Delegates Roar At Progressive Convention For Teddy
Chicago June 8 The Progressive national convention opened with a record breaking 93 minute demonstration for Roosevelt. Delegates and spectators roared shouted sang and paraded the aisles. Robins tried to quell the uproar but failed as banners and flags waved and the crowd chanted Teddy. The rain failed to dampen spirits as Michigan delegates marched outside and returned to resume the roar.
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Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Robins
Raymond Robins
Teddy
Victor Murdock
Kansan
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Rome
Villa
T. R
Roosevelt
Georgia
George W. Perkins
Michigan
Women Parade in Rainstorm in Chicago
In heavy rain and cold wind about 2000 women marched two miles through downtown Chicago to the Coliseum for a National Equal Suffrage Association demonstration. Led by police and bands, they urged Republican leaders to support women's suffrage, with many Roosevelt supporters among the attendees.
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Chicago
National Equal Suffrage Association
Coliseum
Michigan Boulevard
Association
Kelley Fairbanks
Pittsburgh
H. W. Dupuy
Iowa Suffrage Amendment Lost in Des Moines Primary
Unofficial county returns show the equal suffrage amendment defeated by 5656 votes in Monday’s primary. Republican nominees include C Ro Moore winning for lieutenant governor and W L Harding carrying the total. no candidate secured 35 percent for attorney general.
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Des Moines
W.L. Harding
Sioux City
C. Ro Moore
Cedar Rapids
Attar
Supreme Court Justice Hughes Secluded at Home
Justice Hughes stayed hidden at his Sixteenth Street residence on Wednesday drafting opinions for the upcoming final decision day before the summer recess. He received no visitors, and his sole leisure was an evening automobile ride with Mrs. Hughes.
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Washington
Trustice Hughes
Sixteenth Street
Supreme Bench
Wants Roosevelt There In Interest of Harmony
Former Maryland Republican Senator Jackson telegrammed Col. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay urging him to come to Chicago to help heal party rifts and offer floor privileges at the convention. Roosevelt said he had received no message and declined to discuss any trip.
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Chicago
Jackson
Maryland
Col. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
N. Y
Fort Vaux Falls to German Forces at Verdun
Berlin June 8 via London Fort Vaux has been captured by German troops after a French garrison surrender. The statement says 700 unwounded prisoners were taken and the fort was stormed on June 2 with Paderborn infantry and pioneers assisting. Verdun defenses on both banks now in German hands.
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Berlin
London
Fort Vaux
Verdun
Meuse
Caillettes
Robert
Jane
Teutons Theamen
Hooge
Ypres
Arkansas Storm Deaths Total 79 in Tornado Outbreak
In Arkansas a devastating tornado outbreak killed 79 people and injured about 400 as communications were restored. White victims numbered 60 and 19 were Black. Heber Springs saw 22 deaths and Cadot relief appeals began. property losses exceed one million.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Heber Springs
Cadot
Littl Rock Board
Conmerce
Charles Reeves
Imboden
Charles Condray
Bart Condray
Pine Bluff
Condray
Chinese ruler wanted no crown in final words
June 8 Peking Yuan Shi Kai voiced regret for monarchy after his deathbed confession. He said he did not aspire to be emperor and that those around him claimed the people desired a sovereign. He named Hsu Shih Chane, former premier, as present at his bedside.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kat
China
Hsu Shih Chane
Russians Claim Capture Of Over Forty Thousand In Drive
Petrograd reports in a joint wartime bulletin that on the Pripet to Romanian frontier line the Russians have taken 900 officers and 40,000 men along with 77 guns 13 machine guns and 49 bomb throwers in this offensive. Hooge trenches fall to German fire as British positions near Ypres resist. Italian lines hold Cont Zagna in the Adige valley and an Italian counter attack near Campo Mulo succeeds.
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Petrograd
London
Pripet
Rome
Tyra
War Office
Cont Zagna
Adige Valley
Campo Mulo
Asia Go
District Denied Convention Seats at Republican Hearing
In Chicago on June 8 three District of Columbia delegations failed to overturn a national committee ruling denying their seats. The credentials committee sustained the decision 23 to 30 after about seven hours of testimony, leaving the D C without representation. The panel added 687 convention votes, granting votes to Hawaii, the Philippines, and Porto Rico, though Porto Rico did not attend.
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Chicago
District of Columbia
National Committee
Committee On Credentials
Raels
Casss
Rood Smeet
Wo OY. Morgan
Kansy
Tlavar
Vite
Senator Kenyon Called Home Campaign Aide Illness
Chicago June 4 Senator Beaver Town campaign manager Bo Cummins was recalled home Wednesday night due to a serious illness in his family.
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Kenyon
Cuicago
Jooe
Beaver Town
Bo Cummins
Hughes Predicted To Secure Nomination On Early Ballots
Chicago dispatch reports political leaders expect Justice Charles Evans Hughes to be nominated at the Republican convention sooner than anticipated. Hughes backers claim about 300 votes on the first ballot though they plan no immediate nomination. They foresee a second ballot freeing delegates leading to a likely third-ballot nomination.
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Chicago
Charles Evans Hughes
Justice Hughes
Hughes
Col. Roosevelt
Frank H. Hitchcock
Convention Opens Quietly At Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention in Chicago began with a two hour session featuring Senator Warren G Harding as temporary chairman delivering a prepared keynote. The assembly adjourned to 11 o'clock next morning after a orderly, subdued opening reminiscent of 1900.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Warren G. Usarding
Ohio
Philadelphia
McHinley
Roosevelt Harding
Harding
Hilles
Republican National Committee
W. Murray Crane
Senator Ledge
Reed Smoot
Delegates Rally Behind Harding at National Convention
Delegates rise in chorus of America as Senator Harding is named temporary chairman at the Coliseum. Crane Borah and Atchley escort Harding to the platform amid applause. The session ends with adjournment to 9 AM and plans for permanent officers surfacing.
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John Timothy Stone
Chicago
Reynolds
Hilles
Senator Harding
Ohio
Senator Crane
Senator Borah
Idaho
W. B. Atchley
Tarding
Borah
Crane
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Denver
William J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Iowa
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Hodge Trench
Republican Credentials Committee
National Party Committee
Chauncey Depew
Senator Penrose
Gov. Whitman
Melkinley
America
Thompson
Hemitteemen
Hetsi
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Urs
Committee
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