Matsushima sunk after stern magazine explosion
Tokio reports cruiser Matsushima exploded at 4:08 AM while anchored near Makang in the Pescadores. Rescue efforts saved 141 men and officers. many cadets, including sons of Baron Chinda and Prince Oyama, are feared lost. The cause is unknown, with theories centered on a magazine fire or faulty wiring.
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Tokio
Yoshimatsu
Matsushima
Makang
Pescadores Islands
Hashidate
Itsukushima
Baron Chinda
Foreign Office
Prince Oyama
Yoshimori
Yashiro
Washington
Aaron Takahira
Taniguchi
Navy Department
Newberry
Department
Lowsland
Formosa
China
Japan
Hokoto Islands
la Seyne
France
Ito
Yalu River
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Kasuga
Sea of Japan
Vice Mayor's Forces Kill Mayor in Martinique Conflict
In Fort-de-France Martinique a deadly clash erupted at City Hall during municipal election tensions. A group led by Vice-Mayor M Labat fought an opposing faction led by Mayor M Severe. The mayor died along with several others and many were wounded in the gunfight.
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Fort-de-France
Martinique
M. Labat
M. Severe
Necklace Found In Poor Woman's Plaything
Berlin reports an imperial tenor Fritz Kraus wife’s necklace valued at 2.59 recovered after a poor widow sought a small loan for food. The widow said a coal man found it, gave it to her daughter, and police were alerted. Kraus identified the piece. the coal man may face prosecution for not reporting the find. Governor Post departs for New York on a two month vacation and convention duties.
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Berlin
Imperial Court
Fritz Kraus
United States
Kraus
Enforcing rate law debate ends in vote against large spend
The House defeated the Appropriations Committee on a $350,000 amendment to fund enforcing Section 2 of the Hepburn rate law via an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into railroad accounting. Townsend led the amendment, Tawney urged restraint, Keifer warned against espionage, and Roosevelt pressed for a sizeable rail audit in the sundry civil bill.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
Townsend
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tawney
Congress
Keifer
Ohio
Cooper
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Hepburn
Iowa
Michigan
Campbell
Kansas
Sulzer
New York
Liberal welcome for Asquith at Reform Club address
The Liberal party in London gathered at the Reform Club to hail new premier Asquith with loyalty resolutions and a declaration of his policies. He signaled support for free trade and education while omitting home rule, later clarifying in Parliament that government policy remains unchanged and aligning, reluctantly, with Churchill’s pledges.
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London
Reform Club
Asquith
Mr. Asquith
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
Walter Long
Churchill
Ireland
Mr. Birrell
Knox to Jerreymen at Republican Club Dinner
In Trenton on April 30 Senator Knox urged free competition and restrained monopolies, praising open fields for small enterprises. He urged national waterways improvement, federal leadership in navigation, and upholding government duty to raise harbors and canals to meet commerce needs.
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Tribune
Trenton
Republican Club
Knox
Pennsylvania
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Job E. Hedges
New York
Fort
Stokes
New Jersey
Curtis
Briggs
Kean
Jersey
Tew
United States
Congress
Delaware River
New York Bay
Germany to borrow big sums to meet five year needs
Berlin reports the imperial government must borrow 250 million dollars over the next five years, even if this year's appropriations do not rise before 1912. Critics warn of mounting debt and long term burden, tying finance to naval buildup, army expansion, Kiel Canal plans, and other projects.
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Berlin
Herr Sydow
Treasury
Reichstag
Herr Erzberger
German Empire
Germany
Kiel Canal
Speaker Signals Support for Anti-Injunction and Sherman Reforms
Washington April 30 Representative Townsend of Michigan secured a pledge from Speaker Cannon via Representative Watson that action on an anti-injunction law and a Sherman act amendment will be reported to the House soon. A leading Republican said 30 to 40 majority members back a move to block financial bills this session unless wood pulp is placed on the free list.
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Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Cannon
Watson
Indiana
House
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Rats Rewarded Five Cents Per Rat in Venezuela Plague Efforts
A Caracas government bulletin reports no new bubonic plague cases at La Guayra in four days. A citizens committee offers five cents per rat head to curb the spread as efforts to eradicate rats continue. The Red D Line steamer Philadelphia brought quarantine passengers and Venezuela unrest reaches neighboring islands with quarantine measures.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Caracao
la Guayra
San Juan
Porto Rico
Red D Line
Philadelphia
Puerto Cabelio
Ambush and massacre of French troops in West Africa
A Dagana dispatch reports a French force marching to Nouakchott was ambushed by natives. Of thirty-one native infantrymen and three European officers, only one officer survived the massacre. Dagana is a French trading post in Senegambia.
