Titanic Strikes Iceberg Off Newfoundland Sinks
Titanic hits iceberg off Newfoundland at 10 28 pm sinks in wake of distress calls. Notables aboard include May Butt J Bruce Ismay W T Stead Inder Straus and Astor party. Virginian and Olympic move to aid as other liners head to assist off the banks of Newfoundland. Captain E J Smith commands the liner with 860 crew and space for 3500 passengers. Weather calm, wireless reports struggled, Cape Race messages confirm sinking status.
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White Star Line
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Harry ‘Widener
E. J. Smith
Marconi
Sandy Hook
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Atlantic
Cunard
Carmania
Niagara
Grand Banks
St Oelock
Grand Banka
Church Floor Collapse Kills Two In New Jersey
A church cornerstone ceremony at the Church of Our Lady of Victory in Harrington Fark New Jersey ended in tragedy when the floor collapsed dropping nearly 200 attendees into the basement. Two women died shortly after and more than twenty were injured, with many others critically hurt. the pastor Father Delanty led the address as rescuers evacuated the unconscious. Mrs Nicholas Ottingen and Mrs Fritz Elkart were among the severely injured who died.
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Avalazice
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Mob Threat in Hyde Park Halts Petitioners for Prisoner Reprieve
A London crowd in Hyde Park menaced Mire Frederick Henry Seddon and her daughter Maggie who led a mass meeting to collect signatures petitioning for the reprieve of their husband and father, an insurance superintendent slated for hanging. Police escorted them to a taxi as thousands caused a citywide traffic disruption.
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Noted Physiologist Endorses Slapping Wives For Health
Special to The Washington Foal from Los Angeles April, a visiting expert Dr Ludwig Von Ferro former Copenhagen University professor now head of physiology in Paris urges American women to use daily exercise and facial slaps for complexion and lung health. He says husbands should slap wives to ensure strong faces, ankles, and figures with daily hauls and brisk running.
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Los Angeles
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University of Copenhagen
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University of Paria
Roosevelt wins big in Pennsylvania primary across 53 districts
Roosevelt claims sweeping victory in Pennsylvania with 53 of 78 district national delegates and aims to control state convention. Wilson gains 14 of 76 Democratic delegates. Taft loyalists lose ground. Philadelphia area splits delegates as reform Keystone party boosts Roosevelt amid miner support and labor unrest.
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Guffey
Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
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Republican
Taft
Democratic figures rally in New York unified front
In a crowded political event Speaker Clark and Governors Wilson Marshall and Harmer addressed supporters, uncaplified in focus, with New York listed among the locations. The gathering emphasized party unity and policy coordination amid looming elections.
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Nominating Contests Shape 1912 Congressional Races
Named candidates for Congress in districts and state senate slates. 2 percent of 50 senatorial districts and 201 in the lower house selected candidates. Senators will serve four years and influence the 1913 US Senate vote as Penrose term ends. Democratic incumbents generally won renomination. Republican surprises included Reuben O Moon defeated in a Philadelphia district by an Independent Republican.
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State Senate
United States
Roosevelt Says Hit Them Middling Hard In Pennsylvania
Col Roosevelt lauded his Pennsylvania primary victory calling it a sign of popular opposition to the houses and said he would not declare victory as probable. He noted delegate counts from Missouri New York and Mississippi and outlined a Western speaking tour including Nebraska Kansas Sioux Falls and Little Rock with a possible stop in North Carolina.
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Miagouri
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Little Rock
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Reward for killing two bandits elevates Trousedale
Special to The Washington Post San Antonio Texas April 1 9 David Trousedale an express messenger who killed two bandits during a Southern Pacific train hold up near Eldridge Texas March 1 will receive the lead run in Wells Fargo service. Trousedale will be supervising messenger between here and Houston a highly desirable post with a $3 000 yearly salary.
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Tex
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Southern Pacific
Eldridge
Wells-Fargo
Widespread Democratic Primary Results Stir Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia dispatch reports Governor Wilson facing an anti Wilson tilt as Pennsylvania delegates split 23 to 22 in unclear districts. Twelve delegates at large could oppose Jersey governor, with unit rule limited by district voice.
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New York
Philadelphia
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Clark
Harmon
Jersey
Guy Wilson
Militia Clash Over Cook County Democratic Convention
Police face Sullivan forces as militia surround the Seventh Regiment Armory in Chicago to block the convention scene. Judge Owens seeks to chair while an injunction from Judge McKinley delays the plan, sparking a tense standoff with the Hearst Flattison faction and city officials urging calm.
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McKinley
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Michael “Immer
Democratic Party
Harison
National Guardsmen
Leneen
Col D . Moriarty
Fight Mot FROLIC Ks Scott D A R Adherents Clash
Latter’s cohorts prepare preconvention talk signaling ongoing factional strife. Taft to welcome delegates today. Constitution to elect state regents at home. Times conservative candidates seek support of the president general to be her successor next year.
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D A R PROGRAM TODAY AT MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL
Delegates of the Twenty-fifth Continental Congress convene under President General Mrs Matthew T. Scott with Taft addressing at two o clock. Reports by credential and program committees precede a day of speeches and discussions on harmony and party unity amid DAR leadership tensions.
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Henry L. Mann
Samuel W. Jamison
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Roosevelt Hag 6 in Pennsylvania Polis to Face Militia at Convention
In today’s issue a crowded political page outlines tensions as Roosevelt and Taft duel over control of the Republican party. A convention showdown looms with Arizona and Pennsylvania figures cited, while an editorial notes tariff doubts amid war and union chatter.
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Mexico
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Financial Review
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Misa Barton
Ptomaine Poisoning Kills Five Magee Children Near Montagu
Five of six Magee children near Montagu Prince Edward Island died after eating dried herring at a Friday dinner. The sixth child was away. After dinner the family fell ill. a physician was called. One child died soon after arrival, two more died Saturday morning, and the fourth and fifth died this morning. The father and mother were gravely ill.
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Prince Edward Island
Patrick Magee
Montagu
Bank embezzlement probe widens to New Berlin case
Comptroller Murray launches vigorous inquiry into why bank examiners failed to detect the $230,000 to $250,000 embezzlement at the First National Bank of New Berlin New York financier Frank T Arnold confesses to years of defalcations and blackmail schemes as authorities pursue multiple suspects and a new bank venture is planned in New Berlin
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New York
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Ita Decgs
Treasury Department
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Henry W Roreback
National Bank Examiners
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Roreback
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Government Seeks Public Backing to Protect Property and Lives
State Department warns that the government expects citizens to safeguard property and lives in the future. Officials report intensified pressure from foreign rebels and reiterate that Taft is not contemplating interruption. Ambassadors and consuls are instructed to communicate the strong demand against foreigners.
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Letcher Accuge
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Taft
Notice of Health and Food Import Controls
A government agency warns that meat shipments must meet state department requirements and be inspected at the border. The notice urges importers to ensure compliance with Mexico related health and safety standards to avoid delays or denial of entry.
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