Hughes Nominated by New York Republicans for President
New York Republicans at the state convention indorsed Governor Charles E Hughes for president and instructed the four delegates at large to support his nomination. The ceremony featured a tense debate led by Edgar T Brackett and culminated in platform approval and re election of Timothy L Woodruff as State Committee Chair.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
Lot
Stewart L. Woodford
Seth Low
Frederick B. Hazzard
Syracuse
E. H. Butler
Buffalo
Oneida
Roscoe Conkling
Ulysses S. Grant
Edgar T. Brackett
Saratoga
Hughes State League
Committee On
Hughes
Brackett
Wadsworth
Levi P. Morton
Roosevelt
West Chester County
West Chester
New
Republican State Committee
Timothy L. Woodruff
J. Sloan Fassett
Elmira
Committee
Plat
Thomas C. Platt
Tioga County
Platt
Bruce
Committee On Credentials
Committee On Imdnent
James S. Sherman
Omeida
Sherman
Committee On Resolutions
Mlorace White
Taft
Taft Opposition Splits Narrowing at Nomination Fight
Report from Columbus notes Taft’s opposition eroding with only Indiana solid for Fairbanks as other states waver. Hughes faded as candidate. Ohio and Illinois shift away from Foraker and La Follette. Delegates chosen with few instructed to Taft outside Indiana amid a complex fight for the nomination.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Indiana
Fairbanks
Illinois
Cannon
Wisconsin
la Follette
Ohio
Foraker
Orange Packers Assassination at Lake Harney
News from Tampa reports three white orange packers Charles Whitehurst George Griffin and Charles Smyth killed at Lake Harney near Sanford while sleeping in a packing house owned by Auburn and Son. An armed raid set fire to the building and shooters killed the inmates as they fled. Ten workers escaped and alerted neighbors. no suspects were found. The victims were recent arrivals from Georgia and investigators say the crime may stem from dispute over employment.
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Tampa
Fla
Charles Whitehurst
George Griffin
Charles Smyth
White Orange Packers
Lake Harney
Sanford
Auburn & Son
Georgia
Ces
Burton Answers War Predictions in Naval Debate
In Washington on April 11 the naval appropriation bill sparked a House debate over possible war with Japan. Hobson urged four battleships next year, while Burton and Kitchin argued the United States should lead in peace. Lilley criticized navy yards and others pushed varied fleet plans and reforms.
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Washington
House of Representatives
United States
Japan
Hobson
Alabama
Messrs. Burton
Ohio
W. W. Kitchin
North Carolina
Mr. Lilley
Connecticut
Navy Department
Dill
Maryland
Brownson
Dawson
Iowa
Loud
Michigan
Smith
Texas
O’connell
Massachusetts
Ferris
Oklahoma
Pedestrian Hit by Car Near Walnut Hills. Victim Severely Injured
Harry Scheff was struck at Longworth and Race streets by Mrs John Henry Wold s car driven by Daya Freeman. He was taken to City Hospital in critical condition. Witnesses say the unknown man stepped into the path as the auto approached. A jeweler John Berling s card and a falsifying memoranda were found on him.
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John Henry
Wold
Dexter Ave
Walnut Hills
Longworth
Race Streets
W. S. Johnson
Pittsburg
Anna Henry
Daya Freeman
Freeman
John Berling
Vine Street
Indictments Charge Peonage Against Coal Operators in West Virginia
The Southern District of West Virginia grand jury reported twenty one indictments for peonage against coal operators in the New River area. Indictments name John Wilson M L Parker A C Foltz and others under conspiracy and peonage statutes. General Charles W Russell of the Attorney General's office directed evidence gathering.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
New River Territory
United States
John Wilson
A. C. Feltz
Mr. Harris
Samuel Dixon
Frederick Dixon
William Dixon
W. L. Parker
A. C. Foltz
M. L. Parker
Harris
Charles W. Russell
Attorney General
Washington
Army Officers to Wear War Badges Adopt Lincoln Design
The War Department declares campaign badges part of an officer's uniform and requires wear of the Civil War badge. The obverse features Lincoln's head with the motto With malice toward none, with charity to all. The reverse shows The Civil War, 1861 to 1865 surrounded by a wreath.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Lincoln
Judge Denies Bail for Beach Hargis in Jackson Ky
Jackson Kentucky April 11 Judge Adams denied the motion for bail after a lengthy hearing at the courthouse with much testimony presented by both sides. Beach Hargis remains in custody while further proceedings occur.
