Colorado Falls In Line For Taft With 6 Delegates
Pueblo, Col April 28 Six delegates at large to the Republican National Convention at Chicago were elected by the state convention to support William H Taft for the presidential nomination. The slate backed Roosevelt but instructed delegation to vote for Taft. The Second District Convention later approved Roosevelt administration and Taft candidacy.
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Pueblo
Col
Chicago
Wiliam H. Taft
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
United States
Taft Support Solidifies Arkansas Republican State Ticket
The Arkansas Republican convention in Hot Springs nominated a state ticket and endorsed Taft for the presidential nomination while praising Roosevelt and pledging state-wide prohibition. Slated officers include Governor John S. Worthington and Secretary of State T. O. Fitzpatrick along with several other statewide posts.
Taft Favored by Most State Conventions
Special Dispatch from Washington reports that state conventions nationwide mostly backed Secretary Taft. Colorado and Arkansas state conventions instructed for Taft, as did the First and Second Colorado Districts and the Fifth Alabama District. South Carolina state convention and Second and Seventh Mississippi District conventions did not instruct.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Taft
Colorado
Arkansas
Alabama
South Carolina
Mississippi
Delegates Chosen for Thirteenth District GOP Convention
In Tiffin Ohio on April 28 thirty eight delegates to the Thirteenth District Republican convention at Bucyrus were elected at a mass county convention. They pledged support to Taft for president and Grant E. Mouser for Congress. A second unpledged delegation will be chosen tomorrow per the Congressional Central Committee call.
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Commercial Tribune
Tiffin
Bucyrus
Mass
Taft
Grant E. Mouser
Congress
Congress Central Committee
Riots at South Carolina Republican Convention Endorse Roosevelt
The Columbia convention faced pandemonium when E B Thompson assaulted Captain John G Capers after a clash at a recess meeting. Delegates adopted resolutions praising Roosevelt and Congress and backed the Chicago nominee. Delegates-at-large were Capers Blalock Grant Deas with alternates Tolbert Smalls Logan Melton Richardson.
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D. C
E. B. Thompson
John G. Capers
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
South Carolina
Thompson
Capers
Friends of Capers
Deas
Roosevelt
Congress
Chicago
Greenville
L. W. C. Blalock
Goldville
T. L. Grant
Charleston
E. H. Deas
Darlington
R. R. Tolbert
Abbeville
Robert Smalls
Beaufort
R. J. Logan
Greenwood
L. D. Melton
R. H. Richardson
Mississippi Seventh District selects Brennan and Ligon as delegates
Brookhaven Miss April 28 delegates to the Republican National convention were chosen today. L R Brennan of Lincoln and W O Ligon of Amite won the district's two delegate slots.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Mississippi
L. R. Brennan
Lincoln
W. O. Ligon
Amite
Alarm Over Young King Manuel’s Safety At Open Parliament
In Lisbon, April 28, fear mounts as Parliament nears reopening with troops along routes to the Cortes. King Manuel intends to attend in a closed carriage amid reports of a royal finances scandal and possible Francoist plots to destabilize the government.
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Manuel
Cortes
Carlos
France
Detectives Deny Shadowing Lilley in House Inquiry
Washington April 28. Representative Lilley of Connecticut claimed private detectives shadowed him. Frederick Webber, Capitol detective officer, denied any detective watch at the Capitol or House Office Building. Francie Bowles testified on submarine costs, stating the Octopus construction near $235,000 with a contract price of $250,000.
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Representative Lilley
Connecticut
House
Electric Boat Company
Frederick Webber
Capitol
Webber
Lilley
Francie T. Bowles
Bureau of Construction
Navy Department
Ford River Ship Building Company
Bishop Hendrix Assigned After Methodist Episcopals Adjourn
Nashville April 28 The College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South adjourned after two days in session and announced the plan of episcopal visitation Bishop E R Hendrix of the West Virginia Conference Webster Springs W Va will be assigned September 2
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Nashville
Tenn
College of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Episcopal Visitation
E. R. Hendrix
West Virginia
Webster Springs
W. Va
Narrowly Averted Fight Over Wertz Bill in Ohio Senate
In Columbus on April 28 the Ohio Senate adjourned amid a lively scene as Senator Howe pressed to place the amended Wertz initiative and referendum bill back on the calendar. President Williams faced protests from Democrats while Howe and others clashed, ending with a division showing 18 Republicans to 9. Howe then pushed a favorable report from the Municipal Corporation committee before adjourning amid further remarks.
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Commercial Tribune
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Senate
Howe
Wertz
Vanover
Mahaffey
Beatty
Williams
Arbenz
Committee On Municipal Affairs
Lamb
Denman
Senator Howe
Committee On Municipal Corporation
Free Street Car Service Marks Cleveland War End
Cleveland O April 28 For the first time in the city history street car service was completely free today to honor the end of the street car war. The Municipal Traction Company operated the system and three cent fares start tomorrow. Motormen and conductors receive a penny an hour raise and transfers will cost a penny more for three months, then be free.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Massacre in Persia Reported as Khurds Raid
News from Teheran states on April 23 Khurds of the Shakkak tribe pillaged villages near Urumiah Salas and Khoy and massacred 2000 people. Officials in Tehran were questioned about actions taken while War Ministers dispatched 600 Soavvars and 80 Cossacks from Miandab to Urumiah with 25 000 tomans allocated from Takhriz customs funds, funds scarce to raise more troops.
