Titanic Inquiry Reveals Wireless Delays and Rumors
The Senate hearing details Vice President P A S S Franklin recounting attempts to delay Titanic reports to avoid alarm. He describes wireless rumors, Carpathia messages, and the moment the Carpathia found only lifeboats and wreckage. Franklin denies censorship and notes officials sought survivors’ details while public panic rose.
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Washington
P. A
Franklin
Frankn
Carpathia
Titanic
Mr. Franklin
Sennor Smith
Cape Race
Symple
Haddock
Fr. Franklin
Waddock
White Star Company
Mr. Steele
J.P. Morgan, Jr
Atra
Teft
Carpathis
Senator Smith
Smith
Marconi
Sammits
Marconi Company
Wm. Alden Smith
Senate
Newlands
Burton
Perkins
Simons
Fletcher
School Relocated to Century Building on Sycamore Street
The notice states the school has moved from the Federal block to the Century Building on Sycamore Street and mentions a change effective starting Wednesday. Further details are unclear due to torn OCR text.
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Sycamore Street
Senate Passes Cumming Bill on Appeal to Supreme Court
Washington April 22 The senate without a dissenting vote approved the Cumming bill allowing any appeal to the Supreme Court from a circuit court decision in the Southern District of New York upholding the reorganization of the American Tobacco Company.
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Washington
Senate Today
Cumming
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Tob&ecco Company
Taft Convention Opens as Adams Predicts Victory
Cedar Rapids April 22 The advance guard of the Republican state convention forces began arriving. John T. Adams of Dubuque Taft campaign manager said the convention will be a Taft convention by a strong majority. George D. Perking of Sioux City was mentioned for a possible at large delegate. Senator James H. Trewin of Cedar Rapids named as a potential permanent chair.
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Cedar Rapids
John T. Adams
Dubuque
Adams
George D. Perking
Sioux City
James H. Trewin
Nagel Outlines Aim of Taft Conference on National Chamber
Secretary Nagel described the Commercial conference in Washington as a step toward forming a national chamber of commerce. He warned of conflict with business if government agencies fail to find solutions to urgent economic problems and urged a permanent representative trade body to harmonize government and industry.
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Washington
Nagel
Taft
Chamber of Commerce
Tnles
Flooded Mississippi residents marooned on float ing housetops
New Orleans reports say hundreds remain stranded on floating houses and rafts in northwestern Mississippi. Rescue parties use motor boats to reach inundated areas, with intense suffering among flood prisoners noted.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Arrest of Rock Island Editor and Lawyer on Murder Charges
Edward Gardner editor of a Tri-City labor paper and Phillip H Wells attorney were arrested in Rock Island County Illinois on indictments charging assault with intent to murder. The indictments stem from the grand jury probe into recent rioting in Rock Island. An acyclonic wind hit Adamsville Hinkney City Judtown Brookside and nearby mining towns. twelve to fifteen killed and many injured, twenty houses destroyed at Brookside.
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Davenport
Edward Gardner
Phillip H. Wells
Rock Island County
Illinois
Rock Island
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Adamsville
Hinkney City
Judtown
Brooksioe
Brookside
St. Louis
Ilinois
Willisville
Perry County
Murphysboro
Duquoin
Bloomington
Piper City
Chatsworth
Kankakee
Ill
David Jay
Jay
Fragmentary Trial Note Mentions White Star Flag Sketch
A partial transcript fragment shows a witness near a long table and official J. Z. Kiertein with Mr Tentay. The note references a wheel of paper and a sketch portraying the White Star flag like the Titanic flag at its peak, suggesting a symbolic wartime or maritime tie.
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White Star
Mr. Tentay
J. Z. Kiertein
White Star Ine
Two Men Die in Freight Wreck Near Iowa Falls
A rear end collision of two Illinois Central stock train sections in Iowa Falls kills two men and injures others. Firemen and engineers jumped. one fatally injured man, Nels Jourgenson of Ruthven, Ia., later dies at Ellsworth hospital. Train damage blocks traffic for hours as investigators announce no official cause yet.
