Delegates Chosen to Back Taft for Presidency in Ohio
Ohio Republicans in the First and Second Congressional Districts selected delegates and alternates to the Chicago convention and named Presidential Electors. First District delegates George B. Cox and Julius Fleischmann with alternates Rud K. Hynicka and August Herrmann, Elector Norman G. Kenan. Second District delegates Wade H. Ellis and John Cornette Jr with alternates August Kirbert and Joseph G. Francis, Elector Dr. Brooks F. Beebe. Both districts pledged to vote for William H. Taft.
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George B. Cox
Julius Fleischmann
Rud K. Hynicka
August Herrmann
Norman G. Kenan
Wade H. Ellis
John Cornette, Jr
August Kirbert
Joseph G. Francis
Brooks F. Beebe
Mess Vs. Cox and
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Commercial Tribune
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Messrs. Ellis
Cornettes
Taft
Roosevelt
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Ohio
William ‘H. Taft
Roosevelt Praises Mothers Over Veterans at Welfare Congress
White House hosts opening of the International Congress on child welfare with 200 delegates from states territories and many nations. President Roosevelt declares the mother the supreme national asset and ahead of soldiers in shaping civic life. Elmer E Brown US Commissioner of Education speaks on Children in the United States.
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Washington
White House
National Mothers’ Congress
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Methodist Episcopal Church
John Marshall Place
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Elmer E. Brown
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United States
Young Hunter 15 Fatally Shoots Himself Accidentally
Lafayette Wood aged 23 a glassblower of 241 Robb Street was shot in the abdomen when a loaded shotgun in a duck boat discharged as he stepped from the boat at Turkey Bottoms Lafayette. He died at Good Samaritan Hospital after his brothers Arthur Wood and John Chapman aided him and police took no action against Arthur.
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Schmitz Released on Bond After Extortion Charges Dropped
Eugene L. Schmitz was released from jail on March 10 after posting a $150,000 bond. Bondsmen listed as T. H. Williams and W. J. C. Dingee. Charges of extortion against him, on which he had not been tried, were dismissed.
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San Francisco
Eugene L. Schmitz
Hig
T.H Williams
W. J.C Dingee
Triec
Lunatic robber threatens bank in Omaha standoff
A man named L. L. Fee, claiming Rockford Illinois origin, entered Merchants National Bank at Thirteenth and Farnam in Omaha with a nitroglycerin bottle and demanded 5000 dollars. Bank Vice President Drake and staff talked calmly as police were summoned. tests showed the bottle contents were harmless.
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Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Merchants’ National Bank
Thirteenth
Farnam Streets
Pollice
L. L. Fee
Rockford, Ill
Hank
Drake
Iris
Takahira Sets Tone at New York Japan Society Banquet
Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambassador, told an Astor Hotel banquet that U S Japan ties hold no unsettled questions of magnitude and future issues will be resolved by mutual friendship. His remarks followed cheers during the Japan Society of New York event amid immigration debate and a pledge of continued cordial relations.
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United States
Japan
Baron Rogerio Takahira
Hotel
Astor
Japan Society of New York
Four Negro Firebugs Lynched Near Biloxi by Mob
Four black men Dave Pope Tom Ranston and two Jenkins brothers were lynched by a 30 man mob near Vancleave Mississippi while being transported to jail after confessing to a string of incendiary warehouse fires. The immediate trigger was the raid on Sam Byrd’s store and subsequent attacks on nearby warehouses.
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Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Dave Pope
Tom Ranston
Jenkins Brothers
Vancleaye
Miss
Biloxi
Evans
Jackson County
Sam Byrn
Rob Byrd
Vancleave
Sailor Jeffs Not Found by Cruiser
A Navy report states the Yankton was unable to locate an American sailor named Jeffs after being detached from Admiral Evans to Indefatigable Island. The cruiser notified the Navy Department by wireless that Jeffs would arrive at Acapulco tomorrow night.
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Tribune
Washington
Yankton
Navy Department
South Dakota Shakedown Cruise Reaches Port on Return
Cruiser South Dakota arriving at Port where Magda Lena Bay reported Delayed 24 hours from March 28 via Point Loma Wireless on shakedown run from San Francisco. Speed recorded eleven to twelve knots using eight boilers. Swinburne's squadron set to depart for the north tomorrow morning after nearly two months of target practice. Cruisers Charleston Milwaukee Saint Louis and destroyers Perry and Preble follow. Albany remains in reserve. Trophy vessel performance praised as rapid and accurate.
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St Louis
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Thaw Marriage Annulment Proceedings Begin Today
Thaw seeks to annul his marriage to Evelyn Thaw on grounds of insanity at the time of the April 4 190? wedding. Proceedings set in New York County with Evelyn Thaw to testify and medical experts likely called. Harry Thaw, confined at Matteawan, will be represented. both sides promise to seek fair provision and possible alimony if the action succeeds.
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Duringhaw
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Hary
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Bartlett
Evelyn Thaw
Harry Thaw
Atver
New York County
Peabody
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O'Reilly
Evelyn
State Senator D. S. Kemp Slain In Duel
Amite Louisiana March 10 State Senator killed D S Kemp shot and killed by C F Hyde political and business leader in the community The men clashed over the recent Democratic State primary election Hyde charging Kemp with untruthfulness Kemp met Hyde with a revolver and slapped his face the two agreed to a duel Hyde was not injured
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Missionary Movement Convenes In Pittsburg Exposition
About 3,500 people attend the first international convention of the Young People's Missionary Movement in the Music Hall at the Pittsburg exposition. Delegates come from all parts of the world representing an audience estimated at 14,000,000. The sessions, led by Rev John Willis Barr of Occidental College, feature devotional exercises and enthusiastic meetings with pictures shown for attendees.
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Pittsburg
Young People’s Missionary Movement
Pittsburg Exposition
John Willis .Barr
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Cal
Troops Ordered to Put Down the Night Riders
Military units are dispatched to enforce order amid night rider unrest as authorities anticipate further clashes. Police and soldiers move to key locations to restore calm and prevent escalating violence.
National Guard Orders Troops to Brooksville for Night Riders Action
Kentucky National Guard Second Regiment from Covington and Newport sent to Brooksville after a night rider incident that burned 20000 pounds of H L Staton tobacco. Assistant Adjutant General E J Green ordered 55 men to assemble at Seventh Street Market Armory for departure with First Regiment K M G of Louisville joining. The force will move tonight with further instructions expected.
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Newportmen
Brooksville
H. L. Staton
E. J. Green
Frankfort
Seventh Street Market Armory
Louisville
Seventh Street
Market House Armory
Maddox Bruce
George Simonite
Judge rules insurers must pay for tobacco losses in Kentucky raid
Circuit Judge Gordon rules insurance firms must cover $40,000 in tobacco destroyed by night riders in the Princeton raid. He voids riot clause defenses, finding organized incendiaries are not mob related. If upheld, insurers would face payment of all Kentucky losses caused by night rider raids amid industry concerns over premium cancellations.
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Hopkinsville
Gordon
Imperial Tobacco Company
Princeton
Jorge Gordon
Mus
Band of whitecaps raid Birminham area. assaults reported
A 150 strong whitecaps band entered Birmingham in Marshall County and shot at negro cabins. Three members of John Scruggs’s family were killed, two more wounded, Otis Bishop also hurt. Scruggs family had been warned to leave. several negroes were severely whipped. The conflict reflects long running anti Negro violence in the area.
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Marshall County
John Scruggs
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