Deneen to Stay Neutral in Primary Fight
Springfield Tenn and Governor Deneen tell Colonel Roosevelt he will remain neutral in the Taft Roosevelt primary. He hosted Roosevelt at the executive mansion and explained he will not interfere, aiming to keep the party united for possible re election if nominated. Roosevelt supporters see him as giving Roosevelt an advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Beneen
Roosevelt
Executive
Deneen
Taft
Yates
Damage claims total from Mexican revolution rise to 1 million
Washington dispatch reports foreign investors claim $1,000,000 in damages from the Mexican upheaval. A U S government representative who just returned from Mexico says it would take twenty years to pay the debt if all revenue went to the task. He estimates Mexico’s annual income at about 40,000,000 gold dollars, a figure tied to Diaz era prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Taft and Barnes clash over New York platform
In New York Taft and Republican State Chairman William Barnes Jr clash over the state platform as the Rochester convention nears. Taft demands ship to force ironclad instructions and neutralize Barnes opposition. Root urged to lead committee. Barnes threatens to take control to push through resolutions. Hughes looms as a potential alternative in the intra party power struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Taft
William Barnes, Jr
Republican State Committee
Old Guard
Rochester
Elihu Root
Henry L. Stimmon
Barnes
Chicago
Hughes
British strikers return to mines in general resumption
In a nationwide coal field reopening, 700000 miners went back to pits after an order from the Federated Miners' Union. In Fifeshire Scotland, strikers refused to resume, demanding strike benefits. Lochgelly warns of continued resistance amid a £15000 local fund.
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London
United Kingdom
Federated Miners’ Union
Fifeshire
Scotland
National Union
Treasu
Lochgelly
Police safeguard returns to mines after distressing five weeks
About 300 armed policemen stand guard while families endure hardship after five weeks of unrest. Workers express relief at resuming mining, though it will take weeks to return to normal conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irs
Eight-year-old rider hurt when coal oil barrel rolls over
Special Charles Bhowalter, eight years old, may die from injuries after a wagon fall last Friday in RG VA. He fell from a wagon and a 400 pound barrel of coal oil rolled onto him, causing internal injuries. He remains unconscious.
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Charles Bhowalter
Co ed Wins Slander Suit Against Dean at Chicago Univ
Es ther Mercy won a slander suit against Dean Marion Talbot of Chicago University. A jury awarded her $2,500 of the $100,000 damages sought after a trial that began March 15. The testimony showed Mercy, owner of a $250 hat, alleged some aigrettes were stolen and was told her veracity was doubtful when she asked for an investigation.
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Chicago, Ill
Esther Mercy
Marion Talbot
Chicago University
Miss Mercy
Virginia to Honor Sons at Gettysburg Monument Inscription
Virginia leaders discuss a simple direct inscription for the Gettysburg battlefield monument to be unveiled in July 1913. The proposed text reads Virginia, To Her Sons at Gettysburg, with Virginia sending many veterans to the unveiling and counties allowed to cover travel expenses under an act.
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Richmond
Mann
W. Gordon McCabe
Thomas Smith
Gettysburg Battefield Monument
Smith
Ife
Nimnginia
Gettysburg
Brosheit Neide
Ulva Nocd Uimennl
Henry A. Edmondson
Ss. P. Sten
Orangaml Mecklensure
Virzoinia
General Assembly
Indictment Filed Against Broad Rock Distillery Officials
A seven count federal indictment charges Clar ence G. Wood and John M. Rhea of the Broad Rock Distilling Company with unentered books and underreporting spirits totaling at least 6 185 gallons. They allegedly concealed barrels on dates in November and December 1911 to evade taxes and illegally ran a rectifying business. Also named is Oren T. Burroughs in related bribery probes and William Harris for mail tampering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
United States District Court
Clarence G. Wood
John M. Rhea
Broad Rock Distilling Company
Chesterfield County
Wood
Rhea
Oren T. Burroughs
Broad Rock
Revenue Department
William Harris
Burkeville
Fire damages Norfolk Masonic Temple in Court Street
The Masonic Temple in Court Street Portsmouth Norfolk sustained heavy damage in an early morning fire. The third floor housed Portsmouth Masonic lodges, the second floor held Seaboard Air Line Railway offices, and the ground floor contained a large moving picture theater. Losses were largely insured.
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Norfolk
Masonic Temple
Court Street
Portsmouth
Seaboard Air Line
Everything Quiet 22 in Carroll County
Governor Mann declined to reveal any contact from Carroll county saying the Allen gang fugitives Lina Allen and Wesley Edwards remain at large. The hunt continues with officials wary of trials before all leaders are apprehended and a venue change for the Allen Edwards cases discussed. Nearby Memphis Arkansas towns face floods and isolation as rivers rise and communications falter.
