Taft Opens Private Citizen Era Amid Chairmanship Talk
President-elect Taft meets with Ohio campaign manager Arthur I. Vorys and other officials as he begins life as a private citizen. Taft confirms the National Committee chairmanship is unsettled and will defer any decision until after a Hot Springs meeting next week. He rides with General Edwards and hosts dinner with Beekman Winthrop.
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Ohio
Taft
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
National Committee
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Vorys
Mr. Vorys
Republican Organization of Ohio
Mr. Taft
Wright
Helen Taft
Georgia
Suffragists Threaten Bombs After Parliament Protest
London July 1 Mary Leigh declared in Bow Street Police Court that next time suffragists come out bombs will be used. Police pledge greater severity as two women Mrs Mary Leigh and Miss Edith New received two months hard labor for breaking windows at the Premier’s house.
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Mary Leigh
Asquith
Bow Street
House of Commons
Edith New
Battle Fought in Persian City With Resistance at Tabriz
Fierce fighting near Tabriz, Persia, reported as it neared a real battle. About eighty dead with many wounded, as mounted followers of Rachin Khan clash with antirevolutionists. American Consulate in Tabriz seeks protection for Persian staff amid rising panic.
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ST. Petersburg
Tabriz
Persia
Baku
Rachin Khan
Teheran
William F. Doty
Americans Escape in a Captured Tug
The fishing tug R. T. Roy from Alpena, seized by Canadian Fisheries Officer Duncan on waters near Fitton Ont, arrived back in Alpena after a tugged escape from Canadian authorities. The crew was initially arrested, the Roy ran aground near Fox Island reef, and the Americans later freed the vessel and returned to U S waters. Captain George Whitten denies fishing in Canadian waters.
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Alpena, Mich
R. T. Roy
Duncan
Fitton + Ont
South Bay
Manitoulin Island
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Undress
Roy
Fox Island Reef
Filton
George " Whitten
Whitten
Count Zeppelin Sails for Twelve Hours in Airship
Count Von Zeppelin ascended from Lake Constance in a new steerable airship, surpassing all records with a twelve hour flight. He toured Northern Switzerland visiting Zurich Winterthur and Lucerne reaching Basle and Lucerne, averaging 34 miles per hour over about 220 miles. The voyage drew cheers from six tourists and locals, and a mortar salute greeted the landing back at Friedrichshafen.
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Friedrichshafen
Count von Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Zurich
Winterthur
Lucerne
Count von . Zeppelin
Lake of
Lake Front
Constance
Identity of murdered woman traced to Fargo native
The murdered rooming-house death in Chicago on Michigan Avenue is identified as Mrs. Fannie Thompson formerly of Fargo North Dakota also known as Anna Raymond. Her husband, a school teacher in an Eastern city, reportedly tried to persuade her to return East. Details about her companion and the housekeeper remain unclear.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Fannie Thompson
Fargo
N. D
Oak Park
Anna Raymond
Former Ohiqan to Head New Comptroller Post
Willis J Fowler of Ashtabula Ohio appointed by President Roosevelt as Second Deputy Comptroller of the Currency at three thousand dollars a year under the new office. Fowler led the organization division for ten years and previously served under Charles Dawes. He was born in Ashtabula and worked in Fort Wayne Indiana before entering banking and newspapers.
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Washington
Willis J. Fowler
Roosevelt
Fowler
Charles Dawes
Ashtabula
Bryan and Gray factions contend as convention opens
Denver dispatch outlines Bryan allies watching Gray plans as Marvel strains to steer Gray toward Bryan. Key East leaders Murphy Sullivan and Guffey maneuver over credentials and permanent organization to influence the vote. Unit rule eyes frosty battle with Pennsylvania and New Jersey delegations shaping the outcome.
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Marvel
Delawaran
Judge Gray
Bryan
Murphy
Smith
Sullivan
Guffey
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Pennsylvania
P. H. McCarren
Brooklyn Tammanyites
Cleveland
John Kelley
Tammany Hall
Guffrey
Trenton
Connecticut
Bryg
Kellogg's National Chairmanship Seen as Uncertain
Early reports from a July meeting in which President Roosevelt Kellogg and William Ward discussed the RNC chairmanship hint at Frank Hitchcock's possible influence. Kellogg reportedly does not want the post and is expected not to accept, despite ongoing speculation about the Hot Springs, Virginia selection next week.
