Roosevelt Attacks Taft in Boston Speech Tour
Thousands of Boston voters await Colonel Roosevelts address as he reasserts his Worcester lines criticizing Tafts actions and character. He defends his Columbus and St Louis speeches, denounces personal epithets, and questions Tafts use of federal patronage while outlining dangers of a third term. He plans stops in Brockton Middleboro Taunton New Bedford and Fall River before tonight’s main talk.
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Boston
Colonel Roosevelt
Taft
Hoosevelt
Brockton
Middleboro
Taunton
New Bedford
Fall River
Taft silent on Roosevelt attack plans visit schedule
South Orange New Jersey April 27 President Taft refused to comment on Roosevelt’s attack at Worchester and said he would reply tonight in Philadelphia. He traveled with Secretary Hilles and Major Ronades to the Country club for Golf then to Trenton for a two hour stay. He plans to reach Washington Sunday morning and begin a second Massachusetts visit Sunday afternoon.
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N. J
Taft
Roosevelt
Worchester
Philadelphia
Hilles
Ronades
Country Club
Trenton
Washington
Massachusetts
American suffragette blasts Holloway prison in London
Mise Allee Wright an American suffragette arrested in London for window smashing accuses Holloway prison management of silencing inmates. She says during two months there she could not contact outsiders or write to her mother and had a letter held until release on Thursday. She notes others mistake climbing ladders by leaping conclusions.
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London
United Press
Mise Allee Wright
Holloway
Injunction May Halt Warren Company Street Paving
Norbourne Berkeley seeks an injunction against the Warren paving plant across from his home citing excessive dust and smoke and damage to shade trees. Mrs. Berkeley relays regret over the action while Lonergan insists damages demanded are excessive and the plant would pause work if granted. The firm aims to finish Webb street but bitumen shortages delayed progress.
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Col
J. H. Raley
Berkeley
Chicago
Lonergan
Webb Street
Thaw seeks release from Matteawan asylum
In New Rochelle on April 27 Justice Martin Keogh said he would decide by May 6 on Harry J. Thaw’s bid for freedom from Matteawan asylum. Thaw, accompanied by his mother and sister and Pittsburgh detective Roger O Mara, expressed confidence he can prove his sanity. He has aged and his hair is now gray since the Stanford White murder.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Martin Keogh
State Supreme Court
Harry J. Thaw
Stanford White
Mattenawan Asylum
Matteawan
Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Roger O'Mara
Pittsburg
Harry Thaw
Titanic Victims to Arrive in Halifax Monday Night
Halifax reports that 189 bodies from the Titanic disaster will reach the port Monday night aboard the coffin ship Machkas-Bennett. Among the deceased are Colonel John Jacob Astor Isidor Straus and other prominent New Yorkers and Philadelphians whose remains will be rushed to New York.
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Halifax
Machkas- Bennett
John Jacob Astor
Isador Strauss
New York
Captain Moore Testifies on Mount Temple Near Titanic Sink
Washington reports Captain James Moore of the Mount Temple told investigators that at 12:50 the Titanic sent distress calls. The operator said the ship could not hear him, Moore redirected course, and the Mount Temple reached about forty nine miles away, seeing no Titanic lights.
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Washington
James Moore
Mount Temple
Moore
Astor Heir Heads to Halifax for Titanic Sorrow
Vincent Astor son of John Jacob Astor travels through Portland Maine in a closed car refusing visitors en route to Halifax to receive his father’s body from the Mackay Bennet after the Titanic disaster then to New York for burial sends plans following the coffin ship arrivals.
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Portland
Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Halifax
Mackay-Bennett
Youngs Astor
New York
Weekend Roundup Clash Tees Up Pendleton Tri-State Tryouts
Sunday ball game pits Garretts Dush against Dutch teams on the Round-up diamond. Eighteen players vie for twelve regular spots on the Pendleton Tri-state roster as two weeks of daily practices pay off. Adams club faces Buckaroos this afternoon while fans gather for the expected warlike showdown. Start time around 3 PM delayed full details at press.
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Pendleton
Alleare
Adams
Buckarooes
Mad King Otto of Bavaria Birthday Remarked
Munich notes mark the sixty four year old Otto, Bavaria's monarch for twenty six years, as mentally deranged and confined for thirty four years. The aging king is described as incurably insane and unaware of his reign.
