Delegates Assigned by States to Taft Ticket Ahead of Conventions
The report lists delegates chosen across multiple states as of March, with Taft receiving the vast majority. Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and other states name delegates, many instructed for Taft. Several districts elected uncommitted or for other candidates, and forthcoming state and territorial conventions are scheduled through April.
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Ribure
Taft
Fairbanks
Hurries
Nebraska
Omaha
George L. Sheldon
United States
Norris Brown
Victor Rosewater
W. Field
Lincoln
Norfolk
W. M. Huse
F. P. Vater
Wayne
A.W and
G.C. Hammill
Stockwell
M. A. Larned
A E. Smith
Dr. Snyder
Neill
W. A. Geere
Broken Bar
Hastings Onn
Grand Island
Kentucky
Paducah
W. J. Deboe
Marion
Adolph Weil
Frank Bord
C.H. Linn
Kattawa
Tait
North Carolina
Asheville
C. F. Tome
Henderson
T. F. Boland
Factional Matches Across States Reported with Dates
A fragmented list shows multiple regional matches or affiliations with city and state pairs, including Huntington or Ing hase Davidson faction in Birmingham and entries from Jackson to Portland. The notes include irregular April and May dates, with several mis-spellings and formatting issues for cities like Wwaco and Minot.
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West Virginia
Parkersburg
Ing Hase
Davidson Faction
Birmingham
Mississippi
Jackson
Maine
Portland
Maryland
Baltimore
North Carolina
Greensboro
Alifornia
Sacramento
North Dakota
Minot
Texas
Wwaco
Contested Missouri Delegations From The Tribune Bureau
Washington March 15 reports say conflicting accounts question the regularity of Missouri 11th 12th district delegates to the Republican National Convention. Rep Caulfield says Taft instructions prevailed. Senator Warner supports regular early delegates. The state committee deemed some conventions illegal and set up rump primaries.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Missouri
Caulfield
Taft
Congress
Hughes
Warner
Balters
Pan American Scientific Congress Planned for December
Washington reports Roosevelt backs pushing U S social scientists to Santiago Chile for the first Pan American Scientific Congress. Twenty five delegates funded by 35 dollars to represent the United States. Program covers American civilization law government labor crime and related topics with broad international scope.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of State
United States
Santiago
Chile
Congress
Steamer Silvia Rests on Reef Near Vineyard Sound
Little hope voiced for saving the Silvia of the Red Cross Line after striking Sow and Pigs needs at Vine Yard Sound entrance. Winds and heavy seas hindered salvage as tug I J Merritt and lighter Chitrendar began cargo removal but halted by worsening swell and shifting gale.
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Wood's Hole
Mass
Silvia
Red Cross Line
New York
Halifax
St. John's
N. F
Vineyard Sound
Tuttrhund
I. J. Merritt
Ughter Chitrendar
Botton
Neon
New Bedford
Federal Judge Lochren to resign from federal bench
Minneapolis March 15 Judge William Lochren of the United States District Court announced in an interview he will resign from the federal bench effective May 31 He is seventy six years old and has served twelve years on the bench.
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Minneapolis
William Lochren
United States District Court
Lochren
Western Pacific Tidewater Plans Reach Southern California
The Times reports the Western Pacific will enter Southern California via the West Pass of Wilmington Harbor. Articles of incorporation for the Los Angeles Harbor Railroad Company and the Los Angeles Harbor Company were filed, each with 2.9 million dollars capitalization. A. Bird leads both ventures. the houses plan steamship and telegraph lines and fur express operations.
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Western Pacific Tidewater
Los, Angeles
the Times
Western Pacific
Southern California
West Pass
Wilmington Harbor
Los Angeles Harbor Railroad Company
Los Angeles Harbor Company
Harbor Company
Harbor Railroad Company
Wilmington
Los Angeles
A. ©. Bird
Gould Lines
Compton
Steamship
Fur Express
Pittsburgh Steel Plant to Resume Work This Week
Telegraph dispatch reports orders issued by the Pittsburgh Steel Company to restart the open hearth plant this week, after the prior shutdown during the business depression. The move signals a renewal of steel production activity as markets improve.
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Tr Pittsbers
Pitteburs Steel Company
Ocean mail ships push navy reserve fleet expansion
Washington reports that the Gallinger ocean mail bill moves in the Senate to raise outward voyage pay to six dollars a mile for sixteen knot steamers on routes to South America Asia and Australasia. The measure requires ships to be built to naval cruiser standards, carry artillery, pass naval inspections, and be usable as fast transports or auxiliary cruisers, expanding the naval reserve and potentially housing six to eleven vessels on Atlantic routes and more on Pacific lines.
