Sinking of Japanese cruiser Matsushima shocks world
Reports from Tokio and Washington disclose the Matsushima exploded in Makang harbor, sinking soon after. Of 355 crew and about 50 cadets aboard, 141 were saved. many officers and cadets died, including sons of Baron Chinda and Prince Oyama. Officials conjecture a magazine explosion, with details and casualties updating as inquiries continue.
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Tokio
Yoshimatsu
Matsushima
Makang
Pescadores Islands
Hashidate
Itsukushima
Baron Chinda
Foreign Office
Prince Oyama
Name
Yoshimori
Yashiro
Washington
Baron Takahira
Taniguchi
Navy Department
Newberry
Vice Mayor Force Kills Mayor in Martinique Clash
In Fort-de-France on April 2 a political clash at City Hall between rival groups led by Vice-Mayor M Labat and Mayor M Severe left the Mayor dead and several others killed or wounded amid the municipal campaign.
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Fort-de-France
Martinique
M. Labat
M. Severe
Necklace found by widow linked to imperial court tenor
In Berlin a necklace valued at $2.59, gifted to the wife of tenor Fritz Kraus after his U S tour, was recovered after a poor widow traded it for food. She said a coal man gave it to her daughter as a plaything. Mrs Kraus identified the piece, and the coal man may face charges for not reporting the find. Governor Post departs for New York amid Pacific coast governor meetings.
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Berlin
Imperial Court
Fritz Kraus
United States
Kraus
Coz
Congress defies by approving funding for Hepburn rate law enforcement
The House defeated the Appropriations Committee 87 to 73 on Townsend's amendment to grant 450000 to the Interstate Commerce Commission for enforcing Section 20 of the Hepburn rate law. Roosevelt urged lawmakers to boost funding to audit railroad books to ensure uniform accounts under Section 2, despite questions about cost and expansion.
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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
Asquith Welcomes New Liberal Premier at Reform Club
London reports the Liberal party gathering at the Reform Club to honor Premier Asquith and publish a declaration of policy. He endorses free trade education licensing and old age pensions, omits home rule in his morning remarks but later affirms adherence to Churchill pledges in parliament amid questions from Walter Long.
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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 Jer men in Trenton vows on rail and waterway policy
In Trenton April 30 at the Republican Club dinner Senator Knox urged free competition, opposed monopolies, and called for strong national waterways and harbors programs. He praised government-led improvements, warned against rebates and discriminations, and linked policy to national prosperity and fair field for small enterprises.
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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
Germany to borrow 250 million in five years
Berlin reports that the imperial government must borrow 250 million dollars within five years even without increasing current year appropriations. Herr Sydow and Herr Erzberger warn of rising debt and future burden, linking borrowing to naval expansion, army funding, Kiel Canal expansion, and other projects.
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Berlin
Herr Sydow
Treasury
Reichstag
Herr Erzberger
Germany
Kiel Canal
Speakers Nod on Sherman Act Reform and Anti-Injunction Bill
Representative Townsend of Michigan secured from Speaker Cannon via Republican whip Watson that anti-injunction and Sherman act amendments will be reported from the Judiciary Committee within days. A caucus plan aims to rally 30 to 40 Republicans to push action on these measures this session. A separate move seeks to withhold consent for financial bills until wood pulp is freed for import.
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Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Cannon
Watson
Indiana
House
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Caracas Rats Offer Five Cents Per Rat In Plague War
A government bulletin reports no new bubonic plague cases at La Guaira in four days. A relief train carries provisions to La Guaira as Caracas citizens form a five cent bounty on rats. Red D Line ship Philadelphia brought quarantine cases to San Juan, while Curacao imposes port quarantine on Venezuelan vessels amid widespread plague fears.
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Pescadores Islands
Formosa
China
Japan
Hokoto Islands
la Seyne
France
Ito
Yalu River
Itsukushima
Hashidate
Matsushima
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Kasuga
Sea of Japan
Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Caracao
la Guayra
San Juan
Porto Rico
Red D Line
Philadelphia
Puerto Cabelio
Curacao
Ambush and Kill Thirty Three Detachment in Dagana
Dispatch from Dagana West Africa reports a French force detachment of thirty one native infantrymen and three European officers ambushed by natives on a march to Nouakchott. All but one officer were massacred. Dagana is a French trading post and military station in Senegambia.
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Paris
Dagana
West Africa
Nouakchott
Senegambia
Mohmands Seek Peace Talks With British Authorities
In Peshawar on April 30 Mohmand tribes, long quiet since a British-led campaign under Sir James Willcocks, send delegates to confer with British authorities. The tribes accept terms and vow to avoid a punitive expedition. Afghan allies return home.
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Peshawar
India
James Willcocks
Daghanistan
Philippine Tariff Change Aims To Aid Agriculture and Button Industry
Washington April 30 Representative Payne chairman of the Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill to change the Philippine tariff. It reclassifies spirits to US internal revenue standards, frees material for vessel construction, abolishes the consular invoice, and raises duties on gold and silver plate jewelry, bone, porcelain, steel, iron, rubber and other items. Machinery for agriculture and mining is admitted free, and duties on materials for Philippine vessel construction are abolished to aid local shipbuilders. the measure is expected to pass shortly.
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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 refuses to produce a statement from Mr. Rosenwinkle alleging bribery by Citizenship Court judges and US officials in Indian Territory. Senator Jeff Davis demanded the document, threatening to reveal the issue on the Senate floor, but Garfield declined.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Garfield
Rosenwinkle
Citizenship Court of
Indian Territory
United States
Jeff Davis
Davis
Mr. Garfeld
Senate
Bill to buy foreign US embassies and consulates
Washington April 20. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill authorizing purchase abroad of American embassy legation and consular buildings with annual appropriations capped at 1 million dollars. This year the measure allocates 5000 for embassies at Berlin and Mexico City and zero for Shanghai and Yokohama consulates.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs Today
Berlin
Mexico City
Shanghai
Yokohama
Local Health Officer Shoots Self in Clifton Springs
Troy New York April 26 Dr J C Shaw sixty years old a well known physician and health officer of Hoosick Falls committed suicide today by shooting himself He had recently returned from a sanatorium at Clifton Springs.
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Troy
N. Y
J. C. Shaw
Hoosick Falls
Clifton
Paper price inquiry cites clippings on mills and trusts
John Norris and General Felix Agnus testified before the House committee on the price of news print paper. Norris presented newspaper and trade journal clippings, dating mostly from 1907, arguing publishers were influenced to discuss price increases while Hanrahan pursued a Western mill consolidation.
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Washington
John Norris
Committee of the House
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
Norris
Trade Journal
Hanrahan
No. 26
Broadway
New York
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Sims
Mr. Norris
Mann
Mr. Hanrahan
Publishers Hear From Industry Figures On Paper Consumers
Mr Mann opened record with letters from the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and Census Bureau Director North. Telegrams from David S Cowles of the American Paper and Pulp Association urged a hearing. North and Cowles sought to deny publishers association statements. Before adjourning, Chairman Mann said the committee would seek first hand information from several publishers tomorrow at 10 o clock.
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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 attorney admits anonymous letters
Frederick B. Whitney, formerly attorney for the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, confessed in Washington to writing anonymous letters critical of Congress tied to the submarine boat investigation. He expressed regret for the injustice to Representative Loud and said he had no solid knowledge to back 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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Sixth Avenue
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45Th St
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the Lehne Antique Co
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Daniel G. Reid
Indianapolis Star
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