Royal honors for Roosevelt at Christiania
Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Christiania to royal honors as Nobel laureate. He meets King Haakon and Queen, rides in state carriage, attends a palace dinner for Norwegian elites, and tours Trinity Cathedral and the Viking relics at the National Museum. Crown Prince Olaf befriends Roosevelt, who recounts hunting exploits.
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Christiania
Theodore Roosevelt
Nobel Committee
Acing
Ing Haakon
Col
Ioeseerst
Andinavia
Fol
Roosevelt
Herbert H. . Pierce
Mr. Rooseif
Royal Castle
Olaf
Egypt
Queen Maud
Trinity Cathedral
Bjornson
National
A M
Johnson
Roosevelt Disappoints Many Hostesses by Announcing Program
London on May 4 reports Roosevelt list of engagements disappoints many would be entertaining him. The schedule includes dining with the king and queen, a Buckingham Palace ball, events at Dorchester House and Wrest Park, Guildhall luncheon, Oxford lecture and Pilgrims Society luncheon, with visits to Bassinestoke Hampshire and Northumberland.
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Roosevelt
London
Iar
Col
Onor
O.queen
Buckham Palace
Stefan Reid
Eid
Ethel Roosevelt
Dorchester House
Exemporation
Guildhall
Oxford
Pilgrims’ Lab
Lord Curzon
Bassinestoke
Hampshire
Arthur H. Lee
Washington
Fareham
Whitelaw Reid
Wrest Park
Sir Edward Grey
Northumberland
North Pup Millan
Nairobu
Messina Fire Fears And Halley’s Comet Panic
Rome news reports Messina hit by a destructive fire encroaching on powder magazines and damaging fortifications. Timber for reconstruction burned, and several men were injured. Residents fear Halley’s comet omen and end-of-world predictions spark panic. In another note, Floyd County inmates now wear Hubbard garments to curb escapes and promote cleanliness.
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Rome
Messina
Halley
Moss Renominated by Fifth District Dems
Special to The Sun reports Ralph W. Moss received renomination by the Fifth district Democratic convention held in Fort Wayne. Delegates adopted resolutions praising Gov. Marshall and John W. Kern, and endorsed Moss for Congress.
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Ferre Haute
Ind
Gov. Marshall
John W. Kern
Insurgents Name Terms of Rail Peace
Washington reports say Republican progressives held talks over the rail bill with parties split on the three last sections about stocks and bonds and a new plan for federal control. Aldrich signaled dropping the sections for an independent bill while LaFollette and others push to strike them. Taft faces a drift of his legislative program as regulars blame his indifference andinsurgents rally in the house keeping up pressure on Speaker Cannon.
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Sun
Washington Service
Hibbs
Washington
Borah, Cummins and Dolliver
Senate Committee On
Interstate Commerce
LaFollette
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Aldrich
Senate
Taft
Congress
Pittsburg
Speaker Cannon
Boehne at stake in Indiana Democratic convention
Evansville dispatch notes the Indiana Democratic convention endorsed Gov. Marshall for president and nominated J W Boehne for Congress. Boehne declines to state if he will accept the nomination, saying no statement for publication until the convention acts. The article also covers Cox’s bid on Hicks King claim, and appointments and observations in medical, weather, and banking circles.
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Evansville
Ind
Gov. Marshal
J. W. Boehne
Sun
Washington Service
Hibbs Building
Washington
Boehne
Congress
First
Fire Devastates City of Aomori with 7000 Buildings Burned
Aomori was wrecked by a Tuesday blaze that destroyed seven thousand buildings. Scores of people were injured and many reported missing as nine tenths of the city lay in ruins. The rapid spread was blamed on the unique wooden construction of Japanese towns.
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Rio
Aomori
Japan
One Bad Ear Puts Crowd All Wrong At Patriotic Concert
An orchestra in a local theater performed old-time and patriotic airs to a patriotic crowd. A fat man with pink baldness forced others to stand for the flag, sparking tension with a lone spectacled man who refused. The audience eventually rose as the anthem played, but the fat man’s ears remained red.
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Benjamin Harrison
Army
Navy
State to Close in Hyde Murder Case on Thursday
The state plans to close its case Thursday in the murder trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde over Col. Thomas H. Swope. Direct testimony by Dr. W. C. Vaughn that poison was found in the liver was followed by cross examination. Defense notes that other experts failed to detect poison, strengthening Hyde's position.
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Hyde
Dr. Vaughn
Col. Swope
Kansas City, Mo
Thomas H. Swope
B. C. Hyde
W. C. Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Mich
Vaughn
Dra. Waller
Haines
Ludvig Hektoen
Chrisman Swope
Walsh
Dr. Hektoen
Swope
Kansas City
Bennett C. Hyde
Logan O. Swope
Thomas Swope
Lucy Lee Swope
Armed Guard Escorts Strike Breakers to Steel Car Plant
One hundred strike-breakers were brought to Washington Indiana under a guard of railroad patrolmen and put to work in B&O S W shops. The three cars were shunted into the roundhouse where the workers will be housed and fed. Strikers watched the procession without reaction and remain firm.
