Missouri Happenings From War to Law Contests
A long page notes Missouri figures: Brigadier General Goswaerl born in Richmond. civic leaders and university figures like Joseph Frasier directing 300 students at the University of Missouri. Civil court cases test reelection eligibility under a constitutional amendment. enforcement crackdowns rise in Ozark dry counties with fines for bootleggers. Survivors and deaths include ex-Missourian and Oklahoma resident Sta Seely and Nodaway’s George O Cobb. An incendiary fire near Sedalia causes large losses. sheriff Estes of Grundy and Sedalia hotel proprietor Hacking are mentioned among many locals. Governor Folk’s legislative agenda and upcoming Missouri participation in national resource talks are highlighted as well.
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Richmend
Gatawy
John B
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Boost Cou “Ature
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University
Joseph Frasier
University of
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Supreme Court
John W. Scott
Sherif
Cole County
Sperry to Command Atlantic Fleet After July Departure
Washington reports Rear Admiral Charles B Sperry will command the Atlantic battleship fleet as it sails from San Francisco in July. Admiral Evans will be relieved after the naval review in San Francisco on May 8, completing his assignment to lead the fleet. In Ann Arbor Michigan, two University of Michigan students were arrested for stealing a cuspidor from the Cook hotel amid a ongoing friction with city police. Both pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct and were fined 10 dollars and 5 dollars 20 cents respectively.
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Sperry
San Francisco
Roosevelt
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Evans
Atlantic
Palme Federation
Ann Arbor
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University of Michigan
Cook Hotel
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Panic caused by Standard Oil and Morgan influence in finance
Washington reports claim that panic in October arose from alleged moves by Standard Oil and J Pierpont Morgan to advance political and financial goals. Senator La Follette accuses financiers of manipulating markets to profit at the expense of investors and legitimate trade.
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Standard Oil
J. Pier © Morgan
LaFollette
Alrich
LaPollette
Wall Street
Tle
Morgan
Standard ‘Oil
New York City
Death Sentence for Orehar Caldwell in Haywood Pettibone Case
Orehar Caldwell known as Harry Orchard testified in the Haywood Pettibone trials for ex Governor Steunenberg’s murder and urged the board of pardons to commute his death sentence. Judge Fremont Wood recommended commuting Orchard’s death to state prison. Orchard was sentenced after pleading guilty, with Wood presiding over related trials. The same report notes Stoessell’s death sentence in St Petersburg and a Pennsylvania tunnel completion in New York.
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Orehar Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
William D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
District Court
Board of Pardons
Orchard
State Penitentiary
Wood
Haywood and Pettibone
Pan American Committee Formed in Washington DC
Responding to Secretary Root invitation a Pan American committee of the United States was formed Tuesday to implement Rio conference suggestions. W J Buchanan of Buffalo named chairman with Andrew Carnegie as vice chairman and John Barrett as secretary and director of the bureau of American republics.
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Washington, D.C
Root
Rio
United States
W. J. Buchanan
Buffalo
Andrew Carnegie
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Bank Robbery in Moftwan District Nets $900
Two masked men believed to belong to the same band that robbed the Bank of Tyre Kansas last week forced Davis Bank at Moftwan Oklahoma Southwest of Muskogee to surrender $900 at 2:30 am. They fled on motorcycles and vanished into a dense area with a pursuing posse forming too late to capture them. The only bank officers present were vice president J Davis and cashier W Davis. State authorities traced the robbers to a point 40 miles north of Hoffman.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nationalvention
William H. Taft
William B. Allison
Ohio
Allison
Cummins
Alyeh
Cumming
Muskogee
Bank of
J.davis
Cashler W. Davis
Hoffman
Strang Line Sold To Kansas City Western Railroad
The Missouri and Kansas Interurban known as the Strang line, running to Topeka and to Fort Leavenworth, has been sold to the Kansas City Western Railroad Company. The purchase will likely extend the Strang line toward Topeka and connect with the growing interurban system in southeastern and southwestern Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Missouri & Kansas Interurban
German Expeditionary Force Battles Hottentots in Kala Hari Desert
A South African government cable reports a clash between German expeditionary troops and Hottentot forces in the Kala Hari desert. German losses include Captain Von Erekert and Lieutenant Ebia rer, with 12 privates killed and 17 wounded. the Hottentots suffer 38 dead and several captured while Koppers escapes.
