Roosevelt Claims Justification for Harvester Policy and Kansas Victory
Colonel Roosevelt releases a lengthy statement defending his handling of the Harvester trust and cites cabinet advice and Morgan interests. He vows to respond to Taft publicly on a Massachusetts trip as the fight heats up. In Kansas, Roosevelt wins key delegates and control of the state convention, with Taft carrying the First district and aiming for the Third. Senate panel backs flood levee repairs funding of 1.5 million under War Department direction.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Harvester Trust
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Corporation
Smith
Senate
Taft
Morgan
Northern Securities
Springfield
Mr. Taft
White House
Massachusetts
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kansa
Taft Wins First Hit in State Committee Battle
In St. Louis on April 26 Taft forces won key posts at the state committee meeting. Frederick H. Kreismann was elected temporary chairman defeating Gov. Herbert S. Hadley on a 16 to 16 roll call, with Chairman Morris casting the deciding vote. T. W. Hukreide was chosen temporary secretary 18 to 13, Taft supporters also electing Michael Lang sergeant at arms and William T. Findley as assistant secretary. Several county contests remained tied and undecided.
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St. Louis
Taft
Roosevelt
State Committee
Frederick H. Kreismann
Herbert S. Hadley
Charles D. Morris
Kreismann
Buchanan
Daviess
Harrison
Jackson
Mercer
Marion
Putnam
Scotland
Columbus GA Fire Ravages Principal Neighborhood
A major Columbus Georgia blaze destroyed several blocks in the city’s main residential area. Loss exceeds 250000 dollars as water pressure fails and dynamite may be used to halt the flames. Aid arrived from neighboring cities.
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Columbus
Illinois Bar Opens Annual Meeting Under Tenney
Chicago hosts the Illinois Bar association annual meeting with President Horace Kent Tenney presiding. Topics include judicial recall and court reform as leading lawyers from many states participate. The gathering closes tomorrow night with a banquet.
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Chicago
Illinois Bar Association
Horace Kent Tenney
Don Mourning for Astor
Vincent Astor has donned mourning for his father Col. John Jacob Astor after the Titanic disaster raising public acknowledgment that his father is likely lost. The Astor family head in America makes the first formal statement since the ship’s sinking.
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New York
Vincent Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Ave
Strike Holds Olympic Passengers In Liner Standstill
Fourteen hundred passengers are marooned aboard the White Star liner Olympic off Ryde Isle of Wight as 300 striking engine room hands refuse to return until 18 firemen are dismissed. The Seafarers union demands the firings. the company plans to tow the ship to Southampton and lay it up, leaving lifeboat tests and a stalemate in effect.
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Southampton
England
White Star
Olympic
New York
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Seafarers’ Union
White Star Company
Sea
Striking Crew Holds Fast Aboard Olympic Debate
Reports say some passengers refused to sail but most remained aboard. White Star Line officials denounce the strike as malicious persecution and claim no demand notice was received before the Olympic was to sail.
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White Star Line
Flood Losses Mount in Northern Louisiana
Floods from levee crevasses devastate eleven parishes in northern Louisiana. Up to 20,000 people homeless as the Mississippi flood pushes toward the Red River valley, with losses estimated at more than five million dollars and homes in Concordia Catahoula Tensas and La Salle evacuated.
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Killulah
Louisiana
Mississippi
Concordia
Catahoula
Tensas
la Salle
Red River Valley
Lawyers Plead for Commution of Richeson Death Sentence
W A Morse and J L Lee for Rev V T Richeson the murderer of Avis Linneh asked Governor Foss to refer the petition for commutation to the governor's council in Boston on April 26.
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Boston
W. A. Morse
J. L. Lee
V. T. Richeson
Avis Linneh
Foss
Miners Win Tentative Strike Settlement Across Nation
New York April 26 180 000 anthracite coal miners near victory after two months of threat. Mine managers accept wage increase of ten percent abolish sliding scale allow county committees to settle differences. If ratified by workers nationwide the four year contract becomes effective. Sioux City Western league team buys pitcher E J Slaughter April 25.
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New York
Hotel Victoria
Sioux City
E. J. Slaughter
Grant Burial Follows Simple Governor Island Rites
General Frederick Dent Grant was interred at West Point with full military honors after services at Governor's Island. A caisson procession moved from Governors Island to the Forty-second Street ferry, then to West Point led by Tasker Bliss. Cadet escorts at the academy helped guard the final resting place.
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West Point
N. Y
Frederick Dent Grant
Governor's Island
South Ferry
Forty-second Street Ferry
Tasker H. Bliss
Mine Wage Pact Signed by Owners and Workers
Representatives of soft coal mine owners from Ohio western Pennsylvania Illinois and Indiana and of the United Mine Workers signed the wage agreement ratified by miners in the referendum. The two year contracts will cover many states and grant a 5 cent per ton wage increase.
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Indianapolis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Norris Resolution Requests Papers on Judge Archbold
The House passed Norris of Nebraska’s resolution without debate directing the Department of Justice to furnish all papers and information in its possession regarding charges against Judge Archbold of the United States Commerce Court.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Department of Justice
Archhbald
United States Commerce Court
House
Steamer Creole Runs Aground At Mississippi Mouth
The Morgan line passenger steamship Creole en route from New Orleans to New York grounded at the mouth of the Mississippi. Ocean tug Wilmot departed New Orleans to attempt a recovery.
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Mississippi
New York
New Orleans
Morgan Line
Creole
Wilmot
Ross Revillon Winans Dies at Sixty Two in Baltimore
Baltimore mourns Ross Revillon Winnans a member of the Winans family and noted capitalist who died in the city at age sixty two. The death occurred April 26 with funeral arrangements to follow.
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Ross R. Winans
Baltimore
Ross Revillon Winnans
Winans
Taft Attacks Roosevelt in First Big Address for Nomination
President Taft denounces Theodore Roosevelt as an over ambitious leader who deceives the public and violates pledges. Ten thousand listeners hear Taft defend the square deal and insist he must answer Roosevelt's charges while asserting loyalty to the Constitution.
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Springfield
Mass
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Theodore Yell
Ohio
Toledo
Abraham Lincoln
Zion City War Demonstration Turns Tense In Holy War
Chicago reports the largest and most turbulent Zion City demonstration as Voliva followers clash with independents. Armed police guard the area and a full fight with bloodshed is avoided only by grim police determination. A truce seems unlikely with violence predicted by both sides.
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Chicago
Zion City
Aion City
Lumbago Strikes Speaker in Washington Office
In Washington on April 23, Speaker pro tempore Saunders of Virginia presided after Speaker Clark suffered a lumbago attack in his office. The illness is not serious and Clark later went home.
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Lumbago
Clear
Washington
Clark
Saunders
Virinia
Pra Teuipore
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Columbus, GA
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Phlowent WiLl
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John Charles Bigham
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High Court
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