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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1916
Page
1
Republican delegates balked at a compromise with the insurgent wing just after selecting Hughes. Progressives retaliated by naming Roosevelt, signaling renewed party division and strategic maneuvering within the campaign.
Justice Charles E. Hughes was nominated for the presidency by the Republican National Convention on the third ballot. He secured the 494 votes needed as New Jersey moved the tally to the mark and Texas gave Hughes all 26 votes. Six candidates withdrew during balloting and Charles W. Fairbanks was proposed for vice president but declined to accept.
Reported that Republican delegates instructed for favorite sons would switch to Hughes as balloting begins. The peace conference carried on last night without a final agreement.
Washington June 10 Justice Hughes would not comment on the nomination though it was expected he would issue a statement accepting it about 3 o'clock.
Washington June 10. Mr Hughes accepted the Republican nomination for president and resigned from the supreme court bench.
Newark observes German Day with a two o'clock parade through city streets. Ten to twenty thousand people from German societies in and near Newark are expected to participate, with societies featuring in the procession and singing along the route.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology begins a public dress rehearsal of the dedicatory masque in its great court tonight as part of a week of opening events. Seven thousand people are expected to attend this preliminary program devised by Prof. Ralph Adams Cram. Commencement at West Virginia University starts tomorrow, with four days of events led by Dean Shailer Mathews and Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Justice Adam C. Carson of the Philippine Islands court, visiting Winchester, will deliver the UVA alumni address during commencement week tomorrow.
An Austrian submarine torpedoed a transport carrying soldiers and materiel. Up to half aboard perished per an official admiralty statement. Reports also note German and French actions near Verdun with heavy artillery and no infantry fighting.
In Lewiston Minnesota on June 10, sixty residents volunteered skin grafts to save fourteen year old Ursa McDougall after a year of burns from paraffin and turpentine. About 150 grafts covered much of her body as doctors battled to reduce the burned area and revive her health. The community held a birthday party for her and praised the town's collective effort.
A clipped exchange from Facts and Fancies features an old lady and a beggar debating charity. The beggar explains he has remained destitute despite giving away money to the poor, reflecting a cautionary anecdote on generosity.
By Associated Press Chicago June 10 Roosevelt sealed the Progressive nomination by unanimous consent within 30 seconds after Hughes was named by Republicans. The crowd roared and the platform was greeted with wild cheers as Chairman Robins struggled to restore order during the announcement.
Chicago June 10 delegates pressed for unanimous consent to nominate Roosevelt after the convention opens. George W Perkins read the peace conference report and urged the convention to follow Roosevelt while deferring action on Lodge.
Roosevelt sent a telegram to the Progressive convention proposing Senator Lodge of Massachusetts as a compromise figure acceptable to both Republicans and Progressives. The note, dated June 10, signals a bid for cross faction unity.
Progressive state chairmen at a stormy meeting today received a proposal from Senator Smoot. They might endorse Hughes if nominated, and Roosevelt would withdraw if he named the vice presidential nominee. The plan was held in abeyance.
Expect Teddy to accept the Progressive nomination in Oyster Bay on June 10. Roosevelt would not comment when informed, but friends say he will accept and expect a formal statement later today.
In Chicago on June 10 Roosevelt advised Perkins and other Progressive leaders that he would hold his decision on accepting the nomination in abeyance for the present and would issue a statement later.
A condensed statement from the Laredo National Bank shows resources and liabilities with figures including capital stock surplus undivided profits and circulation. Signatories include J. K. Beretta president B M Alexander vice president and SAM W Brown cashier with P W Buttron as assistant cashier.
San Diego Miss Mona Quayle weds Richard Stanley Warwell at St. Pauls Cathedral in Chicago. In Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian Church Chicago area brides gather for Gladys Gansbergen and Bruce B Paddock nuptials with bridesmaids from Evanston Poston and Chicago. Frances Wilson of St Joseph weds Paul Wilson Deering of Cincinnati. Margaret A. Smith and Jacob M Dickinson Jr to be married in Philadelphia Unitarian Church. Katharine Simmons and J Kemp Bartlett Jr to wed at Germantown Unitarian Church.
A London Opinion fragment describes a caregiver imploring calm as a nurse asks the mother to come at once about a baby who swallowed a small quantity of pina with safety pins present, reassuring that the pins are likely harmless and that danger is unlikely.
A Scotchman boasts to an Irish neighbor about planting an acorn that grew into a fine oak. Pat retorts that he once planted a dead cat and soon a sanitary inspector sprang up, a quip reflecting humor about quick, unseen consequences.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans reports generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m show a maximum temperature of 100 degrees and a minimum of 75 degrees. Winds were from the south with clear skies and calm conditions.
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