Taft Poised With Over Half His Delegates
Taft held 274 delegates, over half the 539 needed for nomination at Chicago, with Roosevelt at 30 and Cummins 2. No speakers will follow Roosevelt on tours. Kentucky plan under review as Taft aides decide against sending cabinet or other taft messengers to counter Roosevelt.
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Taft
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la Follette
Kentucky
Indiana Delegates Split Taft Roosevelt In Indiana
In Indianapolis March 28 five Indiana congressional districts elected delegates to the Republican national convention. Taft supporters won in the Second, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth districts while Roosevelt backers carried the Sixth and Ninth. Taft leads with 18 delegates to Roosevelt's 8 in Indiana's 30 delegate count. Twelfth district chooses April 23 and Thirteenth on April 2 with contests expected.
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Taft
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Split in Mississippi Delegates for Taft and Roosevelt Named
Jackson March 28 Four delegates at large to the national Republican convention were named by Taft supporters and Roosevelt adherents in split Mississippi actions. Taft delegates include J. B. Moseley M. J. Mulvihill L. K. Atwood and Charles Banks with both factions instructing to vote their candidates.
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Jackson
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Taft
Roosevelt
Jf. B. Moseley
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Vicksburg
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Charles Banks
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Progressive leaders dispute LaFollette withdrawal claim
Amos Pinchot Gifford Kent Medill McCormick and others rebut Walter Houser’s charge that Roosevelt urged LaFollette to stay in. The statement says Houser argued to unite progressives by LaFollette stepping aside for Roosevelt, and that he asserted this view in January and February, influencing LaFollette supporters to back Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
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LaFollette
Amos
Gifford Pinchot
William Kent
Medill McCormick
Mr. Houser
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Kent
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McCormick
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Taft
Direct primary fight looms at Republican meet in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio March 28 members of the Republican state central committee assemble for a clash over adopting the direct primary preference plan for presidential candidates. Walter F Brown Roosevelt’s Ohio campaign manager backs the plan while Chairman Laylin for Taft opposes a direct primary for six delegates at large but supports forty two district delegates. Members begin arriving with expectations of a heated session.
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Roosevelt
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Laylin
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Man Hangs Self In Barn After Deception Try
Lawrenceburg Indiana March 28 Henry J Voege aged 46 hanged himself in the barn on the Voege farm west of here He had piled articles under his bed covers to fool his parents and appeared still in bed He had been ill for months and was found with knees nearly touching the floor by his father and son-in-law Henry J Voege Sr and family had moved to Indiana from Cincinnati to farm
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
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Henry J. Voege
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Here
John W. Scherling
Indiana
Cincinnati
Beaten and Robbed in Norwalk At Night
J A Miller, collector for Western and Southern Life, reports being knocked down on Ford Avenue at 9 pm. He was beaten and robbed of 167 dollars and a gold watch. Robbers fled. fire watch and chain were found near the cold storage plant where discarded.
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Commercial Tribune
Norwalk
J. A. Miller
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Ford Avenue
River contractor dies in Gallipolis at sixty
Captain James W. Gardner a former banker and river contractor who built several stationary wing dams on the Ohio River for the government died early today in Gallipolis aged 60. The obituary notes his prominent career and contributions to river infrastructure.
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James W. Gardner
Ohio River
Two Miners Die In Mine Explosion At Buchtel
Columbus Ohio March 28 Albert Harold and Fred Ferguson miners at Mine No 33 of the New York Coal company in Buchtel Athens county were killed today by a dynamite explosion. The blast occurred while the dynamite was thawing and the accident was reported to the state mine inspection department.
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Columbus, CO
Albert Harold Anew
Fred Ferguson
New York Coal Company
Buchtel
Athens County
State Mine Inspection Department
Former School Board Clerk Found Guilty
Cleveland Ohio March 28 William Co Fisher former clerk of the Cleveland school board was found guilty today of obtaining money by false pretenses The ten day trial ended with a $3006 bond set pending a motion for a new trial Witnesses testified they gave Fisher money for a campaign fund Board members said he was never authorized to receive money
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William Co. Fisher
Cleveland School Board
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Huffman Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Bribery Case
Columbus march 28 after over forty eight hours the jury in state senator isaac e huffman case reported no verdict judge dillon declared a mistrial jurors were split six to six amid bribery trials involving andrews diegle cetone and nye the trial focused on a bribe alleged in 1911 with witnesses disputing location and timing of the accused in the chittenden hotel as defense questions the senate taxation committee meeting.
