Nomination Accepted Taft Speech at Yale Alumni Dinner
Iowa City June 13 Special report wires reveal Taft joked about meeting the White House in 1908 while at a Yale alumni banquet. Gov Cummins endorsed Taft as Roosevelt’s second choice, signaling possible national policy shifts amid Japan, Philippines, and tariff debates. Taft urged tariff removal for Philippine markets and emphasized U S duty in education and self government for Filipinos.
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Iowa City
White House
William H. Taft
Yale
W. R. Lane
Des Moines
United States
Taft
A. B. Cummins
Justice McClain
Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov. Cummins
Roosevelt
Japan
America
Porto Rico
University of Iowa
Philippines
Jap Yellows Called on Carpet by Government
Tokyo dispatch reports home department warnings to newspaper men to avoid inflammatory coverage on the American question. Komura defends Japan in London statement and says the San Francisco restaurant attack negotiations are normal. Immigration chief North says immigration from Japan has nearly ceased with only 115 arrivals last month.
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Tokio
Home Department
London
Komura
San Francisco
Washington
Cal
Congress
Plight of Jews in Odessa Amid Black Hundred Attacks
Private dispatches from Odessa report ongoing violence as the Black Hundred torments Jews in the streets hourly. Hospitals are crowded with the wounded while the case grows more desperate after the latest massacre.
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Odessa
Berlin
Palmer 10 Head Iowa Vets
At the Iowa G A R encampment in Dubuque Colonel D J Palmer of Washington was elected department commander. Mrs Fannie Riemcke of Muscatine was reelected state treasurer of the Ladies of the Grand Army. The Woman's Relief Corps named Estelle Hopper as president.
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Dubuque
Iowa G. A. R
D. J. Palmer
Washington
Fannie Riemcke
Muscatine
Grand Army
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
L. M. Langstaff
H. A. Dyer
Mason City
A. L. Frisbie
Des Moines
H. H. Clark
McGregor
Hugh Pickett
P. S. Wick
Boone
John Young
Oelwein
T. K. Bickley
Ottumwa
G. W. Evans
Wyoming
Grenville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
H. W. Crawford
Mary Edgar
Emma _ Horner
Burlington
Alice Swanegan
New Scandal in Penn Is Linked to Former Treasurer
Harrisburg June 13 A sensation arose as Wm L Mathues the former state treasurer tied to the capitol scandal was found examining treasury records late last night with a department clerk and a political lieutenant from another department The capitol investigation auditors have scrutinized all treasury books for the past three months.
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Harrisburg
Wm. L. Mathues
New Capitol
Treasury Department
Mathues
Treasury
Capitol Investigation Commission
Hague Delegates Arrive for Peace Conference Opening
Delegates from various nations to the peace conference arrive in The Hague ahead of the June 15 opening. An American delegation led by General Horace Porter and John W. Foster is among those arriving with a crowd of attaches and a corps of newspaper correspondents.
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The
Hague
Horace Porter
France
John W. Foster
United States
China
Former henchman claims Dowie insane in court
Wilbur G. Voliva, claiming Zion City church leadership, replies to Receiver Hately seeking court permission to sell Zion City property. Voliva asserts John Alexander Dowie was insane when he made the will naming John A. Lewis overseer and says Lewis collaborates with the receiver to destroy the church.
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Chicago
Wilbur G. Voliva
Zion City Church
Hately
Zion City
Voliva
John A. Lewis
John Alexander Dowie
Lewis
Jury Recommends Spanking of Two Pretty Misses
In Aurora Illinois on June 13 a jury urged that Miss Hattie Briggs and Miss Dorothy Tillotson be spanked in court. Judge Van Oasdale ruled the verdict unconstitutional and discharged Miss Briggs who faced assault charges from Miss Tillotson.
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Aurora
Ill
Hattie Briggs
Dorothy Tillotson
van Oasdale
Briggs
Tillotson
Miss Briggs
Miss Tillotson
Little Man in Effort to Get Big Goes Broke
On the stock exchange today A. E. Appleyard was declared insolvent. He had created a sensation by selling thousands of shares of United Gas Improvement, dropping its price by about four dollars per share before disappearing.
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The
Stock Exchange
A. E. Appleyard
Appleyard
United Gas Improvement Company
Exchange
Newport News
Minnesota
Evans
Navy Department
Taft Addresses University of Minnesota Graduation
Secretary of War Taft delivered a commencement address at the University of Minnesota. He urged educated citizens to engage in practical politics and suggested ways to dismantle a political slate.
