Negro delegates at Republican convention show dwindling numbers
The publican national convention reflects color scarcity as Negro delegates remain few. Though welcomed, many were not entertained as in earlier years, with about twenty five Negro delegates elected, a third of 1912, due to changes in southern state representation.
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Publican
Bata Leen
Representan
South
Ernstal
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
New York
Charles W.anderson
Manhattan
Internal Revenue
Pocket thefts and security notes emerge in Chicago visit
The report notes few pickpocket incidents among convention delegates and visitors from naval sections traveling to Chicago, but warns of fimjammers and chesting risks. Despite low pocket picking counts, there have been several startling discoveries of pocket storing and related evasions observed during the year.
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Chicago
The Delegates Wives Consoled By Patience At Convention
A convention wife describes the role as requiring unfailing patience and understanding. She notes the need to endure long waits, missed meals, and partners who forget engagements. The moment her husband arrives, she acts naturally, steering him away toward Michigan Avenue.
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Congress Hotel
Michigan Avenue
Ownership of Ohio Votes Heats Up Indiana Debate
In a tense scene in the Congress lobby, an Indiana observer claims W B Miller owns all the votes in Ohio. A Nebraska farmer and an Indiana delegate exchange lines as Miller’s influence is argued across states from Pennsylvania to Lake Erie.
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W. H. Miller
Ohio
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Congress
Nebraska
W. B. Miller
Miller
Quip Sparks Banter Over Oats and Votes in Ohio
A humorous exchange unfolds as a Nebraskan interjects about votes in Ohio while mishearing a phrase as oats. The overheard moment highlights playful political banter and regional miscommunications.
Pepper Invented Days Of Feature Pioneer Pepper and Headlines
Chartea M. Pepper of the Adot contingent is an enduring newspaper figure famed for calendars of work and punctuality. Once a Chicago Tribune editor, he experimented with a six day week, earning a reputation for discipline and a memorable wedding excuse. Pepper later left journalism to serve as U S tariff commissioner and in other roles.
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Charles, M
Tribune
Charles M
Pepper
United States Tariff
Looks Like a Rubber Plant in Congress Lobby
In the Congress lobby several huge bronze sardinieres hold rubber plants. A houseman tipped water into one, causing a shout from guards. An Oklahoma delegate joked the water was poured on Tom Smith from McAllister, who weighs 800 pounds and bears little resemblance to the jars.
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Congress
Tom Smith
Tom
McAllister
Mr. Smith
Senator Harding Made Permanent Convention Chairman
Senator Harding is named permanent chairman of the convention seat at the party gathering. The selection follows a brief slate of nominees and signals a steadying leadership role for the event. Local delegates expressed support for the choice amid ongoing preparations.
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Harding
Women Urge Roosevelt Nomination At Convention
Seattle women led by Mrs C A Wharton president of the Womens Roosevelt club present a petition signed by about 1000 Seattle women to the Republican delegates. She keeps her eyes on Colonel Roosevelt and the delegates as she arranges to introduce the petition on the convention floor.
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C. A. Wharton
Seattle
Womens’ Roosevelt Club
Colonel Roosevelt
Gardner arrives in Chicago for Roosevelt movement
Representative A P Gardner of Massachusetts, early preparedness advocate and Roosevelt delegate hopeful, travels to Chicago in jovial mood after conference with Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. He quips that the city supports Roosevelt except the hotels where delegates stay and declines to forecast further maneuvers.
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A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Congress
Asa Roosevelt
Paged Villa Mystery Echoes Through Congress Lobby
A hotel page shouted General Pancho Villa through the congress lobby for fifteen minutes. He failed to locate the famed general while crowds watched in silent awe. The event touched off a burst of yells and astonishment before the boy left to report his unsuccessful search.
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Congress
Pancho Villa
United States Army
Weeks on the Job in a Political Convention Plot
Two convention delegates overheard in the Congress hotel restaurant discussing support for Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts. Weeks and colleagues invited them to Weeks headquarters where they were entertained. Weeks urged the delegates to vote for him at the Republican convention, but the delegates revealed they would attend the Progressive convention. Weeks then directed scouts to avoid Republicans and head home.
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Chicago
Theodore B. Burton
Ohio
White House
Rivera
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Philander C. Knox
Brumbaugh
Lodo
Massachusetts
Yale
Congress Hotel
John W. Weaks
Weeks
Senator Weeks
Hia Coleagues
Pise
Sweetheart Identified Among Wreck Victims in Packard Crash
Henry Clements of Prophetstown Indiana identified the remains from the Packard wreck as his sweetheart Midsieaulpth Patterson of Outlook Montana. Patterson had been teaching, with letters found at the scene, while the body was reportedly interred as unidentified.
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Phorés
Minng
Waterloo
Henry Clements
Prophetstown
Packard
Sunsky
Midsieaulpth Patterson
Outlook
Mont
Patterson
Clarksville
Ann Arbor Student Solves Salversan at Michigan
A Detroit graduate student Erwin P. Fleck works in the University of Michigan laboratory on Salversan secrecy surrounds the project and faculty efforts to suppress details. Professor Moses Gomberg and other chemists fear patent office complications after the Michigan Daily published a story.
