Picnic for Naval Officers Brightens San Diego Visit
Ninety two officers led by Rear Admiral Thomas enjoyed a country picnic near San Diego after days of pageantry. More than 100 citizens joined the event. 44 automobiles ferried guests and crew. The fleet of sixteen vessels opened their decks for shore leave amid boat races, a baseball game, and tours, ending with a vast fireworks display over the bay that evening.
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San Diego
Cal
America
Thomas
Liberty
Anchorage
Coronado
Hague Court's First Job Between U S and Britain
The United States and Britain plan to submit the Newfoundland fisheries treaty interpretation of 1818 to The Hague's permanent court of arbitration. Ratification of a general arbitration treaty is needed before use, a move seen as granting the court prestige in its early history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Washington, D. C
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Hague Court
South Wants Italians on Southern Farms
In a Washington dispatch T. W. Powderly, head of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization division of information, says southern farmers request Italian labor, citing Mississippi delta as example where millions of acres remain idle for lack of help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Washington, D. C
T. W. Powderly
Division of Information
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Mississippi Delta
Battle With Horse Thieves Near Sulphur
A desperate gun battle erupted between a sheriff posse and a gang of horse thieves in Sulphur Oklahoma. After exchanges of fire the thieves were routed and one of the gang was mortally wounded.
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Posse
Okla
Polbe
Sare
Fort Eighty Perished In Cascade Mountain Train Wreck
A Canadian Pacific Railway disaster near Alberta Canyon in the Cascade Mountains swept away two boarding cars filled with Japanese laborers. About forty Japanese were aboard. only five bodies recovered so far as rescue efforts continue.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Alberta Canyon
Cascade Mountains
Gide
Theear
Italy and Turkey clash over post offices in Turkish waters
An Italian squadron led by Admiral F Grenet sails to Turkish waters with 11 warships including the Regina Wiena and 7,000 soldiers to press claims over post office rights. The mission aims at Asia Minor, with possible island occupancy, amid Turkish hostility after the murder of an Italian missionary and land sales prosecutions.
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Rome
F. Grenet
Regina Wiena
Duke of the Abruzzi
Asia Minor
Turkey
Tripoli
Threatens Massacre Haiti's President Refuses to Submit
Port au Prince Haiti four weeks after a massacre of political prisoners in which 27 to 48 people were reportedly killed. President Nord Alexis, aided by General Jules Alexis Coleou, vows to resist deposition and warns of further bloodshed if his term is challenged. Foreign warships restored fragile order while arrests of suspected revolutionaries continue.
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Haiti
Port-Au-Prince
Nord Alexis
Leutenant
Jules Alexis Coleou
Alexis
Dessalines
Jean Jacques I
Invents Wireless Truck Demonstrated in Omaha Shops
Dr. Frederick H. Millener electrical engineer at Union Pacific shops in Omaha has demonstrated a wireless electric truck. The vehicle, started and stopped from a wireless central station, has been in use at the shops for weeks. Six drowned in Texas floods with heavy property loss reported.
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Omaha, Neb
Frederick H. Millener
Union Pacific
Omaha
Texas
Mining rate settled for 200000 miners to work
Toledo Ohio reports an amicable agreement between miners and operators. The 200000 idle miners in the central competitive district will resume work under the old rate of 90 cents per ton, with a two year pact, a referendum by districts, an eight hour day, a uniform screen, and district handling of price and condition disputes. The next interstate conference is slated for Toledo in February 1910.
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Toledo
Iaois
Rich Man Shoots Himself in Philadelphia Park
Thomas H. Nice a retired grocer with an estimated fortune of 500000 shot himself in Fairmount Park after a 45 year active business career He retired a year ago selling his business Don M Dickinson former postmaster general under Grover Cleveland in a sanitarium noted as a mental wreck
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Philadelphia
Thomas H. Nice
Fairmount Park
Don M. Dickinson
Grover Cleveland
President's Plan for Four Battleships Defeated
Washington. The House voted 199 to 83 against the President's program for four battleships and upheld a committee recommendation for two vessels in the naval appropriations bill. Debate lasted four hours as supporters argued four ships would keep pace with other great powers. opponents cited cost and policy concerns. The bill authorize expenditures of 107,837,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Committee On
Naval Affairs
House
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Foss
Committee On Naval Affairs
Williams
Alabama
Hobson
Boston Demands Prosecutions Over Interstate Bridge Bid Conspiracy
The Boston finance commission urged federal grand jury action against 12 large steel firms and their officers for alleged violations of the interstate commerce act. Named are American Bridge Company, Pennsylvania Steel, New Jersey Bridge, New England Structural, Boston Bridge Workers, Eastern Bridge and Structural, Berlin Structural, Canton Bridge, Groton Bridge, Oswego Bridge, King Bridge, and Frederick W. Sage of Belmont Iron Works. Also noted, Russian troops invade Persian territory near Lenkoran to punish Kurdish raiders.
