Taft Gains Votes as Committee Settles Contests
The Republican national committee awarded Taft 117 new votes in four states and 14 districts, boosting his total to 504 on the temporary roll. Foraker received 24 votes with tensions centered on Ohio districts as delegates seated and credentials discussed for the convention.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Wiliam H. Taft
Joseph B. Foraker
Taft
Foraker
Ohio
Mark Shoup
Xenia
R. L. Gilchrist
Lebanon
H. M. Brown
Hillsboro
Charles Q. Hildebrandt
Wilmington
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
National Committee
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
Daugherty
Negro murderer kills two in Wilburton Oklahoma
Racially charged violence erupts as R H Johnson, a Black man last seen in September, is blamed for the killings of Walter Roberts and Robert Mounds near Wilburton. A posse forms after he is seen in women's clothing and opens fire on a fishing party, while a woman narrowly escapes. Pickets are posted within a six mile circle.
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Wilburton
Okla
R. H. Johnson
Oliver Swan
Johnson
Walter Roberts
Robert Mounds
Fatal Motor Car Accident in Canton Near Peoria
Hugo Schlater died after his automobile overturned while turning a corner on a main street in Canton. He was thrown under the car and sustained injuries leading to death.
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Peoria
Canton
Hugo Schlater
Richmond youths organize a Young Men's Business club
One hundred young men of Richmond organize a Young Men's Business club to boost Kienmond.
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Richmond
Kienmond
Evans Elected Commander in Chief of United Confederate Veterans
Gen Cisment A Evans of Georgia elected commander in chief to succeed the late Gen Stephen D Lee at Birmingham Alabama reunion. Memphis chosen as next reunion location. Evans, a Georgia native and lawyer, served in the Army of Northern Virginia and received five wounds including Gettysburg. The convention included a floral parade over two miles and a push to buy Jefferson Davis birthplace near Hopkinsville Kentucky.
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Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Cisment A. Evans
Georgia
Stephen
Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Con. Evans
Gaerzia Law School
Sidboron
Virginia
Monocacy
Gettysburg
Apypcemattox
Jefferson Davis
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Anti racing bill passes Louisiana House amid betting debate
In Baton Rouge on June 11 the Louisiana House approved the bill to abolish racing by a 20 to 7 vote. Supporters of horse racing issued counterpoints citing ongoing senate prospects and petitions from New Orleans merchants urging regulated races to continue. An investigation into a suspected $50,000 racing fund found only rumors and an anonymous legislature employee with vague knowledge.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Friends of
Senate
New Orleans
Brewers association adopts platform to abolish immoral saloon
The United States Brewers' Association closed its session pledging temperance in intoxics and the abolition of immoral saloons. It voted to meet next year in Rochester New York with officers elected: President J. Brown Rochester vice president C M Hobbs Bridgeport secretary George A Seager Rochester and treasurer C I Yates Rochester.
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Milwaukee
United States Brewers’ Association
Rochester
N. Y
J. Brown
C. M. Hobbs
Bridgeport
Hitchcock Freed on Not Guilty Verdict
In New York on June 11 the jury found Raymond Hitchcock not guilty of mistreating young girls at 2:50 AM. Mrs. Hitchcock cried as she embraced him in court. Four other indictments remain. Hitchcock was remanded to the Tombs and will be admitted to bail.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Widow of Langdon "Denver" Smith Found Dead in Brooklyn
Marie Antoinette Smith widow of late Langdon Denver Smith, noted New York newspaper writer, was found dead at her Brooklyn home. A physician reported probable mercurial poisoning to the coroner. She had recently suffered grief after her husband died in April and had previously attempted suicide with bichloride of mercury on April 25.
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Denver” Smith
New York
Marie Antoinette Smith
Langdon (“Denver
Cleveland Street Car Dynamited
A Cedar avenue street car in Cleveland was wrecked by dynamite early Thursday. Four passengers the motorman and the conductor were injured in the Murray Hill incident.
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Cleveland
Cedar Avenue
Murray Hill
Body of drowned New Albany man recovered near river
The body of George Deny of New Albany, who drowned in the Ohio River, has been recovered two miles below that city.
