Delegates Bound for Taft Instruction Sweep
A Columbus dispatch reports 542 delegates chosen for the Republican National Convention through April 17. Taft holds 267 instructed delegates and many of the 68 uninstructed are pledging Taft. Minnesota and Massachusetts contribute most to Taft's tally.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Taft National
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Knox
Hughes
Cannon
Taft
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Maryland
Hawaii
Louisiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Alabama
Florida
Kentucky
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Tennessee
St. Louis
Virginia
Ivania
Delaware
Llows
Illinoise
Porto Rico
Rhode Island
Indiana
Fairbanks
la Follette
Chi Sigma Chi Fraternity Elects Officers in Chillicothe
The nineteenth annual Chi Sigma Chi High School Fraternity convention in Chillicothe elected grand officers for the year. A. J. Larmon of Cincinnati was named Grand Chancellor with William W. Smith and Theobald as vice and assistant treasurers. Secretary Joseph Hall and others were chosen. Columbus C. to host next year’s gathering in mid June.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Chi Sigma Chi
Ohio
A. J. Larmon
Cincinnati
William W. Smith
Eeks Theobald
Herbert Lawrence
Joseph Hall
Melvin Dowdy
New York Military Academy
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
Lawrence Thompson
Oliver Dock
Columbus
A. T. Warden
Kiskimimetas Spring School
Saltsburg, Pa
Fred Gunning
Walter Schwaab
Columbus, C
Blanket Authority To Deal With Castro May Be Given
Washington notes cite Senate Foreign Relations leaders and the White House aiming to grant the President broad power to deal with Venezuela under an aggressive program. The authority could include arbitration demands and potential force if Castro’s stance persists. The committee will review Venezuelan correspondence next Wednesday.
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Castro
House
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Don M. Dickinson Goes to Sanitarium for Nervous Breakdown
Don M. Dickinson former Postmaster General and Cleveland era official from Detroit traveled to a Flint Michigan sanitarium with his family to recuperate from a nervous breakdown. He has suffered prostration for about six months and remains under medical care.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Don M. Dickinson
Flint
Mich
American Fleet Arrives at San Pedro in Full View Parade
Los Angeles welcomed the American battle ship fleet as sixteen ships and three auxiliaries dropped anchor at 3 30 p m in San Pedro Harbor after steaming up the coast from San Diego in single column formation. More than a hundred thousand residents lined the coast to glimpse the ships during the afternoon visit.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Pedro Harbor
San Diego
Admiral Evans Expected Back With Fleet Around 25th
A Navy Department letter from Admiral Thomas, in temporary command of the Atlantic fleet, says Admiral Evans should rejoin the fleet on or about April 25 at Santa Barbara.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Thomas
Evans
Santa Barbara
Unican Believes Daughter Killed Near Chicago Death
Mt. Vernon area resident Bernice B Williamson believes a woman found beside a Chicago railway line Monday is his daughter Dessie Kirby wife of Ray Kirby. Dessie and Bernice left Cleveland for Chicago last weekend and letters report she planned suicide. Lucid relatives received notes from Kirby claiming he vanished after entering a smoker near Chicago Sunday night.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Vernon
Bernice B. Williamson
Chicago
Dessie Kirby
Ray Kirby
Cleveland
Fight at a Dance Leaves Two Dead in Kentucky
In Whitesburg Kentucky during a Jacks Creek area dance William Mitchell fired into the crowd igniting a deadly clash between the Mitchell and Osborne factions. Fourty shots were fired. John Mitchell died and Samuel Osborne died at daybreak after being mortally wounded.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
Jacks Creek
Here
William Mitchell
Mitchell
John Mitchell
Samuel Osborne
Forecast Galls For Good Weather
The Weather Bureau issued a weekly forecast starting April 19. Seasonable temperatures from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast are expected with no vegetation injuries. The Gulf States and Lower Mississippi Valley will see relief from heavy rains, while the Ohio and Missouri valleys may face continued rain and showers, with the Middle and North Atlantic Coast opening with rain then alternating showers and fair weather.
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Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Upper
Mississippi
Rea River
Mme Anna Gould Weds Prince Helie de Sagan in Secret
Paris dispatch from Cri de Paris claims the marriage of Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan, formerly married to Boni de Castellane, was quietly celebrated. The gossip sheet states the union occurred in secret settings across Paris.
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Paris
Cri de
Mme
Anna Gould
Boni de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Child Killed by Stick in Mouth Near Ashton
Five year old daughter of farmer Edward Mayes of Ashton died after running a wooden stick into her mouth while playing on a farm near Gallipolis Ohio. The incident occurred April 18.
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Gallipolis
Edward Mayes
Ashton
Johnson Says He Will Ignore Bryan
Governor Johnson of Minnesota arrived at Lin dsborg and said Bryan’s words would make no difference to his plans. He stated he is not seeking the presidential nomination and would run only if the people decide he is the most available candidate with the best chance to win. He noted Bryan’s friends claim he would be stronger.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Johnson
Minnesota
Bryan
Predicts Italian church soon will be disestablished
A brief report notes forecasts that an Italian church faces imminent disestablishment, with unnamed officials and observers weighing potential secularization and institutional changes.
Infidels in College Chairs Press government in Italy worry
Milwaukee Archbishop Messmer says the Italian government curbs the church and infidels occupy university chairs. a Methodist missionary predicts disestablishment of the church in Italy within ten years amid anti clerical sentiment and widespread illiteracy. Northern Italy bishops praised as reformers. Powell arrested in New York for jewel theft linked to a multi city scam after a Chelsea marked auto clock clues.
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Milwaukeeh
Italy
Sebastian G. Messmer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
France
Messmer
F. H. Wright
Methodist Episcopal Church
Europe
United States
Wright
Venice
Milan
Turin
Naples
Mantua
Cardinal Ferretta
Night riders blamed for Kentucky barn fire
Night riders are suspected in burning a barn at Mayslick Kentucky that housed wagons and buggies owned by Lizzie Parry a local woman farmer. The fire follows her tobacco sale to the American Tobacco Company and marks the second barn fire in Mayslick that week amid public unrest. Equity checks totaling eighteen thousand eight hundred dollars were sent to members of the American Society of Equity in Clark County and similar payments were expected in other counties. In Madison Indiana Peters Yunkman tobacco beds near the city were destroyed by unknown parties on Thursday night.
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Lexington
Lizzie Parry
Mayslick
American Tobacco Company
J. D. Clark
Fayette County
Equity
Clark County National Bank of
Winchester
American Society of Equity
Madison
Ind
Stamped Clock Wields The Clew To Stolen Gems
Detectives seize loot from an eastern store as a man is caught in a jewelry shop. Prisoner attempts to discard letters and a photograph, but officers recover documents linking him to the theft.
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Chelsea
Charles A. Powell
New York City
Burkholz and McQuesten
Hermann Lange
Arcade
Vine Street
New Haven
Conn
S. Silverthau
S. Silverthau &* Sons
Chapel Street
Silvermal
Silverthau
Burkholz
McQuesten
Powell
Central Station
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