Roosevelt Camp Fears Taft Would Control Credentials
United Press Special. Chicago June 11. After a stormy Indiana primary session that favored Taft, the national committee examines Kentucky contests where Roosevelt alleges fraud. Taft leaders push to keep delegates, with William Starnes Jr. using supporters to shore up Taft strength. Taft claims control of the credentials committee with 32 members to 21 for Roosevelt, a claim disputed by Dixon and Borah.
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Chicago
Indiana
Taft
National Committee
Kentucky
Roosevelt
William Starnes, Jr
New York State
Barnes
Committee On Credentials
Joseph Kealing
Dixon
Borah
Roosevelt Leaders Denounce Bolt Talk At Taft Nomination
Chicago reports of a Roosevelt delegate bolt were dismissed as baseless by Roosevelt leaders. California will back Roosevelt with 24 of 26 delegates. Indiana awarded 12 contested delegates to Taft. National committee decisions have given Taft 84 contested delegates to date.
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Chicago
California
Roosevelt
Indiana
Taft
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Dixon
Railroad and coal firms fined for rebates and discrimination
United States District Judge J.M. Killitts fined Hocking Valley Railroad Company 42000 dollars and Sunday Creek Coal Company 20000 dollars after pleas to 18 counts involving giving and receiving rebates and discrimination. The Hocking Company had been indicted months earlier.
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United Press Special
Tledo, C
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
United States
J.M. Killitts
Hocking Company
Swindler Yates Is In the Tails
Jay H. Yates alias J. H. Rogers of Findlay Ohio is under arrest in Baltimore for cashing false money orders in Columbus and other cities. He allegedly stole money order blanks in Washington DC in 1909 and cashed many across the country, including 27 orders for $100 each at Union National Bank. The Titanic sinking had sparked reports he died, but he was later located in Baltimore.
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Columbus
Jay H. Yates
J. H. Rogers
Findlay
Baltimore
United States
Krumm
Postoffice
Oldfield
Yates
Washington, D. C
Union National Bank
New York
Rogers
F. J. Adams
Mindlay
Paul Deschanel Chosen President of French Chamber
Paul Deschanel has been elected president of the French Chamber of Deputies, with party backing and broad support from deputies. The selection underscores his leadership role in the republic as he assumes the top legislative post.
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Chamber of Deputies
Big Coal Dock Completed at Mineral Siding
Cambridge and Guernsey county gain a new railroad coal dock built by W. F. Trimble & Sons Co. under Russell Robinson. Work began Feb 28 and finished Jun 8 with 236 piles, 725 foot dock, 61 by 15.5 by 10.5 foot coal tipple, five chutes each side, and a capacity of 9928 cubic feet. The project adds an industry to the valley.
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Cambridge
Guernsey County
W. F. Trimble
H. O. Bogan
Georgia
Fifty Years Ago Today June 11 Europe founded by U S arms
A London Times report states Europe was founded by the military resources of the United States with federal armies in the field. The paper notes the number of men kept in arms for over a year as remarkable.
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Europe
United States
London Times
Voters Seated in Kentucky Delegates Amid Corruption Claims
At the Colosseum in Chicago on June 11 a Republican committee seated Kentucky delegates after denying challenges to their seating. They confirmed Taft delegates from the first district by a 46 to 0 vote, despite accusations of voter importation from West Virginia Ohio and Tennessee and a bid by Roosevelt forces. Governor Hadley of Missouri gained a proxy seat for Sidney Bieber of the District of Columbia.
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United Press
Coliseum
Chicago
Ill
Kentucky
Hadley
Missouri
Sidney Bieber
District of Columbia
Republican
West Virginia
Ohio
Tennessee
Sickhead
Republican Committee
Taft
Want Teddy To Head the New China Republic
Cleveland dispatch reports Chinese nationalists advocate Roosevelt as president of a Chinese republic with Quan Ling in Cleveland urging his selection. Wu Ting Fang plans to discuss the idea with Roosevelt when he returns as ambassador. The piece notes Roosevelt’s potential to defuse foreign aggression if elected, and cites enthusiasm among Chinese in America. Also named are Miss Gladys Hubert of Idaho visiting relatives and plans for a pleasure trip to New York Washington and Atlantic City with Miss Alma Barnett of Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
China
Quan Ling
Cleveland Immigration Office
America
Wu Ting Fang
Chinese Republic
Gladys Hubert
Boise
Idaho
Alma Barnett
Williamsburg
New York
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
Strikers Fail To Attack Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Police thwart a Greco Italian German strike at the Waldorf Astoria during Mayor Gaynor's dinner for visiting naval officers. About 95 badge wearers were arrested before any damage occurred as hotel workers displayed strike cards.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Gaynor
New York
Thirty-fourth
Earthquake Hits Colima and Jalisco Killing Twenty Seven
United Press dispatch from Mexico City reports a quake lasting three minutes struck Colima and Jalisco early today. Twenty seven people were killed at various locations as the Colima volcano also began erupting.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Colima
Jalesco
Society Woman Held for Murder in Mississippian Case
United seen Special Osaka Mississippi June 11 Mrs W A Dickey 355 leading society woman here was arrested charged with slaying her husband Dickey died after a quarrel with his wife An autopsy found a large quantity of strychnine in his stomach Reading his will it showed he left his big estate to his mother and cut Mrs Dickey off with one dollar
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United Seen
Osaka
Miss
W. A. Dicky
Dickey
Weather Forecast Indicates Fair Ohio Conditions
Observations from the Weather Bureau at 8 p m show tomorrow in Ohio will be generally fair with light variable winds. Washington reports the outlook as of June 11. The forecast emphasizes mild conditions for the state.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio
Barnes Commissioned to Defeat Roosevelt in Chicago
William Barnes arrives in Chicago as head of New York Republican committee and is charged by Taft forces to defeat Roosevelt. He seeks a strong anti Roosevelt organization and claims enough votes to secure Senator Root as temporary convention chairman.
