Militant suffragettes strike rail lines in Britain
London reports 4 April: militants use a clock bomb to wreck Oviedo station injuring none, two young women arrested in South London with explosives. Slogan Beware how you treat Mrs Pankhurst signals retaliation for prison term. Railways warn the public and keep guards at stations. In Stockport a London and Northwestern train is partially wrecked with seventeen cars, a third class carriage bomb exposes resin and torn canister fragments. Police pursue militants.
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London
McManigal
Ovied
Piccards
Stockport
England
Mra. Pankhurst
London and Northwestern
Here
Stotesbury to Succeed Morgan at Morgan Firm
New York April 4 report says T. Stotesbury of the Prexel Morgan banking house in Philadelphia will be named head of the Morgan company in New York to succeed J. P. Morgan. He is expected to gradually assume leadership of interests Morgan relinquishes after his death.
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New York
KE. T. Stotesbury
Prexel Morgan Banking House
Philadelphia
Mob Storms Courtroom For Olson Trial Scene
A mob rushed a St Paul courtroom today to witness Professor Oscar Olson’s murder trial. Police fought to keep order as spectators trampled others while Olson allegedly killed Clyde Darling after a claimed affair with Mrs Olson.
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OLSON
St. Paul
Oscar Olson
Clyde Darling
Smallpox Outbreak Among Negro Refugees in Paducah Camp
A Paducah Ky dispatch reports smallpox breaking out in the Gregory Heights camp of negro refugees. About 500 negro refugees on the hill have been quarantined. White refugees share the hill and fear an epidemic.
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Cincinnati
Paducah
Gregory Heights
Death Wins Child After Hard Fight
Six year old Robert Ringo son of Dr and Mrs K E F Ringo dies at 1 pm after a severe intestinal toxemia battle. Dr Ringo and top northwest physicians including C J Smith of London studied case, oxygen fed for hours, autos from Walla Walla brought aid. Funeral arrangements not finalized but likely Sunday in eastern Oregon.
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Robert Ringo
K. EF. Ringo
Ringo
Northwest
Udoctora
Oregon
Walla Walla
Portland
C. 3
Smith
London
Grim Reaper
Auto
Harry Armstrong
Ringo Bay
Patterson Denied Pardon by Justice Department
Washington April 4. Despite noted work at Dayton the department of justice will not consider a pardon for President Patterson of the National Cash Register dumping. It was hinted that if Patterson awakens a personal appeal it might be considered.
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Wrehington
Dayton
Department of Justlee
Patterson
Nuational
Germans Arrive at Lunéville Under Surveillance
Paris April 4 General Hirasawa, head of the government military aeronautics department, went to Lunéville and questioned German officers who landed there with a divisible hive convulsed the town. After interrogation the Germans were freed but kept under surveillance and cannot depart until the incident is officially closed.
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Paris
Hiraschauer
Government Department of Military Aeronautics
Luneville
Manager of Curbs Fights With Cubs Trainer
Chicago April 4 Battling John Evers manager of the Cubs and Doc Semmens the club trainer fought aboard the train entering Chicago. Evers and Semmens exchanged blows with Evers striking Semmens twice in the face before teammates separated them. Semmens resigned as trainer shortly after. H C Mays of Joseph was a hotel guest.
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Chicago
Johnny" Evers
Chicago Cubs
Doc Semmens
Cubs
Semmens
Evers
Morgans Body Sailed From Havre To New York
The body of J P Morgan arrived in Havre and was placed aboard the steamer La France bound for New York. Tens of thousands gathered as French troops saluted the casket and bands played, with officials and Franco American committee members attending the ceremony. American diplomats were present.
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Legion of Honor
Morgan
Chopin
M. Satterlee
M. Benoit
Department of the Seine
Herrick
James O'Brien
Havre
Memorial for J. P. Morgan Observed by New York Chamber
New York April 4 The New York Chamber of Commerce held a memorial for J Pierpont Morgan longtime member and leader for 50 years and four terms Its records note sentiments of deep reverence for the memory of J Pierpont Morgan and appreciation of his masterful and far reaching leadership Eulogies were given by John Claflin Elihu Root Jos H Choate Seth Low and others.
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New York
New York Chamber of Commerce
J. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ufe
John Claflin
Chamber
Elihu Root
Jos. H. Choate
Seth Low
Senator Rowt Delivers Emotional Eulogy for Morgan
Senator Rowt, with evident emotion, delivers a trib ute to Mr Morgan at a chamber of commerce memorial. He extols Morgan as a commanding banker and chief figure in credit affairs whose career, fortune, and influence symbolized soundness and public trust.
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Rowt
Chamber of Commerce
Toot
West Extension to be approved by Interior Department
Washington reports strong momentum toward approving the West Umatilla extension project. A conference with Senator Chamberlain, Director Newell, and engineers Morton and Hopton yielded unanimous support, with Chamberlain noting Secretary Fisher erred in denying the proposal and expecting Secretary Lane to allow faster action.