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George Deny
New Albany
Ohio River
Death of Oliver H. P. Belmont at Hempstead
Oliver H. P. Belmont aged 50 died after a ten day illness from appendicitis at his Hempstead home. His death followed a long public career in finance politics and society with strong ties to New York London and Paris. He served in the Navy before entering banking and politics and was a Democratic delegate in 1900 and a congressman from New York. His widow Mrs Alva Vanderbilt Belmont and her two sons were at his side during the final hours.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Belmont
Sarah Swan Whitney
George Rives
William Burden
Alva E. Smith Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Millionaire Lester Weds Miss Williams in Washington
Miss Juliette Williams daughter of Col. and Mrs. John R. Williams wed Jo seph Leiter son of the late Levi Z. Leiter of Chicago and Washington at the Williams home. Rev Father Buckey performed the ceremony before about 20 witnesses. The couple plans a Chicago honeymoon then a country residence stay and later abroad to visit Lord Curzon and other peers. An incident with a photographer occurred as they left the wedding breakfast when Leiter smashed the camera after a failed attempt to snap a photo.
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Washington
Juliette Williams
John R. Williams
Joseph Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Chicago
Father Buckey
St. Matthew's
Summerly
Frances Williams
Roman Baldwin
C. C. Baldwin
Harvard
Leiter
Nicholas Longworth
Big $50,000 Registered Mail Heist Shocks City
Los Angeles post officials admit a registered mail pouch from June 3 to New York vanished last Saturday. The bag reportedly held at least $50,000 in currency plus many money orders, with up to $50,000 more possible. Bank cashier Charlies Seyler links the pouch to Los Angeles banks and a New York correspondent, noting the cash was sent to New York via Kansas City routing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Post Office
Kansas City
Post Office Department
New York
Washington
M. H. Flint
W. J. Vickery
Union Depot
Flint
Charlies Seyler
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank
New York City
Chemical National Bank
Lusitania Sets Transatlantic Speed Record Run
A wireless from the Lusitania captain said the Cunard liner was breaking transatlantic records on its Queenstown to New York voyage. At 11 36 a m Wednesday she was 1948 knots from Daunt's Rock with an hourly average of 25 12 knots and was due at New York around midnight Thursday.
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New York
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Halifax
N. S
Lusitania
Daunt’s Rock
Compton Estate Wins Big Suit Against Wabash Railroad
The estate of James Compton won $860,000 in a U S circuit court judgment against the Wabash Railroad. Judge Robert W. Taylor ruled Wednesday in Toledo Ohio, resolving a long dispute over a Toledo to Ohio line section and ownership of certain stock shares.
Fourth annual convention of the International Auctioneers group in Peoria
Fully 300 auctioneers from across the United States attended the fourth annual convention of the International Association of Auctioneers of America in Peoria on Wednesday. Indianapolis secured the next meeting and officers were elected: President J. H. Mason Union City Ia vice-president S. P. Powelson Canton Ill secretary L. S. Kent Hutchinson Kan treasurer J. E. Stout Peoria Ill.
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Peoria
Lil
United States
International Association of Auctioneers of America
Indianapolis
Ind
J. H. Mason
Union City
S. P. Powelson
Canton
Ill
L. S. Kent
Hutchinson
Kan
J. E. Stout
Owen Wisters Mother Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs Owen Jones Wister, mother of novelist Owen Wister, died at her Philadelphia home in her seventy second year. She was born Miss Sarah Butler daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, renowned American actress.
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Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Owen Jones Wister
Despondent couple commit suicide in Fesex Massachusetts
Despondent after arrest on a statutory charge, George Alden Gerrin and Edith A Power, residents of the town, died by taking poison. The pair, both well known locals, were reported to have died shortly after the act.
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Fesex
Mass
George Alden Geriin
Edith A. Powe
Thomas Bowes
Lakin
Brazil Baptist Church Breaks Ground for New Parish
The Baptist congregation at Brazil has broken ground for a handsome new church to be erected, signaling a major addition to the town’s religious landmark and community hub.
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Brazil
Grain Shippers Organize in Ohio and Indiana
A meeting in Piqua Ohio led to the formation of the Ohio and Indiana Grain Shippers association with 100 members pledged. Officers elected include President Lerry Urmston Tipton Ind Vice-president Joseph Wolcott Conover O Secretary H W Kress Piqua O Treasurer Joseph Coppereck Fletcher O.