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United Press Special
Chicago
William Barnes
Republican State Committee of
New York
Taft
Roosevelt
Barnes
Senator Root
Hogan Wins His Fight Against The Railroads
Columbus, Ohio, June 11 United Press Special reports Attorney General Hogan and the State Public Utilities Commission forced Ohio railroads to reverse plans to abolish excursions. Baltimore & Ohio and C H and C will start excursions within a week. Toledo and Ohio Central will follow and Pennsylvania and Big Four may do by July 1. The Central Passenger Association is expected to rescind its order abolishing excursions. The state had threatened prosecution if excursions were not run this year.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Hogan
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Railroads
Baltimore & Ohio
Toledo and Ohio Central
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Central Passenger
Mrs Chas Claggett to Visit Relatives in Williamsport
Mrs Chas. Claggett of North Ninth street will visit relatives and friends in Williamsport Pennsylvania for a few days.
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Chas. Claggett
North Ninth Street
Williamsport, Pa
Mrs Bartley Thomas Visited Mister Gar ey Guests
Mrs Bartley Thomas of Washington was the guest of the Misses Gar ey in the Craig building Tuesday.
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Bartley Thomas
Washington
Misses Garey
Craig Building
Charge of Fraud Claims Innocence in County Nomination
A statement from Walker C. Fife on the Republican bid for county treasurer defends innocence amid fraud recounts. He says he did not know ballots were kept or examined and claims no opportunity to verify counts.
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Jeffersonian
Walker C. Fife
Walker C. Fife Campaign Expenses Report Filed
Walker C. Fife has filed his campaign expense account with Clerk Edmund Hawthorne. Total disbursements amount to $102.85. Details include traveling $44.60, advertising and postage $35.25, and payments to five poll workers totaling $23.00.
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Walker C. Fife
Edmund Hawthorne
Deputy
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Election Ballots Unauthorized Handling Sparks Trust Concerns
A speaker claims ballots were mishandled after voting closed, with the box left unlocked and no one taking responsibility. He alleges evidence of votes for him exists among supporters who worked unpaid at the precinct, while denouncing the recount as insufficient. Publication notes the statement is part of a broader page continuation.
Discovery of bloody handkerchief advances Villisca murder hunt
Villisca Iowa June 11 bloodhounds locate a bloody handkerchief hidden in underbrush seven miles from town the find may yield clues in the Moore Stillinger murders. Fingerprints on the bloody axe are sent to experts as state troops guard the Moore home and local morgue.
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United Press
Villisca
Iowa
Towa
J. B. Moore
Stillinger
Moore
Veteran Cambridge Cab Driver Attends Many Weddings Funerals
Charles W. Singer, a longtime Cambridge cabbie, recalls over 1000 funerals and more than 700 weddings he ferried across 41 years. He avoided accidents until a 3 year ago incident, stayed in service until retirement, then joined his son in delivery work as he nears age 60.
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Charles W. Singer
Cambridge
Singer
William
Marines Rout Cuban Rebels
Secretary Knox told the Cuban House of Representatives that the United States will not intervene in Cuba. Battleships Rhode Island and Washington were in Havana harbor as reports described an attack by Cuban rebels on American marines. The secretary urged prompt government action to suppress the insurrection.
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Washington
United States
Knox
House of Representatives
Rhode Island
Havana Harbor
Osteros Ferrarra
Gomez
Cuba
Shaw and associate convicted in $15,000 shoe firm theft
Arthur W. Shaw, president of the A. W. Shaw Shoe Co. of Freeport, Maine, was found guilty of larceny of $15,000 from the firm. Mrs. Georgia M. Stewart of Boston was found guilty of receiving the stolen funds. The jury deliberated all night.
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United Press Special
Boston
Mass
Arthur W. Shaw
A. W. Shaw Shoe Co
Freeport
Maine
Georgia M. Stewart
Sunday School Convention Opens in Columbus
The state Sunday School convention opens in Memorial hall with President W. A. Budaly presiding. Speakers include Marcus B. Buell Miss Nannie Lee Fraser R E B Diffendorfer Mary Foster Byner and W C Pearce. 1700 delegates expected with 500 boys at the congress. big parade planned.
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United Press
Columbus
Jume IL
Memorial Hall
W. A. Budaly
Marcus B. Buell
Boston
Nannie Lee Fraser
Louieville
R. EB. Diffendorfer
New York
Mary Foster Byner
W. C. Pearce
Memorial Hal
W. O. Thompson
Luther Freeman
H. C. King
Oberlin College
I. J. Lansing
First Congregational Church
Chamber of Commerce
Committee On
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