Taft Forces Gain Ground at Michigan Republican Meet
At Bay City 1800 delegates clashed as Taft and Roosevelt factions fought for control of Michigan’s Republican convention. Cameron Fields led Taft in seating and temporary chairmanship while Roosevelt leaders organized in a separate hall amid police and militia presence.
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Bay City
Mich
Taft
State Central Committee
Roosevelt
Cameron Robert Fields
Houghton
Knox
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Fields
Navy
Truman Newberry
Detroit
W. D. Gordon
Midland
J. F. Cremer
Marquette
Gordon
Cremer
United
Mr. Beveridge
Gordon- Cremer
Gov. Chase Osborn
Charles Nichols
Sybrant Wellesley
Grand Rapids
Boughey
Traverse City
Theodore Joslyn
Adrian
Flood situation grows desperate along Mississippi
Memphis reports show the river falling with optimistic notes at most flooded points except Arkansas where the levee base weakens and specialists see discouraging chances to hold the embankment. Vicksburg notes levees holding as the Ohio River drops to 53.7 and merchants reopen while levees are patrolled.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Cairoll
Ohio
Boxer Dies After Skull-Fracture Bout in Chicago
New York reports boxer John Goldberg aged 21 died in a hospital after a skull fracture from a bout with a Chicago youth at Sharkey Athletic Club last night. Police search for Goldberg's opponent, whose identity is still unknown.
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New York
John Goldberg
Chicago
Sharkey Athletic Club
Goldberg
Eas
Woman tells strange story in Davenport inquiry
Mrs. Wilhelmina Fahlenkamp held by insanity officials after investigation into a claim she kept her deceased son’s body without notifying authorities. She alleged a visitor two weeks ago who gave the boy something unknown. Neighbors say she and her son lived alone. two loaded revolvers found. A man named Finger claimed kinship and plans to visit. Hearing before insanity commissioners to follow.
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Davenport, Ja
Wilhelmina Fahlenkamp
Insanity Commission
New Bishop Patrick A. McGovern Consecrated in Omaha
Rev. Patrick A. McGovern was consecrated bishop at St John’s Church in Omaha. Archbishop Keane led the ceremony with Bishops Scannell Tiben Garrigan Dawling Burke Davis and others assisting. McGovern, former pastor of St Peters, will oversee the see of Wyoming.
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Omaha
Neb
Patrick A. McGovern
St. John’s Rehhurch
Keane
Scannell
Tiben
Lincoln
Garrigan
Sioux City
Dawling
Des Moines
Burke
St. Joseph
Davis
Davenport
McGovern
St. Peters’ Church
Wyoming
Cat’s suspected suicide by gas exposure in Chelan
Everett April 11 reports indicate a Chelan fruit house cat died by inhaling gas. The cat reportedly manipulated a gas lever after losing her kittens, with neighbors noting a depressed behavior and no appetite for prey.
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Everett
Chelan Fruit House
Rata
Mik
Woman Held in New York for Homicide of Walter Snyder
Mary Warns is detained in New York awaiting examination on charges of homicide in the death of Walter J. Snyder. Police say Snyder was stabbed four times with scissors in an apartment they shared, heart pierced twice.
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Mary
New York
Walter J. Snyder
Woman Walks from New York to Chicago on Raw Food Diet
Mrs. David Beach began a thousand mile walk from New York at 10 a m on April 10 with no breakfast and plans to avoid the morning meal throughout the journey She will eat only eggs milk fruit and nuts for her two meals the route passing through Erie Pa Ashtabula Cleveland Sandusky Toledo Elkhart South Bend Laporte to Chicago with a expected Chicago arrival by June 1
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New York
Chisago
David Beach
Beach
Toledo
Ohio
Elkhart
South Bend
Laporte
Ind
Chicago
Officers charged in Slaughter case at Papillion
Omaha April 11 charges of manslaughter were filed against Chief of Police John Briggs of South Omaha Sheriff Gus Hyers of Lancaster county John Trouton deputy and County Attorney J W Jamieson over the killing of Roy Blunt a farmer forced by three escaped convicts from the Lincoln penitentiary to aid their attempted escape warrants were issued for the three defendants and they will be arraigned at Papillion
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Omaha
John Briggs
South Omaha
Gus Hyers
Lancaster County
John Trouton
J. W. Jamieson
Papillion
Roy Blunt
Lincoln
September trial set for Black Hand case in Cedar Rapids
K Stevenson of Iowa City told Cedar Rapids officials the Black Hand case will be tried the third week in September in Cedar Rapids under an agreement made there. Mrs Shoemaker was moved from hospital to her home after an operation with anticipated recovery. For gentlemen, San Felice 5c cigar.
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Iowa
City
K. Stevenson
Jows City
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Shoemaker
Blutt Street
Engine and crew lose through weakened bridge
An engine sent to test a Milwaukee railroad bridge over Cone lake collapsed into the water fifteen miles west of Muscatine at 10 30 a m. Engineer John Adame of Ouin was buried beneath the wreckage in twenty eight feet of water. Fireman John Morriaty of Ottumwa lost his right leg but was rescued and treated. his injuries are not believed fatal.
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Muscatine
Milwaukee Railroad
Cone Lake
Here
John Adame
Ouin
John Morriaty
Ottumwa
Conesville
Delegates Vote On Cummins Candidacy At County Conventions
In Des Moines area counties Republicans held or prepared for conventions to choose delegates to the state convention at Cedar Rapids and districts. Kossuth County instructed delegates to oppose Senator A B Cummins for the presidential nomination. Palo Alto County elected a Taft delegation with orders to back President Taft’s renomination. No Republican conventions are scheduled for tomorrow. most county meetings and caucuses are expected to adjourn.
