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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1916

Page

6

Recounts Extend Across West Virginia Counties

Official returns from most counties show Republican governor nominee Ira E. Robinson leading over A. A. Lilly with a 3,006 vote plurality for U S Senate. Recounts are demanded in several counties and are expected to widen statewide.

Daily Telegraph French R. H. Harvey Wyoming Cotnty Daily Associated Press Wheeling W. Va Jatt E. Trades Robinson United States Senate T- Large Howart Win Fy Hite Muntington Sutherland S. Sutphin Charleston Speciaty Lilly A. A. Lilly Ira E. Robinson Abe Lilly Judge Robinson General Lilly Lilly Counties Pogas Calhoun Oval Sbigh Eerie Pocargmas Ee

NO HURRY N CHOOSING SUCCESSOR TO HUGHES

President Wilson has not begun considering a successor to Justice Hughes on the Supreme Court. A White House note says Brandeis appointment surveys ease timing, but recess may prevent a quick decision. Hughes’ vacancy would shift balance to five Republicans and three Democrats. a Democrat is anticipated.

Washington Wilson Justice Hughes United States Supreme Court Brandeis White House Supreme Court Vermont Connecticut New York

Republicans in House Pleased by Chicago Nominations

Republican leaders in Washington expressed pleasure at the Hughes nomination and hoped Roosevelt might unite the parties on the Republican candidate. The announcements interrupted House business and sparked banter between Republicans and Democrats about campaign prospects. The Senate was not in session as the news arrived. Hughes’ Supreme Court associates observed quietly.

Washington Chicago House Senate Hughes Theodore Roosevelt

Capture of bandit leader Sandoval reported in Providencia valley

General Luis Herrara announced from Parral that Victor Sandoval a notorious bandit chief was captured in the Providencia valley with four companions. One associate had been shot during the operation and Sandoval himself was shot.

Chihuahua City Mexico Luis Herrara Parral Victor Sandoval Providencia Valley Sandoval

Execution Ordered for Public Good

A fragment reports a detainee scheduled for execution in Parral and mentions his brother Luis as confined there. The notice asserts the act is to be done "for the public good" and notes the captors.

Luis Parral

Gavira to Confer with War Minister Obregon

General Gabriel Gavira, Carranza commander, plans talks with War Minister Obregon in Mexico City regarding border conditions and sentiment. News from El Paso notes border tensions and hostile demonstrations across northern Chihuahua after the Gavira Pershing meeting.

Gavira Obregon el Paso Tex Gabriel Gavira Carranza Mexico City Chilhuahua Juarez

Unease Over Antiamerican Agitation in Northern Mexico

Washington reports officials cannot yet gauge the scope of anti American agitation in northern Mexico. They fear a possible orchestrated campaign to provoke armed clashes between American and Mexican forces. No confirmation of rumors about Dus rango consulate burning or Pershing forces attacked near Namiqahipa.

Washington Mexico State Department Dusrango

Guilty but insane verdict in Irish rebellion shooting

Dublin dispatch reports Capt Bowen Calhorat ion found guilty but insane at the time of the shooting of F Sheehy Skeffington editor of the Irish Citizen and two others during the rebellion.

London Cou'* Nartial Bowen Calhoration F. Sheehy Skeffington Irish Citiajen Ireland Central News Dublin

Texas Militia Cavalry Moves to Fortify Laredo Patrols

San Antonio June 10 A squadron of Texas militia cavalry en trained for Laredo today to strengthen patrols in the district amid bandit de Rosa activities south of Laredo causing alarm.

San Antonio Texas Laredo Bandit de Rosa

Entente Vessels Sunk In German Submarine Attacks

A German admiralty statement dated June 9 reports that in May fifty six Entente vessels with total tonnage of 118 500 were sunk by German and Austrian submarines and mines.

Matty Entente Verlin Auiralty

Indifference on Seasonal Preference Cited in Washington Star

Mr Growcher responds to a query about preferring summer or winter saying he has no preference. He notes both seasons feel equally depressing, whether reading about a Satan day or the coldest day ever.

Heavy Hearts and The Heart Size Quip

A Yonkers Statesman quip notes the average man’s heart weighs ten to twelve ounces and the average woman’s eight to ten. Mrs. Bacon retorts that men’s hearts weigh more because they are harder.

Thorough Understanding and Remedies Across Cultures

The Detroit Free Press comments on thorough understanding of why something won’t run. It notes science and home remedies, and describes how powdered animal horn is used in Chinese traditional medicine with factories keeping deer herds for horns.

Detroit Free Press China

Mystery of the Murillo Madonna Link Ends in London

A shipwrecked boy adopted after a Canadian coast rescue grows to sea life, sails across Tangier and Seville, and earns clues to his origin. A search for a Murillo Madonna copy leads to London where Dr. John N. Boyington, revealed as his grandfather, confirms the boy is Hamilton and heir to a rich family.

Canada Alexander Hamilton Hamilton Tangier Gibraltar Seville Spain Murillo Episcopal John N. Boyington Harley, Street London America Johns Boyington Geon Aléxander Hamilton Boyington

Ecuador Vine Produces Sponge Like Fruit

The wet flats of Ecuador yield a plant whose fruit, when dried, forms a sponge some regard as superior to animal sponges.

Ecuador

Italian cabinet may resign at any moment

Rome reports the Italian cabinet is expected to resign soon though it will stay in power while the king reviews a new cabinet. A failed 190 to 120 vote on the interior minister’s budget prompted a suspended session and an exposition of policy. Premier Salandra acts as interior minister.

Rome Chamber of Deputies Interior Salandra Chamber Ministry of the Interior

Democratic advance guards gather for St Louis convention

Delegates from Michigan and Illinois arrive in St Louis for the Democratic convention as discussions focus on Chicago nominations and their impact on the campaign. National Chairman McCombs says renomination of Wilson and Marshall remains likely regardless of Chicago picks. The platform, largely draft by Wilson, is expected to be carried through.

St. Louis Michigan Illinois Chicago McCombs Wilson Marshall

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