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Detroit
Erwin P. Fleck
Moses Gomberg
Department of Organic Chemistry
Michigan Daily
College
United States Patent Office
U. of M
Oppose Wilson as Mediator at German Reichstag Meet
Berlin June 9 conservatives in the Reichstag attacked Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg. Masks dropped as Count Friedrich von Westarp condemned the chancellor's policies and rejected a peace mediation by President Wilson. The chancellor denied any official knowledge of U S mediation.
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Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Berlin
Count Freidrich von Westarp
Count von Wentarp
Count von Westarp
Wilson
Seven Mexicans to be executed after Columbus raid
Seven Mexicans arrested after the Columbus raid in New Mexico have been sentenced to death and are to be moved from the penitentiary to Deming for execution. After sentencing at Deming the prisoners were brought to Santa Fe for safekeeping, and the hangings were scheduled for Friday unless intervention occurs.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Columbus
Deming
McDonald
Kelly Indictment Upheld by Manitoba Justice
The indictment against Thomas Kelly, a Winnipeg Parliament building contractor, was held valid by Justice Handlergast. A lengthy judgment dismissed the motion to quash the indictment.
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Winnipeg
Man
Thomas Kelly
Parliament
Endergast
Pe Cendiale
Kelly
Bank Bandit Shot Attacking Fortville Bank in Indiana
In Bortville Indiana on June 9 an attempted holdup of the First National Bank of Fortville failed due to assistant cashier Karl Roudebush who was shot in the arm. The robber identified as George Doyle from St Louis Missouri was shouted down by the crowd and jailed in Greenfield. Doyle pleaded guilty and received two to fourteen years in the State Reformatory.
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Bortville
Ind
Jine
First National Bank of
Fortville
Karl Roudebush
Greenfield
George Doyle
St. Louis
Doyle
State Reformatory
6000 Suffragists March Through Chicago in Rain
Six thousand suffragists, protesting wind and rain, paraded down Michigan Avenue. From a registered pool of thirty-two thousand, the demonstration urged a constitutional woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Aviator McGordon Dies in Newport News Crash
Newport News reports aviator Steptie McGordon died from burns after a crash while making a record flight to New York. He reportedly held a 400 mile in four hours record with a 200 pound passenger. Also noted is a large strike in Norway with 80 000 workers marching amid government fears of violence and alcohol restrictions.
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Norway
Copenhagen
McGordon
Newport News
Steptie McGordon
New York
Explosion at Bloomfield Benzol Plant Injures Workers
An explosion at the Thomagn A.hdl fon company benzol plant in Bloomfield WN June severely injures three workers and causes thousands of dollars in property damage. Fire teams battle flames as authorities investigate the blast origin and safety lapses at the facility.
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Ediaon
Bloomfield
Thomagn A. Hdl Fon Company
Mee
Asquith Takes Kitchener Post Amid Mourning Across Empires
In Britain and across the empire tributes pour in after Lord Kitchener's death. Asquith temporarily takes charge of war office. A memorial service is set for June 13 at St Pauls with King George and Queen Mary to attend. Northcliffe papers laud the man who built a vast military machine and united allied forces. Calls grow for internment of enemy aliens. Debate over civilian or military successor to Kitchener’s post circulates.
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London
Jung
Great Britain
Lord Kitchener
William Robertson
Asquith
War Office
Earl Kitchener
St. Paul's Cathedral
King George
Queen Mary
British Imperial Council of Commerce
A. J. Balfour
Admiralty
Alles
Kitchener
Balfour
Papera Pratae
Northcliffe
Morning Post
Lord Milner
Lloyd-George
Hurley Heads Trade Commission Chairman Appointment
Washington June 9 Members of the federal trade commission voted to make Commissioner Edward N Hurley chairman to succeed Joseph E Davies effective July 1 and to adopt the rotation system in the chairmanship employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Hurley
Trade Commission
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Toyo
Edward N. Hurley
Joseph E. Davies
Inter- Stata Commerce , Commission
DePauw Receives $244000 Donation at 1916 Commencement
DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana announced a $244000 donation during the 1916 commencement exercises. Officials indicated a campaign to raise gifts to $500000 would follow the announcement.
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DePauw
Greencastle
Ind
Jung
DePauw University
Yuan Shikai’s Son Dies by His Own Hand in Peking
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Pekin reports Yuan Shikai’s eldest son killed himself following his father’s death, in the republic’s capital London dispatch confirms.
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Yuan
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Republic
Seventieth Reunion of Fourth Illinois Infantry Held in Center Point
In Brazil Indiana June the seventieth annual reunion of Company H Fourth Illinois Infantry Man War will be held Thursday June 16 at Center Point. Reverend William M. Givens the only surviving member and father of a Civil War veteran will witness the roll of the company.
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Brazil
Ind
Fourth
Ilnois Infantry
Center Point
William M. Givens
Br. Givens
Clay County
Chicago University to Offer Military Science Course
The University of Chicago will add a military agency course next year. President Harry Pratt Judson says the move follows a petition signed by more than 500 students. The decision reflects campus interest and curricular expansion.
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Chicago
Tung
University of Chicago
Harry Pratt Judson
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