Queens loses Bermel resigns under fire
Joseph Bermel, President of the Borough of Queens, resigns amid accusations of maladministration and a looming grand jury probe. Governor ordered investigations into Kissena Park land deals. Bermel plans to sail to Europe. Mayor McClellan to preside over his successor election as Aldermen weigh Cassidy candidacy and party lines.
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Joseph Bermel
Borough of Queens
Cherges
Scully
Bermel
Samuel H. Ordway
Metz
Grand Jury
Berme
Europe
Vatican
McClellan
Queens
City Hall
Thomas M. Quinn
George Emener
Joseph Flanagan
John J. Hogan
Michael J. Carter
Flanagan
Hogan
Emener
Quinn
Independence League
Carter
Joseph Cassidy
Cassidy Thomas F. Quinn
John Hogan
Zecrence W Gresser
Herbert F. Harvey
Cassidy
Berrel 1
Bermen
Lawrence W. Gresser
Japanese Assaulted In Napa Twice In Weeks
Thomas Cuff, a well known local youth, arrested on assault and battery charges filed by S Mori, a Japanese laundryman. A Sunday night beating by a mob of youths sparked the incident, with a bloody clash narrowly avoided and Japanese residents vowing to report the outrage to their government.
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the Tribune
Napa
Cal
Thomas Cuff
S. Mori
Maryland Boys Mutiny at Schoufer Home of Refuge
Baltimore April 20. A demoralized state at the Maryland Schoufer Boys home of refuge due to violent treatment charges sparked a mutiny. Inmates tore fixtures, blew lights, and escaped through windows using a fire hose. Three roosted in a tree, five were corralled in a West Arlington doctor’s office, seven later caught by police.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Maryland Schoufer Boys
House of Refuge
West Arlington
Itimore
Actress Amelia Bingham gravely ill at home
Amelia Bingham the actress is seriously ill at her residence 40 East 31st Street after a sudden intestinal illness following a Sunday dinner at the Hotel Plaza. Doctors Gilday Wylie and Bodine were in consultation as her condition remained grave with slight improvement noted yesterday.
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Amelia Bingham
East 31St Street
Bingham
Hotel Plaza
Walter C. Gilday
W. Gill Wylie
John A. Bodine
May Strike in Cleveland Involves Streetcar Workers
A looming stoppage by 1800 motor men and conductors of Municipal Traction Company looms after president A B DuPont refused a two cent per hour wage increase and free transport for workers. Arbitration urged while union leader says current contract terms with Cleveland Electric Railway must be met. A bid to halt higher suburban fares also faces court review as a weeklong hearing continues.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
A. B. DuPont
Behner
The
International Union
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Municipal
Common Pleas Court
East Cleveland Village
East
Senator Davis Demands Interior Chronicles Of Choctaw Chickasaw Rolls
Senator Davis of Arkansas stirred the Senate by demanding information on tribal rolls. He claimed about ten thousand names were omitted by the Interior Department and cited a case where nine family members were listed as negroes while one was recorded as Indian. He pressed Ohio Senator Foraker to speak louder as the exchange drew laughter. Davis’s resolution was later passed.
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Washington
Arkansas
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Foraker
Ohio
Mr. Foraker
Mixed dinner stirs Southern outrage over race seating
A Cosmopolitan Club dinner in New York where whites sat with black guests drew sharp criticism across Virginia and the Deep South. Governor Swanson called the event an outrage while a Mississippi ex-governor called participants immoral perverts, arguing it harms southern racial progress.
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Br Telegraph
the Tribune
Richmond
Virginia
South
Cosmopolitan Club
Greater New York
Swanson
Caruso Ends Opera Season on Private Tour
Caruso the tenor closed his Pittsburg season singing Il Trovatore for a crowded crowd after a night in the mill district. He then began a private concert tour with stops planned in Rochester Cleveland Columbus Detroit Buffalo Scranton Toronto and Montreal. He expects a financial windfall from the tour despite fatigue and plans to sing ten songs at each stop.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Caruso
Rochester
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Scranton
Toronto
Montreal
Sve
Roswell Citizens for Roosevelt Petition Drives Statewide
Roswell, Ga residents from Roswell and surrounding areas sign a petition urging a national convention to nominate Roosevelt. The effort draws participation from Democrats and Populists, with signatures collected across the state and Roswell signers among the early supporters.
A Wintyre Returns in Sanatorium Amid Bank Insolvency
T A McIntyre head of the suspended firm T A McIntyre & Co testified in receivership proceedings in New York. Officers reported about 44 A worth of bonds and stock in safes and in transit. McIntyre, exhausted, remained in a private sanatorium awaiting clearance of affairs. Dr Morgan Dix died suddenly at Trinity rectory after twenty years of asthma battles.
