Haywood Trial Draws Thrones and Crowds in Paterson
Wm D Haywood organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World was discharged after a hearing on disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly charges linked to the silk workers strike. Hundreds of Paterson strikers packed the courtroom, while nearly two hundred followers remained jailed, and a moving picture machine filmed the proceedings.
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N. J
Wm. Haywood
The
Industrial Workers of the World
Wm. D. Haywood
Haywood
Hay
Grand Jury
Members Return to Washington in Special Session
Washington April 5 Many members of congress return to Washington for the opening of the special session. Republican leaders expected Mann of Illinois to be named party leader at a caucus tonight. tariff revision plans dominate both houses as Kern outlines Senate rules changes. President Wilson aims to delay other business and push tariff work. numerous minor appointments are anticipated. Wireless experiments between the Eiffel Tower station and Arlington end in Paris.
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Congress
Republican House
Representative Mann
Ilinois
House
Senate
John W. Kern
Wilson
Paris
Riffel Tower
Arlington
W. V
Train Plunges 150 Feet into Water in Congo Crash
A train and locomotive plunged 160 feet from a Congo bridge into water today killing twenty three aboard. None were saved as the carriages fell into the river near Homa, Belgian Congo, in April.
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Homa
Belgian Congo
Congo
Washington society hosts cabinet wives breakfast sans wine
About 350 Washington society women welcomed Mrs Wilson and cabinet wives at a cabinet breakfast while 350 non invited guests seethed. The event, led by temperance advocates, eliminated wine and speeches and featured an illustrated lecture on White House furniture by Mrs Abbie Gunn Baker. Mrs Champ Clark did not attend due to a prior engagement.
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Washington
Society Women
Wilson
Marshall
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
White House
Abbie Gunn Baker
Clark
Champ Clark
Bryan
Anarchist Lacombe Commits Suicide in Paris Prison
Paris April report says Lacombe called Europe’s most desperate criminal died by suicide in De La Santa prison while awaiting trial for murder. Arrested March 11 with dynamite, bombs, pistols, and ammunition, he leerily faced capture after escaping a cell, then leaped to his death after saluting the warden.
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Lacombe
Europe
Prison de la Santa
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L'Idee Libre
Ducret
Benzons
Les Aubrais
Orleans
Rumors of Levee Break Denied Amid Flood Updates
Reports from Cairo and Memphis detail flood pressures along the Ohio River with official denials of breakage at Point Pleasant. Declining river levels emerge as observers note slight rises elsewhere, amid inspections by Col Moriarty and shifting danger for residents near Mound City and Evansville.
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Calro
Mound City
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de Koven
Evansville
Ind
Rund Shawneetown
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis Basin
United States
Letter From Ta Read To Progressives In Congress
Theodore Roosevelt’s letter to the progressives was read at a conference in Representative Murdock’s room. He urged the progressives to stand firm, denounce old parties, and insist on the people’s rights under a national program, contrasting with Democrats and Republicans and invoking Lincoln’s vision of citizens masters over government.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Murdock
Congress
National Party
Democratic Party
Lincoln
Dad Kingsbury Hotel Keeper Dies in Waterloo at 65
William Kingsbury known as Dad Kingsbury dies last night at St Francis hospital from pneumonia aged 65. Survived by sister in Kansas and daughter Mrs L A McFarland of Cedar Rapids. Funeral from Hileman Gindt chapel with interment at Fairview cemetery. He once ran a hack line and managed Windsor hotel, later hotels in Waterloo and Denver. Mrs James Sweeney, 36, dies at St Francis hospital. funeral plans pending.
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William Kingsbury
Kingsbury
St. Francis Hospital
Hileman & Gindt Undertaking Establishment
Fairview Cemetery
Wisconsin
Waterloo
Windsor Hotel
Denver
Drew
James Sweeney
West Fourth Arrest
Prospect Hills
Unprecedented Plan for Tariff Making Approved
Senate finance committee examined the new tariff bill as President Wilson seeks pre submission accord with the White House and Congress. Underwood said the bill’s preparation is unprecedented and aims to win a unanimous committee endorsement before introduction. Wilson favors a sugar plan reducing Cuban duties to 1 cent and phasing to free sugar in three years.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
Wilson
Senate
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House
White House
Congress
Alao
United States
Representative Hardwick
Georgia
Sugar Trust
Hardwick
Tammany Leader Murdered by Gang
New York April Eugene Smith a Tammany political leader was shot and killed on Park Row by four gangsters on his way from a hall of one east side democratic organization. A brother said Smith was mistaken for someone else but police were told he had joined a gang feud and had moved to Brooklyn due to life threats.
