Auto Parade Crowns New York Royal Car Pageant
New York hosts a grand Auto Carnival Week with a king and queen crowned at the Cumberland Hotel. More than fifteen hundred self propelled vehicles fill Broadway and Fifth Avenue as traffic police and crowds encircle Columbus Circle for the spectacle.
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Five Boroughs
Connecticut
New Jersey
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
America
Columbus Circle
Hotel Cumberland
Royal Court
Warwick
John 7. Cutting
Carnival Committee
Joan Cuneo
Leonard Knight Clark
New York Transportation Company
Giood
Siif
Billy
General Cutting
Joan
Leonard
Chaffeurs
Times Square
Sixth
Tenth Avenue
Speed
Britain's New Cabinet Foreseen in Asquith Plan
London reports that H H Asquith travels to Biarritz to confer with King Edward about forming a new cabinet. The Daily Chronicle outlines expected changes with Asquith as Prime Minister and LloydGeorge as Chancellor, plus Tweedmouth, Crewe, M Kenna, Churchill, and Runciman in key posts.
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H. H. Asquith
Biarritz
Edward
Daily Chronicle
Treasury
David Lloyd-George
Lord Tweedmouth
the Earl OF Crewe
Reginald M'Kenn
Board of Trade
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Education
Walter Runciman
Bates Withdrawal Clears MA Delegate Contest at Large
Boston April 7 The Massachusetts Republican race for four at large Chicago delegates eased as ex Governor Bates withdrew and Senators Lodge and Crane favored undrafted delegates. Lodge and Crane were set to receive two seats, with Bates Long and S C Bittney as possible contenders though Bates exit reshapes the field. Taft supporters vow to push four delegates to their candidate despite the shift.
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Boston
Massachusetts
John L. Bates
Chicago
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray Crane
Lodge
Crane
Bates
Long
S. C. Bigney
Day
Taft
South Dakota Taft Delegates Chosen At State Convention
The South Dakota Republican State Convention elected eight delegates to the Republican National Convention and instructed them to vote for William Howard Taft. Delegates include Crawford Sent, Stand, Ewert, Dillon, Lockhart, Grimshaw, and O Neal. Resolutions back Crawford for Senator and call for tariff and ICC expansions, a free list for certain goods, a 2 cent passenger rate, and reduced freight charges. Roosevelt praised in the platform.
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Crawford
E. L. Sent
K. O. Stand
A. W. Ewert
H. Dillon
A. L. Lockhart
R. C. Grimshaw
P. H. O'Neal
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Illinois Local Option Victory Widens In Rural Areas
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois voters favored local option in smaller towns while high license won in most large cities including Aurora Elgin Springfield Danville Joliet Freeport Sterling Bloomington Rock Island Galesburg Rockford Decatur and many saloons will close. Chicago Peoria and several cities did not face the issue.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Illinois
Aurora
Elgin
Springfield
Danville
Joliet
Freeport
Sterling
Bloomington
Rock Island
Galesburg
Rockford
Decatur
Peoria
Quincy
East St. Louis
Streator
Ottawa
la Salle
Galena
Navy Department under probe over alleged leaks in 1920s inquiry
The House special committee investigates possible leaks from the Navy Department amid allegations by Representative Lilley that the Electric Boat Company benefited from questionable influence. Robert G. Skerrett admits publishing extracts from confidential Navy reports in technical articles but cannot identify the source. The panel aims to trace the leak and assess the department's handling of sensitive information.
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Navy Department
Electric Boat Company
Special House Committee
Lilley
Robert G. Skerrett
New York
Hiis
Will of George W Thorne Declared Valid by Court
Riverhead Long Island April 7 Justice Jaycox Supreme Court declared the will of George Winthrop Thorne valid despite a probate suit by Richard Van Wyck Thorne and others alleging incompetence. The will left 400 000 to Helene Leigh Thorne and Marie Valadier of Paris among others. plaintiffs failed to proceed and an inquest upheld the will.
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Long Island
George Winthrop Thorne
Paris
France
Jaycox
Supreme Court
Richard van Wyck Thorne
Henry T. Carey
Thorne
York
Helene Leigh
Wi i. Thorne
New
Marie Valadier
Lord Dudley Leigh
London
England
Cour
Grand jury faults Deputy Attorney General over Ice Company inquiry
The special grand jury to Justice Dowling rebukes Deputy Attorney General James W. Osborne for attempting to withdraw the Ice Trust case and for misrepresenting the proceedings. The presentment cites delays and argues indictments would be challenged for lack of a full evidentiary quorum.
