Taft Roosevelt clash signals high stakes in Massachusetts primary
In Boston and Attleboro, President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt traded sharp rebukes amid a hard fought Massachusetts primary campaign. Roosevelt cited Taft’s cabinet discussions on the harvester trust while Taft defended faith in the people and urged cautious leadership. Both camps, plus La Follette Clark and Wilson supporters, mobilized through speeches and literature as election machinery prepared ballots.
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Boston
Taft
Roosevelt
Essex County
Harvester Trust
Theodore Roosevelt
I Hammer and Tongs
Massachusetts
Bass
New Hampshire
United States
Taunton
Attleboro
City Square
Pittsfield
Lowell
Bay State
Robert M. la Follette
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of State
Atlanta Special Wreck Shakes Cincinnati Line
The Atlanta special on the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad overturned half a mile south of Crittenden Kentucky while speeding. Two passengers were seriously injured and several others, including two from Chicago, sustained minor hurts as three coaches derailed after the engine left the rails.
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Crittenden
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Here
Chicago
French Aviator Vedrines Fatally Injured in Paris Crash
Pierre Vedrines, famed French aviator, crashes near St Denis while returning from Douai toward Madrid. He had flown 117 miles from Paris to Douai in 100 minutes before a rapid descent. A fractured skull is reported. cause disputed as wires or other factors.
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M. Vedrines
France
St. Denis
Paris
Douai
Nord
Madrid
Pierre Vedrines
Vedrines
Brussels
Doual
Allen clan murder defendants moved to Wytheville for trial
Six Allen clansmen charged with murder, who pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Carroll county, were moved to Wytheville for separate trials beginning today following venue change after the March 14 court officer killings.
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Hillsville
Carroll County
Wytheville
Taft Votes in Cambridge as Harvard Students Disqualified
Robert Alphonso Taft, son of the president, casts his first vote at the Cambridge primaries while Harvard students are barred for not being self supporting. Taft's residency justification rests on evidence he could live without his father’s allowance.
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Cambridge
Mass
Robert Alphonso Taft
Harvard
Taft
Government to file suit to dissolve International Harvester
Washington April 30. Suit for dissolution of the International Harvester trust will be filed in St Paul Minn today. Assistant Attorney General Fowler in charge of the prosecution declined to reveal terms but indicated sensational charges and vigorous government action. The company incorporated August 12 1902 with plants in Akron Springfield Chicago Rock Falls Chicago Milwaukee Newark Valley Auburn St Paul and other locations with foreign operations noted.
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Washington
International Harvester Trust
St. Paul
Minn
Fowler
Department of Justice
Department
Vigor
International Harvester Company
New Jersey
Akron Works
Akron
Champions Works
Springfield
Deering Works
Chicago
Keystone Works
Rock Falls
McCormick Works
Milwaukee
Wis
Newark Valley
N. Y
Osborne Works
Auburn
Plano
West Pullman, Ill
Tractor Works
Weber Works
Deering Twine
McCormick Twine
Osborne Twine
International Harvester
International Harvester Firms Across Nations
A list of International Harvester associates and affiliates spans multiple countries including Canada in Hamilton, Compagnie Internationale des Machines Agricoles in Croix France, Aktiebolaget International Harvester in Norrkoping Sweden, and offices in Neuss Germany and Lubertzy Russia, plus Russian operations and others.
Colorado Demos Name Delegates to Baltimore Convention
Colorado Springs April 30. Democratic state convention sent delegates to the Baltimore convention to vote for Speaker Champ Clark for president. Of 1,234 delegates, 650 were for Clark, 512 uninstructed, and the rest for Wilson. Clark led 676 to 37 in a Clark versus Wilson test vote. Thomas J. McCue elected national committeeman by acclamation. Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer withdrew for Mr. Tew, elected by acclamation.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Clark
Wilson
George F. Brandley
Frank Jennis
Hume Lewis
Thomas J. McCue
Robert W. Bpeer
Denver
Mr. Tew
Fight Ends In Tragic Death Over Jealousy
Bloomington April 30. George Ingle dies from a crushed skull after a fight with Edward Wilson who struck him with a brick over alleged attention to Mrs Ingle. Wilson is involved in the fatal incident.
