Death Toll from Storms Rising Across States
Tornadoes and destructive winds killed and injured many in Illinois Indiana Georgia Alabama and nearby areas. Bush Illinois faced near total devastation with dozens killed 100 plus injured and hundreds of homes wrecked including stores and a major railroad hub evacuation to Murphysboro reported. Casualties include Durden Maxey and others. fatalities cited in Kankakee and Bush areas with extensive property loss and disrupted rail schedules across the region.
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South Carolina
Bush
Ill
Marion
Kankakee
Murphysboro
aAllenta
Alabama
Elmost
Wow Durden
Joseph Maxey
Maxey
Dock Maxey
Mira Wow
Durden Home Garden
Brookside
Birmingham
Rowden
Carroll County
Savannah
Athens
Galneaville
Penderbeam
Att ¢Ointe
North Georgia
Intervention talk swells as U S readies precautionary moves
Washington dispatch reports Administration circles stepping up quieting talk of U S intervention in Mexico while military branches show precautionary activity. Officers expect intervention to be inevitable despite State Department silence. Consul Letcher at Chihuahua reports two Americans detained since March 16, with no new word from policy makers. The embassy confirms Manuel Calero, ex foreign minister, heads to Washington as ambassador after note of admonition.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York World
Mexico
United States
Army
Navy
State Department
Consul Letcher
Chihuahova
Letcher
Heid Pria Onera
Orozco
Knox
Mexico City
Manuel Calero
Huntington Wilson
Strike Order Held Up Amid Mediation Offer
Engineers accept government mediation while railway managers plan a meeting to discuss the offer. Neill and Knapp reply to employees with a flat refusal to grant a wage increase. Situation remains critical.
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Neill
Knapp
Messrs Knapp
Nell
Stuart
Railroad
Messrs Knapp and Neill
Juelice Knapp
Washington
What Strike Will Mean for Rail Traffic and Jobs
What strike will mean for railroading as 56,000,080 people affected. Rail traffic north of Washington and east of Chicago tied to zero percent of normal. Fifty thousand miles of railroad idle. Thirty-four thousand eight hundred engineers out of work. Thirty-five thousand Germans out of work. One hundred sixty thousand eight railroad employees let go. Five hundred thousand daily ton of damage to transit.
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Washington
Chicago
Rebels Mobilize in Yaqui Conflict Near Sonora Banks
An April report claims Maj Frederick W Burnham, once a South African scout, camps with 500 armed men on the Yaqui River in Sonora to protect U S mining interests. Rebel forces under Gen Salazar reinforce near Bellano and plan a southern march, while boundary smuggling and ammunition supply are noted amid a tense border situation.
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Bellano
Salazar Haa
Yaqui
Indiana
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Evening Express
Frederick W. Burnham
United States
Vaqui River
Sonora
Mexico
Burnham
Express
John Hare Hammond
Jr Morgan
Guggenheims
Boundry
EE Paso Rebela
Aauedlo Urioy
Chihuahua
Sdlazar
Relane
Lula Ferandes
Huerta
Four Killed in Tornado Hit Reevesville and Nearby
Four lives are reported lost with many injured as a tornado struck Reevesville Badham St George end Aiken in the state. Homes fences and trees were destroyed along a wide path about 80 yards across.
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Charleston
Reevesville
Badham St George End
Aiken
Col Astor Left New Will After His Marriage Claim
New York reports claim Col John Jacob Astor left a will after marrying Miss Madeline Talmage Force. He allegedly provided 9,000,000 to his fiancee before marriage and sought further provisions, according to Force family connections and statements to his attorney Justice Gildersleeve.
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Miss Forca
New York
John Jacob Astor
Col. Astor
Madeline Talmage Force
Supreme Court
Gildersleeve
Force
Miss Force
Titanic disaster dominates index and headlines
The index for today’s issue and page previews mention 83 dead in a storm, armed quart for American miners, Maj. Butt body possibility, and ship actions near the Titanic with sea horror probes and Roosevelt election notes. Other items include society updates, editorial comments, and financial news.
