Patrick Gill Chosen To Replace Catlin In House Vote
By party lines the House elections committee voted to unseat Republican T. E. Catlin of St Louis and seat Democrat Patrick Gill. The panel found Catlin’s campaign expenses excessive and corrupt, while Gill would have won without Catlin’s money. Catlin, 34, is son of a tobacco magnate. father spent over ten thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Elections Committee
T. E. Catlin
St. Louis
Patrick Gill
Catlin
Gill
Missouri
Congress
House
Big gas well brought in at Guthrie Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma July 19 a gas well producing two million cubic feet daily was brought in on Black Bear Creek just north of Morrison in Noble county gas and salt water with some oil are spouting twenty five feet into the air Crowds from Perry Pawnee and nearby towns rush to the new field today Driller Waiters says the underlying formation is the same as in the Bartlesville field
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Guthrie
Okla
Black Bear Creek
Morrison
Noble County
Perry
Pawnee
Waiters
Bartlesville
Taet Injunction Suit Deemed Timely By Some
Topeka Kans July 19 lawyers for Roosevelt presidential electors claim injunctions in the Hutchinson proceeding are baseless and that the Taft faction failed to act twenty days before the election under Kansas law. The Newton filing occurred nineteen days before the election based on the court’s day-count rule. Special to Daily News Tahoka Tex July 19 a good rain fell with prospects for more.
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Topeka
Kan
C. KE. Brainie
Hutchinson
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Newton
Daily News
Tahoka
Tex
Weather report for West Texas and state areas
For West Texas generally fair Saturday and Sunday with hot and partly cloudy conditions. In eastern districts expect more clouds and possible rain with scattered heavy showers along several lines from Jacksonville to Beaumont and Mineola to Shreveport. Maximums near 84 in Galveston and around 90 in other parts of the state.
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Vernon
Weatherford
Dublin
Temple Taylor
State
Mount Pleasant
Terrell
Athens
Houston
Hamlin
Stamford
Lubbock
Brownwood
Taylor
Beaumont
Jacksonville
Cotton Belt
Texarkana
Mineola
Shreveport
Galveston
McNamara Remains in Solitary Confinement
San Quentin July 19 J B McNamara persists in refusing to obey prison discipline and must continue in solitary confinement in the dungeon.
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San Quentin
Cal
J. B. McNamara
New Battleship Wyoming Sets Speed Record
Associated Press reports in Rockland Maine on July 19 that the battleship Wyoming broke all speed records for big gun ships during standardizing trials. She achieved 22 045 knots per hour, claimed by naval experts aboard as the fastest speed for a twelve inch gun battleship.
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Associated Press
Rockland
Wyoming
Electric block system improvement invented near Dallas
Charles B. Mitchell of Franklin Texas has invented an automatic electrical device that improves the railroad block system. The invention operates without towermen or train crews and signals when any mechanism deranges, warning trains in the block.
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Dallas
Tex
Charles B. Mitchell
Franklin
Mount Baker Marathon Set for July Start
Bellingham will host the Mount Baker marathon next Wednesday night with a forty mile climb to the summit. Runners from Washington, California, Alaska, Germany and Switzerland compete for a $500 prize, expecting a Thursday morning return. Joe Galbraith won last year in 11 hours 27 minutes.
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Bellingham
Wash
Mount Baker
Washington
California
Alaska
Germany
Switzerland
Joe Galbraith
Ready to Locate Railway Stavelion
Midland Texas July 19 Chief engineer Davis of the Texas Gulf and Northern Railway and two assistants are in Midland to locate the station and terminals for the new line. Surveying begins at once with a Midland to Andrews stretch. Construction crews and equipment are on site and rapid progress is planned. A mass meeting at the courthouse led to a citizens railroad committee to raise the bonus, expected to be fully raised in ten days.
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Midland
Tex
Davis
Texas Gulf & Northern Railway Company
Andrews
Citizens’ Railroad
Campbell Backs Ramsey for Texas Governor in Dallas Speech
Thomas M. Campbell spoke at the Majestic Theater in Dallas urging support for Judge Ramsey in the Texas gubernatorial race. He argued Governor Colquitt’s stance toward Texas laboring people, while County Manager Epps G. Knight discussed Colquitt’s pardoning record. The meeting drew a large laborer attendance.
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Dallas
Tex
Thomas M. Campbell
Majestic Theater
Judge Ramsey
Texas
Colquitt
Epps G. Knight
Steffins and Fredericks Clash in Darrow Bribery Trial
Lincoln Steffins and District Attorney Fredericks confronted each other for nearly four hours in the Clarence Darrow bribery case. Steffins claimed Christianity demands love and charity, and said he would not hang James B. McNamara, while John J. McNamara should remain free. Adjournment pushed the testimony to Monday.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Lincoln Steffins
Fredericks
McNamara
Clarence Darrow
Steffins
James B. McNamara
John J. McNamara
Bordwell
Jamie
Big Saengerfest Opens in Marionette Wisconsin
Marionette Wisconsin hosts the annual saengerfest with visitors from Fond du Lac Appleton Green Bay Oshkosh Stevens Point and other Wisconsin cities. Delegations of singers gathered to perform as the event opens and runs through Sunday.
