Roosevelt Denies Bolt Rumor as Primary Chaos Grips Nation
Roosevelt faces party rifts in New York and Missouri amid talk of a third party. Gifford Pinchot backs Roosevelt’s duty to the people and critiques “special interest government.” In New York City, leaders call Tuesday’s primaries a farce and seek a second primary, while Governor Dix is advised he cannot order another vote.
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Guggenheim Head Start Delegation From Colorado
Colorado Springs reports the state Republican convention chose eight delegates at large for the Chicago national convention. Delegates were instructed to vote for President Taft, and resolutions endorsed the Taft administration plus United States Senator Guggenheim as national committeeman. Guggenheim won the committeeman post 657 to 241 over Phillip Stewart. temporary chairman vote favored Taft candidate Thomas H. Devine over Roosevelt candidate Ben F. Griffith.
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Colorado Springs
Taft
United States
Guggenheim
Colorado
Phillip Stewart
Thomas H. Devine
Pueblo
Ben F. Griffith
Roosevelt
Convention Ballot Shows Roosevelt Delegates Rejected
Roosevelt supporters fought to adopt a Taft driven program as Taft leaders pressed. The minority report endorsing Roosevelt and two delegates at large was rejected overwhelmingly. Delegates at large listed include U S Senator Guegenheim T W W Devine Jefferson Farr Crawford Hil A M Stevenson Irving Howvert MM Parrish and J t Mebonard.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Roosevellt
United States
Guegenheim
T. W W. Devine
Jefferson Farr
Crawford Hil
A. M. Stevenson
Irving Howvert
MM. Parrish
J. T. Mebonard
Roosevelt Tells Views on Tariff in Tawkeys Home
President Roosevelt spoke on tariff policy during a private session at his Tawkeys residence. He outlined priorities for protective duties and global trade terms, emphasizing national industry and balanced imports while signaling readiness for legislative negotiation.
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Tawkeys
Twenty year record floods disrupt rail service
Lincoln Nebraska reports the Platte River flood as the highest in twenty years with ice breakup. Seven Burlington spans out near Columbus. Schuyler and Louisville wagon bridges damaged. Rock Island bridge at South Bend damaged. trains rerouted via Burlington tracks Omaha Lincoln. Des Moines river ice gorge threatens Cord en bridge. Cedar River flood drowns James Colgan and wife near Cedar Rapids. Roosevelt tours St Louis and Cedar Rapids as Indiana delegates split between Taft and Roosevelt.
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Union Pacific
Fremont
North Bend
Burlington
Ulysses
Columbus
Grand Istand
Norfolk
Des Moines
Corden
Walnut Creek
Cedar Rapids
James Colgan
Cedar River
Colgan
Quiet race in Black Hills spring elections eyed
Local contests in Lead Deadwood Belle Fourche and Hot Springs look mild with no strong opposition to license measures. Lead neatens its commission form election with six candidates for commissioner and Mayor Harry Howard seeking re election. Belle Fourche and Rapid City field multiple candidates while Deadwood centers on a mayoral clash between W E Adams and Barney Mullen.
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Black Hills
Deadwood
Belle Fourche
Hot Springs
Wrts
Lead
Harry Howard
Rapid City
W. E. Adams
Barney Mutlen
Lorimer Cleared by Eight-Senator Committee Vote
Washington report says Senator Lorimer of Illinois was fully vindicated by a special eight member Senate committee after a second investigation of his 1909 election. The panel exonerated him of knowledge of legislative corruption by five votes to three on key points. Edward Hines, the lumberman linked to Lorimer’s election, also received vindication amid prior corruption fund accusations.
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Lorimer
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Edward Hines
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Senate
Senate backs Lorimer exoneration in Lorimer case
The majority repudiated claims and passed a resolution saying no improper sums were raised or contributed. It found no new evidence to overturn the Senate’s prior action in Lorimer’s favor and no corruption proven. Debates loom as the case returns next week with rival reports from both sides.
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Indians Arrested for Foul Murder Near Sisseton
Sisseton South Dakota John Wice te miaza Jonah Whale and High Bear all full blood Sioux Indians were arrested yesterday south of Sisseton agency by Sheriff Swanson on charges of murdering Roland vadish a seventeen year old farmer boy. They were at a native dance indoors when captured. The dead boy was stripped of clothing and valuables while a shotgun and bulldog revolver were missing. High Bear was seen with items in possession and sold them locally. Jonah Whale was identified by a Browns Valley jeweler for attempted pawn of jewelry matching the stolen property.
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John Wice Temiaza
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Sisseton Agency
Swanson
Roland Vadish
Standing Rock
Seven Brothers
Ig Stone
Traverse Lakes
Browns Valley
Right to regulate phones tested by North Star Beresford case
Sioux Falls Supreme Court hears Beresford Telephone Company demurrer over the state railway commission order on switching between Beresford and North Star lines. The commission seeks a writ of mandamus to enforce the ruling that Beresford must provide switching for a cost not exceeding 25 cents per line per year, despite Beresford’s claim the board lacks authority to control its property.
