Guffey Re elected to Stay on National Committee
The Pittsburgh driven race for the Pennsylvania national committeeman ended with Colonel James M. Guffey retained his seat amid a heated scene atop the Adams Hotel. Delegates clashed over Kerr and Guffey choices as Roger Sullivan secured re election as Illinois committeeman, while Bryan’s opposition and Dunlap’s critique shaped tensions in the national contest.
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Wisconsin
Peary’s Arctic Expedition Sets Sail From New York
Commander Robert E Peary launches the Roosevelt with crew Arctic Club members aboard heading toward Hell Gate and Long Island Sound. Crowds cheer as whistles blaze and a gun salutes mark departure for a risky journey. He vows to push the American flag farther north than any prior expedition, despite anticipated trials.
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Army And Navy News On New Dirigible And Wright Plane
Washington July 6 report from the Army signal officers states tests are planned for the new dirigible balloon and the Wright brothers aeroplane. Makers say progress warrants expectation of success and the dirigible is expected to meet War Department requirements while the aeroplane is said to reach nearly forty miles per hour in flight tests.
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Roosevelt Arctic Expedition Prepares for Pole Journey
Captain Bartlett leads the Roosevelt toward the North Pole with Peary Arctic Club members aboard. Commander Peary plans luncheon at Sagamore Hill before joining the ship at Sydney. The vessel is stocked with flour coffee tea and canned meat, aiming for a long voyage to Hawks Harbor Etah and Cape York.
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Fractional Fight Over Guffey Delegates At Democratic Convention
A Pennsylvania clash over Colonel Guffey’s delegates unfolds as the sub committee leans to seat Guffey in Philadelphia. Its members anticipate seating Guffey and the anti Mormon Idaho delegates despite Bryanite protests while Kerr’s anti Guffey faction seeks floor action to sway the convention.
Better Position and Salary With Nourishing Grape-Nuts
A Kansas schoolteacher shares how two years of eating Grape-Nuts and cream improved her health and energy, helped her return to work, and led to a higher salary. She describes relief from nervous tension, better sleep, and renewed vitality, noting she has not been sick in two years.
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Committeemen Chosen for National Committee
Denver dispatch lists the new national committee members chosen at today’s state caucuses, with each state’s appointee named. Notable entries include Alabama John W. Tomlinson, California Nathan Cole, Georgia Clark Howell, Illinois Roger C. Sullivan, New York Charles F. Murphy, Ohio Harvey Garber, Oklahoma W. T. Brady, Texas R. M. Johnston, and Vermont G. Herbert Pape, among others. The caucuses note many delegations will not meet until tomorrow morning.
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Arkansas
Guy B. Tucker
California
Nathan Cole
Los Angeles
Colorado
Alva Adams
Pueblo
Connecticut
Homer
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Stamford
Georgia
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Idaho
Simon P. Donnelly
Cour d’Alene
Illinois
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago
Indiana
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Kansas
John H. Atwood
Leavenworth
Kentucky
Urey Woodson
Owensboro
Maryland
J. Fred C.talbot
Lutherville
Massachusetts
John W. Coughlin
Fall River
Minnesota
Frederick B. Lynch
St. Paul
Mississippi
C. H. Williams
Jackson
Missouri
William A. Rothwell
Moberly
Nebraska
P. L. Hall
New York
Charles F. Murphy
North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Ohio
Harvey Garber
Columbus
Oklahoma
W. T. Brady
Oregon
Milton A. Miller
Lebanon
Pennsylvania
James M. Guffey
Pittsburg
Texas
R. M. Johnston
Houston
Utah
Frank J. Neberer
Vermont
G. Herbert Pape
Barre Virginia
J. Taylor Ellyson
Richmond
West Virginia
John T. M'Graw
Grafton
Wyoming
John E. Osborn
Rawlins
Arizona
Selig G. Michelson
Purdy Appointed to U S District Court Vacancy
Washington July 6 The President accepted Judge William Lochrens resignation from the U S District Court for Minnesota at St Paul and appointed M D Purdy assistant to the Attorney General to fill the vacancy Purdy formerly was Minnesota district attorney and has led prosecutions under the Sherman anti trust and interstate commerce laws He will likely begin duties by next Monday Nomination was sent to the Senate last March but faced opposition from Senator Nelson and the Judiciary Committee took no action.
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Ruef Released on 1.5 Million Bail in SF
Abraham Ruef was released tonight from the county jail on bonds totaling 1,500,000 the largest bail in a California criminal case. The aggregate bail covers seventy-eight indictments by the Oliver grand jury charging him with bribing the former board of supervisors over franchise grants to public corporations. Twenty sureties including Ruef's father sister and Ruef himself signed the bonds.
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Fleet Sails Today to Start World Cruise Leg
San Francisco reports the Atlantic battleship fleet ready to depart harbor in the afternoon for Honolulu as part of a worldwide voyage. Sailors were rounded up by police and loaded into launches, with no formal ceremony planned beyond flag dipping and whistles. Three typhoid cases were found aboard the Nebraska and moved to the marine hospital. The Los Angeles YMCA presented portable organs to all sixteen ships.
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Taft and Sherman hailed at Regular Republican Club meeting
The Regular Republican Club of the 1st Assembly District met at No. 9 Varick Street to ratify the Chicago nominated ticket. Speakers including Representative William S. Bennet Amasa Thornton and George S. Husch praised Taft and Sherman, Thornton invoking a united victory if all could hear Taft’s laugh. He claimed Taft was not against the negro and that his labor rulings as a federal judge favored the laboring man.
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Chautauqua Democrats Denounce State Convention Choice
Jamestown New York July 6 The Chautauqua County Democratic Committee adopted resolutions denouncing the methods used at the recent state convention and refused to recognize Thomas P Heffernan who was named state committeeman from the district at that convention.
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Tests for aircraft and airship in military exercise near Fort Myer
A report describes a ten mile test course with five miles out and back, allowing a landing at the midway point if the out and return are completed promptly. Lt Lahm is expected to accompany the dirigible and aeroplane operators. Follow up tests are planned for late July and mid August.
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Aeroplane Claims Armengaud Prize For Flight
On July 6 Henry Farman won the Armengaud prize for staying aloft fifteen minutes. He remained airborne for twenty minutes twenty seconds covering about eighteen Paris kilometres. Louis Blériot attempted the prize with a monoplane but lasted ten minutes and a few seconds.
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Grand Prix des Voiturettes Winner Topped by Guyot
Dieppe France July 6 Guyot driving a two cylinder 18 horsepower machine won the Grand Prix des Voiturettes with a time of 5 45 30 at an average 80.5 kilometers per hour. Naudin finished second and Goux third as French cars dominated the field in front of over a hundred thousand spectators.
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Stop Delagrange Flights Aimed At U S Exhibitions
The Aeronautic Society of New York faces a threat from J R MacMechen of St Louis who says a Delagrange contract exists there and warns no flights under other auspices. Secretary Albert C Triaca cites arrangements forthcoming and asserts the society acts for aeronautics and inventor support. The Tribune will relay Denver Democratic National Convention bulletins via long distance to the front of the Tribune Building.
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