Kaiser William Honors Roosevelt Guest Visit in Porto Maurizio
Emper or William of Germany sent a personal letter inviting ex president Roosevelt Kermit Ethel and the colonel to three days at the palace Roosevelt and Kermit left for Venice arriving Thursday morning and Vienna later M rs Roosevelt and Ethel stayed until the colonel arrived in Paris April 26 City proclaimed honor flowers decorated the railway station and roses showered the Roosevelt carriage as he traveled from the villa of Mise Corew to the villa tribute marked by large bouquets for Roosevelt and Ethel
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Porto Maurizio
William
Germany
Roonevelt
Kermit
Ethel
Guerts
Roosevelt
Venice
Vienna
Paris
Roosevelt Welcom
Mise Corew
Mia
Taft Criticized by New York World Over Roosevelt Cable
The New York World denounces President Taft for replying to a cable from Porton Mauritzio’s mayor welcoming Roosevelt. The editorial calls Taft’s action humiliating and sycophantic, arguing Roosevelt is not the president and should not be treated as such.
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New York
Taft
American Republic
Porton Mauritzio
Roosevelt
New York ‘ World
Asaalle
Rice Alliance Launches Push For Rice as Meat Substitute
In New Orleans on April 1 the Rice Association of America met to promote substituting rice for meat. Members will cite Japanese soldiers in the war with Russia as an example of rice’s sustaining power and will spread the doctrine of rice-eating via public channels and publications.
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New Orleans
Rice Association of Amerrcca
Russia
Miner Dies After Train Collision Near Auburn
Richard McCray a 40 year old miner was knocked from a trestle by a Northern Pacific passenger train near Auburn and died from injuries. He had moved into the path of the passenger train while avoiding a freight. His wife resides in Tacoma.
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Seattle
Richard McCray
Northern Pacific
Auburn
Tacoma
Fire Threatens Newark Arcade in Major City Blaze
Newark Ohio dispatches report a morning fire at the Arcade, the town’s largest structure, menacing to destroy much of the business district. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the readable text.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Newark
Burns Wooden Leg To Keep Husband Home
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania April 13 Mrs Michael Kinsel was arrested for burning her husband s wooden leg to stop him from leaving for liquor visits on Saturday nights She was discharged by Alderman Donnehue and claimed he forced pilgrimages to liquor dispensaries leaving her husband immobile and unable to move without the leg she used as fuel for morning meat prep
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Wilkesbarre
Michael Kinsel
Donnehue
Walsh Leaves Estate to Wife and Daughter
Wellington April 12 The wife of the late Thomas F Walsh who died Friday was filed yesterday Practically the entire estate was bequeathed to his widow and daughter A hundred thousand dollars was left to charity Walshs estate is estimated at between eight and ten million
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Wellington
Thomas F. Walsh
Walsh
Regents Order Nude Art On Campus Must Be Covered Or Removed
Berkeley regents order that eight nude art panels at the entrance to the University of California campus be tailored or removed after complaints from offended people. The $40,000 artworks, four men and four women depicted, face changes to hide or erase the nude figures.
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Berkeley
University of California
Aevst
Seventy Towns Day Shuts Saloons in Northern Minnesota
William F. Johnson, chief special officer in the government Indian service, orders the closure of saloons by May 10 in about 70 towns across Mahnomen, Beltrami, Case, Otter Tail, and Wadena counties. The move targets liquor sales to Indians and marks a drastic step in enforcing old Indian treaties in the northern country. An additional order bans the sale of spirituous liquor in Norman, Polk, and Red Lake counties.
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St. Paw
Minn
Mahnominen County
Beltram
Case
City
Crow Wink
Otter Thi
Wadena
William F. Johnson
Government Indian Service
Johnson
Norman, Polk and
Red Lake Counthom
Twohy Brothers Establish First Construction Camp
Twohy Brothers establish headquarters at Walters mill and set up the first construction camp at Pilot Rock Junction. Labor crews work on sidetracks as the rebuild of the line between Pendleton and Yoakum accelerates, with a warehouse secured and 360 to 400 workers expected soon. Local merchants anticipate growing business from the project.