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Washington
Ind
Say Wholesalers Must Cease Offering Non union Made Product
Union cigarmakers in Evansville Ind have declared a strike across shops where proprietors press on with nonunion cigars. They cut prices for five inch cigars to a thousand to aid competition then mandated that manufacturers stop selling nonunion goods.
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the Sun
Evansville
Ind
Union
Largest inland harbor planned for Gary Indiana shoreline
Gary Indiana May 4 The largest inland harbor in the world will be built along the lake front of Gary with hundreds of acres filled and docks of concrete and steel extending into the lake. Congressman Crumpacker has introduced a bill giving the steel company right to seize the required shore strip upon War Department approval.
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Gary
Ind
Crumpacker
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Steel Company
War Department
Indianapolis population tops quarter million in unofficial count
Unofficial census figures announced on Wednesday place Indianapolis at 250,036 residents, an increase of 90,872 since 1900. The town grew from 169,164 a decade ago, with enumeration completed by an Indianapolis man, first in the state to finish the tally from the central census office.
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Hoosier
Indianapolis
U.S
Architect Killed In Automobile Crash In New Haven Area
May 4 New Haven Connecticut architect Joseph O'Brien a leading state figure was killed instantly when his car crashed head on into a telegraph pole during a racing incident near Milford Indian River. Three companions were badly hurt as the other car fled the scene and the wrecked vehicle was left in the stream. The injured men dragged themselves to a telephone to summon help for the coroner.
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O’brien
Connecticut
Indian River
Milford
O'Brien
Strike Ends 11000 Return to Mines
Terre Haute Ind May 4 The miners strike ended Tuesday afternoon with miners and operators agreeing to an immediate resumption pending settlement of remaining differences. The action affects about 11 000 men and was brokered by J A Kelsem Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators Association Thomas L Lewis United Mine Workers and Edwin Perry national secretary.
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Terre Haute
Ind
J. A. Kelsem
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Edwin Perry
Electric line appraised for receiver sale in Wabash
Wabash Ind May 4 Acting on the court order C W Caffyn and Wesley Kreichbaum inspected the Wabash Rochester interurban line and valued the property The thoroughfare will be sold at a receiver's sale soon
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Wabash, Ind
C. W. Caffyn
Wesley Kreichbaum
Wabash-Rochester
Census Officials Estimate U S Population Rise
The census officials unofficially estimate the U S population increase since 1900 at 15,121,036. Greater New York is 4,563,603, with Chicago at 2,282,926. Other totals include Philadelphia 1,540,429, St. Louis 696,196, Baltimore 503,374, Washington 350,148, and more across Cleveland Pittsburgh Detroit Newark Jersey City Toledo Columbus Buffalo Denver Cincinnati and others.
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Washington
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Denver
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Detroit
Newark
Jersey City
Toledo
Columbus
Boy's Leg Worth $13 750 Verdict Upheld
Harold Schaffer a 15 year old son of a New York police officer received 13750 dollars for the loss of 2 legs in a case affirmed by the appellate division of the supreme court against the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. It stands as the largest verdict upheld here for such injury.
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New York
Harold Schaffer
Supreme Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Taft Faces Frosty St Louis Reception and Busy Day
President Taft arrived in St Louis amid a quiet greeting with no cheers as he began a full day schedule. He planned breakfasts with the Commercial Club and Business Men's League, drives through the boulevards, farm and rail plans, and ball games at National and American leagues before a dinner at the Southern Hotel. He discussed the railroad bill briefly with Senator Aldrich and pledged a conservation program including a lakes-to-gulf waterway.
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Louis
Taft
St. Louis
Union Station
St. Louis Club
Commercial Club
St. Louia
Farmers’ Convention
Business Men's League
Southern Hotel
National Park
Cleve
Washington
Aldrich
Senator Aldrich
Pittsburg
Rhode Island
Farmers’ National Association
Lakes
Gulf
Teddy bug infestation drives Plainfield residents indoors
In Plainfield Connecticut millions of Teddy bugs arrived Tuesday night over apple and pear trees and gardens. The buzzing insects drove residents indoors immediately forcing women and children to flee as lanterns went dark almost instantly. Specimens were sent to Yale for classification as the name Teddy bug gains popularity.
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Plainfield
Conn
Yale
Men Fall to Death in Eastern Tunnel
Punxsutawney Pa May 4 James Jennings was instantly killed and two others were fatally injured when the bucket lowering workers to the Mauk tunnel base tilted and toppled them Wednesday. The injured are Joe Roff and Tony Varrato.
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Punxsutawney
James Jennings
Mauk
Joe Roff
Tony Varrato
Senate Passes Pension Bill In Less Than Two Minutes
Washington May 4 The senate approved the pension appropriation bill at a rate of about 1 million dollars per second, approving an expenditure around 170 million dollars before the measure finished in under two minutes.
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Washington
Senate Wedneslay
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John A. Retle
Lafayette
United States Weather Bureau
National Congress of Physicians and Surgeons
William N. Wishard
H.R. Allen
Beveridge
New Haven, Conn
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