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Jackson,ky
Adams
Beach Hargis
$90 000 Jewelry Store Robbery Hits San Francisco
Thieves robbed P Lundy at 744 Market Street of diamonds watches and other jewelry valued at about 50000 during the night in the citys best patroled district. Entry was made through a partition into a candy shop and the safe was drilled and blown open with nitroglycerin. Police suspect Eastern crooks in port during the battleship fleet visit.
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San Francisco
P. Lundy
Market Street
Munyon Marries Actress Pauline Neff in Jersey City
James P. Munyon multimillionaire medicine maker from Altoona wed Pauline Neff former actress of Social Whirl in Jersey City Thursday night. They are at the Waldorf Astoria. Neff is daughter of Judge Daniel J. Neff and Munyon is near sixty while the bride is twenty four. He gives millions to charity and is among Pennsylvania's wealthiest men. His two sons are married.
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New York
James P. Munyon
Altoona
Pauline Neff
Jersey City
Waldorf- Astoria
Daniel J. Neff
Pennsylvania
Munyon
Ten Years for Will Forgers in Scranton Case
George B. Schooley once of Philadelphia the lead conspirator in forging a will to seize the 1 000 000 estate of James L Crawford was sentenced to ten years in the Eastern Penitentiary Philadelphia His accomplices Albert N Bachman and Charles F Beidel of New Jersey received five years each for uttering the forged document.
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Scranton
George B. Schooley
Philadelphia
James L. Cawford
Eastern Penitentiary
Albert N. Bachman
Swedesboro
N. J
Charles F. Beidel
Landisville
School
Triggs Weds An Ohio Girl In California Ceremony
Professor C L Triggs of the University of Chicago, known for controversial views on Shakespeare and Longfellow, marries Ada Beall Cox of Canton Ohio. The ceremony took place in Turlock California yesterday, performed by his father, a Methodist pastor. The couple’s marriage ends a prior estrangement. Triggs previously divorced a former wife after trial testimonies questioning his morals.
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Chicago
C. L. Triggs
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Longfellow
Ada Beall Cox
Canton
Philadelphia
New York
Triggs
Cox
Turlock
Cal
Watsonville
Creosote Fatal for Visiting Teen Girl in Ohio
Miss Lulu Brightbill 17 from Sharon Pennsylvania died after using creosote to treat a toothache in Mansfield Ohio. She arrived last January to visit relatives and endured great agony before death.
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Mansfield
Parade in Cincinnati Proclaims Personal Liberty Rally at Music Hall
Tens of thousands joined a mass march and rally organized by the Personal Liberty League and the German Day Association led by Charles G. Schmidt. The event featured eight parade divisions, speeches by judges, union leaders, clergy, and educators, and musical performances as protesters urged opposition to prohibition and sumptuary laws.
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Elm Street
Ohio River
Liberty League
Chris Schott
Marshal A. Kummer
Workman’s Hall
Turner Hall
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Twelfth
Main
Vine
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Fifteenth
Elm
Camp Washington
Chrie Marshall
Colerain Avenue
Maarshall Streets
Colerain
Township
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McMicken
Mohawk Bridge
McMicken Avenue
Findlay
Hamilton County Liquor League
America
Bakers’ Singing Society
Bakers’ Mutual ‘Aid Society
Bakers’ Industrial Association
Landwehr Verein
Landwehr
Viblatt
Markbreit
Volksblatt
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Personal Liberty Movement
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