Fall Tragedy Ends Aviator's Bold Americas Crossing
Calbraith P. Mudgers, famed first to cross the continent by air, perished when his biplane plunged into the ocean near Havre de Grace Maryland. Eyewitnesses on a pier reported the wreck, the engine crushed his body, and the crash ended a perilous transcontinental journey marked by daring experiments and public fascination.
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Tony Fach
Cal
Calbraith P. Mudgers
Americas
Red
Hiene
Rodgers
Tim Mans
Alg Theter
Roders
Aviator Rodgers Killed After Fall From Plane
The accident near Long Beach claimed aviator John Rodgers as his craft tumbled from altitude. Witnesses describe a free spirited flyer who rose to about 3,000 feet before the sudden wreck. Rodgers leaves a mother in Havre de Grace and a record of aviation danger amid repeated late 1911 crashes.
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Havre de Grace
Couain
Rodgers
Navy
Ares Shaffer
Iota
Shaffer
San Diego Clears I W W From City Amid Push Out
Police and volunteers began expelling Industrial Workers of the World from San Diego. Thirty laborers were escorted to the city outskirts by train and car, told to walk away. District Attorney Huntley ordered deputies to guard county lines to deter further marchers from Santa Ana. Guards carried blankets and rifles as the operation proceeded.
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San Diego
Cal
Girlsens
Huntley
Plage
Santa Ana
Hose
Scott Reaches Pole, Shackleton Confirms Discovery Claim
Eyedal Cable reports Sir Ernest Shackleton analyzes Capt. Scott narrative and asserts there is no doubt Scott reached the poles. Shackleton highlights a remarkable discovery of wingless insects as the expedition's first land insects in the south polar regions. Also notes Captain Amundsen's arrival in Sydney with a hearty welcome.
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Washington
London
The
Chronicle
Ernest Shackleton
Scott
Evans
Shackleton
Pols
Sydney
New South Wales
Amundsen
South Pole
River Flood Strikes Hickman Area As Levees Hold
Hickman and lowland towns face rising flood delta as Mississippi drives thousands from homes. Refugees crowd shelters and churches, with food scarce but aid arriving. trains to resume with tents and bread. Memphis battles the flood with engineers hopeful water stays within federal lines while gas and sewer services fail in the affected district.
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Memphis
Kentucky
Hickman
Tenn
Fulton
Clarksville
Red River
Degognia
Fountain Bluff
Ilinola
Bealdes Hickman
New Madrid
Columbus
Poplar Avenue
Rout Rebel Troops On Orozco Flank At Parral
Insurrecto leader concentrates force on Parral amid northern campaign actions near Parral and Ji me nez. Government troops under Villa and Grozco push from Baca to Parral as Salazar blocks, with mock engagements and telegraph repairs shaping the battle outlook. A separate report notes Powell Roberts, an American arrested at Juarez, held as a possible decoy to lure El Paso police into Mexico and force Texas officials to intervene. The House Foreign Affairs Committee moves to report a resolution seeking immediate settlement of war claims totaling 180000 dollars for Americans killed or injured in the Madero era.
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Juarez
Paso
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Paerral
Bacalon
Torreon
Jimenez
Pascual Grozco
Parral
Huerta
Mexico
Campa
la Prieta
Maj
Quevada
Quevvada
Paranera
Quevado
Baca
Ire
Caton
Orozco
Fernandes
Forca
Salazar
el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
CE Kelly
Pascual Orosco
Powell Roberta
Soria
Austin
Powell Roberts
Colquitt
State Department
Roberts
Edwards
Tebela
Sheri Edwards
Roberta
Texas
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Smith
Americana
Magero
Congress urged to back State Department in Mexico claims
Representative Bulxer says action supports negotiations over border firing incidents at El Paso and other Rio Grande locations during Juarez attack. Mexico's unrest prompts talks on traffic guarantees and treatment of American railroad workers. State Department seeks release of Powell Roberts and reports Vera Cruz and Torreon status from Mexico City.
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Congress
State Department
Bulxer
el Paso
Rio Grande
Juarez
Madero
Mexico
Tad
Wisor
Edwards
Powell Roberts
Juares
J. Sanches Axcona
Vera Cruz
Torreon
Co ed Flirted With Jury at Chicago Trial
In Chicago on April 3 a slander suit filed by Misa Esther Mercy against Marlon Talbot dean of women at the University of Chicago began. The defense asked the case be removed from the jury claiming the plaintiff repeatedly flirted with jurors and made a spectacle of the trial.
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Chicago
Pomeroy
Misa Esther Mercy
Marlon Talbot
University of Chicago
Miss Talbot
Walker
Two Boys Kill Their Father in Los Angeles County
Frank and Hoy Yanes, 15 and 13, are jailed in Los Angeles charged with murdering their rancher father George Yanes near Compton. They admit plotting the ambush and shooting as they claim a feared beating and forced schooling spurred the crime. They took $5.85 and hid the body, then lied to their mother about the killing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frank
Hoy Yanes
George Yanecs
Compton
Yegterday
British Goal Strike Ends and Miners Seek Recognition
London reports a British coal strike nearing end with miners seeking union recognition and wage concessions. Thomas Ashton says peace with honor and a return to work, while Albert Stanley notes ballots being scrutinized and Cannock Chase districts urged to resume pits tonight. In Pittsburgh, 6000 union miners stay idle until April 2 as districts push for recognition and wage gains.
