Platform of the Republicans Eyes Public Concerns
Special Dispatch from Chicago reports Taft on the first ballot and administration allies drafting the platform. Attorney General Wade Ellis arrived with a tentative draft reflecting Hopkins outline. Ellis, who drafted the Ohio platform, will present the tentative declaration to the Resolutions Committee next Tuesday.
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Tration
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Hopkins
Ellis
Resolutions Committee
Landis Denies Habeas Corpus in Billik Death Case
In Chicago on June 11 Judge Landis refused a writ of habeas corpus for Herman Billik the fortune teller sentenced to be hanged for poisoning and murdering five Vizal family members. Attorneys sought appeal and Governor commutation efforts intensified as public meetings urged clemency while Billik proclaimed innocence amid dramatic scenes led by Father O Callaghan and protest supporters.
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Wtehicago
Landis
United States District Court
Friends of
Billik
Father O'Callaghan
Jem
Chicago
Great Northern Theater
Deneen
Jerry Vizal
Springfield
Mountain Fissure Swallows Hundreds Near Ichang
An extraordinary fissure opened along Mount Machuanshan near Ichang. The long opening has swallowed hundreds of families and houses, leaving a wide area devastated and many displaced.
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Shanghai
Machuanshan
Ichang
Woman confesses to burying missing farmer to avoid trouble
Bay City Michigan June 11 Mrs Charles Barnett of Bangor Township admitted to Sheriff Hartley she buried Oscar Peterson a missing bachelor farmer in the sand between the Barnett and Peterson homes to avoid neighbors discovering his death. Petitions say authorities believe poisoning occurred and consider her husband’s disappearance related.
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Bay City
Mich
Charles Barnett
Bangor Township
Togo
Oscar Peterson
Barnett
Hartley
Peterson
Prohibitionists Expect Gains in South Over Bryan
Wisconsin leader Alfonso Wilson claimed Southern voters will back prohibition and attack Bryan over a supposed refusal to back a prohibition plank. He cited a Bryan letter to Southern Democrats and said delegates may revolt. Wilson and Charles R. Jones plan to press southern Democrats on the issue.
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Milwaukee
Wis
South
Alonzo Wilson
Illinois
William J. Bryan
Wisconsin
Lincoln Hall
Wilson
Bryan
Nebraska
Dated Ahead Checks Raise Questions In O Dell Case
In a New York financial district report the O Dell Commission and Brokerage Company is tied to checks dated a year ahead in 1907 and 1908. Mrs William J O Dell has returned from Europe to contest a suit by John W Ballmann over services for the late W J O Dell. The practice and its bank handling are debated as indictments against bucket shop operators loom.
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O'Dell Commission
William J. O'Dell
Europe
John W. Ballmann
O'Dell Company
W. J. O’dell
Financial
O’dell
New York
O'Dell Commission and Brokerage Company
O'Dell
O’dell Company
Financifery
O'Delly Company
John M. Gorman
William C. Dudley
Gorman and
Dudley
Financial District
Toe Ag
America to take care of Panama like it did Cuba
Washington reports that President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft agree US intervention in Panama may be needed due to unsettled conditions. After a White House conference, plans aim to take temporary control as in Cuba. Taft's May 12 letter to the President outlines the situation, with Panama's government under strain and elections in July shaping the risk of fraud concerns. Senor Obaldia may win liberal support, but certainty remains low.
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America
Panama
Roosevelt
Taft
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
White House
Squires
Cuba
Senor Obaldia
State Department
Senor Arango
Senor Arias
Amador
Arias
Ten Robbers Kill Customs Officers in Tiflis Raid
Ten heavily armed robbers stormed the customs office in Tiflis, killing the officer in charge and four assistants. They stole $12,000 before fleeing. Police killed three of the attackers during pursuit. remaining robbers escaped.
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Tiflis
Harmony Dominates Kentucky Democratic State Convention
In Lexington the Democratic State Convention opened with harmony as Representative Owsley Stanley was elected temporary chairman and delivered a unifying keynote. Speakers included C. J. Bronston former Governor Beckham and Senator McCreary with Beckham receiving the loudest ovation amid intra party tensions.
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Owsley Stanley
Second
Stanley
C. J. Bronston
Lexington
Beckham
McCreary
Eastern capital owners face Kentucky racing setback
June 11. Kentucky likely to suffer more than New York from anti race track bills. Wealthy owners in the Blue Grass state run numerous breeding plants employing many workers. Eastern bred thoroughbreds are culled and raced near the metropolis, risking the local breeding industry. Continued on Page Six.
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New York
Raiders Destroy Tobacco Bed on Manchester Island
A tobacco bed belonging to George Watters on Manchester Island was scraped last midnight by three unidentified men. After destroying the beds the raiders fired several shots. Watters and his family saw the assailants but could not identify them. The island lies in Kentucky jurisdiction and grows watermelons and sweet potatoes.
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Commercial Tribune
Manchester
George Watters
Manchester Island
Watters
Taft Delegates Move Forward on Texas Contests
The Republican National Committee announced Taft leads on the temporary roll-call with about 554 confirmed delegates and allies estimate up to 659. Contests from Tennessee and Texas shaped the day, with Hale and Oliver factions clashing over seating as Lyon's Texas group secured delegates.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Texas
Taft
Tennessee
Oliver
Coliseum
South Carolina
Hale
Secretary of War
Newell Sanders
State Central Committee
Littleton
Cecil A. Lyon
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Percy Gray Law
Louisville
Blue Grass
Tropolis
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Becht
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Ellis L. Day
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Augusta
Pendleton County
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Peach Grove
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