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Twohy Brothers
Walters Mill
Pilot Rock
Acore
Iite
Pendleton
Yoakum
Walters Touring Mill
Oharre
Thaw Case Involves Attorney Hartridge in Damages Suit
New York April 13. Jury refused to award damages to attorney Hartridge in the $94,000 suit against Mrs Mary Thaw for services defending her son in a murder trial. Judge Holt ordered perjury and disbarment proceedings and hinted prosecutors could press obstruction of justice if funds were paid improperly.
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New York
Hartridge
Mary Thaw
Flaerry
Holt
Hediet Partridge
Hartrider
Thaws
Haartridge
Thins
Regulation of trusts bill introduced in Canada
Ottawa April 12 Regulating trusts is the aim of a bill offered by labor minister McKenzie King for adoption by parliament. A three member commission, including a superior court judge as chairman, would investigate complaints of price enhancement or restraint of trade and propose corrective measures or revoke tariff protection. Noncompliance would incur a fine of one thousand dollars per day.
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Ottawa
Ont
McKengie King
Hibor
Commission
Momiite
Aganst
Ife
King
Jesson
United States
Councilmen Present Furnishings to Themselves at City Hall
Seattle April 18 The closing Georgetown city council voted to present themselves with the furnishings of the city hall. Citizens angrily demand the return of desks chairs and other furnishings. If not returned tonight warrants may be issued charging former officials with grand larceny.
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Seattle
Old Georgetown
Federal prosecutor doubts sugar trust fraud claim in New Orleans
Special Federal Prosecutor Dennison, in New Orleans April 13, says he does not believe the government lost a cent through frauds by the sugar trust. He notes the government outwitted the trust by installing tamper proof scales, though the investigation remains incomplete.
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New Orleans
Dennison
Sentence of Duncan Cooper Contined by Supreme Court
Nashville Tenn April 13 The State supreme court today affirmed the sentence of twenty years imprisonment imposed on Duncan Cooper for killing former Senator Carmack Similar sentence on Robin Cooper was reversed
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Duncan Cooper
Supreme Court
Nashville, Tenn
State Supreme Court Today
Carmack
Robin Cooper
Dam Work Contract Signed for Furnish-Coe Project
The Eschbach-Bruce company of Seattle won the contract to complete the Furnish-Coe dam at Coe for 1100000 dollars. Work starts within 30 days, the dam will stand 30 feet high with a 1170 foot span and 20 feet top width, creating a 240 acre reservoir. It will supply irrigation water for about 60 days beyond normal allotments, and a spillway capacity of 56000 second feet. The project aims for completion by October 1 under engineer H F Marble supervision, employing 16 to 200 workers.
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Seon
Fpurnikhoe
Coe
West End
Furnish-Coe
Eschbach-Bruce Company
Nf Seattle
Hermiston
Welre Theimn
Umatilla
H. F. Marble
Fournish-coo Com Pine Sinc
Collision in Great Northern yards kills foreman in Spokane
Spokane Wash April 14 a collision between two switch engines in the Great Northern yards today fatally injured Switching Foreman William Heaston who rode the front of one engine and was horribly mutilated in the wreckage Both locomotives were practically destroyed
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
William Heaston
Taft and Hill Signal Sugar Trust Probe Pause
Washington April 13. After a White House talk between President Taft and Representative Hill the congressional investigation of the sugar trust will be inexperienced at this time. It is feared immunity to offenders might be granted if they testify before the investigating committee.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Representative Hill
White House
Congressional
Sugar Trust
Maxwell rejects coroner verdict in Palmyra trunk death
Wade Maxwell, son of Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell, refuses to accept the coroner's verdict that his mother died by suffocation after climbing into a trunk. He questions the finding, suspects murder over a forty thousand dollar estate, and has begun an independent inquiry in Hannibal, Missouri.
