McCoombs Named Chairman Possible Wilson Aide At Baltimore Booth
Indications point to William F McCoombs as Democratic National Committee chair as Governor Wilson and Senator James frame the campaign. Wilson plans to discuss high cost of living and tariff in his keynote while awaiting Clark loyalists and California delegates to back the ticket.
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Democratic National Committee
Morning Journal
Seagit
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Lle James
Kentucky
Baltimore
New Jersey
White House
James
Washington
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ir. James
New York
Imperial Hotel
National Committee
William F. Metcombs
Champ Clark
Clark
M. K. Young
W. B. Shearer
California
John A. Wilson
Franklin
Theodore A. Bell
Clark Forest
Pacific Coast
Wilson Way
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McCoombs
Underwood
Alabama
Hugh L. Nichols
Ohio
Ant
Harmon
No Vice Presidency for Underwood Address Declared
Washington July 6 Senator Bankhead campaign manager for Underwood issued a valedictory statement tonight saying it would have been a crime to nominate Mr Underwood. The remark framed the campaign decision in stark terms and outlined the political stance taken by the Underwood team. bankhead clarified that the campaign preferred to avoid a nomination that could have jeopardized party unity and electoral prospects.
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Underwood
Washington
Senator Bankhead
Bankhead
Minnesota Republicans Back Wilson Without Name
The Minnesota Republican Progressive League endorsed Woodrow Wilson in a near unanimous resolution, opposing a third party split. George Loftus said Wilson’s name was omitted pending committee input, and the league would dispatch speakers in his favor.
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Wilson
Minneapolis
Minn
Woodrow Wilson
Minnesota Republican Progressive Republican League
Wee
League
George 8. Loftus
Republican Committee
Loftus
Lives saved by steel coaches near Jackson wreck
A southbound Illinois Central train derailed two miles south of Jackson after heavy rains softened the road bed. Steel coaches likely saved over a score of lives as several passengers were shaken and bruised. Five were taken to a Jackson hospital with only minor injuries. The wreck caused rails to loosen for about a hundred yards.
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Mises
Islinois Central
Indian girl inherits vast Kansas City fortune in Denver
Sypora Snyder an Indian woman and wife of Denver blacksmith W M Snyder has fallen heir to the major portion of a 320000 dollar estate in cash and Oklahoma oil belt real estate after her father Nathaniel Simpson died in Kansas City. Government agents traced the heirs to Simpson’s Indian lands and noted that Henry Simpson, a son by a second wife, may inherit part of the estate. The division will take time to settle.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Sypora Snyder
W. M. Snyder
Evergreen
Cole
Kansas City
Nathaniel Simpson
Indiana
Okahoma
Sypora
Josie Anderson
Simpson
Oklahoma Oil Belt
Henry Simpson
Grand Lodge Prepares for Big Elks Meeting
Portland July 6 Grand lodge officers and committees brace for Monday’s session of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Credentials work will run overtime with no contests expected. A new Elks home construction question may be referred back to the grand lodge. The preservation committee urges federal protection for elk and backing for Warren and Kent Perkins bills creating federal preserves in Wyoming and the western states.
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Portland
Ore
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Committee On
Congress
Wyoming
West
Explosion on Jules Michelet Kills Four Sailors
Paris July 6 naval investigating commission reports the accident on board the armored cruiser Jules Michelet off Heyeres June 26 killed four sailors and wounded nineteen. Cause cited as combustible gases remaining in the guns after previous firings and incomplete gun cleaning.
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Paris
Naval Investigating Commission
Jules Michelet
Heyers
Roosevelt outlines progressive charter for new party
The Morning Journal reports Colonel Roosevelt emphasizing a progressive platform and woman suffrage as core. He plans a Columbus speech blueprint to guide his Chicago convention bid, with focus on courts and judicial decisions, plus staff from Brooklyn and San Francisco weighing graft concerns and party lineups after Wilson’s nomination.
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Morning Journal
Foyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Columbus
Chicago
William L. Raungem
Brooklyn
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Poindexter joins Roosevelt wing in Washington
Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington formally aligns with the Roosevelt faction of the Republican Party for the fall campaign. He states Colonel Roosevelt will be a candidate for president and run a vigorous campaign, and that Roosevelt would gain many progressive democratic votes in the general election. He cites the Taft delegate seating as the reason Roosevelt’s nomination was blocked.
