Lilley Attacks Navy Yard Waste in Red Hot Speech
Conn congressman Lilley demanded a presidential inquiry into abandoning six navy yards and stations including Mare Island and Kittery, charging one hundred million in misused funds. He urged a commission free of yard owners to probe reorganization and criticized conference committee members with yards in their districts.
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Washington, D. C
Kittery
Maine
Port Royal
Charleston
I. C
Key West
Fla
New Orleans
Mare Island
Cal
Naval Affairs Committee
Lilley
Ada Endicott
Kittery Yard
Yley
Hale
Perkins
Tillman
Foss
Loudenslager
Meyer
Streetcar Strike Triggers Terror in Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida police guard the city to stop gatherings of striking street car men. A morning clash between strikers and tachin obstructionists left fifteen injured as fight to block lines escalates.
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Pensacola
Fla
Ciine
Seven Hundred Navy Enlisted Men Sent to Asiatic Station
Washington April 11 Orders issued from the navy department for dispatch of seven hundred enlisted men to New York for Asiatic service. The Prairie now en route from Cuba to New York is ordered to transport these men to Colon Panama by May 14. They will travel by government railway to Panama City then embark for San Francisco to Manila.
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Washington
Navy
New York
Asiatic
Prairie
Cuba
Colon
Panama
Hey
Panama City
Sanisco
Manila
Sunday baseball test case in Mobile court
A Mobile court dispute arises over playing Y baseball on Sunday. Charles B. M., secretary of the Mobile baseball association, was arrested by order of the city for violating the Sunday law and will test the case in court.
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Mobile. Ala
Mobile
Charles 8. m
Leaders to Hold New York in Line At Taft Convention
The Republican state convention met in Carnegie Hall New York on April 11 as delegates mostly backed Taft or remained uninstructed while leaders asserted party control and fought to prevent a tie. Taft was regarded as the potential winner amid a display of boss power within the gathering.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Taft
Mayor orders closure of gambling houses in La Crosse
The La Crosse mayor letters to the council and to Chief Webber direct the closing of gambling resorts and houses of ill fame by April 1 and assignation houses by April 15. The move follows prior toleration under regulation and aims to curb underworld activity amid an exodus of dives.
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Anderson
Wendell A. Anderson
la Crosse
John B. Webber
de Crosse
Wis
of la Crosse
Apri
Hughes Birthday Observed in Buffalo for Governor
Hugh Hughes is 46 today and Buffalo plans a birthday party in his honor with arrangements for entertaining him and his wife across the day. The celebrations reflect civic regard as Governor Hughes marks his birthday on April 11.
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Hughes
Buffaila
N. Y
Buffalo
Taft Forces Abandon Fight as Hughes Endorsement Set
Woodruff leads state Republicans toward Hughes endorsement at the convention. Delegates at large to the national convention are named that afternoon, with Woodford Low Hazzard Butler and others slated. The platform supports the administration. a new state committee is expected with minimal changes.
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Woodruff
Hughes
Taft
York
Stewart L.woodford
Spain
Seth Low
New York
Frederick B. Hazzard
Syracuse
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo News
New State Committee
Gedney Pickle Company Incorporation Filed in Wisconsin
Madison April 11. Articles of incorporation for the J. S. Gedney Pickle Company of Onalaska were filed with the secretary of state. Capital is 25000 dollars. Incorporators are H. S. Gedney J. S. Gedney and Frank Winter. In a separate statement John C. Burns La Crosse Democratic delegate to the national convention says he spent nothing on the campaign.
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Madison
Wis
J. S. Gedney Pickle Company
Onalaska
Stae
Gedney
J. S. Gedney
Frank Winter
Burns
John C. Burns
la Crosse
Los Angeles Girl Sues for 20000 in Federal Court
Lena Packard accuses Edward Arnold a wholesale druggist of breach of promise after a jilted affair. She seeks $20,000 in the federal court in Perry Kas on April 11.
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Pera
Kas
Lena Packard
Los Angeles
Edward Arnold
Helie de Sagan Sailed Separately From Anna Gould
New York April 11 Prince Helie de Sagan sailed for France today but did not travel on the same steamer as Anna Gould. Gould departed on the Frederick Der Grosse while Sagan took the St Paul as a deadhead. Rumor says they were married by a Hoboken justice last night. To keep departure secret they moved baggage under the name Miller via kitchen entrance. George Gould reportedly heatedly criticized the affair in a final message. Paris reports say Helie de Sagan is expelled from aristocratic clubs except a gambling circle and gambling bets crown speculation on his American trip.
