Wright and Curtiss aeroplane tests at Fort Sam Houston halted
War department indefinitely postpones tests of Wright and Curtiss aircraft at Fort Sam Houston. Lt Foulois not yet notified of Washington transfer while air service plans gain momentum. Weather disrupts Curtiss flight. Wright endurance flight proceeds. Gumbo grounds dry and drill resumes as division reports “no news” from headquarters.
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War Department
Wright
Curtiss
Fort Sam Houston
Aero Squad
B. D. Foulois
Signal Corps
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Europe
Japan
Coffyn
Foulois
Icon Springs
Weather summary for eight cities with showers and cooling trends
For St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Duluth Kansas City New York Boston and Washington the forecast reports temperatures from 34 to 60 degrees with showers or clear skies. Winds range from 4 to 12 miles per hour and overall trend shows cooling or no immediate change in several markets.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
ST. Paul
Duluth
Lake Superior
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Abolish Senate and Veto Power Proposed in Reform Drive
Victor Berger of Milwaukee introduces a constitutional amendment to abolish the senate strike the presidential veto and remove court review of laws passed by the house of representatives. The measure would go to a referendum if five percent in each state petition for it. He calls the senate a relic to be reformed or abolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Berger
Associated Press
Washington
Milwaukee
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Berger
House of Lords
Taft to Tell Publishers Views Upon Reciprocity
The article notes President Taft in New York for meetings with Republican leaders and an important speech on Canadian reciprocity at the Associated Press publishers’ banquet. It mentions expected calls by Wm. Barnes Jr. and Lloyd C. Griscom, and that the speech aims to influence Senate action on reciprocity. August Belmont and H. L. Herbert met Taft, and Frances Taft was slated to sit for a portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Taft
American
Senate
August Belmont
H. L. Herbert
Frances
Senator Frye resigns as president pro tempore
April 27. Senator Frye of Maine resigns as president pro tempore of the senate due to ill health. He is 80 and confined to his apartments. Gallinger is expected to succeed him. Frye has led the senate since 1881 and previously served in the house. No action was taken on the resignation today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Frye
Maine
Senate
Gallinger
Hobart
Col. Roosevelt
House
Grant Birthday and Guard Anniversary Held at Galena
In Galena Illinois on April 27 a double celebration marks General Grant's birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Jo Davis County Guards, the first to respond to Lincoln's 1861 volunteer call. B H Vincent of New York will deliver the principal address. Sixteen surviving Jo Davis County Guards members receive gold medals.
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Associated Press
Galena
U. S. Grant
Jo Davis County Guards
Alleghenies
Lincoln
B. H. Vincent
New York
General Grant
France Indicates Morocco Intervention Needed to Protect Foreigners
Paris reports France notified signatories of the Algeciras conference agreement that swift French intervention in Morocco is necessary to protect foreigners at Fez reestablish order nationwide and safeguard the sultan's sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
France
Algeciras
Morocco
Fez
GATTLEMEN TO PROTEST FREE CATTLE IMPORTS
Texas cattlemen led by Ed C Lasater announce a strong protest against free admission of cattle and meat into the United States. The Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association and the American National Live Stock Association will press Congress in Washington, seeking a hearing before the Senate finance committee. Local figures S. H. Cowan and Ike T. Pryor join Lasater. Murdo McKenzie heads the national group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cattlemen of
Texas
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
American National Live Stock Association
Washington
Senate
Texas Cattlemen
Ed. C. Lasater
S. H. Cowan
Fort Worth
Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Lasater
Falfurrias
Cowan
Pryor
Congress
Texas Association
National
Murdo McKenzie
Finance Committee
House
Canada
C. B. Hudspeth
el Paso
National Capitol
Arrest Warrant Issued for Tilden and Bankers in Lorimer Case
Lieutenant Governor Oglesby ordered warrants for Edward Tilden and Chicago bankers W C Cummings and George M Benedict after they refused to produce bank records. The Senate bribery committee believes the accounts relate to the 1909 Lorimer U S Senate election. Deputy Hatfield heads to Chicago to execute the warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Oglesby
Edward Tilden
Packer
W. C. Cummings
George M. Benedict
Chicago
Senate
Hatfield
Tilden
Cummings
Benedict
Wm. Lorimer
United States Senate
Lorimer
John G. Oglesby
Helm
Three Executives to Be Arrested in Lorimer Probe
Edward Tilden president of National Packing George Benedict cashier of Drovers Deposits National Bank and William Cummings president of Drovers Trust Savings Bank faced arrest in Chicago tomorrow for contempt of the Illinois senate investigation into the Lorimer election after refusing to produce documents and panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Edward Tilden
The
National Packing Company
George M. Benedict
Drovers’ Deposit National Bank
William Cummings
Drovers’ Trust & Savings Bank
