Taft Campaign Plans From Virginia Trip
Taft will devote next week to drafting his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination. Hitchcock, national committee chair, says no executive committee members named yet and will form a broad advisory group. Cincinnati meeting plans include July 28 events at Charles Taft home with fireworks, while Taft negotiates Chicago headquarters leadership and campaign personnel.
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Cannon Visits Sherman in New York Visit
Speaker Cannon visited James S. Sherman in Dur ie the afternoon they rode to Clinton. Cannon declined to discuss congressional committee matters, denied a report on choosing a successor to the chairman, and noted he would not comment further. Tim Loudenlager and Lane visited Sherman with brief remarks as they waited. The Sherman party planned to return home about 6 55 p.m. from Davenport. Cedar Lake, NY, residents observed.
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Castro recalls Veloz all relations severed
Washington notes that American and Venezuelan diplomatic ties have been cut after Venezuela recalled its Chargé d Affaires Sefior Veloz G OIlicoa. He informed Acting Secretary Bacon that Venezuela will close its Washington legation and depart, mirroring the American withdrawal from Caracas. No passports issued and papers placed with the New York consul general.
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Bryan Nominated for President at Democratic Convention
William Jennings Bryan was placed in nomination for President last night before the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The event marks a key moment in the party's presidential process with Bryan receiving widespread support from delegates.
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Did Not Predict War Says President Note
Oyster Bay July 9 The President did not tell Captain Hobson the U S would be at war with Japan within a year nor make any remark implying such. Secretary Loeb issued a statement calling Hobson misquoted and affirming only that a sufficient navy would prevent foreign war.
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Lusitania Aims To Break Ocean Record For Voyage
The Cunard liner Lusitania passed Nantucket Lightship at 6 30 pm and Captain Watt predicted reaching Sandy Hook by 2 am, likely breaking the ocean record set earlier. Reports cite past records from Daunt's Rock to the Hook, Mauretania gains, and the ship’s improving average speed, with fog hindering exact timing.
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U. S. Minister in Peril in Paraguay Crisis
Reuters dispatches report American Minister Edward C. O'Brien escaped death when fired upon by government troops near Asuncion during Paraguay's revolution. He believes the act was not deliberate as others nearby were killed. Emiliano Naveiro is officially recognized by foreign diplomats amid heavy damages claims.
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Wireless Phone Test By Collins In Newark To Manhattan
A. Frederick Collins, inventor of the wireless telephone, reported a successful test last night linking Newark and the Singer Building in Manhattan. Messages transmitted and received clearly over a one hundred mile radius plan to expand to all cities, with the Newark lab at 54 Clinton Street and reception at 612 feet in the Singer Building tower.
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A Turkish Outrage? Ikaria Captures Reported by Telegraph
A cipher from Alexandria to the Greek Brotherhood of Pittsburg claims a Turkish war ship seized Ikaria, rounding up officials and imprisoning American citizens. The message, sent to Washington, describes mass detentions, exile, and threats of violence on June 14. Alexandria reports the alert as of July 8 1908.
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Bishop Potter Weakens. Condition Critical in Cooperstown
In Cooperstown New York on July 9 Bishop Henry C Potter's condition grew weaker tonight after a day of slight improvement. Doctor J E Jamain reports a loss of strength and cautions that while hope remains for a favorable outcome the illness remains critical and the day brought increased apprehension.
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Sells B and M stock under court order
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad sold all 109,949 shares of Boston and Maine stock to a New Haven lawyer thought friendly to the New Haven road. This meets a Supreme Court mandate to dispose of competing lines by July 1, 1909, ending the merger dispute that has sparked campaigns and litigation. The stock was bought in early 1907 at about 160 and the B and M price today stood at 133.
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House of the Seven Gables Sold in Salem
The House of the Seven Gables, famed from Nathaniel Hawthorne, was sold today in Salem to Miss Caroline Emmerton, reputed Salem’s wealthiest woman. She plans to convert the landmark into a Settlement house.
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Burrows Attacks Dems After Clayton Speech
Senator Julius Cesar Burrows of Michigan, acting as temporary Republican National Convention chair, mocked Representative Clayton’s address as a hollow Bourbon Democratic speech. He argued it repeated anti-President and anti-Republican rhetoric and mocked equality before the law as applicable to Alabama. A special Pennsylvania Railroad train to Atlantic City offers a Sunday round trip from New York on July 12.
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Milwaukee aldermen seek cross city baseball league
Milwaukee officials report plans to form an aldermanic baseball league after the annual Milwaukee Philadelphia games. The first season would include city fathers from New York Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Buffalo St Louis Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Suspicious Chinese at Navy Yard Arrested
Two Chinese men leaving League Island Navy Yard were stopped by marines on suspicion of espionage. One carried a U.S. military regulation book. no notebook was found. The regulation volume was seized and the men were detained for questioning.
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Bryan Named Amid Cheers at Democratic Convention
Denver July 9 The Democratic National Convention held two sessions with long delays as the platform awaited. I J Dunn of Nebraska nominated W J Bryan after a lengthy speech. Gray and Johnson also placed in nomination. The radical platform was adopted unanimously and debates continued on vice presidential possibilities as true Bryanites await Lincoln’s choice.
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Bryan Nominated as Democratic Presidential Candidate
Denver reports that William J. Bryan was effectively nominated for president by the Democratic Party as the platform reading was delayed. The crowd of 12,000 roared through speeches and music while delegates debated the platform timing, with Bryan’s name finally echoed amid a rousing, chaotic night of cheering and processional banners.
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