Titanic Wreck News Suppression Claim Triggered by Extortion
Halifax and Washington report that Titanic victims were ferried to shore in the Mackay Bennett while claims of press news suppression for pay linger. Vincent Astor among waiting mourners as Marconi witnesses testify about messages sent to Carpathia and efforts to withhold news for money. Senate panel plans a swift probe and potential removal legislation.
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Halifax
Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Mackay-Bennett
Young Astor
Marconi
Washington
William Marconi
Carpathia
Sammis
Marconi System
Bride
Cottam
Carpathiaa
Ili
Sea Gate
Smith
Senate Investigating Committee
Congress
Four Murderers Reprieved by California Governor
Sacramento April 29. Before leaving the city for Los Angeles Governor Johnson issued reprieves of four weeks for William Liles George Figueroa William Burke and Alexander Stasfeur the four murderers scheduled to be hanged Friday.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ccity
Los Angeles
Johnson
William Liles
George Figueroa
William Burke
Alexander Stasfeur
Deer Hunters Arrested in Oregon Open Season Charge
Special correspondence from Pilot Rock Oregon reports Jim Baldwin and Billy Anderson were arrested and taken to Pendleton by Deputy Game Warden E. F. Averill. They face charges of hunting deer out of season near Ukiah, with Umatia County limits applying. The legal open season runs September 15 to November 1.
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Pilot Rock
Ore
Jim Baldwin
Billy Anderson
Pendleton
F. Averill
Ukiah
Umati
Subpoenas Ready for Darrow Defense Witnesses
One hundred subpoenas, summoning witnesses for the defense in Clarence Darrow's bribery trial tied to the McNamara case, are ready to be served in Los Angeles on April 9. Darrow may direct a portion of the court work as the trial opens May 15.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Tria
Clarence Darrow
McNamara
Darrow
Senator Works Attacks Federal Health Bill in Senate
Washington April 29 Senator Works of California denounces the Owen bill to establish a federal health department calling the American Medical Association a doctors trust and attacking medical control as a dangerous monopolistic effort. He advocates individual choice in healing methods and condemns state and national laws he says push one school of medicine.
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Washington, D. C
American Medical Association
Senator Works
California
Senate
Works
Christian Science
Washington Wins Rail Link Ruling in Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court today upheld Washington state law forcing adjacent railroads to connect with mines running through the state. The decision affirms the state railroad commissioners authority to enforce physical connections affecting eight Washington cities.
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Washington, D
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court Says Alaska Territory Gives ICC Authority
Washington April 29 The Supreme Court today ruled that Alaska is a Territory not a District and allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate commerce there. The decision ends the ICC stance that it lacked authority under federal law to regulate Alaskan commerce.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commercce Commission
Alaska
Paving War Pushes Down West Court Street Costs
Pendleton residents see lower pavement prices as competition grows among contractors. The West Court street project eyed for Delarway paving could drop about 10000 from prior bitulithic estimates if gravel bitulithic is chosen at 1.48 per yard. Warren Construction reports Portland office orders to bid gravel bitulithic, with Lonergan confirming identical material and thickness to standard bitulithic. May or Matlock supplies gravel near the river bed if a contract forms.
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Pendleton
West Court Street
Henry Craig
West Court
Warren Construction Company
Portland
Lonergan
Warren Company
Matlock
Battle in Paris Yard Sees Gang Leader Die in Dramatic Siege
In a Paris garage near Choley Le Mol six miles south of the city a dramatic battle ends with Bennett and Dubois shot dead after hours inside the refuge. Ten thousand spectators watch as police, gendarmes, guards and engineers rain dynamite upon the structure. Bonnot is captured alive but dies from bullet wounds on the way to a hospital. Crowd roars as 200000 spectators witness the chaos and police injuries.
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Choley le Mol
Paris
London
Hounsditch
White Chapel
Bennett
Dubois
Onve Wnds
Verseilles
H Bonnott
Bonnoatt
Three Cases in Justice Court at Pendleton
Justice Joe H. Parkes presided over three cases in Pendleton justice court. Tom Mylin was acquitted of assault with a dangerous weapon but rearrested on assault and battery. Francis Truchor pleaded guilty to horse stealing and posted 600 bonds for trial. James Baldwin and William Anderson faced charges of shooting a deer out of season. Deputy Averill uncovered deer parts at their Ukiah area homes as part of the case.
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Pendleton
Justice of the Peace
Joe H. Parkes
State
Tom Mylin
Francis Truchor
James Ballwin
William Anderson
Mylinwig
M. W. Deardorff
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Dearderry
Teamsters
Harvey Horseman
Trachor
M. W. Dearhortt
Baldwin and
Anderson
Ukiah
Averill
Pilot Rock
Supreme Court orders rehearing in Patten anti trust case
Washington April 29 The United States supreme court ordered a rehearing for October 15 in the case of James Patten of Chicago and New York brokers accused of conspiring to restrain corn and cotton markets under the Sherman anti trust law.
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Washington, D., C
United States Supreme Court Today
James Patten
Chicago
New York
Reopen Humphrey Case Prompts New Testimony
Philomath murder trial advances as prosecutors seek to reopen the Humphrey case after new testimony emerges. Witnesses discuss alibi details and potential motives, with defense contesting the relevance and timing of the new deposition.
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Philomath
Humphrey Murder Trial Nears Jury Plan
In Corvallis Oregon on April 20 the state reopened the case against George and Charles Humphrey for the murder of Mrs Eliza Griffith. M P Burnett testified George Humphrey confessed guilt with details before the defense rested its case presenting witnesses arguing the defendants mental capacity. The suit to dissolve the International Harvester company was announced to be filed tomorrow in St Paul Minnesota.