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Tribune Bursa
Washington
Navy
Post Office
Gallinger
Senate
Chamber
South
Simmons
North Carolina
Postective Department
South America
Japan
China
Philippines
Australasia
Secretary of the Navy
Europe
St. Louis
St. Paul
Naval Reserve
Spain
Ward
Cuba
Mexico
Venezuela
United States
Ward Line
American Mail Steamship Company
Jamaica
Saratoga
Havana
Merida
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Congress
Navy Department
Argentina
Tive
Brazil
Atlantic
Tegister
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Mail Company
Asgress
Oceanic
San Francisco Bay
Oceanic Company
Goxa
Oriental Lines
Ward Watnnshie
Hest
Mauretania
Austtania
Naval Reserve Fleet
Desperado Shot After Murder In New Orleans
In New Orleans on March 15 Charles Funk was killed and two others wounded during robberies by Robert Sonner and James Williams, two young Black men. After the killing the pair fled but were later found attempting further hold ups. Armed citizens attacked them near the city edge, Bonner was fatally wounded, his accomplice escaped, and Bonner confessed to several recent burglaries.
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New Orleans
Charles Funk
Robert Sonner
James Williams
Funk
Bonner
Moe
Moniaca Penitentiary
Frank Conley
Custer Coun
Charles H. Whippie
Fort Buford
British official impressed by Panama Canal progress and mosquito control
Sir John Pickersgill Rodger governor of the Gold Coast returned from a three month tour of the United States Panama and Cuba. He met Presidents and officials, praised canal engineering and sanitation, noted mosquito-proofing of offices and hospitals, and cited a low Panama death rate. He highlighted canal work in February with 3 000 400 cubic yards excavated and foresaw completion before Wilt. He praised Hampton Institute’s industrial education and outlined plans for Gold Coast schools.
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London
Sir John Pickersgill Rodger
Gold Coast
England
United States
Panama
Cuba
Root
Taft
Havana
Panama Canal
John
West Africa
Tropics
Normal and Industrial Institute
Hampton, Va
Spanish Relics to be Scattered in Madrid Museums
Madrid reports the Pantheon of the Spanish Colonies in Retiro will be dismantled and its books paintings and scientific treasures distributed to city libraries and museums. Officials say the building is needed for other uses but the move aims to erase lingering reminders of Spain's vanished empire. The Philippines exhibit draws the most attention.
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Madrid
Spain
The
Philippines
A New Form of Student Duel in Lissa Posen
Fifteen minutes of cane fencing marked a new students duel at Technical High School in Lissa Posen on March 15. The ring was marked by seconds, both fighters stripped to the waist, and slashes delivered with equal length canes. One loser was declared after thirteen minutes, with many injuries to ribs arms and backs. University circles note previous sword duels and fear this innovation may spread.
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Lissa
Posen
Technical High School
Japan's Gift to Spain's Queen
Madrid reports Prince Hiniyoshi Kuni, cousin of the Emperor, delivered to Queen Victoria the insignia of the Order of the Crown on behalf of the Japanese Empress in a formal ceremony today.
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Order of the Crown
Madrid
Hiniyoshi Kuni
Queen Victoria
Many Death Sentences in Russia Reported
In St Petersburg on March 15 a large number of death sentences were issued across Russia. Names include ten robbers at Krementchug four at Krieff three attackers of a Preskurof post office three brigands at Lodz a Kharkov peasant and two political prisoners at Kursk. Ekaterinburg sentenced seven to be hanged and one to life imprisonment for an attack on a counting house.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Krementchug
Krieff
Preskurof
Lodz
Kharkov
Kursk
Ekaterinburg
Russian Labor Leader Petroff Plans U S Lectures Tour
Father Gregory Petroff, prominent labor leader and Constitutional Democratic Deputy from St Petersburg, announces his forthcoming visit to the United States where he will deliver a series of lectures.
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St Petersburg
Gregory Petroff
Constitutional Democratic
United States
Fraudulent passport ring uncovered in Omori port
Tokio reports the government unearthed a passport manufacturing fraud at Omori seaport. Several arrests were made including two police officers charged with selling more than 300 passports to America for 300 yen each.
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Tokio
Omori
Japan
America
Hong Kong Receives Gift for University and Medical College
Hong Kong is to receive a gift of 150000 dollars to build a university and to incorporate the existing medical college. The government grants land for the project, enabling the merger of the two institutions.
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Hong Kong
Medical College
Black Sea Seizures Unconfirmed Report
Constantinople March 15 official quarters have no knowledge of the seizure of two Turkish steamers carrying arms and munitions in the Black Sea by Russian warships. The report is discredited here though contraband seizures of small craft have occurred recently on the Russian coast.
