Condensed News Recap From National and Local Events
A compact roundup notes Taft delegates seated in Arizona California Louisiana Michigan and Mississippi and Roosevelt allies voting with Taft. Harding announces Taft asked him to name him at Chicago. Duluth endorses Wilson for president. Weds Alexander Pollock Moore and Lillian Russell at Hotel Schenley Pittsburgh. Harner Library dedication at University of Chicago marks a major memorial. George Winchfield named Nevada’s senator successor. Edwin H. Blashfield named to fill arts vacancy. Taft may miss Yale commencement as convention tracks Chicago. Bloomingtons Dan Harwood dies at eighty-one. Harvey Wiley declines Boston health board post. Admiral Lamberton dies in Washington. he served with Dewey at Manila. John Eynison dies of heart disease in Leroy, Ohio. Fire at Mackinaw City kills four tramps. Special train to San Francisco for club women convention. Morgan loan cited as stabilizing 1907 panic. One drowning near Buffalo and damages from a flood.
United Automobile Owners of America formed in New York
A new organization named the United Automobile Owners of America is formed in New York to protect automobile owners from unjust charges by garage owners and others. Visitors thronged Vassar College during day events as a German fleet visit to New York was officially welcomed.
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The
United Automobile Owners of America
New York
Edward B. Manwaring
Cuba
Fifty Nine Burned In Barn Fire At Tamboy Russia
A barn fire on Count Ortorit Davydof’s Tamboy estate killed fifty nine field laborers who were sleeping inside. Reports note a fatal disaster as authorities investigate the blaze and its cause.
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Tamboy
Central
Rusia
Ortorit Davydof
Washington Schedules June July Recess and Court Controversy
The U S senate approves a three day recess from June 17 to July 1 aligned with party conventions while the house abstains for the Democratic event. President Taft's allies expect a veto on the commerce court abolition bill as Secretary MacVeagh weighs bank charter refusals for Lawndale and Garfield Park Chicago banks amid capital rules. The Supreme Court adjourns October term 1912 with cases pending including the Hyde and Schneider land fraud verdict and Gen Leonard Wood faces retirement pressures in 1912. Senator Nixon dies from meningitis after nose abscess surgery at age 52.
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U. S. Senate
House
A. Eo
Itig
MacVeagh
Lawndale National Bank
Garfield Park National Bank of
Chicago
National Bank Act
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
F. A. Hyde
J. A. Schneider
California
Oregon
Interviews and intrigues among delegates at the convention
Wives of politicians complain of long separations as delegates mingle at Chicago. A roving party of attendees swaps stories about mountain lions, hats, and belt-tightening while Roosevelt campaigners adopt a new hat in the ring emblem. Taft supporters bet on outcomes as rival games unfold near Taft headquarters.
Prince Kuhio Kalanianaole At Republican Convention
J Kuhio Kalanianaole Hawaii delegate known as Prince Cupid will represent Hawaii at the Republican convention in Chicago. Teddy Roosevelt campaign aide at the Congress hotel features a Teddy Hat made from orange peel in the Pompeiian room. Niedringhaus refuses photos, selecting his own Agriculture secretary and boasting Roosevelt nomination certainty.
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Chicago
J. Kuhio Kalanalanole
Congress
Hawaii
Prince Cupid
Teddy Hata
Rough Rider
Congress Hotel
Unfair Minister Questioned By a Damsel's Friend
A damsel recounts to a friend that a young minister, praised in many ways, showed jealousy and unfairness by praying for rain whenever she planned an engagement for a moonlit walk or an afternoon stroll with another man. The friend notes jealousy as a likely motive.
Roosevelt Wins A Two Vote Lead In North Carolina
The presidential tally climbs as Roosevelt gains two votes from North Carolina, boosting his total to 159 for chief executive and 11 new votes in today’s column update.
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North Carolina
T. R
Roosevelt Wins Delegates In Chicago Convention Contest
The national committee awarded Col onel Roosevelt eight delegates in the Republican convention contest. Taft led the day with 18 total, including 12 from Mississippi and six from Missouri, while Roosevelt gained in Missouri and North Carolina. By day’s end Taft stood at 169 delegates to Roosevelt’s 11, with Missouri and North Carolina adjustments shaping the tally.
