Taft Returns From Panama Trip Silent On Politics
Washington April 22 Secretary Taft and Mrs Taft returned to the Washington Navy Yard aboard the Mayflower after a month away with a Panama Cuba and Porto Rico tour. The party included Beekman Winthrop and Mrs Winthrop and lawmakers Burton De Armond Senator Kittredge and Miss Ide. Taft outlined meetings with canal engineers Panama authorities and Havana officials and detailed plans for the Jamestown Exposition and future agency work.
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South Dakota
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Jones
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Ponce
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Rivers and Harbors Committee
House of Representatives
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Cincinnati
Western Federation of Yale Clubs
St. Louis
Young Men's
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Philippines
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Panama Canal
Roosevelt resolution defeated in Harrisburg House vote
In Harrisburg on April 22, Mr Bluestone of Allegheny County introduced a resolution urging President Roosevelt to run for a seven term as president. The measure was defeated by a viva voce vote without a recorded count.
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Roosevelt
Dick Declares Help Foraker In Ohio Contest
Akron Ohio April 22 Senator Dick after return from Washington issued a statement saying he would do what he could for his colleague Senator Foraker in the upcoming Ohio political contest He said if the race were between President Roosevelt and Foraker the current vote would favor Roosevelt but a year hence the result could change He added that Foraker would not pursue a reactionary policy that would hinder railroad growth if made President.
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Ohio
Washington
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Graft Alleged by Pittsburg Railroad Officials
Pittsburg April 22 President Cameron of the Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad claims immunity from prosecution as he details a graft combine that controlled city council demanding 70 000 for passage of the railroad franchise ordinance. He names Councilman William A Martin and recounts a $10 000 increase and a vanished cash sum while en route to Union Trust.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Co. S&s Cameron
Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad
James W. Milholland
Joseph Flaherty
Cameron
Union Trust Company
Martin
Bryce Bryce? Arrest After Fifth Avenue Car Chase
Bicycle Patrolman Eynon captured a speeding chauffeur on Fifth Avenue after a chase. A young woman inside pleaded for delay claiming an important engagement. The driver, Perry Hutchinson, gave a false address claiming General Lloyd S. Bryce’s home, posted bail, and was released.
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Eynon
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Tonneau
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East List Street
Lloyd S. Bryce
Bynon
Perry Hutchinson
Bryce
Hawley Makes Fast Balloon Trip From Philadelphia to Matawan
Allan R Hawley and Arthur T Atherholt rode a balloon from Philadelphia landing in Matawan after 90 minutes covering sixty miles at noon. The ascent reached about 12000 feet and the crew escaped serious injury when the basket struck a creek. The craft was rescued and sent back to Philadelphia. Records of the ascent were lost and search continues.
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N. J
Philadelphia
Allan R. Hawley
Arthur T. Atherholt
Mr. Hawley
Mr. Atherholt
United States Steel Plant Strike Sparks Unrest at Larimer Coke Ovens
About eight hundred men at United States Steel Larimer coke ovens in Irwin Pennsylvania struck for a ten percent wage increase. Two hundred ovens left burning as they were drawn. Strikers surrounded the plant and were ordered off property. Special police guard ovens at night while officials consider bringing in workers from Connellsville, raising fears of trouble as many strikers are foreigners and in an ugly mood.
Police Guard Carnegie Schools
In Pittsburg on April 22, Machinery Hall at Carnegie Technical Schools remains under guard by contractor-hired police. The building, not yet transferred, is sealed with private property notices. Trustees reportedly dispute who will assume ownership and cannot agree to accept the building from the contractors.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Carnegie Technical Schools
See Plot in New Coal Mine Bill
Central Pennsylvania coal field operators met in Pittsburg and decided to send a committee to Harrisburg to protest the Bowden bill which adds mine safeguards. They accuse the Pittsburg Coal Company of framing the bill to cripple rivals by raising costs on a thirty million ton yearly output.
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Pennsylvania
Senate Committee On Mines and Mining
Harrisburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Soft Coal Trust
Von Skal Steps Out as Mitchell Takes Place
George Von Skal resigns as Commissioner of Accounts and John Purroy Mitchell is appointed to fill the vacancy. The shift accelerates a city inquiry into Borough President Ahearn and related departments, with Littleton advising witnesses to refuse testimony while the mayor seeks to proceed.
