Secret political plan discussed by Taft aides and allies
The article notes confidential plans with key figures like Ink B. Hitchcock in Washington directing much of the Secretary of State’s campaign. It mentions Joseph B. Kealing of Indianapolis, a Fairbanks political manager, meeting with leaders and staying in Washington to confer on the programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ink B. Hitchcock
Taft
Washington
Ted States
Joseph B. Kealing
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Taft Poised for Pacific Republican Sweep After Conventions
May 11 dispatch reports strong indications that Taft will secure the Republican nomination after state conventions in Oregon Washington and California. Allied managers fear a sweep if these conventions side with Taft and the jig will be up. Indications favor Taft as the next president nominee and a decisive Pacific victory is anticipated.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Washington
California
Taft
Candi
Pacific
Michigan delegates poised for Taft at state convention
Grand Rapids May 11. Indications tonight that the Republican state convention tomorrow will nominate four at large delegates to support Secretary Taft. The likely selections are Harry Stair John W Blidgett F W Gib James McNaughton from the twelve congressional districts with delegates already instructed for Taft in all districts except the Highth where they are uninstructed.
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Taft
Grand Rapids
Mich
A Stair
John W. Blidgett
F. W. Gibst
James McNaughton
Highth
Fourth District Delegates Named at Michigan Republican Meet
Cassopolis Mich May 11 The Fourth Republican Congressional District Convention selected Frank Cummings of St Joseph County and Marshall L Cook of Barry County as delegates to the Republican National Convention They were instructed for Secretary of War and backed Taft alignment in the campaign
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Cassopolis
Mich
Frank Cummings
St. Joseph County
Marshall L. Cook
Barry County
Seventh Michigan picks Wallace and Foster for Taft slate
PORT HURON Mich May 11 The Seventh Republican Congressional District Convention chose William H Wallace and James Foster as delegates to the National Republican Convention They were instructed for Secretary Taft continuing Taft support in the district
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Port Huron
Mich
William H. Wallace
James Foster
Wihes
Taft
Taft Delegates Chosen by Sixth Michigan District
The Sixth Michigan District Convention selected Ransom E. Olds and William C. Inchester as delegates to the National convention and instructed them for W. H. Taft. The meeting was held in Howell Michigan on May 11.
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Howell, Mich
Ransom E. Olds
William C. Inchester
W. H. Taft
Seventh Massachusetts District Ex Prefers Secretary Taft
At the Seventh District Republican Convention in Lynn on May 11 delegates to the National Convention were chosen by acclamation. Frank A. Baird and Charles H. were selected, with no binding instructions. A resolution showed a preference for Secretary Taft and another backed Governor Guild for Vice President.
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Massachusetts
Lynn
Mays
Frank A. Baird
Charles H
Taft
Governor Guild
Louisiana Delegates Instruct Taft At National Convention
Louisiana Republicans choose four delegates at large and alternates to back Secretary Taft at the national convention. The state body endorses Roosevelt’s administration. Named delegates include Pearl Wight of New Orleans H C Warmoth of Lawrence Henry McCall of Donaldsville and A Kennedy of New Orleans.
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Taft
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Pearl Wight
H. C. Warmoth
Lawrence
Henry McCall
Donaldsville
A. B. Kennedy
Lilley Refuses to Produce Letters in EB Boat Inquiry
Representative George L Lilley of Connecticut declined to provide letters demanded by the House special committee probing Electric Boat methods. He stated the refusal in a letter to Chairman Boutelle while he remained in Connecticut.
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Washington
George L. Lilley
Connecticcut
House
Boutelle
Lilley
Connecticut
Horse and rider foil robbers in Ohio attack
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Ton, May 11 reports Joseph Lorenzo, a Middleown fruit dealer, was saved from a $300 robbery when his horse began kicking and struck one attacker as two thugs assaulted him at his stall. The horse’s defense drove the men away with Lorenzo holding the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
TON. O
Joseph Lorenzo
Lorenzo
Acting Governor calls Arkansas extra legislative session
Allen Hamiter acting as Governor during Pindall’s absence issued a proclamation for an extra session. Garlect Donaghy also in on the meeting, both reportedly oppose the extra session.
