Fleet World Cruise Ends in Hampton Roads Victory
AMPTON ROADS VA Battleship fleet returns from Gibraltar to U S shores after a dramatic world cruise. President Roosevelt aboard Mayflower reviews the fleet as Sperry directs elaborate maneuvers, gunnery drills and squadron races proving the United States naval power without parallel.
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Professions and Government in Taft Speech at Penn
Judge Taft spoke at the University of Pennsylvania on Washington’s birthday, outlining how learned professions shape political government. He stressed ministry, teaching, medicine, and law as key societal pillars and praised Washington’s high character as essential leadership.
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George Washington
Philadelphia
William H. Taft
United States
Washington
New England
Congregational Church
Roosevelt
Taft
Ife
Tropics
Panama Canal
Moderneg
Wincoln
Grant
Quentus
Ottumwa Seeks Detectives in Johnson Assault Case
Ottumwa citizens held a mass meeting on the attack on Mrs. C M Johnson, with a $1,300 reward for the arrest and conviction and an additional $1,000 for detectives. A $900 reward exists for Miss Clara Rosen's killer. Six suspects remain jailed. authorities fear outsiders. Two suspicious Black men are held in Burlington, with orders to bar similar figures from entering.
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Ottumwa
C. M. Johnson
Burlington
Editors in Street Duel in Rock Island Feud
W W Wilmerton owner of the Try City Journal and John Looney owner of the Rock Island News exchanged seven shots across a street. Looney was slightly wounded and both were arrested on assault charges. The feud stemmed from a bitter print attack and culminated in a sighted firefight. They were released on bail of 9000 dollars each.
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W. W. Wilmerton
Try-City Journal
John Looney
Rock Island News
Looney
Wilmerton
Monster Iowa picnic draws over twenty thousand in Los Angeles
Western Iowans gathered at Agricultural Park in Los Angeles for a Monster picnic hosted by the Iowa Association of Southern California. Attendance exceeded 20,000 with many visiting Iowans renewing old acquaintances. Officers named include Delos Arnold honorary president A I Stutsman president D 13 Lyons vice president Ef Parsons secretary and Ir H Nicholas treasurer.
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Iowa Association of Southern California
Agricultural Park
Association
Delos Arnold
A. I. Stutsman
D. 13. Lyons
Ef. Parsons
Ir. H. Nicholas
Burman Sets 100 Mile Track Record at Mardi Gras Carnival
Robert Burman of Dulek car shattered the world record for 100 miles on a circular track during the Mardi Gras auto speed carnival in New Orleans. He completed the distance in 1 hour 42 minutes 39.25 seconds, eleven minutes faster than Clemens's 1905 mark in Indianapolis.
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New Orleans
Robert Burman
Hds Dulek
Burman
Clemens
Indianapolis
George Washington University Honors Several Figures at Convocation
The regular midwinter convocation at George Washington University conferred honorary Doctor of Laws degrees on President Roosevelt Charles E Hughes of New York and Bishop Alfred Harding of the Washington diocese highlighting the event in Washington D C.
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D. C
George Washington University
Charles 8. Hughes
New York
Alfred Harding
Diocese of
Five Hurt In Wreck Near Coffeyville Train Crash
Five passengers were badly cut and bruised and the train crew severely injured when Missouri Kansas Texas passenger train No. 25 derailed just across the state line near Coffeyville Oklahoma due to an obstruction on the track.
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Ikan
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Oklo
Cummins appoints cadet to Naval Academy from Des Moines
Senator Cummins appointed Fred B. Crowley of Des Moines to the Naval Academy cadet program. Alternates named are Lyman Thompson of Des Moines, Charles C. Bartley of Tipton, and Walter Hulber of Marshalltown.
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Washington, D. C
Fred B. Crowley
Des Moines
Naval Academy
Lyman Thompson
Charles C. Bartley
Tipton
Walter Hubler
Marshalltown
Explosion Kills Two at Egyptian Powder Mills
In Marion Illinois two men Guss Albright aged 22 and Chaney Meeker aged 24 died in a powerful blast at the Egyptian Powder Mills near the city. The explosion caused extensive property damage.
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Here
Guss Albright
Chaney Meeker
Lehr argues primary law coercion of legislature voters
Madison senator Lehr contends the Wisconsin primary law forcing direct U S Senate nominations by popular vote coerces legislators into backing a candidate against their will. He argues the provision may violate the federal constitution and would affect similar laws nationwide. If Wisconsin loses, the case goes to the Supreme Court.
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Lehr
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Lehy
Supreme. Court
Wisconsin. Court
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