Balloting in New Jersey delegation shifts amid third ballot drama
A chaotic convention ballot shows Clark and Wilson exchanging gains across states. Ohio’s vote prevents any candidate from reaching two thirds as Illinois and Pennsylvanian tallies shift, with Underwood and Harmon losing ground and Clark gaining in Tennessee and Wisconsin.
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New Jersey
Tinderwood
Walliam Selzer
New York
North Carolina
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Clark
Harmon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Marmen
Armor
Vermont
Baldwin
Connecticut
Wilcon
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Alaska
William Sulzer
Benot
Michigan
Harmon Clark
Tennessee
Peete
Clark Gamnes
Wiser
Britton
Ungerword
Harmen
Marshall
Sulzer
Matmon
Francis
Missouri
Ollie James
Warren Davis
Mseshore
Maine
Wilton
Wison
Enderwood
Galegater
Rinehart
James McConnle
Steubenville
John W. Kern
D. E. Yost
Wootefield
Tennsylvania
Wilson Gsin
Dallas
Marewin
Kern
Newhunger
James
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Srvan
Porto Rico
Kansas
J. W. Orr
B. J. Sheridan
Mr. Sheridan
Champ Clark
Orr
Sheridan
Kans
Clark Wilson
Underwort
Jersey
Clark Clark
Hempshire
Clarke
Newwotes
Derwood
I.n
Fle
Chairan James
Auto plunges into canyon river near Denver
Dr. Harley of New York City escaped a fatal plunge when the auto carrying eight Omaha men to Las Vegas slid over a canyon rim into twenty feet of swift water. The party struggled to swim as the vehicle disappeared. Harley was rescued by a companion, and his pocketbook was lost in the river. Recovery efforts will attempt to retrieve the car.
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Teierrapn
The
Tribune
Omaha
FC Harley
New York City
Las Vegas
Jesse James's Long Drive to Philadelphia Ends Honeymoon
Jesse James sr son of the outlaw arrives in Philadelphia driving a horse and buggy from the Pacific Coast. He travels with his wife and their baby daughter and plans to stay at least a year. The couple began their journey after marriage, pausing briefly in St Louis for a birth.
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The
Tribune
Philadelphia
Jesse James
Tey
Pacific Coast
James
St Louis
Republicans Ratify Taft Sherman Ticket at District Meeting
A meeting at the Republican headquarters ratified the Taft and Sherman ticket by unanimous vote. The district was represented in Chicago by Otto T. Banhard and B. W. B. Brown, the district leader, who served as an alternate at large and voted in place of Elihu Root, the first name called from New York State.
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Republcan
27Th Assembly
Taft
Sherman
Chicago
Otto T. Banhard
B. W. B. Brown
Elihu
Root
New York State
Platform of Progressive policies shapes 1908 Democratic agenda
Baltimore reports the Democratic platform committee completed a broad progressive platform agenda ahead of the convention. It calls for tariff reform toward revenue, aggressive anti trust enforcement, prohibition of holding companies, direct senate elections, presidential primaries, campaign finance limits, and a stronger navy while pledging land and labor protections and measures to curb monopolies. The document, long and sweeping, follows New York delegation input and anticipates Vice Presidential nomination before formal platform adoption.
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Committee On
New York
Maine
California
Bryan
St Ureer
United States
National Committee
Democratic Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Europe
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Democratic Party Platform Emphasizes Reform and National Welfare
The platform calls for strict enforcement of laws, reform legislation, and opposition to imperialism. It welcomes Arizona and New Mexico to sister states, seeks Alaska rights, supports rural delivery, and urges Panama Canal Exposition interest. It condemns discrimination against uniforms, renews pension pledges, promotes popular rule, and pledges to eradicate corruption and machine influence. It invites citizen cooperation to maintain institutions and traditions.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Alaska
United States
Democratic Party
Bad Boys Must Stay Home For July Fourth
Five boys from Revere, aged about twelve, were ordered by Judge Samuel R. Cutter to remain at home on July 4 and every Saturday until Labor Day. The Chelsea District Court ruling aims to discipline juveniles, not disgrace them, after they bored holes in doors of about four dozen stores and homes along Broadway.
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Boston
Revere
Samuel R. Cutter
Chelsea District Court
Broadway
Eyes On Second Place In Democratic Vice Presidential Race
Baltimore reports on the race for the vice presidency as candidates vie for second place behind the presidential nominee. Governors, representatives, mayors, and party leaders from New York, Indiana, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, and Maryland are named as possible running mates.
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Nome
Vic
Burke
North Dakota
William Sulzer
New York
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Newton Baker
Cleveland
O'Gorman
William Redfield
James Preston
Robert L Henry
Texas
Bryan
House Committee On Rules
Marshall
Indiana
Oscar W. Underwood
House
Clark
Wilson
Kern
Underwood
South
Illinois
Stowaways Paid for Passage on Manchuria Case
Testimony before Consul General in Hong Kong allege graft by transpacific steamship officers. Quock Lim says twenty seven stowaways were placed aboard the Manchuria on January 9 1911 to smuggle to San Francisco. Passages reportedly cost 5000 for each woman and 1100 for each man. Transcript cites an organized opium ring aboard the ships. Lim says a mess boy claimed 42950 ting of opium went through on one ship.
