Minnesota Democrats endorse Johnson and reject Bryan as second choice
In St Paul on May 4 the Minnesota Democratic delegates endorsed Governor John A. Johnson for president, 772 to 166 against Bryan as a second choice. Bryan followers failed to threaten a rump convention, and Johnson supporters praised the party’s unity and platform backing Johnson.
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ST. Paul
Democrats
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Committee On
Johnson
Hennepin County
Itasca
Cottonwood County
Denver
Question of Probe Committee Validity Sparks State Action
State Auditor Guilbert likely to decide the legality of the Cincinnati and Cleveland Probe Committees amid calls to honor a $17 000 voucher. Senator Gayman announced a meeting to map further steps, amid disputes over Horstman’s election as counsel and committee validity.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Warren Thomas
Trumbull County
Guilbert
B. F. Gayman
Franklin County
Theodore Horstman
Commission
State Auditor
Thomas
Gayman
van Dusen
Horstman
Russell
Lybarger
Mr. Horstman
Williams
Senate
House
Tornado Toll Tops Thirty in Northwest Louisiana
A devastating tornado swept Northwest Louisiana killing at least thirty and wounding about two hundred as it tore through Gilliam Bolinger and Elmore. The tally includes thirteen dead in Gilliam and six in Bolinger with many injuries reaching Shreveport hospitals.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Gilliam
Bolinger
Elmore
Woman in Harlem Court Fires at Prisoner
In Harlem Police Court, Mrs Micheline Corbisiero attempted to shoot Joseph Negri as Magistrate Harris presided. John Haggerty intervened, grabbing the revolver and restraining her before harm could occur.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Harlem
Micheline Corbisiero
Harris
Joseph Negri
Téssie Fischella
John Haggerty
Woman Hit by Auto Dies in Mansfield
Special Dispatch to Comercial Trib Boston May 14 Mrs Mathilda Brooks of Mansfield Ohio died tonight after being struck by an automobile Saturday.
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Mrs. Brooks
Mansfield
Boston
Comercial
Mathilda Brooks
Mansfield, C
Capture of Night Riders Threatens Bracken County
A Bracken County correspondent reports that militia plan to arrest about 800 alleged night riders within days, aided by detectives posing as umbrella menders and peddlers. Arrests would send detainees to Lexington Frankfort and Maysville jails amid fears of violence. In Frankfort 3600 ball cartridges were sent to Colonel E W Lillard in Augusta as tension rises.
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Maysville
Bracken County
Lexington
Frankfort
Augusta
Lillard
E. W. Lillard
Troops Stay In Bracken County Amid Night Rider Tensions
Augusta Kentucky reports state guards likely to remain through summer with Camp General Johnson established near Augusta. Warrants issued for alleged night riders. two suspects named De Vaughn and High, and a Blacksmith High lives near Kinney. Troop patrols continue in Ohio and Kentucky. a Cincinnati banker’s farm tobacco beds destroyed. Private Mallard injured in tent wagon accident.
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Commercial Tribune
Augusta
Bracken County
Lillard
Bell
Maysville
General Johnson
N. J. Stroube
Bracken
Bradford
Brooksville
James Vere de Vaughn
Frank High
Cummins
High
Kinney
de Vaughn
Brooksville Pike
Mallard
E. B. Galbreath
Second National Bank of Cincinnati
Cahall
Dr. Burkett
Columbus
Warning threat sent to farmers over tobacco prices
A red ink warning, attached to rural delivery boxes for Ephraim Long and Jesse Murray of Trotwood Ohio, warns operators selling tobacco for under fifteen cents a pound that they will face consequences. The note spreads fear of night riders burning tobacco barns among local farmers amid plummeting prices.
