Taft at His Home Mediator in Ohio Taft Talk
Special to The Washington Post Cincinnati April report shows Taft’s Ohio campaign mediation by Longworth between Taft lieutenants and local Republicans. Vorys issues a statement after meetings at Taft residence. Taft plans speeches and a Philippine departure date while avoiding political discussion in Ohio.
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Columbus
Charles P. Taft
Vorys
Philippines
National Assembly
Alaska
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft
Ohio
Henry A. Wiltems
Cincinnati
Pike Street
Nicholas Longworth
Earlfar
Longworth
Plotschmann
Long
Congresman Longworth
Witters
Mrr
Saya Varys
Arthur L Yorra
Sib
Ohlu
Mr. Voryg
Assu
Taft at Yale Meeting and Banquet in Cincinnati
Arthur Hadley, president of Associated Western Yale Clubs, was guest of honor at the third annual Yale clubs meeting in Cincinnati. Secretary Haft presided, discussing extending Yale's usefulness in the West. No welcoming committee or demonstrations occurred at the railroad station.
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Associated Clubs
Cincinnati
Ondo
Associated Western Yale Clubs
Arthur Hadley
Wer W Haft
B.ing
Orief
Traiuctory Trentne
Yale University
Taft Welcomed by Yale Alumni Amid Rallies at Linton Hotel
Secretary Taft arrived to a vociferous Yale alumni reception at the Linton Hotel with Yale students demonstrating outside to avoid giving the event a political tone. He joined a buffet lunch at the University Club and later attended a Yale club banquet where he praised alumni efforts and Yale’s impact before introducing Yale President Hadley who spoke on Yale.
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Chares P. Taft
Taft
Linton
Yale
University Club
Hadley
Yale University
Widow of Pittsburg Millionaire Marries Skating Instructor
Pittsburg widow Mia Ida Wainwright, worth several million, marries Wilara Hay Bratton, a New Yorker and skating instructor at the Duquesne Garden. They wed in New York after a week of courtship and plan to return to Pittsburg in two weeks.
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Pittsburg
Washington Post
Mia
Ida Wainwright
Wilara Hay Bratton
Duquesne Garden
Wainwright
H. Z Wainwright
East End
Bratton
W. &. Bratton
Flatbush
N. Y
Hay
Philadelphia
Waiteright
New York
Deadly cyclone devastates Hemming Cooke County area
Ten killed and many injured as cyclone plows through Hemming and Valley View in Cooke County. Entire district damaged with every house blown down or destroyed and several buildings leveled. Hospitals improvised. storm path about six hundred yards wide and ten square miles.
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Hemming
Cooke County
Valley View
Washington Post
Fort Worth
Tex
Here
Will Alexander
H Wiking
Evers
Boylston
Nicholas
Alexander
Timules
Gainesville
Flat Creek
Pilot Point
Pitot Point
Ganesville
Reese
Singer
Erie
Muenster
Fugitive Promoter Arraigned Over Hotel Bill Swindle
Philadelphia report details Capt William Plumb Williams, accused of swindling Hotel Houdouard for a board bill, arraigned in Central Folica Court. He claimed innocence, paid $79 to secure release, and said he intended to join his wife in Europe after flight from New York warrants. Detectives from New York had not arrived in time. Williams denied the charges and defended his rail and electric company schemes, saying lack of backing doomed them. He was released as charges were withdrawn upon payment.
