Grid Iron Club Targets Presidential Hopefuls at Banquet
Washington February 17 The Gridiron Club host council staged a mock war at the New Willard hotel with over 200 attendees including President Taft Speaker Clark ex Speaker Cannon and ambassadors. Candidates faced satirical skits questions by Louis Garthe and a staged Lay of the Last Minstrel ending with a reveal of a disguised participant.
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Washington
D. C
Gridiron Club
New Willard Hotel
Taft
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Henry Watterson
Florida
United States
Clark
Cannon
Louis Garthe
Garthe
Champ Clark
Canada
LaFollette
Oscar Underwood
Clark Leads Wilson for Oklahoma Delegates Vote
Oklahoma City reports show Clark leading Wilson in state convention delegate selections with 189 to 186 among 50 counties heard. Uninstructed Oklahoma County delegates favor Wilson, while fourteen counties reportedly not instructed, totaling 104 delegates.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Clark
Wilson
Oklahoma County
Shawnee County backs Champ Clark for state convention
Special to the Light from Pera Kansas Feb 17 reports Shawnee county democratic convention endorsing Champ Clark and selecting sixteen delegates to the Hutchinson state convention to vote as a unit for Clark. Shawnee and Lyon counties give Clark twenty five of twenty nine delegates. Geary endorses Wilson with four delegates.
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Pera
Kan
Champ Clark
Shawnee County
Hutchinson
Clark
Kansas
Shawnee
Lyon
Geary County
Wilson
Demands of Textile Strikers Rejected in Mass Meeting
Lawrence Mass February 17 The textile mill owners reject all central labor union demands in a final committee answer. The decision suggests a general strike among union textile operators as owners insist on no wage concessions while workers are on strike.
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Lawrence
Mass
Central Labor Union
Five Expeditions Vie In Pole Race For Fame
Across five polar expeditions from England Norway Australia Germany and Japan the race to reach the south pole intensifies. Stewart’s Island in New Zealand will relay word and the first returners are near. Sir Ernest Shackleton notes competition drives progress as Scott Amundsen Mawson and others push toward the goal.
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London
South
Stewart's Island
New Zealand
Robert Falcon Scott
England
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Mawson
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sir Shackletons
Garfield for President Backed by Roosevelt
Special to The Light Washington Feb 17 James R Gartfield is a Republican nomination candidate groomed by Theodore Roosevelt who led the commissions of corporations and interior secretary roles. Critics claim anti Taft work aims to control delegations for Garfield. Garfield’s progressive stance and his corporate experience are cited as valuable for a potential White House bid.
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Washington
James R. Gartfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Jimmy
Roosevelt
Interior
Garfield
White House
Warning Letter Says $200 Placed on Detective Burns
Special to The Light reports Bridgeport Connecticut police receive a scare mail noting a $200 price on Detective William J. Burns head. The letter threatens meeting God and warns the official to brace for danger as the writer claims knowledge of a plot and mentions a dispute over the payment.
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New York
Willam J. Burns
Bridgeport
Stops Shipping of Children Amid Lawrence Strike
Colonel Sweetzer, commanding troops in Lawrence Massachusetts, halted shipments of children to other cities during the strike. In a letter to William Yates and the strike committee he states no child will be moved without parental consent while he commands the troops.
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Ephotal
Lawrence
Mass
Colonel Sweetzer
William Yates
Sweetzer
Heavier Fines Sought in Galveston Liquor Suits
Assistant Attorney-General C E Lane won approval for a new shorter petition to be filed in Galveston district court against saloon keepers and bond sureties. The move aims to impose heavier penalties than 500 dollars. About seventy suits are expected, potentially yielding around 30000 dollars.
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Galveston
Austin
Tex
C. E. Lane
Lane
Vasquez Gomez Issues Manifesto Aimed at Non Interference
Emilio Vasquez Gomez issued a manifesto to the Mexican nation declaring non molestation of Americans and announcing his provisional presidency under the plan of San Luis Potosi reformed at Tacubaya He said he would remain in San Antonio to protect foreigners and will go to Mexico when conditions allow His outreach included copies to major newspapers and distribution in northern Mexico especially Torreon.
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Mexico
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
San Luis Potosi
Tacubaya
Vasquez Gomez
Republic of Mexico
Torreon
Gomez
Francisco I. Madero
Congress of the Nation
Aviator Hoff Falls Sixty Feet May Die At Emeryville Meet
San Francisco aviator William Hoff plunged sixty feet in an Emeryville aerial event. He sustained a broken leg and severe head and body injuries with possible fatal outcome. Hoff, once Eugene Ely’s mechanic, crashed after his plane hit an air hole while competing in the all nation event alongside Parmalee and Lincoln Beachy.
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San Francisco
William Hoff
Emeryville Aviation
Hoff
Parmalee
Lincoln Beachy
Eugene Ely
Oakland
Glenn Martin
Eméryville
Blanche Scott
Lincoln Reachy
Weather Forecast for Texas Regions
Weather bulletin from Washington D C forecasts in Eastern and Western Texas generally fair conditions for Sunday and Monday with moderate temperatures.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Weather observations from multiple cities
At 8 p.m. weather notes report temperatures from St Louis to Washington. Conditions range from clear and partly cloudy to cloudy with winds variously from the southeast southwest west and northeast. Sunday is forecast fair in most locations with rising or increasing cloudiness in some areas.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
On to Mexico City Slogan Drives Vasquistas Advance
In Northern Mexico the Vasquistas adopt On to Mexico City as their rallying cry as they move south toward Madero. They plan to recruit hundreds, seize Torreon, and restore rail traffic while corridors open for troops. American refugees flee Parral as Chihuahua tightens under Governor Gonzalez.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Mexico
Juarez
Chihuahua
Torreon
Madero
la Rocilla
Big Conchos Dam
Santa Rosalia
Parral
Abram Gonzalez
Emiliano Enriquez
Santiago Mestes
Gonzalez
Railroad Strike Threatens Mexican Railways
Laredo Texas reports a threatened nationwide Mexican railroad strike tied to a two year old law forcing conductors and engineers to take orders and exams in Spanish. Most workers are American and oppose enforcement, alleging it aims to push foreigners from jobs. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Order of Railroad Conductors plan high level talks with grand officers visiting to confer.
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Specitat
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
Order
George C. Felton
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