Taft Wins Roosevelts Contests At National Committee
Twenty four Alabama and Arkansas delegates were added to Taft’s column by the Republican National Committee. Most decisions were unanimous despite friction with Roosevelt, with roll calls showing fifteen anti Taft votes. The committee proposed a code of rules for the national body and defined member selection, terms, and vacancies.
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California
National Committee
Washington
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
William L. Ward
New York
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Alaska
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
District of Columbia
State Central Committee
Central Committee
Socialists Move to Impeach Federal Judge Hanford
Representative Berger of Milwaukee led impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Hanford of Seattle who recently deprived Leonard Oleson of his citizenship. The action reflects a partisan effort over a citizenship ruling in a federal case.
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Hanford
Washington
Berger
Milwaukee Socialist
Seattle
Leonard Oleson
Socialist Berger Presses Hanford Inquiry
Berger accuses Hanford of high crimes and misdemeanors in a lengthy series of corrupt decisions and habitually drunken conduct. He asks the judiciary committee to investigate while the Department of Justice assists Olsen in reopening Hanford's decision.
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Berger
Hanford
Supreme Court Reverses Commerce Court On Interstate Commission
The United States Supreme Court ruled that the commerce court must not replace an interstate commission and therefore reversed the commerce court. Chief Justice White announced the principal decisions with full court concurrence.
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Commerce Court
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
White
Attempted assassination of president of Diet shocks Budapest
In Budapest on June 7 Count Tisza, president of the lower house, narrowly escaped an attack in the Diet. Deputy Kovacs fired three times and then apparently killed himself, the report states.
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Count Tisza
Kovacsen
Conspiracy Charges Reach Cuban Rebel Leaders
Havana June 7. Juan Ducassi a prominent Negro general in the war of the revolution has been arrested charged with conspiring to support the present Negro insurrection. P Galvez a leader of the Negro party in Pinar del Rio was also arrested.
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Juan Ducassi
P. Galvez
Pinar del Rio
Kern Resumes Attack on Lorimer in Long Senate Speech
Senator Kern returned to the floor in Washington on June 7 to renew his three hour tirade against Lorimer. He was unable to finish and said he would resume tomorrow to conclude the remarks.
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Kern
Washington
Lorimer
Affinity Motive Believed In Lizzie Diggs Death
Lizzie Diggs colored was killed by Clara Tinsley at Thomas on a Thursday after Diggs confronted her about letters to Tinsley’s husband. Diggs died instantly. Clara fled and was not arrested by yesterday afternoon. Funeral services were held with county burial expenses as no relatives claimed the body.
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Thomas
Eureka
Clara Tinstey
Tinsley
Lizzie
Tinsleys
Clara
Diggs
Cummins Gains Iowa Backing After Young Endorsement
In Washington on June 7, former Iowa Senator Lafe Young endorsed Senator Cummins for the Republican national convention. Young, who lost to Senator Kenyon by 60,000 in Monday primaries, urged Cummins' nomination and declared that standpartism is dead in Iowa according to the Des Moines Capital.
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Senator Cummins
Lafe Young
Iowa
Young
Kenyon
Des Moines
Army Prepares 5000 Troops for Cuba Expedition
Washington June 7 The general staff orders four army transports at Newport News ready for Cuban service. Troops from Plattsburg Fort Porter Niagara Governor’s Island and Georgia forts to entrain on short notice only if marine forces prove insufficient. Transports Kilpatrick McClellan Summer and Meade to be recruited for full strength as needed.
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Wahington
General Staff of
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Cuba
Plattsburg Barracks
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Niagara
Governor's Island
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Georgia
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United States
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Puna du Sar
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War Department
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Byscale News
Du Pont Switches Support From Taft to Roosevelt
In Wilmington on June 7 it was revealed that Gen. T Coleman du Pont Delaware Republican national committeeman shifted allegiance to Roosevelt. The surprise stems from anti trust suit against the Du Pont Powder Company during the Roosevelt era, with du Pont as company president, previously a Taft ally.
