Contested Taft Delegates Spark Conference Battles
In a flurry of maneuvering the Taft delegates face challenges as allies push contests before the National Committee. Talks involve Crane Hemenway and Senator Knox with plans to submit after committee review while anti Taft forces seek continuations of the contest for several states and districts across Florida Georgia Kentucky Missouri and beyond.
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Fairbanks
Knox
Crane
Hemenway
Indiana
National Committee
Washington
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft
McKinley
Senator Foraker
Kentucky
Missouri
Hughes
Florida
Ames Denies Involvement in Florida Convention Tickets
Lowell Mass June 7 Congressman Butler Ames issued a statement denying any involvement with forged admission tickets to the Florida State Convention. He rejects Colonel J M Stripling's charges as untrue and explains delegates faced constrained access under Taft managers. He emphasizes opposition to binding delegate instructions for the good of the party.
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Congressman Ames
Lowell
Mass
Butler Ames
New York
Republican Committee
Chicago
Florida
Ames
United States
J. M. Stripling
North
Foraker
Taft
Colonel Stripling
Platform details shape Republican Chicago convention
Washington June 17 The Republican platform to be adopted at Chicago with few unresolved items is crafted by Wade H Ellis Hop e and others with involvement by the President and Secretary. It endorses Roosevelt policies as central and lauds Republican achievements in the public interest.
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Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
Chicago
Ublican Party
Committee On
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Republican Party
Congress
United States
France
Office of Public Roads
Public call to affirm judiciary independence by Republicans
A memorial from prominent Republicans urges the Republican National Convention to adopt a plank affirming confidence in the integrity and independence of State and National courts. It cites leaders including Cornelius Bliss Thomas James Benjamin Tracy John W. Griggs and former Chief Judge Charles Andrews and urges defense of judicial prerogatives.
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New York
Resolutions
Cornelius N. Bliss
Thomas L. James
Benjamin F. Tracy
John W. Griggs
Committee On Resolutions
Taft to Visit Cincinnati as Presidential Campaign Opens
Secretary Taft plans to resign from Roosevelt's Cabinet about July 1 if nominated at Chicago. He will retreat with his family to a quiet Atlantic coast cottage for July and August, then go to Cincinnati around September to join campaign managers for the race to November 3.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Chicago
Roosevelt
Atlantic
U S May Aid Colombia Amid Venezuela War Fears
El Constitucional reports rumors the United States might back Colombia if war erupts with Venezuela. It rebuts the claim while noting Castro would meet his duties. The paper also criticizes U S motives and cites La Guaira’s plague impact and commerce closure.
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Caracas
el Constitucional
Castro
New York
United States
Colombia
Venezuela
America
la Guaira
Merida Barred From Maracaibo Freight Arrives at Willemstad
The Ward Line steamer Merida reached Willemstad after being barred from loading at Maracaibo by Venezuelan authorities. News from Maracaibo reports widespread unemployment and calls to lift the export restrictions. Labour leaders close to President Castro were seen en route to Caracas to protest the decree. Aboard the French steamer Martinique, plague cases were reported in Caracas, confirmed by Caracas steamer officers.
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Willemstad
Ward Line
Merida
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Castro
Caracas
Martinique
Eighteen Deaths Reported From La Guaira Plague
The report from New York states eighteen deaths due to plague in La Guaira Venezuéla. American Consul Thomas P. Moffatt, who arrived on the Seguranca, described a city under strict quarantine with the U S gunboat Dutah sent to escort him home. He expects to brief Washington after a brief stay.
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New York
la Guaira
Venezuéla
Thomas P. Moffatt
Santiago
Guaira
United States
Moffatt
Tragedy Ends in Double Death on San Francisco Sidewalk
George Scott a 28 year old drug clerk shot and killed his wife Blanche 19 and then killed himself on a sidewalk corner at Golden Gate Avenue and Webster Street in San Francisco. The couple had married recently and had frequent quarrels. They had come from Chicago three months ago.
