Morgan's Body Arrives in New York for Funeral
The body of John Pierpont Morgan, who died in Rome, arrived by the liner France and was taken to the Morgan Library on Fifty sixth Street. It will rest there until a Monday service at St George's Church before burial in Hartford. The arrival drew a modest crowd in the rain and involved Morgan family members and officials in a precise tribute with flags, flowers, and ceremonial guards.
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Tix
John Pierpont Morgan
Rome
New York
France
Morgan Mbrary
Fasthirty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church
Hartford
Conn
Moreau
George F. Titus
E J. Tierpont Morgan, Jr
Bond
McConnell
Herbert H. Satterlee
Mrs. Satterlee
Helen Sjfamilton
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Satterlee
J. P. Morgan,Jr
William P. Hamilton
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Halfemast
Ler Pier
Satterlee
William
Germany
London Chamber of Commerce
Aix-les-Bains
Morgan
Republique de France
Notary
Wilson puts ability first in patronage choices
A New York upstate Democratic delegation urged President Wilson to favor leaders outside Murphy affiliated Tammany in federal patronage. Ayres urged the White House to recognize upstate party leaders not tied to Murphy, noting Wilson values ability though unsure of specific selections. He hinted Wilson may prefer non Tammany candidates if able.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Greater
Steven B. Ayres
Spuyten Duyvil
White House
Ayres
Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York City
Tammany
George Gordon Battle
H. Snowden Marshall
Engineer Schroeder Indicted in Corning Wreck
An indictment charging manslaughter is returned against William H. Schroeder of Elmira over the Lackawanna wreck near Corning last July that killed forty. The case follows a prior dismissal and a letter alleging a political deal. District Attorney Claude V. Stowell will begin proceedings promptly.
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New York Times
Corning
William H. Schroeder
Elmira
Lackawanna
Schroeder
Smith
The
Lackawanna Railroad
John Doe
Claude V. Stowell
Schroederse
Decree to Rich Man's Bride in Poughkeepsie
Mrs. Alice H Scutt age 20 wife of Stephen Scutt 75 a vinegar dealer won a decree of separation in the Supreme Court. The marriage last May followed a brief courtship ending with a $25 000 wedding gift and a crash involving a racing car. The husband sought her after she left and he filed suit following her counter action.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Alice H. Scutt
Stephen Scutt
Supreme Court
Scutt
Verbank
Miss Lee
Rock City
Millbrook
Oak Summit
Scott
Bri
Progressive lawmakers divide work for party program
The Progressive conference in Washington assigns ten legislative subjects for the party platform. Members including Gif ford Pinchot Jane Addams Dean Lewis Walter Weyl and others will study topics such as tariff commission conservation of states workmen's compensation and federal credit measures to form the campaign agenda.
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Progressive Conference
House
National Progressive Party
Gifford Pinchot
Jane Addams
Dean Lewis
Pennsylvania University
Walter Weyl
Congress
Tariff Commission
Murdock
Kansas
Conservation
Pennsylvania
Illinois
District of Columbia
Nolan
California
Lafferty
Oregon
Dential
Hinebaugh
Chandler
New York
Falconer
Cunard Liner Details and Ship Movements Reported
Shipping brief notes Cunard Line liner activity from Liverpool to New York with position near Sandy Hook at 11 40 P M on the 12th and 10 30 A M arrival in Port Arthur. SS Texas and SS President Lincoln movements listed alongside cited speakers and law enforcement references.
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Maroqoni Wireless
Campania
Cunard Line
Liverpool
New York
Sandy Hook
Texas
Port Arthur
President Lincoln
Thampton
Suffragists Attack London Editor and Pankhurst Hunger Strike
Militant suffragists strike at The Evening Standard office injuring a watchman and damaging a timekeeper office. Esther Gill, a portrait artist, is arrested after claiming motives linked to editorials on Mrs. Pankhurst. Miss Zeke Emerson suffers appendicitis amid protests and possible deportation talks.
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Marcoci
New York Times
London
Evening Standard
Esther Gill
Mrs. Pankhurst
Standard
La Follette Criticizes Wilson Cabinet Appointments
Milwaukee April 11 Senator La Follette signs an editorial accusing the Wilson administration of a system driven by interlocking directorates. He objects to John Skelton Williams as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and cites connections to the Washington real estate ring and C C Glover.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
la Follette
John Skelton Williams
the Treasury
Robert Wool- Po
Treasury Department
Wilson
Senator la Follette
Woolley
Washington
C.C. Glover
Glover
Ana Peres
Wasoolley
Who Will Be the Next Pope in Papabile Debate
The Sunday Times reports ongoing speculation about papabile candidates as the conclave nears. Prominent cardinals and church leaders are debated for the papacy amid mounting public interest and press attention.
