News of the Week Condensed from Around the World
National capital reports: War Department orders 2,000 recruits in addition to 20,000 mobilized troops heading to the Mexican frontier. 2,000 marines to Guanatanamo aboard the Prairie and Dixie. cruisers Tennessee Montana North Carolina and Washington to rendezvous in the Gulf. Discussions include income tax amendment ratification and Ballinger impeachment. Ohio Supreme Court upholds disfranchisement of 1,000 Adams county voters for selling votes.
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National Capital
Bush
War Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Department of Texas
Guanatanamo
Prairie
Dixie
Tennessee
Montana
North Carolina
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Nebraska
Ballinger
House of Representatives
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
Ohio Supreme Court
Blair
Adams County
Multiple Disparate Federal and Military News Items
Army ration changes and field bakery detachments depart for Texas Fort Riley cooks detachment moves to Fort Sam Houston. American Tobacco reports 35.0 million net earnings up 4.6 million. Pennsylvania railroad cancels 500 rate proposals with ICC. other eastern lines file cancellations. Kansas approves public utilities bill. Gov. Stubbs to sign. New York Assembly passes six month cold storage limit. Nebraska House backs initiative referendum. Missouri troops ordered to Texas for Mexico frontier buildup. Green county audit finds 14,000 shortage across seven officials. Peary reward bill advances to rear admiral rank. Rear Admiral Fremont dies of heart disease. A. F. L. organizer Yates says railroad mail clerks join Repressera at Leer. Sixty-first Congress ends in dissension. Taft calls extra session. reciprocity fight shifts to Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tobacco Company
The
Tobacco ‘Trust
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commer Commission
Kansas House
Senate
Stubbs
School For
Fort Riley
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Commissary Department
New York Assembly
Nebraska House of Representatives
Department of Missouri
Texas
Green County
Missouri
Peary
North Pole
John Charles Fremont
Charleston Navy Yard
United States Navy
Navy Yard
Charles A. Yates
American Federation of Labor
Yates
Leer
Taft
Canada
Congress halts tariff board plan after filibuster
The House Democrats blocked the president's permanent tariff board with an elev nth hour filibuster delivering a sudden knockout. Oklahoma lawmakers allocate 5000 for a Sequoyah statue to the National Hall of Fame. City delivery service ordered by June 15 1911 in Osage City Kaw. The Syndicate block on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis suffers a major blaze with losses near 1 million. The Buford transports provisions and 50000 dollars in supplies sail to famine relief in North China.
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House
San Francisco
United States
Ogan
House of Representatives of
Oklahoma
Sequoyah
National Hall of Fame
Post Office Department
Osage City
Kaw
Minneapolis
Nicollet Avenue
United States Army
Buford
North China
Chinkain
Global Turmoil and Frontiers Stir International Alarm
Reports from Mexico and Morocco describe widespread rebellions and frontier mobilizations. Observers in London debate political versus military motives while Morocco’s capital Fez and Tangier are cut off. Reports from Tapia Durango note deadly fighting and a fiery theater disaster in Bologore Russia.
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Mexico City
Republic
London
Morocco
Fez
Tangier
Torreon
Mexico
Carothers
Tapia
Durango
Bologore
Russia
Pampat
Asuncion
England
Germany
Peking
Sonora
Kansas City
Chihuahua
Francisco I. Madero
United States
Prominent Officials Involved In National Affairs And Tragedies
Major General Frederick D Grant serves as military aid to John Hays Hammond for Taft's envoy to the King George V coronation. Richard Ballinger resigns as interior secretary, Walter L Fisher named successor. President Howard Elliott declines Missouri Pacific presidency. Senator Joseph Bailey resigns and withdraws resignation. Tony Martin in line for $12 million estate from Wilmington. Col J W Admire dies in Enid Oklahoma. Arkansas senate extends session to May 13. Navy League opens its annual convention in Los Angeles. A store owner in Jefferson City shoots himself. A Chinese famine stampede in Sha Yang kills 21 and injures many. Abraham Ruef begins prison term at San Quentin.
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Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
John Hays Hammond
Taft
George V
Richard A. Ballinger
Pacfic
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
New York
Joseph W. Bailey
Sixty-First Congress
Texas
Tony Martin
Junction City
Kansas
Wilmington
Del
Col
J. W. Admire
Missouri
Jake” Admire
Enid
Oklahoma
Arkansas Senate
Navy League of the United States
Tony
Los
Nierman
Jefferson City
Missouri Corncob Pipe Industry Drives State Growth
Missouri's corncob pipe industry, centered in Washington, Franklin county, produced 26 455 584 pipes in 1910 with seven factories earning 450 418 dollars. Additional outputs included 397 752 wooden pipes and 1 350 500 extra stems, while state treasury figures show February receipts and balances across multiple funds and depositories.
