Roosevelt Roars In Chicago Progres sive Party Launch
The Progressive party formally launches at Convention Hall Chicago with Theodore Roosevelt poised to lead. Delegates and visiting women march to the Coliseum amid banners Essays of votes for women and a lively crowd. Roosevelt arrives to a thunderous reception as Dixon calls the convention to order.
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Congress Hotel
Coliseum
Art Institute
Ila
Ime
Witness Suffrage Association
North Shore Women's Civic League
West Side Woman’s Suffrage
Inh
Illinois Political Equality League
The
Woman's Trade Union League
South Side Suuffrage
Pennsylvania
John Brown
Teddy
Alfred ©. Crozier
Providence
KR. 1
Crozier
Roosevelt
Medill McCormick
Albert J. Beveridge
James R. Garfield
Joseph M. Dixon
Chauncey Dewey
Citicago
Oconvention Hall
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Dixon
New York
United
K. Davis
Dornblaser
David
Roosevelt Car Arrival Sparks Suffragette Welcome in Chicago
At Chicago station Colonel Roosevelt arrived amid a mixed reception with Chauncey Depew and Hiram Johnson among the reception committee. Suffragettes led by Mrs. Katherine Dreier and Mrs. Isabella Blaney greeted the colonel, bands played, and Roosevelt spoke of party change and reform as delegates' credentials and negro delegates dominated convention debates.
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Chauncey Depew
Roosevelt Teader
Hiram Johnson
California
James Rudolph Garfield
Ralph C. Otis
Roosevelt
I. W. Noyes
Oscar W. Handley
United States
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Medill McCormick
William Blingham
Katherine Dreier
New York
Isabella Blaney
Hall House
Timothy Woodruff
Woodruff
Wormthull
Colonel Speaks
Rorosevela
Chicago
Caets Gat
Committee On
Dixon
Talstone
Malstone
Roosevelt arrival sparks Progresive party clash at Chicago hotel
More than 2 000 delegates converged on Chicago for the first Progressive convention with tensions between white and negro delegates over seating. Police cleared the Congress Hotel lobby after a confrontation as Theodore Roosevelt arrived to a noisy welcome.
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Potace
Chicago
Congress Hotel
Roosevelt
Ill
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Coliseum
South
Chauncey Depew
Medill McCormick
Joseph M. Dixon
Dixon
Beveridge
Indiana
Chicago News Drafts on New Administration Plans
Fragmentary text indicates discussion of party control, business influence, and reforms under the new administration in Chicago Illinois with references to ng and potential sourcal par ties. Further readable lines mention plans for reform and governance.
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Chicago, Ill
Spe
Beveridge Addresses Bull Moose Convention on Trusts and Tariff
The temporary chairman outlines Progressive aims in a five thousand word keynote. He attacks the Sherman trust law and supports stronger trust laws while signaling limited government regulation. He defends tariffs with a plan for a tariff board and stresses wages, child labor, and gender parity. The talk touts a living Constitution and rejects radical measures like recalls.
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Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Beveridge
Armour and Harriman Interests Expand Automatic Telephone Deal
The Automatic Electric Company offers five year option for 11 percent stock to Armour Harriman Stillman interests now backing a new automatic telephone device. They previously invested in Chicago subways without returns and seek profit through the Chicago based automatic system. Negotiations finalized in New York with Ogden Armour James Stillman and E Harriman connected parties.
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Chicago, Special
Automatic Electric Company
Armour, Harriman, Stillman
Chicago
United States
Canada
New York
Ogden Armour
E. Harriman
James Stillman
Becher Faces His Accusers in New York Court
Charles Derker arraigned before Judge Crain on murder charges tied to Memman Koenenthal case. Becker seeks access to grand jury minutes and delay to review record. Mulqueen court to hear motions. Gas blast at Hotel Martinique injures cafe orchestra members. musicians survive and resume playing.
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New York
Charles Derker
Memman Koeenthal
Thomas C. Crain
Robert H. Elder
Kings County
John W. Shirt
Becker
Sidha
Thomas ©. Cronin
Hecker
Hart Wml Rider
Jenve
Tlea
Crain
Mulqueen
Mulqueen Court Room
Judeec Mulqueen
Brand
Broadway
Thirty-third Street
Martinique
Steven Pagano
Lutel Cirielli
Etm
Blood Feud Shrinks as Rose Webber and Wallon Face Coroner
In New York a heightened fear of more violence surrounds the Rosenthal murder case. Becker faces potential indictments for murder and extortion as police hunt gunmen Lefty Louse and Gyp the Blood. Rose claims Becker double crossed him while DA Whitman moves toward court action.
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New York
Herman Rosenthal
Bald Jack" Rose
Charles A. Becker
Rosenthale
Becker
Mulqueen
General Sessions Court
New York County Grand Jury
Whitman
Commonwealths
Rosenthal
Manchester
Hughes
Central Office
Catskill Mountains
Lefty Louse
Delaware County
Whitey Lewis
Rose
Eagles in Session at Forest City
The Fraternal Order of Eagles annual convention opens in Cleveland Ohio with an Arch of Welcome lit on the square and decorated business districts. Mayor Newton B. Baker and Governor Judson Harmon welcome Grand Aerie officers as the gathering begins tonight at the Eagle's club on East Pufty Fifth Street with a 9 30 reception following the formal opening.
