Titanic Disaster Blame Falls On Captains And British Trade Board
Senate subcommittee findings assign direct fault to Captain Smith for ignoring iceberg warnings and fault Captain Lord of the Californian for disregarding distress signals. The British Board of Trade receives sweeping criticism for lax regulation. Captain Rostron of the Carpathia is praised for valor. report urges new maritime laws and coordinated reforms.
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Titanic
British Board of Trade
Rostran
Washington
Smith
Lord
Senate
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Captain Lord
America
England
Baltic
Ismay
White Star Line
Montreal
Senator Smith
Congress
J. Bruce Ismay
Cven
State May Take Hand in San Diego IWW Disturbances
Governor Webb offers to intercede if municipal authorities cannot cope with the Industrial Workers of the World unrest in San Diego. He asks superior court judges to discharge the present grand jury and impanel a new one to probe the trouble. IWW lawyers say clients are being prevented from reaching the city while local authorities pledge to maintain peace.
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Webb
San Diego
Superior Court
Peage
Virginia Pythians Meet in Martinsville Grand Lodge Convention
Knights of Pythias from every Virginia lodge gather in Martinsville for the forty fourth annual grand lodge convention. The three day session includes a Patrick Henry lodge welcome and a banquet in the Athletic hall on the fair grounds, with local citizens hosting entertainment.
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Virginia Pythians
Martinsville
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Patrick Henry Lodge
Wyoming Oil Men Hold Casper Meeting Amid Festivities
About one hundred members of the Wyoming Oil Men's association meet in Casper for their annual two day session called by ex-Governor Bryant B. Brooks president. Casper hosts visitors with local citizens providing barrels of fun and hospitality.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming Oil Men’s Association
Cheyenne
Bryant B. Brooks
Surviving NY Twenty Second Regiment Parade Marks 50th Anniversary
In New York on May 28 surviving Civil War veterans of the Twenty-second New York Regiment, fewer than 60 men, paraded Fifth Avenue and Broadway to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the regiment's departure for the front in 1862.
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New York
Twenty-second
New York Regiment
Fifth, Avenue
Broadway
Titanic disaster inquiry urged improvements to ships
A committee urges more lifeboats to cover all aboard percent and to revise international ship inspection laws. It faults a misleading message about Titanic heading to Halifax and calls for constant wireless operators and two search lights on ships carrying 100 passengers or more.
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Haddock
Olympic
White Star Line
Halifax
J. A. Hughes
Huntington
W. Va
Rebel Band Burns Sugar Cane and Property Near Guantanamo
A Cuban insurgent force attacked the Marcos Sanchez plantation near Guantanamo, burning eight thousand tons of cane, several cars, and other property. The sugar operation belonged to the American Fidelity company.
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Santiago
Marcos Sanchez
Guantanamo
American Fidelity Company
Juror details bribe in Foster case and Darrow trial
Los Angeles May 28 juror testifies about a bribe in the Foster case related to an alleged interview on room apparatus. The Darrow trial resumes with George N. Lockwood on the stand under direct exam by the district attorney. He explains the bribe money was paid as a signal to detectives.
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Los Angeles
R. J. Foster
Foster
Clarence Darrow
Hutton
Willis
Darrow
George N. Lockwood
Franklin
Lockwood
Earl Rogers
Rogers
C. W. White
Atorney
Hailstone Fatality Marks Oklahoma Storm Damage
Blackwell Oklahoma May 28 A severe hail and wind storm swept northern areas killing Perry Nesby at Newkirk after a large hail stone struck him. The storm levelled a church and railroad station at Peckham and caused extensive property loss.
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Blackwell
Okla
Here
Newkirk
Perry Nesby
Peckham
Hardware men gather in Nashville for joint convention
Nashville May 28 the largest hardware trade gathering in U S history opens with the American Hardware Manufacturers association and the Southern Hardware Jobbers association meeting. The program includes social events and a visit to the Hermitage home of Andrew Jackson.
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Nashville
Tenn
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Northern Baptists hear report on foreign missions home administration
In Des Moines on May 28 the Northern Baptist convention focused on a committee report about home administration of foreign missions as the session’s main agenda item.
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Northern Baptists
Des Moines
Committee On Home Administration of Foreign Missions
Northern Baptist Convention
Tornado Wipes Out Skiatook Town Near Tulsa
A tornado early today nearly destroyed Skiatook Oklahoma, about fifteen miles north of Tulsa. Reports say three people were killed and many injured or left homeless as responders assess the damage in the devastated town.
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Tulsa
Okla
Skiatook
Here
Eighty Die in Spain Picture Show Disaster
Castellon de la Plana city Villa Real suffered a cinematograph explosion during a moving picture theater showing last night. The theatre burned and many audience members were crushed or trapped in the panic. A large number of injured are dying.