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American Ice Company
Justice Dowling
Ice Trust
Grand Jury
James W. Osborne
Osborne
Maine
Hudson
Calm on Harbin Case Reflects U S Concerns in Manchuria
Washington officials regret sensational dispatches on Consul Fisher and Harbin protests against Manchurian Railway regulations. They say the rule cited came from the railroad under lease and administrative control, not the Russian state.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
Fisher
Harbin
Russia
Manchuria
Consul Fisher
Cable
Chinese Rights Recognized Over Harbin Railroad Appointment
In St Petersburg on April 7 the Russian Foreign Office acknowledged China’s right to appoint a president for the Chinese Eastern Railroad. The role would be mainly financial with no management duties. Japan disputes China’s southern claim under its lease and is not involved in Harbin details, though supportive of Russia’s stance.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
China
Harbin
Mr. Root
Karen Rosen
United States
Foreign Office
Negotiations and Russia Japan Manchuria Tensions
A Tokyo report discusses a possible American initiative on South Manchuria, with Tokyo watching U S actions and Harbin dispatches citing Consul Fis. The Japanese Foreign Office doubts the Washington opposition claim and questions the telegrams as potentially intended to stir tensions.
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Viarbin
America
Japan
South Manchuria
Washington
Manchuria
Harbin
Fis
Japanese Foreign Office
South
Railway Fight in Mexico Settled Between Harriman and Phelps-Dodge
The dispute over a mountain pass south of Nacozari, Mexico, for rail access between Harriman interests and Phelps-Dodge has been settled. Harriman plans to extend the Cananea Yaqui River Pacific line to Nacozari, while Phelps-Dodge agrees to allow Harriman access to reach Douglas, Arizona. Reports say Harriman and associates purchased the Nacozari line.
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Tribune
Mexico City
Harrimann
Tielps, Dodge & Co
Nacozari
Mexico
Harriman Inters
Cananea
Yaqui
Harriman Lines
Douglas
Ariz
Mir. Harriman
Nacezari
Traction tempest as public meeting at Cooper Union erupts
A People’s Institute session on rapid transit ends in chaos as L S Bedford is arrested after attempting to circulate a resolution denouncing private subway financing. William Ivins Assemblyman Bennett and Charles Sprague Smith speak amid cries of free speech and disorder over the Elsberg bill and subway financing.
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People’s Institute
Cooper Union
William M. Ivins
William M. Bennett
Charles Sprague Smith
L. S. Bedford
No. 63
Grove Street
Mr. Ivins
Smith
Bedford
Ivins
Institute
Moss
Hughes
Cohen
American Fishermen Fined Over Coastal Trawling Dispute
The Newfoundland magistrate orders Captain Morrisey and the Gloucester schooner Are to be arrested for using trawls within three miles of shore. Captains Spinney and Rudolph of Athlete and Harry W Nickerson are fined $100 each. The matter is referred to Washington and possibly London, as treaty rights from 1818 are disputed. The fleet awaits Washington’s decision, risking a poor Newfoundland season if unresolved.
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Arethusa
Morrisey
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Washington
Congressman Gardner
London
Automatic recess rule aims to curb filibusters in House
The Rules Committee plans a strict measure to end daily delays by enforcing an automatic recess at a set hour with no motion or roll call. The rule would shift daily business to finish by 5 p.m and House sessions to begin at 11 30. The move targets Democratic filibustering and aims to recover lost time.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Committee On Rules
House
Will Tower Over Lower New York Skyline
James Knox Taylor plans bids on May 12 for a new Assay Office in New York City costing about 400000 dollars. The ten story reinforced concrete building near Nassau and Wall streets will feature a towering smokestack designed to vent furnace fumes high above nearby offices.
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Tribute Bureau
Washington
James Knox Taylor
Treasury Department
Assay Office
New York City
Assay
Nassau and
Wall Streets
New York
Singer
Taylor
Earthquakes Felt In Douglas Fronteras Area Overnight
Three distinct shocks struck the Fronteras Douglas region with a 9 pm, 11 pm, and 3 am sequence. The Fronteras town panicked while Douglas houses trembled during the final, most severe quake though no damage was reported.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Douglas
Fronteras
Pilaries
Diamonds Lost On Subway Train After Messenger Alleges $3,000 Stolen
A messenger carrying a bag valued at 3000 dollars for Larter and Son diamond merchants left it on a Brooklyn subway train after alighting at the Brooklyn Bridge station. Police have no name for the messenger and say the loss was reported after Pinkerton detectives began investigating.
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Larter & Son
Maiden Lane
Brooklyn Bridge
Central Office
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Gladys Squiers Weds in Secret Canal Zone Marriage
Miss Gladys Squiers daughter of Herbert C Squiers United States Minister to Panama wed Lieutenant Harry H Rousseau of the Panama Canal Commission in a private ceremony last Saturday night Judge Hezekiah A Gudger officiated in the canal zone Ancon district The marriage was kept secret after initial family opposition and only revealed this morning following attendance at a Tivoli Club ball.