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Washington
Interior Department
West Umatilla
Chamberlain
Newell
Morton and Hopton
Fisher
Lane
Rain at Dayton Inundates City After Rains
Dayton reports renewed rainfall causes minor flooding in several districts with several inches of water. Governor Cox and flood relief commission members, planning to visit Zanesville, canceled that trip and were redirected to Piqua. No danger reported.
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Dayton
Zanesville
Cox
Flood Relief Commission
Piqua
Teal May Be Appointed Minister to Belgium
Washington April 4 Senators Chamberlain and Lane recommend Joseph N. Teal of Portland for minister to Belgium with a cabinet level salary of 12000. They expect his approval and note other Oregon nominations may follow, while Teal says he knows nothing of the proposal and declines to comment.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Lane
Joseph N. Teal
Portland
Belgium
Teal
Interior Department
Teel
Oregon
Repubsioin
Ore
Teal Calis
Police fire into mob of strikers in Auburn plant clash
In Auburn on April 4 six Twinemill Strikers were shot and seriously wounded at the Columbia Rope plant after police ordered dispersal. A woman and another may die. Police used clubs then revolvers as the crowd surged, with several others wounded including Fedro Josca, an unidentified woman, Louis Memiosolis, and Adam Zonky.
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Auburn
New York
Twinemill
Columbia Rope Company
Fedro Josca
Louis Memiosolis
Adam Zonky
Vernon Letter Dismisses Australia From Buffalo Vernon
Buffalo Vernon, former steer bulldogger and roper, writes Major Lee Moorhouse from Windsor Australia, praising some parts yet harshly criticizing local journalism and Australians. He plans to return to Oregon in July, promises souvenirs, and notes a 2400 mile trip to Queensland to test a show act.
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Buffalo Vernon
Australia
Major Lee Moorhouse
Kile Wypilstle
America
Oregon
Melbourne
Queensland
Sidney
China
U. 5
Tex McLeod
Blanchets
Mark
Bill Brown
Vernon
Windsor
Flood Threat Looms as Ingleside Levee Crumbles
Evansville Indiana reports Ingleside levee collapse endangering hundreds of homes. North end of town inundated under ten feet water, businesses forced to operate from bogs. Similar to Hickman Kentucky where two thousand men rush levee repairs as refugees are rescued and militia delivers rations.
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Evansville
Ind
Ingleside
Here
Cairo
Hickman
Kentucky
O'Brien
Can Prevent Floods Declares Engineer
Edmund Perkins president of the national drainage congress told the American reclamation federation that flood losses are preventable. He said protection of people and property is a pure engineering problem and urged artificial reservoirs reforestation storage levees deeper channels and wider floodways with government action.
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Edmund Perkins
National Drainage Congress
American Reclamation Federation
Perkins
German Zeppelin IV Starts Return Flight From Louneville
In Louneville France on April 4 crowds watched as the German air cruiser Zeppelin IV was inflated at three o clock and set to return to Germany after a propeller snapped during its landing earlier today.
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Louneville
France
Zepplin IV
Germany
Missing Girls Probe Ties NYC Route to Illinois Starved Mystery
Federal officials and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with the Illinois legislative probe committee investigate the disappearance of 20 immigrant girls from New York bound for Chicago via New Castle Pennsylvania. Authorities seek trace of the missing group as part of the ongoing inquiry.
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Chicago
Baltimore and Ohi Railroad
Ilinois Legislative Vice Probe Committee
New Castle Pa
New York
Directors Lead A Gay Life In Suit Against Lead Trust
New York April 4 The suit filed in the supreme court by St. Louis stockholders seeks an accounting of 19 million dollar St Joseph Lead Company funds. Plaintiffs John A Belle R John H Holmes Mary B Holmes and Florence Holmes Woodruff charge directors used stockholders money for private cars palatial homes and ornate offices. St Joseph Lead controls mines at Bonne Terre Missouri and is among the largest lead firms.
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New York
St. Joseph Lead
Supreme Court
St. Louis Lead Company
Bonne Terre
John A. Belle R
John H
Mary B. Holmes
Florence Holmes Woodruff
St. Lous
Cigarette Sparks Calgary Fire Destroys Hotels and Businesses
A cigarette dropped in a Lansing Alberta livery stable ignited a fire that swept the leading hotel and multiple business houses twenty miles east. Firefighters fought flames as smoke filled the street and valuables were lost. No injuries reported.
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Calgary
Alberta
Lansign
Montenegrin King Says Scutari Will Be Future Capital
King Nicholas of Montenegro declares Scutari as his future capital in a defiant statement. Powers consider drastic measures as Montenegrin and Servian forces siege Scutari. Bulgarian troops withdraw from the Tchatalja lines. unclear if they will join Balkan allies or seek peace terms.
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Scutari
Cettinje
Nicholas
Montenegro
London
Constantinopis
Tchataljanes
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Curbs
H. C. Mays
Joseph
J. P. Morgan
DR. Frederich & Friedmann
J. N. Teal
Major
Memphis
Lek
St. Mary’s Ohifo
Grand Reservoir
Lindley M. Garrison
Wilson
Cecil Courtney
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