Titanic Disaster Evidence Emerges From Senate Inquiry
York May 3 Senator Wil en Smith, in transit, cites evidence on the disaster from a Montreal telephone report and White Star lines. He says missing details and delayed disclosure harmed public understanding. he would have pressed Carpathia for prompt news and warned against false hope.
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van Haratter
One Statue of Dickens in Philadelphia World Wide
May 1 item reports Philadelphia holds the only Dickens statue in the world, a granite sculpture by H. Edwin Elwell now planned for Parkway area after earlier mounting in Clark Park. The piece marks Charles Dickens, with notes on public reception and historical placement in libraries and parks.
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Titanic wreck inquiry opens in London to last a month
Attorney General Isaacs opened the British board of trade wreck commission hearing into the Titanic loss. Lord Mersey presides with a 300 witness list. A giant Titanic model and a sectional diagram are shown to illustrate forthcoming evidence.
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Anthracite Dispute: Conference Rejects Tentative Pact
New York May 3 full conference committee of the anthracite mineworkers rejected the tentative settlement endorsed by subcommittees. Indirect union recognition in grievance committees failed to satisfy the miners who demand full recognition. William Green stood in for ill UMW president John P. White. Operators’ committee ratified the subcommittee action. Miners in Wilkes-Barre expressed joy at the decision, regretful over the abolition of the sliding scale and a 10 percent wage rise. They hope for stronger recognition and possible future settlements.
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Recall of Bryce Denied in England Amid Campaign Talk
London May 3 reports deny any plan to recall Mr Bryce British ambassador at Washington. High authorities call sensational talk part of Unionists and Imperialists political capital campaign. Also notes include narrow drowning escape in Butler Pennsylvania and legal move on Thaw sanity trial in White Plains New York with decision next week. Homer Davenport dies in New York.
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