Six Killed In Gale As Boats Capsize In Pelham Bay
A violent afternoon gale claimed six lives in the city and surrounding counties. Three drownings occurred in Pelham Bay while two others were killed by debris and one man blown from a steamboat. Dozens of boats were swept away and several fishermen remained unaccounted for as rescue crews searched the bay through the night.
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Peekskill
Long Island Sound
Long Island
City Island
Gallagher
Lohbauers
Throg’s Neck
Locust Point
Stepping Stone
Gallagher’s and
Gallagher Boathouse
Lohbbauers
Atlantic Fleet Leaves Magdalena Bay For Pacific Crossing
The Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships departed Magdalena Bay en route to the Golden Gate under Rear Admiral Thomas. The 69 hour coast run averages nine knots, with a planned stop at Coronado Beach. San Diego hosts four days of festivities with a $20,000 fund for officers and men. A Church Federation protest prompts Admiral Evans to request delaying Easter parade movements near San Pedro.
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Hampton Roads
Golden Gate
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Charles M. Thomas
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Robley D. Evans
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Admiral Evans
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Church Federation
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Taft Leads Delegates in National Convention Progress
Delegates named across states show Taft with 218 of 484 total pledged or inclination votes, Knox 64, Hughes 44, Cannon 44, La Follette 25, Fairbanks 22, and 57 uncommitted as conventions in Delaware Virginia South Dakota Massachusetts New York Wisconsin and Illinois elect delegates. Contests arise in 32 seats with Taft holding 45.5 percent of named delegates.
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la Follette
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Tribune
Republican National Committee
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Virginia
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New York
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Cannon & la Follette
Lea Follette
Post Office Building Plans by McKim Mead & White
McKim Mead and White have designed a new federal post office at the Pennsylvania terminal site in the city. The building on the west side of Eighth Avenue will span from First Street to 34th Street with side façades extending back 355 feet. The design emphasizes a monumental government character with a Corinthian-column main façade and terminations by pavilions, aligning with the Pennsylvania terminal station.
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Silverman
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John Roach
East 14Th Street
Areffeld
Bellevue Hospital
Louis Kaefter
189Th Street
Sydney Belendi
S40
Hastith Street
Fourth Avenue
0Th Street
Joseph Hiromeo
Mary
No. 120
21St Street
Brooklyn
New Jersey
South 13Th Street
Newark
Thomas Dinnere
No. 20
Boyden Street
Broad Street
McKim, Mead & White
Pennsylvania Terminal
Tribune
Eighth Avenue
Fist Street
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Aeroplane Record Broken in Paris by Léon de la Grange
Léon de la Grange set a distance record in Paris in an official trial covering 3 925 metres in 6 minutes 30 seconds, surpassing Henry Farman. An unofficial run of ten kilometres was cut short when the ground touches prevented full counting.
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Paris
Léon de la Grange
Henry Farman
de la Grange
Governor Hughes Favored at State Republican Convention
Insurgent delegates won support while Brackett faced opposition as delegates urged a platform for tariff reform and currency revision. The convention unanimously instructed delegates to back the governor for the national nomination, and pledged New York victory if he won Chicago.
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Dover
United States
Henry A. du Pont
Harry A. Richardson
Preston Lea
Hiram R. Burton
W. 0. Hoffecker
J. G. Townsend
Brackett
Hughes
Woodruff
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Lawyers’ Club
E. D. Strebel
Club
Fox
T4th Regiment
Welch
65Th Regiment
Treadwell
McLennan
Robson
Kruse
Spring
Supreme Court
Strebel
Governor Hughes Busy Birthday Schedule in Buffalo
Governor Charlies F. Hughes marked his forty sixth birthday with a day in Buffalo. Mrs. Hughes traveled from Albany to spend part of the day with him. She attended a reception at the Twentieth Century Club and with officers wives of the Fourth Regiment tonight. He rested briefly then met college fraternities, spoke to the Lawyers' Club, reviewed the 74th Regiment at the armory, and kept a full evening schedule.
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Charlies F. Hughes
Lawyers’ Club
74Th Regiment
Political tensions at New York convention center on Hughes bid
At the Chicago convention debate over Governor Hughes's nomination shows a divided NY delegation yet strong unity behind the report praising him. Brackett's substitute failed amid calls for a firmer labor to nominate Hughes, with Bruce Sherman and others touting Roosevelt, Hughes, and tariff protection as core New York Republican themes.
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James S. Sherman
Utica
Roosevelt
Hughes
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