Anarchists Threaten Cabinet Members in Washington
April 10 reports secret service guards the cabinet after Postmaster General Meyer suppressed La Questione Sociale linked to Reds in Paterson New Jersey. He has received many threatening letters and his home is shadowed by detectives day and night. Nearly all cabinet members have warning letters and travel under government detectives’ watch.
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Roosevelt
Meyer
Washington
Secret Service
la Questione Sociale
Reds
Paterson
New Jersey
Jims
Farge
Bis
China
Sunset Hill serenade ends in warm hospitality at Monroe
In Monroe Orange County New York Ferdinand Pinney Earle and his Naples bride are serenaded by sixty indignant locals who turn from anger to welcome. The crowd led by Tunner's band arrives at the Earl residence where Earle greets them politely and offers hospitality. The party includes the bride and her mother as guests. Earle hands out five dollar gifts to two visitors and the crowd sings He’s a Jolly Good Fellow as they drift inside for warmth.
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New York
Ferdinand Bare
Naples
Kaiser Freder- Sears Grose
Earle
Monroe
Orange County
Ciizens
Banle
Hhs
Gene
Sunset Hill
Julia Kuttner
Harte
Sunset Mil
Tunner
Ferdinand Pinney
Invitation Declined By Washington For Atlantic Fleet Visit
Washington declines Wetted government invitation for the Atlantic fleet to visit English ports on the return voyage. Secretary Motnwall presented memoranda to the cabinet showing the fleet cannot extend its itinerary and must return home by February 22 as set by the president.
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Washington
Bryce
Atlntic
England
Motnwall
Taft Wins Bean Eaters at Republican State Convention
Boston April 0 The Taft men captured the Republican state convention after a morning conference of the Taft league and scouts committee. A compromise on resolutions resulted in a plan to express preference for the secretary of war as the party's presidential candidate in the platform.
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Boston
Mass
Taft League
League
Taft Wing Faces Convention Split in Massachusetts Delegation
Before the Republican convention in Chicago, anti Taft forces gained committee control and blocked the Taft plank from the platform. Taft supporters vow to block changes as the fight tightens. An agreement later proposed that the convention endorse no candidate to preserve harmony, even as most delegates favor Taft.
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Heaton
Aqell
Conwtition
Taft
Patterson Fears Persecution in Dayton Move to New York
John H. Patterson of the National Cash Register Co states he has faced persistent harassment and threats to his life. He reports detectives on guard, lighted grounds, and frequent calls, saying the payroll in Dayton is $72,000 weekly and the plant worth about $2,000,000, prompting a probable move to New York.
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John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Co
Dayton
New York
Patterson
Tommerter
Constanty
Charles Sues Service Board Over Malfeasance Charges
Wellsville Ohio April 10 city sources urged Mayor McKinese to impeach three public service board members Prestmont McLain J F Grafton and Joseph Pawcett after a public hearing last week on malfeasance in office and improper fees.
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Wellsville
McKinese
Board of Public Service
Offee
Presmont McLain
J. 4
Grafton
Joseph Pawcett
Banker is jailed for embezzling from local bank
Pittsburg Va April 1 William Wortman treasurer of Oakland Savings and Trust charged with embezzling 14000 dollars from the institution was committed to jail in default of 910000 bond pending further court action.
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Pittsburg
Oakland Savings and Trust Company
William Wortman
Wortzman
Dailite Iene
Istitution
Maniac sets fire in jail. deputies burned in botched escape
In Akron a prisoner started a jail fire fatally injuring himself before the flames were stopped. Sheriff Stein and two deputies were seriously burned while trying to subdue the inmate and rescue others. One inmate died, and several prisoners were overpowered as Brelin and deputies finally contained the blaze and rushed to a hospital.
