Arizona's New Land Act Stirs Mexico and Japan Talks
Washington reports that Arizona's new alien land act unsettles Mexican landowners and may provoke a protest from Mexico, while California's anti alien law and referendum prospects dominate discussions in official circles. London warns war risks if California land issues intensify US Japan tensions. Tokyo condemns war talk but shows confidence Americans will side with Japan if discrimination against Japanese is shown. Bryan discusses the situation with the president, but no details are released.
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Washington, D. C
Arizona
Japan
California
United States
Mexico
Johnson
Wien
Tokio
Bryan
Wilson
Canal scheme stirs Salvador in regional canal talks
San Salvador reports strong public sentiment over Nicaragua's negotiations with the United States for the sale of construction rights to an interoceanic canal and a naval station in the Gulf of Fonseca. Many deputies and notable citizens protest, claiming the move affects Salvadoran and Honduran rights.
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United States
San Salvador
Salvador
Nicaragua
United States Naval Station
Gulf of Fonseca
Honiduras
State College Beats Wesleyan in Close Baseball Match
Brookings State College defeated Wesleyan Dakota 3 to 2 on Wesleyan’s home grounds. Mitchell contributed a strong fielding effort but lacked finishing spark. The Brookings battery was Ear and Pratt, Mitchell’s were J. Smith and Shale. The final game between Wesleyan and Rapid City school is set for next day at the local diamond.
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Brookings
Dakota ‘Wesleyan
Mitchell
Ear
Pratt
J. Smith
Shale
Cay
Wesleyan
School of Goes
Rapid City
Eritors of State to Meet at Watertown
State group announces a meeting in Watertown to discuss local affairs. Officials and stakeholders are expected to attend, with topics including regional development and policy updates. The gathering aims to coordinate efforts among towns and organizations in the area.
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Watertown
South Dakota Press Association Holds Summer Meeting
The executive committee of the South Dakota Press Association met at the Carpenter hotel last night to set the summer gathering for August. Attending were Hans Demuth of Sioux Falls president W F Walladay of Iroquois secretary 1 B Yule of Alexandria N M Bennett of Yankton and Mrs Gilbert of Salem with one member absent. Invitations were received from several groups including Water Town represented by the secretary of the Water Town Commercial Club.
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South Dakota Press Association
Carpenter Hotel
Denver
Hans Demuth
Sioux Malls
W. Fp, Walladay
Iroquois
B. Yule
Alexandria
N. M. Bennett
Yankton
Gilbert
Salem
Watertown
Auto Bandits Busy Again
Automobile bandits resumed operations in Chicago Wisconsin robbing two pedestrians and stealing an unoccupied machine. Police believe two gangs are at work. Victim W P Alexander lost fifteen dollars a gold watch and a raincoat. A second gang robbed a pedestrian on the north side and fled after a running gun battle with four policemen.
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Chicago
Polies
W. P. Alexander
Alexander
Rodee to Speak Memorial Day at City Hall
Til. A. Rodee of the law office of Mayor Silitehcock will address veterans of the late War of the Rebellion and city citizens at the city hall on Memorial Day afternoon May 30. Services begin 4:00 p m. Rev W M Mair speaks Memorial Sunday. A parade led by the Mitchell band starts 10:00 a m on Main Street, with local and visiting G A R Spanish American War veterans and militia followed by speakers and citizens in autos or carriages. The route runs from the Navin hotel to the Northwestern depot, then to Graceland cemetery for decoration of graves.
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Til. A. Rodee
Silitehcock
W. M. Mair
Congregational Church
Shade
Main Street
Mitchell Band
Navin Hotel
Northwestern Depot
Graceland Cemetery
Crown Used In Princess Wedding At Potsdam Palace
In Potsdam Germany the wedding of Prince Henry of Reuss and Princess Victoria Margarete of Prussia was celebrated at the new palace. The German empress supervised the bridal toilette and placed the historic princess crown on the bride, a crown rarely removed from the imperial treasury except for Prussian princess marriages.