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San Francisco
George Scott
Blanche
Golden Gate Avenue
Webster Street
Scott
Chicago
Obituary notices for Quinby Barnees and Brother Lawrence
William Emory Quinby long time editor and proprietor of the Detroit Free Press and former U S Minister to the Netherlands died in Detroit Grace Hospital after a three month illness. He was born in 1835 in Brewer Missouri and later led The Free Press—survived by six children including Mrs Florence De Funak and Mrs Evelyn Stamp. Carl Barnes former Indianapolis Maennerchor director and Sangerfest leader died in Indianapolis aged 84 from heart disease. Brother Lawrence oldest Augustinian in the United States died in Lawrence Massachusetts at 98, admitted to the order in 1847 at Villa Nova.
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Detroit Free Press
United States
Netherlands
Grace Hospital
Detroit
Mr. Quinby
Brewer
The
Free Press
the Hague
Florence de Funiak
Birmingham
Ala
Evelyn Stamp
Cleveland
Carl Barnees
Indianapolis Maennerchoir
Drop Two Ships From Big Fleet on World Cruise
San Francisco dispatch reports the Maine and Alabama sail tomorrow as part of a special service squadron homeward voyage to Hampton Roads via Honolulu Manila and Suez. Secretary Garfield will accompany the voyage to study labor immigration and trade.
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San Francisco
Atlantic
Maine
Alabama
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Manila
Adengaden
Suez Canal
G. B. Harber
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Washington
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Nebraska
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Convention of General Federation of Women's Clubs Opens in Boston
The ninth biennial convention begins June 22 in Boston and runs to July 1 with several hundred delegates. President Mrs. Sarah S. Platt Decker will preside. topics include civil service civics forestry library extension and child labor. Senator Beveridge will speak on Child Labor. other speakers include Charles Zubelin Neill Lovejoy Fuerlicht Glynes.
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Boston
General Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation
Sarah S. Platt Decker
Denver
Albert J. Beveridge
Charles Zubelin
Chicago University
Charles P. Neill
Owen R. Lovejoy
National Committee On Child Labor
Morris Fuerlicht
Indianapolis
Ella M. D. Glynes
London
Society of American Women of London
Funeral for Tennessee dead to be held in San Pedro
The funeral for J. P. Carroll a Hartford Conn fireman and F S Maxfield a Lougheyamon Pa fireman victims of the Tennessee boiler explosion will be held tomorrow morning in San Pedro. Carroll died at Angelus Marine Hospital near Los Angeles yesterday and Maxfield died there today. They will be buried with military honors at Harborview Cemetery at 1 o clock. The death toll from the blast reaches seven.
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Cal
J. P. Carroll
Hartford
Conn
Maxfield
Lougheyamon
Tennessee
Carroll
Angelus Marine Hospital
Los Angeles
Harborview Cemetery
Too Many Married Pairs In Panama Plan
President Roosevelt special committee on Canal Zone labor and commissary affairs, including James B. Reynolds G. B. Donnelly and H. B. Needham, returned aboard the Alliance. They prepared a report and Reynolds advised against sending married couples to Panama due to overcrowded quarters.
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New York
James B. Reynolds
G. B. Donnelly
H. B. Needham
Roosevelt
Canal Zone
Steamship Alliance
Reynolds
Panama
Girl Dead in Box Car At Coke Plane Switch
Anna Luchinski nine year old daughter of miner Michael Luchinski of Standard Pennsylvania was found in a box car at Mt Pleasant on June 7. The throat damage indicates she was choked after being assaulted. Charles Williams a young Black man who found the body is detained for information.
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MT. Pleasant
Anna Luchinski
Michael Luchinski
Standard
Charles Williams
Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Company Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Company plant early today. Loss estimated at 50000 with 12000 in insurance. The firm is among the oldest establishments in the Ohio Valley.
