Congress May Grant Roosevelt Power to Act vs Venezuela
A Cullom drafted resolution, approved by Roosevelt and Root, would give the president authority to act against Venezuela to protect American citizens and interests. If passed, it would allow force or arbitration as needed, with expected administration discretion amid Caracas negotiations and past failed arbitration efforts.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Root
Congress
Venezuela
United States
Cullom
State Department
Russell
Castro
J. de J. Paul
Relations Committee
Italy to Demonstrate in Turkish Waters Over Post Offices
Rome reports orders issued for an Italian squadron led by the Duke of the Abruzzi to demonstrate in Turkish waters. Turkey had objected to Italian post offices in Ottoman territory, tying the move to broader trade and treaty claims. The action is stated not to be linked to the Tripoli dispute.
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Rome
Turkey
Tripoli
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Near lynching in Altoona Park Pennsylvania
An angry mob of residents in Aiiconaz Penn attempted to lynch Albert Deoto a welter after a man known as Renn Arome had been placed around his neck by police and citizens. Guards intervened and the crowd dispersed after Deoto drew a revolver and threatened to shoot though he was unarmed.
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Aiiconaz
Penn
Albert Deoto
Altoona Park
Renn Arome
Caen Sr
Bioto
Lakement Park
Park
Deoto
Otne
Deco
Iis
Night riders burn woman's barn in Mason as threats loom
Early today, night riders set fire to the barn of Miss Zetty Perry near Mason. The Misses Young of Faymea Street report receiving threatening letters and say 8008 have been ordered to Paducah where indictments have been brought against many alleged night riders.
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Tribune
Etn
Perrys
Mason Ae
Young
Faymeax
Paducah
Gould to Visit Spa Amid Marital Turmoil
The article notes Frank Jay Gould arriving at a resort near White Sulphur Springs this afternoon and expected to stay until the surrounding notoriety of his marriage troubles subsides.
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Frank Gould
Virginia Hot Springs
Tripune
Frank Jay Gould
Jiet Springs
Escapee from Metteaway State Hospital Captured in Dutchess Junction
John Paul, a Hup, who escaped twenty months ago from Metteaway State Hospital, was captured this afternoon by police in Dutchess Junction after a hard fight while visiting Mistives. He had fled to Pennsylvania for sixteen months and returned to New York prior to being detained.
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John Paul
Metteaway State Hospital
Pennsytyania
New York
Dutchess Junction
Explosion at Murdoch railway camp wounds nine
A message from Montreal dated April 18 reports nine men were wounded and three others seriously hurt by a dynamite explosion at the Murdoch railway construction camp near New Wmmson Hellechassecumy. No further details are provided.
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Montreal
St. Walier
Murdoch Railway
New Wmmson
Hellechassecumy
House Conference Off Indication Bills May Not Pass
Washington April 18 The House plans no currency conference for at least two weeks delaying action until the sundry civil bill clears. Leaders say the conference will occur just before financial bills are considered, a move seen as admission that the Aldrich and Vreeland measures cannot pass. Banking and Currency Committee members favoring a currency commission expect no conference.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Banking and Currency Committee
White and Negro Factions Clash in Cuban Primary Fight
In Havana on April 18 the Miguelista white faction led by Major Castellanos threatens to bolt if blacks dominate the primaries. Negro leader is former Senator Martin Morita Delgado, linked to a past attack on a rural guard post. Zagistas refuse talks and have dissolved their selection committee for Cuban replacement of American governors.
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Havana
Miguelistas
José Castellanos
Martin Morita Delgado
West Plans Rate Fight Across Rail Lines
Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati commercial bodies unite to challenge a railway pact they say discriminates against the West. They prepare a complaint to the Interstate Commerce Commission with freight rate tables and traffic agreements, citing Atlanta as proof of East favored rates. Data shows higher Chicago rates compared with New York, with similar patterns in St. Louis and Cincinnati.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
New York
East
Page Guards His Bill on Public Service Commission
Albany April 18 Senator Alfred R Page of New York acted as a page to push amendments to his bill placing telephone and telegraph firms under the Public Service Commission, personally delivering the copy to the state printer amid concerns of last minute changes. The Assembly trimmed the bill, while the Senate kept its form with minor routine amendments. The two houses held their first Saturday session this year mostly on routine business. In the Assembly an appropriation for a custodial asylum site was increased from 190000 to 185000.