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Chicago
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Roosevelt
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Timothy Plunkett Ends His Life At Red Valley Home
Timothy Plunkett aged 35 committed suicide by hanging at his Red Valley home in Rocky Mount Virginia. He was found after being dead several hours. His father Henry Plunkett died by suicide two years earlier. No cause is given. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Timothy Plunkett
Red Valley
Henry Plunkett
Virginia and West Virginia Weekend Weather Brief
Virginia sees fair skies in the north and cloudy south with a warmer Saturday and fair Sunday as north winds ease. West Virginia records fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with a slow temperature rise.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Boston Elevated Employees Strike Spurs Violent Riots
Violent start to a strike by Boston Elevated Railway workers disrupts service as thousands walk off. Riots erupt injuring motormen and passengers on Tremont Street and near North Station, with arrests reported in Charlestown Everett and Chelsea as traffic cripples city streets. Union estimates vary on total strikers.
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Boston Elevated Railway
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North Station
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Everett
Chelsea
Boston Elevated Street Railway
Cambridge
Harding To Nominate Taft At Chicago Convention
Warren G. Harding, former lieutenant governor, announces acceptance to present William Howard Taft's name at the Chicago convention. He will deliver the nominating speech, affirming Taft's bid for the presidency.
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Taft
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Columbus
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Rockefeller Subpoena Efforts Fail Before Pujo Hearing
Just before the Pujo committee resumed its money trust probe it was learned the panel had attempted to subpoena William Rockefeller but could not locate him. He was reported to be somewhere in Canada or the Adirondacks.
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New York
Pujo
William Rockefeller
Canada
Adrondacks
North Carolina Sees Eight At-Large Delegates Picked
North Carolina Democratic convention in Raleigh after an all night session endorsed Woodrow Wilson for Baltimore. Eight delegates at large elected with six pro Wilson, two neutral. Locke Craig named governor, other state offices chosen with few contests amid a tumultuous adjournment at 6 39.
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N. C
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
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Simmons
Locke Craig
Gvernor
E. L. Daughtridge
George P. Hall
Robert B. Glenn
W. C. Dowd
E. J. Hale
A.W. McLean
W. C. Carr
A. W. McLean
W.C. Hamner
Newlan
Explosion at Woellerdorf Factory Kills Thirty
Vienna reports a catastrophic blast at the Woellerdorf Ammunition Factory in Weiner Neustadt killing thirty soldiers and workers. An estimated four hundred thousand pounds of powder exploded, with detonations heard as far as thirty miles away, leaving over a hundred injured.
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Woellerdorf
Weiner Neustadt
Dixon Attacks Roosevelt Delegates Seat Move
Senator Dixon at Roosevelt headquarters denounces the national committee over seating Roosevelt delegates. He claims a roll call in the ninth Alabama district shows the committee’s intent to harm the Republican party. Stephenson says the committee must act despite precedent to avoid broader consequences.
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Dixon
Roosevelt
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Crane
Massachusetts
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Scott
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Rosevelt
Eastern tryouts set to pick American Olympic team
Boston June 7 nearly 200 top amateur athletes converge at Harvard stadium for eastern trials to select the American Olympic squad for Stockholm. Champions clash in sprint and distance events with world class hopes like Sheppard Gissing Riley Kiviat Parsons and Ewry aiming to break records and secure a place.
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Yale
Wylie Cook
University of Virginia
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Annapolis
G. E. Minds
University of Pennsylvania
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Eddie Frick
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Willie Fitzgerald
Fred Hellairs
H. H. Hallowell
H. J. Grumpelt
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Platt Andrews
Ben Adams
Ray C. Ewry
Matt Mc.Grath
Pat McDonald
G. A. Chisholm
Boston A. A
P. Maxson
M. §. Wright
Dartmouth
Robert Micknas
Mohawk A. C
A. H.tilley
Dan O'Connell
Pittston
Wendall
Wesleyan
New England
George Horine
California
W. 8. Taber
Brown
R. G. Gooch
Syracuse and Penn athletes set marks in field events
C D Reidpath captain of Syracuse leads in the running broad jump with more than 28 feet while Roy Mercer of Penn competes in the same event and James H Duncan of New York recently set a new world record in the discus throw enhancing the meet's headline field.
