Wilson Likely to Seek renomination in 1916
Washington dispatch argues President Wilson is virtually certain to win renomination in 1916, with Bryan’s potential bid unlikely to derail him. The piece notes Wilson’s strong party loyalty, the Baltimore platform’s single-term goal, and the improbability of a constitutional change before the next election.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Bryan
Wiseacres
Roosevelt
Wilton
McKinley
Deuh
Baltimore
White House
Wilson Opposes Toll Exemptions for U S Vessels
President Wilson opposes exempting American coastwise ships from Panama Canal tolls and voices concern the exemption would violate the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Senators say he explained his stance at a White House meeting and may propose repealing the exemption or delaying it via the Adamson resolution. Embargo on Mexican arms and Japanese policy discussed.
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Washington, D
Capitol
White House
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Mexico
Japan
United States
County Seat Fights Rise in Gregory and Stanley Counties
Rumors of county seat contests spread in Gregory and Stanley counties with Perkins and Lyman counties viewed for possible development. Gregory county shows a long running race with Gregary and Burke as leaders, unable to secure a majority in past votes. Stanley county debates include Milesville Kadoka and Philip contending against Ft. Pierre for the western seat.
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Stanley County
Milesville
Kadoka
Philip
Ft. Pierre
Harvard Professor Here This Week
Harvard government professor Albert Bushnell Hart visits Mitchell delivering three lectures this week. He speaks Thursday on The Decline of Turkey at Dakota Wesleyan assembly hall, Friday on The Trouble in the Balkans at the Methodist church, and Saturday at city hall on The City of the Future. The last talk is free. Hart is a leading authority on government with honors from Freiburg Tufts Western Reserve and Geneva. He edits The American Citizen Series and has authored several works on American government.
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Mitchell
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Turkey
Dakota Wesleyan Assembly
Balkans
Methodist Church
Hart
Europe
Freiburg
Germany
Richmond
Tufts Western Reserve
Geneva
Switzerland
Vie
Historian Dr Hart curates lecture tour through Mitchell
Dr Hart, noted for work on American history and slavery, travels widely and recently visited Turkey and the Balkans for study. He is described as scholarly yet engaging with human interest. Dean Gilliland invited him to Mitchell, and the lecturer arrives directly from the University of Wyoming.
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Turkey
Balkans
Hart
West
W. Gilliland
Mitchell
University of Wyoming
Fat-Tailed Sheep Endured Long Siberian Journey
A pen of six fat tailed sheep secured in Siberia by Professor Jan sén arrived at the state college barn. They were thin from travel but with good condition, and Professor Wilson says no breed could withstand ten thousand miles. The six consist of two rams and four ewes with large tails and fat rumps.
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S. D
Jansén
Siberia
Rookings Suiday
State College
Wilson
Assessors Paid for Annual Meetings in South Carolina
The attorney general ruled assessors may be paid $2.00 per day for attending annual meetings with the county auditor before spring assessment work, as provided by statute in section 2086 of the Political Code. It also holds counties cannot pay more than seventy five cents per inch for county legal notices in official papers.
Mrs Giffin Found Guilty Of Manslaughter
Mrs Maude Giffin of Leola South Dakota was found guilty by an Ipswich jury of second degree manslaughter in the spring murder of her husband George Giffin. The jury deliberated over 12 hours and at times favored acquittal. Sentencing will be on Saturday morning with motions for arrest of judgment and a new trial to be argued.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Maude Giffin
Leola
George Giffin
Ipswich
Watertown Masons Plan New Temple for 1914
Watertown South Dakota Masons move to erect a handsome temple in 1914 after purchasing ground near Platiron park. Building committee works on plans for one of South Dakota’s finest Masonic edifices as city considers fourteen blocks of paving for the coming season.
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Watertown
S. C
Masonic Fraternity
Platiron Park
South Dakota
Eight Years for Manslaughter in Drunken Tragedy
J R Maxwell of Fall River county pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in the Sioux Falls penitentiary. He killed Michael Murphy in a December incident described as a drunken brawl, with the charge reduced from murder due to the intoxicated state of both men.
