Taft Hopeful For General U S Britain Arbitration Pact
Secretary Knox and James Bryce met at the State Department to discuss a general arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. President Taft hopes to submit the convention to a special session, though ratification faces difficulties since it would settle future disputes and supersede the existing limited accord. Officials deny that the Anglo Japanese alliance affects the talks.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
State Department
Knox
James Bryce
Mr. Bryce
Taft
Senate
Albany Fire Victim Identified In Capitol Blaze
The body of Samuel J. Abbott night watchman and capitol fire casualty was found on the buildings fourth floor and identified by a watch. A volunteer salvage corps led by Library Director James Leyer Jr. and N H Stokes Phelps of New York continues to search the debris for valuable manuscripts.
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Albany
N. Y
Samuel J. Abbott
Capitol
State Library
James Leyer Jr
N. H. Stokes-Phelps
New York
Imaginary rabies grips hospital patient in Brooklyn
A Kings County Hospital patient, John Doland, believed he had rabies after a bulldog bite five weeks ago. Doctors say the dog was not mad and Doland’s illness was caused by worry, and he is expected to recover.
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New York
John Doland
Kings County Hospital
Doland
Boy dies after falling into boiling maple sap
In Utica New York on April 1 a four year old boy, son of Walter Crandall near Sherburne, fell into a cauldron of boiling maple sap. He was scalded to death despite his father's efforts to rescue him.
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Lad
Uwtica
N.Y
Walter Crandall
Sherburne
Weather notes show mixed precipitation and fair conditions
Regional forecast lists Niinolfa and Indiana Wisconalt with snow today. Tomorrow generally fair with some lake shore snow early then improving.
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Niinolfa
Indiana
Wisconalt
Hears a Noise and Kills His Sister in Lansdowne
In Lansdowne near Philadelphia Alexander Kerr aged eighteen fired a shotgun at a moving figure from a noisy room and mortally wounded his sister Nellie aged sixteen. She died fifteen minutes later.
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Philadelphia
Lansdowne
Alexander Kerr
Nellie
Corporation May Lose Mines Near Imataca Iron Mines
The court of first instance voids the Pan American corporation purchase of the Imataca Iron mines in Venezuela in which Charles M Schwab was interested. The ruling cites failure to complete the contract and the firm has appealed.
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Corporation
Caracas
Venezuela
Court of First Instance
Imataca
Pan-American Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Strike Averted as Telegraphers Win Wage Increase
In Chicago on April 1 the Illinois Central telegraphers secured a wage raise of 79 204.08 dollars annually, averting a 1400 man threatened strike. The decision followed a conference at Vice President W L Parks’s office with H B Perham of St Louis representing the union.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central Telegraphers
W L. Parks
H. B Perham
St. Louis
Philanthropist Dr D K Pearsons Nears 91st Birthday
Chicago April 1 Dr D K Pearsons will reach his ninety first birthday on April 14 by parting with the last 200000 of his fortune He plans to retire penniless that night and distribute final benefactions to struggling colleges as his children He has given over 4600000 to schools and lives at a Hinsdale sanitarium awaiting return this fall
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Chicago
D. K. Pearsons
Hinsdale
Pearsons
Kidnappers Pay Ransom. Child Recovered Near Las Vegas
A baby boy, son of lawyer A. T. Rogers, was kidnapped in Las Vegas New Mexico and held three days for a ransom of 17000 dollars. The father delivered the money in two small packages at midnight then found the child returned after a few hours in a mountain remote spot. The abductors warned no police involvement and negotiations were secret.
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Las Vegas
N. M
A. T. Rogers
On Verge of Big Strike In Grand Rapids Furniture Union
Grand Rapids workers vote 95 percent to strike after demand for 16 percent wage raise and a nine hour day is rejected. About 5,000 union members across the city have approved walkouts, with roughly 6,000 skilled furniture workers in the area affected. Mexican Strike Retards Business in Salina Cruz. Dock laborers walkout stalls National Tehuantepec Railroad traffic, delaying cargo unloading of steamers in port.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Furniture Carvers’ Union of
Grand Rapids
Salina Cruz
Mex
Tehauntepec
Ban On Hobble Skirt Sparks Midwestern Panic
Miss Frances Walters of Buchanan Michigan triggered a town ban in South Bend Indiana when a tight hobble skirt caused her to trip in the post office. Her fall startled oxen hitched outside, sending them rushing down the street and breaking windows in three stores before they were restrained.
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South Bend
Ind
Frances Walters
Buchanan
Mich
Bloody Battle at San Rafael Ends In Heavy Losses
After three days of fighting near Ures and San Rafael, about one hundred Federals and insurrectos were killed, with two hundred dead, wounded, and prisoners counted on each side. Reports of thousand deaths were false, and rebels had no field guns while Federals held ammo from Hermosillo. The battle was the bloodiest to date in the rebellion.
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Hi Paso
Tex
Ures and
San Rafael
Nogales
Alberto Cubillas
Sonors
Ures
Hermogillo
Diet and Health Hints Calls Diet A Key to Cure
Dr. T B Allen argues that medicine must awaken to the importance of dietetics. He cites neglect in medical education and warns that diet increasingly drives treatment for consumption diabetes and cancer. He suggests nutrition should play a central role in both prevention and cure.
