Rochester Sees Taft Aim as Roosevelt Fight Grows
Four New York delegates will be instructed for Taft if the state convention approves. Barnes will not oppose an instructed delegation though he favors unpledged delegates. Roosevelt’s supporters plan to read him out as anti Roosevelt platform urges constitutional safeguards wage protections and tariff review.
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New York Times
Rochester
N. Y
Taft
William Barnes, Jr
New York State
Lafayette B. Gleason
State Committee
Gleason
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Tariff Board
Barnes
Friends of
Frank S. Black
White House
United States
Elihu Root
J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
Republican State Chief Warns Against Primary Confusion
William Barnes Jr of the Republican State Committee predicts the Rochester convention will select four delegates at large and define party principles. He argues against preferential presidential primaries, noting 1824 and 1832 conventions shaped party nomination processes and stressing the need to avoid subverting orderly government.
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William Barnes, Jr
Republican State Committee
Rochester
New York
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
William Crawford
Henry Clay
Clay
Jackson
United States
Yah
Fine Pompeii Frescoes Revealed In Naples Street Shrine
A Naples correspondent reports newly uncovered Pompeii frescoes. One scene shows the goddess Cybele carried on a small stage to a shrine, with worshippers and workers lifting it through there to the divine site. Another room features vivid life size figures and a harsh punishment scene with a naked girl and onlookers.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Naples
Pompeii
Cybele
Dionysius
Raphael
Grips Stolen From Gov Wilson During Illinois Swing
Gov Woodrow Wilson, Democratic Presidential hopeful, departed Chicago with his grip missing containing notes and clothing. He refused to discuss details, fearing political use of contents, and blamed himself for the lapse. He planned a speech in the East and noted confidence in Illinois delegates.
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New York Times
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Illinois
House
Sherman
Dudley F Malone
Gov. Wilson
Wilson
Western roads threat to locate Denver as rail hub
Denver April 7. President Henry A Mudge of the Rock Island says if Panama Canal freight rates drop, transcontinental railroads cannot compete and Denver will likely become the terminus for Western railroads. Incoming canal freight would ship to Denver by local rates, prompting rate adjustments without reductions.
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New York Times
Denver
Col
Henry, A. Mudge
Rock Island
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Mudge
Marshall Raps Lawyers at Indiana Governor Speech
Washington April 7 Gov Thomas R Marshall of Indiana urged reform at a YMCA mass meeting. He said he left legal practice to pursue politics to preserve self respect and seek progress with room for conscience and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saye
Washington
Indiana
Thomas R. Marshall
Paris Police Capture Notorious Bandit Raymond Callemin
Paris detectives arrested Raymond Callemin known as Raymond the Scientist, a leading member of the motor car gang. He left a house on a bicycle and was seized by plainclothes officers after a night of pursuit. Callemin carried three loaded Browning pistols and $1,220 in notes. Clement and a deformed woman were detained amid crowd unrest.
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Marconi
New York Times
Paris
Raymond Callemin
Raymond
Ordener
Chantilly
Garnier
Bonnet
Montmartre
Rue de la Tour
Auvergne
Callemin
Clement
Bonnot
Vallet
Four Die After Eating Colored Easter Eggs in St. Louis
In St. Louis at 805 Filmore Street, Mrs. Bertha Bursz and her mother Mrs. Barbara Steiner were found dead after eating colored Easter eggs. Antoiine Bursz and their four year old daughter Irma were semi conscious at City Hospital, with doctors unsure of recovery. Miss Johanna Knock alerted authorities. neighbors forced entry to find Irma in bed and Mrs. Steiner dead kneeling. A kitchen table held two dozen colored eggs and dyes. shells lay scattered. The incident suggests simultaneous illness among the family.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Bertha Bursz
Barbara Steiner
Antoiine Bursz
Bursz
Irma
Filmore Street
Johanna Knock
Burst
City Hospital
Miss Knock
Flood Photos Show Mississippi Damage
Interesting photographs depicting damage along the Mississippi will be reproduced in the Pictorial Section of next Sunday’s Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Gale Wreaks Havoc in Suburban New York
A devastating gale struck New York City and nearby suburbs, with winds up to 79 mph. One man was killed in Clifton, New Jersey, several injured, and numerous homes in Yonkers and surrounding areas unroofed. Yonkers suffered the heaviest damage as roofs collapsed and families fled damaged houses.
