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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1908
Page
2
A damaged passage notes a defendant compelled to incriminate themselves and references the late Judge John W. Wolford dismissing a related seeing. The fragment suggests a legal proceeding with a noted judge and possible dismissal.
The public utilities council explained the proposed plan to voters at Penn Street and Boulevard. Metropolis employees attended as the mayor promoted the new contract, detailing a 1214 million dollars in additional stock and a 6 percent interest rise. City population cited as 180000.
Speaker Cannon secured support for Taft in Illinois this week adding twenty delegates. The Illinois delegation flow shows Taft with strong momentum and 166 uncontested delegates while other candidates receive scattered instructions or remain unpledged.
A city meeting vows to curb corporations by enforcing fair wage, low fare service, and public control of streets. Officials claim the commission gives power to regulate service for lower prices, better quality, and liberal wages. Brief remarks were made by J. A. McLane and Dr. E. A. Burkhardt.
A dialog on ramp grades and viaducts draws questions from residents about traffic flow. The exchange cites a 41 percent grade and a 51 percent figure, while clarifying a 5.4 percent grade and a lower 27 percent section. News mentions local names and a Kansas City Star route item amid community chatter.
The report outlines Taft’s constrained first ballot potential as allies contest seats in the South and West. It notes Indiana four at large added to Fairbanks, Massachusetts caucuses boosting Secretary of War Taft, and New York county primaries making Taft second choice in many districts.
The passage reflects lingering uncertainty about Taft's grip on the election, noting that even in recent months doubts have persisted regarding his domination and prospects.
Louis C. Hay states the Taft organization in New York is independent of Washington and Ohio managers. He says the New York group formed from belief Taft is best for president and will support the Republican nominee chosen at the June convention.
Governor Hughes refuses to name or influence the delegation to the Republican national convention. In a letter to Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff he says voters through the state convention should select the delegates and that he will not express preferences or intervene in the process.
A crowded Metropolitan car fills beyond capacity with fifty inside and thirty more outside. The conductor urges passengers to move up as space vanishes. A giant man of fearsome power later packs even more, leaving all in a solid lump. Srear Hawone.
President Roosevelt informs the House that civil government in the Panama canal zone has been maintained under his direction under the 1905 treaty with Panama and several Congress acts. He says Congress appropriated funds yearly to sustain executive, legislative, and judicial functions in the zone.
A circular from the West Side Taxpayers’ League advocates a public work plan favoring the Metropolitan Street Railway. It urges building a traffic way with city funds and proposes a ten and a half year extension of a five-cent fare, drawing support from business leaders and utilities commissioners. The piece outlines the clash between Beardsley’s tunnel plan and the Metropolitans’ extension.
New York dispatch reports storms delay ocean liner La Provence on her voyage, making it the slowest trip of her career. The vessel La Provence experiences weather disruption while en route, contributing to travel setbacks for the French line.
Mayor Beardsley's initiative creates the Tenement Commission to clean congested districts and improve neighborhoods. A subsequent Beardsley proposal awaits a Tuesday vote to advance the effort.
The ward line liner Umbria arrived late after continual storms. High seas and strong west and northwest gales slowed her, forcing reduced speeds at intervals. La Provence followed twenty four hours behind its Havre passage, eight hours after its slowest voyage.
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