Roosevelt Uses Message to Pressure Congress in Battle Ships Era
President Roosevelt vows to push key legislative features, leveraging influence over public works and veto power to shape legislation and political re election. House friction rises as Cannon and Williams clash over reading of the message and its assignment to the judiciary committee.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Post
House
Capitol
White House
Cannon
C Committee On Judiciary
Committee On the Judiciary
John Sharpe Williams
Speaker
Government appeals final decree in Carter river contract fraud case
The federal government filed an appeal from Judge Kohlsaat's decree in the civil case against Captain Oberlin M. Carter concerning river and harbor contract fraud. The appeal targets the portion about $37,000 seized by receivers, which the court held could not be traced to illegal profits of Green and Gay nor to the contract and which was declared to belong to Carter.
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Chicago
Kohlsaat
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
Royal wedding preparations near completion in Tsarkoe Selo
St. Petersburg April 29 preparations for the wedding of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Karie Pavlovna are nearly finished. Details are not published in Russia to avoid aiding terrorists in targeting the emperor and guests.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarkoe Selo
Wilhelm
Sweden
Karie Pavlovna
Paul Alexanderovitch
Russia
Former Chicago police chiefs on trial in politics case
In Chicago Illinois on April 29 the trial of John M Collins former chief of police and Frank D Comerford former police attorney began in criminal court. They are charged with conspiring to defraud the city by using paid officers for political work against Busse in support of Mayor Dunne. Comerford acts as his own attorney. Indictment quashed and bill of particulars denied. jury selection started.
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Chicago, Ill
John M. Collins
Frank D. Comerford
Criminal
Busse
Dunne
Comerford
Inquest Rules Deaths Accidental in Sailor Collision
The coroner's inquest in Yarmouth England found four of twenty eight men drowned when liner St. Paul collided with cruiser Gladiator died accidentally and no one is criminally blameable for the collision.
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Yarmouth
Eng
St. Paul
Steltz Confesses Murder of Lothman Near Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls dispatch reports John Steltz alias John Clark confessed to murdering Theodore Lothman on March 16 in a cabin by the Big Sioux River northwest of Sioux Falls. He also admitted a prior Philadelphia murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Sioux Falls
John Steltz
John Clark
Theodore Lothman
Big Sioux River
Philadelphia
Steltz
Trial in Irene Dolph murder case weighs death penalty
In Clinton Iowa April 29 the question of seeking the death penalty for Mrs Irene Dolph in the murder case against her husband Fritz Dolph dominates court proceedings. The state has not yet committed to extreme punishment as jury selection continues with ten of twelve jurors confirmed. Mrs Dolph displays restrained composure amid debate over capital punishment.
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Clinton, Ja
Irene Dolph
Fritz Dolph
Dolph
Newspapers accuse Craig & Co of paper mill price collusion
Witness John Norris, New York Times business manager, testifies before the House select committee on wood pulp and print paper that H G Craig & Co controlled seven mills, forming a selling agency. He says mills may set common prices, denying independent sales. Letters from manufacturers hint at a paper trust and refusals to quote prices, with freight rates not driving the rise. Washington scenes note the April 29 session and a committee vote on proceeding with sundry civil appropriations.
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Washington, D. C
Select Committee
House
John Norris
New York Times
H. G. Craig & Co
Norris
Craig & Co
Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Williams Urges House For Free List Wood Pulp Bill
John Sharp Williams used a satirical speech to press the Republican majority to allow a vote on the Stevens bill to place wood pulp on the free list. He displayed a petition with 164 Democratic signatures and urged Republicans to sign, saying only thirty more are needed to reach a majority.
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Washington, D. C
John Sharp Williams
House
Stevens
Cannon
Williams
Johnson arrives in Detroit for square deal lecture tour
Minnesota Governor Johnson lands in Detroit to address Western high alumni and court the crowd with a campaign plan centered on tariff reform. He supports regulated railroads with no call for government ownership and rejects Bryan, while New Haven and Trenton reports note Democratic stance shifts and anti-Bryan leadership in state conventions.
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Detroit
Mich
Johnson
Minnesota
Alumni Association of the Western High School
Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Weather Forecast for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa decor stands fair tonight and Thursday with a gradual temperature rise and light frost tonight. Illinois remains generally fair with possible showers in the south tonight. Sunrise is 4 50, sunset 6 47, moonrise 4 40 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
Prominent firm suspends as Coster dies staged by own act
New York brokers Coster Knapp & Co suspend amid shock over Charles Coster death by his own hand. The firm, once high profile, offered no asset/liability details. Separately, Owensboro bank assigns after previous suspension, with $15,000 capital and deposits over $600,000. Republican state conventions in Harrisburg and Jackson shift control. Knox named favorite son. Roosevelt backed. Vermont delegates split. Chicago delegation unpledged.
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New York, N. Y
Coster, Knapp & Co
Stock Exchange
Charles Coster
Coster
Owensboro
Davies County Loan and Trust Company
Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company
Dolliver Praises Allison and Urges Iowa Backing
Des Moines April 29 Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver addressed about 3 000 Republicans urging support for Senate ally Allison. He rejected foes claim of age and division, touting Allison s record on tariff revision and guidance in national affairs while calling for party unity under Roosevelt s banner.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Senate
Allison
Dolliver
Polk County
Allison Club
Register and Leader
Jackson
Senator Allison
aAnfison
Waterloo
Roosevelt
Gov. Cummins
Noah
Gates of Pearl
Jodustown
Hold Up Men Secure 818000 In West Virginia Heist
Four armed men halted guards transporting 18000 dollars from Welch to Dary West Virginia to pay the United States Coal and Coke company employee. The money was shipped by McDowell County National Bank. No clues to the robbers.
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Welch
Dary
W. Va
Bluefield
United States Coal and Coke Company
McDowell County National Bank
Anarchist Steve Choates Arrested in Cokeval
Trinidad police report Steve Choates, alleged Hungarian conspiracy figure, arrested by a secret service officer from Hungary in Cokeval. He faces deportation to Sueme Hungary for trial on charges of leading an assassination attempt on Hungary's queen.
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Secret Service
Hungary
Trinidad
Colo
Steve Choates
Cokeval
Sueme
Engagement announced in London union of Reid's daughter
The engagement of Miss Jean Reid, daughter of American ambassador Whitlaw Reid, to Honorable John Hubert Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley, was announced today in London.
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London
Jean Reid
Whitlaw Reid
John Hubert Ward
Earl of Dudley
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