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Jeittle Rock
Ark
Threats of Force Reported Against Tobacco Buyer in Higginsport
Twenty one Ohio soldiers patrol the Ohio riverfront between Higginsport and Utopia while the tobacco buyer Reynolds Hook was halted Sunday night in Higginsport. He was forced to stay aboard a skiffed boat after a crowd threatened to throw him into the river unless he signed an agreement to cease buying tobacco.
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Waterfield Warchouee
Ohio
Higginsport
Utopia
Reynolds Hook
Hook
Recall of Troops Soon Expected
A Commercial Tribune dispatch from Columbus Ohio reports signs of an early recall of troops from the tobacco district. The plan aims to form a state secret service to fight night riders with local men and added criminal chasers. Authorities expect withdrawal within a week as plans firm up to deter depredations. Four men attempted to steal cavalry horses near Manchester Fair grounds but were driven off by a sentinel.
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Columbus
Tobacco District
Secret Service
Scofield
Cleveland
Adams County
Sentinel
Manchester Fair Grounds
Worthington Kautzman
Tobacco
Brown
Adams
Clermont Counties
Depredations in Ohio Cease as Troops Patrolling Brown County
May 11 190- Report from Ripley Ohio that no depredations have occurred in Brown or Adams Counties since troops arrived. Farmers anticipate tobacco planting if weather cooperates. many beds destroyed and some sign no crop in 1908. Some 1906 1907 pooled tobacco on hand. funds tighter than last year. Kentucky troops patrol riverfront and roads. sections from Aberdeen to Manchester quiet. Higginsport detachment near Boude's Ferry patrols continued.
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Ripley
Brown
Adams
Mason County
Kentucky
Ane
Brown County
Columbus
Aberdeen
Manchester
Chamberlain
Higginsport
Boude
Hollowell Night Rider Damage Suit Trial Opens
Judge Walter Evans presides at a special term in Paducah to hear the Hollowell family damage suits alleging a May 2 night riders raid. Robert H Hollowell seeks 50000 in damages with 29 defendants from Caldwell County named, including John E Hollowell. Jury drawn from Jefferson and Bullitt Counties. previous April trial ended with a hung jury and a 10 to 2 split for 40000.
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Hollowell
Paducah
Walter Evans
United States Court
Western District of Kentucky
Robert H. Hollowell
Mary L. Hollowell
Price Hollowell
Ollowell
John E.hollowell
Caldwell County
Princeton
Jefferson
Bullitt
Plantiff
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway May Be Sold to Link with Dayton
New York reports negotiations underway to purchase control of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to connect with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton system. Morgan interests seek a coal distribution line across the Midwest, amid secrecy and possible managers such as Charles S. Mellen and Frederick H. Prince. the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton is under receivership.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton
Kentucky and Ohio Bridge
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charles S. Mellen
Morgan Group
Frederick H. Prince
Boston
Prince
George W. Perkins
Pere Merquette
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Pere Marquette
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Toledo Railway & Terminal
Morgan
Congress to Adjourn May Twenty Third
Washington May 11 Congress likely to adjourn Saturday May 23 after a House Senate conference. Participants included Representatives Watson Indiana Republican whip Sherman New York and Senators Aldrich and Hale. House will focus on two remaining appropriation bills and the military academy bill while the Senate catches up on supply measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Watson, O
Indiana
Sherman
New York
Aldrich
Hale
Democrats Urge Consideration of Wood Pulp Paper Bill
A House committee led by Williams pressed Speaker Cannon to act on Stevens j bill or similar legislation to place wood pulp and print paper on the free list. The special committee completed an inspection at a Corinth New York paper mill and will resume hearings tomorrow.
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Washington
Messrs
Clark
Missouri
Clayton
Alabama
Fitzgerald
New York
Rainey
Illinois
Williams
Cannon
House
Corinth
N. Y
Gunness Case Rests on Murder Link Ring Question Denied
Autopsy notes suggest a man died by unnatural means in the Gunness case. The ring in question was not on the murdered man’s finger, a prosecutor says he did not make such statements. Coroner reports detail Helgelien and Miss Olsen findings including a severed hand and hair in a clenched fist. The grand jury may take up Ray Lamphere’s case after conference with officials and a lineup of about thirty witnesses.