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London
Thomas Ashton
Miners’ Federation
Albert Stanley
Mid- Lands Miners’ Federation
House of Commons
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Beranton
Hazleton
Nell Ferry
National Board
Embalmer Kills Himself Over Death Certificate
Robert Thompson a 42 year old Brooklyn embalmer killed himself by inhaling gas at home after pulling his death certificate. He left a farewell letter to his wife and was employed by Joseph L Hart law undertaker. Mrs Thompson found the body in an unacquainted room as news of a potential meeting between emperors circulates.
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Washington Poat
New York
Robert Thompson
Brooklyn
Joseph L. Hart
Law
Prints Swear-off Notice From Christian Deniston
Christian Deniston enters a Belleville Illinois newspaper office to publish an apology for past drunken actions and pledge to abstain from liquor. He says he will avoid drinking and jokes about distilleries running night shifts when intoxicated, framing the brief notice as amends and a commitment to better conduct.
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Washington
Belleville
Christian
Deniston
Christian Deniston
Mrs McRee Acquitted In Tulane Student Case
Mrs Zee Bunke McRee was acquitted in Opelousas La after a manslaughter trial over Allan Garland a Tulane University student killed last fall She claimed she shot to protect her honor The prosecution contended unwritten law witnesses testified about alleged relations between the pair
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Opelousas
Warships In Storm Drift Near San Francisco Hooded by Hurricane
Special report from Norfolk describes a fierce gale halting target practice for the Atlantic fleet. Winds hit up to 90 miles per hour, with seas 8 to 10 feet. Several targets broke loose, some washed ashore at Cape Henry, and others drifted at sea as tugs and tenders searched. The cruiser San Francisco narrowly escaped a collision, and Florida fired seventeen guns before returning to Hampton Roads.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Agenest
Cape Henry
Neva Toga
Old Point
Hercules
Navy Yard
New Hampshire
Nebraska
South Carolina
Fort Monroe
Florida
Hempton Roads
Naval Board
Old Point Comfort
Washington
Largest Postal Train Ever Run Delivers Mail Flood Dispatch
A 17 carload mail train, the longest ever operated in the United States, carried 30 tons of letters from Omaha toward the Pacific coast. The run occurred after the transcontinental line was blocked by flood waters.
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Washington Post
New York
Omaha
New York Times Aays
United States
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
Planter Kills Three Negroes in Marianna Arkansas
William Lyon, a planter living near Marianna, Arkansas, shot and killed three African American workers employed by him and wounded Gordon Wright this afternoon. The victims were said to be workers on Lyon’s plantation. Wright is said to be alive, staying with Mrs. W. N. Wright.
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Washington Post
Marianna
Ark
William Lyon
Gordon Wright
W. N. Wright
Lynn
Famine Victims Rise Daily in China Report
Shanghai April 3 Dr J B Woods head of famine relief reports 3000 die daily from hunger as the famine toll grows at an alarming rate. The list of victims in China expands rapidly amid destitution and danger.
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China
Shanghai
J. B. Woods
Taft disputed by Roosevelt as not progressive in Kentucky speech
Col Roosevelt branded Taft a reactionary after a campaign speech in Loutaville Kentucky. He argued good intentions do not prove progressivism, contrasting Taft with the forward movement and highlighting courts and social justice battles. He claimed Taft’s record shows backing privilege and opposing measures for social justice.
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Loutaville
Taft
Col
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Pailadélphis
Rownetett
Theas
Congress
Hfe Commission
Aviator Fells to Death in Tragic Fall
An aviator perishes after a fatal fall during a flight. Details remain scarce as investigators probe cause and circumstances surrounding the accident.
Runaway Wife Dies By Poison In Atlantic City
Mrs Lucy Lyle Duke wife of George Duke of New York city died in Atlantic City city hospital from swallowing poison during a personal crisis Sunday night. Her body is held pending word from her husband.
Paris Bandit Carouy Arrested After Bank Robbery
French police capture Carouy, linked to the Villeneuve-St Georges bank heist that killed two clerks and yielded about 8 000 francs. He swallowed a harmless pill at custody, denied traitor claims, and was guarded by four detectives amid a lynch threat as crowds clashed with officers.
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Paris
Caroly
Villeneuve-St Georges
Chantilly
Etoile
Cyrony
Grand-Montrouge
Jouin
Croix de Berny
Freanes
Supt
Gutchard
Lozere
Gunn
Carouy
Paria
M. Guichard
Russian Robbers Kill Four at Rostov Restaurant
A band of ten masked robbers stormed a Rostov on Don restaurant killing the proprietor the cashier and two waiters. They looted the establishment and escaped before police arrived, threatening customers with death and firing on those who resisted.
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Bt. Petersburg
Rostov-on-Don
Pupils Rob School Prompted Junk Dealers Losses
School depredations surge as pupils sell supplies to junk dealers, prompting a district request for daily reports and possible regulation. Board action postponed to District commissioners while ongoing cases and staff changes are noted, amid protests from women trustees over a potential court summons in a long-running promotion suit.
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Board of Education
James F Oyster
W B Evans
Armstrong Manual Training School
Hisschool
Oyster
McKinley Manual Training School
Seventh Street
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