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New York
Eugene Smith
Park Row
Tye
East Side
Tammany Hall
Smith
Brooklyn
Underwood Leads Fight For New Tariff Revision Bill
Washington April 5 Representative Oscar W Underwood chairman of the house ways and means committee is deeply engrossed in final details for the tariff revision bill to be presented at the extra session. After conferences with the president the plan aims to cover all schedules approved last year but stalled by the Republican senate. Underwood bears the main burden of shaping a bill he believes is as fair as possible with endorsement from the president.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Congress
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Persamu
Presipdenkov
Sing
Republienn Senate
Underwood
Train Plunge Through Depot Kills Two Men
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train derailed after passing an open switch four miles west of Terney causing two men to die and five other people injured. Fireman Jacobson of Carrier, Indiana, and Grant Mason of Bass are named among the deceased.
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Baltimore
Mabitimore
Ohio
Ay Teg Teil
Tere
Sarhy Taday
J4cakron
Carrer
Ind
Grant Mason
Vass
Bond Sounded In Bekiares Happy Case
Bekiares Happy reports a bond set for Willan Falis friend Ge Bektares and others. The court sequence notes a pending release order and a jail term adjustment amid defense arguments. Judge Batis presides as Garrston and other officials schedule next steps and invite the public to observe proceedings.
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Willan Falis
Ge Bektares
Batis
New Agricultural Board Bill Introduced in Des Moines
A bill presented April 6 proposes reestablishing a statewide board of agriculture and creating a new commission to supervise agricultural departments. Senator Mattes leads the appropriations committee in introducing the bill to expand oversight and funding.
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NEW Agricultural Board
Fies Moines
Mattes
Agricnlinees
Howre Eferee
Eh Fe
Wild Women Accused of Fire At Scottish Racecourse
London reports allege suffragists tried to ignite the Kelso stand in Scotland using petroleum soaked bags. The Ayr stand burned earlier, with losses around 100 pounds. Planks and posters found implied militant acts by protesters across Britain.
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Kelso
Scotland
Walter
Ayr
Alan
Nist
Histori Places
Kiteeorth
Tiemudin
Body of Morgan Starts Over Sea
Vinere ramon April fi of dDepenit Mera so Fhe bendy in stgrty is pve Cpe The way Werogs the Art deco heard thee oR reneh Mer oped Vie onrartnary ohepel tae the eelfia hh Meat placed ds Pilbed with wreaths sent by the hh covernment Ambassador Merny oT Verrick and numerous Tends i Paris and Lordon. The steames train mmn Paris 10yo hrows here piasers for the! Mone among whom were John tt Hires. Ate Motsgin's Paris partner Widow and Daaughter Arrive. Highland Palig SY April Boe Mrs de PR Morea and her daughter Mise San Mornin arrived here tos day for a test percine the arrival of Mr Mergates beds from Havre. They some it out automobile from New York and wil remain at the 'Moma country home Cragson.
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Merny Ot
Verrick
Paris
Lordon
Mmn
John Tt
Ate Motsgin
Daaughter
April Boe
de PR. Morea
Mise San Mornin
Allies Reply to Mediation Proposals Faces Reservations
In a cautious Balkan dispatch from April 5 in Sofia and Belgrade, the Balkan allies publish counter proposals to the powers on Thrace frontiers and Aegean islands. They demand a generically defined frontier, insist on island control, seek a preapproved war indemnity, and press for swift hostilities ceasefire upon acceptance.
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Crete
Thrace
Aegean Sea
Albania
London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Midia
Black Sea
Enos
Paris
Belgrade
Servia
Scutari
Montenegro
Cetinje
Antivari
Avalanche trap at Furka pass endangers 200 workers
Rome report says two hundred laborers and engineers on the Furka pass across the Alps were buried by an avalanche near Demadegsola. Some have died from exposure while rescuers race against cold weather and snow in Italy. Vesuvius area also reports snow.
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Furka
Alps
Demadegsola
Italy
Vesuvius
Fire destroys Sumner iron works plant at Everett
Fire last night in Everett, Washington, wiped out most of the Sumner iron works plant. The loss is placed at 2,000,000 dollars, about fully insured. The blaze caused extensive damage to machinery and facilities, with no immediate reports of casualties.
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Wash
Sumner Iron Warka
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