Stamina League Leads Taft Campaign in Cincinnati
The Stamina League takes the lead in Taft enthusiasm in Cincinnati politics. Its Walnut Street HQ glows with Taft Sherman imagery. Vice President Guido Gores vows early and full campaign support and a ratification meeting next month. Library Hall in Price Hill recalls Taft's 1908 nomination and a civic defense win.
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Walnut Street
Sherman
Guido Gores
Chicago
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Mr. Gores
League of Ohio Republican
National Republican League
London Papers Praise Taft Nomination
London editors react to Taft nomination for president with praise for his qualifications. Critics discuss Roosevelt's role and the impact of the fiscal plank on tariff policy and free trade with Great Britain as the Nation urges tariff reductions.
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London
Roosevelt
Taft
Daily Chronicle
Daily Graphic
Stars and Stripes
Great Britain
Roosevelt Enjoys Work On Eve Of Vacation
President Roosevelt, preparing to depart for Oyster Bay for a summer break, says he has had a perfectly working time and declines sympathy, thanking the American people for the chance to serve. He smiles and shakes hands as he reflects on his stay.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Governor Hughes Congratulates Sherman on Nomination
In Albany on June 19 Governor Hughes sent a telegram to Congressman Sherman in Chicago offering cordial congratulations on his nomination. The governor also thanked General Stewart L. Woodford for placing his name in nomination for the Presidency.
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Sherman
Chicago
Charles E. Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
Panamanian Reaction to Taft Nomination
Panama welcomes news of Secretary of War Taft nomination. Senor Domingo de Obaldia and other friends wire congratulations, signaling strong regard for Taft among Panamanian officials and supporters.
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Taft
Senor
Domingo de Obaldia
United States
Roosevelt names Fowler for top U.S. attorney post
President appoints James A. Fowler of Knoxville Tennessee as Assistant Attorney General replacing Edward T. Sanford who becomes United States Judge for the Middle and Eastern District of Tennessee. Fowler and Sanford are former law partners.
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James A. Fowler
Knoxville
Tenn
Edward T. Sanford
United States
Middle and Eastern
Tennessee
Messrs. Fowler
Sanford
Labor groups ask Roosevelt for farewell address
Representatives of labor organizations in the District of Columbia met at the White House today to urge the President to give a farewell address to labor on Labor Day next September. The President will consider the request.
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Washington
District of Columbia
White House
French engineer unveils electric gun firing 1200 shots a minute
Dijon report says engineer Ponteaux announces an invention that uses electricity to fire 1200 shots per minute without powder or explosive. The claim highlights a powerful forthcoming weapon with potential military impact.
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Dijon
Ponteaux
Wright Named Secretary of War in Place of Taft
President selects Luke E. Wright of Tennessee to succeed Taft as Secretary of War. Wright, a diplomat and lawyer, has served as Philippine Commissioner, Vice Governor and Governor of the Philippines, and as Ambassador to Japan. Taft's resignation takes effect June 30.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Filipinos Vote for Independence Amid Assembly Debate
In Manila on June 19 the Philippine Assembly voted 57 to 15 that independence is the Filipino aspiration and that immediate independence is desired. Speaker Osmena supported the move while Progressista leaders urged a separate vote, arguing the time is not yet ripe.
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Philippine Assembly
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House
Progressista Party
Car of dynamite explodes near Sargent damaging freight line
A carload of dynamite exploded near Sargent Col on a Denver and Rio Grande freight train. The blast killed two tramps and injured several trainmen, with no fatalities reported. A forty foot deep crater was created.
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Col
Denver & Rio Grange
Wright Declines Comment On War Department Succession
Memphis June 19 Luke E Wright said it was not proper to discuss the announcement he would succeed Secretary Taft in the War Department until he received further instructions from Washington. Wright, once Ambassador to Japan, arrived last fall after resigning his portfolio and had been anticipated to join Roosevelt's Cabinet if Taft pursued the Presidency.
