Taft and Roosevelt clash over first ballot nomination
President Roosevelt predicts Taft will be nominated on the first ballot with ample votes to spare as Hale and Aldrich push for harmony. Reports note Taft supporters gain in Maine and New England, while Crane and others are courted to join the Taft camp. The piece cites internal party maneuvering and expected strong Taft support at Chicago.
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Commercial Tribune BuRzEns
Munsey Building
Washington
LD. C
Commercial Tribune
Roosevelt
Taft
William 8. Edwards
West Virginia
Edwards
Hale
Aldrich
Crane
Senate
Stewart L. Woodford
Hughes
Parsons
Woodford
New England
Chicago
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Honduras Massing Forces on Frontier Amid Guatemala Ties
Reports from Panama claim Honduras concentrates troops on the Guatemalan frontier while ex-President Domingo Vasquez allegedly organizes a revolt with support from Guatemala. Passengers recount executions in Guatemala City of wealthy Central American families, signaling a crisis as Cabrera governs.
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Honduras
Guatemala
Domingo Vasquez
Senor Bustillos
Cabrera
Bustillos
Guatemala City
Nicaragua
Castaneda
Blanco
Herrera
Trigueras
Ednardo Rubio
Antonio Rubio
Taft Sails for Panama Amid Canal Mission
Secretary of War William H. Taft and his party boarded the transport Prairie in Charleston bound for Panama to participate in Isthmian Canal Commission duties. The group includes General Counsel R. R. Rogers and W. W. Mischler. Taft is due in Panama May 6 and plans Nashville speaking engagement on May 21.
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William H. Taft
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Naval Transft
R. R. Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
W. W. Mischler
Taft
Morneynen
Union Station
R. G. Rhett
Shapley
Ensign Dexter
Prairie
Nashville
Tennessee Bar Association
New Orleans
Pensacola
Republicans pick Meyers and Heney for national convention
In Newport Arkansas on May 1 Republicans of the Second Arkansas District chose H. H. Meyers of Brinkley and Joe Charles D. Heney of Newport to go to the National convention. They were instructed to vote as directed by the district committee.
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Ark
Second
Arkansas
H. H. Meyers
Brinkley
Joe Charles D. Heney
Train Robbers Evade Capture After $600 Heist
Pittsburg reporters describe the New York to St Louis Express robbery at Walker's Mills near Pittsburg. Pinkerton and local detectives push leads as messenger Noah Roshen, 54, is questioned. robbers likely escaped with about $600 in currency and small merchandise. Woods around Walker's Mills searched. a section hand recalls three men with a buggy fleeing after the stop.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Adams Express Company
Walker's Mills
Steubenville
O. Pinkerton
Secret Service
Jn Express
Noah Roshen
Express Company
Columbus
Mme Gould and Prince De Sagan Sightseeing in Rome
May 1 report from Rome says Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helle De Sagan, who arrived from Naples yesterday, are spending time sightseeing and continuing to decline interviews.
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Rome
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Naples
Cleveland Rumor Stirs Anxiety Among Friends
A local rumor in Cleveland spreads concern over a stomach cancer diagnosis, causing anxiety in social circles as friends seek clarity amid limited official news and uncertain health outcomes.
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Cleveland
60 000 Express Robbery Reported
Wells Fargo Express Co reports to Torreon authorities a loss of 63080 Mexican currency from a through safe on the City of Mexico train. Money was headed to a Chihuahua bank. Two arrests made at Torreon. the suspected agent who knew the safe combination fled and remains at large.
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Wells Fargo Company
Laredo
Tex
Wells Fargo Express Company
Torreon
Mexico
City of Mexico
Chihuahua
City of
Secret Service Restricts Use of Agents in Investigations
The House spent the day passing the sundry civil appropriation bill under suspension of the rules and approved a paragraph limiting Secret Service employees to guarding the President and pursuing counterfeiters. Democrats objected to a minority filibuster that blocked a bill to print and distribute 100000 copies of an Agriculture Department cattle disease report.
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Washington
House
Secret Service
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Doctor McNulty killed in fall from elevator
Dr John McNulty a 45 year old philosophy professor at the College of the City of New York died instantly after alighting from an elevator at an uptown department store and falling to the ground. He was married.
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New York
John Mc Nulty
College of the City of New York
McNulty
Bodies Recovered From Ohio River Two Ludlow Men
Two men drowned near Ludlow Kentucky April 23 were found in the Ohio River with no signs of foul play. The white man Joseph Bushart and the colored man Ben Poole aged about 18 were identified by a Sears Roebuck receipt and other clues after a capsizing near Carneal street Ludlow. Relatives will be sought for positive identification.