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McClellan
John Purroy Mitchell
Corporation Counsel
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Mitchell
Martin W. Littleton
Hughes
Ellison
Department of the Borough
Manhattan
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Elson
Littleton
Commissioner von Skal
Staats-Zeitung
Herman Ridder
George F. Scannell
George R. Olney
William H. Walker
Scannell
Olney
Walker
Supreme Court
War on 3-Cent Fares Sparks Cleveland Rail Clash
The Cleveland Electric Railway declares war on Mayor Johnson and rival lines over low 3-cent fares. Track ripping and worker clashes loom as the company orders Forest City Railway to stop 3-cent services and threatens to abandon central and Quincy avenues and East 9th Street lines by midnight. Thousands face congestion and walking to work.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Railway
Johnson
Forest City Railway
Central
Quincy Avenue
East 9Th Street
Money's Use Fixes Its Character Debate at Faneuil Hall
Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University told the Methodist Social Union in Faneuil Hall that wealthy donations for education religion and philanthropy should not be condemned. He argued money's use reveals character and that not all large commercial activity is evil, citing Christian church needs and the era's generosity.
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Boston
Methodist Social Union
Faneuil Hall
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Day
March on Parliament Woolwich Men In Line
London April 22 thousands of skilled workers discharged from Woolwich Arsenal marched eight miles to the House of Commons to press grievances about job losses and ruined savings. A deputation met Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman, with Haldane and Tweedmouth present, who pledged further reductions and work for Woolwich.
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Woolwich
House of Commons
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Army Clothing
Pimlico
St. George's Circle
Houses of Parliament
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
R. B. Haldane
Baron Tweedmouth
Admiralty
William Crooks
House of Parliament
Lord Tweedmouth
Navy Department
Bomb kills ten men in Rokkin street ambush
In Lodz on April 22 terrorists armed with automatic pistols halted a money transport in Rokkin street. A bomb destroyed the carriage, killing three soldiers and mortally wounding five more, the coachman, and a government employee. The robbers seized $2,000 and fled.
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Lodz
Rokkin Street
Swedish sailors steal tugboat Florence in Williamsburg heist
Orlaf Wolfsteen and Lars Larsen seized the tug Florence from Quay street in Williamsburg and headed for the Atlantic. Captain Charles McNeill pursued with the Clairmont, catching them off the Hamilton ferry and returning both boats to Greenpoint Avenue police station for grand larceny charges.
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Lars Larsen
Florence
Quay Street
Williamsburg
Atlantic
Charles McNeill
John McNeill Towing Company
Clairmont
Hamilton
Greenpoint Avenue
River Front
Wolfsteen
Larsen
Watch deflects anarchist bullet in Hazleton
Hazleton, April 22. Jan Partula, who told Newark police and Secret Service he belonged to an anarchist band plotting to kill President Roosevelt, came here and went to Audenried, his former home, where he shot at Charles Krause, a mine foreman with Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal. The bullet struck Krause’s watch. he escaped unharmed. Partula was taken into custody and is believed demented.
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Penn
Jan Partula
Secret Service
Newark
N. J
President Roosevelt
Audenried
Charles Krause
Lehigh and
Wilkes- Barre Coal Company
Krause
Bartula
Flooding the Homestake Mine to Extinguish Fire
Lead South Dakota April 22 flooding the Homestake mine began today to extinguish a fire that started four weeks ago on the 500-foot level. Despite extensive efforts and flooding as a last resort the flames have spread to upper levels where pitch pine timbers fuel the blaze. A few men remain at work but officials believe full extinction requires flooding the mine.
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Homestake
Molasses Diet Test for Five Weeks at Parish Prison
Nine black inmates in New Orleans parish prison will be fed solely on molasses for five weeks to test that sugar production in Louisiana uses no deleterious chemicals. The diet, approved by the government Pure Food Bureau and the State Board of Health, follows claims by sugar planters. Sugar Exchange members note that sugar samplers are generally healthy, and the outcome will influence a final government decree.
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Tribune
New Orleans
Parish
Louisiana
Pure Food Bureau
State Board of Health
Sugar Exchange
Dewey's Rich Old Port Wine Ad
A vintage wine advertisement from H. T. Dewey and Sons Co. markets rich old port as a tonic for the weak and overworked. Listing shows the firm's New York address at 48 Fulton Street.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
King and Queen Barred From Naples Church Visit
King Edward and Queen Alexandra toured Naples aboard the Victoria and Albert and sought entry to Santa Chiara. A monk refused admission, mistaking them for beggars, until General Salsa arrived and revealed their identities, causing embarrassment.
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Naples
England
Edward
Santa Chiara
Salsa
Chorus Man Fails to Sell Carnegie Hall Concert
An Italian chorus benefit at Carnegie Hall failed when the chorus manager who held $350 could not arrive to pay rent. Performers Sammarco Magnoz Tecchi and others appeared, but hall managers canceled the show after the delay. About 80 in attendance waited in the lobby and left as the misunderstanding grew.
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Sammarco
Magnoz
Tecchi
Chorua
Mr. Conried
Lynchburg Tragedy At Oak Ridge Claims Sheriff’s Son
At Oak Ridge Virginia home of Thomas F. Ryan Judge W G Loving shot and killed Theodore L Estes sheriff’s son in a domestic tragedy. Estes was unloading fertilizer when Loving fired buckshot hitting him in the right side and neck. Both families are prominent in Nelson County. Estes was related by marriage to Governor Swanson.
