Secret Japan Mexico treaty ends after U S pressure
New York Herald reports Japan agrees to terminate the secret April last year treaty with Mexico. Madrid notes troop withdrawal from San Antonio and a Diaz cabinet move toward peace. The pact aimed for a Campos coaling station and a Magdalena Bay base as Japan pressed to control Tehuantepec.
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New York City
New York Herald Today
Mexico City
Japan
Mexico
United States
San Antonio
Diaz
Herald
Campos
Manzanillo
Magdelena Bay
Tehuantepec
Washington, D. C
America
Great Help 10 Boys Organizes Club in Ashton
In Ashton South Dakota Rev J H Kilbon former Congregational pastor started a boys club that grew over four years to a robust group. Officers include Paul Moulton president Edward Hawkins secretary Robert Small treasurer Hiram Jones librarian Arthur Welland football captain Leonard Coleman and Harry Moulton police officers. The group bans tobacco alcohol profane speech and prizes gentlemanly conduct. Ages nine to fifteen meet bi monthly in the church lecture room with debates puzzles wrestling drills and occasional court martial. The big summer feature is a Jim River picnic with strict military discipline. Kilbon died recently in Sioux City and funeral was held in Ashton. The Kilbon family sent for his body to Springfield Massachusetts for burial.
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Hiram Jones
Arthur Welland
Leonard Coleman
Harry Moulton
Jim River
Legislature Mixes Judicial Circuits in Washabaugh Area
Attorneys with Washabaugh clients face moving briefs as House bill 252 created the eleventh circuit effective immediately, while Senate 281 places Washabaugh in the seventh circuit from July. Ziezach is tied to both tenth and twelfth via emergency laws, causing potential tangles in county boundaries and unorganized counties attached to other counties for judicial purposes.
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Ziezach
South Dakota Referendum Plan Roots and 1910 Ballot Surge
A historical overview traces South Dakota pioneering the initiative and referendum starting in 1897, its adoption in 1898, and how early efforts faded until 1905 1908 and the 1910 seven foot referendum ballot. It notes presidential figures like Rev Father Hare and Coe Crawford and describes clashes with the old guard, party primary fights, and signatures gathered for petitions amid corporate opposition.
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Coe I Crawford
United States
Old Guard
Coe I. Crawford
State Board of Health
Spearfish to vote again on commission plan
Spearfish residents face a spring vote on adopting the commission form of government. A year earlier supporters gathered signatures and led to an election that rejected the plan by more than 40 votes. This time backers again push for passage in the March 28 election.
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Spearfish
S. D
Commission
Millionaire Harrison Found Guilty of Mail Fraud
William P. Harrison head of World Manufacturing Company was found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud. He misrepresented a vacuum carpet sweeper in mailed advertising. Potential sentence up to 35 years or a $5000 fine, or both. part of Hitchcock era prosecutions of mail order misrepresentations.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William P. Harrison
The
World Manufacturing Company
Hitchcock
Harrison
Dr Cox Barbed Wire Liniment Sold by Druggists
A household remedy boasting effectiveness for cuts burns bruises piles pain and soreness. Dr Coxs Barbed Wire Liniment in 25 cent size claims no equal and offers money back if not satisfactory with sale through all druggists.
American Soldiers Shot and Mexican Tensions Rise
War officials report readiness for instant use of forces as U S consuls probe reports Americans shot by Mexican federal troops. Diaz government aims to shoot rebels. battle at La Colorado leaves 36 dead and many wounded. Railroads told to hold cars for urgent use amid border tensions. Taft may intervene in Mexico by May 1.
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Presidio
Texas
Martha
J. F. Taylor
Washington
United States
Viva
F. C. Combs
London
England
United States Navy
Vickers Sona & Maxim
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Agua Prieta
la Colorado
Sonora
Jesus Rivera
Gulf of California
Chicago
War Department
Carter
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Ind
Taft
Carieristi
Caricristi
Madero
Chihuahua
First Americans Executed Under Diaz Order
Telegram received by the Dignowitty family reports the execution of Fred Dignowitty age 30 and his companions. They are said to be the first Americans executed under President Diaz’s decree making death the penalty for rebellion. Dignowitty was known along the international boundary and engaged in cattle and mining in Chihuahua.
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Lupetel
Dignowitty
Fred Dignowitty
Mae
Diaz
Chihuahua
Roosevelt urges higher education at California charter event
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt addressed about eight thousand people in the Greek Theatre at the University of California urging the nation to cultivate master minds in pure learning. He touted the Panama Canal project and contrasted proactive action with conservative method, noting he spearheaded the canal. He spoke after a student meeting and a Faculty Club smoker before staying with his son Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Theodore Roosevelt
Ben Ide Wheeler
Tribune of the People
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Harmon Gymnasium
Roosevelt
Bay of San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Explosions Hit Omaha Court House and Nearby Sites
Two dynamite blasts shattered the new million dollar Omaha court house at Eighteenth and Farnam streets causing about 15000 in damage. Police suspect union labor links and bloodhounds were brought in. A related blast hit Caldwell Drake offices in Columbus Ohio. Two men and a woman were seen fleeing the fence area just before the explosion.
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Omaha
Neb
Court House
Caldwell & Drake
Indianapolis
Columbus
Ohio
Omaha, Neb
Eighteenth
Farnam Streets
Acoss
Damage Reported After Narrow Escape At City Building
A damaging incident left a building narrowly escaped with 50,000 in losses and many employees alerting authorities. No injuries reported as investigation continues.
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