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Publican National Committee
Taft
Roosevelt
Alabama
Arizona
Perererny
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia - Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
North Carolina
Chicago
National Committee
Mississppi
Missouri
Hadley
Marion Butler
Robinson
Taft Denounced In House Over Travel Funds
Washington June 15 President Taft was denounced on the house floor for using travel funds for political jaunts while condemning opponents. Representative Fitzgerald urged against the $25 000 traveling appropriation as the house voted 78 to 61 to retain it after five hours of debate. The army bill conference report passed 121 to 92 with two amendments including a commission on post abolitions and自动
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Washington
Taft
House
Representative Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Leonard Wood
Mack Reaches Baltimore Opens Democratic HQ
National Chairman Norman Mack and Secretary Urey Woodson arrived from New York and formally opened the Democratic national committee headquarters in Baltimore.
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Woodson
Convention City
Baltimore
Norman Mack
Democratic National Committee
Urey Woodson
New York
National Committee
Allen Bandit Captured in Powell County Kentucky
Wesley Edwards, one of the Hillsville courthouse assassins, was captured Thursday at Clay City in Powell county according to a special report received here.
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Allen
Lexington
Wesley Edwards
Hillsville
Clay City
Powell County
Irish Suffragettes Riot in Dublin Window Smashings
Irish suffragettes in Dublin began a campaign of window smashing on Thursday aiming to mirror English militants. The clashes with authorities grew vigorous as protests escalated in the city.
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Dublin
Dr L M Early Dies in Columbus Cancer Battle
Columbus Ohio June 15 Dr L My Early died here on Thursday from cancer. His case baffled physicians worldwide. He offered 1,000,000 dollars for a cure but no remedy succeeded.
Cox Named Defendant in $30,000 Bank Suit
George C. Cox, former Cincinnati Republican political boss, was named as a defendant in a foremea court action by National Reserve Bank to recover $30,000 in New York on June 15.
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Cox
New York
George C. Cox
Cincinnati
National Reserve Bank
Vogue In Outer Garments From Dry Goods Economist
The Dry Goods Economist notes retailers feature charmeuse and satin wraps. Medium priced pieces sell for 10 to 30 dollars, often in bright red hues. Lace collars and cuffs are popular finishing touches, with white lace common and some garments trimmed with black lace showing the lining.
The Worms Way in Anti-Vivisection Debate
A Philadelphia anti-vivisectionist hails England's report promising to end live bait in fishing. Stephen Coleridge once argued in Philadelphia that worm suffering proves pain, while an opponent joked that a worm writhing is merely worm laughter at being hooked.
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Stephen Coleridge
Philadelphia
Coleridge
Mr. Coleridge
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Republican National Committee
Mississippi
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Duluth
Minn
Wilson
Alexander Pollock Moore
Lillian Russell
Schenley
Pittsburg
Moore
Ufe
William Rainey Harner
University of Chicago
George Winchfield
Nevada
Oddie
Senator Nixon
Edwin H. Blashfield
National Commission of Fine Arts
F. D. Miller
Yale
Danial B. Harwood
Bloomington
Ills
Carleton Holdredge
Kirk Harwood
Harvey W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Boston
Board of Health
William F. Murray
Massachusetts
Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Admiral Lamberton
Dewey
Manila
Olympia
John Eynison
Leroy
Mackinaw City
Mich
Club Women of the United States
San Francisco
R. H. Thomas
New York Stock Exchange
Congressional Committee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Buffalo
Wyo
Vassar
A. T. Welch
Brunswick
Wright
L. W. Hagelhuret
Seventeenth Infantry
Washington, D. C
Loula EB. Seaman
Elgin National Bank
Elgin
Los Angeles
Cal
Elgin Bank
Kansas City
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Joseph Moore
Villisea
Rufus Isaacs
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Inc
England
Gomez
Prastdeet Taft
Osterhaus
Havana
Commerce Court
Friends
United States Army
George 8. Nixon
Sted
Sga
Yoye
Mia
Williams
Borah
Idaho
Peacock Alley
William Hayward
Leland
South Shore Country Club
Victor Rosewater
David Mulvane
Joseph Kealing
Joseph Dixon
Mary Jos
Thayer
Mountain Lion
Edward Thayer
Indianapolis
Coliseum
Artimons
Maine
Eav
Staelf
New
Governor Stubbs
Colonel Younger
Peck
Thomas Dunphy
Topeka
Kan
Dunphy
Joseph M. Dixon
B. Af. Jonas
Muskogen
Okla
Alaska
Tha
Oliver Perry Hubbard
Territory
Spartsman
Mr. Hubbard
Barah F. Bond
Oklahoma City
Stubbs
Coloonel Roosevelt
Atubiss
Kealing
Gault Court
Prince Kalanianaole
Niedringhaus
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
G. R. Werner
Brewster
Mack
Charles E. Hires
M. Broad St
Daisy Fly Killer
Pamental
Donvenian
Stepane
Cordelia
Man
Garfiald Tua
Detroit Free Presa
Post
Pontum Cereal Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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