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Boston
Finance Commission
Federal Grand Jury
American Bridge Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
New Jersey Bridge Company
New England Structural Company
Boston Budge Workers (Incorporated
The
Eastern Bridge and Structural Company
Berlin Structural Company
Canton Bridge Company
Groton Bridge Company
Oswego Bridge Company
King Bridge Company
Frederick W. Sage
Belmont Iron Works
Navy to invite 3000 men to join by July first
Washington reports that with congress considering 6000 additional sailors, 3000 may be recruited before July 1. The bureau of Navigation resumes recruiting after a pause, aiming to capitalize on public interest in naval service and will place ads in weekly publications and monthly magazines reaching eligible young men.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Kickapoo Return Effort Sees 400 Of 600 Agree
Special Agent Mark Goods reports progress in Mexico City as about 400 Kickapoo Indians from the Nacremen colony accept government terms to move back to lands in Oklahoma. The Mexico settlement originally numbered around 600 members.
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Mexico City
Mark Goods
United States
Mexico
Nacremento
Mex
Oklahoma
Mexico Colony
Indians Marathon Indian Guerilla Attacks Near Quintana Roo
Indigenous Maya bands wage ongoing guerrilla warfare against Mexican troops and settlers in Quintana Roo. Reported ambush of a military supply train results in two soldiers and a Turkish merchant death. Earlier, a larger Indian force wounded four soldiers and took several captives.
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Quintana Roo
Senator Clapp Receives War Bonnet From Crow Chief
Senator Clapp of Minnesota and chairman of Indian affairs accepted a large eagle feather war bonnet from Chief Plenty Coos and his band in Washington. The chief, praising the Indians’ treatment, called Clapp a “cheap big Indian” and presented the bonnet as a symbol of peace and gratitude for support in Congress.
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Plenty Cool
Hugh
Congress
Clapp
State courts must yield in dispensary bond dispute
United States Judge Pritchard gave four days for the State Commissioners to file a Supersedeas bond in the dispensary cases. Receivers appointed by the judge must demand the trust fund and collateral from the absent state treasurer. The judge acts with Chief Justice Fuller, and support from the Supreme Court is expected if conflicts arise.
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Asheville
N. C
United States
Pritchard
Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
Judge Pritchard
McKinley Home Sold in Canton for 21000 Dollars
The former president's home in Canton, Ohio, transfers to Mrs. Rose C. Klorer for 21000 dollars after appraisement of 20000. Personal effects from the late president, including gifts from the 1896 front porch campaign and White House years, are being divided among five heirs and scattered.
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Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Rose C. Klorer
Helen McKinley
White House
Plague Suspected in La Guaira in Dispatch
Washington dispatch from American Consul Moffat says bubonic plague is suspected at La Guaira with many deaths reported. Officials withhold details citing poor sanitary conditions and lack of official confirmation.
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Sonsul Moffat
la Guaira
Washington
State Department
Moffat
Limited Ditched Two Dead in Montana Train Crash
Glendive dispatch reports the North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific was wrecked after striking a burned bridge near Helena Montana. Wireman Gustave and a tramp were killed while the engine was spared from a plunge by its air brakes.
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Helena
Mont
Glendive
Northern Pacific
Gustave
Illinois Central Mortgage to Secure 30 Million Bond Issue
Illinois Central Railroad files a first mortgage with United States Trust Company of New York to secure bonds not exceeding 30 million dollars. bonds to be 1000 dollars each, dated to January 1, 1923, bearing 4 percent interest. callable after 1910 on January 1 and July 1 with premium of 2 1/4 percent.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad Company
United States Trust Company of
New York
Republicans Call Texas Convention for Roosevelt Delegates
The Texas state Republican committee met in Dallas and called a state convention to choose delegates for the national meeting in Fort Worth on May 13. A majority of committeemen favor Roosevelt with Taft as a second option.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas State Republican Committee
Fort Worth
Roosevelt
Taft
Gas Explosion Kills Ten in Norton Hill Colliery
Ten miners perish in a gas explosion at Norton Hill colliery in Somersetshire. First rescue teams faced deadly fumes and were saved with great difficulty. several rescued workers remain in precarious condition as efforts continue.
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Bath
England
Norton Hill
Somersetshire
Supreme Court ousts Standard 641 Company in Tennessee
Nashville Tennessee report states the supreme court ordered the Standard 641 Company out of business in Tennessee, citing a ruling that ends its operations within the state. The decision affects the firm’s local presence and pending obligations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Supreme Court
Standard 641
Tennessea
President urges four new battleships as peace measure
The President urges Congress to fund four large battleships, arguing the United States seeks no conquest and cannot rely on arbitration alone. The message, received by both houses, met with strong support from navy advocates and mixed reaction from opponents who warn of high costs.
