Republicans Face Tough Split at Chicago Coliseum
At the Chicago Coliseum 12 000 packed for a Republican convention opening. Taft and Roosevelt factions clash as temporary officers named and California votes poised to test strength for Roosevelt.
18 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1912
Page
1
At the Chicago Coliseum 12 000 packed for a Republican convention opening. Taft and Roosevelt factions clash as temporary officers named and California votes poised to test strength for Roosevelt.
Report outlines Taft Roosevelt clash at the convention as leaders map voting blocs. Senator Root reportedly gains a ninety two vote majority overall amid police readiness and efforts to keep order. Possible vice presidential names are discussed for both Taft and Roosevelt camps as the battle continues.
Senator Dixon, Roosevelt manager, says the fight will begin at the convention over the temporary roll and the choice of temporary chairman. Roosevelt backs Senator Borah, while Rooth remains a contender as credentials battles loom with 90 to 100 delegates at issue.
Fx-President Roosevelt sent a courteous note to Canteen Harry S. New requesting ten convention tickets as his family had no seats. Captain New promptly enclosed the ten seats reserved for Colonel Roosevelt, who was known to have reservations at the Blackstone and Congress hotels.
June 18 report states James P. Goodrich was elected by Indiana delegates to the Republican National Committee for four years, succeeding Harry S. New. The result reinforces Indiana representation at the national party level.
Six American battleships in Cuban waters probably will be withdrawn before July 1. Mabel Tate undergoes appendicitis surgery and remains dangerously flat in New York. Thomas Snider, a Cincinnati ketchup magnate, and his bride died in a Lake Shore train crash near Erie Pennsylvania. The British House of Commons approves a franchise bill adding 250,606 voters if enacted. Natlong Packing plans voluntary beef trust dissolution and redistribution by August 1. The president vetoes the army appropriation returning it to Congress with a note opposing the removal of General Leonard Wood as chief of staff on March 4.
In Chicago June 18 Colonel Roosevelt denounces fraud at the Republican convention and urges the nation to stand for the people against a committee backed by allegedly fraudulent delegates. He warns that approving such tactics would wreck the party and endanger republican government.
Baltimore June 18 The Democratic leaders gathered are drifting not naming candidates as the Republican nominee nears. Senator Stone and Champ Clark push a hands off approach to temporary chairman with O Gorman or Parker favored. Bryan could command the post if he chose, Clark men likely to back him in a Clark Wilson deadlock scenario.
Harry K Thaw slayer of Stanford White won his first hearing for release from Matteawan state hospital as doctors testified he is constitutionally inferior yet sane. Six witnesses for Thaw, including a physician and a former governor, testified he has acted rationally in conversations and actions.
Scores show multiple games with teams Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis New York and Pittsburgh. Pitchers Humphries Kling Suggs McLean King Marquard Kelley and OToole appear among lineups. Rain shortened Brooklyn game noted as eight innings.
Baseball standings recap lists games in Columbus Kansas City 6 to 0 and Toledo 8 Minneapolis 3. The entries also mention teams Wingo Vineling Miller Hall Cady Walsh Sullivan and players in Chicago POEL region.
George Kelley twenty is accused of killing his grandmother Mrs Louise Kelley age seventy eight at her river road home four miles west of Jimersonville North Dakota. He died by arsenic before arrest, allegedly while resisting a burglar who broke a box for money. Mrs Mary Louise Kelly formerly Stewart owned a farm and was survived by four sons and two daughters.
Judge Markey fines Pittshore Crisingalh Chicaro & St. Louis Railroad 10 for not meeting the caboose law enacted by the last legislature. The ruling upholds the law requiring cabooses to be twenty four feet long and equipped with two four trucks. Company plans appeal to the supreme court.
A tornado swept through Jacksonville near Washington Pennsylvania on June 18 wiping out the entire village. No structure remains standing with residents camping in fields. Many residents are injured and doctors from nearby towns have been sent to treat the stricken district.
Bloemington Ind June 18 Dr Harald Whetstone Johnston longtime Indiana University Latin head Western Athletic conference leader and NASAA president elect died suddenly on a Monon train returning from Indianapolis after a day of business.
Weather observations from United States bureaus at 8 p m indicate Unnettied area somewhat cooler with cooler air expected to move in. Data notes incomplete with gaps in station reports and surrounding regions showing mixed conditions.
Miss Jutta Clarke of Denver, twenty three, one of three female aviators, died at Illinois state fair grounds when a Curtiss biplane wing struck a tree, crashing the craft and crushing her skull. In Pittsburg a ten day beef boycott begins as Federated Marketing Clubs push abstinence.
Tonight Rev C BR Wain preaches Why Jesus Can Save the City at Culbertson Avenue Baptist tent Oak street. Second Presbyterian youth host a social at eight under Christian Endeavor Society. Advent Christian church sails to Madison tomorrow leaving Jeffersonville at eight. Epworth League social at DePauw Memorial church postponed due to Rev R A Interno illness. Enda Hunt for Rich Girl promotes Electric Bitters as a health aid for women. Knoefel Drug % offers the product.
Notes by J A Rrafe report Post 2 gathering on Saturday June 19 for special business. New Albany delegates of Post Q left for Peoria to attend the national convention. A treasury balance and May death indemnity payments are listed, with steady membership gains for Indiana Missouri Pennsylvania and Illinois. The item includes local gossip and humorous quips about turtle soup weeds and a clock.
Personal note: Joseph V. Reed confined by illness at home on Silver Hills. Mosier family from Washington Indiana return after visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Malcolm Newland and Horace W Shave party home after touring. J Claude Bird to wed Blanche Katherine Zimmerman at 8:30 pm June 27 at the Zimmermans’ home. John F Fisher of Birmingham and Miss Henrietta M Donton wed at Holy Trinity. reception at 1414 Culbertson Ave. They plan to leave tonight for Binny. Miss Rosearin honored at event hosted by Mrs C W Caring. Attendees include Lillian and Idna Hubler, Louise Hinkebein, May Friedley, May Heckel, Martha Drillette, Rose Caring, Irene Baurla, Louis Huseon, Henry Muller, William Zimmerman, Carl Miller, Charles Baurla, A J Miller.
A New York Sun fragment recounts the peine forte et dure as a coercive penalty to extort confession. It describes the torture of being pressed under stones, with food and water withheld, to force avowal, citing late medieval England and the case of Clitheroe in 1600.
A Neenah man endured pains in the side and two broken ribs after a frightful coughing spell. The doctor suspects the injury from the cough and notes relief with a tonic from Dr. King's New Discovery. An endorsement from Mrs Effie Morton of Celene Mo. claims the remedy cured persistent coughs and colds.
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