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Akron
Sherif Stein
Jtwo
Arthur M. Abbott
Jabot
Relia Ewerty
Breln
Maniac
Ted Bun
Thurman Executed for Murder by Marine in Kentucky
Dee C. Thurman, a young Kentucky marine, was executed in Norfolk after killing fellow marine Walter Dolven with an ax. He fled through Mexico and the United States then Canada before capture, and had robbed several travelers before his arrest. Thurman died calmly as authorities carried out the sentence.
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Norfolk
Dee C. Thurman
Walter
Dolven
Thurman
Mexico
United Sates
Canada
Kentucky
Loulaville
United States Steel Nearing Purchase of Cleveland Iron Interests
Wall Street reports United States Steel Corp is close to buying the Dunes of Carrigan, McKinney and Company of Cleveland. The Cleveland firm owns key Lake Superior deposits and operates furnaces and fleets, making it a major, effectively independent iron contributor to the steel trust.
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New York
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Dunes
Senate Reports A Primary Election Bill
Columbus Ohio April 10 The senate committee on elections reported Bronson primary election bill as amended making county primaries mandatory except for common pleas judges and members of the general assembly Tests from the same district and delegates named at conventions County committees may require primaries to select at large convention delegates in a hybrid form
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Columbus
Senate Committee On Elections
Bronson
Comon Pleas
Latiie
Bronnen Hills
TIRED OF AMERICA TIRED OF AMERICA
New York reports Prince Hetla de Sagan dined publicly with Mane Gould at the St. Regis with Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse. The party declined comment on Mme Gould’s hand, as the prince and party later stayed at Morse Apartments. He planned an early departure, seeking a letter of credit at National City Bank and expressing hope never to return to America.
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New York
Prince Hetla “de Sagan
Mane
Gould
America
Ryler Morse
St. Regis
Prince
Mme. Gould
Morse Apartments
Mrs. Morse
Mme. ‘Gould
National City Bank
America Agin
Australia Alarmed Over Possible Japanese Aggression
London April 10 Thomas Price premier of South Australia warned at the Australasian chamber of commerce meeting that Britain must show tangible support for the colonies to deter aggression by Japan. He mockingly said a flag over a colony is not enough and urged real sympathy and backing to keep Australia as a British power.
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London
Australia
Japan
Australasian Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Price
South Australia
Price
Great Britain
Another Link in Harriman's Chain and World Railway Belt
Chicago reports Harriman and associates reportedly gain control of the Kele railroad through a debt refinancing. Chicago magnates Vanderbil t Goelet Astor and Standard Oil interests with John J. Mitchell back Harriman plans to dominate the American railway system and expand influence on trans Siberian routes under a global steamship and railway belt led by I P Morgan era allies.
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The
Erie
Chicago
Kele
H. Harriman
Harriman
Niepho
Vander,durbilt
John J. Mitchell
Herriman
I. P. Morgan
Hughes Boom Punctured by Westchester Split
In New York on April 10 authorities report a rift within the Hughes Roosevelt faction as Ward of Weatchester and Gurhes Jr. of Albany, close allies of President Roosevelt, face off against Taft supporters. County delegates counted 760 for Taft and 606 for Hughes while Barnes publicly opposed Hughes and threatened to influence the Chicago convention.
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New York
Hughes
Avil. Ward
Weatchester
Dalion Gurhes, Jr
Albany
Roosevelt
Ward
Republican National Committee
Nh Ciiis
Taft
Chicago
Westchester
Barnes
German Children Sold Into Bondage Reported in Europe
Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 10. Reports describe a yearly child labor market where 400 to 400 youths aged 11 to 14 are contracted for seven months from April 1 to October. Buyers from Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and other regions inspect, select, and ship the children for farm and household labor amid harsh terms and alleged abuse.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Friedrichhafen
Tyrol
Vorabhong
Tavarhi
Warstenburg
Baden
President Wins First Fight of the Session
Washington reports that measures championed by Roosevelt will become law within twenty four hours as the employers liability bill passes the house and awaits the president's signature in the White House push.
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Washington
Prastein Roosevelt
Sesson
White House
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Massachusetts
Donahey
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Octopus
Steel Trust
Senate
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