Mauretania under fire over fake record claims on long Atlantic voyages
The Atlantic Monthly reports fears that steamship chiefs risk passenger lives by overtaxing officers with 39 to 40 hour shifts and that some captains may shorten routes to speed trips. Cunard Hamburg American and White Star denials cite longer official courses and insist logs are checked. experts warn that some records could be faked on dangerous Atlantic lanes especially in the English Channel and near Fastnet.
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Atlantic Monthly
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Automobile Club leaders push plan after auto dealer meeting
Old and new car orders move through Washington as dealers report thefts and deliveries. Camden NJ visitors arrive in a model roadster amid heavy road conditions from recent snowfall. A meeting at the Chamber of Commerce names Stoddard temporary chairman to draft by laws for a prospective licensed car dealers association in the city.
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Cook & Stoddard Company
Cited Lang
Commercial Auto and Sup Company
Joseph Steddard
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Stevens Duryea
Clifford Long
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Theodore Barnes
Barnes & Hendricks
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Clarence Barnard
L Op Dorsett Company
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Reo
Palmer Bingers
A. Luttrell
Packard
J B Spence
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AO Kegan
Mish
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Mixwell
Ine
Court dismisses habeas petition in Snead murder case
Judge Lanning in the United States circuit court today dismissed habeas corpus proceedings seeking to end Mrs Mary W Snead's custody. Snead and five sisters faced trial for the murder of Jocey Wardlaw Snead, the East Dram victim. Remanded to Essex County jail pending next month’s trial.
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Lanning
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Kern Accepts Nomination for Senate Fight in Indiana
John Wern announced his acceptance of the Democratic nomination for the Indiana senatorship after a convention. He said he would pursue the battle to gain Democratic control of the legislature following hours of talks with Mrs Kern.
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Blindness Attempt Blamed on Black Hand Attack in Brooklyn
Miss Ethel Jones 20 living on Marion Street Brooklyn was attacked in the street last night by men linked to a Black Hand campaign opposing local dance halls. A fluid was thrown into her eyes and a would be strangling hold was used before she escaped aided by neighborhood children. Her sight is not believed to be lost, doctors say. Reverend Charles Allen of Beeche Memorial Church, who had denounced local resorts, was mentioned in connection with threats received by Jones and her family.
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Lloyd Line
New York
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Black Hand
Charles Allen
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Ethel Kahn
Honor for Royal Artist and Public Bequests
A mixed wire service text reports a lumber yard fire at Humbird Lumber in Sand Point Spokane threatening nearby towns Penderay and Kootena in Washington. It also notes a memorial art bequest of seventy thousand feet of lumber and a Danish royal tribute to Princess Marie of Denmark.
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Thayer Tapped to N W Board in Norfolk Rail Meet
J B Thayer, third vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was elected a member of the board of directors of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company at a New York meeting. He fills the seat left vacant by the death of LC Welr.
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New York
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Death in Cuban Cabinet
Havana reports the death of Martin Morita Delgado secretary of agriculture in the rebuilt Cuban cabinet and former president of the senate. He died last night at Santiago de las Vegas after months of ill health.
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Bride Shoots Herself on Husband's Coffin in Tragic Pact
In Salisbury a bride, Isabella Rogers, aged less than a year married to James Rogers, a wealthy merchant with stomach cancer, fulfilled a childhood vow to die with him. On the day his body lay in the coffin she shot herself in the room, ending a pact formed in youth while they studied together.
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Albanians Resist Turkish Push in Kachanik Pass Battle
Reports from Constantinople say Turkish forces press three armies against Albanian defenses in the Kachanik pass and Pristina region. Albanian positions hold with heavy losses on both sides. Turks seize Corhanteh and call for reinforcements while Albanians demand autonomy and governor option.
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Pristina
Ferl
Seek Miss Reid's Slayers In Mystery Of Death
Special cable reports police seeking two Neapolitans seen with American miss Estelle Reid in Salerno. No sleep at Hotel Aussie, two domiciles suspected, police delay murder theory, Camorra link excluded. Body found in the bay. Age of man about 32. No trace of suspects yet.