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Piqua
Ohio
Indiana Grain Shippers
Ohio and Indiana Grain Shippers Association
Lerry Urmston
Tipton
Ind
Joseph Wolcott
Conover
H. W. Kress
Joseph Coppereck
Fletcher
New Yorker Dies of Hydrophobia
Captain Edward Rabey commander of a quarantine steamer died in a Staten Island sanitarium from hydrophobia Wednesday in New York.
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New Yorker
New York
Edward Rabey
Staten Island
Cooks Who Cook Collected in Reporter Local Columns
Local columnist pieces highlight cooks who cook in community kitchens and home kitchens. Readers get brief portraits and notes on cooking styles.
Bride Abducted by Six Men On Mountain Trip
W F Burns of Jackson County North Carolina reports his wife was taken by a gang of six men on a bridal trip across Panther Mountain in Greenville County. He was bound and beaten. the couple were in a mountain cottage when intruders seized the wife and fled. He has not seen her since. authorities probe his tale.
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Spartanburg
D. C
W. F. Burns
Jackson County
N. C
Panther Mountain
Greenville County
Burns
Big Grain Elevator Burns In Hammond Fire
A large fire in Hammond Indiana destroyed the Tri State Grain elevator and 250000 bushels of corn. Property valued at about 200000 dollars burned along with the grain. The blaze started from a hot box on a small wheel on a grain belt used to hoist corn into the elevator.
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Chicago
Tri-State Grain Company
Hammond
Ind
New Name for Dunker Church Adopted
Des Moines Iowa June 11 After a heated debate the Dunkers conference in Des Moines adopts the church name Church of the Brethren replacing the old designation.
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Dunker Church
Des Moines
Church of the Brethren
Dunkers
Noted Astronomer to Wed in New York
A marriage license was issued Wednesday to Prof Percival Lowell the astronomer and Miss Constance Savage Keith of Boston in New York City.
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New York
Percival Lowell
Constance Savage Keith
Boston
Industrial socialism grows through farmer unions in Colorado
J C Ralston reports from Pueblo Colorado that farmer unions and the Knights of Industry bind with urban unions to push practical socialism. Farmers seek direct sale depots and union made goods while challenging coal and beet sugar trusts with cooperative mines and a Zan Manzanola factory plan.
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J. C. Ralston
Pueblo, Colo
Knights of Industry
Farmers’ Unions
George B. Lang
State Farmers’ Organization
Farmers’ Union Woolen Mills
Albuquerque
N. M
Sacks
Farmers’ Union
The
Coal Trust
American Beet Sugar Company
Vaccination Authority Granted to UC President
San Francisco June 11 Power was given to President Benjamin Wheeler of the University of California by a regents amendment. The president may order wholesale vaccination quarantine or dismissal of any student for health or sanitation with no appeal. The change follows last winter when several students refused vaccination during a smallpox scare.
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San Francisco
Benjamin Wheeler
University of California
Board of University Regents
Regents
Hotel Keepers Say Busy Summers Bring Guests Not Waiters
A local columnist notes hotel keepers find it easier to attract guests in summer than to hire reliable waiters. The remark highlights staffing challenges amid peak season.
Edward Ford Trial Opens for Bowling Green Killings
The trial of Edward Ford of Bloomington, charged with killing Joel and Frank McCoy, opened yesterday.
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Edward Ford
Bloomington
Joel
Frank McCoy
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C. A. Evans
Louisiana House
Raymond Hitchcock Freed
S. Edward
Glaing U.P. Bell
Long Island
Decedent
Lester
Vail
Rosbed
Bradfield Regulaigar CO
Atlanta, Ga
Colorado
J. H. Crawley
Rocky Ford
Farmers’ Co-operative Coal Company
Aguilar
Colo
Pueblo
Trust
Beet Sugar Trust
Manzanela
S Z. Schneck
Colorado Supplies Company
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Gould's
Coal and Steel Trust
JFL
Jirmars Goopere
California’ University
Texas
Oklahoma
W.S. St. George Gen’s Passenger and Ticket Agt
M.K
T. Ry
St. Louis, Mo
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