Prohibiting Drinking on Trains Favored Except in Buffet Cars
A senate committee favors a Hitchcock bill to bar liquor on trains except in buffet cars to curb on board rowdiness. The measure passed the Senate as part of wider railway and education actions, with support from train crews and leaders in Pierre.
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Pierre
Senate
Hitchcock
Hare
Albert M. Anderson
Sturgis
Crawford
State Board of Regents of Education
House
Black Hills
McCain
Fowler
Taylor
Brown
Wolzmuth
Spearfish Normal
House Committee
Tumble Weeds the Cause of Windstorm Damage in Kansas
In Oakley Kansas February 2 the blizzard winds carried millions of Russian thistles or tumble weeds clogging prairies and blocking roads. A Miller real estate touring car burned while pushing through the weeds and occupants escaped. Judge Moore fined Emerson Eikler and John Smith five dollars and costs for drunkenness.
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Oakley
Kan
Oberlin
Miller Real Estate Firm
Elden
Emerson Eikler
John Smith
Moore
Repeal Affects Teachers’ Invia tates Bill Backed by Arnold
Pierre story notes Rep resentative Arnold of Brookings seeks reversal of a committee report on a bill to repeal the provision paying teachers for attending teachers’ institutes. Rural teachers may gain from the anticipated reversal and broader educational law impact.
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Pierre
Arnold
Brookings
Rural teachers seek travel expense relief in revised bill
Debates on a bill arguing current law favors some teachers led to a committee return. The plan calls for a new bill to compensate rural teachers with long travel distances, while not obliging them to exhaust all travel allowance.
Keefe Plans Labor Conference Invitees February 16
Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner general of immigration, invites more than twenty prominent labor leaders to a February 16 council of labor at the department of commerce and labor. Leaders to attend include Samuel Gompers of the AFL and Andrew Furuseth of the Seamen's International Union to discuss issues affecting wage earners and immigration information.
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Keefe
Washington
Daniel J. Keefe
Commissioner General of Immigration
Council of Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Andrew Furuseth
San Francisco
Seamen's International Union
Bill seeks constitutional amendment to ban liquor in Missouri
Jefferson City Mo Feb 3 a bill was introduced in the legislature asking for a constitutional amendment. The proposed amendment would prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors within the state of Missouri.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Diamonds Stolen in Monte Vista Burglary
Burglars looted the W. H. Poole store of diamonds and jewelry valued over $3,000 while the owner was away tending his seriously ill father. Bloodhounds to be used. a suspicious man who asked to see jewelry seen nearby. two men boarded a train 300 yards from the station, raising further questions.
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Monte Vista
Colo
W. H. Poole
W. H. Poole, Jr
William Woods
February Court Opens in Deadwood Under Judge Rice
The February term of circuit court will convene in Deadwood on Tuesday February 6 presiding Judge Rice. Sixteen new cases populate the docket while others are continued. An order requires a part jury for day one and citizenship examinations will begin with a government representative present. Judge Rice attended court at ten this morning after several weeks. No sensational cases are expected, but the term promises activity around the courthouse.
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Circuit Court
Deadwood
Judge Rice
Exared Man Oscar Jacobs Waives Hearing in Elba Roberts Murder
Public opinion splits over Oscar Jacobs who WAIVED preliminary hearing for the Elba Roberts murder in Sturgis on January 18. Jacobs will face the April circuit court term before Judge Rice after postponement to allow legal counsel from Watertown. The case centered on a millinery store shooting where the girl was found dying. Jacobs says she shot herself, but many believe it was murder.
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Oscar Jacobs
Elba Roberts
Sturgis
Jacobs
Rice
Watertown
California Anti Jap Measures Stir National Debate
California lawmakers debate a bill to prohibit Japanese land ownership as eastern papers attack the measure. Frisco editorials defend it as preserving a white man’s Pacific coast, while the governor and speaker oppose the bill. The vote in the legislature is expected today.
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San Francisco
Japan
California
Union
Sacramento Valley
Frisco
Pacific Coast
House
Roosevelt warns California bill could endanger Japan ties
President Roosevelt stated that if California lawmakers pass a bill harming Japan, a grave situation could arise between the United States and Japan. He warned the break could lead to severing diplomatic relations until the bill is amended.