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New York
Prince Helie de Sagan
France
Anna Gould
Anna
Sagan
St. Paul
Hoboken
Prince
Mme. Gould
St. Regis
Miller
Goulds
George Gould
Paris
Helle de Sagan
Mayor's Rare Practical Veto On Track Ordinance
In a city council meeting last night Mayor Anderson effectively vetoed an ordinance granting track privileges to the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry. company. Alderman Downs introduced the measure, but a misunderstanding led the mayor to believe the draft lacked protections for the city. The proposal was sent back to the railroad committee for re reference and consideration.
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Anderson
C., M. & St. P. Ry. Company
Alderman Downs
Downs
John F. Doherty
Robertson in Big New York Theatre
Donald Robertson a La Crosse figure and brother of Punch Robertson is linked to a New York theatrical post. He has directed high quality Chicago plays for over three years with appearances at Garrick University of Chicago and Hull House. A Scots born Brooklyn Poly Inst graduate, he acted with Kate Claxton Dion Boucicault Steele Mackaye and John Hare before returning to manage plays he wrote or adapted.
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Donald Robertson
la Crosse
Moller challenges YMCA over Holy Week actions
Reverend Moller argues YMCA’s planned Holy Week celebration for a $100,000 building fund is sectarian and inappropriate. He notes Holy Week observances demand restraint from worldly amusements and fasting and prayer, urging the YMCA to align events with nonsectarian principles.
Death of United Press head Vandercook in Ohio
John Vandercook, president and general manager of the United Press Associations, died at Streater hospital after an appendectomy. A veteran journalist, he broke the Victoria death news for Scripps-McRae, first announced Edward VII coronation, led Cincinnati Post campaign against Boss Cox, and led United Press after the 1906 consolidation.
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Chicago
John Vandercook
United Press Associations
Streater Hospital
Vandercook
Cleveland Press
Scripps- McRae
New York
Scripps-McRae
Queen Victoria
Edward
Publishers’ Press
Cincinnati Post
George Bb. Cox
United Press Association
Blanch Walsh Well Attend Gala Night in Albert Lea
Albert Lea Minn April 11 Blane Walsh’s appearance tonight is a gala event in the city society is excited She has recovered from an earlier indisposition from Sioux City Her return echoes five years since her last performance at the dedication of the new Albert Lea theatre making the engagement a red letter affair
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Albert Bea
Minn
Blane Walsh
Albert Lea
Miss Walsh
Sioux City
Albert Lea Theatre
Grover Cleveland In Ill Health After Birthday
Photograph of Grover Cleveland, former president, notes his seventy first birthday on March 18. Reports yesterday say he is so ill that it alarms his family and physicians.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Subpoena Issued to Holcomb in Minnesota Oil Shortage Probe
W. W. Holcomb of Standard Oil in Minnesota received a subpoena to appear before the state examiner in St. Paul with company records from February 1903 to October 1907. The move is part of an ongoing probe into shortages in the oil inspector’s office, amid prior questions about accounting during the McDermott and Warner administrations. Holcomb denied knowledge of any valuable records and questioned the missing date for his appearance.
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State Examiner of
Minnesota
St. Paul
W. W. Holcomb
Standard Oil Company
John Mohr
Standard
Mr. Holcomb
Young
John A. McDermott
Fenton G. Warner
Count Cos tello Enters Coffin Shop and Kills Himself
In Bologna on April 11 Count Cos tello visited an undertaker to view a coffin for a friend. The count claimed the coffin fit him as well as the deceased. After the undertaker warned only a body could confirm, the count entered the coffin, shot himself, and died. It is believed a prophecy of violent death influenced his mind. His wife recently eloped.
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Bologna
Costello
Federal judge fines lottery agents in Chicago case
Federal Judge Bethea fines twenty nine lottery agents on guilty pleas, with amounts from 50 to 6900 dollars. Notable names include David Jones of Chicago 6000 and John Minor of Chicago 1000. Agents used the Guaranty Loan and Trust Company as a lottery. Jones alleged to have made two million. Fines paid after raid and book confiscation.
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Chicago
Bethea
Twentynine
David Jones
John Minor
Peter Huff
Burlington
Iowa
Almond D. Ireland
Huntington
William H. Harrison
Davenport
Wilson Miller
Racine
Wis
Reliable Guaranty Loan and Trust Company
Jones
Mysterious Prisoner in Cleveland County Jail
John Morency Coates, 43, alleged Englishman of means, is held in Cleveland county jail trying to recall his identity. Lodgings alerted roomers as he offered no resistance to arrest. Records show regular remittances from an estate. probate court has the matter.
