Roosevelt to speak in Chicago as convention nears
Roosevelts telegram to Maryland delegate Willian F Jackson signals willingness to address the Republican and Bull Moose conventions in Chicago. The Progressive platform sizes up to fit Roosevelt, promising unity and harmony amid party splits.
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Bull Hughes
Teddy
Chicago
International News Service
Progressive Party
Committee On Resolution
Col. Roosevelt
W. B. Jackson
Maryland
Roosevelt
Plans of Republicans Known in 2 Hours
Chicago June 8 The Republican national convention reassembled with the split between progressives and Republicans uncertain. Final conferences on peace or war policy were planned for tonight as progressive leaders appeared less aggressive than yesterday.
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Chicago
Harding Y
Kaley
Agalleries
Ares
Harding
Smoot
National Committee
Utah
Committee On Permanent Organization
Wy. Hayne
Ohio
Ny. Bennett
Wilson
Czar Directs Big Russian Offensive Gains Over 40 000 Captured
Petrograd reports a major Russian push against Pripet WASHES and Nou Miantan frontier with over 40 000 prisoners taken and nearly 100 guns seized. Austro Hungarian forces retreat in Volhynia beyond Lusk while Czernowitz defenses crumble to a three front Russian drive. German reinforcements expected.
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International News Service
Petrograd
Pripet Washes
Nou Miantan
Czar Nicholas
Volhynia
Lusk
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Fort Vaux Falls After Prolonged German Assault
German forces took Fort Vaux near Verdun after a seven day defense by French troops. The fort, known as the doorway to Verdun, was demolished before surrender. French and Spanish reports note heavy losses and continued German pressure around the Meuse.
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Ft. Vaux
Verdun
Teutons
French War Office
Fort Vaux
Fort Douaumont
Meuse
Municipal Ownership League Organized in De City
The Municipal Ownership League is formed in De city led by Mayor James A Nelgon and John W Knight with T M Jones BE Reager Phil Didsmore and others. It aims to push the proposition of a municipal owned electric light plant for the city.
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Municipal Ownership League
Decaturs
James A. Nelgon
John W. Knight
T. M. Jones
Be.’ Reager
Phil Didsmore
Committees Named for GAR Association July Delegates
Committees for the reception of delegates to the Alabama State Bar Association meeting July 14 and 15 were named by local lawyers. The program includes a Tennessee river boat trip and a Russell Springs barbecue with Secretary of War Newton D Baker as principal speaker arriving Friday morning. Several hundred delegates are expected with lawyers from across the state visiting the Decaturs.
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Alabama State Bar Association
Capt
Samuel Blackwell
A. Lynne
EB. C. Nix
E. W. Godbey
Gus Harris
T. W. Wert
Oscar Chenault
W. T. Lowe
W. W. Callahan
D. C. Almon
John €. Eyster
Tidwell
Tennessee River
Russell Springs
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Baker
Memphis
Washington
Masonic Theatre
Decaturs
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Milton H. Smith Not Resigning Rumor Denied
Officials at Nashville denied a rumor that Milton H. Smith of Louisville would resign as president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. John Howe Peyton of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis was named as a possible successor, but the Nashville office called the report a pure invention that originated in Chattanooga and spread southward.
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Milton H. Smith
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
John Howe Peyton
Nashville, Chatanooga & St. Louis
Nashville
Chattanooga
South
Bennett Heard Tonight Opens Redpath Chautauqua in Decatur
The 1916 Redpath Chautauqua opened in Decatur with the Killarney Sisters on stage and William Rainey Bennett to speak on The Man Who Can. A parade of Chautauqua banners moved through Bank Street as the big tent on the Ferry and Cain lot filled. The week’s program runs daily with concerts lectures and children’s hours featuring Frane Dunning Weatherwax Brothers White Hussars and Baynes among others. PF L Carswell’s Walnut Street house fire follows the parade of events.
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Bankstreet
Decaturs
Kilarney Girls
Frane Dunning
Killarney
Man Who
William Rainey Bennett
Children’s Hour
Miss Frane Dunning
Chimney fall injures police officer in Walnut street blaze
Early this morning a chimney toppled at 612 East Walnut to injure Policeman Rigeshy and slight Dr. Carswell. The fire gutted the residence but furniture mostly saved. Firemen fought the blaze for nearly three hours after Dr. Carswell awakened by its reflection.
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Rigeshy
Dr. Carswell
Villa Spies Are Ever on Alert
Washington reports a large and efficient spy network along the Mexican border by Villa's forces. Information on US troop movements aids Villa's escape, officials say. FEDERAL agents have recently uncovered numerous Villa operatives and maintain tight surveillance to uncover their communication methods.
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VILLA
International News Service
Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lloyd George 100 booked to Isle of Hampshire halted by Ireland
A brief notice reports Lloyd George aged 100 booked to travel to the Isle of Hampshire but was stopped by Ireland at the very last moment as a peace mission.
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Lloyd George
Hampshire
Ireland
FPROW
Kitchener Memorial Details and SuccessionTalk
London reports on the Kitchener memorial held at St Pauls on June 12 with King George and Queen Mary attending. The piece notes Lloyd George’s Ireland duties spared him from accompanying Kitchener and lists potential successors including Milner Derby French Churchill and others amid ongoing recovery efforts for Kitchener’s body.
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Leslie Robertson
Ministry of Munitions
Lord Kitchener
St. Paul's
King George
Queen Mary
The
Graphic
Lord Derby
Morning Post
Lord Milner
Times
Lloyd George
Viscount John French
France
Home Army
Daily Chronicle
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Seydlitz Sunk After Jutland Chase
London dispatch reports German battle cruiser Seydlitz sunk off the Danish coast while being towed to base after the Jutland battle. Earlier messages said Seydlitz was seen steaming southward in damaged condition pursued by British ships. Berlin admits seven ships lost in the battle.
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International News Service
London
Denmark
Copenhagen
Jutland
International News
Berlin
Admiralty
Demonstration Days End Saturday At Malone Co.
Crowds pack Malone Coal Grain and Motor Company as three demonstration days run the event. Henry C Brown of Standard Oil showcases Mobil oil for all engines while gasoline sells at twenty cents a gallon and grease rates are offered free. Visitors come for the Overland and other autos at the large garage and auto supply firm event.
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Malone Coal, Grain & Motor Co
Malone Coal, Grain and Motor Company
Henry C. Brown
Standard Oil Company
Malone’ Company
Overland
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