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Washington
Miles Poindexter
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Poindexter
Congress
Taft
National Committee
Omega the collie saves mistress from burning bungalow
Mrs. Van Daggett, owner of Omega the collie, was in her room as flames swept through a burning bungalow in San Francisco on July 6. The dog dragged the unconscious woman to the yard, where neighbors revived her after slight burns to both.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
Omega
van Daggett
Olympic Delayed After Steering Gear Failure
White Star liner Olympic bound for Europe with over 650 passengers delayed one and a half hours after derangement of steering gear soon after leaving the pier. Anchor dropped at Ellis Island as tugs assisted to push the vessel for repairs.
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New York
White Star
Olympic
Europe
Ellis Island
Lorimer Seat Case Edges Toward Late Week Vote
Washington July 6 The final stage of William Lorimer's senate seat misconduct trial opened in the Senate with general debate. Dillingham and McCumber supported Lorimer while Myers opposed. Debate focused on whether Lorimer was a legitimate candidate and whether the Senate should overrule public sentiment and constitutionality before a verdict is reached.
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Morning Journal
Washington
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Illinois
Senate
Dillingham
Vermont
Lorimer
McCumber
North Dakota
Myers
Montana
Hopkins
Lorimter
New Officers of Federation in Meeting
In San Francisco on July 6 the General Federation of Women’s Clubs held two meetings with outgoing officials to plan work, organize preliminaries for the first regular board meeting, and set a date for the new president Mrs Pennybacker of Texas to designate the next session. No personnel changes will occur until after the fall meeting. Pennybacker urged written suggestions from officers and department heads.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Pennybacker
Texas
Arizona Plans Progressive Rural Education Revival
Arizona's eight pupil rule yields a $1000 annual state grant for rural schools. At the National Education Association meeting in Chicago, officials criticized the country red schoolhouse and urged federal expert study. Arizona aims to boost rural schooling through $1 million state funding and better teacher pay to raise standards.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Little Red
National Council of Education
National Educational Association
National Association
Fr. T. Fairchild
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Topeka
Kan
James Y. Joyner
Raleigh
N. C
United States
Mr. Joyner
Habits of Hanford Told of by Witnesses
Seattle July 6 After a week of inquiry the house judiciary sub committee heard witnesses about Judge Cornelius H Hanford s sobriety. Most testified in his favor including Superior Judge Robert B Albertson while L Frank Brown said he had seen the judge twice asleep on the bench and twice apparently intoxicated.
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Morning Journal
Seattle
United States
Cornelius H. Hanford
House Judiciary
Hanford
Robert B. Albertson
Alhambra Theater
Rainier Club
Ira A. Nadeau
M. BK. Haines
C. W. Ide
BE. C. Cheasty
Malby’s Desk Draped in Black After NY Death
Washington July 6 The desk of Representative Malby of New York who died suddenly in New York City yesterday was draped in black today. Speaker Clark appointed a committee to attend the funeral at Ogdensburg New York next Tuesday.
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Malby
Washington
Representative Malby
New York
New York City
Clark
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Chicago Gets Cool Breeze From Lake
Chicago on July 6 reported temporary relief from a hot wave as a lake breeze cut the temperature from 90 to 70s in hours. The breeze faded later and temperatures rose again with ten deaths and twenty two prostrations. Heat sparked dog attacks injuring fifteen people. About three hundred thousand residents left the city for nearby resorts seeking weekend relief from the heat.
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Chicago
Engineer Killed in Railway Wreck at Greensboro
Greensboro Ky July 6 Engineer Thomas Beach of Alexandria Va died tonight from injuries sustained when Southern Limited train No 26 running Atlanta to Washington collided head on with a freight train in the yards. More than fifty passengers were seriously injured as the wrecked train, carrying between 359 and 400 passengers, was said to be running at full speed.
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Thomas ©. Beach
Alexandria
Southern Railway Limited
Atlanta
Washington
Effort to Restore Portugal's King
Madrid reports renewed effort to restore the monarchy in Portugal as fears of an uprising rise. Many families flee across the border into Spain to escape potential instability.
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Portugal
Madrid
Spain
Battleship De Gama Ordered to Oporto Amid Northern Trouble
Lisbon reports the battleship De Gama has been dispatched to Oporto due to unrest in the northern provinces. The move signals naval readiness as authorities address growing disturbances and potential security concerns in the region.