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Marionette
Wis
Marinette
Fond du Lac
Appleton
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
State Fair of Texas Plans Press and Mothers Days
Dallas Texas July 19 Plans for the State Fair of Texas October 12 to 27 are shaping up Press Day is set for October 14 with special entertainment and state press guests Mothers Congress Day and Fine Arts Day are on October 16 Women voters will choose a loan art exhibit prize by popular vote The Mothers Congress program features educational talks on children welfare hygiene and related topics.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Fair Association
Congress
House Committee Criticizes Public Building Practices
Washington D C July 19 a report by the House committee on expenditures for public buildings denounces waste extravagance and fraud in public building projects It criticizes the Supervising Architect of the Treasury office at three million dollars yearly and urges lawmakers to restrain district building schemes and to bar new structures in towns under five thousand inhabitants or post offices under ten thousand dollars in receipts annually.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Committee
Cline
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Congress
Cabinet 13 Considers Taft Delegates Fight Against Roosevelt
Washington officials prepare a White House statement to counter Roosevelt's charges of fraud at the Chicago convention and to respond to his pre convention campaign. The cabinet will analyze the contest cases and issue a detailed reply. Representative Mandell of Wyoming, part of the Chicago credentials committee, will lead the defense of Taft's seating of delegates.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
White House
Mandell
Wyoming
Mine Owners Offer Hale Interest to Miners
A letter read at the Western Federation of Miners convention in Victor Colorado proposes a half interest in the Caledonia Lodge adjacent to the Homestead mine if developed by the Federation. A parallel offer from J N Corman of Black Hills Consolidated was also received. The matter of the committee is expected to be acted on tomorrow.
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Fy Associated Press
Cripple Creek
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Victor
H. C. McHugh
Deadwood
South Dakota
Caledonia Lodge
Homestead
Federation
J. N. Corman
Black Hills Consolidated Company
Detroit preps Cadillaqua carnival for city anniversary
Detroit expects 200,000 visitors next week for the Cadillaqua carnival marking Detroit's 211th founding anniversary. The celebration spans the week with grand historical pageants industrial parades a naval parade and aquatic competitions.
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Detroit
Mich
Detriot
Interstate Commerce Commission Hears Galveston Bay Lines Fight
Representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission heard evidence today in Chicago on the demurrage and through bill of lading dispute between the Galveston Bay lines and steamship interests at Galveston.
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Chicago, Ill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Galveston Bay Lines
Galveston
Investigation of Forest Service Costs Spark Senate Resolution
Senator Overman of North Carolina introduced a resolution asking a special Senate committee to probe Forest Service expenditures. He alleged duplicate payments excess staffing and rapid timber land denudation since the service began.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Lla. C
Forest Service
Senate
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Charleston set for Republican state campaign opening
Charleston Ark on July 19 invites a sizable crowd for the formal opening of the Republican State campaign. Lead speaker Andrew J. Roland is chosen to contrast with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Toe T. Robinson, who heads the Democratic ticket.
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Charleston
Ark
Andrew J. Roland
Republiicans
Toe T. Robinson
Emperor Matsuhito gravely ill in Tokyo
Tokio July 19 The Emperor Matsuhito is critically ill with a stomach and brain affliction. He was unconscious all day Friday.
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Tokio
Matsuhito
Train Riders Escape Cloudburst Rescue Near Perris
Passengers on a Riverside bound train fled as a cloudburst struck near Perris last night. The engineer throttled ahead, steering the train through a wall of water racing down Val Verde canyon. widespread flooding and damage followed in the Perris area as authorities assess the impact.
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Hy Associated Press
Riverside
Cal
Perris
Val Verde Canyon
Anderson
Judge Pryor Celebrates 85th Birthday in New York
Judge Roger A. Pryor, former New York Supreme Court justice and Confederate general, turns eighty five today. Born in Virginia, he served as a Confederate Congress representative, joined the army as a colonel and rose to brigadier general before settling in New York City as a noted jurist and reader of the bench and bar.
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New York
Roger A. Pryor
Supreme Court of
Pryor
Virginia
Congress
Confederate States Congress
The
Bench and Bar
Boy Accidently Kills Companion With Shotguns
Gainesville Texas July 19 A 10 year old boy discharged a shotgun by accident killing his companion Wright Brown 16. Brown on a bicycle rode to a yard near a window where his friend held the gun.
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Gainesville
Tex
Wright Brown
Brown
Repudiation of Taft by Texas Republican Leader
Col. Cees Lyon, head of the Texas Republican Organization, declared that a third party would form only if taft supporters broke from the party. He affirmed Roosevelt as the Republican nominee and said Texas electors are named and instructed for him.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Cees Lyon
Taft
Texas
Roosevelt
Italian torpedo boats attack Dardanelles amid Turkish response
In Constantinople on July 19 eight Italian torpedo boats attacked the Dardanelles entrance. Turkish forts sunk two Italian ships and damaged six others. A cabinet crisis led to a new ministry while the Sultan urged troops to remain loyal. Despatches report five cruisers and several small vessels nearby. casualties are not yet known.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Dardenelles
Warshi
Dardene
Turkey
Massachusetts Senatorship Battle Opens After Crane Retirement
Boston July 1. News that U S Senator W Murray Crane will retire next March has sparked a frenzied race for his seat. Republicans consider Curtis Guild Jr Samuel W McCall John W Weeks Augustus Gardiner Eben Draper as contenders while Democrats see Mayor John F Fitzgerald and possible Governor Foss weighing runs. The contest hinges on Crane’s successor to be chosen by the legislature elected next November.
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Boston
Mas
United States
W. Murray Crane
Congress
Bay State
Crane
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Russia
Ambassador Guild
New York
St. Petersburg
Senator Crane
Guild
Samuel W. McCall
John W Weeks
Augustus P. Gardiner
Gardner
Gardenr
Eben S&s. Draper
Mr Draper
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
John F. Fitzgerald
Foss
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