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Napoleon
Europe
Washington Post
Philadelphia
William Plumb Williams
New York
Central Folica
Hdouard
Wiliams
Eisenbrough
Donaghy
Detective Bureau
Williams
Willams
Tam
Central Long Yaland Railroay
Hlestric Light Company
Simon
Cant
Huvana
Westover Brandon
Shirley
Mr. Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Archie
Quentin Roosevelt
Justice Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Bacon
State Department
William Loeb, Jr
Latta
Ralph Cross Johson
Let
Capt
Key
Navel
Liew
Long
Navy
Ohnesore
James Br Foraker Dead In Cincinnati
James Br Foraker brother of U S Senator 3 B Foraker died at his home in Cincinnati Ohio this afternoon after a long cancer battle He had recently been in a Philadelphia hospital for operations and was nearing his seventy second birthday next Monday He was born in Hillsboro Highland County Ohio Survived by wife Virginia Bromwell and daughter Ethel The obituary notes his long illness and imminent death.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James PR. Foraker
United States
B Foraker
Philadelphia
Forever
Atty-Tero
Hilsboro
Highland County
Mr. Foraker
Virginia Bromwell
Ethel
Three Killed as Boiler Explodes on Speeding Engine
An explosion aboard a Wabash freight near Ofallon Illinois Injured two others seriously as the locomotive and caboose were wrecked Three trainmen were killed when the boiler exploded at high speed Engineers and fireman were hurled 150 feet from the track Cause of the blast not yet determined, officials report.
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Ofallon
Wabash Road
Woman Killed in Shaft at Mayer Hotel
Mrs Chester of Chicago, grand secretary treasurer of the Order of the Eastern Star of Illinois, was accidentally killed when she fell down an elevator shaft at the Mayer Hotel in Peoria on April 27. She left her room on the third floor and apparently stepped into the shaft thinking she was entering the elevator.
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Peoria
Mate Chester
Chicago
Order of the Eastern Star of
Ilinoia
Mayer Hotel
Chester
Deadly Baltimore pier collapse kills eight near Locust Point
A newly built Baltimore and Ohio pier at Locust Point broke away in a roaring collapse. Eight men died, including civil engineer Howard Ellender, with five others missing and eighteen injured. The structure, 930 feet long, failed after cracks and rising water sent the water end into the harbor. Authorities, firemen, and Mayor Clay Timants aided rescue as immigrant ships were battered by waves.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Locust Point
Howard Ellenper
Civllen
Robert Sweetman
Antone Woelsfel
Jacob Windenbarger
Harry Ward
William W Vaughn
George B Montgomery
Buddy Johnson
Baltimore Bridge Company
McLean Contracting Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Johnson Line
Maganry
Ferbor
Bilender
Mt Lean Contracting Company
Clay Timants
Cassel
Investigation of Forgery Charges in New York Life Election
In New York on April 27 authorities disclosed an investigation led by Jerome's office into forgery charges tied to the recent New York Life Insurance Company trustees election. The probe follows accusations by the International Policyholders' Committee that agents signed policyholders' names to administration tickets without consent and examines ballot forwarding by the committee.
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Jerome
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
International Policyholders’ Committee
International Committee
Gerrit J Diekema Elected to Congress in Michigan
Gerrit J Diekema elected to succeed Willam Alden Smith in the U S House of Representatives in a special election held in Grand Rapids Michigan He won by about 1500 votes over George P Hummer The Detroit area vote split with Hummer carrying the city while the county backed Diekema
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William Allen Smith
House of Representatives
Grand Rapid
Mich
Gerrit J. Diekema
Cuban Claim Commission
Republican State Committee
Congress
Willam Alden Smith
United States
Diekerma
George P. Hummer
Hummer Hoes
Seven Entombed Miners Stranded By Mine Flood Near Johnstown
Seven miners remain trapped in Berwind-White Coal’s No 38 mine at Foustwell near Johnstown after a blast flooded an abandoned shaft. Signals from within ceased late tonight, raising fear of drowning or suffocation though some rescuers hope the men reached the air shaft. Recovery efforts slow as water must be pumped out. accident reportedly caused by blasting a thin wall, with official word delayed until after two o’clock this afternoon. Families gathered at the shaft as news broke.
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Johnstown
Berwind-White Coal Company
Foustwell
Warlan
Minera
Norfolk
Roosevelt
James River
Sylph
Newport News
Potomac River
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Fotomac River
Car Runs Away Injuring Dozen on Kinney Street Hill
A runaway streetcar on Kinney street in Newark ascended a grade and smashed three bit tres at the hill’s foot. Sixty passengers, panicked, leaped from windows and platforms, leaving multiple injuries including three serious cases requiring hospital care. The car was halted by a safety switch before crash damage was heavy.