Illinois Senate
Lorimer
Senate
Lost Umbrellas Flood San Antonio Street Cars
A week of heavy Texas weather left a pile of unclaimed umbrellas in the traction company offices. The collection includes gold and silver handles, silk and cotton canopies, of many sizes and makes. Owners may claim them. unclaimed items revert to the conductors after the storage period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Nis
Traction Company
Texas
Distress Signals From Amateurs Alarm Galveston Wireless
During a wind and rain storm offshore the signal SOS was picked up by Galveston wireless and U.S. cruisers. Investigations show amateur operators in several parts of the city used crude gear. The Salem's powerful wireless gear could overwhelm weak local stations, prompting calls for regulatory action.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
United States
New York State
Salem
Salem’s
Four Hundred Fight Forest Fire in North Adams
Firefighters battled a pine and woodland blaze on Pine Cobble Mountain near Williamstown. About 3000 acres burned over three days as crews worked through the night to contain the flames and protect North Adams, with dawn bringing cautious hope that danger had lessened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
North Adams
Mass
Williamstown
Railroads Repaired Amid War Talks in Chihuahua
In Chihuahua and Juarez region on April 26 federal orders urged ceasefire while advancing work to repair the Juarez railroad. Rabago's forces prepared to guard workers as negotiations slow peace talks. Interior unrest grows despite suspension of personal guarantees.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Diaz
Rabago
Mexico City
Ciudad Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Linaca
Rebago
Madero
Rabaro
Burglar Found Asleep in Basement House Break-In
A young white man named E. J. Halamuda was arrested after breaking into Mrs. R. Goldman’s house at 228 Martin Street and sleeping in the basement. Police say he entered via a window around midnight, stole $3.15 from Andrew Jackson’s trousers, and fled to the bed before being jailed.
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Tie
W. A. Harvey
Bennett
Halamuda
Busy Building Road Through Mexico Amid Revolt
Gibson Taylor of Tucson and attorney W. E. Parker travel to the east reporting progress on the Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico. The line extends from the American border toward Guadalajara and Mexico City, aiming for completion by June 1917, with uncertain impact from the west coast revolt.
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Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico
Gibson Taylor
Tucson
Arizonha Eastern Railroad
Taylor
St. Anthony
W. E. Parker
Guaymas
FE. H. Harriman
City of
Republic
Harriman
Arizona
Mr. Taylor
Guadalajara
Morelia
Parker
Dutch Take Palmas Island in Southeast Asia
Advices from Jolo report the Dutch have seized Palmas island sixty miles southeast of Mindanao and lowered the United States flag, replacing it with the Dutch flag. The island is described as of little value and sparsely inhabited. Washington notes no action is expected due to its valueless status.
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Manila
Jolo
Palmas Island
Mindanao
United States
Washington
Bacon Linked to Shakespeare By River Wye Cipher Claim
Dr. Orville W. Owen digs in the River Wye at Chepstow hoping to prove Lord Francis Bacon hid Shakespeare’s manuscripts and the head of the Bard in a buried chest. he cites a cipher guiding the find and tests Roman bridge foundations as the burial site.
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Associated Press
Chepstow
England
Orville W. Owen
Lord Francis Bacon
Bacon
Shakespeare
Avon
Cache
Detroit scholar seeks buried Shakespeare logs in England
Dr. Orville W. Owen of Detroit declares a Sidney cipher proves Shakespeare manuscripts lie in watertight hollow logs sunk in the Wye River. He says the river was diverted to bury the logs, then allowed to resume its course. For three months he has searched the river bed with English aid. He also hints the cipher links to Bacon as the murderer of Shakespeare, a detail not previously disclosed.
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Orville W. Owen
Detroit
Mich
Sidney
Owen
England
Shakespeare
Bacon
Senate committee fight delayed as two senat ors seek panel changes
Washington April 27 The expected senate fight over committee appointments was postponed until tomorrow after a brief open session. Senator Gallinger presented the list and Cummins moved it go over under the rules. Progressive Republicans discussed adding La Follette to interstate commerce and Bristow to finance against caucus decision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Gallinger
Cummins
la Follette
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Bristow
Committee On Finance
Import traffic rule waived by ICC for Gulf to Midwest routes
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order waiving the long and short haul provisions temporarily for import traffic from Gulf of Mexico ports to Cincinnati and Ohio River points and to west of Chicago and the Mississippi. The measure affects shipments from Europe Asia and Africa carried by rail to U S western and midwest destinations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Europe
Asia
Africa
Gulf of Mexico
Cincinnati
Ind
Ohio River
Nati
Chicago
Gragg
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Grant
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National Live Stock Association
C. Basater
City of Mexico
Negro Porter
Palmas
Orville Owen
Cipher
Dr. Owen
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