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Transpacific
Anderson
Hong Kong
United States
John McNab
Quock Lim
Manchuria
Quock
Widows Form Friendship Pact of Titanic Victims Spouses
Three widows Mrs Astor Mrs Thayer and Mrs Widener sealed a lifelong friendship pact after their husbands George D Widener John B Thayer and Colonel John Jacob Astor died in the Titanic disaster. The women, recently reunited in Philadelphia and Newport, plan to visit each other and share time at country homes, with further summer meetings arranged. A headless body found in the Blackstone River remains under investigation. authorities plan to drain Manville Pond to search the river bed and recover clothing or the head.
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Thayer
Widener
the Tribune
Philadelphia
John R. Thayer
Pennsylvania Ri Road
George PD. Widener
Joan Jacob Astor
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
John B. Thayer
Haverford
Newport
Woonsocket
R. I
Blackstone
Edward Myers
Manville Pond
Health official says fish from Hudson East rivers harmless
Health Commissioner Lederle states eating fish from Manhattan waters poses no harm, despite opposition to river bathing. He made the remark as hundreds of boys and men fish from piers along the Hudson and East rivers at sites the department had marked as public bathing areas.
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Manhattan
Hudson
East Rivers
Cohalan Deflects Bryan Parley In Political Shuffle
In a New York backed maneuver at the convention hall Cohalan maneuvered to room F to influence delegates. He urged action to prevent a Bryan shift and exposed a scheme to have New York and Virginia delegates vote for Bryan. Rumors say Roosevelt offered Bryan a place in a new party, but confirmation was lacking. The political mood grows heated as delegates gauge their positions and potential nominations.
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Supreme Court
Cohalan
Bryan
Virginia
Ryan
Belmont
Cohsian
New York
Charley" White
Justice Cohalan
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Tammany Hall
Texas
Wilson
Belvedere
Theodore Roosevelt
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Racing Car Kills Driver After High Speed Crash
In Poughkeepsie on June 29 a fast racing car crashed into a tree at about seventy mph, pinning driver John Gernon under the engine. He died an hour after the accident at Thompson's Hospital Rhinebeck with his wife and three children at his side. Jacob Ruppert Sr the owner of the car and rider of a motorcycle nearby sent help as fast as possible. Gernon formerly drove for Anna Held and later ran a Rhinebeck garage backed by Vincent Astor and other wealthy patrons.
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N. 1
Jacob Ruppert
John Gernon
Thompson's Hospital
Gernon
Rhinebeck
Ruppert
Anna Held
Vincent Astor
Auto Skids. Boy Hurt Crossing Bronxville Bridge
Six Morris High School pupils, including sixteen year old George Andes, were thrown from a car that skidded on an oiled Bronxville Bridge. Andes suffered a scalp wound and was taken to Fordham Hospital. others, shaken, went to Herman Merkel's nearby home to clean up before returning home.
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George Andes
No. 47
Convent Avenue
Andes
Fordham Hospital
Walter Abert
Allen Neuroth
Helen Hogan
Marcella Usier
Joseph Schneider
Morris High School
Herman Merkel
Zoological Park
Tupital
Disbarred Lawyer Matthias Kaain Faces Disciplinary Action
Matthias Kaain, a lawyer, was disbarred by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday. He faced sentencing in federal court on advising a client to conceal assets and file for bankruptcy, while defending himself by claiming he was convicted on false testimony.
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Matthias Kaain
Supreme Court
Radin
Murphy Still Holds New York in His Hand
A Baltimore Tribune report notes Charles F. Murphy led ninety New York delegates to back Harmon in a quick 20 minute caucus. He refused to empower a change, promising a new poll if needed. Some NY allies favor Wilson or Clark, with Gaynor supporters hopeful. Ridder backs Clark.
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New York
Star
The
Tribune
Baltimore
Charles F. Murphy
Harmon
Dix
New York State
Upstate
Roger C. Sullivan
Ilinois
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Sullivan
Illinois
Wilson
Taggart
Tammany
New Jersey
Solark
Clark
Gaynor
Herman Ridder
John F. McIntyre
Examination of wire trust case ends in Chicago
In Chicago on June 23 the examination of witnesses in the Keystone Watch Case Company prosecution, brought by the government for Sherman anti trust violations, concluded. The hearing is expected to resume in New York next week.
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Chicago
Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
New York
Magruder Elected President of Engineering Education Society
William T. Magruder of Ohio State University was elected president of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education at the close of the convention in Boston on June 23. Other officers named include L. S. Marks of Harvard as vice president F We Sperr of Michigan College of Mine as secretary H H Norris of Cornell as treasurer W O Wiley of New York as treasurer.
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Boston
William T. Magruder
Ohio State University
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
L. S Marks
Harvard University
F. We Sperr
Michigan College of Mine
HH. Norris
Cornell University
WO. Wiley
New York
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