Convention Opens with Lodge as Permanent Chairman
At the Coliseum the Republican National Convention convened with Henry Cabot Lodge named permanent chairman after credentials and rules were approved. A massive parade and rousing cheers followed, as delegates, marching clubs, and visitors filled the hall amid pageantry and partisan displays.
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Associated Press
Coliseum
Chicago Fire Department
Ernor Charles I. Deneen
Tlinolls
Woodford
Senator Lodge
Deneen
Burrows
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Postum Converts and Nervous Improvement Told by Teacher
A Minnesota teacher known as the Postum Preacher describes coffee abstention benefits. She recounts nervous tremors from coffee, a conversion after using Postum, and improved nerves, sleep, and health, urging readers to switch.
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Postmatte Creek
Mich
Hitchcock Seen as Likely GOP Chairman by New National Committee
Newly elected Republican National Committee members say no Chicago chair will be chosen yet. A delegation will consult with the Presidential candidate and may elect the chair after views are learned, with Frank H Hitchcock and Elmer Dover favored for major roles and Taft approval anticipated. The treasurer position remains unsettled.
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Tribune
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Elmer Dover
Dover
Hitchcock
National Committee
Knox Banner Trampled by Penrose at Convention
Politicians and Knox allies feud after a Chicago dispatch claims Senator Penrose stepped on a Knox pennant given to Pennsylvania delegates. The banner depicted Keystone State and candidate images, provoking indignation among Knox supporters while others supported the pennants.
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Earth
United States
Jesus Christ
Harry Dougherty
Ohio
Committee On Credentials
Major Bookwalter
Indianapolis
National Committee
Knox
Keystone State
Burrows
Henry Baker
Minnesota
James D. Conner
Indiana
Messrs
Baker
Conner
Werren
Michigan
A. G. Procter
St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
Illinois
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Philadelphia
Dixie
Pennsylvania
Marién Marching Club of
Pittsburg
Senator Penrose
Tribune
P. C. Knox
Boles Penrose
Rotes Penrose
Taft Rumor on Convention Plank and White House Action
Report notes the platform plank will stay as agreed amid rumors Taft might comment if nominated. No authoritative source confirmed the rumor. Taft left the White House after a brief visit, while Loeb said the convention needed to vent steam and proceed.
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Senator Lodge
Lodge
United States
Roosevelt
Colorado
West Virginia
Texas
North Carolina
Ohio
Louisiana
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt- Longworth
Taft
White House
War Department
Lumber group opposes anti injunction plank at RNC
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association urged the Republican resolutions committee at Chicago to drop the anti injunction plank. The group warned adoption would threaten life and property and urged members to push Kellogg to oppose the measure, representing lumber interests nationwide.
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Minneapolis
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Resolutions Committee
Chicago
Twin Cities
Frank B. Kellogg
National Republican Convention
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Gulf
Mount Kisco Official Threatened by Black Hand Letter
Isaac W. Turner president of Mount Kisco and village chief of police received a Black Hand note demanding $1.08 to Jasper Perrina at the New York Post office with a death threat within a week. The message also targeted George W. Raymond of Bedford. Sheriff Lane and Pinkerton detectives are pursuing the Black Hand agents.
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Isaac W. Turner
Mount Kisco
Jasper Perrina
New York
George W. Raymond
Bedford
Turner
Mount Kiser
Charles M. Lane
Westchester County
Pinkerton
Black Hand
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America
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Lucy A. Clark
Quent
Blaine Club
Cincinnat
Blaine
Tammany
Danville
William Taft
Columbus Republican Glee Club of Columbus
Olio
Billy” Taft
Oregon
Fulton
New Mexico
Warmoth
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Stewart L. Woodford
M. H. Fairbanks
Shoup
Tait
Towa
California
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Theodore Roosevelt
Beveridge
John Ade
Ade
George Ade
J. H. Tripp
Janesville
Wis
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W. Murray Crane
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Mr. Vorys
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Scott
Tennessee
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Arkansas
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Warren
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South Carolina
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Kentucky
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Keifer
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Kelfer
Congress
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Little Rock
Ark
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Ilinois
Henry L. Johnson
Georgia
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Soulsiara
James E. Watson
M. H. de Young
Senator Beveridge
West Virgin
Alabama
Missouri
Washington
Fort
James W. Wadsworth, Jn
New York Assembly
A. J. Hopkins
Committee On
Hampton
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
White Mts
Bretton Woods
Tourist Bureau
Mount Pleasant House
Mount Washington
42Nd St
Anderson & Price
Bretson Woods
White Mountains
Knox Banner
Rock Island Line
KB Palmer
Columbus
NEW York Transportation
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8Th Avenue
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Loeb
Lumbermen
MT. Kisco
I. W. Turner
Village
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