Condition of Pope Improves After Illness
Rome reports show the pope’s condition improved with reduced fever and greater vigor after a relapse of influenza. Vatican physician Marchiafava noted notable improvement, though weakness and low mood persist. Pilgrims prayed outside the Vatican, while officials stressed rest and cautious optimism amid conflicting reports.
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Prof
Marchiafava
Vatican
Marchiafave
Pope
Piasaa di San Pietro
Preas
Railroad approves large new stock issue amounting to forty six million
Directors of the Pennsylvania railroad at a meeting today passed a resolution authorising a ten percent stock base totaling about forty six million dollars. Existing stockholders may subscribe at par for new shares equal to ten percent of their holdings. Corina, queen of Navana olgara, tad ertiamrent.
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Philadelphia
Pannsylvania Railroad At & Meeting
Corina
Navana
Olgara
Tad Ertiamrent
Detectives Fail to Stop Canyon Road Robbery
Ogden April 9. A posse pursues two men after they seized $1,000 from Mrs. Thomas D. Dee and Mrs. R Bristol on Canyon road. Detectives posing as women delivered the money but were forced to surrender it and were shot at. the robbers fled.
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Ogden
Ubat
Thomas D. Dee
R. &. Bristol
Canyon
Progressives Outline Bill Agenda in House Caucus
Washington April 9 The house progressive caucus committee works after a meeting with national progressives. Drafting two to three bills include an interstate industrial commission similar to the railroad ICC, a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage, a special suffrage committee, a non partisan scientific tariff board, and a minimum wage plan through a wage commission. Jane Addams is abroad and will be consulted later.
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Jane Addams
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Industrial Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judiciary Committee
McReynolds Rejects New Union Pacific Plan
Washington April McReynolds disapproves Lovett proposed dissolution plan for the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger. The UP will still submit the plan to the U S court at St Louis. Lovett advised the attorney general.
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Washington
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Board
United States Court
St. Louis
Lovatt
Laws Proposed in California Arouse Japan
Tokio reports wide consternation in Japan over California anti Japan bills. Commercial men threaten to boycott the Panama Pacific Exposition if bills are withdrawn. Viscount Chinda, Japan’s ambassador, nears Washington to press for solution while Japan’s foreign office hopes for a satisfactory outcome. The Liberal Party urges U.S. and Japan to block land ownership measures to protect interests and relations. Also notes Mr Scholl of 628 Archar Street suffers from a blood poisoning infection after a scratch becomes severe.
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Tokio
Japan
California
Viscount Chinda
United States
Wilson
Bryan
National Liberal Party
Wilson to Meet Finance Committee in Capitol Room
President Wilson plans a 3 p m meeting with Democratic members of the Senate finance committee in the Capitol to press tariff reform. The session aims to secure unity between houses as opposition surfaces on free wool and sugar duties. The White House signals the leader may campaign to rally support in primary races if the tariff plan fails. The Wellington Card club gathering at Mrs. John Riordan’s home is postponed to Friday.
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Washington
Wilson
Finance Committee
Capitol
Congress
Senate
Democrats
Finance
Oscar Underwood
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Wellington
John Riordan
Titanic Widows to Scatter Flowers at Sinking Site
Boston will see Mrs. Jacquea Futrelle and fellow Titanic widows sail to Europe to honor their husbands on the disaster anniversary. They plan to reach the scene around 2:15 AM on April 15 and toss baskets of flowers into the water where the tragedy unfolded.
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Boston
Jacquea Futrelle
Europe
Buffalo Car Strike Paralyses City and Suburbs
Buffalo, N Y on the International Railway system faced a four day car strike with complete paralysis of street car traffic for twenty hours. Militia patrolled main streets while Mayor Fuhrmann attempted to mediate. Strike leaders demanded recognition of union rights in exchange for arbitration on wages and hours. Two Main Street cars ran downtown without passengers under police protection. Reports of explosions near Tonawanda stirred fear of damage to the Niagara Falls line, but no track or bridge damage was found and no explanation was given.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fuhrmann
Carmen
International Railway Company
Fuhr- Mann
Tonawanda
International Railway
Niagara Falls
Senate Passes Grout Flag Bill in Des Moines
In Des Moines on April 9 the senate approved Representative Grant’s measure prohibiting flag desecration. The bill moves to the governor for signature amid a period of strong patriotic sentiment.
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Senate
Des Moines
Grant
Covernor
Doctor predicts humanity may lose appendix through evolution
Waterloo physician Dr. Jerger reports after operating on over 600 cases that the human appendix may disappear if Darwinian tissue transformation holds. He says the condition is hereditary, affects mostly women, and that children of affected parents tend to have smaller appendices, aligning with natural selection theories.
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A. Jergerend
Wt. A. Terger
Waterloo
Pr. Terger
Jerger
Drastic arrests in Chinatown murder case in San Francisco
In San Francisco amid ongoing Tong war violence, police begin a large wave of warrants and indictments. Wong Jim and others face murder charges, while the grand jury had returned bills against leaders of the Six company and Tong factions. Lee Hong, a Bing Kong member, was shot as police and federal agents push for convictions or deportations. Washington says federal stance on aliens owning land remains unchanged.
