Gale Sweeps New York City and Suburbs Famed for Fatalities
A sixty mile per hour gale from the west battered New York and suburbs causing three fishermen to drown near Locust Point and more missing at Pelham Bay. Rescue launches tried to reach capsized boats as high winds toppled parapets and shattered windows across Brooklyn and Bay Ridge. Police saved pedestrians and women struggling in the gusts while parts of Lincoln Road and Clinton Street suffered structural damage. The Weather Bureau logged gusts up to sixty miles per hour with calmer periods between.
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New York
Tony
Pelham Bay
Taunech
Ahilly
Phroggs
Locust Point
William 4. Wright
Mr. Wright
Mr. Middleton
Brooklyn
Fiftieth Street
Bay Ridge
Fourth Avenue
Morris Lipschitz
Third Avenue
Helen Heinke
Bay Ridges
Prospect
Winth Avenues
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Bath Reach
Wimer’ Park
Fort Hamiltoan
Sheepshead Bay
Ugs
Clinton Street
Madson
Broadway
Sieavas
Fifth Avenue
Weather Bureau
Barnum
Madison’ Square Garden
City Hall Park
Ames
Watchorn Talks Emigration Limits with Tittoni in Rome
Robert Watehorn, Commissioner at Ellis Island, met with Foreign Minister Tittoni and Admiral Reybaudi to discuss Italy's efforts to curb emigration. The government aims to shield emigrants and curb anarchist influence while aiding foreign nations with vetted Italian workers. Roosevelt’s anti anarchist newspaper plan draws Italian sympathy and support.
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New York Times
Rome
Robert Watehorn
Oat Immigration
Ellis Island
New York
Tittonis
Admiral Reybaudi
Provident Roosevelt
Congress
Humbert
Bresci
Lieut Sturges Dismissed for Irregularities at Fort Sheridan
First Lieutenant Dexter Sturges of the Thirteenth Cavalry U S was found guilty of financial irregularities and false statements and sentenced to dismissal by a Fort Sheridan court martial. President Roosevelt approved the sentence after review. Sturges, a New York native, rose from private in the Third New York Infantry during the Spanish war to his final rank.
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Dexter Sturges
Thirteenth Cavalry
U. S
Lieut
Sturges
New York
Third New York Infantry
McKinley
United States Volunteers
United States Volunteer Infantry
Twenty-seventh
Regular Army
Adventures of Destroyers Reach Magdalena Bay
Six torpedino destroyers arrive at Magdalena Bay Mexico after a voyage from Hampton Roads one day early Lieut Commander Cone reports to Admiral Thomas in a brisk briefing. Cone describes narrow glacier cold channels icy seas and perilous shelves where the flotilla rode ice and rock with a Chilean Navy pilot guiding them through the perilous narrows.
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Magdalena Bay
Mexico
Hampton Roads
Cone
Minnesota
Thomas
Patagonian
Night Riders Oath Claimed in Kentucky Tail of Trials
In Murray Kentucky April 11 witnesses testified at the examining trial of Edward Thompson Jacob Ellis and Robert Duncan that men including William Dyrer Moses Thornton and others were pressured to join the Tobacco Growers Association and pledge loyalty to Captain Joe Bell of the Calaway organization Night riders allegedly coerced operating staff at a planters telephone office and a crowd gathered for the proceedings.
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Moses Thornton
Thornton
Bilis
Thompson
Fils
Duncan
Hyer
Pllis
Duncan A
Steamship Minnetonka Arrives with Don Don Cargo
The steamship Minnetonka arrived with the Don Don cargo on April 2. Local port officials reported arrival details and the vessel tied up at the main dock for unloading. Domestic freight and passenger certificates were processed by the harbor master.
Battleship Fleet Begins Pacific Cruise From Hampton Roads
The Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships started its cruise to California from Hampton Roads, passing Magdalena Bay and heading for Coronado Beach. The Connecticut flagship flies Admiral Thomas’s flag as Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas commands the march north. The voyage covers about 6200 miles at nine knots, with San Diego a four day stop and widespread public welcome planned.
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San Diego
Cal
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Golden Gate
Magdalena Pay
Connecticut
Charles M. ‘“Chomas
Pacific
Robley D. Yvaris
Entrada Point
Turner
Wrehol
Coronado Beach
Thomas
Magdalena
Admiral Evans
Magdalena Bay
San Francisco
Welcome to the battleship fleet in San Francisco May 5
San Francisco plans a huge welcome for the battleship fleet arriving May 5. Telegraph Hill will glow with a 50 foot high Welcome sign. 500000 spectators are expected on surrounding hills. Receptions, dances, and banquets will fill evenings at the Fairmount hotel with Gov Gillette hosting the first banquet May 7. The Fleet Reception Committee has raised about 60000 dollars for entertainment. the fleet will be reviewed May 8 by Secretary Metcalfe.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Colden Gate City
Anchorage
Telegraph Hill
Fairmount Hotel
Fairmount
Gov. Gillette
Admiral Evans Doing Well From Injury at Springs
Admiral Evans continues to recover at the springs in Paso Robles California with pain in his left knee requiring rest and quiet. Surgeons McDonald and L E Phillips report his condition stable and not expected to hinder recovery. Three Los Angeles physicians Dr George W Lasher Dr W A Edwards and Dr E A Bryant left for Paso Robles to join in consultation with Surgeon McDonald and the other doctors.