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Tribune
Albany
Public Service Commission
Alfred R. Page
New York
Senate
Senator Page
Thessembly
Occupation of Jurado Reported by Colombian War Minister
The Colombian Minister of War dispatches that an armed expedition has occupied Jurado on the border. It notes the United States refused to aid Panama. General Palacio has left Buena Ventura for Jurado with troops to establish Colombian authority.
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Quito
Calderon
Jurado
United States
Panama
Palacio
Buena Ventura
Jealous man kills wife and himself in New York town
In Coxsackie New York on April 18 Burton Whitbeck about thirty years old killed his wife of about twenty five as she prepared to enter her home then shot himself. His body was found in his uncle's barn about a mile west of the village with a revolver in his hand and a bullet wound in his temple.
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Coxsackie
N. Y
Burton Whitbeck
West Coxsackle
Whitbeck
Large Republican Meeting Planned for New England
Republicans of New England plan a July outdoor meeting at the Point of Pines with fifty thousand expected. Senators Lodge and Crane, Republican Congressmen and governors, will attend and hopes are high for President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks.
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The
Tribune
Boston
New England
Point of Pines
Lodge
Crane
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Williams Defies Cannon as House Adjourns Amid Filibuster
Washington April 18 The House adjourned after Speaker Cannon ruled on a viva voce vote amid a five minute diplomatic and consular appropriation debate. Minority leader Williams demanded a division but was ignored, provoking Democratic and Republican reactions and a tense cloakroom separation.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cannon
Representative Williams
Williams
House
Reed
Payne
McCarren Returns to State Committee Amid Turmoil in New York Politics
Senator McCarren, ousted by the Democratic State Convention over the Murphy-Conners resolution, is restored to the state committee and vows to strike against Murphy and Conners. The piece outlines allied moves, Coler's plans, Bryan talks, and upstate Democrats' push for independence from Tammany influence.
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McCarren
Democratic State Committee
Democratic State Convention
Murphy-Conners
State Committee
Murphy and
Conners
Conrad Hasenflug
Brooklyn
Board of Elections
McClellan
Metarren
Horough
Coler
Glens Falls
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Charles F. Murphy
Denver
George W. S. Williams
New Kings County Democratic Party
Murphy
John H. Delaney
Flaherty
Bird S. Coler
James Shevlin
Tammany
Mr. Bryan
Henry Watterson
Augustus van Wyck
Lawyers’ Club
Financial District
Octopus Mammon
Joseph D. Baucus
Saratoga County
Wall Street
Mr. Baucus
Baucus
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Dalzell proposes rule change on suspending rules
Washington April 18 Congress weighs filibuster response as Rep Dalzell proposes amending the rules to allow majority votes on suspending the rules and to remove the current two thirds requirement with a potential second considered on demand. The current rule limits suspensions to the first and third Mondays and involves tellers for a second.
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Washington
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Bandit Taylor Shot Dead in Eleventh Ave Saloon
James Taylor aged 36 of West 87th street was shot to death at 736 Eleventh avenue saloon run by Delia Collins just before midnight. Bartender Frank Collins 36 was arrested for murder amid claims Taylor known as Bandit Taylor had recent prison release and an earlier assault record. Police say Taylor greeted Collins then moved which provoked the fatal gunfire.
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James Taylor
West 87Th Street
Eleventh Avenue
Delia Collins
Frank Collins
Taylor
Collins
Former Vassar Girl Janet Lew Wilson Dies After Wreck
Janet Lew Wilson daughter of ex Representative Philip Burrell Lew of Brooklyn died at Bridgeport Hospital from pneumonia. She was private secretary to her father in Congress and arranged for her body to be taken to New York City. Once a Vassar student she fled from Hudson River Sanatorium to Winsted and then to Bridgeport attempting suicide. no further commitment was made.
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Tribune
Bridgeport
Conn
Janet Lew Wilson
Philip Burrill Lew
Brooklyn
Bridgeport Hospital
Congress
Lenox Avenue
New York City
Vassar College
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Walter Langdon
Winsted
Cty
Chelsea Fire Victims List Includes Seventy Five Missing
Boston April 18 The Medical Examiner and Mayor Beck discussed a systematic search of the Chelsea fire ruins for bodies and agreed to involve state authorities. Eleven bodies have been recovered from brick filled cellars and seventy five remain missing, believed buried in the ruins.
