Progressives Narrowly Contest 1912 Nomination Rules
Des Moines reports Progressive leaders plan to appeal if Secretary of State Allen rules that legislators named by written ballots must exceed 10 percent of the 1912 Stevens governor vote to be eligible for convention nomination. Attorneys general and party figures debate if the rule applies to state boards, with emphasis on whether legislative districts are separate entities under the law.
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Yields to Women as Asquith Agrees to Meet Hunger Strike Protest
London July 20 Premier Asquith capitulated to suffragists agreeing to receive a deputation of East End working women in Downing Street Saturday morning. Sylvia Pankhurst’s hunger strike and arrest spurred the premier’s promise, aided by James Keir Hardie and George Lansbury.
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Town Drives Out Negroes in Idaho After Shooting
Citizens in Shoshone Idaho expelled Black residents after Jack Edwards a Negro shot Marshal James May and Lincoln County Treasurer E V Bower. Bower wounded possibly fatally Edwards fled onto a freight train then was captured at American Falls and returned to Shoshone.
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Morton Bride Arrives in Nebraska City at Arbor Lodge
Roger Bathe and his bride formerly Miss Helen Morton daughter of Mark Morton of Chicago arrived in Nebraska City to reside at Arbor Lodge the late J Sterling Morton former secretary of agriculture under Cleveland and grandfather of the bride. The bride had recently eloped to Virginia.
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Hacked torso of girl found in Hudson River
In Schenectady New York the body of a girl was found in the Hudson River. head arms and legs missing the torso wrapped in a burlap sack and oilcloth with the abdomen slit and limbs hacked by a dull knife. Aviator Kashiara in clouds eludes Deputy Myers during a $125 lien pursuit.
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Englishman Commit Suicide In Santa Monica
Engilshman T J Howell a former British government se cre service member in China killed himself in Santa Monica California using a powerful oriental drug. He was in business there.
New Altitude Record Set in St Petersburg Flight
A new altitude record was set in St Petersburg on Thursday afternoon by aviator Sikeraki. The aircraft carried 11 persons and climbed to 6 561 feet with ten passengers aboard.
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Roosevelt Declines New London Governorship After European Trip
Former president Theodore Roosevelt sails home from Europe aboard the Imperator, saying he will not seek the New London governorship. He suffers a recurring fever and throat weakness, plans a quiet campaign, and thanks the British people for their hospitality.
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Rumor Flies Over Cubs Presidency and Other Telegraphed Notes
Telegraphic notes report Chicago Cubs president rumors about James W. Faulkner and C P Taft in the East. Paris suspends chamber sittings amid Socialist turmoil. Watertown fire devastates coalyard blocks and homes. Heinze in failing health per court statement. Port Henry ore plant wreck caused mass layoffs.
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Storm Hits Australian Coast Damaging Vessels Near Sydney
A powerful cyclone battered the Australian coast near Sydney on June 20. The American schooner Mahukona collided with another ship and three additional vessels suffered heavy damage in the rough seas.
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Bryan urges pact to restore friendly ties in Americas
Secretary of State Bryan appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to press ratification of the Colombia treaty linked to the Panama Canal. He argued it would foster amity with Colombia, improve relations with Panama and reduce anti US prejudice across Central and South America. He defended a $25 million payment as not excessive, noting prior settlements under a previous administration.
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Attempted assassination of Russian czar near St Petersburg
An unsuccessful bid to kill Czar Nicholas II, the czarina, and Czarewitch Alexis occurred as their train neared Tschudovo in Novgorod province. A dynamite device on the tracks exploded after a passing postal train bore the blast, likely saving the imperial family’s lives.
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Bernstorff Suffered Narrow Death in Chicago Escort
German ambassador Count Johann von Bernstorff escaped serious injury when Champaign police officer Michael Murphy fired at an car carrying the diplomat to the University of Illinois. The shot missed. no repeat was made amid fears for American lives during a tense period in Asia Minor as U.S. ambassador Morgenthau acted in Smyrna.
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Former Judge Kennedy Found Dead In Pittsburgh Home
Pittsburgh, June 29. Former Judge John M Kennedy, who recently retired after over twenty years on the common pleas bench, was found dead in his bed at his home on Thursday.
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Deadly mine explosion traps hundreds at Hillcrest shaft
Hillcrest mine in Crow's Nest Pass Alberta reports 185 workers still entombed after a blast at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Rescue trains with doctors and mine experts arrived as 23 bodies were recovered and 20 rescued. Officials say it may take a week to reach all entombed. several prior disasters are noted in the region.
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Bank law violations alleged in La Salle Street bank case
Chicago June 22 State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne named assistants to prosecute former Senator William Lorimer C B Munday and others linked to the LaSalle Street Trust savings bank collapse Deposits after insolvency and efforts to salvage funds are cited Conviction on this charge carries one to three years in prison W C Niblack vice president of Chicago Title Trust was made bank receiver on the attorney general's motion
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Peace Parley Prolonged With Wilson Bryan and Naon at Capitol
Argentine Minister Naon met President Wilson and Secretary Bryan at the White House for about two hours to discuss the Mexican situation. Officials said mediators might shift stance and Niagara talks could welcome constitutionalist delegates without an armistice condition. Naon then departed for Niagara Falls. A second item notes revenue cutters will patrol north Atlantic waters to clear derelicts. A separate entry says the Senate moved to fully investigate the use of Senate stationery in Gold Hill mine matters.
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