Taft gains widen as Indiana delegates back Taft in GOP committee
The Republican National Committee adds twelve Taft delegates today amid Indiana at large contests, bringing Taft to 285 on the temporary roll with 84 new Taft seats. A bitter clash over Thirteenth district seating prompts a reversal, while California and Alaska moves shape the lineup as factions clash.
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Republican National Committee
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Roosevelt Delegates Fight Over Affidavits At Convention
Senators clash over affidavits from Indiana and Moore party claims. Borah and Stevenson spar over evidence and precedent while Stillwell cites a supposed majority of delegates. Graham denies leaving the convention as Roosevelt supporters pursue signatures.
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Colorado
Idaho
Borah
Roosevelt
Horace G. Stillwell
Taft
Stillwell
Moorevelt
Graham
Prominent people tied to Clovis race riot
Special Dispatch to the Morning Journal reports in Clovis New Mexico that several prominent locals are linked to the recent race riot. Mounted police and Sheriff Moye with City Marshal Ivey press the case as arrests are anticipated. Evidence and data mount as authorities warn of surprises upon arrests.
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N. M
Alexander Street
John W. Collier
Moye
Frank Ivey
Ivey
Santa Fe
R. J. Snowden
Italian Extradited to Frisco Denver
Extradition papers honored by Governor John F. Shafroth for Gioacchima Lananna who is wanted in San Francisco for murder of Eugene Basso in June 1911. He surrendered at Pueblo last week.
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Denver
John F. Shafroth
Colorado
Gioacchima Lananna
San Francisco
Eugene Basso
Pueblo
Bloodhounds Bay on Trail of Murderer
Authorities hunt a killer who murdered eight people in Villisca Iowa as bloodhounds bay and twenty four hours after the shocking crime detectives search for tangible clues and follow every lead in the case.
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Bloodhounds Bay
Villisca
Iowa
Bloody Finger Prints Aid In Murder Mystery At Villisca
Morning Journal Special Sensed Wire reports Villisca Iowa six adults and two girls were slain in one night. The killer used a key, doors and windows were locked, and blood stains plus fingerprints are the sole clues guiding investigators as bloodhounds trail toward Nodaway River across woods and timber lands.
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Joseph Moore
Josep Moore
Herman Moore
Catherine Moore
Boyd Moore
Paul Moore
Lena Stillings
Stilings
Moore
Nodaway
Veterans elect J. G. Galdwell commander
Raton New Mexico June 10 The annual encampment of the Department of Mexico Grand Army of the Republic closed with officers elected for the coming year J G Caldwell Albuquerque commander Daniel Risdon Raton senior vice commander S W Sherry Las Cruces chaplain Rev Thomas Harwood Albuquerque assistant adjutant general H B Steward Father Injures Child by Accident Cheyenne Wyoming June 10 Charles L Barksdale struck his 5 year old daughter Ruth in the head with a club while chasing chickens in Pine Bluffs concussion to the brain doctors say she will recover
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Grand Army of the Republic
J. G. Caldwell
Albuquerque
Daniel Risdon
W. Sherry
Las Cruces
Thomas Harwood
H. B. Steward
Cheyenne
Wyo
Charles L. Barksdale
Pine Bluffs
Ruth
Midence Tightens Roosevelt bitter Alaska governo against Darrom
P. J. Cooney swears he was employed to warn witnesses to stay out of state while McNamaras were in court.
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Alaska
P. J. Cooney
McNamaras
Ederals Suffer For Food On Northward March
Graphic stories told by prisoners of starvation encountered by Madero's men en route toward Chihuahua describe harsh conditions during the northward march.
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Madero
Chihuahua
Denunciation of Committee Methods Exposes Naked Issue of Right
A current Outlook issue features a headline presenting a provocative examination of committee methods. The article challenges procedural norms and ethics, arguing for accountability and clarity in organizational decision making. Names and dates are not specified in the readable text.
