Life Sentence In Stanley County Murder Case
William Heinz, on a guilty plea for the murder of Ralph E. Miles, received a life term in Stanley county court at Fort Pierre. He remained calm, remarking it might have been worse, as scrutiny over his sanity and motives concluded with a sane verdict.
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Heinz
State Pardon Board
John Kellar
Hutchinson
Pierre
William Heinz
Ralph B. Miller
Stanley County
Fort, Pierre
Miles
Attorneys Honor Judge Carland At Sioux Falls Dinner
Sioux Falls, S D The Minnehaha County Bar Association hosted a dinner at the Hotel Cataract honoring Hon John E Carland who recently retired from the federal bench in South Dakota The event reflected professional cordiality and pleasure among the state’s legal community The bar association praised the honor shown to the local legal fraternity by the president of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Seth Bullock
Federal Courts
Pender
G. Cherry
County Bar Association
Sioux Falls
S. D
John E.carland
South Dakota
Minnehaha County Bar Association
One of Sioux Falls founders dies at Montana ranch
Great Falls Montana dispatch reports Dennis True died yesterday at his Kennal ranch. Born in Augusta over 80 years ago he helped found Sioux Falls S D by plotting land into city lots and served as a longtime alderman and business leader. His wealth peaked before the 1893 panic, then vanished, and he later moved to Knoxville Tennessee before returning to Montana.
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Great Walls
Mont
Dennis
Kennal
Augusta
Sioux Falls
S. D
Lhe
Knoxville
Tennessee
Montana
Bankers Approve New Currency Plan
Washington bankers after a two day conference with the currency commission of the American Bankers Association adjourned to meet again at Chairman Aldrich's call. The Aldrich currency bill is generally approved with suggested wording changes. An active summer campaign is planned to push the measure to action in the sixty second congress. The nationwide effort will include broad canvassing and extensive literature distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Monetary Commission
Aldrich
China Satisfies Russia Demands amid Termination of Talks
St. Petersburg reports the Russian foreign office says China's reply to the ultimatum is satisfactory and pleased with the negotiation's end. China asserts agreement with Russia on treaty rights, noting unspecified matters were assumed to align with existing rights and reiterates Russia's rights to consulates and trade freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Russian Foreign Office
Peking
China
Salesman Falls to Basement Fatality in Huron South Dakota
Fred Mobeck a Chicago wholesale grocer traveling salesman died after tumbling into a basement of a business block in Huron South Dakota. He was about thirty five with no known family. He died today from a crushed skull.
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Huron
S. D
Fred Mobeck
John Perkins
Chicago
Auditors Decline to Endorse G W Egan for Governor
County auditors in South Dakota will not join in a political campaign to boost George W. Egan of Sioux Falls for governor. A letter from Minnehaha County Auditor Jowe urged attendance at a Pierre meeting to discuss Egan’s strength, but many auditors said they lack time to participate in any endorsement gathering.
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Pierre
S. D
George W. Egan
Jowe
Minnehaha
Aam
Sioux Falls
Henry Howe
Howe
Italian Bard Accuser of Johnson in Disbarment Case
Pierre South Dakota report describes a supreme court affidavit seeking disbarment for Royal C. Johnson the state attorney general. It centers on an 1910 relinction forgery case involving J M Prostrollo of Bard and a Hyde county resident J M Ringer and a civil judgment of 194 dollars for selling a bogus land relinquishment. The piece notes questions over Johnsons role since he helped initiate the investigation and argues the civil case may have relied on the same facts as a criminal action that never occurred.
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Pierre
S.D
Supreme Court
Royal C. Johnson
J. M. Prostrollo
Prostrollo
J. M. Ringer
Hyde County
Hughes County
Johnson
T. J. Auldredgee
A. B. Fairbank
Huron
Prostroko
Ringer
Prostrello
Fairbank
Auldredge
Rapid City Live Stock Show Sets April Program
Strong delegations from Sioux City and Omaha will attend the Rapid City Stock Men's meeting and carnival April 10 to 12. The three days feature bands, parades, races, balloon ascensions, dances, and numerous contests with many acts including Miss Dorothy Devendal and Indian performances.
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Rapid City
S. D
Live Stock Commission
Sioux City
Omaha
Johnson seeks immediate hearing on lawyer conduct charge
Royal C. Johnson files to enter appearance waive notices and costs and asks for an immediate court hearing on charges of unbecoming conduct and possible disbarment. He cites grave public interests as state officer and asks for prompt resolution with referee reports within ten days after testimony. The court plans speedy steps and a short timetable.
