Insurgents Enter Republican Caucus Amid House Reshuffle
Washington March 21 insurgents join the Republican caucus to select six members for the new rules committee amid calls for fair men. Regular Republicans press ahead with minor measures under unanimous consent as Democrats back Norris, Kra mer and Cannon supporters hold firm.
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Washington
House
New Rules Committee
Fair Men
Norris
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Downfall of Cannonism Dominated Week in Congress
A week of turbulent House action culminated in the defeat of the Norris amendment and a ruling overturn on the speaker’s plan. Insurgent leaders pressed for changes to the rules committee and fought adjournment attempts in a battle that stretched into the weekend. The list of insurgent members spans Ames to Volstead, with several Republicans from Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska and other states.
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Dent
Smith
District of Columbia
Crumpacker
Norris
Dalzell
House
Rules Committee
Ames
Massachusetts
Carey
Wisconsin
Cooper
Davidson
Davis
Minnesota
Fish
Foelker
New York
Fowler
New Jersey
Johnson
Ohio
Good
Towa
Gardner
Gronna
N. Dakota
Haugen
Powland
Hayes
California
Henshaw
Nebraska
Hubbard
Iowa
Kendall
Kinkaid
Kopp
Lenroot
Lindberg
Madison
Kansas
Martin
Dakota
Miller
Morse
Murdock
Nelson
Pickett
Poindexter
Washington
Steenerson
Taylor
Volstead
Woods
Long prison terms for Murray gang
In Council Bluffs Iowa Judge McPherson sentenced John C Maybray and nine others to up to two years in Leavenworth and fines up to ten thousand dollars for extensive mail fraud schemes. Four defendants received lighter sentences.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Leavenworth
John C. Maybray
McPherson
Federal District Court
Maybray
Edward Loser
Clarence Forbes
Edward K. Morris
Tom 8. Robinson
Edward Leach
Harry Forbes
Ed. McCoy
Clarence Class
Willard Powell
Leather Workers Strike in Missouri and Kansas City
St. Joseph leather workers numbering over 200 walked out after employers refused a tenhour wage for eight hours. Factory owners warn of an open shop policy in the future as the strike spreads from St. Joseph to Kansas City.
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St. Joseph
Union Leather Workers of
Taft Arrives in Providence for Jewelers Banquet
President Taft, coming from New Haven after addressing Yale, arrives in Providence for the New England Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths association annual banquet at Infantry Hall tonight with elaborate arrangements in place.
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Providence
R. L
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Taft
New England Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths’ Association
Infantry Hall
Taft to Visit New York for Three Addresses
President Taft will spend tomorrow in New York, his third visit in recent weeks, with three public engagements planned. He will speak at the New York Press Club opening, address the American Peace and Arbitration League on naval armament and peace, and attend the New York Republican County Committee banquet before likely returning to Washington.
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New York
Taft
New York Press Club
American Peace and Arbitration League
New York Republican County Committee
Washington
Italian cabinet resigns as subsidies bill doomed
Rome reports Premier Baron Sidney Sonnino leads a cabinet that resigns after realizing mercantile marine subsidies bill will fail. The resignation comes on the day German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg was to visit, leaving no government to meet him.
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Rome
Baron Sidney Sonnino
von Bethamann Hollweg
Daniel Improves, Senator J. W. Daniel Resting
Daytona reports medical doctors announce continued improvement in the condition of Senator J. W. Daniel as he receives care. The update came today from the attending physicians at the hospital as March 21 passes.
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Daytona
J. W. Daniel
Wreck Kills Over 40 on Rock Island Train
A Rock Island train derailed and crashed on the Chicago Great Western detour near Creen Mountain four miles north, killing 32 to over 40 people and injuring about 24, many fatally, in Marshalltown Iowa on March 21.
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Rock Island
Marshalltown
Iowa
Chicago Great Western
Creen Mountain
Wreck Cause and Toll at Shellsburg Iowa
The investigation confirmed forty five deaths from a freight wreck near Shellsburg Iowa. Two passenger trains bound for Twin Cities and Chicago were backing around the wreck when the front engine derailed into a deep cut pulling the other engine with it. They slid into a clay bank and telescoped the smoker and day coach killing most aboard including a special women’s car.