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Ralph N. Smith
Carrie Garwood
Gunness
Miss Garwood
Meyer
Helgelein
Miss Olsen
C. 8. Mack
Helgélein
Ray Lamphere
Smith
Oklahoma City man links Gunness to Chicago hideout
Emily Greening asserts Mrs. Gunness may be hiding in Chicago and claims the Gunness house killed about three victims monthly during his stay. He describes digging up stump holes on the farm that could conceal burials and urges police to search them.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Emily Greening
Mysterious Visitor at Mrs. Gunness Home
Anderson recalls a confrontation with a stranger at Mrs. Gunness’ home who claimed as Ray Lamp. The intruder admitted having no money, was awakened by a bending figure, and fled at daylight. Anderson vows to identify the man linked to Gunness’ visit.
Suicide of 70-year-old man linked to Gunness case
In Warsaw Indiana Jacob Rouch 70 years old, briefly deranged by Gunness murder reports, killed himself last night. In San Antonio Texas a report notes a Texas and Pacific Railroad engineer Kellog recently from New York believes Belle Gunness, the Indiana killer, may be in New Mexico traveling with another woman and alighting at Kinson New Mexico for Deming or Silver City.
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Ind
Gunness
Jacob Rouch
New Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Paso
Kellog
Texas & Pacific Railroad
New York
Belle Gunness
Indiana
Kansas
Santa Fe
Kinson
N. M
Deming
Silver City
Johnson and Bryan Travel East to Roosevelt Conference
May 11 Chicago William J Bryan and Governor Johnson Minnesota left for Washington on the same Pennsylvania Railroad train. Officials say they were aboard but had not yet met. May 12 Pittsburg three presidential hopefuls on the Manhattan Limited Fairbanks Bryan and Johnson slept separately until dinner then talked closely two hours.
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William J. Bryan
Johnson
Minnesota
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Manhattan Limited
Union Station
Fairbanks
John A. Johnson
Pullman Car
Mr. Bryan
Carnegie Gifts Fund Western Peoples Building Project
The project in Washington will cost nearly $1,000,000 with Andrew Carnegie contributing $750,000. The corner stone laying featured speeches by President Roosevelt and Secretary Root praising continental unity and peace. The International Bureau of American Republics will serve as a shared headquarters for twenty one nations.
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Root
Roosevelt
Nabuco
Andrew Carnegie
Western Hemisphere
New World
Carnegie
South America
Mexico
Hlihu Root
Central America
Elihu Root
United States
International
White House
State, War and Navy
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Temple of Peace
The
Hague
Soldier Kills Three Troopers in Luzon Tragedy
A telegram from Camp Stotsenberg reports Private Mike Beacham of the First United States Cavalry ran amuck in Luzon, killing First Sergeant William Hoey and Privates G Wilson and Thomas Woodward, and fatally wounding Private Edward Woodward. All victims were in Troop F, First Cavalry. Authorities deem Beacham's act likely insane.
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Manila
Camp Stotsenberg
Los Angeles
Pampanga Province
Island of Luzon
Mike Beacham
First United States Cavalry
William Hoey
G. Wilson
Thomas Woodward
Edward Woodward
First Cavalry
Beacham
Engineers to Meet in Ohio for International Convention
Several hundred engineers with their wives arrived in Columbus for the International Convention of the Locomotive Engineers and the Grand International Auxiliary set to convene next Wednesday. The Birmingham, Alabama delegation indicates Birmingham is in the running for the next convention. About five thousand delegates and visitors are expected. Grand Master Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was among arrivals.
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Columbus
International Convention of the
Locomotive Engineers
Grand International Auxiliary
Alabama
Birmingham
Grand
Morrissey
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Norwegian Probably Victim
News from Laporte of wholesale murders reaches Christiania and may involve Olaf Jensen a 23 year old youth once living in Christiania who left Carroll County Indiana two years ago after Gurness marriage ads and has not been heard from. friends seek inquiries from the American Legation.
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Christiania
Laporte
Olaf Jensen
Gunness
Carroll County
Indiana
Roosevelt Urges Action on Opium Commission Funding
A message from President Roosevelt was read in the House urging an appropriation to allow the United States to take part in a joint international commission's investigation of the opium question in the Far East.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
United States
Far East
Night Riders Raid Suppressed in Kentucky County
Major Albrecht and Captain Price with militia pursued a suspected band of night riders last night in the upper county. Reports say masked riders were seen between Ilsley and Dawson Springs, suggesting the raiders abandoned the plan after learning of the response.