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Maj. Butt
Titanic
Por
National Chamber of Comm
Priesta
Roosevelt
Clara
Steamship Company
News of Alexandria
Gage Hane
Insured for Millions in Titanic Disaster Claims
A Washington Post report notes insurers face about 1 million dollars in Titan ic disaster losses. John B Thayer of Pennsylvania Railroad held a 60 000 policy plus 18 000 accumulations, doubling due to death on a public carrier. Hartford officials say Titanic losses near 7 million across accident insurers.
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Secial
Washington Post
Philadelphia
John B. Thayer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thayer
Hartford
Conn
Millet painting donated to Metropolitan Museum in memory
Mrs Clarkson Cowl presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a Millet painting titled An Old-Time Method. Millet was a longtime trustee. the gift honors his memory and the museum trustees expressed a fitting tribute.
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New York
Clarkson Cowl
George A Ibarn
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Traneie D Millet
Millett Wan
Tragic Accident Claims Worker at Concrete Mixer
A Lancaster man dies after falling into a concrete mixing machine aboard a barge canal worksite near Rochester. Authorities identify the victim as McElhansy, with initial reports noting a loss of balance prior to the fatal incident during morning operations.
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Arso
Rochester
McElhansy
Lancaster
Pik
Buabpoll
McMhaney
Arrest Mexican Here Orozco’s Purchasing Agent
Braunio Hernandez once Chihuahua secretary of state under Madero faces an indictment in El Paso for conspiracy to violate Taft’s order prohibiting export of war munitions to Mexico. He surrendered to US authorities after fleeing north to purchase arms, aided by DOJ agents. Hernandez supported Madero then Orozco, and spent revolutions on the border. Cases to be prosecuted in Texas. Auction line unrelated text follows.
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Chihuahua
Taft
el Paso
Braunio Hernandez
Madero
Tex
Department of Justice
Texas
Mexico
Hernandes
Gen. Orozco
New York
Bureau of Investigations
Stanley Finch
Hernandez
Gan
Washington
Finch
United States
Gen. Madero
America
el Fasg
San Antonio
Titanic Dead Emerge From Ocean As Mackay Bennett Reels In 53 Bodies
Reports from Halifax and St Johns describe the Mackay Bennett recovering fifty plus Titanic victims amid gale and squall. Names identified include Archibald Butt and George Widener with uncertainties over other garbled spellings. Unidentified remains to be buried at sea while a second search steamer is readied.
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George D. Widener
Mackay-Bennett
Gale
New York
White Star Line
Maj Butt
White Star
Laconia
Cape Race
Continents
Maj Archibald Butt
John Jacob
Astor
George D Widener
Mai Archibald Butt
Mai Butt
Mr. Widener
P A. B ‘Widener
Rhea George W Widen Ramon Artagave Ytia Steward
Vosite
Drazenout
Nihil Schedig
Leslie Gilinski
White Star Tine
Mackay- Bennett
Western Union
Minnie
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Mackay-Bopnett
K C. Hind
Church of Englend
Machay-Bennett
Mr. Hind
Mackay
Bennett
St Johns
Newfoundland
Titanic Signals Missed Five Miles Away
Senate hearing reveals Fourth Officer Boxhall testified that a nearby steamer about five miles off the Titanic could have aided rescue but did not respond to Morse signals and distress rockets. Captains and White Star officials faced questions on lifeboat adequacy and rapid news alerts as Carpathia and Cedric movements were discussed.
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Senate Investigating Committee
J. B. Boxhall
Mr. Boxhall
Boxhall
Smith
Boxhal
P. A
White Star Line
Ismay
Carpathia
England
White Star
Senate
An & Measure
Baron Hengelmuhler
Titanic waifs in France claim two boys may be Navratil children
Mme Navratil, wife of a French sailor, says she recognizes her sons Louis and Lalo in a Titanic lifeboat description. Her husband allegedly took the children to America a month earlier and disappeared. A man named Hoffman is tied to the boys, and photos are sought from New York. The boys, about 5 and 3, were found wrapped in a lifeboat. Margaret Hays of New York now acts as guardian.
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Nice
France
Louis
Lalo
Mme Navratil
America
Hoffman
Navratil
New York
French Walla
Margaret Hays
West Eighty-fourth Street
Dianiket
Officara
Skye
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