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Dayton, O
Ephraim Long
Jesse Murray
Trotwood, O
Wright Airship Falls To Earth In Record Flight
The Wright brothers’ aeroplane, after a historic eight mile flight at about 45 miles an hour, suddenly crashed behind Big Sand Hills. Wilbur Wright survived unharmed but distraught. the craft will be shipped to Dayton for rebuilding as Orville aided by a few lifesavers. The cause remains uncertain though a lever mishap is suspected.
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Sia
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Governors Hear Warning On Soil Waste At White House Conference
At a White House governors conference on May 14 the risk of soil waste and forest depletion was sounded. Delegates listened, debated, and applauded but delayed action. A permanent governors’ organization was proposed, and experts including T C Chamberlain and R A Long discussed soil, mineral and forest issues.
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Washington
the White
Resolutions Committee
Kentucky
Missouri
Nebraska
Johnson
Minnesota
Deneen
Illinois
James J. Hill
Great Northern
T. C. Chamberlain
Chicago
R. A. Long
Kansas City
Pardee
California
H. A. Jastro
West
Carey
Wyoming
Relics Found in Gunness Farmhouse Cellar
In Laporte Indiana authorities uncovered human jawbone fragments and a skin piece in the Gunness farmhouse cellar as part of a skeletal relics sweep. Prosector R N Smith said the finds bolster the case while doctors warned skull origin remains uncertain pending analysis.
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Laporte
Ind
Gunness
R. N. Smith
Smutzer
J. H. William Meyers
Dr. Meyers
Mack
Indiana Coal Miners Strike Halts Work Amid Negotiations
More than sixteen thousand bituminous miners in Indiana stopped work as a wage scale dispute paused negotiations. Officials from both sides expressed regret over the strike, with each side insisting the other make the first overtures to renew talks.
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Terre Hauth
Ind
Indiana
Pindall Snubs Hamiter Over Handshake
Acting Governor Hamiter turns over office to Pindall who refuses to shake hands with the substitute. Pindall issues a proclamation revoking Hamiter's call for a special legislative session.
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Little Rock
Hamiter
Pindall
Bandits Dynamite Cafe and Escape with High Booty
Three bandits escaped with about 35000 dollars after dynamiting a cafe and looting a station near French New Mexico. Deputies and bloodhounds chased them through rugged mountain passes as a special train with guards and horses pursued from West Las Vegas.
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Dynamite Cafe
EL. Paso
Tex
French
Las Vegas
N. M
West Las Vegas
Dawson
Territorial Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Albuqurque
Convicted banker Geiger dies by own hand after barricade
Baltimore May 14 United States Marshal Langhammer found John W H Geiger dead after forcing entry to his barricaded residence Geiger the Canton National Bank cashier convicted on five counts of bank funds misuse and sentenced to five years died by a self inflicted gunshot wound A coroner reported a bullet wound in the roof of his mouth and a 32 caliber pistol at his side Geiger had appealed to higher courts but began serving the sentence as judges decision delayed his appeals
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Baltimore
John W. H. Geiger
United States District Court
United States
Langhammer
Geiger
Canton National Bank
National Bank
Hann
United States Grand Jury
Coun
Morris
District Court of Appeals
Richmond
United States Supreme Court
Thaw's Counsel Rests in Habeas Corpus Hearing
In Poughkeepsie New York May the defense for Harry K Thaw rested its case without placing Thaw on the stand during the habeas corpus proceedings seeking his release from Matt eawan State Hospital.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Aescure
Matteawan
Thaw
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Neb
Tion
B. M. Fullington
Williams Is
Henry Godfrey
John Gardner
A. Hapgood
John Simpson
A. Lambkin
Mars Marshall
Andrew Gardner
J. A. Sterling
Mildred Gardner
William A. Swor
W. B. Simpson
Gordon B. Smith, Jr
Cincinnatian’s Farm
Trotwood, CO
Ohio
Chicago Daily News
Wright
Wrights
Europe
Jersey
Wilson
New York State
J. S. Whipple
Forest, Fish and Game
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Governor Fort
Louis Schultz
Ddult
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