Ohio Republicans Press Vorys for National Chair
Washington dispatch reports Ohio GOP leaders urge Secretary Taft to back Arthur Vorys for National Chairman. They warn Hitchcock or others could split the party, and Taft says he will act as a private citizen with no immediate plan to meet Mr. Hitchcock.
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Republican Party
Qghio
Walter Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Henry, Williams
Republican State Executive’ Committee
N. A. Guilbert
Washington
Taft
Arthur I. Vorys
Vorys
Ohio
Hitchcock
Governor Wright
Wright
War Department
Sherman
United States
Taftica
Washington Post Office
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Frank H. Hitchcock
Sington
Chicago
Zeppelin Airship 15 Orien Shows Longer Test Flight
Count Zeppelin's airship completed a six hour and three quarter test flight at an average speed of 34.5 miles per hour, reaching 38.14 mph briefly with fourteen passengers aboard. Wireless apparatus passed severe trials as Count Zeppelin supervised from Friedrichshafen. The craft towed by a motor boat, then ascended to 1000 feet, maneuvered toward Constance and Romanshorn, then Rorschach before returning to the shed. A four hundred mile overland trip is planned for Thursday.
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Friederichhafen
Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Dresden
Constance
Romanshorn
Switzerland
Rorschach
Freiderichhafen
Bleriot Flies 600 Meters for Aero Club Medal
In Paris on June 29 M Bleriot succeeded in flying 600 meters with his monoplane machine to win the Aero Club's medal.
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Paris
M. Bleriot
Aero Club
Five Drownings In Kansas Flood At Wellington
Five people are known dead and several others missing after Harris Creek near Wellington overflowed from a cloudburst. The flood left five inches of rain in an hour and five feet of water, carrying houses away and causing $75,000 in damage. Rescuers used canoes to pluck residents from trees and rooftops. The named drowned include Mrs Edward West Mrs Shirley Sherman Albert Hughes Vene Brothers and Mrs George Jackson.
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Wellington
Kan
Harris Creek
Here
Edward West
Shirley Sherman
Albert Hughes
Vene Brothers
George Jackson
Tailed, 8 Hurt In A Mining Camp
In Bridgeport Colorado a deadly attack at a mining camp near Barton Belmont County leaves John Aleg dead and four others wounded. Mike Kartik, armed, attacked Hungarian residents. Kula badly cut and dying at Wheeling Hospital Fraike also injured and eye gouged. Kartik in St Clairsville Jail.
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Bridgeport, CO
Mike Kartik
Barton
Belmont County
Kula
Wheeling
Donel
Fraike
D Kartik
St Clairsville
Troops Ordered to Mexican Border to Enforce Neutrality
The War Department ordered troops to the Mexican border at Del Rio and other points to uphold neutrality laws. Secretary Taft announced the move after a presidential conference, with assurances from the Attorney General and Texas Governor Campbell. The deployment includes Fort Sam Houston Fort Bliss and Fort Clark as Mexican revolutionists operate near the border.
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Washington
War Department
del Rio
Taft
United States
The
Campbell
Texas
Ft. Sam Houston
Ft. Bliss
Ft Clarke
Senor Godoy
Atlee
State Department
Mexico
Troops Defeat Bandits Near Matamoras Pursuit Ends
A Seventh Regiment force pursuing bandits from Matamoras encountered them near Monterey after hours of pursuit. The clash left the bandits defeated and scattering in multiple directions, with no full details available.
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Monterey
Mexico
Matamoras
Troops Arrive in Torreon Amid Mexican Turmoil
The June 29 report says 1,500 federal troops reached Torreon with 200 more at Juarez as government forces rush to quell unrest. Insurgent bands operate between Torreon and Jaral, in concert with bandits, while Chihuahua streets and jails are heavily guarded. Ambassador Creel stays in Mexico City amid escalating crisis.