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Panama
Gladys Squiers
Herbert C. Squiers
United States
Harry H. Rousseau
Panama Canal Commission
Hezekiah A. Gudger
North Carolina
Canal Zone
District of Ancon
Tivoli Club
Squiers
Reds Drop Editor After Anarchist Clash in Paterson
Anarchist group in Paterson New Jersey discharged Ludovico Caminita editor of La Questione Sociale after his virulent advocacy and violent rhetoric led to the paper's suppression by post office authorities. Leader Guarbello said Caminita’s talking and printing caused trouble and the group will abandon its printing plant and stay undercover. Caminita is said to join the Mother Earth group with Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman.
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the Tribune
Paterson
N. J
Ludovico Caminita
la Questione Sociale
Caminita
Post Office
Guarbello
Mother Earth
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
S H Willetts Injured In Meadow Brook Drag Hunt
Samuel H Willets master of the Meadow Brook hounds broke his arm and two riders were thrown and slightly injured at a drag hunt near Meadow Brook Long Island yesterday. Lambert Dominick chief whip lost his midget at a high fence and the hunter died after breaking its neck. Griswold was thrown and taken to the clubhouse. Only five of twenty two starters finished at Bright Home Farm. Dominick injured and his horse killed in Westchester two weeks ago.
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Samuel H. Willets
Meadow Brook
Long Island
Mr. Willets
Lambert Dominick
Meadow Brookhounds
Rushmere
F. Gray Griswold
Mr. Willet
Bright Home Farm
Mr. Dominick
Westchester
Reports Hint Shifts in Albany Anti-Gambling Bills
Albany reports an anti-racetrack gambling bill shift as rumors tie Republican Senators to opposition. By 2 a.m. bets favored failure of the bills, with talk of tomorrow’s amendment allowing stock margin sales to delay passage and broaden opposition on the Senate floor.
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Associated Press
Albany
Senate
Delaware Republicans nominate full Chicago delegation
Dover April 7 Republicans at the Delaware State Convention elected a full delegation to the national convention in Chicago. Delegates were not instructed, with a Taft instruction defeat. The state leadership headed by Du Pont and Richardson controlled the gathering amid Roosevelt administration support and tariff revision platform.
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Taft
State Organization
United States
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Richardson
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Roosevelt
Henry A. du Pont
Harry A. Richardson
Preston Lea
Hiram R. Burton
Walter 0. Hoffecker
John G. Townsend
T. Coleman du Pont
L. Heisler Ball
Willianmr D. Denny
William L
Falls From Metropolitan Tower Kill Tinworker Landon
Herman Landon a tinworker living at No. 43 East South Street died after falling from the eleventh floor of the Metropolitan Life building. He was seated in a chair hung by a rope in the airshaft when he toppled over to the basement two stories below. his neck and skull were crushed.
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Herman Landon
East Sth Street
Metropolitan Life Building
Landon
Haitian gunboat Vertiéres brings prisoners to Port au Prince
The Haytien gunboat Vertiéres arrived from St. Marc carrying 25 political prisoners and many army conscripts. President Nord Alexis tightens control as detachments move in from the interior to bolster Port au Prince garrison. Aphinatic invisible brsight eyeslisses for near and distant vision at Spencers.
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Haytien
Vertiéres
St. Marc
Nord Alexis
Spencers
Maiden Lane
Adjournment Near As Senate Moves To End Session
Albany April 7 The Senate Finance Committee reports the Assembly's adjournment resolution amended to take effect April 23. With Governor Hughes battles on anti gambling and public service reforms stalled, leaders expect a two week sprint before adjournment possibly followed by an extraordinary session. Racing interests push for a McCarren style amendment to secure a final passage.
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the Tribune
Albany
Senate Finance Committee
Assembly
Wadsworth
Senate
Hughes
Cassidy
Wilcox
Raines
Grattan
Knapp
McCarren
Editorial urges Grattan to oppose repeal bills and protect anti gambling measures
An Albany based editorial quotes legislative pressure from opponents of the governor’s gambling repeal bills. It argues for Senator Grattan to vote against the repeal, warns of extraordinary sessions, and notes technical amendments favoring utilities. The piece highlights complex changes to the Public Service law and the uncertain fate of several bills in the Senate and Assembly.
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Massachusetts
William Barnes, Jr
Barnes
Albany County
Grattan
Public Service Commissions
Yale
Power
Assembly
Senate
House
Assembly Rules Committee
Hughes
Senate Judiciary Committee
White Star Plans Fast Ocean Service to Montreal
Report says White Star Steamship Company may open a Liverpool Montreal service with four large ships built by Harland & Wolff in cooperation with Dominion Lime and Grand Trunk Railroad. Company officials refuse to confirm or deny the story.
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White Star Steamship Company
Montreal
Forth
Harland & Wol
Dominion Lime
Grand Trunk Railroad
White Ster
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