Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after iceberg strike
News from YORK reports the White Star liner Titanic sank off Newfoundland's Grand Banks two miles below the sea after hitting an iceberg on its first crossing to New York. Estimates place deaths between 1,200 and 1,500 with 675 to 866 saved. Notables feared lost include Astor Stead Guggenheim and Vanderbilt names, while the disaster faces costs exceeding 20 million dollars. telegraph and wireless messages poured in as ships raced to seek details.
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Jon Jacob Astor
William T. Stead
London
Benjamin Guggenheim
Henry B. Harris
Washington Dodge
Archibald Gracie
Washington Rock Oe
Archibald Butt
Ident Taft
Fletcher Fellowes
Clarence Moore
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
J. B. Thayer, Jr
OSS
Ihe Star
Line
Titanic the Floating Palace Leads Maiden Voyage
The Titanic left Southampton for New York on its maiden voyage with about 1,300 passengers aboard including 218 in first class. It dwarfed rivals, topped 46,325 tons, and featured luxury hotels on water with 15 decks, golf, pools, baths, and regal suites priced at 4350 dollars for a single trip.
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Southampton
New York
Ohio Central
Admiral Smith
B. J. Smith
White Star Fleet
Olympic
Hawke
Solent
W. F. N. O'Loughlin
J. E. Simpson
H. W. McElroy
R. L. Brocker
A. Latimer
Bel- May
J. Pierpontman
Lord
Tue Starline
J. Man
Inter
Fatian
Titanic's Fatal Voyage En Route to New York
Report details the RMS Titanic's departure from Southampton on April 10, its collision with an iceberg south of Cape Race at 10 25 p m Sunday night, and the resultant sinking. WirelessS O S signals were sent as water flooded forward. Carpathia and other ships attempted rescue but could not reach in time. Officials later confirmed the catastrophe as one of modern maritime history.
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Southampton
New York
Cape Race
Allen Line
Virginian
Carpathia
Halifax
White Star Line
Haddock
Olympic
Brooklyn Dog Steals Danger Signal On Track
A Brooklyn collie watched workers erect a danger signal on a trolley track. The dog grabbed the flag, then ran away, causing a car to miss a trench. Antonio Giuseppi narrowly escaped when the motorman braked as the car neared him.
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New York
Church Avenue
Canarsie Road
Brooklyn
Antonio Giuseppi
Giuseppi
William and Mary to start a summer session in Virginia
The Board of Visitors of William and Mary plans a summer session to be held at an undecided southwest Virginia location. The program will be integrated with regular college work, counted toward degrees, and run by the college faculty. It targets teachers seeking advanced prep and students wanting summer studies plus athletic training, open to men only. Strayhorne faces trial after Richmond hearing, linked to a high school robbery and other alleged crimes, with police noting associates' misconduct.
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Williamsburg
Visiere
William and Murr
Virginia
Stummer
William and Mary
Strayherne
Crutchfield
Richmond
Strayhorne
Cocaine Shipment Probe Ties Richmond to Knoxville
A Richmond man Joseph Bland, 41, is charged in Police Court with illegal cocaine trafficking linked to a Knoxville shipment. Investigators trace the drug using post office money orders and a Knoxville letter, with federal agents alert for a large consignment and arrests expected in Tennessee.
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Richmonda VA
Joseph Bland
Ecelored
Umihl
Bland
G. K. Pollock
Qiuulne
Rirchmond
Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville, Tenn
North Seventeenth Street
George & CO
Tennessee City
United States
Wren
Wiltshire
J. London
Harry Bland
William Reed
Youth Charged In Break-In At John Marshall High
Benjamin Strayhorne, eighteen, white, was charged in Police Court in Richmond with breaking into John Marshall High School on the night of March 18 and stealing a bicycle belonging to student John Everheart of 1900 Littlepage Street. He was arrested in Durham, North Carolina, after Chief Werner learned he was there. Detective Sergeant Atkinson helped bring him back.
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Richmond
Benjamin Strayhorne
John Marshall High School
John Everheart
Littlepage Street
Strayhorne
Durham
N. C
Louis Werner
Tarheel
Atkinson
Hugged lawyer to show jury what she meant
In a New York divorce trial, Mrs. Lillian M. Kinsman faces allegations of misconduct with furniture dealer Ellis. Her cook Belle Kuell testified she saw Kinsman with Ellis on a hotel veranda and acting as witness to demonstrate a hug. Other witnesses described a scheme by Kinsman and detective Currie to build a scandal.
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New York
Charles
le Barbier
Lillian M. Kinsman
Charles F. Kinsman
Justice Delany
Supreme Court
Belle Kuell
Coney Island
Mr. le Barbier
Hotel Seabourne
Mr. Ellis
Mrs. Kinsman
Sterling Bronze Company
Kinsman
Harry L
Jenny L. Scheuerman
Ellis
Currie
Mary G. Pratt
Daughters of American Revolution Meet in Annual Session
Delegates convened in Washington DC for the twenty first DAR annual convention. A factional split between Mrs M T Scott and Mrs William Cummings Story was evident as hotly contested offices were anticipated. Mrs Scott opened the sessions with Miss Elizabeth F Pierce and credentials committee reports followed by program committee chair Mrs Samuel W Jamieson.
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Washington, D. C
Daughters American Revolution
M. T. Scott
William Cummings Story
New York
Story
Scott
Matthew T. Scott
Elizabeth F. Pierce
Committee On
Henry L. Mann
Samuel W. Jamieson
Old Hotel Fire in Augusta Causes Large Damage
A fire in the basement of the City Hotel at 145 Water Street Augusta Maine cost about 150000 in damage. The blaze swept through the building destroying about an acre along the river and 131 to 161 Water Street. Twenty five guests slept on upper floors but escaped just as flames overtook the structure.
