Tom Johnson 67 Dies Ex-Cleveland Mayor Three-Cent Fare Advocate
Tom L Johnson, twice a Cleveland congressman and four time mayor famed for promoting universal three cent streetcar fares, dies at 8:45 PM at 67. Funeral arrangements affect city business. body to be buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Estate valued around 100000 dollars. Johnson led reform efforts, faced defeat in 1909, and his death draws eulogies from Bryan. Public funeral not planned. remains will go to Brooklyn for private services.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
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Greenwood Cemetery
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Clevelani Traction
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Herman C. Reehr
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Bill to Study Child Life and Desertions in Juvenile Courts
Washington April 11 Congressman Harnhart of Indiana introduced a bill authorizing a baby bureau in the department of commerce and labor to investigate the life of children in schools and juvenile courts and to check desertions by parents. He argues the government must protect healthy human development as with breeding stock.
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Senator Stephenson Condemned Over Lorimer Vote
Madison Wis April 11 the senate concurred condemning Stephenson for voting to acquit Lorimer. The house passed the condemning resolution by a week. The resolution urges Ladletts for voting against Lorimer.
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Painter Turns Bad Check Artist At Olympia Saloon
Peters and Morrison report a forged 22 50 check by a visitor known as Carles Myers. Myers, staying in the city, used a Hale and McAttie signature and presented another check later. the forged instrument was drawn on The Flngtionel Bank and returned unpaid.
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Walla Walla Plans First Aviation Meet
Walla Walla to host the first aviation meet at the county fair grounds April 27 28 and 1m with nine machines and fifty men staged by Molsaunt International Aviators Incorporated. The event will feature monoplane and biplane flights plus stunts and races including cross country and passenger flights marking Washington’s inaugural aviation pageant.
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Tall Asociation
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Bernard
Milton
Washington
Bud" Mars
Alexico
Cuba
South
New York Women Roast Roosevelt Over Child Rule
Prominent New York women criticize President Roosevelt for saying marriages with fewer than four children are sterile. Martha Townent, treasurer of the Women's Political Club, calls him a fool and four flush, urging him to keep his views on U.S. offspring to himself.
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Martha Townaent
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United States
Immigrant fears and US troop review in Hawaii
Washington reports a sensational Immigration Bureau note claiming that most inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands are Japanese and that whites cannot work there, with new laws possibly limiting Oriental immigration. The statement argues large Japanese presence as a potential force against the United States at war time.
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Hawaiian Islands
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Parry
Antericudiae
Hotek Elects Its Own Committees In Veiled Vote
The town election body, amid a hush debate, selected its own committees by viva voce. The process, with nominees submitted by the chairman, resulted in a small number of errors but no member or speaker present faced removal.
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Tore
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Brermur Syeaker
Roosevelt greeted by thousands in Missoula visits Fort Missoula
Miergula April 11 ten thousand people and many others warmly welcomed Carl Roosevelt on arrival. After breakfast at the Florence hotel he held an informal reception, spoke briefly at the university, and visited Fort Missoula to review the troops. Tonight he attends a banquet as guest of honor.
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Carl Roosevelt
Jey
Florence
Fort Missoula
Murderer Traced by Blood on Tracks in Major Slaying
Sen Francisco report: Peter Olen, a resident of 4 Street Car, arrested today for the manslaughter of William Brown, a janitor whose body was found on the tracks after being struck by a street car. Details describe splattered blood linking Olen to the crime scene.
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Peter Olen
Wm Brown
Tigwoa
Olson
Pendleton Dog Catcher Hart Enforces City Tax Dogs
Harry Hart of Spokane arrived in Pendleton to enforce dog licensing, placing unlicensed canines in the city pound at the fair pavilion. He works without nets, capturing stray dogs for a fee and noting many owners avoid paying the tax despite promises to license. Shown nursing a bleeding cat after a dog bite, Hart says the job brings abuse but continues daily with partnerships from city officers.
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Dauntless Dogenichey
Alaska coal land cases appeal completed and forwarded
The appeal from Judge Hanford's Alaska coal land decision has been completed and sent to the United States Supreme Court. The government can appeal criminal cases blocked by lower courts. Hanford dropped an indictment against Charles Munday Archie Sheilh and Bart Siegiey for conspiracy to defraud the government of 10,000,000 Worth of coal lands.
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Alaska
United States Supreme Court
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Archie Shielh
Bart Siegiey
Trial opens for Frank Kettenbach and nephew in Boise
April 1 Lewiton National Bank former president Frank Kettenbach and his nephew William Kettenbach began their federal trial before Judge Rash. They face charges of conspiring to steal 137000 dollars from the bank. William Kettenbach was convicted earlier that week and sentenced to five years in federal prison.
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Frank Kettenbach
Lewiton National Bank
Wilam Kettenbach
Rash
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Local Phone Girls Age Rule Not Affected, Says Manager
Manager Welle Thila states the new child labor law does not alter current practice at the local phone exchange where workers are all sixteen or older. Attorney Crawford notes the statute limits child labor but the exchange staff remain compliant, with enforcement aimed at factories and similar work sites rather than telephone service.
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Enor Crawford
Mercante
Walter
Pendleton May Form Automobile Club to Improve Roads
Automobile club proposal emerges in Pendleton and Umatilla county as farmers, Commercial Association, and Good Roads advocates back better roads. Members would report road defects to the club, pursue legislation, and target improvements like the Wenaha Springs route. Owners across the county express strong support for an active auto club.
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State Supreme Court Grants Hyde New Trial
Jefferson City Massachusetts April 21 The state supreme court reversed the trial court conviction of Dr Hyde for the murder of Colonel Thongs Swope, the impostor wife’s representative, and remanded the case for a new trial. Hyde had been sentenced previously.
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Ohat Hyde
Twenty drown near Sidney as rescue effort fails
A wooden steamer Iroquois capsized off Sidney, Vancouver Island, killing about twenty people. The purser, records in hand, is among the dead, with four passengers and seven crew drowned and up to 126 passengers feared lost. Wreckage scatters along Vancouver Island coast as Indians search the shore. an inquest will begin at Sidney with Captain Sears and survivors present.
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