Government's Dragnet Catches 54 Alleged Criminals
United States agents arrest nearly all fifty four men indicted in dynamite conspiracy cases. Most are labor union officials of the International Association Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Bond set at ten thousand nine hundred dollars for key defendants. The case spans explosions dating to 1905 and involves McNamaras and McManigal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
International Association Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
McNamarras and McManigal
Massachusetts
Santa Barbara
California
Iron Workers’ Association
Rome
Hockin
International Association
Ryan
Statens
Miller
McManigal
McNamaras
Herbert Hockin
National Erectors Association
The
Erectors Association
Frank M. Ryan
Chicago
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Herbert
Detroit
Mich
Richard HW. Houlihan
Iron Worker's Union
Dowd
Rochester
Confidence Man Frank Punshon Held in Chicago
Chicago police charged Frank Punshon with operating a confidence game after his release from Joliet penitentiary on January 10. He admitted swindling a rooming house keeper of $10 and said women were his victims. Punshon traced his criminal life back to age ten with multiple penitentiary terms in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Frank Punshon
Joliet
Waupuh
Wis
Punshon
Jo- Het
Reform School
Woman Shot By Man Then Kills Himself In Denver
Katie Hesler a 19 year old woman was shot and killed in a downtown lodging house by Peter Budloe aged 50 who then slashed his throat and fired a bullet into his own wound He died shortly after at the county hospital A note left by Budloe said the act was caused by Miss Heeler coming between him and his wife Budloe had moved to Denver two months earlier from Cripple Creek and owned a restaurant.
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Denver
Colo
Katie Hesler
Peter Budloe
Budloe
Miss Heeler
Cripple Creek
Cheyenne Echoes of Count and Countess in an Escapade
Cheyenne hosted unheralded royalty when Count Viggo Rathlun and Countess Elizabeth Von Holstein Rathlan arrived for ten days. A Denver Post biography painted a romantic lineage for the countess, while a sequence of ads and a later reporters note describe their Cheyenne stay and openings of beauty and physical culture parlors.
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Count
Denver
Cheyenne
Elizabeth von Holstein Rathlan
Viggo Rathlan
Colorado
Denver Post
Count Rathlau
Leader
Nora Tolatein
Viggo Rathlau
Monsger
V. Holstein
Chum of His Youth Stole His Wife and Ruined Home
In Fort Worth Texas on February 4 the trial of wealthy Amarillo banker John Heat Snead opened with his testimony. He described a past friendship with Captain A. G. Boyce and Albert Boyce, who allegedly eloped with Snead’s wife Lena Snyder Snead. He recounted a troubled married life and claimed a former school chum stole his wife, damaging his home and life.
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Chum
Fort Work
Tex
John Heat Snead
Amarillo
A. G. Boyce
Liowii Lown
Snead
Boycea
Georgetown
Albert Boyce
Lena Snead
Lena Snyder
Amarilio
Arizona inaugurates George W. P. Hunt as first state governor
Phoenix reports a crowd of 15,000 witnessed George W. P. Hunt take the oath of office on February 14 at the state capitol. The simple Jeffersonian ceremony included the inaugural address, a parade, and a reception and banquet. Bryan attended and discussed potential candidacy. Hunt pledged a progressive, constitutional administration while noting ceremonial restraint.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Capitol
George W. P. Hunt
Globe
State of
Arizona
Bryan
W. F P. Hunt
Washington
Taft
Hunt
Capitol
Capitol Grounds
United States
Seaborn Crutchfield
Edward Kent
Territorial Supreme Court
Hichard BE
Sloan
Gov Hunt
Sidney P. Osborn
D. F. Johnson
J. C. Callaghan
George Purdy Bullard
O. Caselin
D.C. Cunniy Rosa
F. A. Jones
A. W. Greary
Missouri
Clobe
Old Dominion (Comerc
Arig
Bath
Hunts
Justice
Pinchot Enters Roosevelt Contest in 1908 Campaign
Washington reports Pinchot shoots into presidential race backing Theodore Roosevelt. Taft forces fear his move after La Follette retirement and warn of renewed agitation in the campaign. Progressives seek a Columbus stump tour to pressure Roosevelt as Ohio party machinery wavers.
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Washington
Lifford Pinchot
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Pinchot
Robert M. la Follette
la Follette
Ohio State
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
MacVeagh Says Roosevelt Cannot Win Nomination
Lansing Feb 14 Frank L MacVeagh secretary of the treasury told guests at the Zach Chandler Republican club that Theodore Roosevelt would not and could not run against Taft for the Republican nomination this year. He warned Roosevelt’s silence and insurgent visits cannot justify a change of front and described radicals as progressives.
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Lansing
Roosevelt
Roggsevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft
Cheyenne Buyers Union Drives Down Prices
A Cheyenne movement forms a buyers cooperative with dealers in Wyoming and Colorado to slash prices 10 to 60 percent on fruits produce and groceries. The plan, advertised in The Leader, asserts permanent reductions and a downward tariff-like effect, with action to be implemented after the act passes.
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Cheyenne
Leader
Wyoming
Colorado
Johnston Grocery Company
Becwice
System of Slavery Exists in the Arsenal and Navy Yards
Special correspondence from Washington reports workers in government arsenals and navy yards opposing the Taylor system urged by Secretary Stimson. They warn it would place laborers in bondage, demanding fair wages and humane treatment rather than subjection to new wage rules. The Rock Island Argus notes workers’ suspicion of the plan and their call for high standards from government employers. The piece emphasizes labor rights, opposition to wage control, and the push for better conditions.
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C. WH. Tavenne
Washington
Taft
War Stimson
la Follette
Cummins
Tnjurre Tabor
Stimson
War Department
Taylor
Ardedal
Navy Yard
Rock Ireland Argus
Big Rock
Arsenal
Tjey
Oneh & Pace
The 10 000 club offer in The Leader
The State Lander promotes a 10 000 club with a $4,000 prize scheme aimed at boosting circulation. The plan divides territories into four divisions, giving all entrants an equal chance and encouraging energetic participation. Continued on Page 5.
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Wyoming
Hone
Dole
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Hety
Iron Workers
Federation of Labor
Girl
Rudolph of
Austria
John B. Snead
Gov. Hunt
Pinghot
Teddy
Ohio
New York
Walter Brown
Obhio Republican State Committee
Columbus
Macveagh
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