Roethe Plans 3000 Mile Pedestrian Campaign Tour
Wisconsin Republican governor candidate Henry E. Roethe of Fennimore announces a 3000 mile walking tour starting about March 15. He will average 25 to 30 miles daily, travel the Mississippi valley to Superior, cover every county by Aug. 15, and finance the trip with a $1000 budget, stopping to aid farmers if funds run low.
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Madison
Wis
Henry E. Roethe
Fennimore
Wisconsin
Roethe
Mississippi Valley
Superior
Boethe
Fennimore Times
Captain executes kin amid Mexican bandit killings
In Pearson Chihuahua on February 16 Captain Rafael Martinez orders the execution of his brother and stepfather for the murder of American Mormon Charles Redd of Colonia Juarez. The five attackers are shot by a firing squad in hills east of Pearson as the town watches.
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Pearson
Chihuahua
Rafael Martinez
Charles Redd
Colonia Juarez
Martinez
Villa
Redd
Minnesota Doctor Identified After Mysterious Disappearance
A morgue identification confirms the body is Dr. Percy Curry of Austin Minnesota. He had been living in New Orleans and working as a waiter after leaving home months ago. Authorities report he hanged himself using a sheet and left $7,000 in life insurance.
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New Orleans
Percy Curry
Austin
Minn
Vanderbilt Yacht Warrior Abandoned After Grounding
New Orleans reports ten crew members of the Vanderbilt owned Warrior abandoned the vessel after it went aground off the Colombian coast weeks earlier. Frederick W. Vanderbilt and his wife with about 38 crew members were evacuated from the yacht early. The telegram says little chance of refloating the ship before April.
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New Orleans
Warrior
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Collision Rules at Sea Highlight Nantucket Mono Collision
Philadelphia telegram reports Captain Edward F. Johnson of the Monroe testifying in Captain Osmyn Berry’s trial. Johnson says adhering to fog rules would have required stopping engines, yet avoiding collision might have violated international law. His cross examination spans three days with no material new contrast from Berry.
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Philadelphia
Edward F. Johnson
Monroe
Osmyn Berry
Nantucket
Johnson
Berry
Captain Johnson
Captain Berry
Steamer Katherine Park Beset by Snowstorm Near Cape Charles
The Katherine Park bound from New Orleans to Hamburg ran aground at the Chesapeake Bay mouth near Cape Charles during a heavy snowstorm. Crew stayed aboard as life savers aided by the Onondaga revenue cutter and a wrecking tug stood by after Captain Patterson radioed for help.
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Lewes
Del
Katherine Park
New Orleans
Hamburg
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Charles
Smith's Island
Patterson
Onondaga
Norfolk Navy Yard
Monroe
Sanguine Sentiment Continues
New York February 16 Bradstreet reports a shift in trade and industry with no loss of confidence. Activity centers in major markets with solid reports on past business and distributors benefiting from cold weather boosting retail demand for heavy wearing apparel.
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New York
Bradstreet
Politically Active Professor Quits in North Dakota
Fargo ND February 16 Professor J L Lewishon of the University of North Dakota law faculty says his resignation was accepted because of his political activities. He notes his Progressive stance in the recent state election as the real cause of his dismissal.
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Fargo
N. D
J. L. Lewishon
Department of Law
The
University of North Dakota
Board of Trustees
Wlewishon
Farmhand Believed Cremated as Barn Fire Rages
Miss Annie Schill led a search for Andrew Anderson a farmhand missing after a barn fire at the Schill farm the building was destroyed and the effort proved fruitless authorities searched the rubble for clues to his fate.
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Minneapolis
Annie Schill
Charles Schill
Andrew Anderson
Schill
Swedish constitutional struggle grows sharper in Stockholm
Stockholm February 16 The constitutional struggle tightens as King Gustave presses to form a Liberal cabinet. He invites Baron Hammarskjold former minister and Hague arbitration judge to assemble a new ministry. Hammarskjold advises submitting to conservatives but the king asks reconsideration and to try forming a cabinet.
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Stockholm
Gustave
Baron Hammarskjold
Hague
Fire at Minneapolis pickle plant injures six
An explosion like fire swept through the Northern Manufacturing pickle factory in Minneapolis injuring six workers and leaving an aged cooperative missing presumed burned. Fireman M A Cousins rescued a girl on the stairs while W E McKay directed first floor evacuations and missing persons were to be reported to firemen.