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Torreon
City OF Mexico
Mexico
Republic
Jaral
Juarez
Chihuahua
Turner shoots wife and wounds son at Springs farm
Julius Turner a 68 year old Civil War veteran and Clay City farmer killed his wife and wounded his 15 year old son in an ambush near Springs Illinois. He mistook his son for another man and afterward refused to eat claiming he would starve himself to death. The couple had been separated for four years and the wife and son were leaving church when attacked.
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Springs
Ill
Julius Turner
Clay City
Turner
Ohio Pupils Win in National Spelling Contest
In Cleveland on June 29 the National Spelling Contest drew thousands for the forty sixth annual convention. A highlight was an eighth grade spelling contest with teams from four cities led by Cleveland and Pittsburgh with perfect scores by Mae Thursby and Marie Bolden.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Hisation Associa
National Council
Congress
Government Bureau of Education
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Erie
Mae’ Thursby
Marie Bolden
Miss Bolden
Hig
Charles F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Physician Murdered By Poisoned Ale In Philadelphia
Dr. William H. Wilson died after cyanide was mixed with ale sent to his home three days earlier. A man and woman plotted the murder to destroy him and his family. The bottle bore a forged brewery circular and the couple attempted to target his wife and five year old daughter Vera.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
North Seventh Street
Express
Vera
Wilson
Escaped Reform School Inmate Revolt Strikes Baltimore
In Baltimore on June 29 the Maryland Reform School for Boys saw 48 inmates revolt and escape the premises. Fourteen were recaptured as guards tried to halt the breakout. a large boy led the group armed with a crowbar, breaking the outer gate and scattering. A guard was struck by a brick during the rioting.
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Baltimore
Maryland Reform School For
Rhodus Brothers Arrested For Fraud Schemes In Chicago
Birch F Rhodus Edward F Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus organizers of Central Life Securities Company and several affiliates were arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud. Post Office Inspector William M Ketcham filed the complaint citing Section 5480 US statutes. Bond set at 15000 released. hearing postponed to July 9. Grand jury investigation continues with 25 plus witnesses.
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Central Life Securities Company
Chicago
Birch F. Rhodus
Edward F. Rhodus
Thomas Rhodus
Central Life Securties Company
William M. Ketcham
United States Post Office
Rhodes Brothers
O. M Holliday
Melrose Park
Illnois
United States
Sims
Grand In Jury
Shirer
Ketcham
Rhoduz Brothers
Fighting in Persia as crowds clash with political clubbers
Gossages Glash With Persians during a collision near RDSHT Persia. Fighting broke out yesterday as Cos sacks and local onlookers clashed while closing a political club. Several wounded on both sides. Russian warship Krasnovodsk arrived at Enzeli, a Persian seaport on the Caspian Sea, sixteen miles from here.
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Enzeli
Casphyn Sea
Heat Prostrates Bishop Potter in Cooperstown
Bishop Henry Codman Potter of New York is seriously ill in Cooperstown after a May arrival. Doctors report extreme heat caused prostration and oxygen is being administered as his condition remains grave. Alonzo Potter, his son, joined him from New York.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
New York
Denven
District of Columbia
Sam DeNedry
Trades Unionist
Washington
J. G. Purcell
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Bryan
Francis Burton Harrison
Harrison
New York State
Bryan agrees to modification of Nebraska injunction plank
Lincoln dispatch reports Mr. Bryan agreed to a material modification of the injunction plank for the Nebraska platform at the Denver convention. Two drafts exist, with safeguards to preserve the interlocutory decree and limit alleged evils, while meeting constitutional requirements and pleasing labor leaders.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Lincoln
the Herald
Bryan
Denver
Fairview
Nebraska
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Tenyo Maru Sets Pacific Maiden Voyage Speed Record
The Japanese steamer Tenyo Maru under Captain Philip H. Going arrived in San Francisco on her maiden voyage from Yokohama, with a June 16 start and June 24 Honolulu call. Unofficial time from Honolulu to San Francisco set a new record, at about four days and twenty-one hours, averaging eighteen knots. The ship carried 140 cabin passengers and nearly seven thousand tons of cargo.
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San Francisco
Philip H. Going
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Pacific
Yokohama
Honolulu
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