Roosevelt insists on rail reform and square deal
In a Washington letter Roosevelt reaffirms support for government control of railroads and a national commission with power to fix maximum rates. He cites past messages, argues against wiping out competition, and calls for fair treatment of rich and poor alike under a genuine, not sham, regulatory system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Smith
Uhnois Manufacturers’ Association
Springfeld
Congress
Raleigh
N. C
Mr. Smith
Standard Oil Co
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Holbrook Pleads Guilty in Restraint of Trade Case
Holbrook, secretary of the school and church furniture makers combination, pled guilty before Judge Landis in Chicago on April 2. Sentence was deferred. Thirteen of the 34 indicted firms entered no contest pleas.
Michigan Election Yields Republican State Ticket Majority
Detroit April 2 Republican slate captured a about 75 000 vote majority in Michigan spring election with McAlvay and Carpenter elected to Supreme Court Beale and Leland named Regents of the State University Cotton to State Board of Education Diekema leads in fifth district with 1000 margin Russell and Diekema win key GOP contest. Democratic mayors Thompson of Kalamazoo and Todd of Jackson defeated while Bay City approves 200000 water front park bond.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Supreme Court
Aaron V McAlvay
William L. Carpenter
The
State University
Julius E. Beale
Frank B. Leland
State Board of Education
William A. Cotton
Fifth Congressional District
Kent
Ottawa
Ionia
Congress
William Alden Smith
Gr. Diekema
Republican State Committee
Muntley Russell
Diekema
Wiliam Thompson
Kalamazoo
Jackson
W. W. Todd
B. J. Glasgow
Bay City
Gustavus Hine
Memphis Trotting Case Revisits Gold Cup Dispute
Memphis Trotting Association sues over the gold cup won by Major Delmar in 1904 against Lou Dillon. The case before Justice Greenbaum in New York Supreme Court questions alleged drugging and a conspiracy by Elmer F. Smathers. The National Trotters Association board previously awarded the cup to Smathers, prompting the suit as irregular.
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Memphis Trotting Association
Major Delmar
New York
Elmer FE
Smathers
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
Memphis Association
CG. K. G. Bilings, the Owner of Lou Dillon, Against Mr. Smathers
Big Decrease in Public Debt March 30
The monthly statement shows the total public debt excluding cash in the treasury at $909,106,556, down $11,638,288 from March 1. In sports, Marvin Hart defeated Peter Maher in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the second round of their heavyweight bout.
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Washington
Hot Springs
Ark
Peter Maher
Marvin Hart
Louisville
Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
The markets column reports prices from New York Cleveland Chicago Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburg on April 2. It lists money rates prime mercantile paper and sterling, with varying grain prices for wheat corn oats and oats, plus cattle veal sheep and hogs prices in each city. Strong entities include New York Cleveland Chicago Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburg with figures for wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle sheep hogs and lambs.
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Ait
York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minessota
York State
Chicago
Abraham Ruef Seeks Habeas Corpus in San Francisco
On the eve of his trial for extorting 28000 dollars from French restaurant keepers Ruef asks the California Supreme Court to free him from Elisor Bigsy's custody and transfer him to the sheriff. The writ expands over 21 pages with 62 subdivisions as trial set to begin today in Judge Dunne's department with Langdon and Hiram J. Johnson for the people.
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Abraham Ruef
Biggy
San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
Elisor Bigsy
Dunne
Ruef
Burns
Theodore V. Halsey
Pacific States Telephone Co
Manila
China
Trowbridge
Secret Service of the Philippines
Heney
Tlalsey
Minor News Items From Across the Nation and World
Granite cutters strike in Texas demanding 3 to 35 cents more per day. Alaska governor appeals for troops to guard Treadwell mines amid a 700 miner strike. President Bonilla of Honduras remains at Amapala as surrender looms. Haywood trial set for May 9 in Idaho for WFM linked assassination. Milford Mass stonecutters strike over 3 cents extra and year-round Saturday holiday. Fort Leavenworth sentences Sgt Griffin to nine years for killing Corporal Taylor at Fort Sheridan. Mansfield’s condition improves after doctors’ conference. Griffin gambling law in Montana bans all games of chance and slot machines. Gotch defeats Burns in two straight falls. New York grooms strike to force recognition of new union. Macklin’s test and Brownsville notes stir military inquiry. Macklin to face court-martial, linked to Brownsville shooting. masked Negro soldiers involved. Reporter Wamt Ade brings raduita.
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Texas
Alaska
Treadwell
Bonilla
Honduras
Amapala
State Department
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
exGov
Steunenberg
Baise
Idaho
Milford
Mass
John A. Griffin
Ninth Cavalry
Corporal Taylor
Fort Sheridan
Fort Leavenworth
Macklin
Washington
Edgar A. Macklin
Company. C
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Senate Committee On Military Affaira
Brownsville
Fort Reno
Brownaville
Treat Employees With Kindness At Work
A store owner argues for humane treatment of workers, allowing breaks and rest when not busy. He describes walking through departments, praising managers who are fair and kind, and instructing department heads to treat staff with respect to encourage loyalty and discourage turnover. He emphasizes leading by example and avoiding harshness.
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America
The Old-Fashioned Sea Captain Remembered
The piece honors the old fashioned sea captain as a steadfast, duty bound figure who stayed with his ship in disasters, saving lives even at the cost of his own death. Brooklyn Hagle asks if such a hero still lives today and worthy of memory or in living practice.
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Brooklyn Hagle
Submarine Lifeboat Invention Aids Disabled Vessel
A submarine in distress could deploy an auxiliary lifeboat carried within to ferry the crew to safety. When flooding traps the crew, the small craft would detach from the main hull and rise to the surface with its human cargo aboard.
Big Cold Storage Plant Burned On Isthmus
Houston Post reports a major fire destroyed much of Mount Hope’s Cold Storage Plant on the Isthmus Monday, causing losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The blaze disrupted a key facility cited as among the largest and most valuable in the area.
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Colon
Mount Hope
Isthmus
Life Plant touted as uric acid cure for bronchitis
An advertisement claims Winter Coughs stem from uric acid in the lungs and that Life Plant dissolves the cause by entering the blood. It promises relief for bronchitis regardless of duration, with testimonials and an offer for personalized advice from Dr Mizer and a free health book.
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L. M. Knisely
Philadelphia
Ohio
Mizer
M. D
The
Life Plant Co
Canton
Biggest Bargain Ever Offered for Sale
For sale a large seven room house on the West Side near shops. Suitable as a boarding house. Includes fruit trees grapes currants cistern lake water. Very reasonable first payment ten dollars per month six percent interest. Apply C. A. Cox.
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C. A. Cox
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Mansfield
Richard Mansfield
Stevens
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Gotch
Frank Gotch
Farmer
Wamt Ade
Houston Post
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