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South Africa
Berlin
Goverment
Hottertots
Kalahari
Andy Simon Koppers
Hottentat
Koppers
Caytain von Erekert
Ebiarer
Telephone profits surge as AT&T reports record gains
The annual report of President Wall of the American Telephone and Telegraph shows profits of 259,000,000 against 178,570,000 last year. Wall describes the system as national in character with millions of subscribers and 1,664,000 miles of wire forming a vast connected network.
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New York
Wall
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ramifica
Pension Bill Passed After Lengthy Debate In Washington
In Washington D C a pension appropriation bill was approved by the house after hours of discussion. The measure consolidates 17 pension agencies and authorizes 915048800 for the program. The vote stood 61 to 39 with support from the appropriations committee and no change to its recommendation for a single general agency.
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Washington
D. C
United States
House Thurntay
Ron
Committee On Appropriations
Brewery Walkout Ends as Workers Ordered Back
The estate board of mediation and arbitration concluded its inquiry into the Tuesday walkout that closed 24 breweries in St. Louis Missouri ordering all striking workers to return to work under the previously negotiated contracts and directing brewery owners to reinstate them without prejudice.
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Louis
Ora
Estate Board of Mediation
Police Charged With First Degree Murder in Parry Death
Muskogee Oklahoma city patrolmen Rep er Fields and Stein were charged with first degree murder in the death of Ed Parry a claim agent for the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad after resisting arrest Parry was stabbed to death The officers were taken into custody and held in full uniform pending trial at Justice Burks court
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Muskogee, Ok
Reper
Fields and
Stein
Justice Burks
Ed Parry
Missouri, Kansas &Texas Railroad
Parry
Wa Ibbed
cMlera
Senator Penrose Taken Ill At Philadelphia Home
Reports from Philadelphia indicate United States Senator Boles Penrose is dangerously ill at his home. Doctors stated Thursday night that his condition is serious and a prognosis was not immediately available.
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Philadelphia
United States
Boles Penrose
Hin
State orders depots built in Kansas City Kansas
Topeka Kansas The state board of railroad commissioners has ordered the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railway companies to construct passenger depots in Kansas City Kansas ensuring improved facilities for travelers and service.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City
No Choice for President Delegation Backed by Democrats
New York Democratic state committee backed an uninstructed delegation to the national convention after a near solid vote, as predicted by Chairman W J Conners. The move signals support for delegation autonomy in the presidential selection.
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New York
W. J. Conners
Democraticate Committee
Warships Arrive Port Des Moines Paducah and Cresay Reach Harbor
Three additional warships arrive at port the American cruiser Des Moines the gunboat Paducah and the English cruiser Cresay joining earlier vessels.
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Americas
Paducah
Cresay
Major Congressional Actions Reported from the 60th Congress
The day’s notes cover Standard Oil Bank claims over public funds and remarks by Mr Prince of Illinois. Other items include homestead act expansion to 320 acres and residency, railroad tax and currency bill provisions, franking restrictions, arid land allocations to Idaho, private pension bills, and a Supreme Court recess through April 6.
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Washington, D. C
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Villnois G House
Bue
Soliary Standart Oil Bank
New York City
Washington, D.C
House Committee On Public Lands Wednenday
Mendel
Wyoming
Congress
Civic Federation
B. C
State of Idaho
Washington
D. C
Mothers Congress Ends in Washington D C
The National Mothers Congress closed in Washington with a series of child welfare resolutions. A key measure urged state legislatures to enact laws protecting every interest of the child. The next triennial meeting will be held in the capital.
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Mothers Congress
Washington, D. C
National Mothers Congress
Old Warship Burns Off Guantanamo Fort
The old warship Monongahela burned to the waterline near Guantanamo Bay after being hauled to the harbor edge. In Washington, D. C. the pension appropriation bill session stretched over four hours as Congress debated politics finance trusts and the president's last message. Both chambers adjourned briefly to honor the memory of Senator William Pinckney Whyte of Maryland.
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Navy Department
Guantanamo
D. C
House of Representatives
House
United States
William Pinckney Whyte
Maryland
Senate
Whyte
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