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Cleveland
Leveland
Ohio
Order of Eacles
Eagle’s Club
East Pufttyfifth Street
Newton BD. Baker
Judson Vlarman
Taft Accepts Resignation of Seattle Judge Wanford
President Taft accepted the resignation of United States Judge Cornelius Wanford of Seattle after a congressional investigating committee reported. The action came without comment following impeachment charges linked to Representative Victor Berger.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
United States
Cornelius Wanford
Seattle
Wash
Congressional Investigating Committee
Victor Berger
Alaska Committeeman Daly Shoots Self Dead
Special dispatch from Tolowan Alaska reports Democratic National Committee man Daly killed himself with a gun yesterday while en route to the Idta rod District. A coroner's jury was empaneled at Hot Springs after the shooting and returned a verdict of.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tolowan
Here
Daly
Hot Springs
Guthrie Lured By Detective Stories in Gifted Art Theft Case
Chicago police compile an inventory of loot linked to Jacob Foy Guthrie the so called Chicago raffles who says reading detective stories drew him from teaching. They believe over 350000 dollars in art jewelry and valuables may be recovered. A guard is posted to prevent self harm as exam by alienists proceeds.
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Chicago
Ill
Jacob Foy Guthrie
Raffles
Guthrie
Helpin
Guthrie case labeled insane for thefts history
Dr. Lelia W. Schwab Guthrie family physician calls the subject the educated fool and a dynamite kleptomaniac with a lifelong bookworm habit. He sat reading detective stories by night as a child and stored thefts rather than disposing of them, suggesting long standing mental aberration.
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Lelia W. Schwab
Guthrie
Raffles
German Ambassador in London Uses Secret Private Typewriter
Baron Marshall von Bieberstein, newly moved from Constantinople to London, brings a private typewriter with a unique code. Only the baron and a few German Foreign Office aides can read it, and he personally types all his confidential messages.
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London
Baron Marshall von Bieberstein
Constantinople
Omce
Chicago Faces Potential Streetcar Strike Threat
W D Mahon head of the Amalgamated Association warns Chicago could slide into industrial conflict if traction employers refuse wage hikes. He notes a strike by 10 000 workers looms and bomber men threaten to join, risking a total system shutdown.
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Chicago
W. D. Mahon
Amatlsanated Association of Street Railway and
Mahon
Judge Skeen Aims to Purify Elections in Virginia Counties
Special dispatch reports Judge FL A W Skeen pursues election reform in Southwest Virginia. Dickenson county indictments surge after audits, with trials and fines ranging from 100 to 150 dollars. Moonshine offenses flood the docket as authorities strive to purge voter and revenue violations.
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Bristol
Virginia
FL. A. W. Skeen
Circuit Court
Dickenson County
Lee
Lee County
Dickenson
Clintwood
Skeen
Judee Skeen
TROOPS IN MIX-UP ON BORDER
In El Paso Texas armed men in Mexico and United States troops exchanged about fifty shots on the border. Mexican fire hit the US side near the line and damaged homes of C. H. Cole and A. P. D. Martin. American troops fired back across the boundary amid the flare of the revolution tension. Earlier Nogales Arizona also saw Mexican Federal soldiers fire over the border into the United States.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
United States
C. H. Cole
A. PD. Martin
Nogales
Ariz
No Million Dollar Party For Mr Taft Declined
The White House announced that President Taft would not attend the million dollar garden party hosted by Henry C Frick at his Massachusetts summer home on the north shore. Officials stated the President never intended to be present and that the event date in August was not planned for him.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Taft
Henry C. Frick
Massachusetts
Washington
Wilsons Views On Newspapers From Sea Girt Speech
Governor Wilson criticizes misrepresentation in daily papers and calls for punishment of responsible editors. He recalls a joke about tobacco chewing and public opinion, notes sensational reporting that distorted his remarks, and regrets a tobacco firm using a doctored image in ads. He urges accountability for falsehoods.
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N. J
Wilson
Cross Roads
Dakota
May Compromise on Battleships
Washington D C Special Prospects of an early agreement on the battleship appropriation in the naval bill today brightened as the Senate signaled willingness to compromise on one Dreadnought. House leaders said agreement could follow and the Democratic caucus would rescind its prior action tomorrow night. Representative Sulzer will introduce a resolution offering Democrats a choice of voting for two battleships one battleship or none.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Sulzer
New York
No Chance for Peace in Mexico
El Paso reports continued unrest in northern Mexico as Salazar joins Salaver heading toward Juarez to unite with Orosco. Rebels plan a westward advance near the United States border, avoiding mountains and ambush opportunities. Local sympathizers say the revolution remains far from subdued in the northern states.
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EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
San Jine
Salazar
Mexico
Salaver
Orosco
Juares
United States
Pension funds blocked as Congress stalls on appropriation
Thousands of veterans from the Mexican and Civil Wars face delayed pensions as Congress debates the pension appropriation bill and the future of pension agencies. Vouchers await mailing, with about 20 million dollars held up and tens of thousands in Washington and the District affected. Senator McCumber urged immediate 30 million dollars to cover claims through August 4.
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Washington, D. C
Wreshingtonians
Congress
Soldiers’ Home
McCumber
Senate Committee On Pensions
James I. Davenport
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