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Outlook
Judge's Ruling Opens Door for General Testimony on Jury Bribery
Jone Angeles June 10 Special Leased Wire. Witness Cooney testified that Darrow’s defense used investigators to warn witnesses to flee the state and evade service. He said Bert Franklin warned they would not convict while Bain served on the jury in the McNamara case. The judge allowed evidence of witness corruption in the McNamara trial, including a plan to influence juror Lain and alleged removal of Dickleman.
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FP. J. Cooney
Clarence 8. Darrow
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Bert H. Franklin
Franklin
J. B
Bain
Hutton
Chicago
Darrow
Harrington
Denver businessman Herrick killed in auto wreck near Lit tleton
William P Herrick a Denver book and stationery store head was killed when his car ran off a curve, struck a pole and plunged over an embankment. Miss Emily Creig, riding with him, was injured but not seriously. An engineer nearby alerted others who tried to help before authorities arrived. Herrick had recently taken a publishing house agency and leaves a family.
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William P. Herrick
Littleton
Emily Creig
West Denver
Miss Creig
Mr. Herrick
Lightning Strikes Man in Coat Cut Without Injury
In Fort Morgan Colorado on June 10 lightning cut a two inch strip along Roy Stenger's coat but left him unharmed. The incident was reported from the scene with no injuries.
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Rough Rider Denounces Taft Nomination as Fraud
Theodore Roosevelt argues in an Outlook excerpt that Taft cannot secure the Republican nomination without fraud, citing rotten boroughs and untrustworthy delegates. He warns the contest reduces to a right and wrong issue and condemns attempts to unseat honest delegates to install Taft.
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El Paso Objects to Removal of Cavalry
El Paso residents protest the transfer of the Fourth United States cavalry from the border station to Fort Huachuca Arizona. Telegrams between the chamber of commerce and the War Department cite fears of border disturbances and note the lack of mounted patrols during the transition, with petitions pushing to keep the Fourth cavalry until the Second cavalry arrives and is trained.
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Wyoming Lawmaker Drowns In Swollen Creek
Cheyenne June 10 Partiers search for the body of H A Baldwin Hyattville state legislator who was swept away and drowned crossing a swift creek near his home. A Greek man named Br Peppo also drowned in Thermopolis while attempting to swim the Big Horn river at high water. In Gebo Big Horn county Oscar Durbin died when a shotgun he was cleaning discharged.
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Wyo
H. A. Baldwin
Hyattville
Pig Horn
Baldwin
Br. Peppo
Thermopolis
Hot Springs
Gebo
Big Horn County
Oscar Durbin
Katmai Volcano Erupts Strikes Kodiak and Woody Island
Kodiak Alaska June 10 The Katmai eruption buried Kodiak and Woody Island villages under a foot of ash from Thursday afternoon lasting forty eight hours No lives lost but many suffered Refugees were sheltered by the revenue cutter Manning which later supplied distilled water and government rations as the towns water supply and springs were polluted by ash
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Woody Island
Katmi
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Urgent dispatch for cutters to volcanic coast relief
Juneau Alaska June 10 The governor's office has received a cablegram from United States Commissioner Finnean Seward requesting despatch of cutters to Siamni Kodiak and vicinity due to volcanic disturbances Great devastation is feared The secretary of the treasury was informed of the urgent need The ashfall contains sulphuric acid headaches are blamed and Juneau sidewalks remain coated despite rain
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Tahoma
Sitka
Pacific Coast
Secretary of the Treasury
Juneau
Ashes Shower Dims Steamship Ride to Vancouver
The steamer Carmosun arriving from Prince Rupert reports a steady fall of volcanic ashes lasting about 100 miles from Vancouver. The dust covered decks to depths exceeding an inch as passengers observed the volcanic shower begin soon after departure from Prince Rupert.
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B. C
Prince Rupert
Volcanic Ash Cloud Shrouds Victoria BC Sky
Victoria British Columbia June 10 Av ash from Alaskan eruptions coats trees and darkens skies. Provincial meteorological director Denison notes ash drifts 1 200 miles from eruption site in Alaska.
