Election Crooks Beware Judge Promises Grand Jury to Fight Fraud
Judge Wallace urged the re summoned grand jury to deter election fraud. He said stund that jurors will sit again after the election to deter fake registrations. The panel examined registrations at rooming houses and hotels in the North End and West bottoms and will review lists again post election.
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Wallace
William H. Wallace
Criminal Court
Grand Jury
al Heslip
William L. Bryant
Albert Marty
Mr. Bryant
Mr. Marty
North End
West Bottoms
Cnstom
Platform of Ketner Wins Second Ward Campaign
The Second ward race heats up as Mickey O Hearn for Democrats and James Ketner for Republicans present rival visions. Ketner pledges support for Beardsley, West Traffic Way, a fair utilities commission, clean and well lit streets, park improvements, more street lights, Wea Terrace park completion, and a new Union station on fair terms. He vows to work toward these goals.
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Second Ward
Mickey” O'Hearn
James Ketner
Beardsley
Wea Terrace
Captain Sedjyle Returns From Snagboat Mission on Missouri River
Captain E H Sedjyle reports the snagboat Missouri is in good shape and at work on the Missouri river. In two days, thirty one snags were pulled between the river mouth and St Charles. The vessel will operate mainly between Kansas City and Boonville until high water. The stretch was skimmed last year and should be thoroughly cleaned before Kansas City boats resume regular service.
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E. H. Sedjyle
Missouri
Missouri River
St. Charles
Kansas City
Boonville
Taft Campaign Backed Unanimously by Montana Republicans
The Montana Republican state central committee met in Hercena on April 4 with 27 members none dissenting. They endorsed Secretary Taft for the presidential nomination in Chicago and decided to hold the state convention delegates in Butte on May 14.
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Hercena
Mont
Taft
Chicago
Montana
Republican State Central Committee
Butte
German Motor Tour to India Ends in Crash Near Berlin
A short motor car journey from Berlin toward India ended abruptly when Rudolph Zabel the author and his wife, with the chauffeur, collided with a tree. Frau Zabel suffered a broken jaw, the chauffeur a broken arm, and Zabel endured a severe shock.
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Frankfort
India
Rudolph Zabel
Berlin
Frau Zabel
Zabel
Council to Meet at Noon To Morrow
The city council will convene at noon to morrow to permit members to attend closing campaign rallies. Crowds gather daily at the Temple of Health refuge for the hopeless, incurable, with many cures claimed without drugs or surgery. Carson, Temple of Health, and Washington Sts., Kansas City.
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Temple of Health
Carson
Emple
Washington Sts
Kansas City
Prohibition Fight Builds Across 1200 Illinois Communities
The Drys plan to win in at least 900 of 1200 towns as April 21 votes approach. Anti saloon forces cite mobilization in Peoria East St Louis Rockford and Bloomington while telepathy driven drives by Aurora women and mass parades underscore a heated campaign with church bells and school children in support.
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Cutcaco
Peoria
East St. Louis
Streator
Ottawa
LaSalle Gy
Rayona8
Rockford
Waukesha
Elgin
Rock Island
Galesburg
Bloomington
Danville
Aurora
Joliet
Beardsley plan proposed as city jail reform
A public plea argues for adopting Beardsley style reforms in place of the Workhouse. It notes land bought outside the city for new facilities to train minor offenders and suggests appointing an experienced prison administrator to oversee the program.
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House of Correction
Beardsley
Desperate Election Push Divides Galesburg Saloons
On election day a large turnout is planned with over 800 workers assigned to mobilize voters for the wet vote. Dr Mangasarian of Chicago is set to address a Sunday mass meeting as liquor interests clash with prohibitionists. A children’s parade and women volunteers highlight the heated campaign in Galesburg.
Fair Day Forecast for Kansas City and Surrounding Areas
The forecast calls for a fair day with no major temperature changes in Kansas City today. Rain is expected in other parts of Missouri while Eastern Kansas remains clear. By Monday the weather should be fair and warmer for Kansas City and across Kansas and Missouri.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Commission form vote petition drive in Kansas City Kansas
Petition drive for a commission government in Kansas City Kansas has gathered 300 names beyond the required 10 percent threshold. With 16 petitions out, organizers report 399 signatures and expect total around 500 after checks by the commissioner of elections. If the signers are registered voters, Mayor Corneil will issue a call for an election within sixty days.
