Hobson Urges Four Battleships In Naval Plan
In Washington on April 11 the House debated naval appropriation and warned of a potential war with Japan. Hobson of Alabama pressed for four battleships next year and urged a fixed naval policy, while Burton and Kitchen argued war would not come. Other speakers praised or criticized naval policy and related issues.
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Washington, D. C
House
United States
Japan
Hobson
Alabama
Pacific
Burton
Ohio
Kitchen
North Carolina
Lilley
Navy Department
Gill
Maryland
Admiral Brownson
Dawson
Iowa
Loud
Michigan
Smith
Texas
O'Connell
Massachusetts
Ferris
Oklahoma
Disastrous prairie fires sweep farming country
Advices from Pine Bluffs report a disastrous prairie fire sweeping south and east, burning thousands of acres of grass. Settlers fight the flames but progress is slow as the blaze crosses the Nebraska line. Sparks from Union Pacific locomotives started fires across the area near Pine Bluffs Luther and southeastern Larami county, alarmed settlers warn of possible farm losses.
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Pine Bluffs
Nebraska
Union
Pacific
Luther
Laramie County
Empire State Democrats Endorse Bryan for President
At a dinner of the Democratic Society of Western New York in Buffalo on April 11 resolutions endorsed William Jennings Bryan for the presidency and urged New York State Democratic leaders to instruct national delegates to vote for him.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Democratic Society of Western
Equatorial Malady Claimed Price's Life In Glen Cove
New York April 11 Howard Price 25 son of Charles R Price a Glen Cove merchant died at his home from a mystery sleeping sickness described as equatorial malady Physicians sought to save him for three weeks using Koch discoveries now in the city The disease has few authentic U S cases and Koch noted in Africa in 1906 that over 200000 Central Africans died from it
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New York
Howard Price
Charles R. Price
Glen Cove
L. I
United States
Robert Koch
Equatorial Africa
Kooh
Central Africa
Party Invades 24 States For Independence Convention
A report from New York on April 21 announces that an independent convention will be held in Chicago in July. National organizers plan to finalize the exact date as regional campaigns proceed.
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New York
Chicago
May Build Frontier Grandstand of Steel
A Frontier committee members A J Vance J H Walton and E W Stone returned from Denver with plans for a steel and concrete grandstand at the new Frontier park. They will propose the design at a meeting of Frontiers Park notes at the Industrial club tomorrow at 7 30 pm inviting all citizens interested. The Denver experts quoted a fireproof steel concrete grandstand with back delivery costing about 12000 capable of seating 3600 to 4000, as steel and concrete grandstands are now common at modern race tracks.
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A. J. Vance
J. H. Walton
E. W. Stone
Frontier Committee
Denver
New Frontier Park
Frontier Park
Industrial Club
Supreme Court finds primary election law unconstitutional
The Supreme Court today declared Section 10 of the primary election law unconstitutional. It required county office candidates to pay a filing fee for certificates of nomination.
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Pierre
8. D
Supreme Court
Five Lost in Furious Storm In New York
Five men were reported dead and several others missing after a furious storm struck New York this afternoon. Others were rescued or injured as crews searched for more victims amid wreckage and clashing waves along the waterfront.
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New York
Eid
Young Lowe Killed Repairing Transformer Without Shutting Off Current
Abbott Loe a young electrical engineer with Cheyenne Light Fuel Power Co died after a transformer accident in Cheyenne. He refused to shut off current while F Woollidge tried to repair the live line. a static flash caused Lowe to be shocked. He died forty minutes later in Denver where his funeral will be held.
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Abbott L. Lowe
Enne Light, Fuel & Power Compa
Lowe
Yale
Northern
Colorado Power
Cheyenne
Greeley
Eaton
F. Woollidge
Woolridge
Denver
Temperance Beer for Prohibition Districts Proposed by Dr Siebel
Chicago April 11 Dr J B Siebel dean of the Chicago Zymo technic Institute proposed temperance beer for prohibition districts. He noted a beer has been produced that contains no alcohol and spoke during a lecture to a graduating class of twenty five.
