Harmony Drive Aims to Nominate Taft on First Ballot
Republican leaders in Washington press a plan to unite behind William H. Taft on the first ballot at Chicago. Aldrich Hale Allison Crane and others hold daily talks to keep harmony, with Fairbanks Cannon Knox Hughes still in play and Roosevelt sentiment noted but not opposing Taft.
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Washington
Congress
Chicago
Aldrich
Hale
Allison
Crane
Payne and Sherman
New York
Tawney
Minnesota
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Harmony Movement
Hemenway
Penrose
Cullom
Hopkins
Depew
Parsons and Vreeland
Boutelle and Mann
Illinois
Burke and Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Watson and Land
Roosevelt
Taft
Texas
Utah
California
Knox
Indiana
Plan secrecy undermined by many aware leaders
Frank H. Hitchcock Taft campaign manager has held many conferences with Republican leaders on the program. United States District Attorney Joseph B. Keling of Indianapolis, Fairbanks political manager, has visited Washington several times to meet the same leaders.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
United States
Joseph B. Keling
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Senate passes agricultural bill with forest funds and state shares
The Senate approved the agricultural appropriation bill totaling 12 142 146 dollars. It includes a one million dollar increase for national forest permanent improvements and roads, with 25 percent of forest income to be shared with states for regional road and school projects. An amendment bars forest service publication expenditures but allows public information. The House also advanced a bill to add fifty Philippine scouts captains to the regular military establishment.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Philippine Scouts
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Army
Fort Grant
Ariz
More Soldiers Are Sent Out
A company of soldiers left Lexington Kentucky for Bracken county amid bitter anti troop sentiment. Clashes are feared between civil and military authorities as troops arrive to enforce order.
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Lexington
Bracken County
No Quibbling By Gov Hughes Over Vice Presidency
Governor Hughes states in a letter to General Woodford that he will not accept the nomination for vice president and would not serve if elected, signaling a clear refusal amid political maneuvering.
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Gov. Hughes
New York
Hughes
Woodford
Har Mill Roller Burned At Work In Cambridge
Will Jones, a roller at the Cambridge mill of Interstate Iron and Steel Co., suffered a severe burn to his left thigh and leg when an iron bar caught in his clothing as it glowed red hot. Dr. A G Ringer attended him before he was sent home on Gaston avenue for recovery.
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Will Jones
Cambridge
Interstate Iron and Steel Co
A. G. Ringer
Gaston Avenue
Stehan Cheko Arrested For Stealing Ten Dollars
Stephan Cheko was arrested by Constable W A Albright on a warrant from Justice R W Lindsey for stealing ten dollars. Most witnesses were foreigners, testimony faced difficulties. Prosecutor Charles Sheppard and defense attorney Milton H Turner attended. Cheko was bound over to the Common Pleas court in a $50 bond and released.
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Stephan Cheko
W. A. Albright
Justice of the Peace
Supreme Court Validates County Officers Salary Act
The Ohio supreme court ruled unanimously that the county officers salary act is valid. In other news, Captain W P Cooper of the Salvation Army in Niles Ohio says he can feed 150 idle Hungarians for 113 cents per meal or $4 daily, with breakfast coffee bread and syrup, lunch soup and bread. Also notes of visits and travel among local residents.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Niles
W. P. Cooper
Salvation Army
Charles 8
Turnbaugh
Liverpool
Reverend Father Seeks Resignation Over Son Professors Views
Cincinnati University President Dabney demands the resignation of H Heath Bawden a philosophy professor over his radical views on sex and marriage. Dr Bawden defends his position insisting private beliefs should not influence teaching while his father Rev Henry H Bawden expresses concern about the matter and its impact on the family.
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Pres. Dabney
Cincinnati University
Bawden
Henry H. Bawden
Second Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Charles W. Dabney
Mr. Bawden
H. Heath Bawden
Jeffersonian
Dr. Bawden
Dabney
University of Cincinnati
Vassar
Rochester
Chicago
Strong
White Nominated by Acclamation for Congress in Ohio
Hon George White of Marietta was nominated by acclamation for Congress by the Fifteenth district Democrats in Caldwell Ohio. The convention featured strong Bryan support and pledged loyalty to White, with speeches by A P Williamson and others and delegates named for national conventions.
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George White
Marietta
Caldwell
Ohio
White
L. P. Shively
Noble
James R. Alexander
Muskingum
J. B. Tannehill
Morgan
Samuel Bess
Washington
John M. Amos
Guernsey
Alexander
Amos
Bryan
Harmon
A. P. Williamson
Congress
A. R. McCulloch
P. R. Kirwin
R. A. Tannehill
R. T. Scott
J. R. Alexander
Chris McKee
Mr. White
Ohio General Assembly
Fifteenth
Wm. H. Davis
Byesville
Elmer A. Evans
Zanesville
James E. Torbett
D. B. Torpy
A. E. Follett
J. H. Williams
A. D. Follett
J. M. Amos
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Comecn Pleas
J. P. Mahaffey
John A. McCreary
Grim Finds Surface in Guinness Home Ruins
In Laporte Indiana on May 12 a gold crowned tooth found among the ruins is thought to belong to Mrs. Guinness. An ongoing search uncovered other grisly items including surgical scissors a dirk and several knives.
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Laporte
Ind
Guinness
Aged Man Fatally Shoots His Wife in Chillicothe
John St. Clair aged 60 fatally shot his wife and then killed himself today in Chillicothe Ohio. The couple lived apart.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
John St. Clair
Congress Approves Emergency Currency Bill in Narrow Vote
In Washington on May 12 the Republican House adopted an emergency currency measure by 138 to 16. The conference bill, drawn by a special committee, moved to how its provisions are implemented by Republican rules members. A dispute involving Overstreet and Sherman followed the vote, ending with an adjournment and a disrupted caucus.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Vreeland
New York
Buttem
Ohio
Weeks
Massachusetts
McKinney
Illinois
Knowland
California
Committee On
Banking and Curriency Committee
Aldrich
House
Over- Street
Indiana
Overstreet
Sherman
Mr. Overstreet
Cameron
Cooper
Wisconsin
Brumm
Pennsylvania
McMoran
Michigan
Murdock
Kansas
Daragh
Campbell
Cushman
Waldo
Kennedy
Keifer
Fowler
New Jersey
Prince
Til Nois
Hanies
Valuable horse stolen from Braeshaw farm stable
John Pulaski, Slavish resident, reported to Byesville authorities that during the night a horse valued over 200 dollars was taken from his stable on Braeshaw farm near the Little Kate mine. Police are investigating after he refused a prior offer of 200 dollars.
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John Pulaski
Bra@eshaw
Little Kate
Byesville
Pulaski
Hcal
Princesa theater manager ill with rheumatism
J P Gray manager of the Princesa theater is ill with rheumatism. Mr and Mrs T J Moore and wife of Akron are guests of Mr and Mrs Silas Cramblett of South Side.
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J. P. Gray
Princesa Theater
T. J. Moore
Akron
Silas Cramblett
South Side
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Party
James Joyce
Anna McBurney
East Steubenville Avenue
W. FE. Keifer
Dewey Avenue
South
Newark
Heath Banden
Opera House
Summerfield
David Okey
E. W. Mathews, Jr
Okey
Harvey Watson
Jas. P. Turner
C. A. Flanaghan
Davis
William H. Davis
Denver
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