Constantinople Returns to Normal Activities After Mutiny
Constantinople quiets as martial law remains in effect and parliament plans to decide on the sultan's future. Shefket Pasha declines premiership while leading army, amid ongoing arrests, palace guard trials, and garrison surrenders at Yildiz.
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Shefket Pasha
Constantinople
Shelket Pasha
Tew Ok
Shefkit Pasha
Sehefket Pasha
Bagdad
Europe
Germany
Rive
Imperial Palace
Yiluiz
Mohammed Resehad Effendi
Ignere
Palace of Justice
Yildiz
Mangales Palace
Seutard
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Niaci Bey
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Head Tax Proposed for Immigrants in Senate Amendment
Washington April 26 Overman of North Carolina offered an amendment to the tariff bill in the senate proposing a head tax of 12 on each immigrant entering the United States.
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Overman
Payne
Senate
Washington
North
Caroline
United States
Japan's Warships Begin Pacific Coast Visit
In a first since a decade Japanese cruisers Aoya and Aso enter a Pacific coast port. Under Rear Admiral Hijichi, the training squadron sails into San Pedro for a weeks long peaceful visit visiting principal Pacific coast ports. Separate item reports John Hogan, arrested for a short change game, was taken to Chicago to answer a larceny charge, authorities seeking other involved men.
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Los Angeles
Japan
Pacific
United States
Aoya
Aso
Hijichi
San Pedro
Soya
Pacific Coast
Chicago
John Hogan
River boat sinks eight are drowned
New Orleans, April 26 Eight people were lost when the towboat Eagle of the Louisiana Petroleum company sank mysteriously early yesterday in the Mississippi River about 40 miles south of New Orleans. The dead include Captain George Joyce Charles Goodbub second engineer Charles Martin fireman Richard Le Blanc mate two negro deck hands a negro chambermaid and a cabin boy names unknown. The accident occurred at 420 in the morning as the crew slept. The boat dipped and went under rapidly, breaking in half as it sank.
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New Orleans
Eagle
Louisiana Petroleum Company
Mississippi-river
George Joyce
Charles Goodbub
Charles Martin
Richard le Blanc
Compromise Amendment Considered on Wood Pulp and Paper Tariff
Senate finance committee on a Saturday discussed Wood Pulp and print paper and agreed to draft a compromise amendment to the tariff bill. The plan aims to balance manufacturers of print paper with demands for free pulp and reduced duties on paper products.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Billion Dollar Railway Crowned Harriman Dream
New York April 26 A billion dollar railway scheme spearheaded by Edward H Harriman aims to consolidate New York Central mileage into a single managed system. Lawyers in major cities are seeking a path to unify over 1000 miles of railroad under one treasury and central leadership to dominate transportation. Harriman bought into the New York Central to pursue this plan and reshaped its presidencys leadership to push the project forward.
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New York
EuWard H. Harriman
New York Central
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Buffalo
Harriman
Treasury
Harriman Camp
Broadway
Railroad and Financial Corporation
Wiliam H. Newman
Heln
W. C. Brown
U.k Central Securities
Endorsement for New State Charities Bill by Illinois Doctors
Springfield April 26 The Illinois State Medical Journal editorials express strong support for senate bill 448 reorganizing the state charities and correctional system. The piece urges physicians to back the bill, applauds its bipartisan drafting, and calls for doctors to urge district lawmakers to pass the measure amid political opposition concerns.
