Taft cites Roosevelt talk on Harvester case and cabinet recalls
President Taft releases a personal statement rebutting Colonel Roosevelt's Worcester speech about the Harvester trust. Taft asserts cabinet members Root and Wilson have no recollection of discussions of the Harvester matter and details timing of letters and decisions from 1907 to 1912. He explains delays in suit due to proposed reorganizations and ongoing examinations, concluding a 1912 decision to bring suit.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Worcester
Harvester Trust
Bureau of Corporations
Root
Wilson
Harvester
Herbert Knox Smith
International Harvester Company
Bonaparte
Mr. Smith
Wo Sult
Supreme Court
Titanic Victims Arrive Aboard Mackay Bennett in Halifax
The cable ship Mackay Bennett returned with 189 Titanic victims. All but one identified. a list of seventeen names sent ahead by wireless. Relatives waited at the pier as coffins are stored at the Mayflower Curling rink before being moved to London by rail. Police guarded Plymouth approaches for the Lapland survivor arrival as officials controlled access.
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Halifax
N. S
Mackay-Bennett
Mr Bde Jristow
Denton Cox
Ralph Giles
Toznai Hendekoridgz
Wentchell Linhart
Thomas Morgan
Poggi
del Marlo Sevestiano
Naurider Zacarian
Katherine Buckley
Henry Faunthorpe
Hans C. Girard
Gustav J. Johanssen
Thomas McCaffery
Robert D. Norman
George Swane
Leopold Weisz
Mayflower
London
Lapland
Plymouth Sound
Board of Trade
New Cult in Chicago Smashed by Police Raid
Police raided a flat at 1146 Orleans street and arrested Rev. Frank De Groth and six followers including a woman. The woman and her husband, a street evangelist, were released after revealing rites at De Groth's North side temple. The cult leader faces a serious charge. four followers are held as witnesses.
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Chicago
Orleans Street
Frank de Groth
de Groth
North Side
Chicago Avenue
Porto Rico Coffee Growers Organize for Market in NY
Coffee growers in San Juan Puerto Rico organize to secure a good market They plan a roasting plant in New York City and seek financial aid from the Insular government for support.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
New York City
Army Officers Urge Intervention as Refugees Seek Aid
American refugees reach Mazatlan aboard the Buford for evacuation as consuls warn of thousands more in peril along the west coast of Mexico. Officials privately fear U S military action below the Texas line within weeks as calls grow for a warship to save civilians.
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San Francisco
United States Army
Buford
Mexico
Frank Kk. Healy
Paul F. Carpenter
Los Angeles
George Carpenter
Topolobampo
Guasave
Topelobampo
Tapolobampeo
Washington
United States
Rmy
Texas
Cal
State Department
William A. Alger
Mazatlan
Carl F. Petersdorff
Stedimer Abyssinia
Neavest
Abyssinia
Major Petersdorff
Anarchy Reported as Americans Marooned in Mazatlan
Major Petersdorff cites consul warning that intervention is needed to save thousands of Americans and their property as more than two hundred are stranded in Mazatlan amid turmoil in Mexico.
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Petersdorff
Mazatlan
Mexico
Campaign close expected as Taft Roosevelt debate near Pitts field
Boston April 29 ex-president Roosevelt to deliver final remarks tonight after President Taft finishes speaking. Both candidates campaign across Massachusetts with stops in Taunton Brookton Fall River New Bedford and Middlesex and Essex counties ahead of a decision under the heated rivalry.
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Boston
Taft
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Cape
Taunton
Brookton
Fall River
New Bedford
Middlesex
Essex Counties
Roosevelt and Taft duel on eve of Pittsfield speech
The narrative details a tense day as Roosevelt and Taft move toward Pittsfield. Taft may attack Roosevelt, prompting a swift rebuttal from the colonel, while Roosevelt trains through Middlesex and Essex counties to denounce Gardner for defending the Harvester trust during his presidency.
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Lopell
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Pittsfield
Boston
Middlesex
Essex
A. P. Gardner
Lodge
Gardner
Harvester Trust
Saloon Shooting in Streator Ends in Death
James Jannis a factory employee was shot five times and killed in a Streator saloon. William Brown a white brick mason fired on Jannis and then threatened a dozen patrons before escaping.
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Streator
James Jannis
William Brown
Brown
Automobile Bandits in Paris Slain
Jonathan Bourne Jr a Roosevelt supporter and Oregon senator lost the primaries in his state where the Roosevelt faction carried the area. The report notes his defeat amid political shifts and the ongoing campaign dynamics.
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Paris
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Roosevelt
Flood Again Near Cairo
Flooded drainage district north of Cairo contains two feet of water as Ohio and Mississippi levee breaks send rising rivers into the area. Flood gates at Bubway were closed to protect Cairo.
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Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Bubway
Tornado kills many in southwestern Oklahoma and beyond
Advices from a dozen points report upward of thirty one fatalities and numerous injuries as a powerful tornado swept southwest Oklahoma from Eldorado toward Altus and Blair. Lugert was obliterated, several towns suffered extensive damage, and communications are largely down.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Lagert
Eldorado
Lee Stanaland
Eva
Lugert
Altus
Texas Line
Blair
Warren
Marthal
Jackson County
Rocky
Yukon
Fear for Pope's Health Delays Consistory
Rome reports the consistory set for late April has been postponed amid fears of nephritis from the pope's heavy workload and recent audiences. The Osservatore Romano denied alarming health rumors.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Pius X
Paris Dynamite Battle Ends Anarchist Gang Standoff
In a dawn siege at Choisy Le Roi near Paris, the anarchist Dubois and Bonnot were cornered in a garage. Police and gendarmes, aided by artillery, detonated dynamite after a lengthy exchange, leaving both criminals dead and two detectives badly wounded. Thousands watched as the garage was leveled and authorities secured the scene.
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Paris
Dubois
Bonnet
I.e Rol
Tonneau
France
Bonnot
Choisy le Roi
Maris
Ivry
M. Lepine
Gui
Sar
Choisy
M Lepine
Strike Averted in Railroad Locomotive Engineers Plea
Reported in New York on April 29 there is belief the threatened strike by 28 000 locomotive engineers east of the Mississippi and north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers was averted by mediation. Participants say arbitration is agreed to and a plan for procedure and the number of arbitrators will be set today.
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New York
Mississippi
Potomac
Ohio
Martin A. Knapp
Court of Commerce
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Noted GE official Hinsill Parsons killed in accident
Schenectady April 29 Hins cill Parsons fourth vice president of General Electric and a noted lawyer with offices in New York and Schenectady was instantly killed en route home. An exploding tire upset his motor car and he was crushed under the tonneau. Parsons family is linked with Harvester trust interests. his father died in an automobile accident in Mexico City three years ago.
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Schenectady
N. X
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U. S
Will
West Coast
Hesh
Louis
Lolo
Margaret Hays
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