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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1916
Page
13
Republicans nominated Hughes in a tense session while insurgent progressives backed Roosevelt. The bitter split surfaced minutes after the choice, signaling a party riven by compromise rejection and internal retaliation.
Justice Charles B. Hughes was nominated for the presidency by the Republican National Convention on the third ballot. He secured the needed 494 votes as Texas and New Jersey helped push him past the mark before half the states had spoken. John Wanamaker named Charles W. Fairbanks for vice president, who would not accept.
Chicago reports the fourth day at the Republican National Convention as delegates coalesce behind Hughes on the next ballot. States caucus on the floor to throw strength to Hughes with Fairbanks as vice president. Senator Smoot reads the peace committee report and Roosevelt letter to the Progressives.
Washington on June 10 Justice Hughes would not comment on the nomination but it was expected he would issue a statement accepting it around 3 o'clock.
Washington June 10. Mr. Hughes accepts the Republican nomination for president and resigns his seat on the Supreme Court bench.
Newark New Jersey June 10 German Day festival celebrates the city’s 250th anniversary with a two o'clock parade in which ten to twenty thousand people are expected to join. German societies will march and sing along the streets as a feature of the event.
Boston events begin tonight with a dress rehearsal in the MIT great court for the dedicatory masque devised by Prof. Ralph Adams Cram. Seven thousand people will attend the preliminary events ahead of a busy opening week. In West Virginia University commencement starts tomorrow with Dean Shailer Matthews and Benjamin Ide Wheeler among principal speakers. In Virginia Winchester sees Justice Adam C. Carson of the Philippine Islands Supreme Court set to give the annual address.
Rome reports the Italian transport Principe Umberto was torpedoed and sunk by two Austrian submarines in the lower Adriatic while carrying soldiers and war material, convoyed by destroyers. Official admiralty says about half the troops aboard perished. In Washington, Ambassador Gerard states he did not authorize an interview on peace published by a Munich paper, calling the claim spurious.
Associated Press dispatch from Chicago reports Theodore Roosevelt was nominated by unanimous consent within twenty seconds after the Republicans named Hughes. The move sparked a wild uproar and protests as Chairman Robins struggled to restore order. Progressives opened with resolve to defer action on Roosevelt until other conventions weighed Lodge’s nomination.
The Petrograd war office announced today that Russians captured 97 officers and 500 men in addition to those previously reported in successes against Austrians in Volhynia and Galicia. The German and French statements describe ongoing fighting near Verdun with heavy artillery and no infantry actions.
Lewiston Minnesota June 10. Sixty residents volunteered skin grafts to save fourteen year old Ursa McDougall after a year of burns from paraffin and turpentine. Doctors and neighbors, including threshing crews, donated patches totaling about 150 grafts as Ursa celebrated a birthday party. The community pride in the girl and its spirit is evident after a long recovery battle.
A fragment from a column of Facts and Fancies features a beggar and an old lady debating charity. The beggar recalls constant giving to the poor, while the old woman questions how his fortunes became so ruinous, reflecting on generosity and hardship.
Roosevelt sent a telegram from Oyster Bay on June 10 proposing Senator Lodge of Massachusetts as a middle ground candidate acceptable to both Republicans and Progressives in the current convention stalemate.
In Cheago on June 10 progressive state chairmen heard Senator Smoot propose Hughes as a VP choice. They would not object to Hughes and might endorse him if Roosevelt withdraws, a decision held in abeyance at the stormy meeting.
Oyster Bay New York June 10 Roosevelt would not comment on his Progressives nomination when told today but friends expect him to accept and issue a statement later today.
Roosevelt advised Perkins and other Progressive leaders that he will hold his acceptance decision in abeyance for the present and will issue a statement later.
Statement of the Laredo National Bank at the close of business May 1 1916 as rendered to the Comptroller of the Currency Condensed resources include Loans and Discounts Furniture and Fixtures Real Estate United States Bonds Other Bonds and Securities Stock in Federal Reserve Bank Cash and Exchange Liabilities Capital Stock Surplus Fund Undivided Profits net J K Beretta president B M Alexander vice president Sam W Brown cashier P W Buttron assistant cashier
San Diego Mies Mona Quayle wed Richard Stanley Farwell at St Pauls Cathedral in Chicago. Miss Gladys Gansbergen weds Bruce B Paddock at Fullerton Ave Presbyterian Church with bridesmaids Joan Weeks Rita Milliken Ruth Richardson Edith Porter. Frances Wilson weds Paul Wilson Deering in St Joseph. Margaret A Smith to Jacob M Dickinson Jr to marry at Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. Katharine Simmons to J J Bartlett Jr at Germantown Unitarian Church.
London Opinion reports a mother told to stay calm as a baby swallowed a near-hole of safety pins. A nurse urged prompt arrival, but the statement says there is no cause for alarm due to the pins being safety pins and the situation being handled with care.
A Scotchman boasts of planting an acorn that grew into a fine oak. His Irish neighbor Pat retorts that he once planted a dead cat and quickly yielded a sanitary inspector, delivering a sharp humorous contrast.
The Times receives a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau at New Orleans. Tonight and Sunday are expected to be generally fair, with tranquil conditions overall. No significant rain or storms are anticipated, and temperatures are likely to remain mild.
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