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Joseph Bushart
Ben Poole
Ludlow
Rapid Run Creek
Anderson’s Ferry
North Bend
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
G. Wheeler
Albert Stiles
West Sixth Street
Carneal Street
Stiles
Bushart
Poole
Ohio
Hamilton to Name Council Members for Fifth and Sixth Wards
The Hamilton city council plans to appoint ward representatives at its next meeting serving until the next regular election on January 1, 1910. Michael Leydon, foreman at the Her Hall-Marvin Safe Co, is favored for Fifth Ward. For Sixth Ward, candidates include John G. Jefferies a Lindenwald butcher or Frank R. Snyder a Lindenwald druggist, both expected to be Democrats.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton. O
Thaichael Leydon
Her
Hali-Marvin Safe Company
John G. Jefferies
Frank R. Snyder
Lindenwald
Wittenberg College Receives $30,000 Gift
President Heckert announced that John W. Bookwalter has donated 30000 to Wittenberg College in Springfield Ohio. The gift brings total funds secured by the president to 300000 over the past five years.
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John W. Bookwalter
Wittenberg
Springfield,.c
Heckert
Wittenberg College
Roosevelt Praises Working Women Clubs in White House Greeting
President Roosevelt in the East Room welcomed 690 New York and Washington visitors from the National League of Women Workers. He praised women led clubs for social and intellectual benefit, urged balance between duty and enjoyment, and wished them success.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joany
National League of Women Workers
White House
Rejected suitor shoots at trio in Ohio store
Italian laborer Rafael Fracca shot three people in a Pap pendra store in East Liverpool Ohio on May 1. Christina Pappendra Rafael Comit and Pete Nicelotta were wounded with Nicelotta hit in the spine and Comit shot in the shoulder while Fracca fled. the motive was stated to be a rejected marriage proposal.
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Commercial Tribune
Liverpool
Rafael Fracca
Christina Pappendra
Rafael Comit
Pete Nicelotta
Pappendra
Fracea
Nicelotta
Comit
Never Uses a Telephone by Hetty Green
New York May 1 Mrs Hetty Green declares she has never used a telephone She asked a downtown trust company attendant to transmit a message and later thanked the staff while wondering why she needed help The remark highlights her reputed business activity and preference for direct contact.
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New York
Hetty Green
Evans Weighing Signals Move to Paso Robles Springs
Rear Admiral Evans underwent a weigh in at Paso Robles Hot Springs California. Dr McDonnell reported a marked press, indicating a decided weight increase. The plan calls for the admiral to leave Robles on May 5 to join the Coast Guard contingent.
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Evans
Heams
McDonnell
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Gants
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Jewish Publisher Julian Bakk Hangs Self in St Petersburg
Julian Bakk, Jewish millionaire and publisher of The Red, hanged himself in his residence bathroom here. Financial losses totaled 2 million dollars. he was a self-made man and philanthropist who contributed to Jewish causes. The Constitutional Democrat party will raise funds to continue The Rech.
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Julian Bakk
the Red
M. Bakk
Constitutional Democrat Party
Rech
Colonel Ammel to Retire From Ohio National Guard
Colonel C S Ammel, commanding officer of the Fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard, has requested retirement and relinquished command. Lieutenant Colonel Byron L Bargar will fill the position pending election of a new colonel. Ammel has served over a quarter century with the National Guard, dating to the old Fourteenth Regiment.
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John C. Speaks
Ohio National Guard
Byron L. Bargar
Ammel
National Guard
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Stenographer Mary Mc Murray Indicted for Perjury
Miss Mary Mc Murray, longtime stenographer for Canton Bridge Company, was indicted by a Lima grand jury on perjury in a case involving the Bridge Trust. She had been sought as a witness for two years and was arrested and released on bond after giving evidence deemed false by the prosecutor.
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Mary McMurray
Canton Bridge Company
Lima
Bridge Trust
Ohio Senate Opens Busy Final Day Amid Debates And Recess
Ohio Senate begins its final session day with heated temperance and local option debates. Conferees deadlock on the deficiency bill as recess is taken until 10 and 1 p.m. to resume work. Mayor Tom L. Johnson and Rev. Herbert Bigelow push initiative matters while compromise narrows options. The general appropriation bill and Hafner measures proceed toward engrossment with about $6.5 million authorized.
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Crist
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Hafner
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