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Lisbon
de Gama
Oporto
Noted Suffragist Lender's Life Near End
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker of Denver, a prominent suffrage leader, lies near death in San Francisco's hospital after an intestinal obstruction and kidney illness. Delegate to the General Federation of Women's Clubs, she underwent surgery Friday and began to sink by midnight. Her daughter Miss Harriett Pratt arrived to be at her mother’s bedside.
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San Francisco Sanitarium
San Francisco
Denver
Decker
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Cornelia Newey
Chicago
Federation
Stracken
Harriett Pratt
Republicans Favor Roosevelt Party in Nassau County Meet
Mineola New York July 6 Republicans in Roosevelt home county launched a third party movement. A resolution says Roosevelt was wrongly deprived of the nomination at Chicago and that Taft and Wilson do not represent progressive forces, aligning with Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Mineola
N. Y
Nassau County
Chicago
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Railroad Inquiry Begins After Corning Disaster
The Lackawanna Railroad Company opened an official inquiry into the Corning N Y rail crash of July 4 that killed about 40 and injured nearly 50. A flagman reportedly moved a half mile with a lighted green fusee while Engineer Schroeder allegedly ran past at least two semaphore signals. The fog was not heavy enough to hide signals, and Flagman Lane admits he did not set a torpedo. Schroeder has not given a full statement beyond needing to see the signals due to fog.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Railroad Company
Corning
Score
Schroeder
Flagman Lane
Rebels Await 10 Supplies From Foreign Ports
Guaymas and other western seaports are targets for rebel supply lines in a possible junction with Zapata forces. Orozco aims to secure ten shipments from foreign countries to bolster rebel operations and sustain ongoing campaigns along coastal and inland fronts.
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Guaymas
Orozco
Zapata
Rebels Plan Coastal Campaign Aiming for Mexico City
Mexican leaders reveal a new campaign against the federal government. Rebels to seize Guaymas and other west coast ports to obtain ammunition from foreign firms in Japan and Germany while seeking arms by sea from U S and west coast sources. General Orozco may travel to Juarez. his son Pascual Orozco expected. Hundreds of cattle driven as troops march. Juarez declares San Juarez the rebel capital.
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Guaymas
Pascual Orozco
Japan
Germany
Costulo Herrera
Drunken Rebels Force Train Wreck Near Chihuahua
In July near Salas a posse of intoxicated rebel soldiers forced a young fireman and engineer to ram a train toward Madera. The wreck occurred thirty miles west of Chihuahua, killing the engineer and injuring three soldiers. Rebels looted horses as federal columns moved toward Santa Filalia. a funeral procession was disrupted as horses were seized, leaving mourners to bury the dead.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Madera
Here
Salas
Santa Falalia
Federals Will Enter Chihuahua Today
From General Huerta's Federal Headquarters Mapula Mex July 6 Only fourteen miles separate tonight the entire division of the federal army under General Huerta from the city of Chihuahua The government troops who defeated the rebels at Bachimba and forced them from Chihuahua are expected to enter the city at 5 o clock tomorrow morning Reports that the rebels under Generals Campos and Argumedo have retaken Parral and Santa Rosalia behind Huerta are unfounded as the federal command was in communication with both places tonight.
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Chihuahua
Muerta
Mapula
Mex
General Huerta
Bachimba
Chifuanna
Campos
Argumedeo
Parral
Santa Rosalia
Huerta
Federal Com
Orozco Dispatches Overland Troops to Sonora
At General Orozco s headquarters Sauz Mex July 6 General Orozco will be the last of the rebels to leave here He gave final orders tonight to the various columns which are being sent overland from here to Sonora Four trains left here tonight for Juarez a distance of 190 miles Few troops were aboard General Orozcos is expected to leave for Juarez tomorrow.
Madero Expresses Confidence as Trouble Narrows
Mexico City reports officials cautious but hopeful about stabilizing the north. General Huerta expected to resolve arising problems as desertions from Orosco’s forces decline. President Madero cites a near end to the revolution and notes improved south with Robles pounding the mopeteins and Abraham Martinez described as the brains.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Associated Press
Orosco
Sonora
South
Robles
Abraham Martinez
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