Change of Plans In Route Delays Presidential Return
Glenwood Springs April 27 Disappointment spreads through Colorado towns along the route as President Roosevelt shortens his Western stay. Taft cites no pressing need, with stops cut to Denver and Chicago. The trip, now leaving Glenwood Springs May 8, will proceed via Denver and Omaha, with overnight travel and a long Iowa crossing in darkness. Officials mention Venezuela arbitration and diplomatic reshuffles needing the President's personal attention, while hunting notes and local excitement color a busy schedule for the journey home.
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Taft
Glenwood Springs
Cal
Colorado
Sident
Wastin
Secetary Tech
Tne
Omaha
Iowa
Behheva
West Divide
Beloo
Tra
Washington
Castros
Venezuela
Bowen
Verezuean
President plans earlier return from hunting trip
Officials acknowledge no real emergency in foreign relations yet suggest the President should direct affairs sooner. He shifted plans from a late May return to May 15 while in Texas, aiming to finish a week earlier and depart Washington for the summer shortly after June 4, with a Memorial Day trip to Brooklyn.
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Washington
Texas
Brooklyn
Pearsons Donates 135000 to Five Southern Colleges
Dr. D K Pearsons of Chicago announced gifts totaling 135000 to five Southern colleges in Greensboro South Carolina Demerest Georgia Washington Tennessee Grant University in Chattanooga Tennessee and Morgantown West Virginia. He required the colleges to raise four dollars for every dollar given within a year and noted he would reject more than 400 requests nationwide.
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Chicago
D. K. Pearsons
Tn. Pearsons
Pearsons
Guillard College
Greensboro
8. C
Piedmont College
Demerest
Washington College
Washington,Tenn
Grant University
Chattanooga
Tenn
West Virginia Seminary
Morgantown
W. Va
Denial From Loomis Issues A Formal Statement
Acting Secretary of State Loomis declares he received no money from the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company and owned no claim against Venezuela. He states charges about his integrity are false, was acting under State Department instructions, and denies any agreement to adjust a large Venezuelan obligation. He notes prior discussions with Secretary Taft and emphasizes public duty to correct widespread allegations.
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Caracas
Loomis
Taft
New York Herald
United States
New York and Shermudez Asphalt Company
Castro
New York and Bermudez Company
New York Exchange
Caracr
New York
Bermudez
New York and Bermudez
Othe Henes
Morris
Change in Ministers Aims to Ease Tension in Americas
A contemplated reshuffle of American ministers in Venezuela Panama Colombia and Chile seeks to relieve regional tensions. Officials say rearranging posts and transferring officers could strengthen relations with Washington and speed up bilateral business.
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United States
Venezuela
Panama
Colombia
Chile
Washington
Spectacular day in Patterson Young murder trial unfolds
Mrs J Morgan Smith sister of Nan Patterson testifies about motives and alleged plans of Caesar Young. The courtroom drama features Young's widow Mrs Young and Patterson confronting questions of divorce, wealth, and romance as witness Millin and others reveal key details of the case and letters.
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Washington Post
New York
Rand
J. Morgan Smith
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Snes
Mr. Unger
Mr. Rand
General Sessions
Recorder
Iwirst
John D. Millin
Young
Millin
Platts successor caucus named May four candidates named
Republican caucus in Hartford calls for May 4 meeting of general assembly Republicans to nominate a United States Senate candidate to replace the late Orville H. Platt. Election set for May 9. Formal bids announced for former Gov. George P. McLean Senator Samuel Fessenden and Senator Allan W. Paige.
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Hartford
Conn
General Assembly
United States
Orville H. Platt
Bradstreet
George P. McLean
Simsbury
Samuel Fessenden
Stamford
Allan W. Paige
Bridgeport
Shaw at Banquet Speaks on American Exports and Cotton
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw told the Minnesota Society at the Waldorf Astoria dinner that the United States dominates world exports of cotton and food, urging expansion of sales channels and an American merchant marine to handle surplus. Speakers included Congressman Charles A. Towne and A. B. Jackson.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Minnesota Society
Waldorf-Astoria
William R. Merriam
Minnesota
Mr. Shaw
Mississippi Valley
Great Britain
France
Germany
South Africa
Asia
Charles A. Towne
United States
A. B. Jackson
Minneapolis
Navy Too Small for Home and Far Seas
Rear Admiral Melville told the Geographical Society of Philadelphia that the present Navy, costing over 200 million dollars, is insufficient to defend the home coast and foreign possessions. He urged a threefold fleet increase to 600 million dollars, arguing a larger navy is needed for the Panama Canal and to protect both ends of the waterway. He warned against land grabbing and noted the Anglo-Saxon resolve would resist withdrawal from possessions if challenged.