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Missouri
J. C. A. Hiller
A. T Edmonston
Washington
Franklin County
St. Louis
Union
Owensville
Gasconade County
Bowling Green
Pike County
Holstein
Warren County
Fruit in Good Condition in Green County Orchards
The Green County Horticultural Society meeting at Springfield reports fruit in excellent condition with potential abundance in the Ozarks unless a later freeze occurs. Spraying preparations for county orchards will begin before full bloom. Dr Whitten's 50 percent safety claim is disputed by local producers who say over 40 percent is getting through.
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Green County Horticultural Society
Springfield
Ozarks
Dr. Whitten
The
State University
Capitol Repair Estimates For Old Capitol Wings
William B. Ittner, chairman of the commission of architects, presented estimates to the board for repairing the wings of the old capitol building. He outlined 52000 dollars to repair the first story and basement and 72000 dollars for the upstairs portion, totaling 124000 dollars.
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William B. Ittner
Commission of
Permanent Seat of Government
Capitol
Ittner
State University students owe the state good citizenship
Henry Schott of the Kansas City Star told 1,500 University of Missouri students that education comes with a duty to the commonwealth. He urged graduates to start serving the state the day they finish school, pledging to work for broad civic good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schott
The
Kansas City Star
University of Missouri At Assembly
State University
Commonwealth
New Charter Bill Dead After House Roll Call
A Missouri House vote of 70 nays to 53 ayes defeats Fear's motion to place the Joplin Springfield new charter bill on the calendar. The bill is declared dead for this session.
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House
Fear
Lexington Pastor Resigns in June after Eight Years
The Rev. Russell B. Binney, pastor of the Christian church in Lexington for eight years, resigns effective June 1 and likely will relocate to Kansas City. In Greene county, condemned convict Eugene Tucker refused to escape before his execution later this month. Jailbreak planners G. E. Warner and Charles Farris were recaptured within an hour as shots rang out.
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A. Lexington
Russell B. Binney
The
Christian Church At
Lexington
Kansas City
Eugene Tucker
Greene County
G. E. Warner
Charles Farris
Boy Fatally Shot While Hunting Near Rich Hill
Edgar Ryan, 12, son of farmer J F Ryan living nine miles northwest of Rich Hill, died after a target rifle fired while aimed playfully at him. The gun, believed unloaded, struck him in the heart as other boys hunted nearby. Authorities described it as an accidental shooting.
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Edgar Ryan
J. F. Ryan
Rich Hill
Ryan
White Girl a Chinese Bride
Miss Bertha Wright of St. Joseph marries Yi Sing Young of Chicago. Young is well educated and adopts American ways.
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Bertha Wright
St. Joseph
Yi Sing Young
Chicago
Young
Marriage Knot Tied Again in Higbee and Moberly
A. Brotmer and Jennie Brotmer of Higbee were married by the police judge in Moberly. The couple, who wed 14 years ago in New York City, reissued their marriage after losing the certificate in a house fire.
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A. Brotmer
Jennie Brotmer
Higbee
Moberly
New York City
Moberly City Directory Reports Population Rise
The new Moberly directory lists 12 471 residents, up 5 534 from the government census within the year.
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Moberly
Trap on Chariton River Destroyed by Game Wardens
Emmett C. Higgins and Otto Witt destroyed a noted fish trap on the Chariton river near Keytesville with dynamite. The trap netted its owner 2500 to 3500 dollars yearly. Ben Clark, owner of the trap and farm, claimed he purchased it with the farm and that fishing rights had long been handed down on the property. The device, built into a stone dam, redirected fish into a holding area and could fill a wagon daily. it was reputedly originally built by the Indians.
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Emmett C. Higgins
Otto Witt
Dyna
Chariton
Keytesville
Ben Clark
Memorial for Daniel Boone Lays in Unmarked Missouri Grave
A Montgomery Missouri historical society plans to honor Daniel Boone by erecting a monument at his long neglected grave in a Montgomery cemetery. The pioneer explorer lived through Kentucky Missouri and North Carolina affecting settlement and folklore for generations.
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Montgomery
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Missouri
North Carolina
Montgomery City
Jewell Students Celebrate Victory in Intercollegiate Contest
Liberty welcomed 500 William Jewell College students as they celebrated Lewis Jacobson winning the annual intercollegiate oratorical contest at Parkville. Jewell had won first honors last year and two prior years, making the current celebration lively.
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Liberty
William Jewell College
Lewis Jacobson
Parkville
William Jewell
Fire damages St. Joseph Pump and Manufacturing plant
A gas explosion damaged the St. Joseph Pump and Manufacturing plant by about $15,000. Firemen narrowly escaped as the second floor collapsed under heavy machinery. Insurance covers the loss. E. A. King, president of the city council, also leads the pump company.