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Potsdam
Germany
Henry of
Reuss
Victoria Margarete
Prussia
Standard of Weights for Food Products
Pierre S D Households urged to obtain Senate Bill 99 enacted as emergency law. it fixes local weights and measures for common fruits vegetables grains with a legal weight table and scales. The measure, effective March 7, sets standards for packaging and selling basic food items.
332000 Acres Added to Land Tax List in South Dakota
Reports from the Lemmon and Gregory land districts filed with the state auditor show 82 640 acres to be listed for the first time this year. Lemmon district accounts for 202 400 acres, with 128 400 in Perkins county, boosting local revenue to support personal taxes. Gregory district is led by Tripp county, while eastern counties show a few new tracts.
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Missouri
Want School Funds in Tax Certificates
Pierre South Carolina discusses legislation to invest the permanent school fund in delinquent tax certificates to raise interest income from 5 percent to 12 percent. The proposal argues this would boost school funding and reduce direct taxes needed for state schools.
WANT AGREEMENT UPON PRIMARIES
Washington dispatch reports South Dakota Democrats issuing guidance on postmaster primaries. National Committeeman Taubman and State Chairman Coffey respond to county chairmen’s telegrams, advocating primaries only when the full party stands united, opposing forced elections and Republican control of postmaster selections.
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Washington
I. C
Taubman
Coffey
South Dakota
Taukman
Sioux Falls high school tops state track meet with record sprints
Sioux Falls swept the state meet as Jensen raised the high jump record to 5 feet 8 1/4 inches and Wisher won the shot at 11 feet 4 1/2 inches. Gieb lowered the 220 yard dash to 22 seconds flat as scores list Sioux Falls first followed by Watertown and Aberdeen. Yankton, Mitchell, Parker, Selby, Elk Point and Huron also competed with last year’s champion Sioux Falls taking the title again.
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Jensen
Wisher
Watertown
Gieb
Aberdeen
Sioux Walls
Brookings
Huron
Elk Point
Parker
Selby
Yankton
Mitchell
May Festival Near as Pierre May Be Held
The big May musical festival will run two days, the 25th and 30th, directed by Prof. Tobson of the university. A 100 voice chorus plus soloists Joseph Schenke, Luella Chilson-Orhman, Barbara Wait, and Arthur Middleton perform with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Mith On erhoffer. The event, praised by Boston critics, is presented to Mitchell audiences with strong local press support. The rest of the page covers a criminal case in Pierre court, sentencing B. C. Vans to a term for relationships with his stepdaughter, and notes on staff at the investigating commission including Otto P. Lindlo for upcoming work.
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Prof
Tobson
University
Joseph Schenke
Luella Chilson-Ohrman
Barbara Wail
Arthur Middleton
Mitchell
Chilson-Orliman
Chicago
Boston
Barbara Wait
Martha
Chicaro
Cincinnati
Abel
Middleton
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Mmit Onerhoffer
Pierre
Hughes
Effentt
B.C. Vans
Otto P. Linlado
Clerik
Pierre, S. W—Evans
Sioux Falls Win in Meet
Sioux Falls wins a statewide track meet with Mitchell posting a comparatively poor showing at the state event. Schgoof and athletic Mbny are noted in the report with limited detail on events or placements.
Sioux Falls athlete sets new high jump mark varsity meet
Jensen of Sioux Falls clears five feet replacing a five foot seven inches record. Fisher of Watertown throws 41 feet four and a quarter inches in shot put to surpass the former 40 feet record. Gieb of Aberdeen runs 220 yards in 23 seconds, beating the former 28.26 second record.
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Jensen
Sioux Falls
Fisher
Watertown
Gieb
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls wins state high school field meet title
Sioux Falls captured the state high school field meet championship in Vermillion yesterday, scoring five points to edge Water- over Vermillion.
