Police Sweep Gravesend Track as Bookmakers Arrested
Police and plainclothes officers crushed betting at Gravesend during a Hart-Agnew enforcement day. About 10 bookmakers were arrested or bailed. 16,000 spectators watched a race card with betting moved off the ring. August Belmont's Fairplay won the Brooklyn Derby. Fayette and Str Martin placed in Tremont stakes. Gretna Gref took the Brookdale handicap.
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Morning Journal
New York
Gravesend
Tighe
John Cavanaugh
Jockey Club
Belmont
J. E. Madden
Str Martin
Bookmakers Arrested on Opening Day in Denver
Denver police seized bookmakers on the opening day of the racing season in Overland Park. Bonds posted, and the men were released as investigators continue the crackdown on local gambling rings.
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Denver
Colo
Evers
Overland Pork
Bond
T Ferthes
Lone Highway Robbery On Fallon Rawhide Stage
A stagecoach from Fallon to Rawhide was held up near the Wells Fargo treasure box. Two masked gunmen robbed passengers of money and jewelry totaling over 900 dollars. A posse under Sheriff Ingalls pursued, with a belief the bandits may be killed or captured within 24 hours.
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Morning Journal
Reno
Nev
Rawhide
Fallon
Wells-Fargo
Ingalls
Veteran railroad pathfinder dies in Golden
Captain J Berthoud pioneer of the Georgetown loop and pathfinder on the Union Pacific dies in Golden at age 83 after fainting and falling with a lit lamp. Born in Switzerland in 1830 he came to America and served in the Civil War.
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Colo
Berthoud
Georgetown
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Panama Railroad
Switzerland
America
Pardon for Caleb Powers Ends Noted Goebel Case
Governor Willson pardons Caleb Powers and Jim Howard in the Goebel assassination case. Powers faced four trials with a hung verdict in the last, and both men are released from jail before noon amid petitions from citizens nationwide.
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Morning Journal
Frankfort
Caleb Powers
Jim Howard
William Goebel
Willson
Powers War
United States
Powers
Howard
Taft Forces Tighten Grip on Platform Committee
Chicago June 13 Taft backers announce two platform moves indicating control of the resolutions committee Hopkins to chair and the Roosevelt Taft platform to be adopted as drafted in Washington Wade H Ellis compiled the document under a White House conference In a four hour talk Hopkins signaled close ties to Aldrich and conservatives and the Taft camp insists on its terms for committee membership Sessions show strong Taft influence with Lodge Stevens Crane Heyburn and others weighing in on contested seats and the party's direction.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Albert J. Hopkins
Resolutions Committee
Washington
Wade H. Ellis
White House
Hopkins
Woman's Temple Building
Aldrich
Taft
Roosevelt
Powers to take up law practice in Barbourville
Caleb Powers, pardoned by Governor Willson, states his Liberty is a vindication and plans to return home to Barbourville, Ky. He hopes to resume law practice by September 1 if health improves, otherwise awaits a better opportunity. He will stay with his mother in the interim.
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Barbourville
First Killing Results From Powers Pardon
In Cadellsburg Kentucky on June 13 Bruce Lee son of Colonel Warfield Lee killed Harry Scott and wounded James Shockey and John Galloway after a dispute over a pardon for Powers and Howard. Scott died from a heart shot. Galloway was struck by a stray bullet.
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Cadellsburg
Bruce Lee
Warfield Lee
Harry Scott
James Shockey
John Galloway
Lee
Galloway
Howard
Scott
Bulkhead Resists Torpedo Attack in Navy Test
Monroe Virginia June 1 The U S monitor Florida pierced by an American torpedo with gun cotton rests in dry dock at Norfolk Navy Yard after a line test on a watertight bulkhead off Line Beach near Jamestown exposition grounds. Officers say damage not vital and tests satisfactory though ventilation and full damage assessment remain underway.