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Ohio Valley Foundry and Machine Plant
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Foundry and Machine Company
Ohio Valley
Roosevelt Names Road Commission For Paris Congress
President Roosevelt directs strong U S representation at the International Good Road Congress in Paris beginning October 11. Logan Waller Page, Colonel Charles Bramwell, and Clifford Richardson named to lead the U S delegation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Paris
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Charles §. Bramwell
United States Corps of Engineers
District of Columbia
Clifford Richardson
New York
Belmont Still In Danger From Peritonitis
New York June 7 physicians attending Oliver H P Belmont report his condition remains critical after an operation for appendicitis at his Hempstead country estate. General peritonitis has only slightly abated though he had a bad sinking spell this morning and later rallied to regain strength.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
Belmont
Brewers Gather in Milwaukee for National Convention
Brewers from across the nation arrive in Milwaukee for the annual convention opening tomorrow. By noon tomorrow about three thousand members and allied trades supporters will be in town. Open sessions debut and leaders plan speeches urging the abolishment of dives through concerted action.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Noom
Bonds Issued by Hamilton to Fund City Services
Bonds totaling 64 040 89 were authorized by Hamilton City Council. Of this amount 25 000 will fund continued municipal electric service to recently annexed territory. The remainder will cover street improvements and sewers.
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Hamilton
The
of Council
Republicans Focus On Chicago Convention and Five Democratic Gatherings
The week brings the Republican National Committee hearings in Chicago as delegates for Denver take shape. Five Democratic state and territorial conventions unfold in Salt Lake City Bozeman Roswell Roanoke and Lexington. Other items include currency talks in New York and naval movements from San Francisco to Hampton Roads.
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Republican National Committee
Denver
Utah
Salt Lake City
Montana
Bozeman
New Mexico
Wrecks on Chesapeake and Ohio Line Near Thurmond
A Chesapeake and Ohio train from New York to Cincinnati derailed at Whitcomb near Ronceverte when a tank left the rails at 8 30 am. Six coaches were derailed, no injuries. A second wreck followed at McKendree 60 miles away as a sleeper left the track. engineer James Malone badly hurt. Passengers were taken to the Dun Glen Hotel for copper.
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Thurmond
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York
Cincinnati
Whitcomb
Ronceverte
McKendree
James Malone
Ten Macedonian Boys Held In Columbus Death Probe
Ten Macedonian boys are in custody in Columbus Ohio as police investigate the death of 15 year old Trisuki Mitri who was shot at a South Side boarding house. Most suspects are under 16 and all claim the shooting was accidental. Parents sent them to work via a labor agent after arriving with a colony. The boys work at a local glass works.
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Columbus
Trisuki Mitri
Waspila Koti
Fata
Insane Pension Office Doctor Shoots Self After Hours of Standoff
Dr Joseph Pospisiel an employee of the Pension Office in Washington under mental strain fired at pedestrians and neighbors over six hours, then shot himself in the brain after police approached. He had fired about fifty shots with no injuries according to reports. He had moved to Washington from Wisconsin about eighteen years ago.
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Washington
Joseph Pospisiel
Pension Office
Wisconsin
American Couple Wins at Paris Flower Fete
Paris crowds gather for the flower fete as John A. Thayer and his wife of Boston win the first prize for the most beautifully decorated vehicle at Bois de Boulogne yesterday marking the event in early June.
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Boston
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
John A. Thayer
Dunkards Hold Feet Washing Ceremony West of Springfield
Dayton Ohio June 7 With fifteen thousand observers seven hundred Old Order German Baptists known as the Dunkards held their annual feet washing at Henry Garber farm twelve miles west of Dayton in a large tabernacle seating three thousand. The service followed by a last supper dined in a seven hundred seat hall. The sectейки dress limits and customs are described. the Miami Valley base extends to eleven other states with each congregation sending two delegates.
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Dayton
Old Order
Dunkards
Henry Garber
Here
Miami Valley
Sixteen Doomed in Pogrom Trial at Biakystok
In Biakystok eight women are among thirty six defendants facing trial for the 1906 pogrom. Only Bakunovitch and Novakovsky are charged with murder. others face lesser charges. Indictment links Jewish participation to revolutionary violence, recounts 11 Christian and 73 Jewish dead with 23 Christian and 82 Jewish wounded.
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ST. Petersburg
Bialkystok
Bakunovitch
Novakosky
M. Derkatchoff
Olice
Biakystok
Derkatchoff
Flood Panic in Topeka Spurs Home Move Rush
The Kaw River rise triggers panic in North Topeka with families shifting belongings to higher ground. In Armordale over 400 families move furniture as police arrest expressmen charging high prices for services amid basement contents moved to upper floors.
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North Topeka
Armotrdale
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