Borar-Taylor Measure 10 Aids Wyoming Conferees Approve
Washington May 24 Agreement reached by house and senate conferees on the Borah Taylor three year homestead bill. The plan allows settlers to prove up and obtain title in three years with ab sences during settlement and cultivation requirements of one sixteenth second year and one eighth third year. Taft to sign. The measure aims to add about 26000 people to Wyoming and Colorado and curb immigration to Canada.
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Canada
Solons Quarrel Over Telegrams
Washington D C May 24 Rep resentative Fitzgerald chairman of the house appropriations committee denounced members who send private telegrams at government expense. The cost he said was very heavy. Lloyd of Missouri accounts committee said one in ten messages was private in nature and Fitzgerald roasted him. Garner of Texas accused Fitzgerald of submitting for payment bills with no legal provision. The emergency appropriation bill carrying 201000 for house expenses was passed after prohibitions against telegraphing privileges were struck out.
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Fitzgerald
House Appropriations Committee
Lloyd
Missouri
Accounts Committee
Garner
Texel
Wall Street Bets 2 to 1 on Taft Re-Election Fate
New York May 24 room traders on Wall Street set betting pools on presidential noms. Bets: two to one Taft not next president, Roosevelt not nominated at four to one, Clark not nominated at two to five, Wilson not nominated at five to four, Bryan not nominated at five to one. Curb brokers noted bets from $100 to $500 but activity was light.
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Wall Street
Taft
Roosevelt
Clark
Woodrow Wilson
W. J. Bryan
Curb
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Trenton
Jersey City
Henry W. Taft
New York City
Burlington
Bcg Harbor
Atlantic City
Camden
la Follete
Lakewood
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Red Hawk
Paterson
Coretta the dwarf from Ringlings dies in runaway
Coretta Rickoff known as Coretta, a dwarf performer with Ringlings circus for four seasons, died in a runaway accident near Kankakee Illinois while riding with manager Warren of the Greater United Shows. Her body was sent to Clinton Iowa. She was twenty one inches tall and fourteen years old. Theodore Roosevelt sent her birthday greeting in January.
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Coretta Rickoff
Coretta
Ringtings
Circus
Warren
Clinton
Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Church union renewed talks in Baltimore conference
Negotiations for an organic union of the Methodist Protestant and United Brethren churches, previously broken off, will be renewed under regulations adopted at the general conference in Baltimore Maryland.
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Methodist Protestant and
United Brethren Church
Methodist Protestant Church
History Will Write Roosevelt a Graf ter
Washington May 24. Roosevelt’s historical image differs from today as Justice Department data show ties with Morgan interests backing his renomination. The harvester trust case reveals Perkins and Roosevelt conspired, Townsend warned against prosecution, yet no action followed, aiding Roosevelt’s popularity in many areas. The public remains slow to learn of alleged immunity to prosecutions.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Department of Justee
Washington
Roosevelt
Morgan
George W. Perkins
Perkins and Presi
Dent Roosevelt
Perkins
Steel Trust
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Harvester Trust
Burdette J. Townsend
Townsend
Pacific Coast
Ohio Trust
Ovina Roomyvelt
Porkies
Farm town execution described with religious elements
Special to The Leader Rawlins Wyoming May 24 depicts the execution of Joereph Sen described as one of Wyoming's most cowardly crimes. The account details his calm demeanor before death, last rites, prayers, and the mechanics of the scaffold as witnesses observe the hanging with somber ceremony.
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Joereph Sen
Annals of
Wyoming
Seng
Panic Reigns In Cuba as Rebel Army Poses Threat
San Diego May 24 Two alleged Industrial Workers of the World were subjected to swift punishment for insulting the American flag during a campaign where citizens pinned flags on pedestrians. One man was driven from town by vigilantes, another taken to a police station. Police claim a prior plot by IWW members to murder local officials was uncovered after a letter betrayed the plan.
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Los Angeles
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Annual report cites Mormonism as false conception of Holy Spirit
Beattie Washington May 24 report before the United Presbyterian General Assembly criticizes Mormonism as polytheistic and polygamous, calling its priesthood false and its claimed revelations continuous with no true sense of sin or holiness, contrasting with a true conception of God Christ and the Holy Spirit and atonement.
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Beattie
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Home Mission Board
United Presbyterian
Insurgent Activity Intensifies in Oriente Province
Reports from Orleite detail growing insurrection in eastern Cuba with strict censorship, volunteer enlistment, and Major General Montgendago en route to command. Panic grips Oriente as Americans seek protection and planters request guards for sugar estates amid government scrutiny.
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Orleite
Theta
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Oriente
Guantanamo
Maerview
Rebel forces seize El Caney de Sitio near Palma Borane
Bani of Nero Innuricente believed to command Iyonez troops attacks El Caney de Sitio four miles from Palma Borane on the Bayamo branch. The town is sacked and outrages reported. Guards at El Caney del Billo fail to mount effective resistance. Continued on page 6.
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Cuba
Bani
Nero Innuricente
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el Caney de Sitlo
Palma Borane
Bayamo
el Caney del Billo
Caney del ‘Sitlo
Roosevelt Forces Mutter Plan to Control Chicago Convention
Campaign reports from New Jersey and Chicago describe Roosevelt backers demanding a Roosevelted national convention, with McKinney alleging tactics to terrorize the gathering. McHarg cites disputes over temporary chairman and potential alternative nominations. Wilson explains his NJ primary stance and nonparticipation while defending a steady record.
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Chicago
Ormseby McHarg
Roosevelt
Hlihu Root
Quiet London Sees 100000 Workmen Absent in Strike
London on May 4 reports a subdued scene as transport workers strike risks a general halt. Up to 100000 central city laborers sit inactive while those finishing jobs may continue, with peaceful picketing and police plans to shield food supply routes from disruption.
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Scotland Yard
Smithfeld
Negro Elects M. E. Bishop and Jane Bishop
In Minneapolis the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church chose W. P. Thirkield, president of Howard University, and Jane Bishop on the twenty sixth ballot by a wide margin, surpassing the needed majority by thirty eight votes. The selection marks a historic step for the church.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
W. PF. Thirkield
Howard University
Jane Wishop
Taxed Personal Property Returns Show Taft Wealth
Cincinnati May 24 personal property returns reveal Willam F Taft's wealth across two Ohio counties. Taft reports 374000 in valuables including a 61000 horse a 100 watch and 100 piano 5050 in cash and 63001 of other personal property and investments. Overall Taft's total return stands around 645000.
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Wil-lam Ff
Taft
OROZCO DRINKS CHAMPAIGN AS BATTLE RAGES IN MEXICO
Reports from Bellago Mexico May 24 describe Huerta’s forces driving out Orono’s rebels after a fierce engagement. Authorities say rebels burned a railroad bridge and many dead and wounded were counted near the battlefield. Huerta claimed 200 prisoners and that 2,000 deserters fled the fight.
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