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Victoria
B. C
Denison
Provincial Meteorological Office
Beautiful Woman Dies By Own Hand In Sanatorium
The body of a beautiful young woman identified as Katharine Sharpe wife of Lieut Herbert H Sharpe A S A of the medical reserve corps stationed at the Presidio was found dead today in a Sanatorium where she had been treated for a drug habit. Lieutenant Sharpe said his wife contracted the habit a year ago while suffering from apperdicine and that they wed two years ago in New York after meeting in Denver.
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Katherine Sharpe
Herbert H. Sharpe
Medical Reserve Corps
Presidio
Sharpe
Denver
New York
Electric Light Men Open Big Show
The thirty-fifth convention of the National Electric Light Association opened in Seattle with an electrical exhibit in the armory drill hall and a reception for President John F Gilchrist of Chicago followed by a ball. Two special trains arrived today bringing delegates from Denver and other cities as business sessions begin tomorrow.
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Chicago
Denver
California Presidential Primary Official Vote Totals
Figures compiled by the secretary of state show Roosevelt with 138,563 votes, Taft 69,345, La Follette 45,878, Champ Clark 48,1638, and Woodrow Wilson 17,214 from last month’s California primary.
Colorado Man Reading Clerk Named at Republican Convention
W. C. Piair of Montrose, secretary of the state Republican committee, has been appointed a reading clerk of the national Republican convention at Chicago.
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Denver
W. C. Piair
Montrose
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Chicago
Rebels Force Unarmed Prisoners March South in Mexico
Dispatch from El Imparcial's Santa Rosalia correspondent Augustin LeRescent says 168 prisoners, including prominent Chihuahua residents, were marched unarmed toward Orozco's vanguard. Campa with 1,000 men reportedly left Torroén district heading to Chihuahua, separating from Argumedo and other chiefs.
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Picconera
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el Imparcial
Santa Rosalia
Augustin LeRescent
Chihuahua
Fl Imparcial
Campa
Torroen
Argumedo
Faradema
Diaz
Rebel scouts miss Fed forces in Chihuahua pursuit
June 10 report from Chihuahua describes Gen Rabago's overland move from Parral to strike Orogreo's forces at Fachimba. Insurgents Campos and Terrazas sweep west to Guerrero and south to Zaragosa but encounter only sixty Federals driven from San Encinas. Deserters recount brutal privations and government scouts forced to eat horses as supply runs run empty.
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Parral
Orogreo
Fachimba
J. J. Campos
Felix Terrazas
Guerrero
Zaragosa
San Encinas
Rojas
Arrival of Wounded Confirms Battle Near Pearson
Juarez, Mex. nine rebels arrived wounded tonight, confirming daytime fighting near Pearson on the Mexico Northwestern railroad. Two more wounded died en route. Rebels claim federals greatly outnumber them and say bands of federals operate along the railroad northwest of Chihuahua.
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Chihuahua
Enrile Blames Gomez for Assassins in Chihuahua
In El Paso on June 10 Gonzalo C. Enrile a former financial agent of the Mexican revolution now held pending extradition on embezzlement charges says Emilio Vasquez Gomez directed unknown assassins to try to kill him three weeks ago. Enrile adds his efforts to depose Gomez a month ago provoked Vasquista sympathizers into a conspiracy against him.
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Paso
Tex
Gonzalo
Enrile
Oronco
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Chihuahua
Gomez
Serious condition found at San Quentin outbreak
San Quentin Cal June 10 The state board of prison directors met to consider tonight a far more serious situation than yesterday's information indicated regarding the outbreak in which one convict was shot dead and two were wounded. The jute mill was shut down after the board received information of a plot to fire the jute and wreck the mill.
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San Quentin
Cal
State Board of Prison Directors
House Votes Down Extra Appropriation for Epidemics
Washington June 16. The house defeated a proposal to raise the public health and marine hospital service budget from 106000 to 600000 to combat epidemics. Former Speaker Cannon and Representative Kahn of California led the push citing the babente plague threat on the Pacific coast.
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Kahn
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Pacific Coast
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