Taft to keep hands off in Mexican crisis
Washington reports after a White House conference with Secretary Knox and leaders from Congress the Taft administration will avoid intervention. Senator Stone urged authorizing action to protect Americans, while Diaz accused U S forces and rebels of cross border activity. Madero warned of renewed attacks as he moves on Juarez with 2,500 troops amid a tense siege.
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White House
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Knox
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
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Texas
Sharp
Ohio
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Converse
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de la Barra
Wilson
United States
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Concordia
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Libel Case Grows Out of Campaign Allegations
In Huron South Dakota a letter circulated before the election attacking Mayor C F Koepp as a saloon man and associating him with ill fame. The letter signed by J N Shelton is described as criminally libelous. Koepp seeks criminal action and no damages. W A Ritschlag is also named for potential court action.
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C. F. Koepp
J. N. Shelton
Koepp
Gardner, Fairbank & Churchill
Pullman Palace Car Co Reports First Interstate Filing
Washington DC The Pullman Palace Car Company has filed its first report with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Once denying common carrier status the firm now discloses capital growth from 1.25 million to 120 million, last year earning 33.33 million from 5 283 cars and distributing 20 million in stock for an 8 percent dividend.
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Paul
New Haven
Great Northern
Portugal Moves to Separate Church from State
Lisbon reports the cabinet has finalized a decree separating church and state to be promulgated soon. Catholicism ceases as state religion. churches will be funded by the faithful. benefit clergy gain pensions after July 1. clergy may marry. foreign seminaries allowed with dress restrictions. property used for worship deeded to clergy.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Senator Clapp Bids Myrick Good Luck In Fight For Fair Deal
In Washington Senator Clapp of Minnesota urged Herbert Myrick publisher of several agricultural magazines including the Dakota Farmer to stay the course and secure a square deal as he bade him farewell yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Myrick
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
Herbert Myrick
The
Dakota Farmer
Publisher fights moving magazines to first class mail
Myrick publisher of several magazines faced a shift from second to first class mail, costing about $18,000 weekly. Third Assistant Postmaster General Britt heard the case in Wessington after Senators probing inspectors’ scrutiny into Myrick’s business practices and private affairs. The decision rests to be handed down soon.
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Myrick
Magasines
Wessington
Britt
United States
Post Office
South Dakota towns vote on licenses in staggered results
Reports from South Dakota town elections show mixed outcomes for license supporters. Ipswich turned against liquor by 34 votes, Miller barely voted wet, Davis went dry for the first time, and no Black Hills town rejected saloons. in Woonsocket 291 votes produced a 19 vote dry majority. Brookings approved 20 000 for a new city hall, Leigh Ty re elected mayor, and Yankton re elected Vaughan amid wets gains. Armour went dry with local officers elected. Vermillion mayor Kempker won in a tight race.
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Roscoe
Miller
Davis
Black Hills
Woonsocket
S. Ld
Busch
Stackland
Allen and
Pendexter
Brookings
S. C
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Miles
Bradberry
Kennard
Yankton
S. D
F. S. Vaughan
Armour
City of Armour
Citizens
Otis Hatfield
J. B. Morey
H. W. Hewitt
S. J. Beddow
C. W. Paulson
Temperance
Dr Hal Haldane Cleminson Murder Case At Chicago
Mrs. Jacob Schmidt of St Louis swears in Chicago affidavit she spent May 29 1909 with Dr Haldane Cleminson in his office. Cleminson convicted of wife murder and life sentence. Schmidt aims to secure a new trial by proving an alibi. The case widens as the governors weigh frame up claims and public interest grows.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Haldane Cleminson
Cleminson
Jacob Schmidt
Dr. Cleminson
Record-breaking U S farmers to Canada migration
Ottawa reports immigration from the United States will set records this spring. The Canadian immigration department and railroads say about 45,000 U S farmers have secured transport for themselves and farming gear. Two hundred freight trains are chartered from Northern Pacific and Great Northern to move their livestock machinery seed and building materials, valued at about 15 million dollars.
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Ont
United States
Canadian Immigration Department
Canadian Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Roads
Distance Has Nothing To Do With The Cost
Pierre South Dakota hearing before the state railway commission considers express rates set by the last legislature. Wells Fargo Great Northern and American representatives protest a thirty five percent reduction, arguing losses on South Dakota business where trips originate and end within the state.
Express Companies Face Interstate Transport Arguments
The hearings show express firms claim losses and argue interstate transportation costs vary little by route. They refuse to let interstate business be considered and imply uniform handling costs across destinations. Public perception keys on the firms seeming to treat customers as fools.
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Mitchell
Sioux Falls
New York
Express
YMCA plans home building discussion at dinner
A group of twenty business men met at the Shanghai restaurant to consider launching a fundraising campaign for a YMCA home. George O. Mc Dill of Chicago advised on the project and the meeting weighed whether to start a $50,000 campaign this year or delay. Enthusiasm remained high but no decision was reached on starting the fundraising effort.
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Shanghai
George O. McDill
Chicago
Therr
Negro’s Wife Rides On A Pullman Car In Memphis
Memphis reports say charges have been filed against Cotton Belt Railroad and Pullman Company after Mrs. Booker T Washington, wife of the educator, rode through Paris Texas in a drawing room of a Pullman car. Officials allege Jim Crow laws of Texas Arkansas and Tennessee were violated. She reportedly exited the train in Memphis and failed to secure a taxicab ride.
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Tenn
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Cotton Belt Railroad
Pullman Company
Booker T .Washington
Paris
Tex
Washington
German Arrested for Serving Short Beers
In Munich a German beer house tenant was convicted of defrauding the public by serving froth filled steins and seidels. He received six months in jail and a $750 fine. Five waiters were sentenced to one to three weeks in jail. The case lasted over five months and followed public indignation from customers.
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Munich
Germany
Barbed Wire Liniment Sold by Drugstores
Dr. Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment claims quick pain relief without burning or blistering and promises it will not irritate wounds. Advertised as available through all druggists.
Rabies Fatal for Seven-Year-Old Susie Mandoline in New Jersey
Seven-year-old Susie Mandoline lay dying at home in North Bergen after hydrophobia developed following a dog bite. Her mother tried to restrain her as she attacked, tearing the mother’s cheek before dying herself. The case follows earlier rabies cases treated at the Pasteur Institute and a schoolyard rabies incident in Union Hill and Hoboken.
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New York City
Susie Mandoline
Wentworth Place
North Bergen
N. J
Mrs. Mandoline
Morgan Names New Equitable Head
New York City. William A. Day, chosen by J Pierpont Morgan as successor to the late Paul Morton, was elected president of the Equitable Life Insurance Society at a salary of 5000 a year, with no vice president named. The board endorsed mutualization and will work with the insurance department.
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New York City
Hotchkiss
State Department of Insurance
Equitable Lief Insurance Society
William A. Day
J. Pierpont Morgan
Paul Morton
Morton
Day
Young Woman to Carry the Mails
Miss Tillie Smith, a plucky homesteader living near Carter, has contracted to carry the US mail between Carter and Shoemaker. She helped freight the first store goods to Shoemaker, enduring deep mud and long hours, marching through 18 hours on the road to deliver supplies from Dallas. Her work will earn her 160 acres of government land as a reward for this service.
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Tillie Smith
United States
Shoemaker
Dallas
Betwen Carter
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