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Philadelphia
Melville
Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Philippines
Panamea Canal
Three Negroes Hanged in Allegheny County First For Day
Pittsburg records a first in its history as three Black men Walter Obey Charley Jackson and Charles Miles were executed on the same day for the Leetsdale murder of Ivan Kluzer in May 1904. Jackson and Obey spoke to spectators as they mounted the scaffold. Miles followed after pronouncements of death. In Philadelphia Eliah Johnson a 30 year old Black man was hanged for killing Julius Collins on November 4 after Collins thwarted his attempt to shoot Mamie Denton.
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Pittsburg
Walter Obey
Charley Jackson
Charles Miles
Jackson
Obey
Heay
Miles
Allegheny County
Ivan Kluzer
Leetsdeis
Kluzer
Philadelphia
Eliah Johnson
Julius Collins
Johnson
Mamie Denton
Collins
Peabody Teachers College Endowment Reaches 1.8 Million
Dr. Wyclyffe Rose reports trustees of the Peabody Education Fund have fulfilled the condition to raise 800000 more, yielding a 1800000 endowment for a Nashville teachers college. Tennessee funds include 2000000 in bonds and Davidson county may add 50000, with a potential 250000 from a Morgan donor.
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Columbia, & C
Wyclyffe Rose
Peabody College
Nashville
Peabody Education Fund
Washington
Teachers’ College
Tennessee
Teachers’ College At
Davidson
Hose
J. Pierpont Morgan
Farr Convicted In Diploma Fraud Scheme
Nashville news report says J William Farr was convicted in U S District Court of using the mails for fraudulent diploma sales from alleged law colleges. Maximum punishment is 18 months and a $500 fine. Judgment suspended. motion for a new trial noted. Farr previously operated law colleges in Nashville, Washington, and other locations.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States District Court
William Farr
United States
Farr
Washington
Bullet in brain and lives in St Louis patient
Charles Martinek was shot March 14 with a bullet entering his brain. He is reportedly none the worse, walking about the hospital with the wound unhealed, though a portion of brain protruded and was removed. He retains full faculties and suffers no pain.
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St. Louis Hospital
St. Louis
City Hospital
Charles Martinek
Martinek
Carnegie Creates 10 Million Trust for College Professors
Andrew Carnegie establishes a 10 million dollar trust funded by first mortgage Steel Corporation bonds to provide annual 500 thousand dollar annuities to aged or disabled college professors in the United States Canada and Newfoundland. A board of trustees mainly presidents of major colleges will oversee the Carnegie Foundation with plans to organize a corporation to receive the donation and appoint the first meeting set for November 1. The fund aims to retire veteran faculty by replacing them with younger instructors while extending support beyond sectarian and state boundaries.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Cause of Higher Education—Board of Trustees
Washington Post
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Ir. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Board of Trustees
Vanderlip
Carnegis
Lst of Trustees
Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
New York City
United States Steel Corporation
President Curtails Hunting Trip
Curtailment of a hunting trip by the president is reported as part of today’s index. Other items include legal actions, civic notes, and upcoming trials, with additional political and public interest entries throughout the issue.
Receiver Sought For Equitable Life As New York Suit Alleges Fraud
Michael J. Fitzsimmons filed in Baltimore seeking a receiver for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. He asks for an accounting of funds between policy holders and directors, a temporary receiver, and the distribution of assets to policy holders. The suit accuses James Hyde and James W. Alexander of diverting company assets for personal use, while denying insolvency.
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Michael Fitzsimmons
Baltimore
Michael J. Fitzsimmons
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
United States District Court
Bil
James H. Kyde
Mr. Fitzsimmons
J. W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Hyde
Frank I. Duncan
Mr. Duncan
Morse
Joseph Bowes
New York
John D. Crimmins
Henry ©. Frick
Rioting in Chicago as Teamsters Strike Spreads
Chicago on April 27 sees 3100 striking teamsters with rioting across districts. Employers' Association vows to fight to an open shop. $1,000,000 pledged by Mark Morton to back the anti-union effort. Major firms including Montgomery Ward, Marshall Field, and Carson Pirie Scott report disruptions as 1000 more drivers may join tomorrow.
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Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Richard Cumming
John Ceresa
Cumming
Lemuel Jackson
J. W Farwell Company
Mark Moran
Messenger Bay
Montgomery Ward & Co
Daniels Cos Company
Ars
Boston
Forbes Cartage Company
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Spragus, Warner & Co
Western Electric Company
S&a. Maxwell & Co
American Type Founders’ Company
Teamsters' Union
Employers United
Chicago Employers’ Association
The
Commercial Exchange
Union League Club
John G. Shedd
Marshall Wield & Co
Robert J. Thorne
Graeme Stewart
of Hoyt & Co
Mr. Thorne
Chicago Federation of Labor
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
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