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Johnson
Hyde County
Harlan J. Buehfeld
J. M. Prostrello
Royal C. Johnson
Maine Reverses Vote on Income Tax Approval
Augusta Maine forced by Governor Plaisted sees both Senate and House approve a constitutional amendment for a federal income tax after previously opposing it. The move places Maine among 27 states approving the amendment and signals likely broader support ahead of ratification. Separately in Madison Wisconsin the Senate passes the James suffrage bill granting women full state election rights with a referendum to come at the next general election.
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Augusta
Maine
Plaisted
State Senate
House
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Injunction Bars Wells Fargo Express Tax Collection
In Minneapolis federal court Judge C A Willard granted a temporary injunction preventing South Dakota Treasurer George B Johnson from collecting the 1910 tax levies on Wells Fargo Express in the state. Wells Fargo contends the tax is excessive and cites comparative assessments of major express firms including American Express Adams Express and Wells Fargo.
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St. Paul
Minn
C. A. Willard
Minneapolis
George B. Johnson
South Dakota
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Express Company
Charles R. Bailey
Sioux Falls
S. D
American Express Company
Adams Express Company
Bucketshop law deemed unconstitutional by DC court
Washington DC Justice Wright voids the anti bucket shop law as ambiguous. Indictments against thirteen bucket shop proprietors in Washington, Baltimore and Chicago are dismissed. If upheld by the US Supreme Court, the government’s campaign against bucket shops would halt until a new statute is enacted.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wright
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Washington
Baltimore
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Howes Egan Boom Coldly Received In Pierre
In Pierre South Dakota the week’s main political feature centers on County Auditor Howe of Minnehaha County who sought to turn the annual county auditors meeting into an Egan ratification gathering. His letter campaign began with vigor but waned as opposition grew and the plan faltered.
Political maneuvers swirl around Egan’s gubernatorial bid
Auditors debate full cash value for assessment as critics fear political motives behind proposals. George Egan’s gubernatorial ambitions appear to gain sympathy as factions limp toward cohesion. Possible new candidates include W. H. McMasters of Gayville and P. W. Peterson of Clay eyeing state railway commission roles.
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Egan
Mowe
Auditors Association
Eate
Howe
George Egan
W. H. McMasters
Gayville
Yankton County
Yankton
P. W. Peterson
Clay
House Railway Committee
State Railway Commission
Auditors at Pierre Hold Session with Few Changes
County Auditor Zangles returned from Pierre after noon on the Milwaukee passenger. He reported good attendance and strong interest as auditors reviewed assessment details. No real estate or personal property changes. bank stock assessment cut from 40 percent to 33 1/2 percent. Veteran officials tutored newcomers. annual Auditors' Association meeting elected officers and formed an executive committee.
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Zangles
Pierre
Milwaukee
Wolsey
Mitchell
Zangle
Auditors’ Association
O Gorman Elected U S Senator Amid Tammany Anguish
Justice James A O Gorman of New York City won a U S Senate seat after a protracted Albany decision. He received 118 votes to Chauncey Depew's 66 on the final ballot as insurgents capitulated. O Gorman filed his Supreme Court resignation minutes before the vote.
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Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
James Aloysus O'Gorman
New York City
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Justice O'Gorman
OalGe
Dig
Charles F Murphy
Tammany Hall
Sheehan
James A. O’gorman
Murphy
Justic O’gorman
Democratic Organization
Tammany
Brackett
O’gorman
Lower West Side
New. Y
Thomas and
Brey
Ann
City of
Lawyer's Grandson Kidnapped in Night
Albuquerque report says the grandson of Judge M. L. Waldo, general counsel of the Santa Fe railroad, was abducted at midnight by unknown parties. Parents reportedly offered a $120,000 ransom for the child's return.
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Albuquerque, N. M
M. L. Waldo
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Airship speed record linked to Morane flight Paris Poitiers
Pierre Vedrine in a Morane monoplane flew Poitiers to Paris 260 miles in two hours and fifteen minutes setting a new speed record at 91 miles per hour. Clarence B. Radasill died testing a parachute attachment after leaping from a 40 foot height.
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Paris
France
Pierre Vedrine
Poitirs
Baltimore
Clarence B. Radasill
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D. J. Conway
H. E. Wagner
Rollin J. Wells
W G. Por
Ter. “Court and
Charles P
Carland
U. S
True Dennis
Eatsunen
BARD
Claims
Elks
Dorothy Devendal
Michigan
Ellis’ Band
Crazy Bull
Ellis
Minnesota
District OF Columbia Court
Howes Egan Boom
U.S
Boss
Roosevelt
O'Gorman
James A. O'Gorman
William Sheehan
Isidor Strauss
D. Cady
Errick
Alton B. Parker
William Selzer
Burd
Tam-Ma-Nee
Santa FE
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