents the liquor expenditure totals 672,588,000 dollars with male average at 37.36 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Bureau of Manufactures
Brittain
Guenther
Murder of German Trader by Admiralty Islanders
The Moana reports Herr Sechlehahn, a German trader from St Galeriel island, slain by Admiralty group natives. The Condor warship chased the culprits and burned their village. The body’s fate remains unknown though belief centers on cannibalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Moana
Australia
Herr Sechlehahn
Admiralty Group
St. Galeriel Island
Condor
Man Jumped From Williamsburg Bridge Into East River
Nathan Isaacs of 66 Irvington Street New York jumped from the middle span of the Williamsburg Bridge into the East River 195 feet below. He was pulled from the water by a ferry boat crew, found unconscious, revived, and may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nathan Isaacs
Irvington Street
New Williamsburg
East River
Murderous Motorman Chicago Tragedy injures crowd
Four people were injured and two fatally when P. J. Daley, motorman on an Indiana avenue car, crashed into pedestrians at the Wabash avenue Adams street crossing. Conductor W. P. Kelly and D. & Tamaglo, an electrician, were so badly hurt there is no chance of recovery. Daley fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P. J. Daley
Indiana Avenue
Wabash Avenue
Adams Street
W. P. Kelly
Pullman Company
D. & Tamaglo
Daley
Longer Term for Congressmen Proposed by House Panel
A House elections committee report backs constitutional amendments to elect senators by direct popular vote and to extend representatives' terms to four years. Proponents say longer terms reduce party turnover and the constant primary drama, guiding focus to national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Washington
Morris
Nebraska
House
Tornado Strikes Stafford Kansas Damaging Towns
A Kansas tornado Friday ripped Stafford and surrounding areas with the storm moving from the southwest. Seven houses and a church were destroyed while multiple buildings were damaged. Mrs Granger suffered serious injuries, while a child was unharmed. Another tornado damaged farms near Hudson and Rushton with no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Fred Tanner
Congregational Church
Ila Granger
Stafford
R. F. Silvers
Hudson
Rushton
Anthracite wage talks stall as miners and operators diverge
In New York a meeting of mine workers and operators ended without progress. Employers hinted they will not accept either miners' offers and will respond by letter. If rejected a miners convention may declare a strike and seek the strike commission. President Mitchell proposed two amendments to the original demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mitchell
Beaten and Robbed in San Francisco Hotel
Charles Carson, a known racing figure, was summoned to his hotel room door by two well dressed men. A third man stood in the hall as the assailants masked themselves and forced Carson to surrender, beating him unconscious and stealing $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Charles Carson
Ashworth Hotel
Carson
Dowle Denies Charge In Mormon Missionaries Case
Dowle rejected as false a charge that he secretly conspired with a Mormon missionary group to surrender Zion and its vast holdings to the church. The allegation stemmed from pamphlets distributed months ago in a lone city by a small circle of missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dowle
Mormon Church
Zion
Alon City
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