Texas Democratic Convention Adopts Prohibition Platform
Delegates in Galveston endorse Senator Bailey for 1912 president and nominate a full state ticket headed by Oscar Colquitt for governor with A B Davidson as lieutenant governor. The platform supports Bailey and Colquitt, restates tariff policy, and opposes postwar duties removal while noting internal split over prohibition and references to related state officials.
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Galveston
Texas
United States
Iailey
Oscar EB. Colquitt
A. B. Davidson
Jewel BP. Light- Tevet
Fr. M. Brasley
Rh. Kane
Court of Criminal Appeals
A J Harper
Supreme Court
J.T. Brown
Thatley
Bailey
Campbell
Cone Jobreen
Gaverener
Tenas Republicans Name Platform Leaders In Texas
The Texas Republican convention named Taft supporters for state offices. J O Terrell of Anacoheiee, Antonie Newtochite Justice, and J Db Baw were listed among officials. The platform criticized radical legislation and called for liberal policy toward outsiders.
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TENAS
Texas
Prevai Sant Taft
Voytention
Stoneevelt
Taft
Tiaide
J. O. Terretl
San An- Coeheiee
Antonie Newtochite
Brookings Crashes At Aviation Meet Injuring Spectators
Wright aviator Walter Brookins suffers a painful crash during the aviation meet as crowds surge onto the field forcing him to veer. The machine spins backward, wind catches it, and seven people are injured among the scattered spectators.
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Asbury Park
Walter Brookins
Wright
Ima
Petrons
Brookine
No Invitation From Taft 10 Governors
A St Paul gathering for the national conservation congress prompts notes from President Taft. Governor Eberhart reads a letter from Taft stating he will not invite all state governors but hopes they will attend to discuss the conservation problem. Taft directs the invitation decision to Baker White and Eberhart.
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Morning Journal
National Conservation Congress
Tell
Eberhart
Boston
The
Conservation Congress
Baker
White
Testimony on McMurray Indian contracts in Oklahoma inquiry
Witnesses testified before a congressional investigating committee about the proposed sale of McMurray contracts and a supposed 6 percent share for attorney Richard Adams. Congressman Carter described meetings with Adams and others including McGuire and Dr. Wright and discussed opposition by Senator Gore and President Roosevelt. The inquiry tours continue as testimonies raise questions of influence, bribes, and political connections in Washington and Oklahoma.
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McAlester
Okla
Congressional Investigating Committee
C. D. Carter
Fourth Oklahoma
Richard C. Adams
Washington
Adams
McMurray
Carter
B. D. McGuire
Dr. Wright
J. F. McMurray
Charles N. Burke
Jake I. Hannon
Gore
House
McGuire
Congress
E. & Latham
Stuoun
Hoosevelt
Latham
Murray
Chicago
Jake T. Hamon
Hamon
Courter
Hammon
Capitol
Cnd
Bennatoriore
Congressman Carter
Congressman McGuire
Hoelaw
Blesshare
Burke
Roosevelt
John H Shepherd
Department of the Interior
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Sherman
C. E. Creager
Haskell
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Sulphur
Oklo
BE. N. Wright
Mr. Adams
Peter Hudson
TEXAS SHERIFFS TO VISIT CLOUDCROFT
The Association of Texas Sheriffs completed its twentieth annual session in Pause Texas. An excursion to Cloudcroft New Mexico is planned for Thursday. Officers elected for the coming year include H. A. Anderson as president and Will Futch as vice president. John Frydirk was named secretary treasurer.
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Texas
Asseecbition
Texas Sheriffs
Cloudcroft
N. M
Hh. A. Anderson
Hotston
Will Futeh
Coleman
Loese
John Fydirk
Austin
Burns Sets Bout With Capont and Ryan Headline Card
In Winnipes, Manitoba, former champion Tomimey Burns is matched to fight Tony Capont of Chicago and Jack Ryan in a September cap event. The card lists August bouts and local arena details for the matchups.
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Winnipes
LO —Tomimey Burns
Tony
Apont
Chicago
Capont
Jack
Ryan
Wreck Survivors Relate Escape From Stranded Steamer
Passengers from the ill fated Princess May recount their perilous escape after the Canadian Pacific liner grounded on rocks near Sentinel Island. Survivors describe sliding down a cliff and reaching a rocky shore while men and women struggled through a perilous ascent to safety.
Forest Fires in Yellowstone Park Under Control
Gazette report states fires on Fell Mountain and Mount St. Marys fully controlled. Troops fighting the fires recalled to Fort Yellowstone. Fire south of Yellowstone Lake remains dangerous as wildlife flees to the lowlands.
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Billings Mont
Yellowstone Park
Fell Mountain
Mount St. Mary's
Fort Yellowstone
Yellowstone Lake
Roosevelt Entreats Tafts Foes Split on Talks With Taft
Ex president Roosevelt met privately with James Garfield ex secretary of the interior and Gilford Pinchot former chief forester in New York. The three declined to discuss the meeting’s significance or Roosevelt policies. Pinchot said Roosevelt invited Garfield and him to visit and that was all.
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Sentinel
C. HE. Petersen
Dore Roosevelt
James , Garfield
Cleveland
Interior
Gilford Pinchot
New York
Forester
Roosevelt
Mr. Garfield
California
Hiram Johnson
William Kent
Congress
Harramento
Ex-Ferester
Johnson
Kent
Taft
Roosevelt Alae
Politico
Boy mauled by bull dog near Paris KS torn by fierce dog
In Paris Kansas this morning a three year old, Samuel son of Gus Margolen, was attacked by a bull dog. Seven men freed him after the dog held on to his face. Thirty-three stitches were required and the lad may lose sight in one eye. The dog was killed after the attack.
