Minister Chang Yin Tang’s envoy to halt deadly tong feuds
Chinese minister assigns Wu Chang fu as first attache to travel from Washington to New York and San Francisco to mediate the fierce tong war between the Four Brothers and On Leong factions. The mission aims to defuse violence across coast cities amid deep rooted enmity and criminal networks.
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New York
Fang
United States
Biy
Chang Yinlang
We Chang
Tully
la Ting Tien
Mr Lu
Boar Burtt
Fae
Bramen
Orgin Caten
Wtsans
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Shine
South Africa
Chang Yin Tang
Wu Hag
Rioters seize Changsha as foreign embassies burn in upheaval
Chaos grips Changsha with buildings burned including foreign missions and consulates. Governor of Hu Nan and son killed. soldiers loyal to authorities join rioters. Foreigners flee as violence spreads, ships detachments try to aid refugees and consulate staff seek safety aboard steamers.
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Hu-Nan Province
Smcide
Chang Sha
China
Thangs of
Tole
Hu Kan
China Inland Mission
American Episcopal Missionary Alliance
United Evangelical Church
Wesleyan
Yale
Standard Oil
Hinikow
Taft to greet guests at opening session of continental hall
D A 8 reports that Mr Taft will host visitors at the White House Thursday afternoon and deliver an address of welcome at the opening session. The week features a completion of the Continental Memorial Hall where Congress will deliberate and notable social events are planned.
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Taft
Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Leelock
Continental Memoral Hall
Donald McLean
White House
Continental Memorial Hall
Congress
Convention Opens With Taft Address At Session Start
Program notes at 10:40 oclock for opening by President Taft and John Barrett of the International Bureau of American Republics with Morrie B Beardsley to deliver an address. At 11:00 oclock first business session reports credentials committee and related matters. Evening schedule lists state and committee meetings for report preparation.
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Hvers
Washington
Administration
Taft
ML T Scott
Meg John HR Walker
Dale Lothrop
Sarah E Morgan
Jonas Salt
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Morris B Beardsley
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Miranda B Tulloch
Church of the Covenant
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
Radcliffe J
Chural
Taft John Barrett
Morrie B Beardsley
Ollock
Delegates to Visit Annapolis for Maryland Event
President Taft will welcome delegates in the East Room at 230 oclock Thursday afternoon. The Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter of Annapolis invites delegates for a day in the Severn city with Governor Crothers receiving them at the State House.
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Ink
Taft
White House
Annapolie
Maryland
Severn
Crothrs
Death Delays Settlement Over Chanizal Zone Question
The death of Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Ignacio Mariscal delays the U S Mexico Chanizal zone arbitration. Secretary Knox had proposed a six arbitrators plan with three Canadians named by each side and a joint arbiter to be chosen. The Mexican foreign office is expected to postpone a reply for months due to Mariscal's death.
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Senor
Don Ignacio Mariscal
Mexico
United States
Chanizal
Rio Grande
Pago
Tex
Knox
Canada
Senor Mariscal
Henor Mariscal
United State
Near Lynching in New Rochelle Ends With Police Save
In New Rochelle a man named Milton Woods, living apart from his wife, shot and killed her after a confrontation witnessed by a young son. An angry mob gathered, threatening summary vengeance, but police intervened at gunpoint and hustled the alleged murderer into an automobile. Bricks and debris showered the street as the crowd was held back.
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New Rochelle
New York
Milton Woods
Woods
Poisoned candy blamed for dog deaths and child illness
In Mount Victory Ohio during April a rash of poisoned candy scattered on streets led to multiple dog fatalities and at least a dozen children becoming ill. The incidents occurred over the past two weeks with candy placed in streets at night according to local reports.
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Washington Post
Mount Victory
Ohio
Nught
No Strike On Delaware Lackawanna and Western Rail
Scranton Delaware Lackawanna and Western officials announced no strike after General Superintendent T H Giarka told W G Lee that the company would accept the New York Central arbitration ruling. An ultimatum warned a systemwide strike at 1430 hours if not agreed, but by 9 o clock Clarke conveyed acceptance and the strike order was withdrawn. The compromise keeps Lackawanna represented in New York Central arbitration and bound by its decision.
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Scranton
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
TH Giarka
Lackawanna Company
W G Lee
New ‘York
Central Railroad
Clarke
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Company
New York Central
Lee
New York
Garretson
Lackawanna
Thia
Lackawanna Railroad Company
Atlantic Liner on Roses Near Lely Island in Dense Fog
Minnehaha of the Atlantic Transport Line grounded off Selly near Bishops Rock in dense fog. Crew and passengers are being tended at Bryer Island while the captain remains aboard. Lloyds reports assistance sought from Falmouth as the ship lies ashore near Lands End with west wind.
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Lely Island
London
Atlantic Transport Line
Minnshabs
Selly
Bishops Rock
Lloyda
Lisard
Lloyds
Falmouth
Scilly
Seal Hocks
Bryer Island
New York
Minnehaha
Belfast
Licby Islands
England
Lands End
Lmne
Congress full reports in The Poet series priced 25c
The DA Recon convention reports will be published in The Poet. A complete series of papers begins yesterday and continues until next Sunday. Mail orders are available to any part of the country for 25 cents.
Cornell Professor Wins Longest Cigarette Contest in Ithaca
In Ithaca a wagered contest tested who could smoke a cigar longest. About 25 professors watched as Theodore Monroe held on for 85 minutes, using a torch to keep burning, defeating peers including Durham and Hasidrewa. Monroe received a metal stein prize.
