Taft Delegates Seated as Lodge Chairs Convention
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is made permanent chairman of the convention while delegates are seated. A masterly address from the Massachusetts senator is delivered as marching clubs parade through the hall and nominations are anticipated tomorrow.
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Committee On Permanent Organization
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Deneen
Illinois
Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dr William F King resigns after 40 years at Cornell College
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 17 Dr W F King longtime president of Cornell College Mt Vernon resigns due to ill health Prof Harlan chosen as his successor King helped elevate the college to a leading position among Iowa’s small colleges The piece also notes labor leaders backing the Cummins boom while the Doliver boom wanes and the president offers no clear choice
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Cedar Rapids
W. F. King
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Harlan
King
Iowa
Taft Story Signals Imminent Victory Amid Platform Tug
The report notes Taft's looming success as President facing no decisive opposition while platform clashes over labor and injunction stances push the vice presidency into a secondary focus. Cummins rhetoric still resonates despite shifts.
Nomination Speeches Possible If Platform Dispute Resolved
Chicago June 17. A compromise on platform planks and committee report battles could end today. If not prolonged, tomorrow may feature nominating speeches and the convention could conclude by nightfall.
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Chicago, IL
Roosevelt Rally Sets Convention Alight At Lodge Speech
At Chicago June 17 a huge Roosevelt welcome greeted Senator Lodge after his selection as permanent chairman. The crowd cheered for two decades, waves of flagging and a Teddy Bear in the seats, as Lodge urged support amid a tumultuous ovation and calls of four years more.
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Roosevelt
United States
Ohio
N. H. Fairbanks
Lodge
Cummins and Fairbanks Dominate VP Talks In Chicago
Chicago telegrams show Cummins backers pressing for full Iowa delegation support as Fairbanks raises doubts about a nomination. Taft aides claim momentum for anti injunction plank and predict a platform aligned with Taft. Labor leaders push Cummins. Dolliver’s boost reportedly wanes.
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Iowa
Cummins
Taft
Welliver
Washington, D. C
Borah
Idaho
Chicago
Dolliver
Lumbermen’s Annual Meet in Minneapolis Delegates Convene
The sixth annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association is held in Minneapolis. President William Irvine of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, presented an address as nearly one hundred delegates from across the United States attended.
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Minneapolis, Minn
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
William Irvine
Chippewa Falls
Wis
United States
Youth suffers severe leg injury at Rock Island station
In Harlan Iowa on June 16 11 year old Carl Norgaard crawled atop a Rock Island train at the station and fell under the wheels. His right leg was badly crushed below the knee requiring amputation.
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Harlan
Carl Norgaard
Rock Island
Republican convention session dull until noon
Delegates slow in assembling and few seats filled at noon. The crowd rose as the band played patriotic tunes and opened with prayers. Credentials report anticipated within an hour while Allies favored a majority report. Veterans from Minnesota Indiana Lincoln era invited to platform as clubs marched through the hall.
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Kentucky
Burrows
William G. Waters
Chicago
Harry Dougherty
Ohio
Committee On Credentials
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Credentials Committee
National Committee
Henry Baker
Minnesota
James D. Connor
Indiana
Fremont
A. G. Proctor
St. Joseph
Mich
Americus of
Levee at St. Louis Submerged as Flood Rises
St. Louis Mississippi River crested near 33.7 feet this morning, about four feet above danger level, and the levee protecting the city is completely submerged. Levee breach prompts emergency measures as the river threatens wards.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis, Mo
Mississippi
Mountain Home man jailed after trying to exit Burlington train
Martin Knittle of Mountain Home Idaho, carrying over $4,000 in cash and a $3,000 bank check, attempted to climb from a Burlington train in Ottumwa Iowa. He claims to be a gold miner and says he wants to see Dave Mowers to settle a business account. Police hold him awaiting relatives’ word. he believes he is in New London New York.
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Ottumwa
Martin Knittle
Mountain Home
Idaho
Burlington
Knittle
New London
N. Y
Dave Mowers
Bank
Pittsburg Downs Boston 14 to 4 in Morning Game
Pittsburg defeated Boston 14 to 4 in the morning game played in Boston on June 17. The result shows Pittsburg ahead early and maintaining the lead through the final inning.
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Boston
Pittsburg
Des Moines Meeting Debates Central Treasury Unification
The supreme lodge A. O. U. W. met in executive session in Des Moines to debate unifying funds under one central treasury. The discussion grew heated with strong oratory heard behind closed doors while resolutions praised Des Moines entertainment and Iowa’s strong showing in the order.
