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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1908
Page
2
Primary and convention results show the allies ahead in instructed delegates. Taft gains in several states while Hughes faces resistance in New York districts and Roosevelt ally Parsons remains bound to vote for Hughes so long as his name appears.
Washington reports Senator Foraker may bolt the Republican convention if lily white delegates from the South are seated. He speaks in strong terms about Brownsville and African Methodist Conference influence, signaling possible disruption of the Chicago meeting.
Washington April 11 James J Hill chairman Great Northern railroad will speak at the White House conference of governors in May on conservation of natural resources His subject The Relation Between Rail and Water Transportation He is among five distinguished invitees including Grover Cleveland William Jennings Bryan John Mitchell and Andrew Carnegie The conference hosts governors from states with President Roosevelt to preside at a dinner May 12 Sessions begin May 13 in the East room The guest list includes most Republican and Democratic presidential possibilities Taft Cortelyou Knox La Follette Fairbanks Cannon Hughes Bryan Johnson Gray and Tudge Gray attend as Delaware delegate
Miss Ethel R. Feineman, a charity worker at 1702 Locust, writes the Jewish history in the Reform Advocate issue edited by Rabbi Emil Gir of Chicago. Biographies of many local Jewish men and women are featured with club and charity notes.
Funeral services for Alfred N. Wegener who died Wednesday at his home 1120 North Twelfth Street Kansas City Kansas will be held at 2:30 this afternoon at the home Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery Wegener born in Copenhagen 1840 came to the United States in 1870 He is survived by a wife and seven children Also noted is a visit by Prof Calvin Thomas of Columbia University to discuss spelling reform and a Shubert Theatre invitation to Kansas City Athletic Club members for a performance of a stock company play.
Official returns show 44,215 votes cast with Socialist 439. Crittenden led 22,700 to Beardsley 21,076 in a tight city vote. Titsworth topped all Democrats with 22,962, beating Kyle by six for police judge. Tenth Ward delivered Beardsley the largest plurality, while several wards fell short of turnout.
Brief items report a 1907 Sheffield marriage in Independence by Justice W. 5. A divorce suit filed in Independence yesterday. A minstrel rehearsal for St. Marys hospital free bed fund today at 910 Wein Street. Funeral for John McMillan set for tomorrow at Carroll-Davidson rooms. Burial in Union Cemetery follows. All Fair club at Colonial Hall last night featured amateur vaudeville and a boxing bout. Mrs Ethel Carter reports a missing gem worth 60 dollars from her room. Robbery noted at 6 Ma ee w see during supper. Palm at the Western and Elmwood street area noted.
Eighteen year old Ethel Garetson and Ida Miller left Carthage to seek stenography jobs in Kansas City. After staying in a boarding house and failing to find work they sent letters home. Police seized the two at their relative’s address in Kansas City and sent them back to Carthage with their fathers’ telegrams requesting detention.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Frances C. Grinter of Wyandotte county were held at Grinter chapel near Muncie conducted by Reverends Payne and Litchfield. She died Thursday at her home and is survived by five children nineteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Old settlers and Delaware Indians attended the burial in the Delaware cemetery adjoining the church.
Hearst Organization reports the Independent party will hold its national convention in Chicago in late July with exact date to be set by the national committee. The move follows Democratic and Republican conventions to align plans and nominations. State committees formed in twenty four states.
A joint in the rear of a dance hall at 818 South Third street Armourdale was raided at 11 last night by patrolmen A E Jackson and John Canary. Frank Donnelly proprietor and seven patrons were taken in. A case of beer was seized for evidence.
The board of health reports only one death in Kansas City Kansas in the last three days, marking the best mortality record in the city’s history. The notice emphasizes the unusually low death rate and cites official records.
Shipping notices report numerous arrivals and departures. Vessels include La Lorraine La Gascogne and Carmania arriving in New York Havre and Queenstown from New York, and SAILED ships like Mesaba from New York for Southampton.
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