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Oak Ridge
Virginia
Thomas F. Ryan
W. G. Loving
Theodore Ll. Estes
Nelson County
Judge Loving
Young Estes
Estes
Swanson
Police Fire At Burglar In East 63d Street Chase
About a dozen shots were fired by police and residents near East 63d street between Madison and Park avenues as a burglar fled over fences toward Park avenue. Patrolmen Fox and Collins from East 67th street station were forced to pause when residents fired upon them and a man in a house pointed a shotgun, delaying capture and allowing the burglar to escape through a Park avenue gateway.
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Park Avenues
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East 67Th Street
Gardner shoots self before wife in Ridgewood tragedy
Frederick W Gardner fifty year old Ridgewood justice of the peace shot himself at the doorway of the Eglin home in front of his wife after she accused him of visiting the couple. His wife fainted and a fourteen year old daughter remains with the family. The act followed months of rumors of Gardner's visits, which he denied as enemies' inventions.
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Paterson
N. J
Frederick W. Gardner
Ridgewood
Odell Arrested for Speeding After Yonkers Trip
Bryant B Odell son of ex Governor Odell was arrested on Broadway at 105th street for going twenty five miles an hour. R C Reed of Newburg bailed him out for court. Odell said an Yonkers trip caused a mechanical failure. HAAN S RESTAURANT Park Row Building noted as a ladies surroundings with lunch dinner music.
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Albany
Broadway
105Th. Street
R. C. Reed
Newburg
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Yonkers
Haan
Park Row
Bonds Missing From Trust Company Case In Manhattan Club Room
Oakleigh Thorne of the Trust Company of America said the firm expects to recover all bonds Douglass took as margin for private speculative accounts. The missing bonds exceed $50,000 with some estimates at $250,000. Bonds were found in a room at the Manhattan Club after detectives tailed Oliver Dennett & Co. The firm expects to recover balances and make good any losses. Douglass, held without bail, claims he acted in stock market speculation and cooperates with detectives. Mrs Douglass and her family declined comment as legal actions proceed.
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Trust Company of America
William C. Douglass
Thorne
Quinn
West 47Th Street
Trust Company
Manhattan Club
Douglass
Oliver M. Dennett & Co
No. 40
Wall Street
Mr. Dennett
West Side
West Side Court
Morgan J. O’brien
Robertson Honey
Honey
Rhode Island
Ellen Street
Brooklyn
F. R. Moseley
Dennett & Co
Consolidated Stock Exchange
F. R. Moseley & Co
Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Oliver M. Dennett
AM Inquirers
Forbes J. Hennessy
No. 34
Liberty Street
New York
Boston
L N Tunnel Caves In After Wagon Fire and Crash
A section of the Copper Ridge tunnel on the Louisville and Nashville line near Knoxville Tennessee caved in following a rear end freight collision. Fire in the tunnel burned wooden supports and caused about a thousand feet of tunnel damage. A locomotive caboose and three coal cars were destroyed. two brakemen were injured. Traffic may be halted for weeks with the railroad routing via Southwestern Railroad to Coal Creek.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Copper Ridge
Louisville & Nashville
Louisville & Nashville Road
Southwestern Railroad
Coal Creek
Settlement Pleases President In Lawton Memorial
Dispatches from Washington say President Roosevelt is gratified by the amicable settlement between the Lawton Monument Commission and Grand Army representatives. Grand Army posts will take part in the Lawton memorial exercises. Roosevelt will arrive May 3 and dine with Vice President Fairbanks. The Lawton monument unveiling address is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Lawton Monument
Roosevelt
Grand Army
Lawton Memorial
Fairbanks
Four Ruef Jurors Chosen for Extortion Trial
Four of the twelve jurors for Abraham Ruef’s extortion case against French restaurants were sworn in San Francisco on April 22. Eight others were challenged. three by prosecutors and five by defense. With two names left on the fifty member special venire list, a second venire or brief adjournment is expected, to finish jury selection and start testimony by next Monday.
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Magoun
Crowder
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Cuba
San Francisco
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Conference Tonight Delivers Key Political Meeting
By Telegraph to The Tribune Indianapolis on April 22 reports Speaker Cannon Senator Hemenway and the State Central Committee meeting in conference with Vice-President Fairbanks, signaling active partisan talks at the capital.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
Cannon
Hemenway
State Central Committee
Fairbanks
After All Usher's The Scotch Highball Ad
An advertising line promotes Usher's Scotch as the highball's famous mixer. The brief label ties a brand to a cocktail style in a vintage newspaper ad.
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