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Chinatown
Oakland
Hong Kong
America
Doo King
Bing Kong
Lewis Quong
Same Kong
Chang Shee Ting
Chim Ling
Suey Sing Tong
Lee Hong
Wilson
Washington
California
Raker
Democrats Hold Secret Caucus On Tariff Bill
Washington April 9 House democrats caucused again on the tariff bill after the Ways and Means Committee met to frame a tariff program. The House adjourned for a full day to map out the work ahead. Secret caucuses will continue daily. President Wilson supported open caucuses but the plan failed. Debates included possible schedule division to vote separately on sugar and wool. Wilson remains open to conviction on the single or divided bill approach.
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Washington
House Democrats
Ways and Means Committee
House
Wilson
Senate
Underwood
National Geographic backs Amundsen Arctic voyage
The National Geographic Society voted twenty thousand dollars to Roald Amundsen for a Norwegian polar expedition leaving the Pacific coast in June 1914 to explore the polar basin between Canada and Alaska and Asia with aims to reach the north pole. The voyage is planned to last four years in drifting ice. In Missouri, Gov Gav vetoed a bill allowing Standard Oil to continue business despite a supreme court ouster decree.
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National Geographic Society Today
Pacific Coast
Roald Amundsen
Polar
Canada
Alaska
Asiatic
Standard Oil Bell
Jefferson City
Gav
Standard Ofl Company
Missouri
Supreme Court
Police Clamp Down on Demonstrations in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on April 10 the police issued a sweeping order banning all meetings and street protests to preserve public peace. The directive, binding nationwide in the capital, promises strict action to quell Pan Slavic and anti Austrian demonstrations from recent days. Novoe Vremya criticizes the order as incoherent and unstable in government policy.
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St. Petersburg
Cntesa
Novoe Vremya
Fesw
Yaqui Indians halt night attack at Naco in border fighting
Yaqui Indians fighting with Mexican constitutionalists against Huerta forces refused to attack Naco at night. Chiefs cited beliefs about souls roaming freely if killed after dark. Seven Mexicans arrested by Ninth U S Cavalry carried dynamite. Major Reed placed loaded railroad cars along the border to deter danger to Arizona residents. About fifty wounded soldiers remained on the field as leaders barred removal to the American side. Civilian doctors and volunteers worked through the night amid scarce aid.
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Aris
Huerta
Ninth U. S. Cavalry
Arizona
Reed
Ninth Cavalry
Army
Naco Doutor
Zelie Emerson Released From Holloway Jail
Miss Zelie Emerson a Suffraget from Jackson Michigan is released from Holloway jail with her mother taking her to a nursing home for medical care. The mother guards access while militant allies plan to press interviews, amid international pressure themes.
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London
Zelie Emerson
Jackson
Mich
Holloway
Miss Emerson
Liberty
Imerson
Expo Building for Waterloo at Panama-Pacific Exposition
William Galloway and W W Marsh, Waterloo manufacturers, push Iowa state legislators to allow Waterloo to erect an exposition building on San Francisco’s Panama Pacific grounds for 1915. They back the plan after the state legislature refused to fund an Iowa building.
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Iowa
May Abdicate Will Not Yield In Montenegro Crisis
London reports King Nicholas of Montenegro prepared to abdicate if force is used against Montenegro. The plan, made with King Peter of Servia, would see Montenegro unite with Servia and the royal family receive a civil list position while retaining a right of succession to the Montenegrin throne.
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London
Nicholas
Montenegro
Péter
Servis
Servia
Former Wilson Pupil Breckinridge for assistant secretary of war
Henry C. Breckinridge of Lexington Kentucky and William H. Osborn of Greensboro North Carolina were named for high government posts by the White House though not yet prepared for formal nomination. Breckinridge, Princeton 1907 graduate, was one of President Wilsons pupils noted for public speaking and political science.
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Washington
Henry C. Breckinridge
Lexington
Wm. H. Osborn
Greensboro
N. C
Internal Revenue
White House
Breckinridge
Princeton
Wilson
Unwritten Law Liberates Olson Verdict Shocks Courtroom
In St Paul Minnesota on April 9 the jury found Prof Oscar M Olson formerly of the University of Minnesota farm school not guilty in the murder case of Clyde N Darling who was described as a wreck er of the Olson home The verdict came after the jury had been out from 5 pm until 3 35 am Judge Orr summoned from his home arrived after the verdict Oleon the defendant being brought to the courtroom staggered and then recovered his composure as he shook hands with jurors the judge and press members
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St. Paul, Minn
Oscar M. Olson
University of Minnesota Farm School
Clyde N. Darling
Olson
Judge Orr
Opening Day Sparks 1913 National League Start in Brooklyn
New York opening sees Brooklyn host Philadelphia at Ebbets Field under a bright April sun as the National League begins its 1913 season while the American League starts tomorrow in the usual slate across major cities.
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New York
Ebbett's Field
Brooklyn
Jana
Philadelphians
Temperature report and weather notes with names
The report records yesterday's weather with a minimum of 37 and maximum of 43. It notes a prior year’s extremes of 47 and 63, and mentions Mrs. B C DeVoe at 413 Jefferson suffering from appendicitis.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Leeleelee Eye
B.C. DeVoe
Jefferson Atfect
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