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Newark
Kinney Street
Taft in Cincinnati and a Day of News
A condensed page lists events from Taft in Cincinnati to Maryland Day at Exposition and a mix of world news. It notes ten deaths in a cyclone, a pier collapse with casualties, a presidential visit, a mysterious veiled woman departure, strikes at Union Station, and bond theft arrests, among other items.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Pier’s
Collep
Maryland
Exposition
Union Station
Mme Dames
Masonic Feir
Washington
Jamestown
Cable
Seuator
Dick Dentes
M—News
Virginia
Moyer and
Haywood
Theater Trusts United
Financial
Gossip
Wall Street
Binger Hermann
Coolonel Ia
Baveridge
Grant
Bingham
Hostortal
Society
Muele
Musiclane
Pope
Carda
California
l—Savoyard
Richmond
New War College
North Woods
Gozelp
Bryce
Roma
Gotham
W. W Jacobs
Andrew
Hatred and unrest cited at Atlantic City banquet speech
James M. Beg, described as a leading lawyer and Harriman associate, attacked public hatred and hero worship at a New Jersey bankers’ banquet in Atlantic City. He warned that party factional despotism endangers the republic and argued against disintegration of the railway system as an attack on trade. He blamed federated anarchy for rapid depreciation and warned of rising unrest.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James M. Beg
Sworpo?e Torr
H. H Harriman
New Jersey
Roosevelt
McKinley
Willet
Republic
Goulds Face $250000 Suit Over Damaged Contract
Delancey Nicol was served with a summons for a breach of contract case filed by William Carroll Woodward and Howard Gould. The suit, believed to seek about $250000, alleges Nicol offered to provide evidence and testimony in a delicate matter involving Gould. Howard Gould separated from his wife Katharine Clemmons Gould, moving to the Waldorf Astoria while she resided at the St Regis and later Sands Point.
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Weslington
New York
Delancey Nicol
William Carroll Woodward
Rogues Gallery
Howard Gould
Woodward
Gould
Nicol
Waldorf-Astoria
Katherine Clemmons
Woman Captures Robbers With Help From Houset Wife
In Waterloo Iowa on a misty day April 77 Christian Wirth a St Clair County farmer and his wife surprised two armed intruders Harper Gillette and E Sutton of Indiana. They bound and marched the burglars five miles to the local sheriff after using shotguns to deter and secure them. The men face burglary charges.
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Waterloo
Christian Wirth
St Clair County
Wirth
Harper Gillette l
E. Sutton
Indiana
Grant Hosts Banquet for Foreign Visitors at Exposition
President Roosevelt's river outing follows Jamestown Exposition opening. Gen Grant's banquet aboard Chamberlin hosts 75 guests including Admiral Evans and British Rear Admiral Neville. Roon officers entertain crew from Louisiana and Alabama as formal functions begin after opening day.
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Jackies
Great Fleet
Hampton Roads
Roon
Yankee Tars
Entente Cordiale Ig
Hampton
Andrew Carnegie
The
Legion
New York
Hhe
Chamberlain
Old Point Comfort
Exposition Grounds
Jackie
Frederick Dent Grant
Legation
Chamberlin
Alabama
Gen. Grant
Grants
Washington
Robley D. Evans
Sir George Neville
Karl von Hoeft
Genods
Herman von Prescott
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Charles P Taft
Yale Club
Exiitor
Tafta
Lmten
Associated ‘Western Yale
WEDS
Sloan
Ste
Capt. Williams
James BR. Foraker
Shaft
Chris
Kender
7Th Street
Baltimore and Return
Qhio Railrond
Royal
Grash
Pier Feil
Ellender
Othera
Neptuns Lina
Ripon
Fortuna
John G. Grehar
Dreyor Wimanus
3. W. Galbreath
New City Docks
B.T. Rawlings
Mystic Shrine
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Rock Island
Hi. Small & Sons, Florists
Andex
Beck
Northwestern
Colonial Estates
United States Weather Observatory
Ape Henry
Westover
Byrds
Carters
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