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Paso Robles
Cal
McDonald
L. E. Phillips
Admiral Evans
Los. Angeles
Los Angeles
George W. Lasher
W.A. Edwards
E. A. Bryant
Evans
Union Ferry Rates Raised After Higher Ops Costs
Notices posted at the Union Ferry Company terminals announce fare increases across lines between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Morning and evening rush hour rates rise one to two cents, ticket sales drop 17 tickets for 25 cents, and tolls for carriages wagons and autos go up. Officials cite Williamsburg Bridge and subway extension pressures and say tariffs were too low for years, but increases are not excessive and compare with other ferries.
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Uion Ferry ‘Company
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
Dewey & Sons Ad For Madeira Sherry at Dinner Time
Advertisement for DEWEY S OLD MADEIRA OR SHERRY from H. T. Dewey & Sons at 138 Fulton Street New York promotes sherry before dinner and madeira after, urging customers to purchase for dining.
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Devwey
H. T. Dewey & Sons Cs
Fulton St
New York
Runaway Auto on Bloomfield Hill Halts Before River
Jerome Henderson and chauffeur John Wilks escaped injury when their car roared down Bellevue Avenue Bloomfield then crossed Washington Ave into Belleville. The machine sped toward the Passaic River but plunged up a bank of dirt near Main Street and overturned, occupants thrown clear. Both were unhurt.
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New York Times
Bloomfield
WN. J
Jerome Henderson
Paterson
Bellevue Avenue
Henderson
John Wilks
Glen Ridge
Bloomfield Cemetery
Washington Avenue
Belleville
Erie Railroad
Passaic River
Main Street
Tennessee Ousts Standard Oil From State
Tennessee Supreme Court rules Standard Oil barred from operating in the state for restraining trade in Gallatin and restricts its inter state commerce to Tennessee only with removal of right to do business. Standard Oil notes appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Nashville, Tenn
Supreme Court of Tennessee
M. M. Neil
Standard Oil Company
Gallatin
Supreme Court of the United States
INITIATES STIR Broadway with humorous street performance
A city College fraternity group attracted crowds on Forty-second Street and Broadway with a staged spoof of a Paris incident. Three young initiates wore notable costumes and weapons, followed by a playful chase as traffic police prepared for a possible riot. The audience then moved to Hege man’s for ice cream before taking the subway uptown.
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City College
Forty-second Street
Broadway
de Sagan-Gould-Castellane
Initie Ites
Anna
4 Scort
Frostman
Boni
Aew
Welle
Hegeman's
Cat Tragedy May Stand in the Wesleyan Will
In Middletown Connecticut Miss Margaret Van Deusen accuses Wesleyan University students of killing her pet cat by mistaken capture and dissection. She seeks prosecution of the culprits and may alter her will, potentially cutting Wesleyan from her legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Margaret van Deusen
Raymond
High Street
van Deusen
University
Wesleyan
Westinghouse Rehabilitation Talks Advance in Pittsburg
About forty representatives from Pittsburgh banks met at Colonial Trust to discuss taking up the Security Investment Company debt. They aim to remove Westinghouse concerns from receivers and rehabilitate the firm. The merchandise creditors plan to take $4,000,000 in stock, with $10,000,000 issued, the rest covered by stockholders. Bank creditors hold roughly $3,000,000 of the investment company collateral.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse
Colonial Trust Company
Electric Company
Cornell tube eliminates X ray danger in cancer therapy
Prof Albert C Geyser and colleagues showcased a new Cornell tube that reportedly prevents burns during X ray therapy. The device, tested over 5 000 times at Cornell without a dermal burn, is described as safer and more effective, with patients cured of epithelioma and lupus lesions shown during Friday’s clinic.
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Albert C. Geyser
Cornell Medical Colles
Geyser i
Cornell
Geyser
Jie
Tam
London
Edinburgh
Berlin
Vienna
Australia
Cornell Medical College
Plan to Run Roosevelt
A.M. Stevenson Colorado Republican National Committeeman says Roosevelt will be the Republican nominee at Chicago. He reports bitter sentiment against Taft and asserts party leaders believe Roosevelt is the electable candidate and will be forced to run.