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Congress
United States
Washington
New York City
Tawney
China
Great Britain
Pension Increase Automates Subsidy for Widows
Washington Pension Commissioner Warren announced widows already on the pension roll will receive the $12 monthly increase automatically, with first payment May 4, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Widows not yet on the rolls must apply as before if entitled.
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Washington
Warren
Congress
No Black Hand myth denied by King in audience
King Victor Emmanuel told Robert Watchorn and William B. Howland that the Black Hand is a superstition without basis in Italy or America. He emphasized the need to destroy myths about the feared criminal gang during discussions on immigration.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Robert Watchorn
New York
William B. Howland
Outlook Company
Italy
America
Jails Full Press Fort William Committer Transfer Refused
Central Prison authorities in Toronto refuse to transfer the Douchobars committee member from Fort William for six months. Meanwhile Port Arthur jail holds 75 inmates, well above its 20 capacity. Toronto reports its jail is also full.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Toronto
Douchobars
Fort William
Alaska Gold Rush Sees $3 Million Spring Output
From Nome to Seward peninsula bankers and miners expect Alaska's largest spring production, potentially reaching $3,000,000. Reports show unusually rich dumps from winter mining season and a new tin find on Brooks mountain promising great returns.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Brooks Mountain
Minnesota Republicans Convene and Endorse Taft Delegates
In a two hour session the Minnesota Republican convention chose four at large delegates and four alternates to the national convention. It nominated 11 presidential electors and adopted resolutions to vote for Secretary of War Taft until he is elected. Congress passed a measure banning race track gambling in the District of Columbia.
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Minneapolis
Winiun
Minnesota
Taft
Congress
District of Columbia
Military Balloon Experiments Move to Fort Omaha
Captain Charles Der Chandler, noted aeronautic expert, is ordered to Fort Omaha Nebraska to conduct a series of military balloon tests. A separate report from Birmingham Alabama notes a South Bessemer electric car robbery near Powderly where Conductor Adams was killed by a highwayman shortly after midnight.
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Washington
Charles der. Chandler
Fort Omaha
Neb
Birmingham
Ala
Powderly
Adams
Hauser Lake Dam Breach Causes Major Property Loss
In Helena Montana a dam at Hauser Lake on the Missouri river failed partially with about 250 000 dollars in damage. No lives were lost and minimal further damage is expected as floodwater estimated at 26 feet moved into the lower river. The structure, 70 feet broad and 490 feet long, was completed years ago at over two million dollars and powered 26 000 horsepower feeding Helena Butte and Amalgamated Copper facilities nearby.
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Helena
Mont
Hauser Lake
Missouri
Butte
Amalgamated Copper Company
Anaconda
Big Outlay in Mills to Expand Tennessee Holdings
United States Steel Corporation announces major upgrades for Tennessee Coal and Iron Company holdings. Planned remodeling of three blast furnaces to lift output by 600 tons daily, installation of a 600 ton mixer, four new 100 ton open hearth furnaces, and mining at coal mine No 13 Pratt seam. A new steel rail mill with 50 000 tons monthly capacity to start next month, up from 20 000.
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Pratt
New camp proves rich in Alaska gold strike
A Fairbanks dispatch reports two men who struck rich on Nolan Creek in the Koyukuk district have already pan ned out $30,000. They only took bedrock pans and plan to build a large dump for spring washing. A parallel find on Wiseman Creek suggests another big camp may form if the strike matches Nolan Creek.
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Koyukuk
Alaska
Seattle
Fairbanks
Nola Creek
Wiseman Creek
Nolan Creek
Alleged Paints Are Watered In Federal Hearing
Washington reports a House committee hearing on paint adulteration. Professor E L Ladd of North Dakota State Agricultural College testifies that most paints sold are watered or adulterated, contrary to preexisting genuine lead and oil compounds. Lawmakers Dalzell and Marshall push bills to curb adulteration and mislabeling in interstate commerce.
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Washington
United States
House
E. L. Ladd
North Dakta State Agricultural College
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Marshall
Ner Dakota
Postal Savings Bank Bill Reported With Amendment Change
Washington senate committee on post offices reported favorably the postal savings plan drafted by a committee. An amendment changes the proposed institutions’ name to postal depositories without altering the bill’s purpose to furnish convenient depositories for small savers lacking adequate bank facilities, addressing banker objections.
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Washington
Senate
Post
Pittsburg base club to pay Hans Wagner ten thousand
Report notes Hans Wagner will receive a ten thousand dollar salary from the Pittsburg base club. Also referenced are political shifts with Judge Gray declining to endorse a Democratic presidential candidate, and remarks on Brownsville shootings affecting a senator’s speech. The banking bill vote and international incidents in Sweden and Italy are briefly mentioned.
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Hans Wagner
Pittsburg
Gray
Delaware
J. B. Foraker
Brownsville
Roosevelt
House Committee On
Aldric
United States
Difonis Central
H . Mob
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Caspian Sea
Uncle Sam
M'Kinley Home
Bam
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Richby; Ree
Hera
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