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Constantinople
Black Sea
Prince Stephan of Montenegro Dies in Cannes at Five
In Cannes on March 15 Prince Stephan, the five year old son of Prince Mirko of Montenegro, died today. The death leaves Montenegro and European royalty in mourning as mourners gather.
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Cannes
Stephan
Mirko
Montenegro
First Turbine Scout Chester Sets Speed Record
The Chester scout cruiser, powered by Parsons turbines, exceeded 26.5 knots on trials, outpacing naval peers and planned to undergo further paces to compare endurance and fuel use. Other items note West Point non-graduates may attend Leavenworth post graduate studies, and Navy and Army debates on retired officers, medical corps needs, and Marine Corps extra duty pay control.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Chester
Curtis
Henry B. Wilson
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
West Point
Army
Leavenworth
The Birmingham Ends Trial Trips
The Birmingham completed trial trips and exceeded government requirements, anchoring off Grand Junction piers before a 24 hour 12 knot test. It achieved 1225 knots, 1,460 horsepower, and coal use of one ton per 3.96 knots, then 24 hour 2 knot test with 2.45 knots average and one ton per 25 knots. The ship, fitted with reciprocating engines, is a sister to the Chester and the Salem.
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F Mingham
Maral Trian Board
Washington
Grand Juaction
Birmingham
Nantasket Roads
Chester
Salem
Lake submarine torpedo test to be held off Bridgeport
Bridgeport Conn March 15 another official test of the Lake submarine torpedo feat will be made Tuesday in Long Island Sound off the port The special naval board on submarines headed by Captain Adelphi Martx will arrive in Bridgeport for the trials The Nina the tender during the Newport trials last year arrived in Bridgeport harbor The Lake is the only boat of its type in the country built in 1906 five feet long and displacement of 250 tons
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Bridgeport
Conn
Long Island Sound
Adelph Martx
Wil Ar- Tre
Effy
Nina
Newport
Om Ain
West Point Captain Urges Panama Canal Canteen
Captain F W Katz of West Point, returning from the Isthmus, recommends a government canteen for canal workers to curb Chinese liquor hoaxes and poor bootlegged whiskey. He notes three million cubic yards moved in 24 days and forecasts canal completion by July 1, 195.
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Panama Canal
F W. Katz
West Point
Panama
Katz
Fife
Mississippi Battleship Arrives for Commission at League Island
The battleship Mississippi arrived in Philadelphia from Guantanamo Bay for official machinery tests. It will be docked at League Island Navy Yard to be fitted out and placed in commission within about a month.
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Philadelphia
Mississippi
Guantanamoo
League Island
Navy
Settlement on Tatsu affair announced in Tokio
A satisfactory settlement was announced in Tokio on March 16. China concedes all Japanese demands and will buy arms on board the Tatsu, hoist the Japanese flag over the vessel, and have a Chinese warship salute as the fog is hoisted. General relief follows the agreement.
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Tokio
China
Anger in Canton Over the Tatsu Case
Hong Kong dispatch reports a Canton meeting expressing great indignation over the Tatsu case and the possibility of a boycott. The resignation of the Viceroy of Canton has been accepted.
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Canton
Hong Kong
Anglicans in Japan face invalid marriages and illegitimate offspring
Foreign residents debate Anglican marriages in Japan after Bishop Awdry officiated. English law may deem about thirty or forty unions invalid, making offspring illegitimate. A retrospective act could recognize past marriages, but future unions remain uncertain.
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Japan
Andri
Enghens
Awdry
Tone
Janen Svorld
Frork
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D. T. Firnn
Bud & McGuire
Pawnee
James Harris
Wagoner
Patrick J. Dere
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James Kirkwood
Kiowa County
Frank W. Wright
Comanche County
F P. Stearns
E. E. Morris
Duncan
Iowa
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H. &. Rand
Burlington
H. L Lawyer
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John F. Lacey
Milton McCord
Newton
Des Moines
C R. Quade
Ames
Loren Heres
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OFTO
Ohio
George B. Cox
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnat
Wade Ellis
John Dornelle
Alliance
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James A. Martin
Miseur
Ith
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G. H. Tilson
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Henry Treste
Taftheath
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C. B. Comfort
H. S Lioré
J. Ll. Boehm
Louis
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Virgina
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S. L. Diener
Culpeper
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Rockingham Jr
C. Ef. Gibbons
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Hughes Ao
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OUR Survey Department
TLE Guarantee and Trust
Jamsica
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Chili
U. S
Ocean Mail
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Desperado
John Rodger
Hampton
Pantheon of
Father Petroff
Army and Navy News
Naval Medical
Rixey
Naval Hospital Corps
Naval Medical Corps
Representative Cocks
L. L. Seaman
Manchuria
Seaman
War Department
Medical Department
Marine Corps
Commandant of the
Natarzi
Vichy
France
Urie
Wellville
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