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Augusta
Maine
Old City
Water Street
Robber 22 Receives 25 Years In Sing Sing
New York Special Peter Gaulawitz twenty two was sentenced to thirty five years in Sing Sing for burglary in the first degree extortion robbery and receiving stolen goods. County Judge Niemann called him the worst criminal in the state. Witnesses described a November 11 break in with a revolver threatened residents kerosene thrown and a home set ablaze. Police say he was recently paroled from Elmira reformatory.
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New York
Peter Gidiawicz
Sing Sing
Mineola
Ahon
Niemann
Gaulawitz
Martin Zauretski
Searington
Icebergs and Ice Drift Warned by Sir Ernest Swickleton
London special report quotes Sir Ernest Swickleton on North Atlantic icebergs and detection methods. He explains bergs form from land glaciers, break up in spring, and danger from drifting floes. Temperature checks, mist, windward versus leeward air, and submerg ed bergs are noted as key hazards.
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London
Sir Ernest Swickleton
North Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Sir Ernest
Genealogy of the Allen clan in Carroll County Hillsville
A New York Herald dispatch from Hillsville Virginia traces the Allen family lineage from Scotch Irish roots to the Civil War era and the Hillsville massacre. It names Sidna and Wesley Edwards, Floyd Allen, Jack Allen, and a host of relatives as figures in a clan blamed for crime and evading lawmen.
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New York Herald
Hillsville
Carroll County
Court of Justice
David W. Bolen
Wirgoinia
Virginia
OM Dominion
Allens
Allen
Floyd Allen
Judge Bolen
Bolen
Carroll
Montgomery County
Guilford Court House
N. C
William Allen
Wiliam Allen
William Allen, Jr
William
Bailey Allen
William Carr Allen
Lemuel
Carr
Bull Run
Manassas
Carr Allen
Mack Howlett
The
Herald
Howlett
Hilleville
Jack Allen
Amily
Bailey, Jr
Jndee Bolen
State
Jeremiah
Robert
John
South
Blue Ridge Mountains
Billy” Combs
Anderson
Washington
Victor
Garland
Floyd
Hillaville
Jasper
Jack
Friel
Sidna Allen
Jeremiah Allen
Edwards
Mundy
Sidna
Wesley Edwards
Wesley
Claude
Free Allen
Usher Arrested After Father Tries To Make Stranger Hold Child
In New York a man and a girl entered the New Star Theater on Lexington Avenue. A man seated beside the girl had a child with him and pressed the baby on her laps, insisting she care for it while he held the seat. The girl resisted as the baby was moved back and forth.
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Usher
New York
New Star Theater
One Hundred and Seventh Street
Lexington Avenue
Fight breaks out as man threatens woman in theater row
A man pinched a woman and warned of worse, prompting a scuffle that drew in ushers and a crowd. The couple accompanying the woman, Miss Sarah Rosenschultz and Jerry Gidelson, identified the man Jen sen as the assailant and were allowed to leave after promising to testify. The infant disappeared during the disturbance.
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Sie
Sarah Rosenschultz
East One Hundred and First Street
Ierry Gidelson
East One Hundredth Street
Jensen
Federals Defeat Orozco Army Near Parral in Mexico
Dispatch from Parral reports General Villa’s federal forces routed Orozco’s surreptitious army near Parral. About 400 rebels killed, Campa and Salazar’s detachments scattered, remnants pursued toward Michoacán as fighting continues near Huitzilne thirty five miles away.
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Mexico City
Orozco
Insurrecto
Campa
Salavar
Villa
Seuva Era
Parral
Camp
Salazar
Tmicht
Huitzilne
Woman Injured in Downing Building Hallway Row
Miss May Elizabeth Heath of West 143rd Street testified in Tombs Court that Dr. F H Roof was away when she sought treatment. advertising agent George Bliss allegedly carried her outside and she shattered a plate glass window injuring her arm. Bliss rejected provocation claims and was jailed on $1,000 bail as magistrate ordered a medical society review of Roof’s professional standing.
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New York
May Elizabeth Heath
West One Hundred and Forty-third Street
F. Harry Roof
Downing Building
Fulton Street
George A. Bliss
Roof
Bliss
Miss Heath
Daniel O'Leary
Appleton
The
County Medical Society
Carried Wife Pig a Back in Rescue Journey
New Jersey man William R Brown carried his wife on his back for six miles after their car caught fire west of the Orange Mountains. Mrs Brown became hysterical and could not walk, while Brown trudged to his Rock Street home in Orange carrying her until they reached safety despite the burning auto.
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New York
Wiliam R. Brown
Rock Street
Orange
N. J
Mrs. Brown
New Jersey
Millbrook to Add Night Police With Thorne Backing
Special report: Millbrook gains a second officer funded by Oakleigh Thorne after decades of single night coverage. Chief Donahue becomes Desk Lieutenant Donahue as Patrolman Donahue shifts to day duty and a new night officer is created with a police board led by Ward and Thorne. A parade is planned.
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Poughkeepsie
Jerry Donahue
Millbrook
Donahue
Oakleigh Thorne
New York
Tinker
Ward
Mr. Thorne
Jerry
Thorne
Court orders husband to support wife after domestic dispute
John Reckinger told Judge Goodenow that his wife followed him to his office and interfered with his work by showing affection. The judge ordered Reckinger to pay $30 a month for wife and children's support as the couple quarrel over privacy and affection.
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Chicago
John Reckinger
Goodenow
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Bergs
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Allen Gang
Mary Walker
Neain
Charlottesville
Aguinaldo
Covington Dispatch
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