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NEW State Charities
Springfield
Senate
Illinois State Medical Journal
Illinois Medical Society
America
Commonwealth
Deneen
State Board of Charities
Frank Billings
Medical Journal
Ilinois
Roosevelt and party hunt on Athi plains safari
Newsreel style dispatch from Nairobi on April 26 reports ex President Roosevelt, Kermit, and companions moving to Sir Alfred Pease's Athi river ranch after a Kapiti plains hunt. They bagged two wildebeests, a Thompson's gazelle, and a buck. Lions roamed nearby. buffalos numbered about 150 on Heatley's ranch. Roosevelt enjoyed the outing though he missed a Grant's gazelle.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Kapiti Plains
Sir Alfred Pease
Athi River
McMinn
Jura
Heatley
Shoeta
British East
Colonel Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Grant
New York Prisoner Executed for Cousin’s Murder
Auburn N Y April 26 Pacy Hill was electrocuted at Auburn prison shortly after 6 am The execution required two shocks and lasted under a minute Hill murdered his cousin Chloe Hancock aged 18 near Cuba Allegheny county in March 1908 while intoxicated
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New York
Brian
Auburn
N. Y
Pacy Hill I
Auburn Prison
Hill
Chloe Hancock
Cuba
Allegheny County
Babcock Near Death as Illness Deepens
Former Wisconsin representative Joseph W. Babcock, long ill with liver trouble, is sinking rapidly in Washington. Reports say his condition worsened today and his death may be momentarily expected.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Joseph W. Babcock
AERONAUTS IN LONG DRIVE ENDS WITH HARD NIGHT
Washington reports tell of three army aeronauts who rose in balloon No 10 on Saturday noon and after a muddy all night drive reached Great Mills Maryland three hours later a distance over 60 miles away They arrived in Washington exhausted and slept at once. The Ridge building in Kansas City burned early today causing a loss of 100000 Admiral Miller a retired U S Navy officer died at his home in East Orange New Jersey Bowls game and dies McCullough trial jury selection proceeds in Flushing and nearby.
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Washington
Great Mills
Miller No More
Newark
N. J
Joseph Nelson Miller
U. 8S. N
East Orange
Adele Boas Found Safe After Supposed Kidnapping Incident
A prominent iron industry figure and secretary of Western Tube works, Adele Boas, 59, dropped dead at his home here Saturday after finishing a bowling game. His sudden death ends a troubling episode involving a reported kidnapping.
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Western Tube Works
Grave famine and Ottoman turmoil dominate Asia Minor reports
Across Asia Minor grave famine and mass killings are reported as Russian forces push toward Tabriz despite an Anglo Persian understanding. In Beirut and surrounding vilayets thousands killed, many starving, with marines and warships deployed to curb violence. Adele Boas, missing New York daughter, is found safe in Stamford, while a separate child recovery hinges on ransom talks.
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Beirut
Turkey
Vilayet of
Adam
New York
Adele Boas
Arthur Boas
New England
Miss Boas
New Haven
McCafferty
Upton
Charlestown
Mass
Arthur E. Boas
Boston
Gale Rips Niagara Ice Jam Cleared by Squall
A northwest squall and strong southwest gale cleared the Canadian channel at the mouth of the Niagara River yesterday afternoon. The dynamited passage along the American shore widened the break, ripping away the lower ice pack so a boat can now cross the river directly from the fort to Niagara on the Lake.
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Youngstown
N. Y
Niagara River
Fort
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Needle thrusts fatal murder suspect dies in jail
Meadville Pennsylvania April 26 Ja Cronin jailed for the murder of Harry Winters on Christmas Eve died last night from wounds after stabbing himself with needles weeks earlier. Cronin admitted guilt but could not plead guilty as the court would not accept the plea and he remained held for trial.
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Meadville
Roads must bridge all rail crossings in Minneapolis case
The Supreme Court held that a city may compel a railroad to bridge street crossings when the street is laid out after the tracks, as in the St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad Co and Great Northern Railway Co versus the city of Minneapolis. Chief Justice Fuller announced the decision today.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Minneapolis
Fuller
July Wheat Falls in Chicago Market Open
July wheat eased three cents from intraday highs closing near 1.06 dollars per bushel for July contracts while May slipped to 1.087. Reports from New York note a 2 percent wheat price dip with a rebound attempt. In Meran Austria Heinrich Conried, former Metropolitan Opera director in New York, remains gravely ill with a stroke.
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Chicago
New York
Herr Conried
Meran
Austrian Tyrol
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Census Row Is Squarely Put Up To Mr Taft
Washington April 26 The dispute between Secretary Nagel and Census Director North over census bureau administration is squarely before the president. Nagel said he did not know what the outcome would be.
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Taft
Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Census North
Census Bureau
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Tabriz
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