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Hot Springs
S. CD
J. R. Maxwell
Fall River County
Sioux Falls
Michael Murphy
Murphy
Maxwell
Crawford Pledges to Abide by Primary Result
Aberdeen South Dakota Senator Coe S Crawford says he will accept the outcome of the Republican primary on March 24 as announced to the Aberdeen News. He notes his position was stated clearly in a September speech at Huron and questions why the telegram asks again.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Coe S. Crawford
Crawford
Huron
Campaign letter reinforces primary election stance
A political letter from Coe Crawford recalls thirty years on the stump backing the Republican ticket and accepting the voters verdict in March primaries if defeat occurs. He notes loyalty to party and his stance on primary election law as a guiding principle.
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Elrod
Coe
Crawford
Pioneers of 76 Hold Reunion in Deadwood
The Society of Black Hills Pioneers, trailblazers of 1876, gathered for their annual meeting in Deadwood with over half the membership present. Secretary Deetken reported about 107 members and six deaths last year. Officers elected include George W Ayres president Julius Deetken secretary treasurer and Sol Star historian. Funds were raised for a shaft monument to Preacher Smith slain in 1876 near the city.
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Deadwood, S
Society of Black Hills Pioneers
Trail Blazers
Secertary Deetken
Kirk G. Phillips
George Moshier
Geo. W. Beals
Deadwood
John A. Cochran
Lead
John L. Lenk
Central
Stephen Geis
Wothen
Wyo
Kirk Phillips Wits
Smith
George W. Ayres
Julius Deetken
Charles Zoellner
Sol Star
J. W. McDonald
Central City
Henry Brasch
Roubaix
Lawrence County
Fred Sawyer
Pennington
Joe Reynolds
Custer
F. B. Smith
Meade County
HW. O. Anderson
Butte County
L. LaChappelle
Hall River
Harry Goddard
Chicago Market Dull with Mixed Livestock Prices
Chicago Union Stock Yards report dull trading with hogs steady to five cents lower and cattle steady to ten cents lower. Hogs range mostly 8.10 to 8.40 per hundredweight, cattle and sheep show modest declines across standard grades with varied steer and lamb prices.
Sioux City Stock Market Report Highlights Cattle and Hog Movements
Sioux City Iowa stock market shows cattle receipts at 2 500 with prices steady to 10 cents lower against hog receipts 4 200 with prices down 10 cents. Top hog price 8 15, cattle and sheep values range 5 75 to 10 25, feeders 6 25 to 7 75, calves 6 50 to 8 50, fat sheep and lambs steady with a dime weekly gain for sheep.
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Sioux City
Mopidnyenenisieless
Iowa
Mitchell Grain Market Update and Minneapolis Cash Prices
Mitchell grain market lists prices for wheat corn oats flax and barley with No 1 northern wheat at 74 and 72 for No 2. Minneapolis cash markets report No 1 hard wheat at 91 8 5 8 and No 1 northern at 81 8 90 3 8 with regular notes.
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Mitchell Grain Market
Northern
Minneapolis Cash Coulss
Minneapolis
Minn
Grain Prices and Arrivals Reported in Market Notes
The list shows various grains with arrival and price notes including corn No. 8 yellow at 58 and 55 57, oats mixed and white at 3614 and 33, barley values around 68 65 with good and poor ranges, durum prices 67 and 85 on different dates, May wheat at 9 1-8 and 1-4 asked, July wheat at 90 3-4 7-8 asked, and rye at 123% with arriving same.
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Montana
Milwaukee grain market price report
Milwaukee grain market shows Dakota and No 1 northern wheat bids bulk shipment 10 1 2 dollars and futures May and July prices around 92 and 89 3 4. Corn No 3 around 61 62 1 2 with yellow around 62 and futures May 67 3 8 and July 66 3 8. Barley Nos around 68 70 and 70 73 with some rejects. Western market figures include Nye and Willax quotes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dakota
Home Burned as He Preaches in Dearborn
In Dearborn Michigan the home of Rev J A Cottom pastor of the Methodist church burned down amid suspected arson linked to denominational tensions. An anonymous threat warned against tonight’s sermon and the church bell rope was cut. Guards were posted but the house fire started and the pastor reported the blaze as incendiary.