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Twin Cities
Chicago
Aroud
Shellsburg
Iowa
Forgers Sentenced in March District Court Session
The March term in this city opened with Judge J. M. Stevens presiding. Trapet and Walton, minor burglars in Cleveland last week, pleaded guilty to breaking in and received indeterminate sentences from one to five years in the state penitentiary. Dord admitted forging E. D. Harrison’s signature on a $5 check and drew a sentence from one to fourteen years. Divorce decrees were granted in several cases, while Percie Harris vs. O. E. Harris defaulted. Trials set for tomorrow morning as court resumes.
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J. M. Stevens
Blackfoot
Budge
California
Trapet
Walton
Cleveland
Dord
E. D. Harrison
Claud Bryan
Elva Bryan
D. A. Keeney
Larry Keeney
Berhard Madson
Lillie Madson
Jennie Brigham
Charles Brigham
Maud Thomas
Eugene Thomas
Percie Harris
O. E. Harris
No Settlement Feared as Strike Looms in Western Railroads
Chicago March 21 Reporter says peaceful settlement is not possible between the general managers of forty seven western rail roads and their firemen and enginemen. A strike of twenty seven thousand men seems imminent as efforts by Chairman Knapp and Commissioner Neill as mediators appear unavailing.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Knapp
Neill
Fremont county Republicans plan strong stand for good government
J. D. Webster known as Big Jim, state water commissioner for the district, tells a Tribune man Fremont county Republicans will press the direct primary reform this summer and fall. He stresses newspapers must educate voters on the new law and urges all citizens to vote, fearing turnout may be low under the old system.
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Fremont County
J. D. Webster
Tribune
Webster
Big Jim
Cache Valley
Gentile Valley
Fremont
Rexburg
Barney O’neil
O’neil
Paul Clagstone
McDougal
Clagstone
Brady
O'Neil
O'Neill
Idaho
Pittsburg Faces Graft Scandal In Council
Pittsburg again grapples with a council graft scandal as Captain Johnny Klein’s case reveals a widespread scheme. District Attorney Blakely says Klein exposed a multi-year graft ring, with six banks paying $102,000 in 1908 to secure city depositories and tied street vacation frauds to the scheme. Grand jury deliberations follow.
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Pittsburg
Johnny Klein
Western Penitentiary
Blakely
Criminal Court Today
Fraser
Cohen
Klien
Klen
Fire Devastates Outlook Saskatchewan Businesses
Fire raged all night in Outlook Saskatchewan destroying all business houses and some residences. Loss estimated at one hundred fifty thousand dollars.
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Winnipeg
Outlook
Saskatchewan
Roosevelt Party Leaves Shalla for Luetor in Egypt
Assuan March 21 Colonel Roosevelt and his delegation departed Shalla today heading toward Luetor in Upper Egypt as part of their explorers journey.
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Roosevelt
Assuan
Upper Egypt
Shalla
Luetor
Packers Indicted Under Anti Trust Law in Chicago
Simultaneous indictments were returned today against the National Packing company and ten subsidiaries for violation of the anti trust law. United States District Attorney Sims filed a bill in equity to dissolve the alleged trusts naming the National Packing company and the Armour, Swift and Morris concerns along with controlling individuals.
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Chicago
National Packing Company
United States
Sims
Armour, Swift and Morris
Riot in Hungarian Diet Ends in Royal Decree
In Budapest the Hungarian chamber of deputies dissolved by royal decree. Premier Kuhn Wn Hedevary and Count Serenyi were struck by ink and objects during the session riot. Serenyi suffered serious injuries possibly losing sight in one eye.
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Budapest
Chamber of Deputies
Kuhn Wn Hedevary
Count Serenyi
Independent Phone Company Opens With Open House
The Independent Telephone Company will host an open house next Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Neilson block on North Main. Guides Harry Castle and Dave Powell lead visitors through the building while E. L. Farwell and Tona F. Focht demo automatic exchange. Champagne punch will be served and souvenirs given in the manager’s office.
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Independent Telephone Company
Neilson
North Main Street
Harry Castle
Dave Powell
E. L. Farwell
Tona F. Focht
Margaret Raidy
F. D. Green
Thaddeus 8. Lane
H. R. Risley
D. W. Standrod
Irving Whitehouse
Frank Frost
F. E. Farwell
Tona Foeht
BE. L. Farwell
Foeht
Livingstone
Mont
F R Society Marks 78th Anniversary Feast and Dance
The F R Society of Marsh Center ward celebrated its 78th anniversary with speeches songs and music. After the program members enjoyed a feast and a dance in the evening.
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Marsh Center
F. R. Society
Ward
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