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Washington
Roosevelt
California
South Dakota to Send State Band to Taft Inauguration
Movement to form a statewide band for the Taft inauguration gathers strong support across the state. Captain Seth Bullock, U S marshal, leads fundraising with other prominent backers expected to contribute, aiming to place a unified South Dakota band in the Washington parade without city designation.
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Sioux Falls
D. D
South Dakota
Taft
Washington
Seth Bullock
United States
Two Cent Fare War Opens as Railroads Face Mandamus
Sheriff Plunkett serves mandamus on Burlington Railroad from the attorney general’s office demanding compliance with the two cent fare law or appearance before the supreme court in Pierre on March 3. Northwestern Railroad had earlier secured a temporary injunction blocking county protests during a test case, signaling a heated battle over the emergency statute.
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Plunkett
Burlington Railroad
Supreme Court
Pierre
Northwestern Railroad
Carland
Northwestern
Burlington
South Dakota
Curious Coincidence In Chicago Fire Foreman Resigns
A Chicago letter describes a foreman resigning after warning that a woman visitor caused catastrophes. He refused to quit, and less than two weeks later a deadly city fire claimed the lives of the foreman and more than a hundred workers.
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Chicago
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Roosevelt Opposes California Separate School Bill
President Roosevelt wired Governor Gillett urging a veto on the California legislature’s bill requiring Japanese children to attend separate public schools. He warned he would seek a court test, arguing the measure unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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Washington
California
Roosevelt
Gillett
Massie considers sheep purchase amid disease concerns
Massie and wife visited from Alzada Montana to assess a shipment of 1000 sheep for his ranch. Reports of a sheep disease delayed the deal as he sought to gauge the seriousness of the trouble. A Crook County suspect fled Sundance after paying a cash bond, taking the money and not returning. William Bell visited from the north with his son, later traveling to Deadwood and Lead. Bell, long active in Harding county cattle, reflected on Alaska years ago and remains prosperous with cattle and land holdings.
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W. E. Massie
Alzada
Mont
KR. H. Evans
Sand Creek
Spearfish
Crook County
Sundance
Beulah
Tie
William Bell
Speakfish
Deadwood
Mr. Heil
Redwater Valley
Barding County
Bell
Alaska
Wold
South Dakota
Harding County
William
Ell
Mail
Indians Up For Examination In Deadwood
U S Commissioner McDonough has spent two days examining Indians from the Rosebud agency who were brought to Deadwood by a deputy marshal.
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McDonough
Rosebud
Deadwood
U. S
Calf theft and liquor charges driven in Rosebud case
The records show Sam Spotted War Bennett jailed after a strong case for calf larceny with a rifle killing cited by Wolf Guts as eyewitness. He is bound over to the May term with $500 bond. James Elk Thunder and Joe Fallis also face liquor introduction charges and are bound over under $500 bonds each. Jimmie Coyote was examined on a similar liquor-in-reservation charge.
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James Elk Thunder
Joe Fallis
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Jimmie Coyote
Venezuela Crisis Slows As Gomez Fights Arbitration
Washington reports show Venezuela's new president Gomez resists arbitration and terms with the United States envoy Buchanan. Officials fear Gomez imitates Castro and may face a blockade if negotiations fail, risking U S prestige and European pressure.
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Washington
State Department
Gomez
Venezuela
Buchanan
Castro
Caracas
Venzuela
Tle
Berlin
Halfind
United States
Insurgents Press House Rules Reform Challenge
In Washington on February g insurgents in the House renew their bid to revise the body rules. If approved it would curb Speaker Joe Cannon by stripping him of authority to discipline committee chairmen.
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Cannon
Washington
House of Representatives
Joe Cannon
Convent Fire Threatens Brooklyn Mercy School
A fire partially destroyed the Sisters of Mercy convent in Brooklyn with eight hundred students at the nearby school panicking as flames spread. No lives were lost. The blaze occurred today, Feb 41, causing extensive damage to the building.
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Brooklyn
Sisters of Mercy
Thin City
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