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Paris
Dagana
West Africa
Nouakchott
Senegambia
Ing Post
Mohmands Treating for Peace After Defeat
Mohmand tribesmen, quiet since defeat six days earlier by a British force led by Sir James Willcocks, send delegates to confer with British authorities. If terms are accepted, a strong expedition will be avoided. Afghans who joined the Mohmands begin returning to Afghanistan.
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pPeshawar
India
James Willcocks
Ameer
Afghanistan
Philippine Tariff Changes Aimed at Agriculture and Industry
Washington April 30 Representative Payne chairman of the Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill to reclassify spirits for the Philippines, remove consular invoices, and raise duties on jewelry and materials for ships. Free admission for farm and mine machinery, and for materials for Philippine vessel construction. The bill seeks to boost button industry and local shipbuilding while harmonizing with U.S. internal revenue laws. expected to pass soon.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Philippine Islands
Payne
Ways and Means
Islands
Internal Revenue
United States
Hong Kong
Garfield defies Jeff Davis over citizenship bribery claim
Secretary Garfield refused to produce a statement presented by Mr. Rosenwinkle accusing judges of the Citizenship Court of Indian Territory and United States officials of bribery in Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship proceedings. Senator Jeff Davis pressed for the document. Garfield declined, noting he could speak on the Senate floor but would not release the statement.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs Today
Garfield
Rosenwinkle
Citizenship Court of
Indian Territory
United States
Jeff Davis
Davis
Mr. Gardell
Senate
Purchase of Embassies and Consulates Bill Discussed
Washington April 20 The House Committee on Foreign Affairs decided to report favorably a bill to buy American embassy legation and consular buildings abroad with annual appropriations capped at 1 million dollars. The bill lists ten dollars for Berlin and Mexico City embassies and zero for Shanghai Yokohama consulates this year.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs Today
Berlin
Mexico City
Shanghai
Yokohama
Physician and health officer commits suicide in Troy
Dr. J Shaw, sixty years old and well known in Hensick Falls, fatally shot himself today in Troy New York. He had recently returned from a sanatorium at Clifton Springs.
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Troy
N. Ys
J. , Shaw
Hensick Falls
Cliftch
Paper trust questioned as Norris cites 1907 clips in inquiry
John Norris testified to a mass of newspaper clips and trade journals suggesting publishers faced pressure from a paper trust and a price rise to three cents a pound. He argued the aim was to show how publishers influenced statements while asserting the burden would extend beyond printing to all paper consumers.
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Washington
John Norris
Committee of the House
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
Norris
Trade Journal
Hanrahan
Broadway
New York
No. 25
Standard Oil Company
Sims
Mann
Standard If
Mr. Norris
Mr. Mann
Publishers Hear From Industry Figures In Senate Inquiry
Mr Mann opened remarks noting concerns of U S paper consumers. He entered letters from the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and Census Director North, plus telegrams from David S Cowles of the American Paper and Pulp Association asking to be heard. North and Cowles urged denial of publishers association statements. Before adjourning to 10 tomorrow, Chairman Mann said the committee would seek first hand information from several publishers.
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Mann
Ridder
United States
International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill
North
Census Bureau
David S. Cowles
American Paper and Pulp Association
Mr. Cowles
Publishers’ Association
Former Lake Torpedo Boat lawyer admits writing anonymous letters
Frederick B. Whitney, formerly an attorney for the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, confessed in Washington that he authored anonymous letters criticizing members of Congress tied to the submarine boat inquiry. Whitney, ill, expressed deep regret for the harm to Representative Loud of Michigan and claimed no personal knowledge to support Lilley’s charges.
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Washington
Frederick B. Whitney
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Congress
Whitney
Thurston
Representative Loud
Michigan
Lilley
Bridgeport
Conn
D. Wallace
Lake Company
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Euvelt
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Arkansas
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Alexander
Sixth Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Fifth Ave
SILO
45Th St
James F. Silo
the Lehne Antique Co
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Omfom
Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite
E. 27Th St
Indiana Newspapers
Tribune Indianapolis
Daniel G. Reid
Indianapolis Star
Muncie Star
Terre Haute Star
Star Publishing Company
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