Balkan Envoys Break Off Peace Talks and War Looms
Balkan representatives at the London peace conference end negotiations on the Turko Bulgarian war. The move paves the way for renewed fighting within days as Constantinople tightens control and foreign powers bolster their fleets. Italy plans to protect 5,000 residents and deploy cruisers as Greek forces advance toward Janina. Powell Clayton resigns from the Republican National Committee.
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London
Balkan States
Turkey
Belgrade
Constantinople
Adrianople
Balkan
Thrace
Tchatalja
Gallipoli
Penisula
Thhatalja
Italy
San Marco
Pisa
Archimede
Admiralty
Grecian
Taranto
Janina
Congressman Smith Dead in California District
Congressman Sylvester Clark Smith of California's eighth district died in Los Angeles. Heart failure was the immediate cause of death.
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Smith
Los Angeles
Cal
Sylvester Clark Smith
Eighth District
California
Immigration bill passes with reading test adopted by House
The House approved the Burnett Dillingham immigration bill by 166 to 71. It includes a reading test but strikes the requirement for country issued character certificates. The measure now moves to the Senate. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood began army reform by issuing marching orders for three battalions as the first step in a broader reorganization plan.
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Washington
Burnett-Dillingham
House
Senate
Wood
Leonard Wood
President-Elect Wilson Observes Ellis Island Immigration
Hundreds of hopeful immigrants gather at Ellis Island as Governor Woodrow Wilson watches the admission process. A Polish girl in a white shawl weeps with joy upon reuniting with relatives, while officials explain the scrutiny to ensure bona fide reasons for entry. Wilson asks questions and studies the inspection methods closely.
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New York
Ellis Island
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Poland
Williams
Mr. Wilson
Floods Disrupt Train Service Across Midwest and South
Severe floods close rail routes from Cairo to Malden with trains cut back and tracks submerged. Rescuers and relief crews move into Evansville and surrounding towns to aid marooned families while levee work continues amid rising rivers including the Ohio and Mississippi. Paris also fears Seine floods nearing 1910 marks as rain persists.
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Cairo
Ill
Missouri
Cotton Belt Railroad
Birds Point
Malden
Henderson Mounds
Ohio
St. Louis
William Elliot
United States Quartermaster’s Department
Exansville
Ind
Jefferson Barracks
Capitan Elliot
Evansville
Cumberland
Mississippi
Wabash
Beulah
Miss
Chamber of Commerce of
Shawneetown
Til
Evaneville
Mount Vernon
Paris
Seine
Pope’s physician declares Morse fully well after Rome exam
Doctor Marchiafava, the pope’s physician, reports financier Charles W. Morse is entirely well after examining him in Florence. He credits Morse’s recovery to immense will power and says Morse plans to return to America soon to resume financial activities.
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Florence
Deoetor Marchiafava
Rome
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Morse
Polo Team Expert in New York
Capt. Edwin Miller of the British army arrived from London aboard the Campania to organize the Westminster polo team visit next spring for the international cup. He will arrange care for ponies aboard the Minneapolis shall bring them on May 12.
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New York
Edwin Miller
London
Campania
Duke of Westminster
Minneapolis
Truce Reported in Mexico Near Juarez
Gen Leonard Wood received dispatches showing Mexican federals and revolutionists in a peace parley near Guadalupe and Ignacio about thirty miles southeast of Juarez. General Steever cited Blanco as authorized to treat while warning he speaks only for one side.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
E. Steever
Guadalupe
Ignacio
Juarez
el Paso
Blanco
Steever
War Department
Mex
Rockefeller Foundation push sparks federal charter debate
Jerome D. Greene of New York, a Rockefeller philanthropies committee member, travels Washington to back federal incorporation of the Rockefeller Foundation. Consul reports from Durango note federal advances and rebels driven out as Tabasco region remains quiet.
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Jerome D. Greene
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Washington
Congress
Rockefeller Foundation
State Department
Ham
Durango
Despinasse
Fat Tabarco
Two Brothers Convicted of Murder in Arkansas
Otis Davidson was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Ella Marman, eighteen, at Pleasant Ridge last November. The indictment charged the brothers with killing her with an ax and feeding the dismembered body to hogs.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Otis Davidson
Lair Davidson
Ella Marham
Pleasant Ridge
Taft Defends Course on Arbitration and Canal Rates
President Taft at the Merchants and Manufacturers association banquet defended the administration’s stance in the Panama canal dispute with Fingland. He argued the policy is patriotic and willing to arbitration by an impartial tribunal to lower coast to coast transportation rates through the canal. Taft said authorities support arbitration and denied any dishonor or evasion. In New Haven Yale, Taft will receive 5000 dollars as Kent professor of law, the maximum salary for the upper grade of full SOTS.
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Baltimore
Taft
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Panama Canal
Fingland
New Haven
Cann
William H. Taft
Kent
Yale
General Sickles Faces Arrest Over Unaccounted Funds
Gen Daniel Sickles, chairman of New York monuments commission, risks arrest on a state suit seeking 23476 unaccounted funds from 1912 appropriation. Sheriff delays service. a $30000 bond or Dudlow Street jail awaits. Mrs Sickles reportedly pawned jewels to protect relics amid unfolding crisis.
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New York
Daniel @ Sickles
Fifth Avenue
New York Monuments Commission
Alison
Stanton
Supreme Court
Rudd
Albany
Harburger
Francis Kennedy
Kennedy
Dudlow Street
General Sickles
Monuments Commission
Mra. Sickles
Beorn
Chen
Sickles
House of Representatives
Washington
Philip Barton Key
United States
Spain
PeruviAn aviator flies over Swiss Alps to Domodossola
Airman Jean Mielovucci of Peru, flying a monoplane, crossed the Swiss Alps to Domodossola from Brig in about 25 minutes at noon. He followed the Simpson Pass route, a feat previously attempted by his compatriot Chaves in September 1910, who was injured on landing and died later.
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Domodossmia
Italy
Jean Mielovucci
Swiss Alps
Brig 5
Simpson Pass
Chaves
Denver Teller Confesses Bank Theft At Pioneer State Bank
Amosdi Grant a Pioneer State Bank receiving teller and son of a director confessed stealing 910 in cash from vaults. He says he began taking funds early in the year to buy clothing for himself and his wife.
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Colo
Amosdi Grant
Pioneer State Bank
Mas
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Mexico
Madero
Sivaled
Fete Avenue
Arkansan
Alps
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