Roosevelt Dam Opens Transforming Arizona Desert
Miss Ethel Roosevelt helped inaugurate the Roosevelt Dam across the Salt River, Phoenix, transforming 200000 acres of desert into fertile land. The ceremony, attended by state and federal officials, celebrated the completion of a project that irrigates, finances future reclamation, and marks a major shift in Arizona farming prospects.
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Fire at Union Stock Yards Kills One and Devours Cattle
A massive blaze at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago overnight killed one man and burned about six hundred head of cattle. Property damage exceeds $100,000 as firemen battled the spectacular fire for three hours before bringing it under control.
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Roosevelt Warns Of Japanese Threat On Mexican Border
Col Theodore Roosevelt warns friends the Japanese situation along western Mexico is serious and he would seek permission to form a division in the Southwest if war comes. San Antonio reports an army division readied for actual warfare and possible move to the border as insurrection spreads from California to Tamaulipas and Sonora.
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Brunswick News Indicted In Postal Law Violation
The Daily News of Brunswick Georgia was indicted by the U S grand jury for publishing lottery advertisements alleging investment costs per acre in ten annual installments. The article connects the case to the Arizona reclamation project and Colonel Roosevelt during dedication events.
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Taft to urge ratification of arbitration treaty with Britain
President Taft will submit the arbitration treaty just negotiated with Great Britain to the extra session of Congress and press for ratification. The agreement is before the British parliament and has received cordial reception there. Taft played golf this morning before returning to his hotel.
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Head Of Labores in Gotham Strike Grows More Alarming
New York declares its major strike on wheels more alarming as Samuel Gompers and Daniel J. Tobin mobilize from Washington and Indianapolis to join the fight. The action threatens to paralyze traffic as never before, echoing a wider national labor dispute.
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Washington
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Indianapolis
Three Negroes Arrested for Higgs Knighton Murders
Three African American men were arrested Friday in Rock Island near the Coosa River island group and transported to Pell City for investigation. The coroner's inquiry linked strong evidence to the case in which two men were beaten to death, with whisky law violations noted as a possible motive.
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Honor is accepted in fiery speech by Calhoun County Fair leader
Ross Trackman was elected president of the Calhoun County Pair Association after the resignation of W. Pace. Blackmon pledged vigor behind a fall fair, urged county agricultural development, and announced a committees on committees lineup. Superintendent H Persons urged taking over the Boys' Corn Club with substantial premiums. The association aims for a successful fair next fall.
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D. P. Hale
C. I. Douglass
C. J. Houser
Rioting Despite Precautions Mark City Strike Progress
The history of this city notes elaborate precautions against violence as rioting continues to mark the progress of a great strike that has grown daily.
Texas Governor Signs Statewide Prohibition Bill
Austin March 18 The governor Colquitt signed the statewide prohibition bill. It provides for a constitutional amendment submission for statewide prohibition at an election on July 22 next.
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Wife Confesses to Killing Northwestern Official in Park Ridge
Chicago March 14 Superintendent Charles Sebenk of the Northwestern Gaslight and Coke Company was shot at his Park Ridge home after a farewell with friends. Late this afternoon his wife confessed shooting him, thinking him a burglar.
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Northwestern Gaslight and Coke Company
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