Michigan's 30 Uninstructed Delegation Chosen
Michigan Democratic convention in Bay City votes to send 30 uninstructed delegates to Baltimore for the national convention. Clark backers claim 22 of the 30 favor Clark, while Wilson supporters fail to secure instructed delegation. Missouri and Arkansas allies aided Clark in gaining an uninstructed slate.
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Bay City
Mich
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Michigan
Champ Clark
Clark
Wilson
Missouri
Arkansas
Girl Killed After Balcony Fall in Worcester Home
Harriet Hart six dies at City Hospital from a 40 foot fall from a third story balcony in her home on 72 Salem Street. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Start, was playing with friends when she slipped and toppled over the railing.
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Worcester
Harriet Hart
Melvin Start
Salem Street
City Hospital
May Honor Founder of Daughters of the Revolution
At the Vendome meeting the Daughters of the Revolution discussed creating a $1000 college scholarship in honor of founder Flora Adams Darling. Debates focused on precedent, coeducation, and the college choice William and Mary. A committee was appointed to study feasibility, with next events including officer reinings and tours.
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Quincy
Daughters of the Revolution
the Vendome
Flora Adams Darling
Titus
Board of Managers
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New York
Dolly Madison
Vendome
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Frank E. Fitz
Newburyport
Oldstown Hill
Wilmot R. Evans
Helen Dunn Jackson
Massachusetts
Horatio Pagel Lauriat
Ella Taylor Tucker
Clara Holbrook Bradley
Fannie Ludington Onion
Maryland
Eleanor ,Tuller Bonschur
Emma, Jenkins Rue
Washington
Florence Beach Kirby
Colorado
Frances J. Jordan
West Virginia
Nathaniel Keay
Robert Ward
New Jersey
Washington Yale
Minnesota
Herbert B. Henry
Long Island
Frank P. Whiting
Mary H. Hinton
North Carolina
Axel O. Ihlseng
Utah Delegation Pledged for Taft at Republican Convent
Provo Utah May 15 eight delegates to the national Republican convention pledged to use all honorable means to secure President Taft's renomination. The majority report urged Taft support while defending an untrammeled judiciary and proposing passenger protection and six year term limits.
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Provo
Utah
Taft
Resolutions Committee
Taft presses attack on Roosevelt in Ohio campaign
President Taft shows no let up in his Ohio whistle stop tour as he criticizes Colonel Roosevelt. He argues Roosevelt should drop personal attacks and focuses on the Taft administration's achievements while decrying the doctrine of no personalities.
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Kenton
Taft
Ohio
Elyria
Dayton
Springfield
New York
East
Wall Street
Massachusetts
Mr. Roosevelt
Maryland 10 Vote for Clark at State Convention
The Democratic State convention will meet tomorrow to choose Maryland's delegation to the national convention. The central committee doubled the regular quota to 32 delegates, with eight at large and 24 district delegates. In the primaries Clark led with 77 of 129 delegates, Wilson 48, Harmon 4, Clark's popular plurality near 12,000. Delegates will be instructed for Clark, though Wilson and Harmon factions will be represented.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Central Committee
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Judson Harmon
Clark
Wilson
Harmon
Roosevelt Declares Victory Certain on Train Run
A Roosevelt special train featured a new broom in the rear platform as supporters hear the claim that victory is assured. A campaign mood was evident as spectators watch the locomotive and listen to remarks promising triumph.
Christian X Crowned King of Denmark
The premier announced King Frederick's death at 8 o'clock and proclaimed Christian X as successor. The new monarch, in Royal Guard uniform, appeared on the palace balcony amid cheers and paid tribute to his father while asking for strength to rule Denmark. Queen Alexandrine and their two sons joined the scene in continued celebrations.
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Christian X
Royal Guard
Christian
Alexandrine
Inspiring finale with nation singing a rational anthem
A large crowd gathered for a closing moment featuring a resonant recital of a rational anthem, described as the culminating gesture of a notable event. The atmosphere was marked by collective participation and formal mood.
King Frederick VIII Dies During Stroll in Hamburg
The body of King Frederick VIII of Denmark was found among unknown dead in Hamburg and will be moved by special train to Travemunde for voyage to Copenhagen aboard the royal yacht Dannebrog, convoyed by a warship. The King and Queen had arrived incognito from Nice as the Count and Countess of Kronberg with three children.
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Frederick VIII
Denmark
Travemunde
Dannebrog
Copenhagen
Nice
Kronberg
King Frederick Dies After Evening Promenade Tragedy
The Danish King Frederick died while returning from a stroll with evening crowds on Ulster Promenade. He asked a policeman the hotel name but could not be understood. The body lay in state aboard the Danish vessel with a royal guard of honor and condolences from all sovereigns.
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Frederick
Ulster Promenade
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