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Washington
Salerno
Miss Reid
Army Officers Reassignments and Promotions 1919
Army orders list leaves of absence for First Lieut Philip West pulser Seventh Cavalry and Second Lieut William Ho Sager Corps of Engineers. Reexaminations for promotion scheduled at Fort Leavenworth. Coast Artillery transfers include Capt James F Brady to 158th company, Capt Louie E Bennett to Eleventh company, First Lieut Edward N Woodbury to Eleventh, and multiple other moves among Forts and companies seeking July to August 1910 dates.
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Willam Ho Sager
Russell P Reoder
Coast Artillery Corps
124Th
Wirst Tieat
Charles G Bickham
Paventh Infantry
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Fort Lervenworth
Kane
James F Brady
158Th
Louie E Bennett
Wed
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James B Dillard
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Frederick B. Johnston
BSO
Alfeed S Morgan P
Edward Himmel
Hanson
Blacka
Twenty Third
William H. Monroe
Love in a Flat Suits Her Prettiest Telephone Girl
New York April 23 Broadway reports the prettiest telephone girl Charlotte Grace De Weil who ever said Hello has chosen love over riches. She lives at 408 West Forty second street with a charming suitor, rejecting wealth for a shared happiness.
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Frederick P Fattee
Edward G. Barry
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New York
Frozen in Ship's Rigging, Stanley Loss at Sea
A Seward cable despatch recounts the fishing schooner Stanley wrecked on Sanal Island on March 3. Captain Koehler and mates Bauers and Williams were found frozen in the rigging. the cook disappeared overboard. Five crew survived by jumping overboard and being rescued. Rescue efforts failed to save the three men lashed to the rigging. Captain Koehler died just before help arrived.
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Austrian Officer Confesses Poison Plot in Army
Vienna April 29 Lieut Adolf Hofrichter admits sending prussic acid capsules to ten general staff officers with a circular urging their use The motive was to enable his promotion by removing superiors His wife is suspected of complicity and faces magistrate examination The case could carry death or life imprisonment under Austrian military law upon confession
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Rear Adm Marlz Orders Mixed Navy Assignments 1610
Rear Admiral A Marlz issued orders May 10 1610 transferring Lt A EK Bhoup Lt H K Oxge Lt 1 FP Landie and others to duty at Annapolis California Maryland and San Pedro as training stations. Ships Connecticut Michigan Albany and Georgia sail for navy yard New York Norfolk Philadelphia and San Francisco. Hulls Solace and Ceo proceed to Charleston Hampton Roads and Puritan Oneida and Chist Bootewain Mullen to navy yard New York.
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Bryce Advises Students That Clear Thinking Is Key
James Bryce the British ambassador told University of Kansas students in Lawrence that most mistakes stem from not truly knowing what one thinks one knows. He urged history and liberal studies, warned against neglecting humanities, and called for higher salaries to attract top faculty.
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Pope Receives News of Long Serving Vatican Sacrista
Mgr Guglielmo Pifferi, long time sacrista of the apostolic palace, has died in the Pope's arms after fifty years of service under three Popes. The death marks the end of a centuries old post historically conferred on senior Augustinian clerics. The Pope attended the bedside upon learning the end was near.
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Longworth His Candidate for Governor Favored by Mayor Schwab
Special to The Times Star from Cincinnati April 29 Mayor Schwab praises Nicholas Longworth as a strong Republican governor candidate. He cites Longworth's development into a statesman and his reputation in Congress, aligning with Taft’s tariff record and endorsing a decisive, unapologetic leadership style.
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George Newnes and Rhode Island Income Tax Debate
Sir George Newnes founder of prominent publications and donor of an international chess trophy is named in connection with a Rhode Island income tax dispute. The Rhode Island Senate reports a unanimous disapproval of a proposed income tax amendment to the Federal Constitution.
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