Washington Review: Boy Cadets Parade For War Secretary
Secretary of War Stimson inspects a high school cadet battalion on the White House ellipse as Marines band leads units along Pennsylvania Avenue. Spectators including women and children crowd ropes, while officers observe drills and formations on a broad green field near the Capitol grounds.
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Secretary of War
White House
Marine Band Heads Regiment
Mme
Washington
el Wasington
Dew
Stimaun
Homieats
McCoy
Uf Jamerson
General Staff
Sixth Street
Marine Band
Polles
Penneylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Cal FE
Lowe
Pantern
Omer
Samson
Cal Loewe
Corderams
Horth
Restewal
Mat
Hancom
Perfert Alopay
Pagler
Mowinis
Ff Keefer
Mckin
Stimson
G. H. Jamerson
F. L. McCoy
Obituary notices for Pratt Foster and several others in Rockdale and D.C.
Obituaries recall Pratt Foster and multiple local residents with funeral plans and interment details. Listings include addresses in Rockville and Northwest Washington, interment dates set at Rock Creek Cemetery and Glenwood Cemetery, with services at private residences and chapels. Names include John Foster, George Fe Laces, and Mary A aged seventy, among others.
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Pratt
John Foster
Peara
Sauicday
Rock Reek
Liredas
Crangle
George FE Laces
Beenings
Glenwood
Na Leq County
Venneylvania Avenue
Palbott
Rockdile
W Talbott
UM Am
Mary
Tom Ro
Suprema
District of Columbia
Rostrest Northwest
Bodies Found and Burial Planned at Halifax After Titanic Disaster
Reports say the steamer Minta will return to Halifax with fifteen bodies from the Titanic wreck site, many believed to be crew members. The last identified Titanic dead will likely be buried in Halifax cemeteries as the search for remaining remains ends. Authorities note that the two additional names were requested ashore, and that the tragedy’s impact continues as officials coordinate burials and memorials.
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New York
Halifax
White Star
Middleabrne
Flatifas
N.S
Mass Meetings for Clark Across Maryland Campaign
Speaker Clark’s friends plan many large meetings in Maryland for the last two days of the campaign. Notable figures James A. Reed Charles Towne Tate Pence J Russell and Ferris speak at Baltimore Salisbury Belair La Plata and Anne Arundel counts. The Peters and Lee factions shift alignments as Clark seeks support in Montgomery and surrounding counties.
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Clark
Maryland
James A. Reed
Missouii
Charles A Towns
New York
Tate Pence
Colorado
Baltimore
J. Russell
Missouri
Salisbury
Towne
Ferris
Oklahoma
Belair
Biarford County
T 3
Pepper
Pepper Will Anaak
la Plata
Dan V Stephens
Nebraska
Anne Arundel
Arthur Peters
Rocksville
Montgomery County
Wilsen
Les
Wilson
Democratic Workers
Peters
Lee
Campalan
Taft 487 Votes as Taft Heads Toward Nomination
Taft headquarters released a delegate tally showing 487 votes for Taft with 3,098 total delegates and 50 needed to nominate. Arkansas and Nevada pledge support, boosting Taft and shrinking the remaining slots, while Roosevelt appears to lose influence as the convention nears.
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Taft
Tate
Roosevelt
la Follette
Cummins
Lily White Wing Splits Louisiana Delegates at Large
Louisiana now has three sets of Republican delegates at large for the Chicago convention. In Alexandria today the lily white wing split, with six instructed for President Taft and one set for Col Roosevelt. The black and ten faction had already held a convention, naming six Taft delegates at large.
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Louisiana
Alexandria
Lat
Chicago
Taft
Col
Roosevelt
British Inquiry Into Titanic Disaster Begins With 26 Questions
London May 2 the board of trade inquiry into the Titanic disaster began with 26 proposed questions. Lord Mersey as wreck commissioner presides with five assessors to frame nautical questions. Seamen from New York testify first on construction and equipment as hearings proceed under affected by U S Senate proceedings.
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London
British Board of Trade
Lord Merary
Scottish Rifles
Lord Mersey
Board of Trade
United States Senate
Sir Hufua
United States
New York
Lapland
Thomas Scanlon
North
Silko
Seamen's and Firemen's Union
Merchants’ Service Guild
Seafarers’ Union
Ship Constructors’ Association
Mercantile Officers’ Union
Chinese loan talks break as Tang seeks dictatorship idea
In Peking on May 2 Premier Tang Shao Yi and foreign bankers failed to agree on a loan plan. Tang demanded broad funds with weak supervision while bankers opposed Chinese bonds without strict oversight. Observers suggest Tang aims for personal dictatorship with Yuan Shikai kept in the background.
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Tang Shao Yi
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Titanic Disaster Questions on Passengers and Crew
The document asks detailed inquiries into lifeboat capacity and loads, passenger class distribution and survival, crew saves by rating and sex, reasons for any disproportions, events on board the Titanic after sinking, cause of loss and life-saving measures, ship construction and equipment adequacy, and a court report on Merchant Shipping Act rules to enhance seafaring safety.