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Miandab
Urumiah
Tabriz
Four Bandits Rob $18,000 Guard Harried in West Virginia Heist
In Bluefield on April 28 a four man gang robbed armed guards transporting $18,000 from Welch to Dary for United States Coal and Coke Company payroll. The bandits masked, fled into the hills, leaving a boy spectator slightly wounded. Sheriff’s posse pursues. a $1,000 reward is offered.
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Commercial Tribune
Bluefield
W. Va
Welch
Dary
United States Coal and Coke Company
M.dowell County National Bank
The
Coal and Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
O'Toole
Coal Company
Big Four
Bank Robbery at Monterey Bank Uses Nitroglycerine
FALRMONT Minn April 28 The People's State Bank at Monterey was robbed last night with nitroglycerine exploding the safe. Officials opened today to find about 1500 to 2000 dollars missing.
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Falrmont
Minn
People’s State Bank
Monterey
Bank robbery attempt rocks Mecosta Bank in Detroit dispatch
Five burglars blew the front of the B. S. Henry Co bank in Mecosta Michigan with dynamite causing about 4000 dollars in damage though they fled without obtaining any money. Local police connected the break in to a Detroit report filed today.
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Detroit
Bank of B. S.henry & Co
Mecosta
Mich
Bank
Goebel Opposes Sumptuary Laws Debate in House
Representative Herman P. Goebel of Cincinnati voices strong opposition to sumptuary laws and prohibition drives in the House. He argues personal liberty is violated when government regulates private spending and eating, citing history and scripture while warning extremists seek universal prohibition. Other lawmakers comment on pensions and veteran benefits.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Herman P. Goebel
Cincinnati
Goebel
Christ
Cardinal Gibbons
Tornado Victims Receive Food Clothing And Stoves
Food in plenty reached tornado sufferers across Louisiana and Mississippi. Clothing and cook stoves were supplied to distressed communities as relief committees in New Orleans and other cities shifted focus to rebuilding ruined towns.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tornado toll rises as victims reach Hot Springs
Four more deaths attributed to last Thursday's tornadoes reached Hot Springs from the western territory. Among the deceased four were white, the rest were negroes.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Charred bodies found in Laporte farm tragedy
Four charred bodies are recovered at the Mrs Belle Gunness farm near Laporte Indiana including Mrs Gunness and her three children Myrtle Lucy and Philip. Ray Lamphere, once her employee, is arrested amid fears of mob violence as authorities plan a coroner’s inquest tomorrow.
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Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Gunness
Lamphere
Joseph Maxwell
Gunness
Detroit Traction Crash Kills Nine Injures Thirty
A head on collision near Ypsilanti between two trolley cars on the Detroit Jackson & Chicago line leaves nine dead and about thirty injured. Motorman Isa Fay blamed for overruled orders and fatal misjudgment.
Urges Survey of Cincinnati Canal Plan
A House hearing on Ansberry and Gilham bills pressed for a Toledo to Chicago canal via Defiance and Fort Wayne and for rehabilitating the Miami and Erie Canal between Cincinnati and Defiance. Probasco of Cincinnati endorsed surveys to cost the project and noted the canal could feed Lake Erie to Lake Michigan and link with the Ohio River at Cincinnati after river improvements.
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Munster Building
Washington
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Chicago
Defiance
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Cincinnati
Ansberry
Gilham
House Committee On Railways and Canals
Harry R. Probasco
Probasco
Miami and Erie Canal
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan Canal
Ohio River
Reiterates Claim of Self-Defense in Paris Case
Paul Roy the Frenchman told Magistrate Boucard he fired at George A. Carkins after Carkins shot at him during an argument linked to an alleged murder claim. Roy said he believed his life was in danger and reloaded his revolver fearing an ambush as he left the house.
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Paul Roy
George
A. Carkins
New Hampshire
Boucard
Roy
Carkins
Explosion Kills Three at Egyptian Powder Mills
MARION Ill April 28 Three men were killed today when the Egyptian Powder Mills near here exploded. The victims were John Claxton William McClintock and Steven Upchurch. The blast shattered windows and shook buildings. property damage is estimated under ten thousand dollars.
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Marion
Ill
John Claxton
William McClintock
Steven Upchurch
Unknown Italian Miners Found Dead in Greenwich Street Lodging House
In New York on April 28 six unidentified Italian men, believed to be miners from Midvale Pennsylvania, were found dead in a Greenwich street lodging house room by gas exposure. The coroner said the occupants had been dead for several hours.
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Midvale
Greenwich Street
Blow From Boy Kills Opponent in Philadelphia Case
A late night fight in Philadelphia left 14 year old Edward Wischoski dead after a blow to the heart. Policeman John Preski, 15, was found to have struck the fatal blow and faces charges.
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Edward Wischoski
John Preski
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