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Vermillion
S. D
Sioux Falls
Over Sea to Cuba by Air from Key West to Havana
Aviator Domine Ilo departed Key West at 1:30 AM aiming to fly to Havana for a $10 prize offered by Havana. Cuban aviator Rossillo reached here at 8:10 AM to compete. The Cuban government dispatched four vessels to patrol the route. This marks the first flight by a Cuban across the ice straits shore to shore, covering about ninety miles in twenty five minutes from Key West.
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Key West
Fla
Domine Ilo
Florida East Coast
Havana
Tha- Tan
Cuba
Rossillo
Bald Head Kiss Sparks Vaudeville Row in Denver
Vaudeville actress Mand Vernon kissed a bald head she mistook for a plant in the Waber Grand Opera house audience in Denver. J. S. Blakley and wife protested, leading to a scuffle. Blakley later filed a $5,000 suit against Vernon and theater management. Patrons and ushers intervened as both women fought.
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Denver
Colo
Mand Vernon
Waber Grand Opera Louse
J. S. Blakley
Plant
J. S. Blakely
Vernon
Missing banker found guilty of forgery in Hayes failure
Mt. Pierre South Dakota reports a banker was convicted of forgery connected to the Hayes estate collapse in Stanley County. Forgeries included mortgage signatures on homesteads where loans were secured. Victim Miss Slenga learned a mortgage existed on her claim she did not authorize. Hugh McGuire named Hayes estate receiver. Garnishment actions for unpaid salary filed by his stenographer. Case may reach US bankruptcy court due to outside claims. Dr. Ferdinand V. Brown named to fill Dr. McCartney's board vacancy in Pierre.
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Mt. Pierre
S. D
Hayes
Stanley County
Hugh McGuire
United States Bankruptcy Court
Nearing Death Rescue in Ice Refrigerator Car
A railroad officer freed a man trapped inside a sealed refrigerator car on a Milwaukee rail yard freight train. The hobo said he climbed into an empty car at Aberdeen twenty four hours earlier, slept as the train moved, and nearly suffocated before kicking the door and being rescued. He was advised to sleep in safer cars next time.
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Milwaukee
Tremaine
Ile
Aberdeen
Probe into Mysterious Death at Sea of Pioneer Jacobson
Friends in Kings request a U S government inquiry into the death at sea of Andrew Jacobson, a pioneer farmer from Einesbury County. He died two hours after illness aboard a Danish voyage while returning to the United States from Denmark to Wingsbury, with two companions, Soren Peterson and wife. Police on board withheld cause of death and authority sent the body to Denmark. Jacobson was about 72 years old and a pioneer settler in South Dakota.
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Oldham
S. OD
Kingsbury
United States
Andrew Jacobson
Einesbury County
Denmark
South Dakota
Jacobson
Denny Soren Peterson
Wingsbury
Peterson
Indian Building Planned at State Fair in Pierre
Dr Daugherty, Crow Creek agent, promotes an Indian fair at the state fair grounds to showcase Sioux agricultural progress. A planned Indian building, costing about 25900, would house exhibits from eight state reservations with the judging by the same experts as the general crops. Each reservation aims to raise about 300 dollars to fund construction and spark rivalry.
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Dr. Daustherry
Talk of Extension of Northwestern Road in Belle Fourche
Rumors swirl over extending the Chicago & Northwestern railroad north and west from Belle Fourche, with officials inspecting the bridge and line to Middle Creek stock yards. Supposed plans target the Little Missouri river and irrigated Belle Fourche district, potentially linking to Aladdin, Wyoming, as a northwest outlet.
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Belle Fourche
S. C
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
High Northwestern
Chicago
Middle Creek
Little Missouri River
Here
The
Northwestern
Aladdin
Wyo
Wyoming
Bombs linked to suffragist campaign found in London areas
Reports say three more explosive devices left by suffragists were found in London and Hastings. A clocked canister labeled votes for women was found in Rotherhithe public library, another in a Wadsworth post office letter box, and a burned fuse in Holy Trinity church Hastings. The suffragette press faced protests over alleged press liberty infringement. An American suffragist, Miss Zolie Minerson, underwent appendectomy linked to hunger strike privations.