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Munich
Otto
Bavaria
Post Office Raid Foiled by Birdshot Shotgun
Stockton California April 27 ex postmaster HH Williams woke to an explosion that nearly wrecked Farmington post office. He faced the fleeing safe cracker firing a birdshot shot, stopping the man with $15 government funds on his person. The suspect gave the name W A Hartman and faces a high chance of recovery.
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Stockton
Calif
S. HH. Williams
Farmington
W. A. Hartman
Flood losses pegged at 15 million in northeast Louisiana
Conservative estimates place flood damage in northeast Louisiana at 15 million dollars. Thousands of acres are inundated and will be unavailable for crop planting this year in Tullulah and surrounding areas.
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Tullulah
Louisiana
Peterson Re-elected County Chairman in Umatilla
An early morning meeting of Umatilla County Democratic precinct committeemen re-elected Will A Peterson as county chair despite his protests. T J Tweedy was secretary, J A Raley state central committeeman, and Henry J Taylor congressional committeeman. The committee drafted a long party platform endorsing economy, tax retrenchment, road improvements under local control, opposition to state central control of roads, a tax on automobiles for county use, and opposition to a single tax and Senate Joint Resolution No 8. Tom Matlock of Heppner visited brothers Cass and W P Matlock on the way home from Baker after testifying in the Whitney murder trial.
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Will al. Peterson
Umatilla County
Democratic Central Committee
T. J. Tweedy
J. A. Raley
Henry J. Taylor
Wis
Oregon
Democratic Party
Senate
Special Commission
Madero Explains Break With General Orozco
In a statement to the United States Madero says the U S is less friendly toward Mexico and brands General Orozco a traitor who demanded 25000 for personal damages. Rebels have captured Tepic and looted surrounding areas as U S ships show readiness off San Diego.
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Madero
Mexican Republic
United States
Mexico
Orozco
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Buford to sail with refugees from disturbed Mexican districts
San Francisco reports urgent prep of the Army transport Buford under Washington order to sail as soon as possible for the west coast of Mexico. Colonel J. T. Knight says the vessel will be ready by Monday noon with lifeboats and life preservers for a full quota of 1141 passengers. The Buford will touch at Topolo and Bambo.
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San Diego
Calif
Maryland
Anchorage
San Dilego Harbor
Coronado Landing
Mexico
San Francisco
United States Army
Buford
Washington, D. C
J. T. Knight
Quartermaster's Department
Topolo
Bambo
Verdict Expected in California Murder Case
Oakland Calif April 21 A verdict in the case of Harry Prescott charged with the murder of Ralph Thompson who Prescott found in his home with Mrs Prescott is expected today The defense rests on the unwritten law
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Oakland
Calif
Harry Prescott
Ralph Thompson
Prescott
Jury Disagrees in Oakland Murder Case
In Oakland California on April 27 the jury in the Harry Prescott murder case disagreed and was discharged. The panel stood 10 to 2 for acquittal after Prescott shot Ralph Thompson when he found him in his wife's bedroom.
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Oakland
Cal
Harry Prescott
Ralph Thompson
Prescott
Thompson
Gift to Prohibition Exceeds Prior Donations in $10,000 Sum
The National Prohibition Committee announces its largest single gift, ten thousand dollars, from Rev. W. M. Nicholson Taft of San Diego, a relative of President Taft. The donation was reported in Chicago on April 27.
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Prohibition
Chicago
National Prohibition Committee
W. M. Nicholson Taft
San Diego
Taft
Sunday School Convention Ends After Three Successful Days
The State Sunday School association concl uded a three day session in the city with 390 delegates dispersing to eastern Oregon. An executive committee was elected for terms up to three years to set next year’s officers and arrange the eastern Oregon convention in Baker City.
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State Sunday School Association
Oregon
Stephen A. Lowell
J. E. Stevenson
la Grande
John McDonald
Wallowa
Ward McHenry
Baker
W. R. Mulkey
Joseph
Mulkey
Western Oregon
Pendleton
Ivan B. Rhodes
Homan
Willamette University
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Heppner
Cass
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Whitney
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Tepic
Altata
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Manganillo
Acapulco
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el Paso
Tex
Ciudad Tepic
Culiacan
South Pole
Mary F. Bryner
Zurich
Switzerland
Ewart P. Borden
Clara G. Esson
E. Co. Knapp
Spokane
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