National Democratic Convention Called For June
Buffalo newspaper reports official call for the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore on June 25. Delegates allocated two per senator and two per representative from each state, based on the 1910 census. Wisconsin forms a Wood Tow Wilson League and Governor Burke is urged by North Dakota for the presidential nomination if feasible. Charles Helfner of Seattle speaks on Spirit of Democracy. Wilson and Bryan receive strong applause.
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Democratic Committee of
North Dakota
Burke
Wilson
Detroit
White House
Mack
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Woodrow Wilson
Buffalo
N. Y
Baltimore
Congress
Fargo
N. C
Democratic State Central Committee
Bryan
Charles Helfner
Seattle
Western
Haltner
Wisconsin Democrats Back Wilson as La Follette Pleads
In Madison on January 1 delegates organized Wisconsin for Woodrow Wilson. William T. La Follette, brother of the senator, spoke vigorously for Wilson and Bryan while praising the president and outlining progressive aims. He avoided naming any Republican candidate.
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Wilson League
Wisconsin
la Follette
New Jersey
Madison
Wis
Woodrow Wilson
William T. la Follette
Wilson
William T
Bryan
Davis
Patrick Louis McGovern Named Bishop of Cheyenne
A Rome dispatch reports Cardinal De Lai named Patrick Louis McGovern as bishop of the Cheyenne diocese to succeed Rev. J. J. Keane, who becomes archbishop of Dubuque. McGovern, rector of St. Peters in Omaha, is about 40 and praised as an organizer and speaker. He will reside at the bishop’s home in Cheyenne after arrival.
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Rome
Consistorial
Cardinal de Lai
Patrick Louis McGovern
Cheyenne
Father J. J. Keane
Dubuque
Father McGovern
St. Peters Church
Omaha
Creighton University
Down Town
St. Peters
Laramie
Father Cumminky
Babe Born With Four Teeth In Chicago
A baby boy weighing fifteen pounds two ounces and born to Mrs. Martin Mulvihill, wife of a police sergeant, arrived last night with four fully developed teeth two upper and two lower. The physician noted it as a remarkable birth, remarking he has seldom seen such a case. The father had recently been credited with numerous arrests.
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Chicago
Martin Mulvihill
Card
Republicans Plan Allied Advance On Pekin Across Multiple Columns
Four transports carrying about 4000 Republican troops departed Woo Sung for Chifu as the campaign plan unfolds with five columns to move toward Pekin. US Manila troops are expected to ship aboard the Logan to Chin Wang Tao. Captain J H Reeves will accompany the Fifteenth Infantry to Tianjin where a warehouse has been rented for quarters.
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Shanghai
Woo Sung
Chifu
Pekin
Chifa
Shan Tung
Ho Han
Hupen
Shan Si
United States
Manila
Logan
Chin Wang Tao
J. H. Reeves
United States Legation
Fifteenth Infantry
Tien Tsin
Newlands Declines Presidential Run in Democratic Bid
Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada announced he would not permit his name for the Democratic presidential nomination. In a public letter he endorsed Governor Woodrow Wilson, despite Nevada’s legislative endorsement and pledges of support from the Pacific and Intermountain states.
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Washington, D. C
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Woodrow Wilson
Newlands
Swcrp
Pacific
Intermountand States
Manchus May Resort to Massacres in Pekin
A late January dispatch from Peking reports foreign legations fearing unrest as the Empress Dowager and princes discuss throne education while Premier Yiao Shi Kai is not expected to confer. An anticipated uprising threatens the capital with possible massacres as Manchu loyalists vow to resist abdication and rally Chinese forces.
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Peking
China
Yiao Shi Kai
Richeson Disowned by Aged Father as Murder Trial Sparks Debate
Clarence Richeson, accused killer of Miss Avia Linnell in Virginia, faces a death sentence that Governor Foss will not commute. An aged Richeson reportedly disowned his son after confession and sent no letters since. The governor’s secretary confirms the official stance and adherence to law.
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Boston
Jan
Land Richeson
Thomas Var- Segnehbure
Clarence VV
T Richeson
Avia Linnell
Yall
Foss
Richeson
Commonwealth
McFarland Eyes Grand Jury After Coroner Case
Greeneville Tenn March 18 Rev Dr W D McFarland says he will tell his story to a grand jury after an officer arrives from Pittsburg to take him to answer a coroner charge that he caused the death of his former secretary Elsie Dodds Coe. He declines to discuss his Pittsburgh trip or other details. His confinement in jail is reported to have affected him. his wife remains at a local hotel.
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Greeneville
Tenn
W. D. McFarland
Pittsburg
Elsie Dodds Coe
Grand Jury
Misa Coe
Devense Has Righty Witnesses to Comp
Los Angeles January 18 The defense in the trio including Bert H Morgan Connor charged with conspiracy to dynamite the Hall of Records announced it would not finish its evidence for several days as it had about eighty more witnesses to summon from Texas Colorado and Louisiana who would testify concerning detective Parks who testified again at Connors.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Defenge
Bert HM
Conneré
Texas
Colorado
Louisiane
Parks
Conners
Man Attempts Suicide Twice Then Says He Will Get Well
In San Francisco on January 18 Rudolph Herbert an invalid druggist fired three shots into his chest at intervals of three hours before calling police and declaring he would wait for death for 24 hours. He now says he cannot die and expects to recover.