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University of Syracuse
Roy Mercer
University of Pennsylvania
James H. Duncan
New York
Largest class graduates at Naval Academy in 162 cadets
Annapolis Md June 7 The Naval Academy sent 162 graduates the largest class in its history into service on the seas. The academy grounds and chapel were crowded as diplomas were handed by President Taft with Harold E K Saunders of Michigan noted as the star member of the class.
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Naval Academy
Taft
Harold Ek, Saunders
Michigan
Railroads Win Reversal On Fuel Coal Rates
The Supreme Court reversed a Commerce Court ruling that would have let railroads carry railroad fuel coal at cut rates. The Interstate Commerce Commission’s evaluation was upheld in the decision.
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Supereme
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pure Food Law Upheld by U S Supreme Court
Washington June 7 The Indiana pure food law of 1907 is upheld as constitutional by the United States Supreme Court The principle was announced that states may enact such measures without interfering with the federal food and drugs act of 1906
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
President Veto Looms Over Cotton Tariff Revision Bill
Washington June 7 The Republicans on the ways and means committee filed a minority report declaring the cotton tariff revision bill would be vetoed by the president if it reached the White House.
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The
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Tall Columbus Memorial Unveiling Draws Nation to D C
June 7 reports describe hundreds of thousands from across the US and Canada converging on Washington for the Columbus memorial unveiling at Union Station. Knights of Columbus lead the ceremonies with a massive street parade and military veterans in attendance. Key figures include General R K Evans as grand marshal, Secretary of State Knox, Rt Rev Thomas Shahan, Chief Justice Victor Dowling, Italian ambassador Marquis Cusani Confalonieri, President Taft, and Rep James T McCleary. Marine Band provides music between speakers.
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Canada
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War Department
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Rt. Key
Mer
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Catholic University of America
Victor J. Dowling
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State of New York
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Taft
James T. McCleary
Congress
United States Marine Band
Wisconsin Lafollette Delegates to Back Candidate for Chairman
Wisconsin delegates plan to oppose Col Roosevelt if he seeks temporary chairmanship at the Chicago convention. The Lafollette group numbering about three will nominate their own candidate. State Treasurer Dahl says a four member steering committee will direct the fight, with a possible North Dakota Senator Grenna as chairman candidate.
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Senator Root
Chicago
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Dahl
Wisconsin
Grenna
North Dakota
Milwaukee
Primary vote canvassed by county committee totals total votes cast
The county canvassed 4 014 total votes yesterday at Pinerton for numerous offices. No candidate came within 700 of the full vote, though several had no opposition. Names include Hatfield Dillon Swisher King Reed Daret Moore Williams Lilly Long Rathbone Sutherland Goodykoontz Hughes Goodykoontz Coulter Pack Thomas Dillard Maynard Svttton Rice Via Williams Calfeo Hunt Worley McCarthy Chambers Cliff Doyle Harmon Lester Long Weaver Brown Thornton Hearne Hubbard Karnes Prichard Ellison Scudder Walker Whitaker Hlager Bailey Wiles Furgerson and others.
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Hatfield
Dillon
Swisher
King
Reed
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Moore
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Lilly
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Rathbone
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Teter
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Gibson
Harper
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Matin
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Doyle
Haley
Harmon
Lester
Board of Education
T. F. Weaver
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Whittaker
Bill
Hlager
Bailey
Wiles
Furgerson
Admiral Staunton Placed on Navy Retired List
Rear Admiral Sidney A. Staunton is retired from active service by reaching the age limit. He has served on the general board for the past year and previously commanded a division of the Atlantic fleet.
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Sidney A. Staunton
Navy
Staunton
General Board
Fargo Fire Anniversary Marks City’s Rebirth
Fargo observes the 1893 blaze that nearly destroyed the city, later seen as a catalyst for rebuilding on a stronger base and ensuing prosperity. The fire swept 42 city blocks and destroyed property worth over 3 million dollars. Washington reports the naval affairs committee advancing the naval appropriation bill to fund two new battleships.
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