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Iowa Falls
Illinois Central
Fred Carson
Otto
Fred Bliss
Washbta
Nels Jourgeneon
Anthon
Harry Boehmler
Frank R. Flickinger
G. M. Alger
Waterloo
Jourgeson
Nels Jourgenson
Ruthbon
Ellsworth Hospital
Burgess
Town Falls
Iowa River
Chicago
Iowa
Leral Undertakers
Cale
The
Western Union
Cattin
L. H. Ducommon
Fort Dodge
Titanic Disaster Update Seeks Identifications From Mackay Bennett
Wireless from the Mackay Bennett reports sixty four bodies recovered from the Titanic area with only identified remains to be brought home. Gulf Stream carries wreckage fifty miles east of the sinking. lifeboats half full blamed on captain's orders. Survivors in hospitals recover as relief funds surge.
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New York
Mackay-Bennett
White Star Line
Mackay- Bennett
Sca
Gulf Stream
Sheln
Carpathia
Smith
Hves
Peter D. Daly
Lima
Peru
Daly
John Thompson
Tittanic
St. Vincent's Hospital
Thompson
Liverpool
Queenstown
Settlement Near in Mine Dispute Reached, Likely Final Session
New York April 22 The anthracite miners and operators subcommittee today neared a settlement on miners demands. Basis reportedly includes a fifty to sixty percent wage increase and indirect union recognition. No union check off. Fire at Kirkwood Illinois destroys a quarter of business district. losses estimated at 80,100 dollars.
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New York
Kirkwoon
Galesburg
Kirkwood
Temperature April 22 Report From Buchanan Optical Ca Syndicata
A fragment reports temperature data for April 22 with notes supplied by Buchanan Optical Co syndicata. The legible text references Markinga and a night period with unclear measurements and formatting.
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Buchanan Optical Ca. Syndicata
Tee Ebeererareeee
Lps
Roosevelt Named Lead in Western Primaries Says Dixon
Washington reports Senator Dixon states Roosevelt won Nebraska and Oregon primaries, sealing GOP nomination at Chicago. He notes six key states total 98 electoral votes against Taft and demands Roosevelt’s nomination. Oregon results show Roosevelt as Republican president pick, Wilson likely Democratic choice, with General Selling defeating Bourne for senator.
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Nebraska
Oregon
Chicago
Dixon
Taft
Roosevelt
Portland
Ore
Ore-gon
Woodrow Wilson
Bourne
Harry Lane
QO. P. Coshow
Roseburg
Stiloon Hutchins Death Ends Noted Journalism Career
Stiison Hutchins, longtime newspaper figure and philanthropist, died in Washington after a long illness. Born 1838 in Whitefield, New Hampshire, he worked as a reporter in Massachusetts before guiding Des Moines and Dubuque papers, founded the St Louis Times, then moved to Washington to establish the Washington Post in 1877. His death ends a career span and opens a public estate dispute between widow Rose Ketting Hutchins and his two sons Walter Stilson Hutchins and eo T Hutchins.
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Washington
Stiison Hutchins
Highome
Whitefield
N. H
Mtr
Hucehins
Moston
Iowa
Des Moinex
Dubuque
Washington Post
Tornado Toll Rises Across Illinois and Indiana
A devastating April tornado swept central and southern Illinois and northwestern Indiana killing at least 35 people and injuring about 200. Bush Illinois saw the worst loss with 18 dead and over 40 injured as nearly every home was destroyed or damaged.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Bush
Williamson County
World's Greatest Crook Lost With World's Greatest Ship
New York dispatch reports Harry Silberberg known by many aliases died on the Titanic. A famed swindler and gambler who posed as J Coleman Drayton, he led a double life and married a millionaire’s stepdaughter in Minneapolis. Police traced his exploits across two continents before boarding the Titanic.
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Harry Silberberg
New York
Continents
Silverton and
Silverthorne
Mitch Prey
Silberbeg
J. Coleman Drayton
Wiliam Astor
Minneapolis
New York Dispatches
Hennepin County
New York Police
Scotland Yard
Silberberg
William Astor
John Jacob Astor
Monte Carlo
Southampton
Silverton
Siam
Lord Cursor
Calcutta
Dreyfus
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J. Bruce Ismay
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P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
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Thames Embankment
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Mackay Bennett
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