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T. A. McIntyre
Stock Exchange
T. A. McIntyre & Co
New York
Maurice Leon
McIntyre
South
Gilchrist
T Was A. Mcintyre
John G. Mcintyre
T. A. Mcintyre, Jr
Edward T. White
George C. Ryen
Syracuse
James E. Hulshizer
James M. Kudson
Besteon
C. C. Burlingham
Ryan
Arthur C. Peck
Burlingham
Broadway
National Consolidated Bank
Carnegie Train Stoned Near New Brunswick New Jersey
In New Brunswick New Jersey on April 29 Carnegie's special train was stoned by youths aged 16 to 20 at the Lehigh Valley yards in South Plainfield. Windows on Carnegie's car were broken and another train suffered a broken window injuring a woman and a child. Detective Jenkins arrested ten Newark youths who said they were seeking work. Justice Sedam jailed each for fifteen days.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Andrew Carnegie
Lehigh Valley Railroad
South Plainfield
Carnegie
Newark
Thaw visits by lawyers and doctors at Matteawan
Harry K. Thaw receives his lawyer Mr. Graham and doctors Dr. Charles Pilgrim Dr. Lane and Dr. Briton Evans from Poughkeepsie and Hudson River State Hospital as he awaits trial. Testimony at Poughkeepsie may run three or four days while doctors may declare him sane or not.
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iRy
the Tribune
Fishkill
Harry K. Thaw
Mr. Graham
Charles Pilgrim
Hudson River State Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Charles Lane
Briton D. Evans
Matteawan State Hospital
Graham
Steel Trust to Make Wheels in Pittsburg District
United States Steel Corporation plans a large plant in the Pittsburg district to manufacture steel car wheels. Railroads reportedly pushed for a stronger wheel, with demand for a wheel not as easily worn as the existing steel wheel. The new plant is to be ready for work by midsummer.
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iBy Telegraph
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Jersey Shore Railway Rates Protest at Broad Street Station
A New Jersey business delegation met with Pennsylvania Railroad President McCrea at Broad Street Station in Philadelphia to protest fare hikes to Atlantic City and other east shore resorts. McCrea said the company must earn more from seashore lines to sustain dividends, noting Reading Railway losses and Pennsylvania's 7 percent payout.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
New Jersey Seashore
McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street Station
East Resorts
Mctrea
Reading Railway
Vivania Company
Penn
Brown Thrasher Walks City Hall Lawn in April Visit
Odd sight at City Hall as five brown thrashers with light brown backs and long tails strut on the lawn between City Hall and Bread Street. Dogs and boys chased them into trees, but the birds returned within minutes. A robin also dropped by in a rare moment for the area.
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City Hall
Ity Hall
Breadw Secares
Perserapped
Broadway
Death of aged clergyman noted after long illness
The respected clergyman weakened despite all care and passed away last night with Dr. Dix beside him. Attending were his wife Mrs Dix, daughters Miss Margaret G Dix and Mrs William H Wheelock, son John A Dix, and son-in-law William H Wheelock. Funeral arrangements had not yet been made.
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Dr. Dix
Dix
Margaret G. Dix
William H. Wheelock
John A. Dix
Career of Dr Dix in New York parish and jubilee
The Rev Dr Morgan Dix, eldest son of General Dix, born 1827 in New York, rises from Columbia College to General Theological Seminary and Trinity Parish. He becomes rector of Trinity Church in 1862, promotes sisterhoods, church music, and aid to struggling parishes, and is honored with a jubilee in 1902 including a loving cup presentation from St Pauls Chapel clerks and congregation.
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Morgan Dix
John
Dix
New York
John Jordan Morgan
Albany
Madeira
Spain
Italy
Columbia College
General Theological Seminary
St. John’s Chapel
Chase
New Hampshire
Alonzo Potter
St. Mark’s Church
Philadelphia
Europe
Trinity Parish
New York City
Trinity Church
Hedges
Dr. Dix
St. Paul's Chapel
William Jay
St. Augustine
St.Krysostom
St. Agnes
Pronx
Johnson men hopeful signals at Capitol from Johnson camp
Frederick B. Lynch, Minnesota Democratic treasurer and Johnson headquarters head in Chicago, reported broad optimism among Southern and Eastern Democrats. He said New England states New York and much of the coast would send uninstructed delegations, with Illinois potentially for Johnson and 400 to 500 delegates likely opposed to Bryan on the first ballot. Johnson plans appearances in Washington Richmond and Tuscaloosa May 10.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Johnson
Capitol
Frederick B. Lynch
Minnesota Democratic Committee
Chicago
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Coast
Gulf States
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Michigan
Ohio
West Coast
Bryan
Nlinois
Richmond
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Car Crash on Eighth Avenue After Skylarking Run
A wild trip up Eighth avenue ended in a collision at 145th street injuring two drivers. The first car, driven by a man named Deane, fled on an elevated train after a crash into a pillar. His car, reportedly taken from Burkhardt & Ewen’s garage, carried two men identified as L. B. Eynes and Louis Neuman who suffered injuries and were treated nearby. A woman was also in the first car and disappeared. No arrests reported.
