Wireless Messages at Senate Hearing on Titanic News
Marconi and operators testifiyed on wireless duties and potential sale of Titanic stories. Four aerograms intercepted urged silence while Carpathia and others relayed signals, with testimony detailing contracts with the British government and future wireless regulation.
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Marconi
Carpathia
Sammis
Bride
Cottam
New York Times
American Marconi Company
Mottam
Simmis
New York
Senator Smith
Newlands
Bride, Phillips and Cottam
Marconi Company
Fletcher
Harold T. Cottam
Berg. C. Q. D
Titanic
Olympic
Frankfort
Mount Temple
Titanic wireless talks reveal delays and rivalries
Testimony shows Marconi and Frankfort competition, a woman's critical Q D message, and delays affecting the Titanic’s rescue. Witness Cottam defends timing, while Bride’s statements trigger questions about communications with the Olympic and Carpathia. Virginia health officials report widespread hookworm infection with 100000+ cases, 37 percent of nine counties' schoolchildren affected.
Rich voice saves noose from neck in Sharon PA
Velka Ankrovitch, a remarkable baritone, moves Board of Pardons to urge Governor Tener to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment. Upon hearing the news, the condemned man cried out in joy and sang hymns, inspiring Sheriff Grain and many supporters. Music-loving visitors often listened from the jail corridor.
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Sharon
Velka Ankrovitch
Board of Pardons
Tener
Martin Grain
Ankrovitch
Hookworm disease widespread in Virginia counties
Special report from Richmond shows hookworm disease in at least eighty five of Virginia's 100 counties and infection among school children reaching nearly 40 percent in some counties. State Health Department officials warn of broad endemic presence and call for action.
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Partment
Hearth Department
Virginia
Ccase
State Board of Health
Rockefeller Sanitary Commission
Health Department
Sanitary Commission
Richmond
Taft To Receive Iowa Delegates In Convention Scramble
In Cedar Rapids Iowa President Taft will go to Chicago with sixteen of Iowa's twenty six delegates while Senator Albert B Cummins holds ten Delegates expect the Iowa name to be presented at the national convention debated Taft supporters claim his victory eliminates Cummins as a possibility delegates pledged to Taft were endorsed in a 41 vote convention surge Cummins termed the process an old time caucus and complained about proxy control
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Cedar Rapids
Taft
Chicago
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Iowan
Rosler
Washington
Olympic Held Up by Firemen in Southampton
The White Star liner Olympic was delayed off Ryde Isle of Wight as firemen and oilers refused to sail without more life saving facilities. Officials said she would proceed before night as stokers and crew were recruited. The ship's 1400 passengers were assured sufficient functional lifeboats on board.
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Southampton
Eng
Olympic
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Pfeboats
Humming Bee and Skeeters Featured in Staunton Leader
A fragment from Staunton Leader recalls spring imagery with lines about bees, skeeters, and a chestnut tree, noting a traditional rhyme about the season's arrival.
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Staunton Leader
Captain Moore denies sighting Titanic sinking
Captain Moore of the Mount Temple rejects claims he was within five miles of the Titanic during her sinking. He says he searched ice strewn seas off Newfoundland all night for survivors and recounted altered course after a Carpathia wireless nor the Titanic’s position. Dr Quitzman of Toronto confirms witnessing the sinking from Mount Temple and will testify in Washington.
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New York
United States Senate
Mount Temple
Canadian Pacific Line
Moore
New Foundland Grand Banks
ST. John
N. B
Quitsman
Toronto
Quitzman
Washington
Senate Committee
Carpathia
Stanic
Lightoller Details Ismay Allegations In Titanic Testimony
Senate subcommittee heard J Bruce Ismay was guided onto a lifeboat by a burly officer. Lightoller claimed Ismay cried on Carpathia and sought to delay holding the Cedric. Mount Temple telegrams and Canadian official comments were also discussed as part of the inquiry.
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Washington, Db
Guglielmo Marconi
Wash- D
Marconi
S. 1
Marconless Telephone Company
Lon
Eee
Godfrey
Marcon
Tte
St. Johns
Cape Race
Cape Ray
N. F
Senator Smith
Frankfurt
Smith
Washington, D. C
J. Bruce Ismay
Eth Titanic
White Star Line
Isamay
Senate
Lightoller
Lightoler
Ismay
Jamay
Wilde
Carpathia
Cedric
Committee
William Alden Smith
Canada
George E. Foster
Mount Temple
St. John
N. B
F. C. Quitzman
Toronto
Quitzman
Foster
Titanic
Washington
Moore
A. H. Sargent
Mount Temple Reports Titanic Sighting Details
Chief officer H. H. Heald and second officer J Curran aboard the Mount Temple, west Saint John N B, report repeating the Premier's message. The ship saw the Carpathia at 6 30 AM and later the Californian. At 8 AM she sighted the Russian steamer Birra. Titanic lights observers unnamed.