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Castellon de Laplana
Spain
Villareal
Judge Walters Here for Hillman Ouster Cases in Pocatello
Judge Edward A. Walters arrived in Pocatello to hear arguments in the Hillman ouster cases. The first demurrer against the county’s ouster action was argued by Clark Ferguson and Terrell, with Walters taking the matter under advisement. The commissioners and Hillman debts and property-listing disputes are set for subsequent action, while the board adjourned again after convening.
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Edward A. Walters
Pocatello
Hillman
Riley Dixon
Alex Harris
Dixon
Walters
D. Worth Clark
Clark and Budge
H. V. A. Ferguson
T. F. , Terrell
Standrod & Terrell
Hia Rella
Board of County Commissoners
Harris
Advertising clubs end Texas convention journey
The Associated Advertising Clubs wrapped up their thousand mile drive through central Texas and began returning home to Dallas after completing their annual convention.
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Ad, Mendisband
Dallas
Tex
Ewing
Texas
Associated Advertising Clubs
Peace Overture Rumors Reach Orozco Headquarters
Unofficial reports from May 28 say an emissary of the Mexican congress plans to offer peace by recognizing the congress in exchange for removing President Madero. Torreon remains defended as reports say it has not fallen.
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Madero
Orozco
Torreon
Chihuahua
General Orozco
Mexican Congress
Congress
el Paso
Suffering Among Flood Victims Hits Jena District
New Orleans reports ongoing flood relief struggles as refugees in the Jena area clamor for food. Governor Hall pushes relief despite railroad damage delaying supplies until tomorrow. A three year old boy drowned in the Atchafalaya River at Woodside, La.
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New Orleans
Jena
Hall
Atchafalaya
Woodside
Demands of R. R. Clerks Touch Wage and Hours
Boston announces that 15,000 eastern railroad clerks seek an eight hour day a $2.25 minimum wage time and a half for overtime extra holiday pay a 15 day annual vacation and at least 25 cents per day general wage raise. The Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks meets in Boston for its biennial convention with delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico. The legislative committee led by W. E. Bowen of New Orleans will finalize its report tomorrow.
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Boston
Mass
United States
Canada
Mexico
Legislative Committee of the Brotherhood
W. E. Bowen
New Orleans
Prohibition Party in Kentucky Allows Women Voters at Convention
Louisville hosts the Kentucky Prohibition convention with many women delegates voting for national convention picks in Atlantic City on July 10 and for state congressional candidates and presidential electors. It marks the first time women from the Women's Christian Temperance Union could vote at the state gathering.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Kentucky Prohibition Party
Atlantic City
Women's Christian Temperance Union
METHODISTS TO ADJOURN IN GENERAL CONFERENCE
Minneapolis May 28 delegates have departed as the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church nears adjournment. It is probable that by tonight’s session there will be little more than a quorum.
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Minneapolis
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Shurch
Ballot Battle Sets Stage for Roosevelt Taft in New Jersey
More than half a million New Jersey voters choose 28 delegates to the Republican nominating conventions in Chicago and Baltimore. Roosevelt heads to Oyster Bay to await returns while Taft rallies from Atlantic City. Voting runs 1 pm to 9 pm for commuter convenience with a direct presidential vote on the ballot.
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New York
New Jersey
Chicago
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Gettysburg
Taft
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
LaFollette Plans Wisconsin Speaking Tour
LaFollette visits Wisconsin for a state wide speaking tour to begin Wednesday morning with arrangements complete for the trip.
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LaFollette
Wisconsin
Huron
Chicago Roosevelt delegates invited for planning session
Chicago on May 28 reports delegates chosen for Roosevelt were invited to visit Oyster Bay next Saturday to discuss coordinated action by central states delegates in backing the Roosevelt candidacy.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Central States
Taft's Last Lap Opens Campaign Tour in New Jersey
Atlantic City May 28 Taft began the final leg of his New Jersey tour with plans for speeches in nearly a dozen towns as part of his campaign efforts.
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Taft
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Kentucky Democrats Meet in Louisville for Delegates
Kentucky's 26 national convention delegates will be chosen in Louisville with district conventions earlier in the day to appoint district delegates. Champ Clark leads among Kentucky Democrats while Woodrow Wilson wanes and Underwood has not sought support. battles loom over Baltimore instructions and the state party organization between Watterson James and Beckham Haly.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Champ Clark
Blue Grass
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Henry Waterson
Wilson
Clark
Harmon
Underwood
Baltimore
Henry Watterson
Ollie James
Beckham
Percy Haly
Annual spring meeting of American Society of Mechanical Engineers opens
Cleveland, May 28. The annual spring meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers began today with about 250 delegates attending and more expected as the business session starts tomorrow. The society has over 3000 members, including prominent engineers nationwide.
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Cleveland
Soety of Mechanical Engineers
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