Snowfall Sweeps Plains With Heavy Omaha Derby Four Inches
Snow covered Nebraska and the Dakotas with Omaha reporting four inches marking the heaviest fall. South Dakota and northeastern Missouri saw general snow as St. Louis had light flurries and northern Montana had about one inch.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Omaha
St. Louis
Mortana
Destruction by Mexican Rebels Halts Southern Pacific Traffic
Rebels in Sonora Mexico destroyed two railroad bridges near Fundicion and Cajeme and damaged track near Navajoa, suspending traffic on the Southern Pacific line from Guyamas southward, jeopardizing American sugar interests in the region.
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Guyamas
Mex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mexico
Fundicion
Cajeme
Navajoa
Bomb Explodes Outside East 107th Street Store
In New York on April 1 a bomb exploded in front of Nicola Loaghitana’s tenement store on East One Hundred and Seventh Street after Black Hand threats demanding $1,000. The blast shattered windows cracked walls toppled partitions and sent hundreds of tenants into a panic.
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New York
Nicola Loaghitana
East One Hundred and Seventh Street
Chicago Bandit Caught in Dunning Hardware Burglary
Steward Clark of Chicago was arrested on charges of complicity in the Dunning Hardware burglary. A railroad brake man identified him as the man who boarded a North Western train at Dennison Iowa on March 23 and escaped after robbing two Pullman passengers.
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Omaha
Steward Clark
Chicago
Dunning Hardware Company
North Western
Dennison
Peace as Far Away as Ever in Mexico War
Delayed dispatches from Mexico City and reports of renewed disorder along the border suggest that hopes for a quick peace between Diaz and Madero have faded. The government plans to refuse to treat with armed rebels, and the capital notes multiple independent band leaders across Tepic Yucatan and Durango complicating any settlement.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Diaz Maderos
Madero
Tepic
Yucatan
Durango
Diaz
Woman Suffrage Bill Passed Senate 16 to 4 in Madison
Madison April 1 The woman's suffrage bill passed the Wisconsin Senate by a 16 to 4 vote with thirteen senators absent or not voting.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
New York State Election Reflected in Shipping Rate Moves
San Francisco reports a rate cut of 2 to 10 percent on sea freight from San Francisco to New York for carload cargo. The American Hawaiian Steamship Company offered contracts at 30 cents per hundred pounds, following a prior reduction by Pacific Mail blocked by U.S. government order. Independent boats are cited as driving competition behind the action.
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San Francisco
Cal
New Yorse
American Hawaiian Steamship Company
Pacific Vail Company
United States
American Hawaiian Company
Postmaster General Orders Sweeping Railway Mail Shake-Up
Washington on April 1 reports Postmaster General Hitchcock has ordered a major shift in railway mail service. Key officers including Alexander Grant and Charles W. Vickery are demoted. Theodore Ingalls and Norman Perkins are promoted to lead divisions. Several transfers place George Daulet, George Thomson, and others in new superintendent or chief clerk roles across Cincinnati, St Paul, Austin, and Cleveland.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Alexander Grant
St Paul
Thn
Theodore Ingalls
George C. Thomson
Austin
Tex
Mr. Ingalls
Charles the Anderson
Spector
St. Louisa
George Daulet
New York
St. Louis
Railway Mail Service
Clyde M. Reed
Cleveland
Roger
Cincinnati
John C. Koons
Walkway
Little Rock Shaken by Earthquake at Busy Morning
An earthquake hit Little Rock Arkansas at 10 50 a m causing mirrors to fall from walls desks to roll and windows to rattle. A near panic spread through the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone building during the tremor.
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Little Rock
Ark
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
OGorman Chosen as Democratic U S Senator in NY
James A O Gorman supreme court justice of New York County was elected the Democratic United States senator replacing Chauncey M Depew. The compromise candidate backed by Charles F Murphy and Frances Lynde Stetson secured 112 votes to 80. O Gorman born in New York City rose through Tammany ranks and law, serving as district court justice and later supreme court justice. He has seven daughters and four sons and turns 51 on May 6.
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Champ Clark
Anderson County
Kentucky University
Bethany College
Cincinnati Law School
Clark
Marshall College
West Virginia
Bowling Green
Pike County
House of Representatives
tSus
USOT
Fie
St. Louis
Parker
Cannon
Albany
N. Y
James A. O'Gorman
Supreme Court
New York County
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
O'Gorman
Mr. Depew
Charles F. Murphy
Francis Lynde Stetson
Mr. Stetson
Stetson
Mr. Murphy
James Aloysius O'Gorman
New York City
College of the City of New York
New York University Law School
Tammany Committee
Seventeenth Assembly
Law School of
New York University
Richard Croker
District Court of New York
Tammany Hall
Lewis Nixon
Tammany
W. Nourke Cochran
Anne M. Leslie
New York
Justice O'Gorman
Loan Sharks Hit By Government Suspension
Secretary MacVeagh penalized seven bureau of engraving and printing workers for lending money to colleagues at high interest. Each faced thirty days suspension, two suffered pay cuts. The order warns any future loan sharks will be dismissed and barred from government service.
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Washington
MacVeagh
Bureau of Energging and Printing
Ralph
Miners Escape Fire at Cantrall Coal Mine
Two hundred fifty workers faced peril at the Cantrall Co operative Coal Company mine when a fire started in the fan house. The crew was hauled to the surface through thick smoke before flames spread to the air shaft. Estimated loss is $10,000.
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Springfield
Cantrall Co- Operative Coal Company
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Weather Forecast
Siells Central
New Mexico
Grand Rapids Carvers’ Union
American Press
Association
T. B. Allen
Omaha, Neb
Daily New York Bomb
Library of New York State
A Schatia
New York State
Pacific Coast
Postal
OXY
Francia Lynde Stetson
Illinois Pit
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