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Richmond
Mann
Carroll County
Lina Allen
Wesley Edwards
Baldwins
Allen Gang
Hillsville
Allen
Edwards
Roanoke Jall
Waller Stepias
Allens
Edwardses
Grayson County
Flood threat to Osceola and Hulbert levees near Memphis
Special-Major Clark of United States engineers in charge of the Arkansas levee system issued an emergency call for 260 men to reinforce a point near Hulbert Arkansas where water is two feet over the levee. If unchecked by noon Tuesday, the levee is expected to break. Osceola, the Mississippi county seat, reports water entering the main levee since 7:30 this morning.
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Memphis
Tenn
Clark
United States Engineers
Arkansas
Rock Island Railroad
Hulbert
Ark
Osceola
Mississippi County
Washington, Co
Minissippi
Jeemionin
Ryna
Cairo
St. Francis River
Helena
Arkansas City
White River
Mississippi
British Coal Strike Called Off After 1 Million Idle
The great Trishcoal strike that left about one million idle across the United Kingdom coalfields ended Tuesday. Federated Miners' Union officials accepted the executive committee’s recommendation to resume work at once and notified miners to return. General resumption is set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Federated Miners’ Union
Woman Arraigned in Death by Scissors in New York
Mrs Mary F Snyder is charged with murdering Walter J Snyder in their apartment at 980 St Nicholas Avenue Historic Hall. She claims the death resulted from accidental stabbing after multiple thrusts of seven inch scissors. Police note numerous women linked to Snyder, raising questions about motive and relationships.
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New York
Mary F. Snyder
Walter J. Snyder
Historic Hall
St. Nicholas Avenue
Snyder
More Costly Than Coal Grocer Inquiry at Bradstreet
A comic exchange shows a clerk searching for Mr. Jones in Bradstreet as he orders a bushel of potatoes, prompting the grocer to remark on costs. The scene highlights casual everyday commerce and a humorous note on business records.
River Flood Recedes. Devastation Remains Across Mississippi Valley
The chief weather forecaster reports the Mississippi flood crest has fallen at Memphis and Cairo, with dangers still rising at White River and Arkansas City. Thirty people have drowned as floodwaters sweep towns from St Clair to New Madrid, Evansville, and Helena, inundating acres of farmland and washing away embankments while rescue teams search for marooned residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Ohio
St. Clair
Ark
Holy Bush
Hurlburt
Ind
Evansville
Indiana
Hickman
Reelfoot Lake
New Madrid
Cairo
Ill
Peel Points
Arkansas
Hickman Kentucky Stricken by Mississippi Flood Reaches Relief
With the Mississippi River crest moving southward desperate flood survivors endure hunger and exposure. Steamers rescue hundreds while the May Stewart brings 150 people from Slough Landing. In Hickman the health drive led by Dr. Richmond aims to prevent disease as 2,000 refugees shelter in a hilltop camp.
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Hickman
May Stewart
Slough Landing
Richmond
State Board of Health
Lime sent to flood lands in Mississippi district
Thousands of pounds of lime are being sent to flooded districts along the Mississippi for disinfection as the river recedes. Barrels of oil are also being sent to burn refuse. Ernest P. Bicknell of the American National Red Cross said no general fund would be needed as the quartermaster's department can handle the situation for now.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Ernest P. Bicknell
American National Red Cross
General Red Cross
Quartermaster’s Department
French Win In Suit For Patent Payment
The Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Claims verdict ordering the U S government to pay 136000 dollars to Societe Anonyme Des Anciens Etablissements Cail of France. The case, the first under the new patent law, concerns damages for use of a gas check in breech loading cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Claims
Societe Anonyme Des Anciens Etablissements Cail
United States
Distilling Company in Rem Proceedings Likely in Circuit Court
Broad Rock Distillery Company of Chesterfield County faces in rem action in Richmond Virginia. The United States District Court Shaes scheduled to hear multiple charges alleging breaches of revenue laws as government seeks to confiscate the distillery property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Broad Rock Distillery Company
Chesterfield County
United States District Court
Distillery Case Highlights Mortgage and Tax Evasion Allegations
The case centers on alleged violations of revenue laws. Witnesses Colonel Chapman and Collector Lowry report a Bank of Manchwaster mortgage on the distillery machinery. Burrows trial for bribe-related charges consumes prior days, with indictments naming Wood Rhea Johns Miller Evans Williams for illicit spirits movement and untaxed rectifications. An instruction camp will include Richmond Blues officers at Winchester May 10–17.
