FORAKER SPEAKS ON BROWNVILLE DISMISSAL AND STATEHOOD
Canton Ohio April 11 Senator Foraker addressed 1200 people noting disagreement with the president over interstate commerce rate making and favoring separate statehood for New Mexico and Arizona He discussed Brownsville claiming no soldier fired a gun and that officers shared that view He denied courting the Negro vote while noting long support from Black Ohioans and vowed to follow his constituents against bosses or threats.
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Canton
Foraker
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Mexico
Arizona
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Eleventh Arrest in Lost Bullion Case Sealed
E W Stebbens a Denver mining engineer was arrested by Federal officials in a Lost Bullion Spanish Mines case probing claims of a rich mine near Silver City New Mexico. He faces conspiracy to defraud and mail fraud charges and was released on bond.
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E. W. Stebbens
Denver
E. W. Stebens
Lost Bullion Spanish Mines Company
Silver City
N. M
Stebbens
Hearing Complaints Before Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission met in Kansas City on April 11 to hear rail freight rate complaints. The Kansas City Board of Trade filed two suits against Burlington Northern Santa Fe and others over grain rates from outside Missouri to Kansas City and reconsignment charges of 2 per car. Producers' Pipe Line also challenged Rock Island and other lines. Commissioners may hear evidence in the westbound rate case, one of the most important before the commission.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Grievan
Kansas City
Kansas City Board of Trade
Burlington, Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Missouri
Pipe Line Company
Crowell Confesses Embezzlement In Wells Fargo Case
Rudolph Crowell 28 of Little Rock Arkansas confessed to embezzling more than 2400 dollars from Wells Fargo Express in Indianapolis on April 11. He surrendered to police and supplied evidence of the theft occurring in Little Rock on March 27. Crowell traveled from a hotel by carriage to the station where he recounted the robbery.
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Wells. Fargo Express Company
Indianapolis
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Rudolph Crowell
Little Rock
Ark
Crowell
Appropriation Bill Reported By Conference
Austin April 11 The conference report on the appropriation bill shows a total of 7 509 261 19 for the two fiscal years beginning Sept 1 The Senate bill total was 7 273 784 95 The house had added over 200 000 during its consideration The conferees agreed on the bill Wednesday evening The uniform textbook bill passed the house Senator Greens usury bill was engrossed in the house The house accepted the senate amendment to the election bill nearly without question The house struck Carswell s bill regulating court practice
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Austin
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Senate
Green
Carswell
Dreadful double deed in Texas family tragedy
In Weimar Colorado County, Julius Henderson after release on bond goes to his wife’s home near Shemek. He fatally slashes his wife from ear to ear then turns the knife on himself, after attempting to harm his daughter who escaped with minor injuries. Neighbors found the bodies.
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Weimar
Tex
Jl.ce Henderson
Colorado County
Shemek
Lafollette Declares for Roosevelt Nomination in Helena
Pioneer Press dispatch from Helena reports Senator Lafollette favoring President Roosevelt for the nomination and warning railroads against opposing policies. In Minnesota, the House passes another concurrent resolution criticizing E. H. Harriman and allies for attacks on Roosevelt and praising his railroad regulation efforts.
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St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Helena
Mont
Lafollette
Roosevelt
Minnesota House of Representatives
E. H., Harriman
Roosevelt Endorsement Grows in House Vote
Hartford April 11 President Roosevelt's administration gained broad support in the house on a resolution introduced by Representative Garner of Southington. The rising vote signals strong backing for the administration amid current policy debates.
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Hartford
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Garner
Southington
Longworth Backs Taft for Republican Nomination
Cincinnati April 11 Congressman Nicholas Longworth returns from Washington and says he favors Secretary Taft as the Republican presidential candidate though speaking only for himself. In Washington April 19 the president appoints Ralph W. Tyler a Negro of Columbus Ohio as auditor of the treasury for the navy department. London April 11 John Davis known as Owen Hall author of Florodora dies of gastritis.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Taft
Ralph W. Tyler
Columbus
Treasury
Navy Department
Tyler
Ohio
London
John Davis
America
Owen Hall
Florodora
Kays
Silver Slipper
Salvation Army Leader Eva Booth Falls Ill After Speech
Miss Eva Booth of the Salvation Army, visiting Canton Ohio, spoke at the Auditorium and was struck by a sudden illness after delivering her address.
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Canton
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Penknife Incident At Hotel Schenley With Carnegie Contact
Frederick Slagle, 33, was arrested in front of the Hotel Schenley carrying an open penknife partly concealed in his cuff. He claimed to want to speak with Andrew Carnegie about selling a patent milking device. Slagle had $261 and gave Los Angeles as his address. Carnegie was not in the hotel.
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Pittsburg
Frederick Slagel
Schenley
Slagle
John Kennery
Andrew Carnegie
Oakland
Los Angeles
Cal
Carnegie
Acquittal in Waxahachie Murder Case
Free man James, an African American defendant, was acquitted in Waxahachie Texas on charges of murdering Ennis of David Pitman. The April 11 verdict ends the trial record.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Freeman James
Ennis
David Pitman
Honduran Invasion Sparks Dual Clearance Paper Scheme
In New Orleans on April 11 steamship firms secure two clearance papers for Honduran ports. One set comes from the Honduran consul, the other from the Nicaraguan consul. The split arises because Nicaraguan forces occupy Honduras and may not honor standard documents.
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New Orleans
Hondurean Consult
Honduras
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