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Dearborn
Mich
J. A. Cottom
Goethals Named Governor for Panama Canal Zone
President Wilson signed an executive order creating a permanent Panamanian canal zone government with Colonel Goethals as governor. Goethals welcomed the appointment but would not comment pending official notification. He is said to have chosen Captain Hugh Rodman as superintendent of canal operations and Daniel Nutting Jr as superintendent of construction shops, succeeding Lt Col Dixon.
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Panama
Wilson
Canal Zone
Goethals
Secretary of War
Army
Navy
Hugh Rodman
Daniel Nutting, Jr
Balboa
Dixon
Huge gaggle of geese lingers along Missouri River
A wintering flock along the Missouri river near Oacoma South Carolina totals at least 1000 wild geese. This marks a rare late season stay as they normally head south in November. Hunters would face fines for shooting during the close season.
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Oacoma
S. C
Missouri River
California Storm Eases After Weekend Onslaught
California coastal region faces millions in damage as drownings and transport disruptions mount. Rain totals reach 14.52 inches for the season with 9.6 inches in the last 24 hours, and relief is expected as clearing skies arrive, though Santa Barbara reports the greatest damage.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Santa Barbara
Supreme Court Quashes South Dakota Double Damage Law
The United States Supreme Court ruled South Dakota’s 1907 double damages law unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. The measure aimed to force railroads to pay double for farm losses from fires started by engines or grass fires, with a 60 day settlement window and protections for railroads against claims deemed insufficient. The ruling ends the hoped-for double damages scheme and preserves actual damages only where appropriate.
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South Dakota
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Byrne
Supreme Court of the United States
Unique whip made by a wandering sheepherder
Clyde Cessna of Rapid City, deputy sheriff, owns a curious whip crafted over about three years by a sheep herder known as Highball Jack. The swamp ash stock was split into fifteen strips and woven into a flexible four horse team whip with twine reinforcement and a rawhide lash.
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Rapid City
S. D
Clyde Cessna
Pennington County
State warrants called to reduce outstanding issues
Pierre South Dakota state treasurer issued a call for all outstanding state general fund warrants up to register No 30155, a move that materially reduces the total warrants outstanding.
Steel buy cited as shield against financial panic
Chicago hearings on the US Steel dissolution suit featured John Sheed of Marshall Field of Com pens, asserting the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad purchase, approved by Congress, averted a $39,000,000 failure and saved the country from a financial panic. John J. Mitchell of the Holinois Trust & Savings Bank and Geo. M. Reynolds of Continental & Commercial backed Shedd's view.
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Chicago
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
John Sheed
Marshall Field of Compens
Tennessee Company
Ronse
Moore & Schil Y
Ex-Congressman Indicted in Diamond Smuggling Case
Lucius N Littauer and his brother William, known Gloversville NY silversmiths, are indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to smuggle a $40,000 diamond necklace into the United States. Lucius is charged with smuggling. William with receiving the necklace knowing it was irregularly imported.
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New York City
Lucius N
William Wittauer
Congress
Elove
Gloversville
N. Y
Lucius Littauer
Washington
Littauers
United States
Lucius N. Littaner
William Littaner
Go-Between in graft case grilled by grand jury
The New York special grand jury hearing resumed with James C. Shaw on the stand as a suspected conduit. District Attorney Whitman questioned Shaw to link him to receiving 41 250 dollars in bills from James G. Cordran to pass to James B. Gaffney as a Patterson Company political contribution tied to the 1909 water supply aqueduct contract. Charles N. Chadwick, board of water supply chairman, was also questioned as part of the probe.
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New York City
James C. Shaw
Whitman
Shaw
James G. Cordran
Pittsburgh
James B. Gaffney
Patterson & Company
Board of Water Supply
New York
Charles N. Chadwick
AID CAMPAIGN FOR REGULATION
Washington report says the administration’s railroads financial control plan will be expedited by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Kenyon cites the Frisco receivership report revealing syndicate involvement and urges Congress to curb interlocking directors. Roy Gilmore arrived in Rome from St. Joseph, Mo., on business.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frisco
Kenyon
Roy Gilmore
Rome
St. Joseph, Mo
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Milwaukee Grain Market
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