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State Railway Commission
Beresford Telephone Company
Jones
North Star Telephone Company
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Board of Railway Commissioners
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North Star Company
Guards Hold Rock Island After Riots Quieted
Six hundred soldiers patrolled Rock Island Illinois overnight to prevent rioting. About a dozen citizens were arrested for refusing to move as ordered and the troops will stay in the city for an undetermined period.
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Railroad Decision Impacts White Butte Station Case
Judge C C Carpenter upholds the railroad's position that South Dakota lacked public necessity to force a White Butte station. The ruling cites distance from Petrel and Haynes ND and notes stations must be twelve miles apart. The decision limits future railroad orders amid townsite bid to profit from trade.
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C. C. Carpenter
Lemmon
White Butte
Perkins County
South Dakota Railway Commission
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Carpenter
Railrroad Company
Petrel
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Haynes
South Dakota
North Dakota
Petre
Princess Victoria Louise in exile over forbidden love
Berlin rumors swirl over Princess Victoria Louise daughter of the Kaiser allegedly living in exile with her parents at Corfu. The戀 affair centers on Lieutenant George Constantine Fugger Habenhausen son of Princess Wienore and Prince Fugger Habenhausen amid court and society anxieties.
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Germany
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Corfu
George Constantine Fugger-Habenhausen
Wienore
Hohenlohe
Bertenstein
Fugger-Habenhauser
City Children Moved From Philadelphia to Lawrence Homes
One hundred and forty to two hundred forty children sang the Star Spangled Banner as they traveled from Philadelphia to Lawrence Massachusetts. They are the children of strikers whose families faced police rioting as parents sought to send them away.
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Philadelphia
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Mass
State railway commission sets hearings on western rate
The commission fixed April 2 at Aberdeen April 3 at Watertown April 4 at Sioux Falls April 5 at Mitchell and April 6 at Deadwood to meet with shippers about railroad schedules. Ten western states oppose the proposed western classification rate and the matter will be discussed at the hearings.
Allen Outlaw Surrenders After Two Weeks in Hiding
Claude Swanson Allen walked from Blue Ridge undergrowth and surrendered to a Hillsville posse. He is jailed near Carroll County Court House where on March 14 the Allen gang killed the judge, prosecutor, sheriff, and a bystander. He denies knowledge of Sidna Allen, Friel, or Wesley Edwards’ hiding place.
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Yuan Shi Kai Drug Habit Threatens Chinese Republic
In Pekin the ailing Yuan Shi Kai is said by doctors to be harmed by drug use, while foreign legations warn of an imminent Manchu uprising tied to plans to restore the child emperor. Reports say Manchus are arming and guards remain on duty around legations.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Legation
Japan Secures Rights on Mexican Magdalena Bay
A Tokio cable reports Japan has secured concessions in Magdalena Bay from Mexico, granting a settlement site and long sought rights. The U S may protest under the Monroe Doctrine due to fears of a military station at a strategic point. In South Dakota fire insurance funds, $22,413 is allocated to the state firemen fund with city shares listed for Aberdeen Deadwood Lead Huron Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls Watertown Yankton Mitchell.
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South Dakota Traveling Men's Association
South Dakota Retail Centers’ and Hardware Men's Association
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Illinois Passes Presidential Primary Law
Springfield reports a 100 to 0 House vote to approve a Senate favored presidential primary law enabling April 9 primaries. Gov. Deneen expected to sign. Roosevelt spoke to 300 in Milwaukee en route from Minnesota to Chicago, his only stop in La Follette’s state.
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Roosevelt Contends for Government Role in Conservation
Col. Theodore Roosevelt exhorted in St. Paul on shaping national policy for natural resources and rural life. He urged government action to advance conservation and farm welfare, criticizing exclusive influence by “bosses” and endorsing tariff regulation by a federal commission. He toured Iowa and Minnesota, delivering speeches from trains and at open air sites, amid large crowds.
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Garfield predicts third party rise amid political transition
James R. Garfield, Roosevelt ally in Cleveland, argues failure of Democratic and Republican parties to solve political and industrial issues could spark a third party. He cites the Chicago packers acquittal as evidence courts cannot solve the trust problem.
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Roosevelt Victory in Portland Primaries Delivers Delegates
In Portland Maine last night supporters won five of the nine wards in central caucuses to select delegates for the state and district conventions. Taft delegates totaled 32 while Roosevelt delegates reached 40.
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Fight Ban on Monoplane Protest at War Office
Aviators favoring monoplanes plan to protest to the War Office over a new order banning officers and cadets from flying monoplanes. The War Department endorses biplanes citing strength concerns, while monoplane supporters pledge to present contrary proof at the audience.
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