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Boston
Chelsea
McGrath
Beck
Fatal Texas Floods Strike Fort Worth Area
A major flood in Fort Worth and surrounding areas forces thousands to flee. Four known dead and three thousand homeless as Clear and West forks rise three feet. Rivers Brazos and Trinity expected to gain two more feet. widespread property damage and train washouts reported.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Clear
West Forks
East Fort Worth
State Labor Convention
Parker
Palo Rinco
Brazos
Trinity
North Fort Worth
Mineral City
Weatherford
Cleburne
Fox hunters halted as farmer robs riders with shotgun
Syosset, April 18. Meadow Brook fox hunt from Woodbury to Syosset was halted when farmer John Robertson aimed a shotgun at riders while farm hands protected the property. Two women waved aprons to steer horses. Robertson warned trespassers and fell into a gully as his gun discharged accidentally without injuries.
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Syosset
Long Island
Meadow Brook Club
Woodbury
John Robertson
Robertson
Cornelia Bryce
Italians Take Families Abroad on White Star Republic
The Republic sailed to Naples with a large passenger load. About two thirds of the steerage of nearly two thousand were families, signaling Italians seek better conditions and work opportunities abroad rather than remaining in the United States.
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White Star
Republic
Naples
Mediterranean
White Star Line
United States
Italy
Lane's Auto Catches Fire in Esterel Wood Near Frejus
In Toulon on April 18 an automobile carrying J. W. Lane of New York and family burst into flames through the Esterel Wood near Frejus. One woman suffered a slight burn and was taken to a nearby house. The car was badly damaged and the party later went to Nice. Lane is believed to be James Warren Lane, a prominent New York dry goods merchant.
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Toulon
J. W. Lane
New York
Esterel Wood
Frejus
Nice
James Warren Lane
New York City
1St Street
Worth Street
Union League Club
The
New England Society
City Club
Hint of Great Railway Strike in Canada Unions Unite
Winnipeg April 18 A federation of all union men in the shops of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern railroads has formed to oppose the new wage reductions. Similar action may spread to American railroads, signaling a broader clash between unions and the railways.
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Federation of Union
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Lipton Launches Shamrock IV Racing Yacht at Fairlie
London April 18 Sir Thomas Lipton unveiled his new racing yacht Shamrock IV at Fife's yard in Fairlie Ayrshire. commanded by Captain Sycamore the vessel is slated to compete in Britain's 1908 regattas.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Fife
Fairlie
Ayrshire
Sycamore
Odell Brokerage Company Placed Under Receiver
Thomas J. Cogan as attorney for Odell Brokerage Company was appointed receiver amid a suit filed by John M. Scott who holds 3 shares claiming $7.30 owed. The firm capitalized at $250,000 all paid up but remains cash short, with plans to cease operations. Historically it operated under various names and ran more than 300 branch offices nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. Cogan
Odell Brokerage Company
John M. Scott
Cogan
Odell Company
Miners Reach Toledo Agreement Prompting Restarts
Pittsburg district miners, about 32 000 to 34 900 workers, return to work Monday after Toledo agreement. Belmont County Ohio miners, around 7 000, ordered to resume Monday morning.
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Pittsburg
Toledo
Wheeling
W. Va
Belmont County
Ohio
Delegates to Chicago roll up to date for GOP race
The Republican National Convention tally shows 546 delegates chosen, Taft leading with 206 as supporters or pledged allies. Minnesota and Massachusetts selected Taft delegates while New York districts partly contested Hughes influence. Delegates from Hawaii and multiple states were elected or instructed, with several districts reporting Taft resolutions of preference.
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Chicago
Tribune
Republican National Committee
Taft
Minnesota
Masachusetts
New York
Hughes
Cannon
Knox
Super Fairbanks
la Follette
Mine Neapolis
F. B. Kellogg
St. Paul
W. W. Heffelfinger
Minneapolis
F. E. Putnam
Blue Earth
E. B. Hawkins
Biwabik
Come Ventions
Austin
J. H. Adair
A. S. Campbell
Mankato
T. €. Collier
F. W. Betz
Shakopee
C. M. Buck
George Brodier
Flughes
W. B. Webster
G HF. Sullivan
Crookston
J. P. Hedberg
E. E. Carliss
Maryland
Worcester
Samuel E. Winslow
H. S Whitin
Lawrence
A. G. Walsh
Lowell
W. E. Parker
Bostom
H. C. Gallagher
Milton
A. T. Davison
Dorchester
Orange
Brockton
Emery M. Low
S. Keith
Sagamore
Aver
George H Doty
Waltham
L. ©. Carlton
Gardner
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KR. H. Warren
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Francis King
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T. c. Platt
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George W. Lunn
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Ted
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Gene
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Serena E. Payne
Auburn
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Louis F. Payn
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