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Peking
China
Murder verdict in Watertown woman case
In Watertown New York on June 19 Mrs Mary Farmer was found guilty of first degree murder for killing her neighbor and friend Mrs Sarah Brennan. The 29 year old was sentenced to be electrocuted at Auburn prison the week starting August 2. The victim 55 was hacked to pieces and her body hidden in a trunk. Farmer forged Brennan deeds in October to gain the home.
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Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Justice Rogers
Brennan
Farmer
Cincinnati man wins Yale Jacob Cooper prize in Greek philosophy
Albert Edward Aoy of Cincinnati received the Jacob Cooper prize of $100 at Yale for the best examination and thesis on The Metaphysics and Organon of Aristotle. The award was announced in New Haven on June 19.
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Commercial Tribune
New Haven
China sees Japan using tactics over Tatsu Maru affair
Peking dispatch reports Viceroy Chang Jen Chun and Taotai Wen Tsung-yao say China faces Japanese pressure while restraining gun running from French territory. They critique Japan's diplomacy as selfish jiu-jitsu and defend China against anti-Japan sentiment amid Sun Yat Sen exile.
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Asia
National Resources Commission Plans First Full Meeting
Chicago reports the Executive Committee of the National Resources Commission met with the Inland Waterways Commission. The group planned its first full meeting for December 1 in Washington and a joint session two weeks later. Thomas R. Shipp was named general secretary with Gif ford Pinchot as chairman.
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National Resources Commission
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White House
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Resources Commission
Washington
National
Thomas R. ‘Shipp
Indianapolis
Gifford Pinchot
Commission
Europe
Hafid's Men Defeated by Strahgna in Morroco City
A dispatch from the French Consul in Casablanca reports thatMulai Hafid's insurgent followers were defeated by Strahgna tribesmen in a series of engagements near Casablanca, Morocco City.
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Casablanca
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Obituary notes multiple prominent figures in 1900s era
Obituary notices honor Mrs. Julia Whitaker of Philadelphia and others: Frank A. Huser, 41, dies in Hanover Street Hanover cancer battle. James W. Milliken, Michigan senator, dies aboard a New York Central train near Poughkeepsie. Rabbi Joseph Komisarsky, 79, head of Orthodox Jewish Church in Chisago, dies in Chicago after Kosher meat initiative. William Hamilton Young, longtime Western Union executive and colonel figure, dies in Chicago after convention duties. Gilbert Wadsworth Barnard, Chicago Masonic leader, dies of heart disease and left a legacy of Masonic service.
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Philadelphia
Frank A. Huser
Voss Grocery
Hamilton
Hanover Street
Huser
Knochsburg
Ind
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State Senate of Michigan
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New York City
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Traverse City
Mich
Poughkeepsie
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Frank M. Young
Chicago
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War Department
Washington
Capital
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Washington and
New Orleans
Gilbert Wadsworth Barnard
Masonic
United States
Gil” W. Barnard
Barnard
Mr. Barnard
Palmyra
N. Y
Miners Killed and 15 Entombed in Mine Blast
Three miners died and fifteen workers remained entombed after an explosion at Ellsworth No. 4 mine near Monongahela Pa. Two burned men were rushed to hospital likely to die. Only one identified victim named John Beale. others were foreigners whose faces were burned beyond recognition.
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Ellsworth
Pittsburg Coal Company
Here
John Beale
Woman Fights Tiger to Save Husband at Zoo
Gerson, East Lake Park Zoo head keeper, was attacked by a male tiger that tore flesh from both arms. His wife used a pitchfork to gouge the tiger’s eyes and chest, freeing him after several minutes. Mayor Harper ordered stronger cage bars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Herman Gerson
East Lake Park Zoo
Gerson
Zoo
Lawyer Carl Fisher-Hanson Acquitted in Extortion Case
A New York jury found Carl Fisher-Hanson not guilty of extorting $15,000 from Joseph J B O'Brien of Philadelphia. The June 19 verdict cleared the lawyer of fraud charges in the case.
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New York
Joseph JB. O’brien
Philadelphia
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