07 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
1
A broad overview of national events notes President Taft’s cordial talk with Baron Uchida to celebrate the ratified treaty with Japan, alongside civilian and military affairs, bank reforms in Oklahoma, naval appointments for royal duties, and varied political developments across states.
Reports say Mexican insurrectos reject any peace plan while Diaz and his cabinet tender resignations. The Colorado senate passes an eight hour workday bill. Roosevelt praises Panama Canal. House to adjust the wool tariff. Madero family attorney says peace costs Diaz retirement. Illinois Central dispatchers get 10 percent raise. Four Milwaukee firemen die as roof collapses. New Jersey passes voter protection bill. MacVeagh approves new tourist customs rule. Cummins critiques Canadian reciprocity in Des Moines. Georgia tests its prohibition law before the US Supreme Court. Governor Dix urges repeal of inheritance tax. A Grand Island Nebraska woman saved $2000 pin money. her death reveals it. Iowa and New York legislatures risk losing Senate representation in extra session. Omaha courthouse dynamiting attempt. Iowa Society dinner in New York. Taft assures Japanese ambassador no hidden motive in Texas troop move. Honduras railroad placed in receivership.
In Des Moines the house passed a Perkine bill authorizing state parole boards and institution heads to decide on sterilization via vasectomy or tubal ligation for inmates convicted of prostitution or multiple felonies. The measure defines conditions, sets authority, and notes the operation aims to prevent procreation of at risk individuals. Senate actions include airbrakes on streetcars, delinquency penalties, and dairy egg standards. Legislators also discuss reduced legal weights for onions and potatoes and a bulk sales bill. Future lawmakers will receive a $450 salary increase.
A bill by Campbell of Ida requires common carriers to provide sleeping berths and proper accommodations in sleeping cars for stockmen traveling with their stock. The measure, supported by Hutchins and Whitney, faces opposition as a potential interstate commerce conflict. The session also considers consent petition reforms, juvenile commitments, seed corn integrity, hung juries, kidnaping penalties, wholesale liquor sales, five mile limits, and monthly wage pay for railroad workers.
The Roosevelt dam near Phoenix Arizona stands as a colossal irrigation project. It creates a vast lake, powers mills and a cement plant, and spurs a town built to support the work. The project will irrigate 240000 acres with 61000000000 gallons of water and generate 26000 horsepower for pumping and city lighting.
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