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Bloomington
George Ingle
Edward Wilson
Ingle
Wilson
Baby Educators Meet in Des Moines Returns
The nineteenth annual meeting of the International Kindergarten union arrives in Des Moines with many kindergarten teachers from across the states. President Miss Mabel Mackinney of Brooklyn opens sessions and Dr. M V O Shea of Madison delivers the main address.
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Des Moines
International Kindergarten Union
Mabe
Mackinney
Brooklyn
M. V O'Shea
Madison
Wits
Alice O’grads
Stella Wood
Minneapolis
Mrs Patterson Reported Dead in Titanic Disaster
Mt. Vernon Illinois April 30 reports say Mrs Gertrude Patterson was aboard the Titanic and perished. She was traveling under an assumed name to avoid detection after recently gaining notoriety for killing her husband in Denver Colorado.
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Patterson
Mt. Vernon
All
Gertrude Patterson
Denver
Colo
Three Die In Crash At North Riverside Crossing
An Illinois Central passenger train struck a car carrying five people at a grade crossing a mile north of Riverside in North Riverside on April 30. Three occupants, Robert Puffer 26, his wife Mrs. Hubert Puffer 24, and Mrs. C. W. Striebe 30, were killed. The remaining two occupants H E Puffer and W W Logan were injured and treated on a railroad hospital train. The dead were taken to Western Casket and Undertaking Co. rooms in Chicago.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
North Riverside
Robert Puffer
Hubert Puffer
C. W. Striebe
H. E. Puffer
Robert Pufter
W. W. Logan
Railroad Company
Twelfth Street
H. E. Puffer and
Logan
Studebaker Corporation of America
South Michmob Avenue
Western Casket and Undertaking Company
East Kandolph Street
Riverside
Americans Leave Mexico Amid Unrest Travel Narratives
About fifty passengers aboard the steamship Benito Juarez arriving in San Diego from Mazatlan report they left Mexico due to business standstill and uncertain conditions. They said life was not in danger but remaining abroad seemed unwise until order returned.
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San Diego
Cal
Benito Juarez
Mazatlan
Mexico
Kills Wife Then Self in West Thirty-Fifth Street Flat
Albert De Brahms fatally shot his wife in their West Thirty-fifth Street apartment and killed himself after partially covering the body with sawdust and rags. He left a note for his mother admitting the acts but not the motive. In Mexico City, rebels robbed and burned the American consular agent’s Topia Durango residence. occupants escaped unharmed though personal effects were lost.
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New York
West Thirty-fifth Street
Albert de Brahms
Mexico City
Topia
Durango
Straus Refused to Be Saved Amid Titanic Aftermath
In Halifax reports and Washington testimony detail Titanic aftermath. A wireless from Mackay Bennet delays bodies arrival while Ismay and Straus are noted in survivor accounts. Senator Smith questions Woolner about life raft orders as wreck search continues with grim prospects.
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Halifax
Lardner
Mackay-Hennett
DE Carteret
Mackay-Bennett
Senate
Slugh Woolner of
Lendon
Senator Smith
Woolner
Mrs. Straus
Straus
MR. St
Smith
Woolmer
Patten cotton case reassigned to October hearing
Washington April 30 The Patten cotton corner case under the Sherman anti trust law is restored to the Supreme Court docket for hearing October 15. The matter originated in New York and involves antitrust issues. Steamer Ontario afloat off Montauk Point has been floated after catching fire and beaching at New London. Several Om ntarios reported seriously damaged and leaking.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Patten Cotton Corner
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Ontario
New London
Conn
Merchants and Miners’ Line
Montauk Point
Scott Wrecking Company
Omtarios
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