Senate Money Bills Blockade Threatens Government
Washington June 26. A near shutdown looms as fifteen General Appropriation Bills stall, risking government operations next Monday. Taft plans to urge emergency funding while House and Senate blame each other for delays affecting 28,000 postal carriers and 41,000 rural carriers.
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Taft Condemns Lynching in Pinehurst Case
President Taft denounces the lynching of Annie Beshdale, the African American woman who killed her white employer near Pinehurst Georgia. He says he deplores the act, cites enforcement of criminal law as remedy, and calls for punishment of those involved.
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Bets at Union League Club Ponder Taft Roosevelt Odds
A Brooklyn Union League Club betting showdown weighs Taft losing every state and Roosevelt matching or exceeding Taft in electoral votes. Wagers include 100 against 1000 on Taft carrying no state and 100 to 150 on Roosevelt equal or more electoral votes.
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Parachutist Law Drops From Biplane Near Hempstead
J Rodman Law, famed parachute jumper, leaped from Harry Brown’s biplane at 3500 feet near Meadow Brook Club and landed safely about a half mile away as an umbrella opened to slow his descent. The scene unfolded at Menendez Corner four miles east of Hempstead with onlookers watching the sunlit sky and the descending parachutist.
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New York
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Hempstead
Rake Rubbish for Jewels At City Dumps
Street Cleaning Commissioner Edwards assigns workers with rakes to Canal and West Twentieth Street dumps to find a missing chamois bag of jewelry belonging to Miss Kelly of 228 West Eleventh Street. A $00 reward is offered for the return, prompting fears of overstaffing and incentive among employees.
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Extra Edition Announces New Baby Shirley in Easi Orange
In Easi Orange New Jersey on June 26 the birth of a girl named Shirley prompted an immediate church press run. Pastor Rev. L N D Wells halted the Good News to publish an extra edition with a large red page announcing Ernest Murray Thorpe arrived 11 A M Friday. The pastor explained the naming mix up and corrected the infant's name to Shirley.
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Church of the Disciples of Christ
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Hunt Prisons for Workmen
Pittsburgh labor famine drives prisons raiding by steel and coal firms. Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co gathered men from precinct stations and offered wages and transport to Pittsburgh. Carnegie Steel and Jones & Laughlin Steel agents paid fines for minor offenses and took workers away under guard.
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Latest Shipping News from Glasgow to New York
Wireless report from Marconi shows Columbia with 1,261 miles remaining to Sandy Hook at 8 P. M. yesterday aboard Anchor Line service. Sailings due March 30 at 11 A. M indicating brisk transatlantic movement. Ale and Burke's blend noted as a delicious summer ale.
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Clark Boom Centered on Speaker Nomination Battle
Clark backers push for Speaker on first or second ballot in a fraught convention fight. They claim 728 votes but face defections from Bryan progressives, Underwood factions, and Harmon allies as delegates shift among Clark Murphy-Sullivan-Taggart and Wilson camps.
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Bryan foes plot to rush Clark at convention
In Baltimore on June 26, anti Bryan forces led by William Sheehan planned a possible flashlight nomination of Champ Clark to thwart delays. Norman Mack and Morgan and Ryan interests weighed pushing Clark with New York votes while Bryan forces stayed largely inactive.
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Convention Shatters Unit Rule in Wilson Demonstration
In Baltimore on June 26 the Democratic convention rejected the unit rule by 565 to 493, signaling strong wind for Gov. Wilson. The decision splits bound delegations, with Murphy Taggart Sullivan and allies signaling major influence and a first ballot deadlock likely. Bryan remains a force, aiming to maneuver toward Wilson while keeping options open for a later deal.
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New Jersey
Committee On Rules
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Ohio
Harmon
Rival banners clash as Wilson Underwood fight for floor favor
In Baltimore the Democratic National Convention hall fills with cheers and banners. A Staunton banner for Wilson meets an Underwood banner in a fist fight, while Wilson and Underwood pictures march and counter-march amid band music and shouted delegations.
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C. O. Train Schedules To York Penns and Cincinnati
The C. & O. lines list trains to York and Pittsburgh with departures at 9 34 A M 1 08 P M and 5 08 P M The latter is a solid train to Cincinnati according to the advance timetable.
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Special Train to Baltimore Arrives With City Edition
The New York Times announces a Special Train to Baltimore carrying the City Edition of The Times. The schedule lists departures from Penn Station and stops at Trenton West Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore with a regular Pennsylvania train from Baltimore at 7 38 A M arriving at 8 40 A M.
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