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London
Rotherhire
Wadsworth
Process Cabinet
Edward Minncis
Zolie Minerson
Holioway
April Weather Unfavorable Summary From State Report
The April climatological summary notes generally unfavorable outdoor conditions due to cool weather and soil dryness. Frosts caused little crop damage. fires erupted in forests and prairies across northwestern counties. Two storm periods brought rain or snow, with heavy precipitation in the lower Big Sioux, James and Missouri river valleys. Rail and telegraph disruption occurred from heavy snow on the 9th and 10th in southern counties. Relative to 23 prior years, several temperature and precipitation benchmarks were updated, with mean state temperature at 45.8F, above normal by 2.7F, and average precipitation at 1.81 inches, about 0.19 inch above normal. Snowfall averaged 6.4 inches. sunshine was near normal with a mix of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy days. Prevailing wind direction was southeast, with an average hourly velocity of 11.5 mph based on four weather stations.
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Big Sioux
James
Misouri
Mcbridge
Ench
Pine Ridge
Vermillion
Clay County
Sorum
Perkins County
Weather Bureau
Huron
iPetre
Rapid City
Yankton
Swenson Reappointed Warden by Board Vote
Sioux Falls officials report O. S. Swenson was unanimously re elected warden at the board of charities and corrections meeting held at the South Dakota penitentiary. The two year term begins immediately.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Board of Charities and Corrections
South Dakota
Swenson
Elks to Host Auto Races at City Driving Park
The Hiks lodge schedules two day automobile race program at city driving park on June 26 and 27 during their state convention. Prizes total 700 dollars with events for autos and motorcycles under American Automobile Association rules. Entries close June 21 with a five dollar auto entry fee.
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Hiks
American Automobile Association
A. Scharnweber
Dillon Wants To Keep Place In Congress
Washington, D.C. Judge Charles Hall Dillon of Yankton says he will run again in the March primaries for the Republican nomination to a second term representing South Dakota’s First district. He predicts a GOP victory next fall and asserts the bull moose movement has collapsed. He praises tariff study and forecasts a Republican return to power in 1916.
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Washington, D.C
Charles Hall Dillon
Yankton
Congress
South Dakota
Dillon
Ble
W.W. Dowdell
Artecian
Hlow
Indee Dillon
Roosevelt
House
Barred From the Film Stages in Kansas City
Kansas City officials warn parents and theaters that no person under 16 may be employed in motion picture performances whether indoors or outdoors. W. J. Potter, city factory inspector, notes annual enforcement and promises juvenile court aid. Several mothers faced warnings for placing underage children in shows. authorities emphasize safeguards and potential prosecutions.
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Kansas City
W. J. Potter
Potter
Porterfield
Parents Picture Theatre
Pope Pius Receives American Bishop in Rome
In Rome Cardinal Merry Del Val received a 50 person American pilgrimage led by Right Rev. John Grimes Bishop of Syracuse New York. Grimes then met the pope in private audience becoming the first American prelate to be received since the pope's illness.
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Rome
Italy
John Grimes
Syracuse
N. Y
Merry del Vas
Grimes
New Corporations Form in Pierre and Pine Ridge
Security State Bank of Veblen forms with $20,000 capital led by Julius Rosholt H J Hanson and others. Pine Ridge Townsite Company organized at Martin with $6,000 capital led by Clarence Three Stars state attorney for Bennett County, with incorporators H M Robertson Spencer A Smith William Bergen and B G Battie.
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Bennett County
H. M. Robertson
Spencer
A. Smith
William Bergen
B. G. Battie
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Pierre Manis
Arperer
Acpion
Sthy
Luella Chilcon Ohrman
Mitchell Marks
Tively
Mavanna
McCartney
Byrne
Ferdinand V. Brown
State Board of Dental Examiners
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Oppicer Tremaine
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Kansas
Pope Pius
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