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Isaac E. Huffman
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Huffman
Rodney J. Diegle
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L. MR. Andrews
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Andrews
George B. Nye
Pike County
E. A. Crawford
Owen J. Evans
Stark County
Canton
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Cetlone
Arms Diegle
Frank Harrison Smiley
Burns
Chittenden
Cahill
Cetone
Shaffermore
Senate Taxation Committee
Aged Man Found Murdered On Barr Street
A well dressed man about fifty was found early this morning in an areaway at 730 Barr street with his head badly crushed. A card bearing the name Charles Myers was in a coat pocket. William Copeland found the body. An empty pocketbook lay in the street. Police were notified at 3 am and detectives were assigned. Coroner Coe opened an investigation. No outcry was heard. The injuries suggest a blunt instrument. The man may have been returning home from a show or visit when attacked and robbed.
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Charles Meyers
Lieved
Half Million Coal Diggers Face Impending Strike
Cleveland, March 28. Bituminous miners face a likely strike next Monday as wage talks fail. About 500000 miners in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois may halt production as contracts expire Sunday midnight. Officials warn losses could reach a million dollars daily if a nationwide stoppage occurs. An all-day conference closed without agreement, adjourned to 9 am tomorrow.
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Illinois
Short ballot centers debate at Ohio constitutional convention
At Columbus Ohio March 28 the convention focused on a short ballot proposal by Prof Henry W Elson Athens county as the sixth issue tackled since January The plan would elect only three state officers the governor would appoint several top posts and amendments from Peters Doty and Hoskins broaden the elective slate If adopted the convention would finish by April 26 with May 11 to reconvene and final adjournment finalizes.
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Cleve
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Roosevelt in Show Me State Talks People's Rule
Roosevelt visits Missouri in rain drenched schedule delivering six speeches and attending meals and meetings. He presses his political doctrine The Right of the People To Rule and recalls judicial decisions. He emphasizes justice over campaign gain and recalls his NYC era as police commissioner.
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Gotham
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Clean bill of health given Senator Lorimer
A nine member special committee exonerates Senator Lorimer of Illinois on charges tied to his 1909 election. It finds no new evidence of corruption or improper funds and upholds prior acquittals. Edward Hines is also vindicated regarding any misconduct. Debate looms as the full senate considers next steps.
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Lorimer
Illinois
Edward Hines
Hines
Senate
Illinois General Assembly
Heen
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
House
Payne
New York
Catholic Population in U S Reaches Fifteen Million
New York March 28 There are fifteen million fifteen thousand five hundred sixty nine Catholics in the United States proper according to Kennedy's Official Catholic Directory 1912. The decade shows growth from fourteen million six hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred sixty one to fifteen million fifteen thousand five hundred sixty nine. The directory lists seventeen thousand four hundred ninety one Catholic priests and thirteen thousand nine hundred thirty nine churches with nine thousand two hundred fifty six resident priests and four thousand six hundred eighty three missions. It notes eleven archbishops two titular archbishops ninety seven bishops two archabbots and fifteen...
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Kennedy
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Claude Allen Surrenders to Authorities in Hillsville Shooting
Claude Swanson Allen, namesake of a US senator, surrendered to authorities near Hillsville Virginia after days on the run. He spoke of sleep deprivation and hunger, claimed only to have used one of his two pistols, and was escorted to Hillsville jail amid ongoing pursuits of other fugitives. A movement forms to award Jezabel Goad a gold medal for aiding during the firefight.
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Claude Swanson Allen
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Carroll County
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Wesley Edwards
Allens
Claude Allen
Floyd Allen
Lucas
Mount
Claude
Sidna Allen
Friel
Young Allen
Roanoke
Virginia
Jezabel Goad
Clerk Goad
Allen Gang
William H. Mann
Navy policy criticised by Rep Sisson in house debate
Representative Sisson condemned the Democratic caucus for rejecting funding to build battle ships, calling the move unwise and unstatesmanlike. Meyers warned the policy would erode U S naval strength and leave the nation lagging behind Britain Germany Japan and France.
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France
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Democratic Party
Pacific
Cincinnati Economics Editorial Series Opens
The Commercial Tribune launches a series titled Economics to promote Cincinnati's industrial and commercial interests. The first editorial outlines prevailing economic factors for the city as a manufacturing center and previews the next piece on machine tools and the Underwood bill impact.
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No wires to Mexico City cut off reports
New York March 28 reports say communications by wire with Mexico City were entirely cut tonight. The suspension may reflect events in the rebellion there. It is uncertain whether this is due to censorship or wire cuts. General Villa’s fate remains unconfirmed as details narrow.
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