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St. Joseph Pump and Manufacturing Company
E. A. King
Vandalism Destroys Rural Mailboxes on Eight Mile Route
Overnight destruction of every mailbox on a rural free delivery route between Sedalia and Valda eight miles apart. No motive is known or suggested for the vandalism.
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Sedalia
Valda
St Joseph War Leader Col John F Tyler Dead
Col. John F. Tyler aged 73 a Virginia native and Union army figure in Missouri died in St. Joseph He supervised ammunition production used in the second battle of Lexington.
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John F. Tyler
Virginia
Missouri
St. Joseph
Lexington
Hughes Named Journal Clerk for Next Congress
Telegram from Attorney W. C. Hughes reports acceptance of the journal clerk role for the next congress, under Congressman Champ Clark. The post carries an annual salary of four thousand dollars and requires returning to Washington for the next session.
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Hughes
W. C. Hughes
Washington
Champ Clark
Westminster Head Resigns After Board Acceptance
President D. R. Kerr of Westminster College resigns. board of trustees accepts the resignation effective in June. Kerr departs after years leading the college and will vacate the post as a scheduled transition.
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Westminister
D. R. Kerr
Westminster Colege
Resig Nation
Board of Trustees
Germans Show Interest mobilization fears on U S actions
Berlin observers led by the conservative Post view Washington moves on the Mexican frontier as proof that the United States aims to dominate Mexico or reduce Diaz’s regime to a vassal state akin to Panama. The article frames U S military and naval buildup as early steps in a broader annexation or influence scheme.
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Berlin
Germany
Mexico
Post
Washington
United States
Republic of
Panama
EXPECT A PARALYSIS CURE
The Rockefeller Institute scientists in New York say a cure for infantile paralysis is near. Dr. Simon Flexner estimates a definite remedy could be announced within six months. He notes progress on prevention and outlines understanding of the germ, its transmission, and infection points.
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New York
N. Y
Rockefeller Institute
Simon Flexner
President Diaz May Retire From Ill Health
A diplomat in Washington predicts Mexico’s President Diaz will announce retirement within two weeks due to ill health. The claim ties to recent U S military maneuvers near the Mexican border and a large navy move toward Mexican waters.
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Washington, D. C
Diaz
Mexico
United States
Ballinger to sue Pinchot over damages claim
Richard A. Ballinger plans a Washington suit seeking half a million dollars against former interior secretary Gifford Pinchot. Ballinger, retiring this week, will return to the Pacific coast to recuperate before pursuing the action.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Richard A. Ballinger
Ballinger
Pacific Coast
Explosion Destroys Town in Wisconsin
A blast at the Lafflin Rand Powder mill near Pleasant Plains Wisconsin leveled the town shortly after 9 o clock. Reports say one person was killed and 25 injured with property losses around 200000 dollars.
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Chicago
Illinois
Pleasant Plains
Wis
Kenosha
Lafflin-Rand
Army to Preserve Peace Moves on Mexican Frontier
Charlottesville reports that troops mobilized in Texas and along the Mexican frontier are to deter insurgents and maintain neutrality. President Taft indicated the army will patrol the border and, if needed, invade Mexico to preserve peace, not just conduct maneuvers.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Texas
Atlanta
Washington
Taft
Mexico
Oklahoma City Adopts Commission Form Government
Oklahoma City voters approve a new city government structure by a likely majority between 1200 and 1500. The plan creates a mayor plus four commissioners to head city operations.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Navy budget rising with five dreadnoughts proposed
London reports the naval estimates total 221 962 500 dollars an increase of 19 million from last year. The plan includes 75 319 385 dollars for new construction of five dreadnoughts.
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London
Eng
Generous Gift Almanac from Munyon Company
Professor Munyon issues a comprehensive almanac billed as educational and entertaining. It covers moon science phrenology palmistry birthstones dream interpretation and beauty topics along with weights measures and antidotes of poison. The Mine Almanac is offered free by the Munyon Remedy Company of Philadelphia to anyone on request.
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Munyon
Munron Remydy Company
Philadelphia
No Stop Montague Swank Confronts Ticket Collector
Dialogue fragment shows Montague Swank surrendering a ticket and asking where to stop, and the ticket collector directing him to the pawnbroker's. The exchange captures a brief street scene with a focus on a halted journey and a purchase location.
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Montague Swank
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Rev Marion Foreman
A Greenfield Indiana minister testifies to kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills after severe trouble. He urges fellow sufferers to try the remedy, noting his relief and recommending it to others. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. A cup of Garfield Tea is suggested for nightly system cleaning.
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Marion S. Foreman
Greenfield
Ind
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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German-American Bank
Misouri Penitentiary
Pinchot
Hostetter
John Kennedy
Edmonton
Alberta
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Topeka
Kan
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