Forty-Third Ballot Fails to Halt Wilson Surge at Democratic Convention
The long roll call continues as Wilson gains across states with Arizona Illinois New Jersey and Virginia shifting toward him. Clark clings to support for Old Champ as the convention nears a likely Wilson nomination with 990 votes to 84 for Clark and 12 for Harmon and 2 absent.
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Missouri
Foss
Clark
Harmon
Baltimore
James
Arizona
Bryan
Connecticut
Wilson
Idaho
Finois
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
Illinois
New Jersey
Iowa
New York
William Sulzer
Underwood
Virginia
Swanson
Ryan and
Thomas F. Ryan
William J. Bryan
West Virginia
Kern
Mr. Clark
Colorado
Anna B. Pitzer
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Washington
Alabama
Began
Bankhead
Stone
Convention
Friends of
Old
Champ Clark
Fitzgerald
Boston
Massachusetts
Murphy
Woodrow Wilson
Reed
Old Champ Clark
F. H. McCullough
Misouri
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Senator Stone
Charlies F. Murphy
Nevada
Ohio
District of Columbia
Wilson Chooses Running Mate as Democrats Endorse Platform
Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana was nominated for vice president after Champ Clark refused. Governor Wilson’s nomination was made unanimous in a convention seen as unity after a bitter fight, with Bryan directing the progressive line and New York blocs shifting to support Wilson.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
United States
Champ Clark
Harmon
Oscar W. Underwood
Foss
Wilson
Thomas F. Ryan
August Belmont
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
New York
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Governor Burke
North Dakota
Marshal
Indiana
Elmore W. Hurst
Illinois
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
James W. Preston
Maryland
Clark
M. Dockery
Missouri
Thomas R. Marshall
Bryan
Morgan- Ryan-Belmont
Chicago
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Virginia
North
Middle West
Death toll rises as airship Akron explosion wrecks Atlantic voyage
At Atlantic City on July 3 the Akron airship exploded at 1000 feet over Abescan inlet. Melvin Vaniman, Calvin Vaniman, Fred Elmer, Walter Guest and George Bourtillion died as the dirigible shattered and plunged into the sea. The car separated from the envelope, flames engulfed the craft, and the wreckage settled in about eighteen feet of water off Brigantine Beach. Read more on the disaster and the victims, including Vaniman family members, as crowds gathered at the vaniman cottage.
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Atlantic City
Abescan Inlet
Melvin Vaniman
Atlantic Ocean
Calvin Vaniman
Fred Elmer
Walter Guest
George Bourtillion
Vanimana Cottage
Charles Morse Sued Over Stock Purchase in 1906
Clarence W. Barron of the Boston News Bureau sues former ice king Charles W. Morse for 75000 and attaches the property of Eugene P. Carver trustee of Brookline. Barron says Morse induced him to buy 2000 Mallory Steamship shares at 35 dollars each on November 20 1906 with promise to redeem with interest and dividends the next November.
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Boston
Clarence W. Barron
Boston News Bureau
Charles W. Morse
Eugene P. Carver
Brookline
Barron
Morse
Mallory Steamship Company
Miss Quimby Taken to New York for Burial
The body of Harriet Quimby was transported to New York for burial after her Bleriot monoplane crashed into Dorchester bay from about 1000 feet. Her parents, manager Leo Stevens, friend Helen Vanderbilt, and William Hillard accompanied the remains. William A. P. Willard, her passenger, was buried in Sterling, Massachusetts. Fellow aviators at the Squantum meet held a hotel Lenox meeting and voted to continue flights.
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Boston
Harriet Quimby
William A. P. Willard
Sterling
Mass
Hotel Lenox
Dynamite found on Boston Elevated car amid crowds
A dynamite stick wedged in a switch on a crowded Boston Elevated car was found by the motorman who saw a stout man flee. The charge, deemed 60 percent gelatine, was delivered to authorities, amid a chain of similar reports in Brighton Brookline and Mattapan. Henry Deslover was held without bail for the murder of Mrs. Parmen tier-Detmar in Woonsocket. An auto submerged in the Connecticut river near West Springfield led to the disappearance of John J. Gumpher, formerly of Boston.
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Boston
Columbus Avenue
Lenox
Hanley
Roxbury Crossing
Ryder
Fire Department
Brighton
Brookline
Mattapan
Auto
Springfeld
Masc
Connecticut River
West Springfield
John J. Gumpher
Bonehead Pitch Save Stopped Cleveland Rally for Detroit
George Mullin recalls a 1908 pennant episode as he forgot to notify his infield of a pitchout. Bill Hinchman’s hit and run was turned into a double play by Schaefer, saving the game and likely the pennant for Detroit.
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Detroit
Cleveland
Dusty” Rhoades
Charles Schmidt
Bill Hinchman
Hinchman
Schmidt
Hinch
Schaefer
Las
Chicago
Schaef
O'Leary
Schafer
W. G. Chs
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Ariazna
New Mexico
Marshall
Vice Georgia
Panama
Alaska
North Adams
Wilson Hotel
Empire Apartment
Empire Theatre
Sullivan Brothers
Lilly Coal Company
New England
American Press Association
National Democratic Convention
Akron
Spencer
Springfield
Bertram G. Spencer
Martha Blackstone
Round Hill
John C. Crosby
Dirigible
Philadelphia
Cisvac
St Louis
Gms
St. Louis
New Bedford Las
New Bedford
Pall River
Fall River
Lawrence
Haverhill
Eeseees
Cveseeres
Lynn
Charles Morse
Miss Quimby
N.Y
Boston Elevated
Assakat Ager
Kott S. Fuuseriy
George Mullin
Tigers
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