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Bank of Manchwaster
Chapman
Lowry
Oren T. Burrounds
Broad Rock Company
Oren T. Burroughs
Wood
John M. Rhea
Winchester
Richmond Blues
Adjutant General
Augusta Roads Bond election set for April 30
Staunton Virginia special. A petition signed by 360 Augusta county voters with county board approval passed to the circuit court, which set April 30 for a good roads election. If approved, a $1,000,000 bond issue will fund Macadamized roads with $10,000 yearly from the State as a sinking fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Augusta County
Board of Supervisors
Circuit Court
All- Easth
Miners Union Defiance Halts Work at Two Washeries
Open defiance by miners in the anthracite field began Monday at two washeries in Luzerne County as W T Payne and West End Coal Company resumed full operations. The plants can process about 40 and 1,000 tons daily, with union leaders calling workers off yet operators importing staff. District leaders depart for Philadelphia conference, leaving local union heads in charge. miners insist on union recognition and seek no compromise. Estimated losses exceed eight and a half million dollars.
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Wilkes-Barre
W. T. Payne
Luzerne
West End Coal Company
Mocanaqua
Payne
West End Company
Philadelphia
John T. Dempsey
John Fahy
Thomas Kennedy
White
National Board
Lighter Captain Robbed and Killed in New York
Special reports Captain Michael Starret sixty of Brooklyn was found murdered in the cabin of a Pennsylvania Railroad lighter at the foot of West Eleventh Street. His head and shoulders were beaten and his hands tied behind his back. Robbery motive suspected as the cabin was ransacked for money known to be in his possession.
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New York
Michael Starret
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Eleventh Street
Starret
Riot in Textile Strike Resumes in Lowell Mills
Special report says rioting restarted as 2,000 strikers marched in Lowell Massachusetts before Appleton and Hamilton mills. Two protesters were arrested after clashes with mill workers amid a parade with noise-making instruments.
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Lowell
Mass
Appleton
Hamilton Mills
Floods Cause Heavy Damage in Montpelier Vermont
In Montpelier Vermont floods cause at least ten thousand dollars in damage with Main Street flooded several feet deep. The Wisconsin River and North Branch flood elevations rise twelve to fifteen feet above normal, halting rail service to Barre and hindering telegraph links.
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Montpelier
Main Stree
Rives
Barre
Co Barre
Western Unies Telegraph Company
Winooski
Norma
Army officer to locate in Richmond for cavalry inspection
Lieutenant McCabe of the United States Army is assigned to Richmond to establish headquarters and oversee inspection and organization of cavalry commands along the Atlantic seaboard. He will focus on improving the cavalry branch while noting infantry and artillery are in better condition, and his arrival does not affect existing Virginia assignments.
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McCabe
ARMY
Richmond
E. BR. Warner McCabe
United States Army
War Department
Atlanta
Atlantic Seaboard
Cavalry
Virgina
Cabinet Resignations Shake Madero Administration
A cabinet shuffle in Mexico City saw Manuel Calero and Rafe Hermandez resigning under pressure from President Madero. Pedro Lascurain and Carlos Lerde Tejeda named as successors amid a push for general elections, with Francisco De La Barra poised as a candidate if Madero steps down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Manuel Calero
Rafe Hermandez
Madero
Pedro Lascurain
Carlos Lerde Tejeda
Strongt
Reed
Francisco de la Barra
State to abandon experiment farm in Charlotte County
The Virginia State experiment farm at Charlotte County is deemed unsuitable for the demonstration program and will revert to the county. Planted crops exist this year, and the county may arrange disposal of the current site while seeking a replacement to keep the experiment park in the region.
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Charlotte County
Tate
Father Doctor Cries As His Four Year Old Daughter Dies
Special report from New York describes Dr Adolph Flachs of Newark rushing to a trolley accident on Ferry and Bowery where his four year old daughter Ella was fatally struck. The doctor arrived, confirmed the loss, cradled her in his arms, and carried her home as she died in transit. Witnesses cited a ball game preceding the tragedy and the motorman's inability to stop in time.
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New York
de Adolph Flachs
Cortlandt Street
Newark
N. J
Ferry
Bowery Streets
Ella
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ASK
Taft and Barnes
Fifeshire Scottish
Virginia
Woods
Grand Jury
Florelia Whaley
Jere Cook
St. George's Episcopal Church
Miss Whaley
San Francisco
Helens
Blytheville
Barfield
Lake City
Tree
Caruthersville
Augusta
UAL
Miners’ Union
North Branch
Richmond, VA
Mary
Aixolus
Europe
Omana
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