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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
1
Cincinnati April 11 Congressman Nicholas Longworth declares Taft the living symbol of Roosevelt policies and the best choice to carry reforms. He argues Ohio can produce another president if Republicans back Taft, noting Taft’s unblemished character and proven administrative ability.
Washington April 11 The president named Ralph W. Tyler of Columbus Ohio to be auditor of the treasury for the navy department. Tyler, previously considered for a federal post in Ohio as surveyor of customs at Cincinnati, succeeds William W Brown who has been appointed elsewhere.
W. T. Stead of London arrived in Washington after attending Roosevelt's talks in New York. He urged confining propaganda to sober, sane, and practical measures that can be carried out, emphasizing the importance of feasible proposals at the peace conference.
District Attorney Jerome delivered a fiery, sarcastic address to jurors in the Thaw trial, attacking Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as the "angel child" and attacking Stanley White as a martyr. He framed the case as murder, not rape, and pressed the jury to reject "dementia Americana" while defending White and denouncing Thaw and Nesbit.
The port of Trujillo collector reports General Lee Christmas of Memphis an officer in the Honduran army was cut to pieces by Nicaraguan soldiers. A second item notes L F Loree elected president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway, succeeding David Wilcox who resigned for health reasons.
Washington April 10 The Interstate Commerce Commission has decided to institute proceedings in a circuit court in New York state.
Judge Landis allows Standard Oil to present evidence that it did not knowingly accept unlawful rates. The ruling holds shipper need only learn legal rates at a railroad station. Defense attorneys argued lack of knowledge and willfulness. Henry F. Stitzell asserts the company is solvent and able to pay all creditors and protect depositors.
Philadelphia April 11 Lincoln Savings and Trust Company a small local institution has suspended business by order of state banking commissioner John A Berkey on grounds that its capital is impaired and resources are reduced.
Eugene Pandorsi a nine year old son of an Italian resident of Struthers Ohio confessed to Division Superintendent Thorton of the Pennsylvania railway that he twice tried to wreck fast trains near Lowellville Ohio. The first attempt occurred February when a pole weighted with stones was found by a shifting crew.
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