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Minneapolis
W. P. Howe
Northern Manufacturing Company
Ima
Rose Schultz
M. A. Cousins
W. E. McKay
Perjury May Be Charged In St Paul Graft Trial
Ramsey county grand jury may indict Emma Brown for perjury over false testimony in the St Paul graft case. Witnesses Wolff Foote and others testified Flanagan and Wolff visited Brown's disorderly house on the date of the alleged Dorsey money division, prompting the jury to draft an indictment.
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St. Paul
Ramsey County
Emma Brown
Brown
Flanagan
Willie Wolff
Ida Dorsey
Woodle Foote
Wolff
Senate panel blocks parcel post rate changes without Congress
Washington February 16 the senate committee reported an amendment to the $210 million post office appropriation bill to prevent further changes in parcel post rates or any extension without explicit congressional authority.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Socialist mention sparks clash at Michigan Copper strike hearing
In Hancock Michigan on February 16 Socialism was raised as a factor in the Copper Mineral strike. Allen F Rees asked a witness if he belonged to a Socialist society drawing anger from union attorneys who argued the question sought to link a political party to the strike. The inquiry was ruled inadmissible.
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Hancock, Mich
Michigan
Allen F. Rees
Illinois Woman Suffrage Law Here in Supreme Court
Springfield Ill Feb 16 The fate of the Illinois woman suffrage law rests with the state supreme court Oral arguments and written briefs were presented by both sides in the case brought by William J Scown against the Chicago election board The decision expected by the April term may not arrive before the April elections where local option votes are anticipated The case appeals from Judge Foell Cook County Superior Court and has drawn wide political attention.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
William J. Scown
Chicago Election Board
Foell
Superior Court
Cook County
U. S. May Create Six Vice Admirals in Navy
Washington February 16 six vice admirals would be authorized under a senate bill after a long debate about whether the commander of the battleship fleet in Mexican waters might have to take orders from a ranking foreigner. The navy seeks a higher grade than rear admiral and would select the ablest officers for the new rank.
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Washington
Senate
Danielg
Borans Slay 200 Rendile in Northern Protectorate
In the Nairobi report dated February 16, Borans killed an entire Rendile village of about 200 people in the Lorian swamp, after Rendile harassment of the Barans. The Barans, a peaceful pastoral group, retaliated following ongoing raids.
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Nairobi
British East Africa Protectorate
Lorian
Protectorate
Explorers Aim to Girdle Globe From New York
Rear Admiral Robert S. Peary told the Explorers' club at their annual dinner that girdling the poles will be the next explorers feat. He outlined a route from New York south to the polar start, then to New Zealand, Sandwich Islands, Bering Strait, the central polar basin, the Atlantic, and back to New York.
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New York
Robert S. Peary
Explorers’ Club
Grain and live stock prices from Minneapolis Duluth and St Paul
Wheat and corn futures quoted for May and July with yields and grades. Northern and durum wheats at varied fractions, oats and barley prices listed. Cattle and sheep markets reported in St Paul with steers and cows priced. no sales recorded for sheep and lambs.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
South St. Ual
Chicago Market Steady Despite Skim Fresh Arrivals
Chicago Feb 16 The hay market shows strength amid few new arrivals and weak eastern demand. Hog receipts 1,000 slow to strong with most sales around 8.45. Cattle receipts 200 steady beef cattle 9.00 9.50. calves 7.50 10.25. Sheep receipts 2,504 weak with native 5.00 7.00 and yearlings around 5.75.
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Chicago
Texas
Feigh Gifts Extend Infirmary Plans In Duluth
Thomas L Feigh adds 20000 for a children's infirmary in West Duluth following a prior 60000 gift for three churches and a ward for crippled children. Bishop James McGorrick secured the funds and purchased a dwelling to house crippled children free for the dependent.
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Duluth
Thomas L. Feigh
James McGorrick
Feigh
Helena 15 Seeks Revival of Mining Industry
Helena business leaders laboring men and capitalists form a committee of twenty five to study mining prospects around Helena. They target camps Marysville Unionville Rimini Clancy Lump Gulch Scratch Grove and tributaries with plans for a mining bureau and spring meetings to boost payroll and economic life.