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Chicago
J. B. Siebel
Chicago Zymotechnic Institute
Siebel
Sixty Million Dollars Spent on Feminine Vanities
Washington April 11. Women in the United States spent sixty million dollars of their pocket money last year on laces and embroideries. Most of the money went abroad, where the vanities of the feminine portion of the country sustain thousands of workers and vast machinery to maintain the supply.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Automobiles Unable To Cross Alaskan Trails
A Valdez dispatch says the American automobile and crew left the Bertha for Seattle. They inspected ten miles of the trail but snow depth and buck holes prevent any chance of running even a mile. Schum ter notes Alaskans sympathize while plans to head to Vladivostok or Siberia are uncertain.
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Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Valdez
Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Schumter
Vladivostok
Willonke
Walcott
Crea
Siberia
New York Back Hughes for President at State Convention
New York April 11 Charles B Hughes was endorsed as New Yorks republican candidate for president by the state convention. Four delegates at large were instructed to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. The platform endorses Roosevelt administration supports protection and a stable currency policy with reform of banking laws to meet business needs.
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New York
Charles B. Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
Seth Lowe
Frederick R. Hazzard
EB. H. Butler
Brackett
Hughes State League
Committee On Resolutions
Hughes
Levi P. Morton
Roosevelt
Congress
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Atlantic fleet sails north toward Golden Gate
The Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships leaves Magdalen Bay under the flagship Connecticut for the last leg of its cruise from Hampton Roads to Golden Gate. The divisions weigh anchor at 4 pm and expect to anchor Coronado Beach at 1 pm Tuesday, with extensive entertainment planned in San Diego.
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San Diego
Cal
Hampton Roads
Golden Gate
Magdalena Bay
Connecticut
Coronado Beach
Lottie Dietrick Dies After Faint At Father's Coffin
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on April 11 15 year old Lottie Dietrick of West Pittston fainted while bidding farewell to her father at his coffin and struck her head against the coffin side dying from the injuries.
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Wilkes-Barre
Lottie Dietrick
West Pittston
Here
Tobacco king's ex wife arrested for bad checks
Chicago April 11 Mrs Alice L Webb Duke former wife of the tobacco king was arrested for issuing a $26 and a $50 worthless check on the Great Northern hotel. She spent the night in the Harrison Street jail awaiting bondsman.
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Chicago
Alice L. Webb-Duke
Tobacco King
Harison Street
Great Northern
Montana Democrats Endorse W. J. Bryan
The Montana Democratic state committee endorsed W. J. Bryan by unanimous vote at Helena meeting. Delegates to the Denver convention will be chosen at the state convention in Bozeman on June 10.
Liars, Says She of Witnesses for State
Evanston Wyoming April 11 With all evidence in the attorneys in the case of 18 year old Annie Bruce on trial for the murder of her father James Bruce of Smoot tonight are drawing up instructions to the jury. The case likely to be in the hands of the jury Monday night. Annie Bruce testified denying the crime or signing a confession. She claimed the alleged confession was written on a blank sheet and signed. Her mother Mrs Annie Bruce also testified supporting her daughter. George Bruce, brother of the murdered man, testified he published a notice exonerating the family from blame. The court adjourned until Monday morning at 10 oclock.
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Evanston
Wyo
Annie Brucie
James’ Bruce
Smoot
Annie Bruce
Miss Bruce
Mira Bruce
Hars
Thomas
Sherif Jones
She Delaney
Atinie K. Bruce
Bruce
Mia
Lawrence Bruce
M. Hale
Hale
Packy McFarland Destroys Jimmy Britt in San Francisco Fight
Packy McFarland, Chicago light weight, defeated Jimmy Britt in a scheduled twenty round bout in San Francisco. Britt was floored three times in the sixth round and quit after the referee signaled a clear knockout. McFarland showed speed distance sense and two handed power, while Britt faded and acknowledged defeat.
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San Francisco
Cal
McFarland
Chicago
Jimmy Britt
Britt
Walloon
Weather Forecast for Wyoming and Washington DC in April 1908
Forecasts call for fair weather in Wyoming with sunny conditions and a cooler northeast on Monday. Local data note 24 hour period to 6 pm April 11 shows high 65 and low 29 with no precipitation.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
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Empire State Democrats
Bryan
Equatorial
Price
Frontier
Young Lowes
Tobacco King's
Montana
W. J. Bryan
Uinta County
Packy
M’farland
Deuce
Weather Report
W. & Palmer
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