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Commercial Tribune
Earlington
Albrecht
Price
Sistey
St. Charles
Ilsley
Dawson Springs
Disappearance Reported In 1907 Case Near Milwaukee
Friends of Frank Riedinger a Delafield farmer who vanished in February 1907 after traveling to Indiana to marry a woman from an advertisement suspect he fell victim to Mrs Belle Gunness. The inquiry may involve the German Consul in Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Daily News
Waukesha
Wis
Frank Riedinger
Delafield
Indiana
Belle Gunness
Chicago
Riedinger
Governor Willson Face Possible Indictment Over Georgetown Cavalry
The Scott Circuit Court may indict Governor Willson for allegedly sending a squad of cavalry into Georgetown last week, signaling a potential legal clash between state authorities and the executive.
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Scott Circuit Court
Willson
Georgetown
No Indictment for Willson
Georgetown Kentucky reports deny any truth to circulating press claims that an indictment was issued against Willson. Officials state there has been no legal action and no charges filed in the matter.
Four Night Riders Arrested in Tiptonville Case
Nashville May 11. Four alleged night riders Jim Yarbrough Bud Brandon John Darnell and Marion Thompson were arrested at Tiptonville yesterday. Darnell confessed and implicated Yarbrough and Brandon. The arrests arose from disorders Saturday night as the riders planned to whip merchant John Burnett with a negro in charge to administer the lash. The negro escaped and disclosed the plot.
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Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Jim Yarbrough
Bud Brandon
John Darnell
Marion Thompson
Tiptonville
Darnell
Yarbrough
Brandon
John Burnett
Poverty Says Saved Him From Mrs Gunness
George Anderson of Parke Missouri recounts fleeing Mrs Gunness near La Porte Indiana after answering her ad as a wealthy farmer. He says lacking money kept him alive and he will testify in Chicago with letters from Mrs Gunness as authorities pursue the case. He is a 39 year old Swede who once owned a 320 acre Michigan area farm.
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ST. Joseph
Gunness
Laporte
Ind
George Anderson
Parkie
Rock Island
Chicago
Anderson
Monteith, Mich
Obituary notices for Greer Meier Gerry Thomas Quackenbush Moses and Con die
Obituaries report the death of Judge W D Greer at 73 in Paducah Ky survived by wife and children, plus notices of Barney Meier Philip F Gerry William B Thomas John A Quackenbush Mrs Helen E Moses and Alexander Condie Strephen titled as a series of deaths with brief biographical notes and locations.
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W. D. Greer
Paducah
Kentucky
Livingston County
Addie Greer
Virgie Greer
Myrtle Greer
Grace Atkins
Enid
Okla
J. A. Greer
Milan
Kan
J. G. Greer
Berry’s Ferry
J-K. Greer
Callie Boughton
Dexter City
F. G. Greer
Ft. Worth
Tex
Barney Meier
Reading
Cincinnati
Norwood Eagles
Catholic Knights of Ohio
Philip F. Gerry
Washington Evening Star
Washington
D. C
Maryland
William B. Thomas
Butler County
Jacksonburg
John A. Quackenbush
Stillwater
N. Y
Helen E. Moses
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Indianapolis
Ind
Alexander Condie Strephen
K.C.M.G
London
Carriers Denied Increase In Pay Rise Fight
Washington May 11 The push to raise 1100 dollar letter carriers to 1200 faced a setback as the Senate committee reduced by 600000 the House's proposed 1850000 for promotions. Representative Goebel and allies vow to press for restoration of the original sum and removal of a 30 days paid annual leave provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Goebel
Senate
House
Indispensable Cuticura Remedy Praised by Montreal Letter
A Montreal reader lauds Cuticura for curing eczema in her three daughters after failed treatments. She describes using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting rapid improvement and recommending the regimen for any family with sores.
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Mme
Napoleon
Montreal
Que
Painful Foot Ulcer Healed by Cuticura Ointment
Mrs. E. P. Ryder of West Brewster Massachusetts reports an ulcer on her foot lasting over a year. After eight months of Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills, the sore healed completely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healen
E. PF. Ryder
West Brewster
Mass
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