Lady Scott Returns Home With Small Son After Travel
London dispatch reports Lady Scott arriving in London from New Zealand after a land journey via Brindisi. Her three year old son Peter eagerly welcomed her, believing she would soon bring his father back from his career and courageous end. They retreated to their apartments after a brief reunion.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Scott
Brindisi
New Zealand
Peter
Buckingham Palace Road
Lady Scott
Missing Newark Couple Reflected In Bailey Search
Arthur Bailey of 882 Lake Street Newark reports his wife and child vanished on November 12 in an automobile with a woman. He fears kidnapping and seeks clues through a printed child photo and private detectives while noting his wife’s Christian Science ties and a possible sanitarium location.
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Arthur R. Bailey
Lake Street
Newark
New Jersey Chancery Court
Mr. Bailey
Bailey
New Jersey
Friedmann Patients Barred From Narragansett Hotel
Providence April 11 Dr F F Friedmann was told to stop treating patients at the Narragansett Hotel and all patients were asked to leave after complaints about tuberculosis sufferers. The doctor’s secretary said a house would be rented to continue treatments. Detectives screened arrivals at the hotel entrances. Benjamin Temple, once a Friedmann patient at Mount Sinai, is discussed as dying from healthy tubercular meningitis not vaccine related, deemed an accident from a broken tubercular gland.
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New York Times
Providence
F. F. Friedmann
Narragansett Hotel
McDonald
Friedmann
Washington
Benjamin Temple
Mount Sinai Hospital
Berlin
Chicago
Illinois Legislative
George Tollen
Headquarters
Hoffman
Tollen
Lightship adrift in gale off North Carolina coast
Brown off her station with steering gear broken the Frying Pan Shoals lightship drifted helplessly in high seas for twelve hours off the North Carolina coast before the revenue cutter Seminole picked her up and towed her into South port Wireless distress calls from the lightship brought the Wilmington cutter to aid but the wireless apparatus failed and the crew of fourteen boarded the drifting vessel to work it into port with emergency tackle
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Washington
Brown
Frying Pan Shoals
North Carolina
Southport
Wilmington
Henry M Flagier Improves After Fall in Winter Center
In West Palm Beach on April 11, Henry M. Flagier shows improvement after a fall at a winter center. Attending physician Dr. Teenue reported the condition as stabilizing tonight.
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Mr. Flagier
West Palm Beach
Fla
Henry M. Flagier
Teenue
Thief Behind Door as Police Hunt Burglar
Yonkers police missed a burglar after Miss Marion Monteser reported a theft at 605 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue. A rope from the attic window and dust marks behind a removed door revealed the intruder hid behind a door during attic searches, stealing a lavalier and other jewels.
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Yonkers
Marion Montese
van Cortlandt Park Avenue
Miss Monteser
Frederick Monteser
de Witt Clinton High School
de Witt Clinton
Sergt. Murray
Beck
Sergi
Smalley
Monteser
Snarl Over Salonika And Balkan Shifts
Reports from Vienna and London on April 11 discuss competing claims over Salonika with Bulgaria seeking the city as compensation for territory. Greece defends its control while Britain appears to back the Triple Alliance stance. Additional dispatches note Servia troops retreating from Scutari, a dispute about Montenegrin losses, and a Servian boycott of Austro-Hungarian goods amid rising tensions.
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Germany
Austria
Italy
Neue Freie Presse
Salonika
Bulgaria
Silistria
Rumania
Russia
France
Greece
England
Texas
Epirus
London
Isalonika
Exchange Telegraph Company
Belgrade
Cettinje
Scutari
Servia
Tarakesch
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Tried for stopping train by pulling emergency cord
Eben Stevens of Lawrence Long Island, who halted a Long Island Railroad train by pulling the emergency cord to protest crowded cars, was found guilty of disorderly conduct in Jamaica Police Court and released under a suspended sentence. He said the incident was a test case for passenger seating rights and hinted at more tests against subway crowding.
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Eben Stevens
Lawrence, L. I
Long Island
Jamaica
Stevens
Esterday
New York
Keany
Frog legs raid nets bounty seizure at cold storage
State agents seized 192 quarts of frogs legs from cold storage houses yesterday as part of a conservation crackdown. The action targeted several related facilities and involved agricultural and legal authorities.
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State Conservation
Reid Wikies
Setae
Vice Inquiry Traps Society Women in Chicago Cafés
The Illinois Vice Investigation Commission raided cafés with loosened licenses to subpoenas guests before the Senate body at the Hotel La Salle. Many women of standing were caught and testified all night as Lieut. Gov. O Hara said the probe seeks morals impact. relatives of those subpoenaed rushed to the commission rooms.
