Great Battle Imminent as Rebel Forces Mass Near Escalon
Orozco orders advance on federals from Escalon to Bermejillo and Mapimi as 10 000 troops gather in a pivotal clash. Four thousand under General Fernandes rear the columns, with Insurrectos thirty miles behind the advance guard near Poronal. Poison water alleged as federal tactic. Salazar reports twenty two dead from infected wells amid wider border movements.
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Orozcos
Escalon
Mex
Orozco
Torreon
Bermejillo
Mapimi
Toreron
Central Mexico
Fernandes
Insurectos
Poronal
Mexico
Salazar
Miners Bitter Clash as Troops Fire on Minersville Workers
In Paye, May 8, the anthracite regions face rising tensions after state troops shot three miners in Minersville. United Mine Workers leaders urge restraint, warning foreigners against demonstrations and seeking to avert further bloodshed.
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Payee
Minersville
United Mine Workers
Taft to Talk 75 Times in Ohio
Taft plans a nine day tour through Ohio starting Monday with seventy five speeches in cities over five thousand. He will travel more than four thousand miles by special train and aims to win all forty eight Ohio delegates to the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt lengthens his Ohio campaign after reviewing Taft reports and may stay until the eve of the primaries.
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Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Marietta
Oyator Bay
Roosevelt
Homestead bill stalled as Taft campaign pressure grows
Washington report details the Borah-Taylor three year homestead bill facing obstruction after Senator Smoot Jones and Newlands shift stance. Rep. Taylor exposed Senate opposition amid fears Taft’s renomination prospects could suffer if conservatives are angered. Continued on Page 8.
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Senate
House
Smoot
Jones
Newlands
Taft
Denver Milk Poisoning Claims Third Child Death
Five year old Louis Hornbein dies from heart fever linked to infected milk. Two other Denver children, Gwenolin Hart and David Hart Cottrell, died as the Brookfield Farm dairy illness spreads. Health Commissioner Sharpley orders all students in Brookridge milk areas kept home until the danger passes.
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Denver
Colo
Louis Hornbein
Philip Hornbein
Steele Street
Gwenolin Hart
Fred W. Hart
Brookfield Farm
David Hart Cottrell
George Cottrell
Hart Child
Sharpley
Brookridge
Roosevelt Convention Endorses Roosevelt With Taft Delegates
Independence Kansas May 8 Roosevelt convention endorses Roosevelt with ironclad instructions and four delegates at large named. Taft supporters faced cries of Sit Down as Roosevelt dominated the event. William Allen White of Emporia named National committeeman as backers push for unity within the progressive movement.
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Independence
Kang
Theodore Roosevelt
William Allen White
Emporia
Confederates Join Gettysburg Celebration Invite
North and South unite as United Confederate Veterans accept an invitation to join the Grand Army of the Republic semi annual Gettysburg celebration next year. General Trimble, commander in chief of the Grand Army, extended the invitation in Macon Georgia.
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Macon
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Army
General Trimble
Condemned Meat Sold Under Meat Inspection Law
Rev. Caroline Barret Crane testified before the house expenditures committee on the meat inspection law, detailing alleged regulatory violations by the bureau of animal industry. She urged a congressional inquiry, recounting ante mortem checks in Chicago, Kansas City, and Des Moines and noting condemned meat was not properly labeled or destroyed.
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Washington, D. C
Caroline Barret Crane
Michigan
House
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Nelson
Wisconsin
Chicago
Kansas City
Des Moines
Mystic Shrine Ends Conclave Sees Dallas Named Next Mecon
The thirty eighth annual conclave of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine closed in Los Angeles selecting Dallas as next mecon. William J. Canning of Baltimore was advanced to Imperial Potentate.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Imperial Council of the
Mystic Shrine
Dallas
Texas
William J. Canning
Baltimore
Nation-Wide Strike Planned by Webb Pressmen Union
Chicago April 8 officers of the Webb Pressman Union say they will launch a national strike of newspaper pressmen after failing to tie up Chicago papers. Publishers accuse the union of misleading statements to win sympathy as Chicago papers continue to publish.
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Chicago
Ill
Webb Pressman's Union
Wife accused of wrong now seeks divorce
Chicago May 8 Jamea La Pearl once a circus owner who sued Adrian Honore for alienation of affection is now sued for divorce by Mrs Nellie La Pearl alleging desertion. La Pearl sought 55000 in his suit against Mr Honore. The earlier divorce suit for infidelity was dismissed.
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Chicago
Jamea la Pearl
Adrian €. Honore
Mra
Nellie la Pearl
la Pearl
Mr. Honore
Republicans Squirm Under Light of Investigation
Washington reports Democratic House investigations reveal mismanagement and alleged dishonesty in tax assessments and government dealings. Descriptions highlight the Leiter mansion valuation on Du Pont Circle and other Washington palaces as evidence of inflated figures and favoritism.
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Washington
D. C
Mra
Levi Leiter
du Pont
Lester
Franklin MacVeagh
Loster Palace
Leiter
Gifford Pinchot
Hopkins defends French Creek project control and delays
State Land Commissioner Hopkins argues the French Creek irrigation effort is not yet credited to anyone and that federal ownership of Platte river waters remains disputed. He notes a required relinquishment of 14 000 acres to secure segregation, a move impractical within thirty days due to surveying needs and cost, and outlines a plan to press for a year to grant segregation while continuing topographical work.
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French Creek
Hopkins
Platte River
Reclaaation Service
French Creek Company
General Land Office
Jenahoe Warren
Pest
Jefferson club meeting at county courthouse tonight
The Jefferson club gathers at the county courthouse this evening with many new members enrolled since last week. Short addresses on live zones will attract progressive voters. S. G. Hopes discusses Over Confidence, Ray E. Lee speaks on State organization, D. A. Preston on new election laws, and Senator J. Ross Carpenter on Federal land laws and administration.
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Jefferson Club
County Court House
S. G. Hopes
Ray E. Lee
D. A. Preston
J. Ross Carpenter
Convicts at Rawlins Dash for Liberty
Several prisoners in solitary confinement at the Rawlins Wyoming penitentary escaped the dungeon last night after removing a stone. Guards fired. eight were captured while two remained unaccounted for as pursuers and a posse combed the grounds.
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Rawlins
Wyoming
May
Tanowed Bosworth
Gonsales
Pelson Yard
Urate
Dungdon
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Hamlin
Atate
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Stanley Committee
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