Roosevelt and Clark Win Big in Illinois Primaries
Chicago reports chaotic direct primaries with record vote volume. Roosevelt leads Taft by about 125,000 statewide. Clark carries Democratic delegation by about 100,000 over Wilson. Deneen tops Republican governor with a Cook County plurality around 44,000 and Sherman leads for U.S. Senator outside Cook County.
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Roosevelt Leads In Illinois Returns By Candidate Totals
Col onel Roosevelt tops governor race with 103,668 for Deneen 42,189 Alschuler 8,450 Dick son 1,698. Chicago April 19 shows Roosevelt 67,666 Taft 40,233 LaFollette 11,470 Clark 88,622 Wilson 26,153. Evanston Shelbyville and Lincoln results list Roosevelt Taft LaFollette and Clark tallies.
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Lincoln
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Rebels Capture City and Taft Allows War Munitions to Mexico
Report from Mexico says 1,000 rebels led by Emiliano Zapata seized Jojutla Morelos as federal forces counter with heavy fighting. In Texas a clash at Lora canyon left eleven rebels dead. In Washington Taft authorized shipment of machine guns rifles revolvers ammunition and dynamite to Mexico for President Madero.
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New York Merchant Indicted for Libel Against Congress
H M A Page a New York linen and cotton commission merchant has been indicted by a federal grand jury for libel after circulating a letter and pamphlet attacking Representative Henry D Clayton of Alabama and other judiciary committee members. The pamphlet alleged that congressmen are crooks.
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Washington
H. M. A. Page
Linen and Cotton Commission
New York City
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Judiciary Committee of the House
Federal Grand Jury
Taft Signs Child Labor Bureau Bill in Washington
President Taft signed the act creating a bureau of child labor in the department of commerce and labor in Washington. The ceremony featured the president's pen later presented to Dr. A J McKelway, secretary for the southern states of the child labor committee.
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Congress
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Child Labor Committee
National drainage congress opens in New Orleans speech
A major conference opens in New Orleans on April 10 as the first national drainage congress proposes a vast program to reclaim wet and overflow lands in the south. Delegates argue drainage would cut federal outlays by about $600,000,000 and rely on headwater reservoirs across the Mississippi basin. Notables include W. L. Park of the Illinois Central and engineer George H. Maxwell.
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George H. Maxwell
Lynch in Louisiana: Black man found lynched near Shreveport
Thomas Miles a 29 year old Black man was dismissed on arraigned charges about letters to a young white woman and later killed by a mob near Shreveport. His body was found hanging from a tree near the city limits and riddled with bullets.
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Thomas Miles
Four Brookfield Elks Hike Toward Portland Convention
Four Brookfield Elks club members Herman Clark Charley Johnson Fred Lyon and Cecil Stone began a long hike to Portland Oregon to reach the national Elks convention in July. They expect to arrive in time for the event.
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Providence Fire Damages Dimond Sons Store
A blaze in Providence caused about 200000 in damage to the L Dimond Sons Co department store in the business district. Firefighters fought the flames through the night as the building sustained extensive damage.
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L. Dimond Sons Company
Wife shoots husband in Chicago home brawl
Gertrude Ritchey, wife of Charles A. Ritchey president of the Ritchey Portrait Co., shot him twice at their Minetta apartments after accusing him of attention to other women. She said she fired eight shots, kept his dog in custody, and wished he had been killed.
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Ritchey Portrait Company
Colorado Avenue
Minetta Apartments
South Homan Avenue
Gertrude Ritchey
Ritchey
Fillmore Street
McConnel and
Adcock
Winter Wheat Crop Condition Reported at 80.6 Percent
Washington April 10 The April crop report from the department of agriculture notes winter wheat at 80.6 percent of normal. The condition declined 5.5 percent from December 1, 1911 to April 1, 1912 with rye at 87.9 percent of normal.
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Department of Agriculture
Montana Plants Million Trees Campaign Returns Strong
Missoula Montana reports over 1 000 000 trees shipped into the state in 1911. The state board of agriculture records 4 851 acres planted in apple or crab trees and 545 in cherries.
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Missoula
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State Board of Agriculture
Spanish king called prisoner by Republican leader
In Madrid on April 10, Senor Alvarez, the Republican leader, described King Alfonso as a prisoner in the hands of a clique. He added that if the king were deposed, Senor Moret would be the only man capable of carrying out essential reforms for prosperity. Alvarez claimed the king relied on the clergy and the army.
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Senor Alvarez
Alfonso
Senor Moret
Senor Alvaro
Nile excursion steamer sinks after collision near Cairo dam
At the Great Dam on the Nile near Cairo 840 passengers on an Easter holiday trip were thrown into the river when the excursion steamer collided with another vessel. Rescue boats collected survivors and 200 victims, with 17 bodies recovered, while another steamer suspected to carry Levantines had no American passengers aboard.
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Bam
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England
Taft Repudiated as Roosevelt Nominated, Election Likely
Dixon declares Taft repudiated in primaries across Illinois North Dakota and Wisconsin with Roosevelt gaining over 100000 votes statewide. He predicts Roosevelt will be nominated at Chicago and triumph in November, signaling the end of Taft’s campaign.
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Dixon
Illinois
Roosevelt
Taft
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Trolley Rail Ruling Hits Washington Court
A federal court ruled the Interstate Commerce Commission lacked authority to force two railroads to build switch connections and maintain through routes with an electric line in Ohio. The decision, a test case, may reach the U S Supreme Court. In Cleveland, Louis Margolian known as Pig Mungie collapsed in the sixth round against Joe Goldberg but is expected to recover.
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Ohio
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Cleveland
Pig Mungie
Louis Margolian
Eland
Joe Goldberg
Uneanar
Wage Increase Ends a Strike at West Warren Mills
The strike at Thorndike company mills in West Warren Massachusetts ends as 900 workers return. Wages rise 7 to 15 percent, ending the labor dispute that began recently.
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Thorndike Company
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