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York Times
Denver
Col
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Chicago
A. M. Stevenson
Colorado
Republican National
Campaign In A Balloon In Milwauker
Mayor Becker launches Wisconsin campaign by purchasing united states balloons from Lew Stevens New York. He vows to run on a platform while declaring no limits, aiming to spread his name with S. Denay balloons called Sherbie Becker. Balloons will be released to promote his bid in Ore State as Wiss cousin.
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Sherifo
New York
Milwaucker
Becker
Wisconsin
Pd United States
Lew Stevens
Dave Rose
Ore
Wiss
Beo
Sherbie -Becker Hui
Milwanker
Rockefeller Gift Endows St Timmas College Dormitory
In Minneapolis Minnesota April Vicohn D Rockefeller endowed St Timmas College with a 400 dollar dormitory gift. The offer was made to Archbishop Irenced and finance agent M Buarick with President Judson of Chinese University present. A conference at Archbishop Masqueray's home in St Paul reportedly led to plans for a leading future building. The gift stems from the Archbishop and Rockefeller friendship.
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Nee Park
Monneapolis
Minn
Vicohn D. Rockefeller
St. Timmas College
Irenced
Schoor
St. Paul
EL. Masqueray
Achbishop
Rockefeller
Hopkins for cheaper paper tariff reform hoped
Senator Hopkins, back from Washington, urges a wood pulp tariff revision to lower paper prices. He cites Speaker Cannon’s support and reports of eighty Republicans forming with Democrats to pass the bill in the House, noting the Senate cannot originate regulation but may approve it once the House acts.
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New York
Chicago
Hopkins
Washington
Congress
Mars
Wold
Cannon
Tiuch
House
Senate
Sénate
Thieves Loot San Francisco Jewelry Store for 1000 Dollars
In the best patrolled district of San Francisco thieves robbed Pp. Limby at 744 Market Street of diamonds watches and other jewelry valued around 1000. Entry was made through a hole in the partition from a candy shop and the safe was blown with nitroglycerine. Detectives suspect Eastern crooks arrived with the battleship fleet. Two watchmen and two patrols failed to detect the crime.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pp. Limby
Market Street
Chorus Girls Poisoned Near Spartanburg
Members of the Buster Brown Company were poisoned last night by drinking milk in Spartanburg South Carolina. They traveled by special train to Asheville North Carolina and were taken to Biltmore Hospital. Most had recovered by afternoon but several remained seriously ill and could not perform tonight.
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New York Times
Asheville
N.C
Buster Brown
Spartanburg
S. C
Ani
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore Hospital
Five Boys Injured by Exploding Caps Used in Dynamite Blast
Five boys aged 11 to 15 were badly cut and several suffered eye injuries when fulminating caps exploded during a dynamite blast on a rock at 100th Street and Lexington Avenue. They were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Julius Calkind 12 East Ninety-ninth Street face neck and hands. Moses Feiner 15 East 160th Street eyes face legs badly cut. William Signar 15 East 100th Street face head cut. Joseph Stein right leg and face cut. Jeremiah Sullivan 11 East 160th Street both eyes badly injured. Sullivan remained in ward. others sent home.
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100Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Mount Sinai Hospital
166Th Street
Madison Avenue
Calkind
Julius
East Ninety-ninth Street
Fpeiner
Moses
160Th Street
Signar
William
Stein
Joseph
East 6Th Street
Sullivan
Jeremiah
60Th Street
Electric shock Fatality at Philadelphia Bar
Edward Brady, a 0 year old man, was killed by electricity in a Philadelphia saloon. He stood on a lower rail around the bar and, while gripping the upper rail with one hand, touched a light above with the other and dropped dead.
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Philadelphia
Edward Brady
Indorse Hughes Amid Apathy At Convention
Delegates wrangle over Brackett's move to strengthen Hughes endorsement while Taft sentiment runs low. Westchester defections and insincere charges cited as speakers refute claims. Convention session edges toward Roosevelt praise and a tariff reform tilt, with Hughes' supporters wary of a real floor fight.
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Alfively
Committe Ag
Miro Grackett
Keter
Brackett
Wasz
Linn Bruce
Janes S. Shermacs
Bing
Roosevelt
Taft
Breari
Westchester
Hughes
Bueire
Slughes
Chicago
Lackluster Opening at State Convention Edits
The convention opens with subdued energy at Carnegie Hall as State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff orders the session at 11 82. Delegates arrive without excitement and decorations are minimal. Roosevelt imagery dominates the backdrop while taft-like illusion provokes murmurs among attendees. William I Ward from Westchester caucuses before the main house vote on leadership.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Carnegie Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
William McWinter
Gov
Finghes
Roosevelt
Hughes Boomers
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Liew
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Burtete
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Haines
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Weatchester
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