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Paris
Samuel
Gus Margolen
Tokyo Flooding Wreaks Havoc Across Japan
Thousands of houses submerged and many lives lost as floods disrupt railway service nationwide. The disaster causes widespread suffering with Tokyo severely affected and relief efforts underway.
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Tokio
Japan
Wendling Moves Toward Louisville in Habeas Action
Joseph Wendling, in Detective Carney's custody, left St. Louis by train for Louisville after a judge refused release and questioned extrajudicial “sweating” claims. Attorneys debated extradition while Wendling asserted no formal waiver. detectives feared repetition of earlier coercive methods.
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Morning Journal
St. Louis
Joseph Wendling
Carney
Louisville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wendling
John Whalen
Hitchcock
Jr. Clements
Chis Carne
San Prancheco
Louieville
Denver
Aldrich to retire after life of public service
Boston reports detail a Warwick conference with Nelson Aldrich and William Crane in which Aldrich reaffirmed plans to retire from public life. He reportedly will respond to Senator Bristow’s charges over the Payne Aldrich tariff schedule, breaking a longtime habit of not issuing statements under fire.
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Boston
Warwick
R. 1
Nelson W. Aldrich
William Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Norton
Aldrich
Senate
Mon
Bristow
Kansas
Crane
Republican Party
Hristow
Pythians Decline To Take Over Las Vegas Sanitarium
Milwaukee August 10 The supreme lodge Knights of Pythias declines to assume management of the Las Vegas New Mexico tuberculosis sanitarium. A committee will review the matter and reports say tubercular care work remains experimental and not yet ready for a major undertaking. The decision comes as the lodge sustains the earlier report.
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Pythians
Las Vegas Sanitarium
Milwaukee
Wis
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Las Vegas
N. M
Keights of Pythias of
New Mexico
Oklahoma Remains Day for Two Years More
Oklahoma City August 19 With both major party nominees for governor avowed prohibitionists the issue of re-submitting the prohibition clause to a popular vote appears unlikely at the Democratic convention. The party will endorse Governor Haskell's administration and the recent primary nominees, reaffirm loyalty to US Senator Murray and L P Ross, and select a new state committee and auditor candidate after Bil Cross’s death.
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Morning Journal
Oklahoma City
Heskell
United States
Sjore W. H. Murray
Tishomings
L P. Ross
Lawton
Bil Cross
Evidence upsets all theories in Rice case
In Cheveland Obleo on Aug 10 a gun expert testified the fatal bullet came from a Winchester rifle or Husian gallery gun not a thirty two caliber revolver. Police plan immediate cross city searches in Cleveland New York Chicago and other cities to trace a firearm sale likely linked to William L. Hice’s death.
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Cheveland
Obleo
William L. Hice
Taft Weighs Plan to Regulate Railway Stock Issues
Musee Aug 10 President Taft and Yale President Hadley met again on the commission to study regulating railway stocks and bonds. Hadley has not yet accepted the chair but assists in drafting the plan of work for the inquiry.
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Musee
Taft
Hadley
Yale
Printers Enjoy Lake Minnetonka Outing in St Paul
Delegates to the International Typographical union enjoyed an outing at Lake Minnetonka hosted by the Minneapolis committee. The group will vote tomorrow morning on the location of the next convention.
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St. Paul
International Typographical Union
Lake Minnetonks
Minneapolis
Guinea Pig Death Triggers Arrest Of Egg Dealer
Philadelphia August 18 The death of a guinea pig twelve hours after being inoculated with frozen eggs led to the arrest of J. Buscher an eye dealer charged with selling eggs unfit for food. Harry P Cassidy a special agent of the dairy and food department alleges Buscher sold frozen eggs removed from the shell that resembled oils to bakeries which thaw out the eggs.
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Philadelphia
J. Buscher
Harry P. Cassidy
Dairy and Food Department
Aleges
Buschet
IGH Hope For Recovery Of Wounded Mayor
Attendants at the bedside of Mayor Gaynor report no alarming symptoms in his condition. Doctors say a favorable sign is the calm condition and steady respiration as efforts continue to stabilize and recover him.
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Mr. Gaynor
Mayor Gaynor's Condition Updates After Shootout
New York reports Mayor William J Gaynor's condition improves with satisfactory progress and nourishment after being shot by James J Gallagher. bulletin notes blood poisoning risk remains uncertain while he recovers in St Mary's hospital. Gallagher faces Jersey City police inquiry and claims political motives in his act.
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Morning Journal
New York
Gaynor
William .&. Arlitz
George D. Stewart
Georgh
Charles HH. Pack
J. W. Parish
Charles N. Dowd
William J. Gaynor
St. Mary's Hospital
James J. Gallagher
Ciasnor
Gallagher
Jersey City
Edwards
Wilhelm der Grosse
Big Hill
Europe
Joseph P. Hock
Madisontree
Hock
Tiallaghers
Tom
Haid
Ridwards
Weyers
Twenty-third Street
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Adam
Py Morning Journal
Khurns
Dageont
Bs Morning Journal
Stesmeily Jefferson
Juneau
Senotine Isset
T Leyvyrer
Alseka
Minnespolis
Pinchot and
Garfield
Hr Morsinog Journal
Oveter Bay
Theo
Illinois
Aldrich Firw
Rhode Island
Ite Morning Journal
Lake Minnetonka
Guinea Pig
Big Bil
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