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New York Times
Chicago
Illinois Vice Investigation Commission
Hotel la Salle
Commission
Red Light District
Gov. O'Hara
Women donate jewels for cause at DAR event
About 750 women gathered in Sherry's ballroom under the Daughters of the American Revolution to hear Clifford G. Roe of the American Vigilance Association discuss white slave traffic. Roe urged law enforcement, publicity, and education as the path to end exploitation, calling for a universal morality standard for men and women. A member pledged a memorial gift, and another woman offered a set in memory of her father.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Clifford G. Roe
American Vigilance Association
Mr. Roe
American the Association
Industrial Workers Quit In Grand Junction Stand
In Grand Junction Colorado a crowd of more than one hundred Industrial Workers of the World left town at night after a hastily formed peacekeeping group arrived. The I W W had gathered to march on Denver, awaiting reinforcements from the West as city officials and the public watched.
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Grand Junction
Col
Denver
Millionaire Froelich Leaves Higley Fortune
Dr Edward S Higley of Glen Ellyn learned that the estate of Charles Froelich, who died recently, left a $1,000,000 fortune to his early lender. The $760 loan made in the eighties grew with interest into a large bequest after Froelich’s wealth years later. Froelich had become wealthy in Australia before his death.
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Chicago
Edward S. Higley
Glen Ellyn
Charles Froelich
University of Nebraska
Froelich
Australia
Higley
Fights Mrs Grace Lease Over Manhasset Bay Shorefront
North Hempstead officials challenge a State Board of Land Commissioners lease to Mrs Grace wife of former New York City mayor Thomas Grace to eight acres under water opposite Great Neck Manhasset Bay. The Town Board elected April 1 pledged to oppose private shorefront acquisition and will contest the state grant.
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William R. Grace
New York City
Thomas O'Vonnell
North Hempstead
State Board of Land Commissioners
Albany
Grace
Manhasset Bay
Great Neck
Shore Front
Samuel Must Resign From Parliament Over Stock Tie
London April 11 Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel Radical MP for Whitechapel faces resignation after the Privy Council ruled his firm’s past silver purchases for the Indian Government violated an old act forbidding MPs from indirectly benefiting from government contracts.
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London
Stuart Montagu Samuel
Whitechapel
Judicial Committee
The
Privy Council
Yale Slummers In New York Social Study Visit
About fifty Yale Sheffield Scientific School students will depart New Haven for a day in New York. They will tour hospitals and other institutions, lunch at Grand Central, visit Blackwell’s Island, the Chinese colony, the pushcart district, and end at the Night Court. Some return at midnight and others stay for Sunday church services.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Yale
New York
Sheffield Scientific School
Metropolis
Aerate
Grand Central
P To
Mills Hotel
Carnegie Gift to New Haven Faces Refusal Theatres
Andrew Carnegie proposed to fund three branch libraries on the city outskirts at a cost of 65000 but criticism mounts that New Haven should purchase its own libraries. The Library Board has informed the City Board of Finance, opposing Carnegie’s urged partial appropriation prior to erection. Protests from workingmen’s groups add pressure on the plan.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Andrew Carnegie
City Board of Library Directors
Library Board
Carnegie
City Board of Finance
Pistol Kills Gallery Owner After Dark Photo Session
Samuel Lanzetti, 18, of Hoboken, visited the Dato photograph gallery in Hoboken to have a portrait for a button. After firing a pistol at William Dato, the owner’s son, the bullet struck Dato in the head. Dato died at St. Mark's Hospital about five hours later. The motive and other youths involved remained unclear due to partial reports.
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Samuel Lanzetti
Monroe Street
Hoboken
Dato
Madison Street
William Dato
Lanzetti
St. Mark's
Tae - Oo
Gompers Hospitalized in Washington Report
Samuel Gompers is reported in a Washington hospital with his condition not yet released. The veteran labor leader is receiving medical attention as details remain scarce.
Bomb threat thwarted at Jefferson Theatre in 1900s incident
Fireman William Scofield stopped a hidden bomb beneath the Jefferson Theatre at 714 East Fourteenth Street. He bit off the fuse and prevented an explosion that could have killed or injured hundreds. Police, including Lieutenant Kelly and Detective Carrao, investigated the device wrapped in brown paper marked Morte. The theater, owned by Moss N. Brill, seats 2,000 and sits between Second and Third Avenues.
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New Jefferson Theatre
East Fourteenth Street
William Scofield
Engine Company 7
Scofield
Polic
Lieut. Kelly
McCarrick
Carrao
Jefferson Theatre
Beath
Owen Exan
Bureau of Combustibles
Otto Rosalsky
Hendrick Hudson
Lower East Side
Moss N. Brill
Mr. Brill
Eighty-sixth Street
Bronx
Ohio Bill Extends Pensions for Indigent Mothers
The Greenland bill to pension indigent mothers moves to Gov. Cox with his approval expected. The House passed the measure 92 to 4, funding via an annual tax levy of a tenth of a mill to support the program and its administration.
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Ohio
Cox
N.oe
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