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San Francisco
Calif
Rudolph Herbert
Herbert
Steel King Sued By Former Wife in New York
In New York a divorce action was filed by Mrs. Sarah B McQuade against James P McQuade former vice president of the National Conduit and Cable Co and once allied with steel magnates. She claims his prior Florida divorce was invalid and that his marriage to Miss Gussie Reynolds remains unrecognized in New York. She says she never received papers and notes years of separation with $500 a month support. He cites lavish spending by his wife including $60,000 yearly for herself and $700,000 annual family expenses.
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New York
Sarah 8
McQuade
James P. McQuade
National Conduit and Cable Company
Corey, Phipps, Leeds
Reed
Gussie Reynolds
New York State
Sarah McQuade
Lacey
Lavis Yle
Morse Gets Full Pardon
President Taft commuted the fifteen year federal sentence of Charles W. Morse the New York banker to expire at once due to Morse's poor health and recommendations from Attorney General Wickersham and Surgeon General Terney.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Charles W. Morse
New York
Atlanta
Morse
Wickershot
Terney
Army
No Disorder Reported in Lawrence Strike
Lawrence Mass Jan 18 No disorders developed today in consequence of the strike of fifteen thousand textile workers the day passing quietly. Militiamen guard the entire mill district as efforts toward settling the strike continue and a settlement is believed to be near.
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Lawrence, Masa
Colorado Wyoming lumbermen elect officers at annual meeting
The Colorado Wyoming retail Lumbermen's Association closed its annual meeting in Denver after re electing W. Ki Esworthy of Fort Collins as president Lews L. Mellman of Denver as secretary and Larry Maroney of Denver as treasurer.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado- Wyoming Retail Lumbermen’s Association
W. Ki Esworthy
Fort Collings
Lews L. Mellman
Larry Maroney
Pound Guilty in First Degree Murder Verdict
Paulos Pratdogoes was found guilty in the first degree for the murder of Policeman Finnelly and Charles at the Ferry building on November 26. The statute prescribes the death penalty for the murderer.
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San Francisco
Calif
Paulos Pratdogoes
Gilty
Finnelly and
Charles After
Milet
Rhinoreerow's Wild Night In Central Park
New York reader reports a man from Old Suilloa known as Rhinoreerow drank a quart of whiskey with quinine to cure a cold. He became involved in a noisy altercation that led to a fight in Central Park on Sunday.
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New York
Central Park
Soo
County Judge Found Dead in Durango Residence
Henry J. Mechtman, judge of La Plata County, Durango, shot himself late Tuesday night and died instantly. He served four years as county judge and, in poor health for over a year, lived alone at 2182 West Third Avenue. The body was found at noon by O. S. Galbreath.
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Durango
Colo
Henry J. Mechtman
la Plata
Heehtan
West
Third Avenue
O. 5. Galbreath
Lair Payer
Harriman System To Be Greatly Extended
Vancouver reports that the Harriman system plans a direct Seattle to Vancouver line. J D Farrell, president of the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, disclosed the move and represents Harriman interests in the Northwest.
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Harriman
Vancouver
B. C
Seattle
J. D. Farrell
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Farrell
Northwest
Gale claims a hundred lives on UK coast
A severe UK gale reportedly caused one hundred shipwreck and accident deaths. The storm's toll is feared incomplete. In the US a Virginia railroad engine froze to rails, three engines needed to restart. Milwaukee man August Schultz died after a fall from bed at a county hospital.
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London
United Kingdom
Lynchburg
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Milwaukee
August Schultz
Cummins Dictates Delegates Shakeup in Nomination Race
Washington reports that Iowa Senator Albert B. Cummins will announce his presidential candidacy and bring instructed delegates to the Chicago convention, potentially shifting support to Theodore Roosevelt and weakening La Follette's Western backing. La Follette eyes Ohio as Roosevelt boosters press a second Progressive conference to push his candidacy in Taft’s Republican ranks.
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Washington
Iowa
White House
Albert B. Cumming
Chicago
Theodore Hoogsevelt
Taft
Cummins
Ministers Delve Into Social Questions at Ogilvie Conference
Sessions of the Ogilvie conference of Episcopal clergymen discussed Rev. David W. Thorp berry of Rawlings paper entitled The Relation of Socialism to Christianity. The afternoon handled church business while evening featured a reception at Bishop Thom as home. A general public meeting at St Marks capped the week with brief talks and musical numbers.
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Ogilive
David W. Thorpberry
Rawlings
Ogillye
St. Marks
Bundage
Douglas
Toole
Dixon
Ram
Hanna
Miners reaffirm loyalty to Federation after election
Indianapolis Jan 14. Tellers report shows John F. P. White reelected president by a large majority over Thomart Lewis. John Mitchell wins the largest delegate vote to the American Federation of Labor despite denunciation at the convention. The Miners union refuses to secede from the Federation of Labor. Some miners charge leaders Mitchell and Crompers with not representing their interests.
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Ind
Tellers
John FP
Thomart
Lewis
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Miners’ Union
Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Crompers
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