Roosevelt Accepts Progressive Party Nomination for President
Chicago August 7 delegates to the Progressive Party convention nominated Theodore Roosevelt of New York for president and Gov. Hiram W. Johnson of California for vice president. Roosevelt and Johnson accepted amid cheers, pledging to lead the campaign. The platform endorsed equal suffrage with four women on the national committee, while the party avoided a roll call vote and displayed broad unity with no opposition voiced on the floor.
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Illinois
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Gleed
Jane Addams
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Suez
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Kaol
United States
Americans killed on Mexican ranch near Colonia Oaxaca
Douglas Arizona residents report two Boyd brothers missing since July 9 from Carretag ranch east of Colonia Oaxaca. Their home found open and deserted with about 40 empty cartridges. General Sanjines dispatched an officer to verify the case of presumed murder by Mexican gunmen.
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Mexico
Gordie
J. Boyd
Boyd Brothers
Carretag Ranch
Colonia
Oaxaca
J. J. Boyd
Ojitas
Sanjines
Beothers
Another veto hold up salaries in Taft budget clash
Washington reports that limited civil service terms abolition of the commerce court and retention of five judges as extra circuit judges will go to President Taft after passage by both houses. Taft allies expect a veto that would delay overdue appropriations and pause salaries for all federal workers. The bill totals 34 million dollars.
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Taft
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Crawford
Burton
Lodge
Congress
Unite States
Senate Defeats Move to Strike Panama Toll Exemption
Washington Aug 7 by a 4 to 11 vote the Senate refused to strike from the Panama canal bill the clause exempting American ships from tolls. Debate ran late as Britain protested the provision. The Burton amendment failing showed Senate support for discriminating in favor of U S ships, with Cummins arguing against arbitration limits. Amendments modified coastwise exemptions and liability protections while a Percy measure on registration for American owned foreign built vessels also failed.
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State Department
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Fenrose
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Ator Cummins
United States
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Stone
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Percy
Platform On Which Candidates Stand
Chicago Aug 7 The third party platform declares a people centered program to curb abuses and promote direct primaries popular election of senators recall and referendum national jurisdiction of issues beyond states and strong labor protections including child labor wage standards and safe workplaces.
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Keith
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Federal Department of Labor
Mormon Church Officials Face Coercion Denial
Testimony in Salt Lake City under Commissioner Wilton B Bryce disputed claims that Mormon church leaders were coerced into selling a controlling sugar factory stake through threats of competition and high beet prices. Witnesses Cutler Willett and others corroborated or contested the meeting accounts. Hearing ends in Salt Lake. more sessions set for Denver.
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Wilton B. Bryce
American Sugar ‘Company
Cutler
Utah-Idaho
W.P. Willett
Havemeyer
Willet
John C. Cutler
H. Whitney
Joseph Geoghehan
stah-Idaho Sugar Company
Mark Austin
Idaho Feld
Eastern
Utah Sugar Company
Willett
First Presidency
Salt Lake
Denver
Indictment Likely For Two Police Officials and Civilian
New York August 7 District Attorney Whitman says evidence supports indicting two high police officials and a civilian employee linked to police headquarters. The case centers on blackmail of gamblers and resort proprietors, tied to the Jeff Rose confession and Bridgie Webber statement. Authorities claim corroborating graft details from private detection and the confession.
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New York
Whitman
Jack Rose
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Bridgie Webber
James Jameson speech at Seagirt seals Democratic pledge
The report describes Governor Woodrow Wilson and Ollie James receiving the Democratic nomination with a focus on tariff, trusts, merchant marine, waterways, conservation, and banking reform. A 52 member notification committee including eight governors and notable figures met at the governor’s cottage as Wilson and Marshall hosted a reception. James spoke on the veranda amid applause and crowding supporters, stressing party principles and good faith.
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Woodrow J Wilson
Belles Vna Apesch
M Overfeld
Salt Lake City
Op. Overfeld
Myers Ie
Dix
New York
Donaghey
Arkansas
Pose
Massachusetts
Myers Montana
Norman E. Mack
Chicago
Democraticnance Committee
Representativenin
Alabama
Johnson
William Jennings Bryan
Seagi
Ollie James
Wilson
Marshall
Jammer
Henne
James
Stubbs and Curtis In Close Contest In Kansas
Opera Kan likely favors Stubbs for Republican nomination as he claimed victory in 82 districts with 101 ahead in total out of 183. Curtis reported 82 districts reporting with six unsettled as Parrelly wins Democratic nod by a small margin.
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Johnson
Stubbs
Curtis
Opera
Kan
P St
Mugh S. Parrelly
Admission Slips in Darrow Trial During Mayer Cross
The Darrow trial advances as the defense counters Mayer’s cross examination and rebuts key testimony by notable witnesses. A strategy involves challenging Cantrell’s recollection about Harriman’s alleged statements regarding plans to blow up the Law Times building, with the judge’s ruling midmotion shaping the proceedings.
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San Luis Obispo
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