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Eighth Avenue
145Th Street
Deane
Burkhardt & Ewen
83D Street
Broadway
L. B. Eynes
Scranton
Penn
Louis Neuman
Eynes
Neuman
Story denies hiding ex wife’s belongings in dispute
Julian Story, replying through counsel to Mme Eames's $20,000 divorce suit, calls reports he kept her apparel absurd. He says all her articles were sent to Paris and furniture remains stored there awaiting return of valuable Story family silver removed from a Paris bank without his knowledge. He plans a counter claim for the silver.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
Julian Story
Mme. Eames
Story
Italy
Paris
Lodge National Committeeman Chooses Taft Ally on Panel
Washington reports Senator Lodge has accepted the proxy of Henry B. McCoy for the Philippines and will attend the Republican National Committee meeting in Chicago beginning June 2. Taft supporters expect fair treatment as the committee faces numerous contests, especially in the South, with Lodge seen as a crucial advocate.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senator Lodge
Henry B. McCoy
Philippines
Chicago
Taft
National Committee
Lodge
Conference at Hotel Astor Today
General Stewart L Woodford president of the National Hughes League and delegate at large to the Chicago convention said last night no attempt would be made at today’s conference of instructed delegates to bind them to any programme It is expected about two thirds of the delegates already chosen will attend the 10 o clock meeting at the Astor and remain over Thursday night to adopt ways and means for advancing Governor Hughes interests at the Chicago convention.
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Stewart L. Woodford
National Hughes League
Hotel Astor
Astor
Woodford
Hughes
Chicago
Paterson plant loses meat packing inspection
Washington reports the United States Department of Agriculture withdrew inspection from a major Paterson New Jersey meat packing concern for violations of meat inspection regulations. Chemical tests showed lard adulterated with beef tallow and a manager noted dumping low grade inedible fat into the lard tank. Without federal inspection, its products cannot be shipped interstate or abroad.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Paterson
N. J
Etna Erupts At Night With Fiery Snowcapped Backdrop
Messina reports Mount Etna in active eruption as flames illuminate the cone against snowcapped peaks. Night views described as picturesque with lava light and dark mountain contrasts.
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Mount Etna
Messina
Four States Elect Republican Delegates In Party Conventions
Republican conventions in Vermont Pennsylvania West Virginia and Mississippi chose delegates and issued platform planks on currency tariffs and protection. West Virginia backed Taft. Vermont elected four uninstructed at large. Pennsylvania urged Knox and Roosevelt praise. Mississippi shifted to administration control. Connecticut Democrats balked at Bryan leadership with only four of fourteen uninstructed delegates known to back Bryan.
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Vermont
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mississippi
Connecticut
Taft
Knox
Roosevelt
Congress
Chicago
Foraker
Bryan
West Virginia Taft delegates chosen at state convention
The Republican State Convention at Parkersburg selected four at large delegates for Chicago and nominated three Supreme Court candidates. It endorsed William Howard Taft as the presidential choice, praising Roosevelt’s administration and WV leadership. Delegates named included Lughlin, Teter, Dillon, and Mann with alternates Jones, Armstrong, Norris, and Saulsbury. The gathering was described as harmonious.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Republican State Convention
Chicago
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Congress
William M
Dawson
George A. Lughlin
Wheeling
F. Teter
Phillippi
C. W. Dillon
Fayetteville
Isaac T. Mann
Bramfell
Professor Jones
Kanawha Country
W. L Armstrong
Trier
T. L. Norris
Ohio
J. A Saulsbury
Split in Mississippi as Foraker wing takes over GOP convention
Jackson April 29 The administration loyalists gain control of the Republican State Convention and appoint J B Yellowly as chairman and T W McAllister as secretary. Police guard the scene as delegates from all districts and races are seated, with a mix of white and black delegates pledged to administration policies. The delegation goes to Chicago uninstructed while the Foraker faction elects a rival slate and instructs delegates to back Senator Foraker for president.
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Jackson
Miss
Senator Foraker
J. B. Yellowly
T. W. McAllister
Foraker
Republican State Executive Committee
Allen
Chicago
Pennsylvania for Knox at Harrisburg Republican Convention
The Harrisburg convention reaffirmed last year’s choice of United States Senator Philander C. Knox for the presidential nomination. The platform endorsed Knox and Roosevelt’s administration, urged tariff review, and nominated W. D. Porter for Superior Court. Delegates-at-large to Chicago and alternates were selected, with Knox pledged by the delegates.
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William E. Taft
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Harrisburg
Penn
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
W. D. Porter
Allegheny County
Superior Court
James Elverson
Philadelphia
Charlies A. Rook
Pittsburg
Edwin S. Stuart
Robert P. Havegood
Bradford
Chicago
M. E Olmstead
Samuel A. Kendall
Somerset
Dr. L. Flood
Titusville
Henry M. Warren
Chester County
Morris L. Clothier
BF. Jones
Knox
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