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Qysterday
Kellogg
Hot Springs
Roosevelt
William L. Ward
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Jacob F. Jacobson Nominated Governor by Acclamations
In St Paul the Minnesota Republican Convention nominated Jacob F. Jacobson for governor by acclamation. Attorney General Edward T. Young withdrew from the race and will second the nomination. The platform backs Roosevelt administration, the national platform, tariff revision, conservation, free duty forest product imports, regulation of railway stock issues, tax-law revision, and court injunction policies.
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ST. Paul
Jacob F. Jacobson
Minnesota
Edward T. Young
Jacobson
Roosevelt
Vermont Convention Acts Nominate Prouty for Governor
Lieutenant Governor George H. Prouty of Newport was nominated for governor today by the Republican State convention in Montpelier Vermont.
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Vermont
Montpelier
George H. Prouty
Newport
Macedonian shot during alleged attack on Mike John
A Macedonian man named Mike John 34 living at 33 Plum Street was shot in the arm when a gunman reached into his room about 2 am and fired. John wrestled the revolver away and the assailant fled. another resident fired to attract police. The second Mike John was arrested and a revolver found on him. An investigation is pending.
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Mike John
Plum Street
John
McNeal
Fourth District
Fire destroys tiny Kentucky town of Stamp ing Ground
Frankfort Kentucky July 1 Fire practically wipes out the village of Stamp ing Ground nine miles from Frankfort on the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad. The Buffalo Springs Distillery is gutted along with business houses and the principal residence section. The town had poor fire protection.
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Frankfort
Cincinnati
Haynor Hotel
Buffalo Springs
Bishop Potter Slipping Into Weakness in New Bulletin
Cooperstown July 1 Bishop Potter’s doctors report at 9 30 tonight he is gradually losing strength though still conscious and not in physical pain. The bulletin is signed by doctors Janvrin Bassett and others.
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Cooperstown
N.Y
Bishop Potter
J. BE
Janvrin
M.D
M. J. Bassett
Coup in Teheran Forces Shah to Flee to Royal Garden
A Teheran dispatch describes a June coup where court factions demanded dismissals at the palace. Bahadur and Chapsal Khan were named as favored counselors to be expelled. The Shah feigned compliance, prepared to escape, and on June 4 Bahadur led horsemen through the streets as Cossacks and tribal cavalry followed. The Shah fled to Bagshah, later visiting the royal garden with the Queen and Crown Prince as Royalist camps formed nearby. The startled public initially assumed the events were a joke before realizing the danger.
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London
Tabriz
Persia
Azebaijan
Rabin Khan
Shah
Times
Teheran
National Council
Amir Bahadur
Chapsal Khan
Bahadur
Bagshah
Royal Garden
Pardons Board Commutes Harry Orchard Sentence
Boise Idaho July 1 The State Board of Pardons commuted Harry Orchard's sentence to life imprisonment He had been under a death sentence for the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg scheduled to hang next Friday
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Steunenberg
Boise
Idaho
State Board of Pardons
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Indictments Return in Indianapolis County Scandal
Oliver P. Ensley former County Treasurer indicted by a grand jury on three counts charging embezzlement of 22500 from county funds. Bond set at 8000 in his absence. Indictments also name Cyrus Clark Harry Marshall and other county officials as part of extensive fraud probes. Ensley has repaid 22500.
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Indianapolis
Oliver P. Ensley
Grand Jury
Cyrus Clark
Harry Marshall
Lafayette
Indiana House of Representatives
Ensley
Dynamite Wrecks Railroad Viaduct at Selkirk
Two large charges exploded under the Lehigh Valley Railroad viaduct at Selkirk and Perry streets destroying iron girders and ties. The new viaduct, built by McClintock & Marshall under an open shop policy, had previously suffered prior bomb damage. One man was arrested on suspicion.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Selkirk
Perry Streets
McClintock & Marshall
Ae Ee Oeak AE
Mayor Skain Threatens Police Sweep in Lexington
Lexington Kentucky July 1 Mayor John Skain announced a policy to require resignations from every policeman in the city excluding officers as part of a broader move after previously demanding the resignation of forty two firemen Sixty five officers would be affected the mayor says the aim is improved city services while opponents claim political motive
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New Order
Skain
Qoldiers Ready to Repulse Attack at Juarez Border
Juarez Mayor Mattus and city officials along with Commander Ponce DeLeon assemble at police headquarters across the river from El Paso. Armed troops and police ready to respond if attackers strike. Merchants told to protect property as midnight tolls in.
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Juarez
Mexico
Mattus
Here
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