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Kansas City
Kas
Cornell
Commission
Corneil
Commissioner of Elections
Theater Change of Venue Trials Set This Month
Judge Porterfield to try three theater cases and twelve felony cases this month in the criminal court. Judge Wallace directs Theatre cases from Century Orpheum Gilliss and Auditorium theaters to Porterfield after felony cases on April 13. Each theater will supply a manager a ticket seller and a stage hand for Sunday work indictments while the remaining venue decisions split between the judges.
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William H. Wallace
Criminal Court
E. E. Porterfield
Century
Orpheum
Gilliss
Auditorium
Wallace
Porterfield
Porterfeld
Cleveland Sets Stage for 3-Cent Line Settlement
Cleveland reaches a street railway agreement ending months of talks. Mayor Johnson and attorney F H Goff oversee a plan to form the Cleveland Railway Company with a 3-cent fare as an experimental period. Stockholders and council set to approve, with gradual rollout and profit safeguards.
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Lange
Crevetown
Cleveland
Johnson
Stratetic Corporation
F. H. Goff
Goff
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Goff and Johnson
Public Peace
Johnson and
Cleveland Railway Company
Forest City Railway Company
Congress
Baker
Council
Prohibition Loses In Lenape County Vote Near Lexington
In Lexington and Lenape county Missouri early results show prohibition lost by about 400 votes. Lexington township and surrounding areas voted against prohibition with a 157 plurality amid a low turnout driven by saloon interests. The county tally leaves twelve country saloons outside Lexington and Higginsville poised to remain open.
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Lexington
Lenape County
Eee
Higginsville
Beardsley Backed Against Metropolitan in City Fight
A political clash pits Mayor Beardsley against the Metropolitan as Beardsley seeks a Public Utilities inquiry to reveal the franchise holder’s practices. The Metropolitan accuses Beardsley of antagonizing it while defending its control over city affairs. The union of public interest and reform against corporate interference stands at stake.
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F. H. Goff
Kline, Tolles & Goff
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Goff
Baker
Johnson
Public Utilities Commission
Beardsley
Lexington Faces Uncertain Prohibition After Local Drying
Turbed, Higginsville went dry some time since, and no election has been called in Lexington, where thirteen bars are operated. This note highlights ongoing liquor regulation issues and potential vote impacts on local nightlife.
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Higginsville
Lexington
Miss OBrien Cant Return to Missouri University
The Board of Curators sustains the suspension of Agnes OBrien of Independence Missouri. The action follows a refusal to apologize to a teacher. Suspension lasts the current session with possible return next fall or summer without an apology.
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Columma
Agnes O'Brien
Independence
University of Missouri
University
Committee On Student Affairs
Miss O'Brien
Miss O’brien
Beardsley Faces Crowd On Utilities Plan And Speedway
Report of a tent meeting on St. John and Hardesty avenues where Mayor Beardsley denied boosting a beer license in Forest Park. He defended a proposed public utilities commission and attacked Metropolitan control over the speedway issue on Gillham road, amid rain and crowd cheers.
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St. John Avenue
Hardesty Avenue
Forest Park
Beardsley
Democratic Platform
Public Utilities Commission
Metropolitan
Twenty-ninth Street
Prospect Avenue
Utilities Commission
Gillham Road
Harry Train
Park Board
Nelson
B. J. Fradenburg
Tattesty Avenue
Belmont Street
Fradenburg
Beardsley Attacks Special Favours and Local Interests
Mayor Beardsley warned a Twenty third Street crowd that the campaign faces two allied forces: corporate and saloon interests aligned against municipal democracy. He cited a Bell telephone tax dispute and claimed laws were manipulated by city officials to favor those powers, urging resistance to party divisions while defending the people’s control of city government.
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Beardsley
Twenty-third Street
Troost Avenue
Emocrate
Aera
Vnto
Bell
Public Utilities Commission
R. J. Ingraham
Twn
Adinance
Pepone
Oaks
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