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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1916
Page
2
Former Supreme Court justice Charles Evans Hughes resigns to accept the Republican presidential nomination. He denounces Wilson administration foreign policy, pledges thoroughgoing Americanism and preparedness, and criticizes U S handling of Mexico while outlining his aims for a strong, competent government.
A boiler explosion on Major Wilkinson's Keeling farm near Danville Virginia yesterday evening killed Edward Cimmons. Charles Richardson was seriously injured and perhaps fatally harmed. Major Wilkinson was cut and bruised, and a negro farm hand was terribly burned.
President Wilson remained in the White House all day as reports from Republican and Progressive conventions arrived. He accepted Justice Hughes’s resignation from the Supreme Court and made no comment on Hughes or Roosevelt. Democratic leaders hoped Roosevelt might still run but said his refusal would not affect the campaign. Wilson prepared to address West Point and Flag Day events while advisers predicted a dignified, issue focused campaign.
Russian forces push west from Lutsk and advance in Galicia as Austrians stiffen defense. Verdun gains for German forces with field works and machine guns captured. British cruiser Hampshire, linked to Lord Kitchener, is sunk by a mine and believed survivors abandoned. In Chicago, Charles Evans Hughes is nominated for president by the Republican National Convention.
In Chicago on June 10 the Republican National Convention nominated Charles Evans Hughes of New York for president and Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for vice president after a ballot. Theodore Roosevelt was nominated by the Progressive convention with John M. Parker of New Orleans named as running mate. Roosevelt’s provisional declination suggested possible withdrawal of the third ticket if Hughes aligns with Progressive issues. The Progressive group re elected Victor Murdock as chairman and set June 25 for another Chicago meeting, without settling Roosevelt’s continued presence on the ticket.
The attorney general reports a majority of 754 with two counties yet to return full results. Two Republicans and two Democrats claim the governorship as returns trickle in, amid fraud allegations and fears of manipulated totals. Federal agents have investigated recent election fraud charges in Mingo and McDowell counties amidst a broader corruption talk along the Norfolk and Western line. County Clerk Bowling says more details will continue on page five.
The Progressive convention nominates Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for president but he declines the nomination at this time placing his decision in the hands of the Progressive national committee awaiting statements from Justice Hughes. John M. Parker of New Orleans is named for vice president.
Chicago June 16 The Republican national committee formed a sub committee to confer with presidential nominee Charles E Hughes about officers and the executive committee. W Murray Crane presided as the sub committee of eight named from several states. The executive committee will have twelve members and choose officers later.
A committee of general officers from the Journeyman Barbers' International Union advocates a $1,000,000 sanitarium for barber TB treatment in New York. They released the report after inspecting the Printing Pressmen's Union Home in East Tennessee and plan to file a full follow up in September.
James A Sample cashier of the United States treasury died suddenly in Washington as he finished a speech at the National Rifle Veterans Association annual banquet. A native of Indiana and a Lincoln-era appointee, he was active in the Masonic order and the Sons of the American Revolution at age seventy two.
Reports from British headquarters describe June 2 battles along the Ypres salient as the bloodiest since Loos. Canadian troops held vital trenches against a massive German assault after five hours of bombardment, with small units earning heroism honors as reinforcements arrived.
A German admiralty officer provides a graphic, contested account of the Jutland battle. He confirms Warspite's loss with witness testimony and relays ship destructions, including a cruiser blown apart by multiple salvos. He also cites British claims of a German flight and notes on Dutch dye shipments to the Indies.
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