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Cleveland, O
John Morency Coates
Primaries in Pennsylvania Philadelphia April 11
The uniform primaries act is tested this afternoon statewide. Delegates to national and state conventions, candidates for Congress, the legislature, judgeships, and minor offices will be chosen. The Republicans rally around Knox, while the Democrats debate Bryan’s endorsement. Local option factors loom large in the campaign.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Republican Party
Knox
Democratic Party
Bryan
Cuffey
English Crook Nabbed In New York Arrest at Gilsey House
Walter Jarvis aged 52 born in Johannesburg, South Africa, was arrested for unlawfully entering a guest room at the Gilsey house. Identified at police headquarters as Arthur Jackson, the well known English crook, he expected to sail for England.
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New York
Gilsey House
Walter Jarvis
Johannesburg
South Africa
Arthur Jackson
Jarvis
England
Roosevelt Attacked and Defended in St Louis Speech
Adri an H. Joline president of the M K T railroad denounced Roosevelt in a Princeton alumni gathering. Isaac H. Lienberger, attorney, argued for Roosevelt saying railroad men are not ideal examples of honesty and that the president deserved defense in the remarks.
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ST. Louis
Adrian H. Joline
Roosevelt
Princeton
Isaac H. Lienberger
Standard Oil ousted from Tennessee by court
Nashville April 11 The state supreme court removed Standard Oil from Tennessee ruling the company violated state law. The decision ends Standard Oil operations in the state and affects related business licenses and practices.
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Nashville, Tenn
Standard Oil Company
State Supreme Court
White Girl Weds a Jap Drummer in La Crosse
A romance begun in La Crosse ended when Miss Bessie Wells of Winona married Masa Morey of Chicago a Japanese wedding at the brides home in Winona. Rev Frank Doran officiated. Morey works as a traveling representative for a large Japanese vase and silk firm based in Chicago where the couple will live.
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la Crosse
Bessie Wells
Winona
Masa Morey
Chicago
Frank Doran
Diamond Heist Hits San Francisco Jewelry Store
Thieves early today robbed the T. Lundy jewelry store in San Francisco of diamonds valued at $50,000. The bold burglary occurred in the pre-dawn hours as the shop did not report any injuries. Investigators reviewed security footage and collected fingerprints from the storefront. Authorities released few descriptive details about suspects.
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San Francisco
T. Lundy
Campbell Bannerman Lying Dying in London
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is sinking rapidly in London on April 11 and death is expected within hours according to reports.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Woman leaps from train to rescue child in Lansing Iowa
Mrs Bennett, rushing to save her child amid a family dispute, leapt from a La Crosse bound train near Lansing and secured her child at the Strong home. She fled to Wisconsin aboard the DeSota ferry, pursued by her husband and mother-in-law who were delayed at the station. Local sentiment favored Mrs Bennett while noting Bennett’s unpopularity.
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Lansing
Iowa
la Crosse
Henry Strong
Bennett
Baraboo
Wis
Mrai Bennett
Lancing
DeSota
Wisconsin
Stolen Bank Money Orders Reported Missing
In Cleveland Ohio a shipment of money orders valued at 2500 dollars disappeared from a packet sent by the Moore Bank Money Order Company to the Central Bank and Trust Company of Atlanta Georgia. The order firm refused to release further details beyond confirmation of the loss.
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Cleveland
Moore Bank Money Order Company
Central Bank and Trust Company
Atlanta
Joss
Weather and Water Extremes Across States
Weather and water data show La Crosse at 36 degrees the coolest in the region with a 60 degree high, 16 mph winds, and trace precipitation. Major U S extremes include Bis Mark 24 and Montgomery 86. The river remains about stationary for 36 hours with stage at 5 feet, up 0.1. Forecasts: Wisconsin fair tonight and Sunday with rising temps, Minnesota fair with warming, Iowa fair with rising temps tonight and Sunday especially in the west.
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la Crosse
United States
Bismark
Montgomery
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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Frederick Schoff
Mother's Congress
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Webber
Lows
Gedney CO. Incorporates
Helie
Robertson
Triumph
United Press
TO. Knwe
Rev. Moller
Victoria
Boss Cox
Ohio
Blanch Walsh
City
Corra
Macn
Holcomb
Standard Oil
Pennsylvania
DEM
Teddy
Bannerman
Mrs. Bennett
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