Titanic Sinking Details Haunt Senate Hearings
Third Officer Pittman and Lookout Fleet testify on the iceberg collision and hours of drowning moans after the Titanic sank. Major Arthur Peuchen recounts loss of jewelry, a stickpin, and orange keepsakes as his shipmates perished. witnesses discuss fire absence, lifeboat preparation, and crew conduct during evacuation.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Southampton
Senate
Herbert J. Pittman
Fred Fleet
Iner
Peuchen
Beliger
Maj
Arthur Peuchen
Toronto
Ont
Senator Smith
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk
Mr. Hays
Hays
Gardner hearing details reveal committee request for evidence
Rep A P Gardner demands all light on the catastrophe with every person and scrap of evidence. Ismay and P A S Franklin arrive with attorneys and two detectives, seated behind the witness chair before the hearing at 10 oclock.
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Ismay
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
C. ¢. Burlingham
Mediation Sought to Avert 300000 Rail Workers Walkout
The Federation of Federations in Kansas City urges President Taft to intervene to prevent a nationwide rail strike by 300000 Carmen on Harriman lines and Illinois Central. The letter cites safety risks, mail delays, and business losses, naming 11 signatories including James W. Kline and John Fitzpatrick.
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Kansas City
Federation of Federations
Taft
Carmen
Harriman
Illinois Central Railway
Federated Railway
Chicago
Harriman Lines
Linois Central
Western Railways
United States Mail
General Managers’ Association
James W. Kline
J. A. Franklin
M. F. Ryan
Thomas J. Kinsella
M. O'Sullivan
Titanic Disaster Bodies Rise to 77 as Mackay Bennett Stays
The Mackay Bennett reports 77 Titanic victims recovered and lists 15 identified names including W D Douglas Mrs Mack Mrs McNamee and George Widener. The cable ship will remain off the wreck site until 100 bodies are recovered and may head for Halifax on Friday.
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Mackay-Bennett
New York
W. D. Douglas
Mack
Mrs. McNamee
Catavelas Vashilios
Ivy Managan
William Sage
Jamurrel
Henry D. Hansen
James
Cn ] Mauretz Adahl
Reg Adahl
Douglas
J. R. Rice
G. Mineiey
W. Butt
George Widener
George W. Widen
Halifax
Jonkheer J. G. Reuchlin
Holland American Steamship Line
Mr. Reuchlin
Panama Canal
Train Crash at Willis Station Kills One in Station Wreck
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed and struck the Willis Kansas station. Two railroad workers on the platform were buried in wreckage. one man died at the scene and the other died later from injuries.
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St. Joseph
Missouri Pacific
Willis
Kan
Allen clan arraigned in Carroll county court tragedy
Six members of the Allen family faced arraignment in Hillaville Virginia for their roles in the March 14 courthouse killings that claimed a judge, prosecutor, sheriff, a juror, and a spectator. Trials set for Wytheville on April 30 with separate not guilty pleas entered. Floyd Allen and relatives are charged with murder in the first degree. defense plans to argue Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards were the shooters.
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Claude
Victor
Sidna Edwards
Byrd Marion
Hillsville
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Floyd Allen
Friel Allen
Victor Allen
Convict Builds 150-Year Calendar Device
James P. West jailed for seven years at Folsom has spent four years perfecting a universal adjustable calendar. The pasteboard device can show the day of the week for any date across a 150 year span and is planned for patenting.
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San Francisco
Folsom Penitentiary
James P. West
Welland Canal Opens for Navigation at Port Dalhousie
The Welland canal at Port Dalhousie Ontario opened for navigation on April 24 but no ships have yet arrived to use the opening.
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Welland Canal
Port Dalhousie
Ont
California State League Forms With Six Cities
Announcement of the California State league includes Stockton Sacramento San Francisco Oakland Galt and Modesto. George G Fraser of San Francisco is president. The season opens May 5 with only Sunday games.
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California
Stockton
Cal
Sacramento
San Francisco
Oakland
Galt
Modesto
George G. Fraser
French Officials Criticized for Fez Massacre Forewarning Gaffe
Paris reports condemn the government for failing to foresee the Fez massacre as French officers soldiers and citizens were killed and wounded. Premier Poincaré orders a full inquiry while rebels attack the city driving a wave of killings and looting in the Jewish quarter leaving many homeless.
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Paris
Fez
Poincaire
Eugene Regnault
M. Regnault
Juarez
Mexico
Bavispe
Sonora
Orozco
Refugees From Vera Cruz Arrive in Galveston Describe Forced Exile
Forty seven passengers, mostly U S citizens, arrived from Vera Cruz on the Tex-18 steamer reporting torture and murders of Americans. They left lands and belongings, some showing $1,650 invested, and filed damage claims with the American consul in Mexico City. Other testimonies recounts of banditry against Americans including the Shay family, with family members beaten and ransomed.
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Galveston
Tex
Vera Crug
Republic
Ish
Wait
Sanburn
Mexico
John T. McGee
Shay
Rock Island Mayor Indicted Over Assault on Publisher
A grand jury in Rock Island Illinois indicted Mayor H M Schriver for assaulting John Looney publisher of the Rock Island News after Looney published a scandalous attack on the mayor. Bond set at 2000 with eight citizens as bondsmen. Indictments also issued against Looney for libel and unlawful newspaper actions and against six police officers for misconduct during the riot night.
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Rock Island
H. M. Schriver
John Looney
Rock Island News
Shhriver
Looney
Schriver
Senate Hikes Direct Vote Amendment To Conference
The senate voted 42 to 36 to insist on its amendment to the house resolution for direct election of U S senators by the people, sending the measure to conference. The amendment envisions federal control of elections. Banks must pay the federal government two percent interest on special deposits, up from one percent, per treasury official A Pratt Andrew.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
U. S
A. Pratt Andrew
the Treasury
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