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New York City
New Jersey
Westchester County
Clifton
Passaic
N. J
Tony Leonardi
John Savio
Parker and Ackerman Avenues
Hinchcliffe Brewery
Paterson
Louis Cole
Leonardi
Garfield
Savio
Yonkers
Elm Street
Victor Street
A. Thayer
Gulen Street
Cliff
Waverly
Elm Streets
van Cortlandt Park Avenue
Lindewall & Dahlgren
Broadway
St. Nicholas Avenue
Wind Storm Ravages Fallsburgh Sparing Fatalities
A severe April windstorm in Fallsburgh Sullivan County caused about 20000 in damage. The three story Chester Couch general store was blown off its foundations, with seven people trapped under debris and rescued including Pastor J C Carley and Postmaster Charles Denniston. Affected structures included Hatch's feed mill Gardner's cider mill and the Fallsburgh Hotel stable.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Fallsburgh
Sullivan County
Chester Coach
Hatch
Gardner
Couch
Chester Couch
J. C. Carley
Presbyterian Church
Charles Denniston
George Atwell
Samuel Lynch
Mountaindale
Denniston
Liv
Falrsburgh
Ontario& Western Station
Shaley
Tragic Hit and Run Victim Left Against Wall
An elderly woman about 70, 4 feet 9 inches tall and under 100 pounds, with skull and rib fractures and a leg injury, died during surgery at Harlem Hospital after being found unconscious propped against a wall at Highth Avenue and 121st Street. Police suspect hit and run by motorists who fled the scene. Coroner to hold autopsy as detectives probe the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highth Avenues
121St Street
Powack
West 125Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Eee
Harlem
Dr. de Sautelle
Holtzhauser
Lieut. Brown
Detective Bureau
Randolph
Bro Anda
Satan
Jumps In Auto's Path Fatal Metuchen Collision
John Hunachak foreman at a Metuchen tile works was struck by an auto owned by A S Giles and died soon after. Hunachak and his brother were walking on Amboy Avenue when the car rounded a curve, he jumped into its path to avoid the vehicle, was rushed to Dr. C A Hofer's office and died. Giles surrendered at the Metuchen Police Station and faced a grand jury indictment for manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Metuchen
N. J
John Hunachak
A. S. Giles
Plainfield
Amboy Avenue
Bloomfield Corner
Hunachak
Robert
Giles
Jes
C. A. Hofer
T Metuchen
Flaherty
C. C
Weber
Auto Crash Involving Seven Children And Two Cars
John C. Ernest of East Thirty-ninth Street collided at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street with taxi driver James O'Brien. Seven children in Ernest’s car escaped injury while Mr. and Mrs. Davies were treated for cuts after their taxi was struck and driven onto the sidewalk near Cornelius Vanderbilt’s home. O'Brien was slightly bruised and Ernest was jailed on a reckless driving charge.
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John C. Ernest
East Thirty-ninth Street
James O’brien
Avenue A
E. P. Davies
West Ninety-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Cornelius Vanderbilt
O’brien
Ernest
Eighty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
Station House
Chauffeur Fled From Her in Philadelphia Encounter
A young man named John Henry Gregor applied for work at a Broad and Callowhill garage claiming to be a chauffeur with a Peoria license. He convinced the manager of his auto knowledge but his real claim remains unclear as details continue on page 3.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Harry
John Henry Gregor
Broad and
Callowhill Streets
Peoria
Gregor
Estimated Britain Coal Strike Losses Reach 50 Million
Statistician John Holt Schooling cites direct miner wage losses estimated at £6 million and £8 million for other workers, plus £10 million in coal output and £10 million in non coal production. He suggests total losses could approach £50,000,000.
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New York Times
London
John Holt Schooling
Great Britain
Schooling
Steamship Ontario Afire Off New England Coast
The steamship Ontario of the Merchants and Miners line is afire off the coast between Block Island and Montauk Point. A wireless call was received by the Point Judith station at 2 AM saying a big fire was burning below. The Ontario, a passenger and freight steamer, sailed from Baltimore for Boston on Saturday.
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Newport, R. L
Ontario
Merchants & Miners Line
Block Island
Montauk Point
Point Judith
Baltimore
Boston
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Merchants’ and
Ea, Transportation Company of
Balmore
New Senator in a Row at Washington Hotel
Marcus A. Smith, Arizona’s new senator, visited the Ebbitt House political HQ and clashed with hotel staff over an elevator ride. After a dispute about the correct direction of travel, blows occurred and he was taken to the lobby floor. No injuries were reported. hotel owner Col Schutt confirmed an encounter.
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New York Times
Washington
Marcus A. Smith
Arizona
Ebbitt House
Col. Schutt
Burglar Uses Green Light To Loot Saloon
A burglar gained entry to Charles Neil’s saloon at the southeast corner of 126th Street and Lexington Avenue by breaking a rear door glass and reaching through to unlock it. He stole $10 from the cash register while the East 126th Street Station adjoins the premises.
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Charles Neil
126Th Street
Lexington Avenue
East 126Th Street
Astor Stable Fire Destroys Rhinebeck Breeding Grounds
Fire at Col. John Jacob Astor's Rhinebeck estate destroys the big stable once famed for running horses. Twelve of Astor’s horses were in the stable. eleven were saved as firemen arrived too late and the loss is listed at 10,000 dollars.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Col
John Jacob Astor
Rhinebeck
Col. Astor
William Astor
Mormons Endorse Taft at Salt Lake Conference
Apostle A W Ivins declares President Taft a just and peaceful leader at the General Conference in Salt Lake City. He prays the United States avoids war with Mexico or any other nation as more than twenty thousand Mormons attend.
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New York Times
Salt Lakh City
Utah
Mormon Church
A. W. Ivins
Taft
Apostle Ivins
United States
Mexico
Clever ruse funds second Apple report reprint
In Bany on April 7, Thomas B. Wilson of Ontario County, head of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, quietly secured a resolution to print 5,000 copies of Part II of the 1903 State Agricultural Experiment Station annual report, Apples Newark. The move, to reprint Apples of New York content, passed Assembly and Senate without opposition.
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New York Times
Bany
Thomas B. Wilson
Ontario County
Assembly Committee On Agriculture
New York
Wilson
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Newark
Senate
Bath tragedy ends in implied murder by wife
Walter J. Snyder editor of Sports of the Times is found dead in his apartment bathroom at 980 St Nicholas Avenue with four deep wounds from scissors. His wife Mamie Karn Snyder says she acted in self defense during a quarrel over water being thrown. she claims she grabbed scissors as he attacked her. Detectives, coroner and physicians investigated. she is detained for homicide inquiries while denying premeditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Snyder
Sports of the Times
St. Nicholas Avenue
Snyder
Dr. O’neill
Lehane
West 152d Street
Galvin
West 5Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Mary L. Quins
Hellenstein
Strong
George Hammil
Homicide Bureau
Morristown
Georges Massie
Hudson Street
S. A. Abraham
East 125Th Streeet
Ernest Auzel
Seventh Avenue
Auzel
H Walter J. Snyder
N. J. den B. Dee
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