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Helena
Thomas Cruse
Marysville
Unionville
Rimini
Clancy
Lump Gulch
Scratch Grove
Last Chance Gulch
Helena inventor creates uniform grain sheaf process
George Rheem of Helena, Montana, formerly of Minneapolis introduces the sheafmould, a box-like device with end clamps that shapes grain sheaves for exhibition. The machine speeds work, letting one man prepare twenty five sheaves daily, replacing older hand methods and enabling artistic grain displays. It has already been adopted by the Great Northern railway for land shows.
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Minneapolis
George Rheem
Helena, Mont
Rheem
New York
Conscience Bothered Him at Fort Missoula
Captain Bryant of the Salvation Army accompanied Albert Tucker to Fort Missoula where Tucker surrendered to military authorities for desertion. Tucker said his wartime desertion occurred ten years ago and his recent Christian conversion prompted him to confess and seek release from his burden.
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Missoula
Captain Bryant
Salvation Army
Fort Missoula
Albert Tucker
Tucker
United States Army
Range Deterioration Explained by Spring Grazing
Helena reports a Department of Agriculture bulletin attributes western range decline to excessive spring grazing before forage crops mature. The repeated overgrazing prevents vegetation from regrowing, reducing carrying capacity of grazing lands.
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Helena
Department of Agriculture
Montana Tops Wool Production in 1913 Race
Montana led the wool growing states in 1913, producing nearly 2,000,000 pounds more unwashed wool than rivals and earning about 1.5 million dollars more for producers. The state counted 4.2 million sheep of shearable age, yielding 31.5 million pounds unwashed wool and 11.645 million pounds scoured. Average fleece weight was 7.50.
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Helena
Union
Montana
National Wool Growers’ Association
J. M. Kennedy
Agrculture
Treasure State
Shackleford road bill sails through House for $25 million
The Shackleford bill to fund highway construction with a $25 million pool and state matching is approved 282 to 42. If enacted, Minnesota would gain $462,500 to $746,250, North Dakota $203,750 to $282,500, South Dakota $218,750 to $298,750, Wisconsin $433,750 to $752,500, Iowa $631,250 to $935,000, and Montana $77,500 to $128,750, with senate action pending.
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Washington
House
Senate
Shackleford
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconin
Iowa
Montana
Missing mail pouch valued at over five thousand dollars
Postoffice inspectors hunt a registered mail pouch vanished from the Northern Pacific station. About $5,000 and other valuables were in transit from Billings Yellowstone National Bank to a Helena bank. The wagon driver attributes the loss to handing the pouch to the railway clerk.
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Billings
Postoffice
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone National Bank of
Helena
Man Invited Death in Saloon Duel
Helena resident Robert Lloyd invited his death by sending a boy to relay a threat to his father John Goudy. When the elder Goudy appeared Lloyd fought him, prompting a revolver to fire a shot that struck Lloyd in the heart. In the melee Goudy wounded himself in the arm while trying to shield Lloyd.
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Helena
Robert Lloyd
John Goudy
Lloyd
Goudy
Four-Year-Old Marriage License Then Sparks Plan to Wed
In Butte Oscar Saari called the clerk to confirm his marriage license was valid. He said he kept the certificate for four years after receiving it and now plans to marry Anne Perttu, the woman named in the document. They had agreed to wed when issued but argued and Saari kept the license.
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Butte
Oscar Saari
Saari
Anne Perttu
State Has Enviable Position in Montana Progress
Washington reports Montana's 1913 statistics showing it as the healthiest state in national health finance industry and agriculture. The record credits the Golden Rule as the heart of its progress and prosperity.
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Washington
Montana
United States
Uncle Sam
Plan to Improve Trail Through Custer County
The Custer county branch of the Twin City Yellowstone Trail association held its annual meeting in Miles City on Feb 10. Plans for improving the trail through Custer county in the coming year were formulated.
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Miles City
Custer County
Twin City-Yellowstone Trail Association
Montana Education Apportionment For 1914 Set At $4.50 Per Child
State Superintendent H A Davee announced after a land board meeting that Montana will spend 4.50 on each school age child. The total 1914 apportionment is 513 144 dollars to be distributed among counties, based on 114 032 children of school age in the state.
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Helena
Montana
H.A. Davee
State Land Board
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