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Tes Moines
O'Brien County
Cedar Rapids
Kossuth County
Henater A. B. Cummins
Palo Alto ‘County
Ninety Percent Approve Two Year Coal Wage Pact
Edwin Perry reports that about ninety per cent of soft coal miners approved the two year wage contract after telegrams from local unions across the nation. The miners and operators’ joint committee meet to discuss anthracite demands and potential arbitration. Miss Clara Maynard, ill with scarlet fever, shows improvement after several tough days at home.
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Indianapolis
Edwin Perry
United Mine Workers Today
Philadelphia
Sterday
Anthracite Joint Commission
Bresumed
Clara Maynard
Fourth Street West
McCaskill Murder Trial Nears End Ballistic Defense
J T McCaskill testifies as the defense suggests a missile may have been deflected in the case nearing its conclusion. The trial centers on the killing attributed to McCaskill with uncertainties about the weapon used and motive.
The Unlawful Taking of a Human Life
A legal summary outlines Towa code punishment for homicide. It covers first degree murder with planning and deliberate taking, punishable by death or life imprisonment. second degree murder with no prior plan, punishable by life or at least ten years. and manslaughter with up to eight years. A defendant may be convicted of any described degree or acquitted.
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Towa
Courtroom chaos as McCaskill trial proceeds with injuries
Attending physicians describe McCaskill wounds inflicted by Phips with a poker. The court faces a disrupted scene as doors crash open and spectators surge inside. McCaskill, age 30, testifies while cross examination continues on gunshot details and location at the Phillips home.
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McCaskill
Phips
J.T. McGaskill
R. E. Dunavan
Susie Phillips
Phillips
George Lonergan
Lonergan
Mr. Dunavan
C. T. Wilson
Only Sight of His Wife Could Restore Memory
After two months of total amnesia, E. J. Kendall regained memory when he met his wife Edith Kendall in Redondo Beach. Doctors and society women had failed to trigger recognition by showing him numerous women, but a Vancouver visit reunited him with his spouse restoring memory.
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Low Angelea
Cal
E. J. Kendall
Edith Kendall
Kendall
Cheeter Place
Ford Walton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hilondo
Vancouver
Redondo Beach
Hieves
Doctor Testifies on Wounds From Phillips Home Shooting
A medical witness describes J T McCaskill’s head injuries from the Phillips home shooting. He details three head wounds, a hairline contusion, and a blunt force impact, noting blood, swelling, and a potential poker as the instrument. He explains force needed to knock a person down and discusses bullet deflection in the human body. Continued on page 18.
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J. T. McCaskil
Cook County
Phillips
McCas KU
Wheeler
U S Steel Labor Conditions Branded Brutal in Senate Report
In Washington on April 11 the Senate labor and education committee denounced U S Steel labor conditions as a brutal system of industrial slavery in a report on the proposed eight hour law for government contract labor submitted today.
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Washington
United States
Ates Corporation
Senate Labor and Education Committee
Capt Day to Enter Regatta at Davenport
Captain P B Day of Omaha plans entry for Mississippi Power Boat Regatta at Davenport July 4 5 and 6. His cruiser race boat sails Davenport to Muscatine and back. The note includes a fragment from Life mock query about marriage prospects and a charity bazar quip.
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Davenport
P. B. Day
Omaha
Benjamin F. Day
United State Navy
Muscatine
Popes Death Report Untrue From Madrid and Rome
Rumor of Pope Pius XII death sparked suspense as Madrid and London dispatches claimed his death. Rome and Paris communications showed the report false. the pope remains ill but not critically.
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Pops. X
Pabey
Madrid
London
Rome
Europe
Paris
Pius
Roosevelt Sweeps Maine for Roosevelt at Convention
Bangor Maine April 11 Roosevelt swept Maine winning ten Roosevelt delegates to the national convention giving him a clean sweep of the state The First district already elected two Roosevelt men In district conventions Roosevelt supporters won about two to one against Taft No instructions were given in state and district conventions Fourth district voted instructions The Taft ticket was defeated largely due to reciprocity policy and farmer opposition News of Roosevelt landslide in Illinois was seen as boosting support locally
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New York
Baltimore
Dix
O'Gorman
Charles F. Murphy
Alton B. Parker
State Committee
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Clayton
Taft
St. Louis County
Missouri
Bangor
Vest
Col. Roosevelt
Dlinois
Temperature report from April 11 with historical minimum and maximum
One year ago today the minimum temperature was 42 degrees and the maximum was 62 degrees. The fragment notes markings from Buchanay Optical Co and a Syndicate block, with scattered garbled text and unclear events.
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Temperatura
Buchanay Optical Co
D. Creenes
Fire destroys six stores in Homer causing $50,000 loss
Fire in Homer Nebraska at dawn destroyed about six stores and caused estimated losses of $50,000 with $40,000 covered by insurance. Principal losers include the Edward Bradford Lumber Company which reported $220,000 in insured value.
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Homer
Neb
Edward @ Bradford Lumber company
Man Named William Marshall Held on Forgery Charge
Burlington April 11 A man giving the name William Marshall wanted at Fairfield for forgery was arrested here after attempting to cash a bogus check. Police traced the suspect en route to the station and confirmed the case after noting fraud signs.
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Burlington
William Marshall
Fairfield
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