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Monroe
Florida
Norfolk Navy Yard
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Youth Convicted of Brutal Murder in Ohio River Case
Wheeling West Virginia June 13 Charles Cook seventeen and married found guilty of first degree murder with mercy recommendation forcing life imprisonment He allegedly lured Charles Bennett sixteen of New Kensington PA to the fair grounds beat robbed and dumped the body into the Ohio river His wife Eliza Cook and Joseph Weithe charged as accomplices to be tried later
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Cook
Charles Bennett
New Kensington
Eliza Cook
West Virginia
Joseph Weithe
Cook
Weithe
Young Bennett
Fair Grounds
Ohio River
Taft forces brace for credentials committee clash
Chicago reports say allies plan to push their contested delegations through the credentials committee despite a national committee defeat. Frank Hitchcock expresses cautious optimism while avoiding renewed hostilities. Nomination talks center on Larry Daugherty of Ohio and Charles W Fulton of Oregon as potential chairmen amid intra party tensions.
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National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock, Who Had Charge of Mr.Taft
Iarry
Daugherty
Ohio
Taft
Oho
Mr. Daugherty
Senate
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Charles W Fulton
Oregon
Fulton
Roosevlt
Congress
Taft Delegates Stir Contention At Convention
The Taft camp faces renewed criticism as delegates are described as placed on the convention temporary roll by a steam roller process. Senator Scott of West Virginia voices opposition to Taft while noting bipartisan concerns. Chairman New concedes the allies struggled with their cases though credit is given to counsel Fred C. Bryan for his efforts.
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Taft
Fred C. Bryan
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West Virginia
Uncle Joe Cannon's rally energizes Chicago convention scene
Morning Journal reports Cannon's presidential boom at the Auditorium hotel. Delegates and guests from across Illinois fill rooms while a large reception with banners, flowers, and a big band unfolds. Cannon’s supporters claim several Taft delegates align with his forces as a private wire and train are readied for a possible Chicago nomination.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Joe’ Cannon
Auditorium
Cannon
Danville
McKinley
Tincle Joe
Taft
Pacific Coast
Joe
Roswell Institute Plans New Buildings and Cadet Parade
Contracts issued for NM Military Institute campus buildings costing 520,000 will be finished within four months, boosting capacity as enrollment grows. Colonel Willson readiness for cadet corps and band to Albuquerque for the National Irrigation congress is noted, with tents and equipment set. Roswell Commercial Club will move to newly acquired second floor offices in a modern block this summer.
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Roswel
N. M
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico
Congress
Willson
The
Military Institute
Albuquerque
National Irrigation Congress
Roswell
Vice Presidential Boomlets Likely to Cause Friction
Chicago June 13. Rivalry between Senator Dolliver and Secretary Cortelyou for the vice presidential nod draws heavy attention. Iowa leaders and New York delegates maneuver as Coolidge and Dolliver supporters clash over possible running mates. Debate centers on New York pivotal role and the president's stance may decide the ticket.
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Lby Morning Journal
Chicago
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Costelyou
Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Senator Long
Kaneas
Auditorium Hotel
Long
Cortelyou
Coolidge
Republican Party of
Deliver
Cummins
Allison
Fenator Delliver
Lafe Young
BK. E. Hart
National Committee
George Dpd. Roberts
Mint
Delliver Hyave
New York
Taft
Hart
Lowan
Weather Forecast for New Mexico and Arizona
Washington forecasts fair weather for New Mexico and Arizona on Sunday and Monday with no precipitation expected. Temperature trends remain mild with light winds throughout the region.
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Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Intense Interest in the Vice Presidency at Chicago
Chicago 1908 convention scene grows as visitors, delegations, and leaders arrive. Notables include Don Cameron Chauncey Depew Serena Payne and James S Shuman as Taft and Hughes factions position headquarters amid rain and advancing crowds.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Don Cameron
United States
Pennsylvania
Roscoe Conkling
John A. Logan
General Grant
Henry Taft
Chauncey M. Depew
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Serena Payne
New York
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Lengton Long
Kansas
Dolliver
James S Shman
Timothy Lo Woodruff
American Club of
Pittsburg
Knox
Erie
Taft
Auditorium
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Taft Movement
Arthur — Vorys
Cioverner
Aean See
P Tatt
Cincinnati
Hughes Eee
Auditorivaon
Rover
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Public Service Commission
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