Zeppelins Daring Flight Sees 111 Mile Run to Munich
Count Zeppelin piloted the airship from Friedrichshafen toward Munich with Major Sperling and engineer corps officers aboard. A gale swept the craft, forcing swift car and cavalry pursuit and emergency landing at Dingolfing after eleven hours aloft, as troops prepared for a possible descent and assistance.
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Friedrichshafen
Munich
Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Sperling
Engineer Corps
Germany
Dingolfing
Depraved Mind Seen In Elephant Hunters Says Miles
General Nelson A. Miles, visiting his brother in Fitchburg Mass on April 2, declares that a man who shoots elephants must have a depraved mind. He questions why anyone would kill elephants and other animals willfully noting their usefulness in many tasks.
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Miles
Fitchburg
Mass
Nelson A. Miles
Daniel C. Miles
Governor Smith to resign and return to United States
San Francisco reports Governor General Smith of the Philippines will resign his post and sail May 15 to resume law practice in the United States. He served with Judge Frank Murasky as a colonel of the First Regiment, California National Guard, at the start of the Spanish American War.
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Philippines
United States
San Francisco
Smith
Frank Murasky
Islands
National Guard of California
Iroquois fire hero dead in Senecaville at thirty five
Otho Herbert Dilley musical director and composer died of consumption at his Senecaville home. The Iroquois theater orchestra leader in Chicago helped prevent panic during the 1903 fire by keeping the band playing a lively air as flames spread.
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Zanesville
Otho Herbert Dilley
Senecaville
Dilley
Iroquois Theater Orchestra
Chicago
Tariff Commission Likely Asks Appointed by Present Congress
H. E. Miles, chairman of the executive committee of 100 at the Indianapolis tariff convention, declares a tariff commission is practically assured this session. An amended Payne bill proposes a nine member commission and was approved by the executive committee.
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H. E. Miles
Congress
Washington
Indianapolis
Will Wed on Battleship Missouri in Double Wedding
Next week a double wedding will take place on the battleship Missouri. The ship's chaplain will unite Florence Hakit to Paymaster William H Doherty and Elsie Fay the actress to Ensign Lesley B Anderson. Both bridesgrooms are Missouri officers.
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Missouri
New York
United States Naval
Mra
Florence Hakit
William H. Doherty
Elsie Fay
Lesley B. Anderson
The
Wrights Meet King in Early Aeroplane Courtesy
In Rome on April 2 the king granted Wilbur Wright and manager Hart O. Berg a noon audience. The early appointment signaled royal interest in aviation and Wright's genius as the aeroplane advances.
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Rome
Wilbur Wright
Hart O. Berg
Wright
Tea Free List On Payne Tariff Provisions
Washington April 2 The ways and means committee plans to bring a rule Monday permitting amendments to the Payne tariff bill. A vote is expected on tea being on the free list and on reversing the countervailing duty on coffee. Opposition to other provisions has abated as votes on hides lumber and coal reciprocity appear likely. The status of a vote on the petroleum duty remains undecided.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Slain for mimicking waiter in Danville restaurant
Danville Illinois April 2 George DeVaugh a waiter with a stammer resented a customer Charles Henchman for mimicking his stammered order He knocked him down Henchman suffered a fractured skull and died instantly DeVaugh was arrested
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Danville
George Devaugh
Shepard
Charles Henchman
Henchman
Devaugh
Roosevelt May Attend Warship Ride Rumor Surfaces
The Tribuna reports a rumor that King Victor Emmanuel may meet Theodore Roosevelt in the Strait of Messina or invite him aboard an Italian battleship to Sicily.
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Roosevelt
Tome
the Tribuna
Victor Emmanuel
Theodore Roosevelt
Strait of
Messina
Sicily
Miners Riot Ends in Death at Cheswick Coal Mine
In Cheswick Pennsylvania a riot at the Allegheny Coal Harwick mines leaves one miner dead and another fatally wounded. Two deputy constables face the crowd as they escort arrested miner Milo Zolovitech. a gunfight erupts, Mike Strengard is killed, Norwalk Butterge is wounded, and the assailants disperse.
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Pittsburg
Harwick
Allegheny Coal Company
Cheswick
Here
Mike Strengard
Norwalk
Milo Zolovitech
Shaner
Albert Holland
L. C. Blair
Zolovitch
Strenyard
Holland
Blair
Butterge
Zoloviteh
Universal Baseball Pass Opens Doors to Sunday Games
Indiana legislator Thomas W. Ridley proposed a bill to allow Sunday baseball in Indiana. Sun day baseball supporters tout a universal pass card claimed to admit holders to any baseball game in the United States. In St Paul a separate bill to allow Sunday play from 1 to 6 pm has passed the house.
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Indianapolis
Thomas W. Ridley
North Vernon
Indiana
Brolley
United States
Minnesota
St. Paul
Detroit Boy Golf Champion Standish Wins North and South
James D. Standish Jr. of Detroit Country Club captures the United North and South trophy in Pinehurst. He defeats C. L. Becker of Woodland Golf Club Auburndale 3 up with 2 to play, posting medal scores 156 and 161. Standish, 17, has also won the Austrian championship at Carlsbad for two consecutive years in July.