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H. H. Heald
J. Curran
Marcon
West St. John
N. B
Mount Temple
Carpathia
Titanic distress signals seen by Californian engineman
Ernest Gill, a donkey engineman aboard the Leyland liner Californian, testified in New York that White Star Miner's rockets were seen from his ship near a dangerous ice field while Titanic sank. He alleged Captain Lord ignored the signals, refused to assist, and later claimed he misunderstood the sinking as a tramp freighter. Gill said he is prepared to swear to the charge in Washington.
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Marconi
Ireland
Buenos Ayres
Benator Smith
Italy
England
New York
San Francisco
Carpathia
Californian
Mount Temple
Calle
Marcon
Bottomly
Marcon! Company
White Star Line
Bride
Titanic
Cottam
oper@tors
Germany
Smith
Ae States
Florida
Ride
Strand Hotel
J. M. Sammis
Navy Department
Brooklyn
Sammis
Compan
Ernest Gill
Boston
Washington
Senate
Stanley Lord
Gill
Lord
Sword
Neill Denies Meddling in Rail Labor Dispute
United States Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill denied directing government action in the engineers strike as arbitration talks resumed with railroad managers east of the Mississippi. Knapp, Judge of the Court of Commerce, also denied prior meetings with Taft. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone criticized a proposed nine-member committee method, urging government arbitrators over partisan setup. Knapp arrived from Washington and pledged fairness while confirming he had not met President Taft recently.
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New York
Mississippi
Ohio River
United States Labor
Charles P. Neill
Martin A. Knapp
Court of Commerce
Taft
Nell
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Neill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren S. Stone
Mr. Stone
Brotherhood
Knapp
Holy War Threatens to Peace of Morocco
Madrid special reports a renewed holy war in Morocco as native chieftains urge tribes to unite against unbelievers. Mass meetings at Tazza and messages to tribes call for extermination of Christians, stoking anti European sentiment from Mellilla to Fox reports of uprising.
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Madrid
Morocco
Mellilla
Fox
Tazza
Heftybrane Theory Provokes Cayenne Debate
The Washington Star records a brief exchange where Mr Heftybrane proposes his idea and Miss Cayenne cautions others not to interrupt or introduce new topics. The dialogue hints at a lively discussion on intellectual influence and rhetorical pushback.
At a Glance Diagnosis of Worth
A doctor described as a remarkable diagnostician can assess a man’s worth within about a thousand dollars at a glance, while another figure confirms the skill. The exchange highlights differing viewpoints on value and talent.
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Bronson
Woodson
Electr ig Train Collision Crashes at Greenwich Station
An electr ig train bound from Virginia Beach to Norfolk crashed into an waiting electric freight engine at Greenwich Station after hitting an open switch with no block signal. About 100 passengers were injured or bruised, many badly, as cars were demolished and glass flew.
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Norfolk
Virginia On Beach
Greenwich Station
Virginia Beach
Richard H. Burroughs
Cornelius DeWitt
N. Lewis
Virginia National Bank
Baldwin Myers
James M. Bell
Page Marsden
Robert Tait, Sr
Robert Tait, Jr
Miss Tait
Aegean Sea Takes On Warlike Aspect In Turco Italian War
Italian forces land troops on Lemnos and Imbros in the Grecian archipelago to push operations toward the Dardanelles and Asia Minor. Reports say an Italian fleet will blockade the western Dardanelles as part of shifting combat to the Aegean Sea.
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Rome
Italy
Aegean Sea
Grecian
Lemnos
Imbros
Dardanelles
Asia Minor
Two Longshoremen Hurt in Baltimore Street Fight
In Baltimore Maryland two longshoremen were hospitalized after a street fight with strike breakers. Many others were arrested as tensions flared during the confrontation.
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Baltimore
Richeson Hopes for Insanity Commission to Save Life
Boston special. W A Morse, counsel for Clarence V T Richeson under death sentence for the Avis Linnell murder, says Governor Foss may be asked to appoint an insanity commission to examine Richeson. If granted, clemency chances could improve. plea rests on alleged lifelong abnormal mind and hereditary insanity, plus confession saving time and expense.
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Boston
Mass
W. A. Morse
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Foss
Morse
Richeson
William and Mary selects Dublin for summer college location
The College of William and Mary will open an eight week summer session in Dublin Virginia on June 19 after selecting Dublin over Radford Pearisburg Christiansburg and Big Stone Gap. Dublin offered Dublin Institute buildings and a 100 acre grove for outdoor lectures. Educators praise the move bringing higher education closer to the people and expect many teachers and students to attend.
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Williamsburg
College of Wiliam and Mary
Dublin
Pulaski County
Board of Visitors
Virginia
Radford
Pearisburg
Christiansburg
Big Stone Gap
Titanic Death Toll Rise Linked to Mackay Bennett Recovery
A Cape Race report says the cable ship Mackay Bennett has recovered 205 Titanic victims. The funeral ship will not return to Halifax until Saturday as wireless contact continued overnight. The Savannah Press notes suffragettes achieved a victory in China by ending Manchu rule.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Cape Race
North Sydney
Mackay-Bennett
Makay-Bennett
Halifax
China
Savannah Press
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