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Wochington
Hhace
Gee
Theodore Monroe
L Durham
Dean
Hasidrewa
Isine
Chinese Officials Host Lunch for 4 American Naval Officers
Chinese officials in Amoy hosted a luncheon at Mampoto Temple for four U S Navy officers from the Asiatic fleet. A Fu Kien viceroy representative welcomed the warships, Rear Admiral Hubbard delivered the response, and American consul Arnold spoke on Chinese hospitality during the Amoy visit. Admiral Ching offered a brief, pleasing reply.
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Amoy
Mampoto
Fu Kien Province
Hubbard
Tullan
Arnold
Ching
Baltimore Woman Dies Under Guard After Plot Claim
Mrs Matilda Folks or Yearley aged about 180 and worth 180 died at her Baltimore home under guard of police and two nurses. State's Attorney Owens said a conspiracy sought control of her estate. She tore a deed signature, and Owens and deputies took possession, becoming acting receivers for her affairs. Funeral set for Tuesday. Folks had been twice married, her first husband Yearley having died years earlier.
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Owens
Baltimore
Washington Fost
Matilda Folks
Yearley
States Attorney
Mia
Marshal Manning
Mrs Kolke
Vi Owens
Police Department
Folkass Rentteca Nat
Folka
Daughter With Mark Twain In Redding April
Reporters describe Samuel L Clemens known as Mark Twain appearing a bit improved at Stormfeld home. Mrs Ossip Gabriro visited Clemens’s daughter who returned to New York from abroad, brightening the author’s spirits as Fremeth stays with the patient through Monday.
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Ossip
Hold Up Express Robbery of Registered Mail on California Rail
A bold train robbery near Suisun involving two masked men seized nine registered mail pouches from an express car as the engine was forced to derail. Detectives and post office inspectors pursue across hills between Martinez and Oakland, with robbers armed and a potential confrontation feared as passengers slept aboard the eastbound Sacramento run.
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Martinez
Oakland
Benecia Cal Apu
China
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway
Song
Here
Martinon
Post Office
Suweun
Callfornya
Port Costa
Benicia
Sreman
Herbert Z Bleck
Thomas A .Clancy
Craw
Tolenas
Cygnu
Suisun
San Pablo Ebay
Jd Inot
Sacramento
S Oclock
Allway
Jutway
Bandits Flee After Dawn Pursuit Across Bay
A posse pursued the bandits from Martines at daybreak, crossing the bay in a launch to the west shore. The quiet and precise pursuit led to a crossing in darkness, with the hunted alerted to pursuers by the launch noise as they fled toward safety.
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Martines
Engine Joy Ride Kills Four In Pennsylvania
Four men perished in a Baltimore and Ohio narrow gauge wreck between Shippenville and Clarion when a locomotive ran off a steep embankment at night. The victims were engineer Aelley and fireman Watson of Fox, Desman of Lucinda, and Newland of Lucinda, all believed to be aboard for a joy ride in the engine cab.
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Ti Pa
Baltimore
Ome
Shippenville
Clarion
Dagt
Oger Aelley
Watson
Fox
Prre D Desmaan
M. Newland
Lucinda
Firman
Philadelphia Strike Ends As Workers Accept Rara Transit Terms
Philadelphia officials and workers reach resolution after referendum shows motormen and conductors accept proposed terms from the Rapa Transit Company. Local committees ratify, national executive committee in Detroit approves, ending the strike and returning employees to work.
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Philadelphia
Rapa Transit Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Carmens Union
Detroit
Reybura
Four Aviators Die In Aerial Disaster At Bitterfeld
Berlin April 17 The balloon Delitzed a glug to the Entterfela Aero Club was struck by lightning during a storm early this morning. Four occupants were killed, wreckage of the gas bag and smashed bodies found in a Bitterfeld garden. The disaster appeared caused by lightning. witnesses reported a calm, moonlit night before the sudden storm jolted the crew and their craft to a fatal fall.
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Washington
Berlin
Entterfela Aero Club
Bitterfald
Heer Luft
Lusschenring
Leipzig
Groupner J
Hoscher
Jensachsen
Bitefeld
Gompers Quietly Defends Mission at Temple Speech
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, responded to a heckler after delivering a talk on moral uplift. He said he can take care of himself and, though not saving souls, will go to church or other places to aid the labor cause.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of
Habor Vormerly
Metropolitan Temple Tongh
Sam Gompers
Mr Gompers
Roosevelt Welcomed by Hungary as He Tours Capital
Former President Theodore Roosevelt was greeted with unprecedented enthusiasm as he crossed into Budapest and visited Pressburg and villages en route to Count Apponyi Castle. Crowds cheered from stations, streets, and farmsteads while he spoke at a hotel and outlined shared ideals with Hungarians.
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Appony
Budapest
Hungary
Theodore Roosealt
Anythig
Louis Aussuth
Fourney
Col Roogevelt
Wein
Prensburg
Gount Apponyi
Washington
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Peace
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Roosevelt
Tne
Mr Roosevelt
Preesburg
Col Roosevelt
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Lin
Demnstral
Amelia of
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Hengermulle
Son Hengerar
Hungaran
Khowen van Hedervary
Archduke Joseph
Francis Korwuth
United Opposition
Horse of Parliament
Count Apponyi
Ne Park Club
Shten
Hergelmuller
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