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Hannibal
Wade Maxwell
Gertrude Max Well
Palmyra
Maxwell
Seven Buried by Explosion in Boston Quarry
Seven foreign workers died when a premature powder explosion blasted rocks in a Boston quarry on April 18. The collapse buried the men on the lower level as the blast tore loose a ton of rock.
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Boston
Photograph of Halley’s Comet at Lick Observatory
A telephotograph of Halley’s comet was secured at Lick Observatory California yesterday. The sky wanderer was about one hundred thirty three million miles distant and the plate was clear with a fair reproduction. Officials are preparing to study the approaching comet more closely.
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Lick Observatory
California
Halley
Halley's Comet Affects Hens in Missouri
Kansas City reports odd hen eggs as Halley's comet passes. Farmers near Independence note unusual shells and tails on eggs. George Davidson's hen laid an egg with a one inch tail while Mrs Cook's prize Flymouth Beck produced two eggs at once.
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Kansas City
Independence
George Davidson
da Cook
Beck
Baseball Fans Barred From Hissing at Park Remarks
In St Louis on April 13 officials of the National League club decided to prohibit future fans from hissing making insulting remarks or casting reflections on players merits. A warning was issued and violations will result in removal from the park.
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Louis
Swope Murder Trial Defense Alleges Tampering of Body
In Kansas City on April 13, defense for Dr. B C Hyde claimed Colonel Thomas Swope’s body in Forest Hill cemetery was tampered with after vault placement. They alleged the casket was unfastened and refastened and poison injected. Prosecution refused to surrender organs, pending court order, as twenty five jurors began qualification.
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Kansas City
Thomas Swope
Hyde
Col. Swope
Forest Hill
Talesmen
Swope
Miem
Jail Roof Collapse Traps Firemen in New Haven
Fire Chief Fancher reports six firemen missing after the county jail roof collapses in a blaze that also destroys homes and threatens downtown New Haven. Prisoners are removed to safety. three firefighters fatally injured. Defective wiring in the chair factory inside the jail blamed for the blaze.
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New Haven
Conn
Fancher
Thi City
Dre
Chapman
Liet. Doherty
Buckley
Cullum
Molrath
Mortell
Guerde
Gotham Chinam en May Sign Peace Treaty
In New York Chinatown a shooting wounds Foong Hong a laundryman as he leaves his room. Police think the attacker fled and Foong Hong was not known to be a tong man. The incident may delay a peace treaty between rival tong factions presented to Judge Warren R Foster. Commercial friction adds to Chinatown anxiety as customers avoid the district.
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New York
Chinatown
Foong Hong
Four Brothers Society
Warren RB. Foster
Ong Leong Tong
The
Celestials
Meridian jail siege ends in mob lynching attempt
In Meridian Mississippi on April 15 two Black men were arrested after a sheriff feared for his life. A mob surrounded the jail threatening to lynch the Black arrestees while they were barricaded in a cellar with others armed. The sheriff remained in custody.
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Meridian
Miss
Tom Onell
Temple
Moorehouse Mayor Killed in Street Feud Ending Feud
April 12 Moorehouse Mo. a political feud ends with the killing of Dr L W Hart mayor on Main Street by Claud B Hay editor of the Moorehouse Hustler Hay surrendered to the town marshal after the shooting in Moorehouse's main street.
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Moorehouse
L. W. Hart
Claud B. Hay
Hay
Meacham Road Open Across Blue Mountains This Season
H H Kinner of Sunnyside reports the Meacham road across the Blue mountains is open. He notes snow is receding and only muddy roads, fallen trees, and a washed out bridge at Hilgard slowed travel. The Grand Ronde bridge will be passable by tomorrow and travelers may proceed despite residual hazards.
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Blue Mountains
H. H. Kinner
Sunnyside
Waeh
Pendleton
Ia Grande
Kinner
Fileard
Grand Ronde
Hilgard
Kamela
Kamin
Meacham
Swime Ming
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Todijans
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Eschbach-Bruce Company of
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Polson
Gotham
Segro
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