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Mfnot
North Atlantic
Rufus Damte Isaacs
Ingly 7
Mercantile Marine
Robert Finlay
White Star Steamship Company
Hmer
Hfe
Titanic inquiry hears Bottomly denies foreknowing news
Senator William Aiden Smith questioned John Bottomly vice president of American Marconi and others about reports that Titanic disaster news reached New York before April 15. Bottomly denied knowledge of any such message and said Marconi first received sinking news around 6 pm Monday. Witnesses were recalcitrant as Smith prepared to reconvene to seek fuller details.
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New York
William Aiden Smith
Michigan
Senate
White Star Line
Mornt
John Bottomly
American Marooni Company
E. J
Bottomly
Smith
Hirg
Marconi Company
Carpathia
Cottam
Bride
Franklin
Liverpool
Virginia
Cape Race
Montreal
Congress
Capt. Smith
Return From 60 Mile Walk Across Shenandoah Valley
Louis C. Wilson district disbursing officer and Waldo C. Hibbs secretary to Commissioner Rudolph return from a 212 day walk through Virginia and West Virginia visiting Winchester and other Shenandoah valley towns. Also notes shipping arrivals and departures including Rotterdam movement, degations in Atlantic liner traffic with several vessels dockings and sailings.
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Louis C. Wilson
Waldo C. Hibbs
Rudolph
Virginia
West Virginia
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Hillsville courthouse killer on trial in Wytheville
Floyd Allen, the first of the Hillsville assassins, faces life on trial in Wytheville Virginia. Prosecutors allege a conspiracy to shoot up the courtroom and warn that Allen would be guilty of eleven felonies if proven. Witnesses described threats toward Bettie Ayres and Foster, and authorities argued the murders were a planned act by the Allen gang.
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Wytheville
Bill Foster
Floyd Allen
Hillsville
I. B. Weddell
Montgomery
Weddell
Allen
Dr. Bolen
Claude Allen
Massie
Foster
Commonwealth
Wyser
Allens
Willis
Bettle Ayres
Jerk Dexter Goad
al- Jen
Willig
Wysor
Wrysor
Hole Torn in Battleship During Collision at Spithead
Tendon, May 2 The British battleship Empress of India collided with a German sailing vessel near Spithead. The Empress sustained a gaping hole above the main deck while the merchantman lost its headgear and foretop. The Empress of India, launched in 181, is now obsolete and kept in reserve. it displaces about 14,000 tons and carries a formidable battery, with the cruiser Warrior in tow at the time.
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Impress of India
Spithead
India
Licensed to Marry in a Fragmented Notice
A partial notice lists marriages with ages and names including Jackson S Force and Lillian M Sturm, William R Lusby and Frances M Hungerford, Ho King of Columbus with BMo Nelann, D Rivers officiant, and Clarence Bailey with Susie Hill of Cedar Grove with the Rev names and dates partially shown.
Anarchists Trample Flag During May Day Incident
Representative Berger of Wisconsin denounces a May Day flag trampling in New York as a frame up by the Industrial Workers of the World. He says the actors were fools and that socialism is international, not national, praising socialists as patriots.
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York
Representative Berger
Wisconsin
Congress
Industrial Workers of the World
Mr. Berger
Thaw Hearing Planned for June 3 in Sanity Case
In White Plains New Jersey Justice Keogh heard Harry K Thaw seek a jury sanity hearing. The court set June 3 for the hearing date and will decide whether a jury or Justice weighs the issue. Four alienists on each side will testify and the process may take several weeks.
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Slayer
White Plains
N. J
Justice Keogh
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Keogh
Weagh
Flee flood on trains refugees at Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge becomes center for flood victims as Terras break forces evacuation. Trains and steamboats carry marooned residents and livestock to safety while dyke breaches threaten more parishes and Baton Rouge braces for rising water and further shelter demand. Government relief Monday aided thousands in refugee camps across the region.
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Baton Rouge
Torras
Mississippi
Angola
Terras
Sheriff Parver
West Baton Rouge Parish
Southern Pacific
Atcha- Yalaya
Iberville
S J. Martin
Frisco
Pointe Coupee
Coal pact to miners decision today on ratification
New York May 2 miners vote to approve or reject a subcommittee labor pact for wage and settlement terms with operators in the anthracite districts. A joint conference with operators may occur to seek further concessions before a miners convention in Scranton or Wilkes-Barre within four days.
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New York
William Green
President White
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Green
Arma ‘Gation
George Fo Bner
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Anthracite Coal Commission
Minera
Wsormng
Vallley
Tanen
Remon
Hazleton
Game of the
Tide Disaster Wipes Out Fiilan Village
News from Australi reports a 38 foot tidal wave at Fune Point in Vietona wiping out the Fiilan town and killing most residents. Survivors are left with nothing to eat as a disaster toll rises.
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Vietona
Australi
Teda
Fiilan
Fune Point
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Senator Smith
American Marconi Company
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