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Lad
Pinehurst
N. C
James D. Standish, Jr
Detroit Country Club
C. L. Becker
Woodland Golf Club
Auburndale
Standish
Carlsbad
Stirling Fight Renewed by Northland Aide in Divorce Appeal
In Edinburgh on April 2 Lord Northland and Mrs John Alexander Stirling appeal the divorce decree issued last month by Lord Guthrie. Mrs Stirling actress Clare Elizabeth Taylor an American widow or wife. She married Mr Stirling three years ago. Northland named in the suit and her counter petition was denied.
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Lord Northland
Edinburgh
John Alexander Stirling
Stirling
Lord Guthrie
Velez Takes Cuban Mission Aims to Foster Friendly Ties
Senor Carlos Garcia Velez, new Cuban minister to the United States, arrived in Washington and assumed charge of the legation. He stated his purpose is to foster cordial and friendly relations between Cuba and the United States.
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Cuba
Washington
Senor Carlos Garcia Velez
Senor Quesada
United States
Legation
Velez
Ohio Dean law restricts saloonkeepers to citizens
Cincinnati April 2 The Dean law recently enacted by the Ohio legislature bars saloonkeepers who are not naturalized U S citizens from conducting saloons in the state. The measure aims to enforce that only United States citizens may operate saloons.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
United States
Body of Dr. William Jones Recovered in Echague
A telegram from Echague reports the body of Dr. William Jones, anthropologist of the Field Museum in Chicago, murdered by tribesmen about fifty miles south of Echague. Jones studied hill tribes and prepared detailed reports. his servant was wounded but escaped with his revolver. The motive remains unknown.
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Manila
Echague
William Jones
Field Museum
Chicago
New Cabinet Post Proposed as Department of Labor
Representative Sulzer of New York introduces a bill creating a new executive office named the department of labor with a secretary of labor. The plan would split commerce and labor and assign a bureau of immigration to the new department.
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Department of Labor
Sulzer
Washington
New York
Secretary of Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Immigration
Railway Employees Warned Against Cashing Checks in Saloons
Sedalia Missouri April 2 Any employee of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway company who has his pay check cashed in a saloon will be discharged. The warning comes from General circular issued by Superintendent N J Finney.
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Sedalia
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
N. J. Finney
Greeks Claim $237,562 in South Omaha Riots Losses
Greek merchants seek $226,562 in damages from the South Omaha riots last February, with Greek laborers seeking $11,000 for personal losses. Claims are prepared for presentation to the state department and sent to the Greek minister in Washington.
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South Omaha
Omaha
State Department
Washington
Bill to Help Mothers Lands on Landlords Rules
Albany April 2 landlords may not refuse to rent apartments because tenants have children without fines for misdemeanors. A Goldberg bill bans lease clauses ending on birth of a child. Scranton April 2 all regional collieries closed as UMWA President Lewis marks the eight hour day in bituminous coal fields.
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Albany
N. Y
Assemblyman
Goldberg
Scranton
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago Markets Hogs and Cattle Report April 2 1909
Chicago markets show active hog and cattle trading with strong demand. Estimated receipts for hogs about 15 000 yesterday 5 690 today 17 000 tomorrow 18 000. cattle steady to firm and sheep steady with sizable arrivals. Prices vary by grade from light to heavy shipper grades and stocker classes with ranges listed.
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Texas
Harriman Says Retirement Not Yet Possible
BE H Harriman declares he is in good health and too busy with work to retire. He notes a completed west coast line to Mazatlan opens new territory and 600000 acres become cultivable. He criticizes year to year appropriations and urges American initiative and cooperation in railroad development and broader national progress.
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New York
BE. H. Harriman
Mexico
Nogales
A. T
Mazatlan
Washington
Duty on medals sparked protest by Catholic college
The Rev. F. A. Dueuy of St Marys hospital Superior Wisconsin protests a 45 percent customs duty on 5500 medals three St Peter statues and four Mossac crosses imported for prizes and honorary distinctions. An appraiser ruled duty must be paid since import occurred before recipients were decided.
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Europe
Catholic College
New York
F. A. Dueuy
St. Mary's Hospital
Superior
Wis
Japan Sees Severe Quake Shakes Yokohama Eleven Minutes
Reports carried by the steamer Kaga Maru describe the worst Japan quake since the earlier disaster. Yokohama buildings trembled for eleven minutes and eight seconds causing considerable damage with one death and no reported mass casualties.
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Yokohama
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Tokyo
Acabu
Names minister to Greece
President Taft sent to the senate the nomination of George H. Moses of New Hampshire to be minister to Greece and Montenegro. President Eliot of Harvard, who was tendered the ambassadorship to Great Britain, reportedly declined due to inability to accept the post.
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Eliot
Great Britain
Washington
Taft
Senate
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Greece
Montenegro
Harvard University
Fire on Hamburg American liner Ser nia burns five on board
A Hamburg American steamer near Colon caught fire and burned cotton and kerosene stored between decks. The quartermaster and five West Indian laborers died from the blaze.
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Colon
Sernia
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Italy
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Detroit
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M. E
Beach-Wickham Grain
John A. Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
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Harriman
Magnate
Southern Pacific
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