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Des Moines
Supreme Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Iowa
Mother faints in court as brothers are sentenced
In Dubuque Iowa on June 17 Frank and William Omera were sentenced by Judge Benson for malicious mischief. Their mother, present in the courtroom, fainted and remained bedridden for four hours afterward.
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Dubuque, Ja
Frank
William O’mera
Benson
Brother of Senator Dead in Fallon Nevada
J E Maytag, brother of Senator Maytag of Newton, Iowa, was killed at Fallon Nevada. No further details were received.
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Marshalltown
J. E. Maytag
Laurel
Maytag
Newton
Fallon
Nevada
Robbery Strikes Gray Optical Company Last Night
The Gray Optical company was robbed of 1500 dollars in gold spectacle frames last night. No clues are available as investigators review the scene.
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Cedar Rapids
Gray Optical Company
Father Kills Three Italians in New Orleans Home
Pietro Giacona a wealthy wine merchant shot and killed three Italian men at his New Orleans residence early today after they attempted to extort money and his watch from his son. The incident occurred at Giacona's home.
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New Orleans
Pietro Giacona
Giacona
Directors Omit SemIannual Dividends On Rail Stocks
New York June 17 directors of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad skipped the semi annual dividend on preferred stock. The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis railway followed by omitting the semi annual dividend on its common stock.
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New York
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Cleveland, Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
University of Pennsylvania 152nd commencement diplomas awarded
Philadelphia June 17 600 or more men and women received diplomas at the University of Pennsylvania's 152nd annual commencement.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Bryan declines to discuss platform before convention
Lincoln Nebraska June 17 William J Bryan after reading the draft of the Republican platform declined to discuss the document in advance of its adoption by the convention.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Blaze Threatens Residents in Stanton Street Tenement
New York June 17. An incendiary ignited a fire in a Stanton Street tenement endangering about 200 people. The stairway was drenched in kerosene and a torch used. Policemen and bystanders battled the flames with buckets of water to quell the blaze.
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New York
Stanton Street
Sons of Veterans camp eyes 1999 encampment in Mason City
Mason City march 17 report that local Sons of Veterans camp is wiring support for hosting the next encampment in 1999. This year Niagara hosts the gathering and local leaders push to bring it to Mason City to showcase the university and boost interest among members.
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Mason City
Sons of Veterans’ Camp
Niagara
Ketchum Wins Republican Nomination for Railroad Commissioner
Des Moines reports tabulated returns from two counties show N. S. Ketchum defeats rivals for the railroad commission by a margin exceeding 6000 votes. Lead appears sufficient to prevent a state convention challenge.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
N. S. Ketchum
Four Iowa personal crisis reports reveal suicides and overdoses
Reports from Sioux City Humboldt Chariton Creston describe Edith Matthews refusing marriage leading to a fatal shooting of Orville Whitford, Mrs. William Wallace’s morphine overdose, Alfred Brenneman’s suicide over domestic issues, and Ben Weimberg found dead with carbolic acid with a prior attempted hanging.
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Iowa
Self
Sioux City
Edith Matthews
Orville Whitford
Craig L. Wright
Whitford
Fremont
Neb
Riverside Park
Humboldt
William Wallace
Chariton
Alfred Brenneman
Leon
Creston
James McKee
Ben Weimberg
Weimburg
West Liberty Boy Wins University Prize
Iowa City announces prize winners with John L. Kimball of West Liberty named resident physician at the university hospital for excellence in medicine and surgery.
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John Kimball
Iowa City
John L. Kimball
West Liberty
University Hospital
Vice Presidential Tension In Republican Convention
Reporting from Chicago in the Republican National Convention, the vice presidential race remains unsettled. Fairbanks leads but shadows of Dolliver loom as rumors swirl about a possible shift. Roosevelt forces push Taft nomination and a Roosevelt aligned platform, with committee actions pending and quotes guarded from unnamed delegates.
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Chicago
United States
Fairbanks
Lowan
Jonathan Prentice Dolliver
Roosevelt
Taft
Resolutions Committee
Iowa
Republican Party
Weather forecast for Illinois and Iowa
The forecast shows showers possible in Iowa today and Thursday with temperatures rising slowly. Illinois expects partly cloudy skies with likely showers tonight or Thursday and a gradual temperature increase. Sunrise is 4 13, sunset 7 29, moon rise 10 41.
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Ilowa
Tonisat
Ilinois
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