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Corvallis
Ore
George
Charles Humphrey
Eliza Griffith
M. P. Burnett
George Humphrey
Humphreys
Griffith
Washington
Department of Justice
International Harvester Company
United States
Corve
St. Paul
Minn
Will of James W Young denied probation in probate court
Will No. 7 to the estate of James W Young was refused probation by Judge Maloney amid questions of legitimacy and jurisdiction. Mrs Mabel Young Warner and her brother Fred Young plan immediate appeal to the circuit court and possibly the supreme court. The contested will, found behind Weston bank, bears purported signatures of Louis Hunziker and Peter West as witnesses.
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James W. Young
Maloney
Mabel Young Warner
Fred Young
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Weston Bank
Louis Hunziker
Peter West
Michael Bo Young
Warner
Weston
Fred
Nora Watts
Watts
Michael KR. Young
California Youth on Trial for Murder
In Waterville California John Nelson from Eureka faces trial for the murder of farmer Helen Roberts in a cabin on February 2. Jury selection began while three Nelson companions pleaded guilty to aiding the robbery and arson tied to the crime.
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Waterville
Calif
John Nelson
Eureka
Helen Roberts
Nelson
Refugees fear massacre if U.S. intervention in Mexico
Aboard the Benito Juarez in San Diego April 29 refugees from Migallon and other Mexican ports arrived with warnings that there is no danger from Mexicans unless the United States intervenes in Mexico. They contend intervention would trigger a wholesale massacre of foreigners.
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San Diego
Cal
Migallon
Mexico
Rebel Leader Justo Tirado Alive and Leading Band
Dispatches report Justo Tirado former dictator of Mazatlan is alive and thriving in lead of a rebel group. His faction defeated federal troops on Saturday and is said to have laid waste to Cullacan before withdrawing from the area.
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Cullacana
Tucson
Ariz
Justo Tirado
Mazitlan
Cullacan
Roosevelt Campaign Sweeps East for Primary Votes
Boston April 29 Roosevelt Taft and supporters urged voters in primaries. Roosevelt spoke in Chelsea with strong reception. Taft follows his rival from Saturday to counteract his momentum, Attleboro hears Tutt praise on Lincoln letter debunking Roosevelt. Los Angeles hosts La Follette events and Roosevelt campaign, Beveridge to stump in California arriving in San Francisco ahead of May 14 primaries.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Champ Clark
Chelsea
Tutt
Massachusetts
Attleboro
Robert T. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Ernor Johnson
Colonel Roosevelt
Senator la Follette
Los Angeles
Walter Houser
la Folllette
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Beveridge
San Francisco
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
California
Perkins Defends Taft Campaign Ties in Letter
George W. Perkins, a financier allied with Morgan, writes to Taft campaign manager William B. McKinley. He asserts he contributed to the Taft fund in 1908 and denounces attacks on him while challenging release of all correspondence with the Harvester company over the past year.
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New York
George W. Perkins
Taft
Roosevelt
Morgan
William B. McKinley
Taft Campilen
Perkins
Taftrammign Fund
Senate
Harvester Company
Taft denies Roosevelt claim on Harvester meeting
President Taft issued a personal statement before departing for Massachusetts denying Colonel Roosevelt’s allegation that he approved delaying action against the International Harvester company during a cabinet meeting when he was secretary of war. Taft says he never heard the matter discussed at any cabinet meeting and that records show he was out of the country when the incident occurred.
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Washington
Taft
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
International Harvester Company
War Department
California Campaign On Los Angeles April 29
California campaign action centers on Los Angeles with April 29 events featuring candidate Goy and allied organizations planning rallies and outreach efforts.
Injunction Halts Warren Construction Plant Operations
A temporary injunction issued by Judge Phelps stops Warren Construction from continuing operations at its site until a civil suit by Mrs Floence Berkeley is settled. Berkeley seeks 1000 dollars for damages from fumes dust noise and vapors said to affect her Railroad and Thompson streets residence. Her attorney Col J H Raley says a prior settlement offer was rejected and the suit follows. Superintendent Lonergan awaits directions from head office on next steps.
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Warren Construction Company
Phelps
Floence Berkeley
Railroad and
Thompson Streets
Col
J. H. Raley
Berkeley
Lonergan
Tragic Fire Kills Six Year Old Nora Amick in Whitemore
In Whitemore California on April 29 a wind toppled a stove pipe igniting a fire that buried six year old Nora Amick and seriously injured her one year old brother. Their mother Mrs B I Amick, with John Frasier, rescued the two children but both rescuers suffered serious burns.
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Whitemore
Cal
Nora Amick
B. I Amick
John Frasier
Aviator Fatally Hurt in French Flight Crash
Paris reports Jules Vedrines, famed aviator, plunged from THO feet while flying at speed about one hundred miles per hour. He suffered a fractured skull and may not recover.
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Paris
Jules Vedrines
Umpires Secured for Tri-State League
Phil Knell of San Francisco and D A Longenecker of Spokane were secured as umpires for the Western Tri-state league. Secretaries J E Keefe and L G Fraser announced the appointments after returning from Boise where a league officials meeting was held.
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San Francisco
D. A. Longenecker
Spokane
J. E. Keefe
L. G. Fraser
Boise
Longenecker
Knell
California Diamonds
Walla Walla
le Men
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