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Taft
Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
Three cloudbursts in week hit Kentucky crops
The third cloudburst in a week swept central and eastern Kentucky during the night, causing extensive damage to crops and farm land in lowland river areas.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Blythe-Gentry Wedding in Mason City
Jean Blythe daughter of Mr and Mrs James E Blythe wed Richard Harding Gentry in Mason City Iowa last evening Five honored guests attended the ceremony and reception marking the union of the Blythe and Gentry families.
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James E. Blythe
Mason City
Jean Blythe
James. E. Blythe
Richard Harding Gentry
Iowa Weather: Showers Likely Tonight into Friday
Iowa forecast calls for showers tonight or Friday with warmer temperatures. Partly cloudy in southern and western areas tonight or Friday, with warming on Friday. Sun rises at 4 15, moon set at 9 10.
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Iowa
Minos
Seis
Metcalf Arrives Aboard Dolphin in Washington Navy Yard
June 15 dispatch reports Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels or Metcalf and party arriving aboard the dispatch boat Dolphin at the navy yard after a James River trip hindered by fog rain and telegraph gaps. Separate items note the Minnesota launch disaster and the unidentified body later identified as Coxswain Robert H. Dodson.
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Washington, D. C
Dolphin
Metcalf
Navy Yard
James River
Call Roosevelt a Boy at Jamestown Exposition
Cros by S. Noyes at the Jamestown exposition compares Captain John Smith to President Roosevelt. He credits newspapers with Roosevelt's reforms and daily coverage, noting the president’s youthful, boyish side amid mastery.
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Norfolk
Jamestown
National Editorial Association
Crosby S. Noyes
Washington
Ftar
Noyes
John Smith
Roosevelt
Mine Owners Allies Grow as Labor Federation Expands
James Kirwan reports 51 new locals and over 15 000 new members joined the Western Federation of Miners in the year ending March 351. The total membership stands at 40 000 with $87 787 raised for the Moyer Haywood defense fund and $79 516 disbursed. Salaries for Moyer and Haywood of 150 dollars monthly continue while they are imprisoned in Idaho. The federation frames the growth as a reply to mine owners associations amid alleged officer kidnappings.
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Denver
Colo
James Kirwan
Western Federation of Miners
Federation
Mine Owners’ Association
Colorado
Idaho
Moyer- Haywood Defense Fund
Moyer and
Haywood
Iowa
Roosevelt
Keokuk
Iowa Federation of Labor
Moyer and Pettibone
Boise
The
United States
Defense Opens in Mrs Kaufmann Murder Trial
In Flandreau South Dakota on June 13 Judge Aikens began defense for Mrs Emma Kaufmann charged with killing Agnes Poireis. The attorney argued the wounds and sores came from diabetes and that the disease caused brain blood clots, denying all charges.
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Flandreau
S. D
Emma Kaufmann
Agnes Poireis
Aikens
Roosevelt Begins Quiet Vacation at Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay New York June 13 The first day of President Roosevelt’s vacation proceeds with no visitors scheduled signaling a quiet start to the holiday as announced.
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Oyster Bay
N. B
N. Y
Roosevelt
Interurban Conductor Electrocuted in Garrett
J. Dietrich an interurban conductor was accidentally electrocuted yesterday afternoon in Garrett Indiana in front of a large crowd.
Steamer Ohio Goes Aground With Four Drownings
Private advices from Cape Nome report the steamer Ohio of the White Star line going aground near Nome. Four persons are said to have drowned in the incident.
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Ohio
Nome
Victoria
B. C
Cape Nome
Yesterda
Talk of Bible Makes Him Cry at Haywood Trial
The William D. Haywood trial resumes with Orchard on the stand. He details plans to place a bomb in Steunenberg’s path, his remorse, and the roles of McParland and others. Orchard recalls meeting Peabody and breaks down when facing the governor.
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Boise
Wiliam D. Haywood
Orchard
Richardson
Steunenberg
Haywood
Caldwell
Jack Simpson
Self
Stennenberg
McParland
Peabody
Hawley
Chicago Shipbuilding plant to close and move operations
Announcement states the Chicago Shipbuilding Company plant in South Chicago will permanently close and all machinery and materials will be removed to Lorain Ohio. The move affects local jobs and the industrial landscape of the area.
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Chicago
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
4!I
Lorain
Ohio
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Ing
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W. L. Mathues
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Apostle
Dowie
John Alexander
Hampton Roads
Robert H. Dodson
Smith Vs
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Gers
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