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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1912
Page
1
President Taft arrived in Washington and delivered a political speech in Boston style, denouncing soap box primaries and recalling judges. He argued that direct participation by all people is impossible and defended representative government amid Roosevelt criticisms.
A February 18 scene in Omaha reports a posse of 20 police pursuing convicts who murdered the penitentiary warden and escaped, with a heavy armament expected in a fierce battle as the chase closes in. The item blends tabloid style with observed crime notes amid a wider page of curious figures and miscellany.
Hotel arrivals show Geo and F Blew Chicago Ino Butler Little Rock W M Hill St Louis 0 8 Davis Oklahoma City D Wells Bowling Gun Mike Hartzell Pt Smith H A Towers Nashville Tenn John Puckett Rogers P D Slaughter Springdale Jones St Louis.
Pato North Dakota March 18 Senator LaFollette launched his statewide campaign under favorable skies as the first state wide presidential preference primaries in the nation approach. Roosevelt and La Follette issued final statements asserting confidence in their campaigns and urging support.
A fragmentary Washington County notice reports that Allen gang member iiduey Edwards was captured after a clash, while the rest fled to Devil's Den. A local candidate laments misreports in Fayetteville and Prairie Township, defending his lineage and long Democratic voting record.
After ten weeks of strike, 000 textile workers return to the mills with only a minor misunderstanding between operatives and agents at the Washington mill. The rest of the day passes without trouble. A meeting is planned at Moose Hall tomorrow night with all temps urged to attend.
Al Taylor, colored, and others faced a preliminary trial before the U S Commissioner on the charge of bodilessing. The Commissioner bound them to the federal grand jury, but Taylor pleaded and shed tears declaring innocence, was discharged, and began return home. Also notes a meeting of the Thomas M. Gunter Camp for electing delegates to the Macon reunion and a quip about Gaddie and Wise.
A boiler explosion at Southern Pacific yards in San Antonio Texas on March 18 causes heavy casualties. Fourteen dead and many injured as damage spans roundhouse and shops. authorities consider suspected sabotage though investigation pending. Police report cannot confirm cause while transport and medical teams respond.
Wollam Selpp, millionaire head of the Selp rowing Co., was found dead in bed with a bullet hole. Police say it was suicide. Selpp had been ill for several months. Local items mention a variety of short notices about court, family visits, and ads for clothing and real estate.
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