1912 Vote Delay Explained by Republican Chief
A statement from Republican National Committee Chairman Willcox outlines how California shifted from Wilson to Roosevelt over a month after the 1912 election, explaining why the committee cannot concede and must await official counts. Willcox met with Hughes to discuss plans, with no decision announced. He expected counts to be incomplete for at least a week, noting Hughes’s plurality was increased in Minnesota on Saturday.
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New York
Wilson
Col. Roosevelt
California
Roosevelt
Willcox
Republican National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
California Electoral Vote Difference Plates as Near Tie
In California two slates split the electoral vote with slight regional leanings. The Second in the southern counties favored Hughes, while the Third in the north favored Wilson. The artillery vote was light and only a few precincts remained uncounted mostly from Wilson territory. A 654 vote gap separated top and bottom Democratic electors in the semi official tally, suggesting the final official count would not split California’s electoral votes.
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Hughes
Wilson
Los Angeles
California
Clearance Papers Issued for Deutschland Crew in New London
New London Conn Nov 12 No clearance papers were issued to Captain Paul Koenig of the German submarine Deutschland and none will be today. Crew members said the vessel would not leave port. Two men were at work on engines delaying sailing. The Deutschland has submerged four times and was tested by Captain Koenig who has remained aboard since Thursday night. Eight mail sacks from the German embassy arrived from Washington and were taken to the Deutschland.
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New London
Conn
Paul Koenig
Deutschland
Joseph C. Comstock
Koenig
Washington
Duke of Devonshire Installed as Canada's Governor General
Halifax Nova Scotia November 12 Within hours after arriving from England on a British warship the duke of Devonshire was installed and took the oath of office as Canada s new governor general The ceremony occurred in the legislative council before a large crowd The duke and duchess with their two daughters Lady Maude Cavendish and Lady Blanche Cavendish were greeted by a guard of honor and troops lined the route through the streets
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Halifax
N. S
England
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Legislative Council
Maude -Louisa Emma Cavendish
Blanche Katherine Cavendish
Socialist sheriff elected in Nevada history
In Tonopah Nye County voters elected W. H. Thomas a local butcher as sheriff and assessor on the Socialist ticket marking the first time a Socialist has held the post in Nevada. The election occurred last Tuesday, November 12, in Tonopah.
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Nevada
W. H. Thomas
Nye County
Sherif
Day's Fighting On Big Fronts
ITIGH storm 1,000 yard front in France and capture Regina trenches. Berlin admits advance but says only small portions of trench was entered. Crown Prince Rupprecht failed south of the Somme. French attacks repulsed in this sector. Fierce fighting southeast of Lemberg in Galicia. Petrograd claims reconquered trenches once held by Teutons. Russo Romanian advance in Dobruja continues with two towns occupied. Berlin denies change in Von Mackensen area. unofficially said driven back to railway line. Macedonian front Berlin reports gains for Entente troops north of Cerna river. General renewal of activity in Cerna river area.
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Berlin
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Galicia
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Deniecourt
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Danube
Hirsova
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Sofia
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Archduke Charles
Bucharest
Dragoslavle
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Alt River
Pologo
Columbian crew reaches Corunna in lifeboats
The crew of the American steamship Columbian arrived at Corunna Spain in lifeboats after abandoning the vessel. A Madrid Reuters dispatch quoted the ship reporting it was sending Hale and was in distress. The report reached London on November 12 and details remain uncertain.
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Corunna
Spain
Reuter
Madrid
Hale
Columbian Steamship Sunk Off Spanish Coast
Washington officials to present the American steamer Columbian sinking to President Wilson as part of a broader briefing on submarine ops. Incomplete reports last night left officials unsure of its impact on U.S. policy, after a Balv a consul note said the vessel was sunk about 30 miles off the Spanish coast.
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St. Nazaire
France
Italy
Columbian
American Hawaiian Steam,ship Company of
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San Francisco
France and Canadian Steamship Company
Ashington
Washington
Wilson
State Department
Balva
Police Break Up Suffrage Meeting in London
London November 12 police halted a suffrage demonstration planned by the Women’s Social and Political Union at Trafalgar Square. Principal speaker Emmeline Pankhurst was to address the gathering. It marks a recent pattern of police action despite a wartime truce. Earlier, suffragists smashed Whitehall windows and two were arrested.
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Trafalgar Square
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Whitehall
Woman Sets Endurance Trapshooting Record in Alabama
Ada Topperwein of San Antonio Texas broke all previous trapshooting records by scoring 1952 of 2000 targets in five hours and twenty minutes to establish a new world record for endurance and number of shots fired in a single day at Montgomery Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ada Topperwein
San Antonio
Texas
Judge Landis Sees Hand Tied in Coal Car Demand
Federal Judge Landis denied Ayrdale Coal company petition to compel Santa Fe and other railroads to supply coal cars. He said the Supreme Court is considering related cases and until a decision is issued he cannot act. He noted it is the railroads’ duty to supply and return cars.
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Chicago
Landis
Ayrdale Coal Company
Santa Fe Railroad
Supreme Court
Haig's Men Gain Part of Trench On Somme Front
Violent, ongoing fighting marks the eastern and western fronts with no major position changes reported. British forces seizing eastern Regina trench section near Theipval Cource area after Oct 21 gains. Berlin acknowledges a small trench entry near Courtelette. French and German aerial combats leave several aircraft downed as battles rage around Baranovichi and Narauvka regions.
Conflicting WWI fronts report shifting gains and holds
The Narauvka front sees Berlin claim a position held after five counterattacks while Petrograd says German attempts were repulsed. Danube advances continue toward the Tchernavoda Constanza line with two more towns reported by Petrograd. Conflicting claims extend to Transylvania and the Macedonian front as both sides report gains in various sectors.
Burton Urges U S to Prepare for War
Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland former U S senator told a Bloomington audience that public indifference to political questions weakens government. He argued the war must be fought to a conclusion and urged the United States to prepare militarily to resist foreign coercion.
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Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
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Europe
America
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Ohio Miners and High Cost of Living
Ohio state mine workers through their executive board send resolutions to President Wilson and Governor Willis demanding national and state investigations of the high cost of living. Representing 50,000 miners, the resolutions declare that unfair speculations in foodstuffs and other necessities cause hunger and distress in families where the bread-winner is employed.
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Wilson
Willis
Changes Loom In Senate After March Fourth
The article notes a reshaped Senate with many newcomers. Rhode Island elected Peter Goelet Gerry over Lippitt, while Hiram W. Johnson and Frank Kellogg join the chamber. James E. Watson and Harry S. New, both seasoned, will sit there, and William M. Calder from New York remains a familiar figure.
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Rhode Island
Senator Lippitt
Peter Goelet
Gerry
House O S Representatives
Hiram W
Johnson
Senate
Frank B. Kellog
Buster
James E. Watson
House
Harry S. New
William M. Calder
New York
Promises Relief In Coal Famine
Louisville date November reports immediate relief from the coal shortage promised by proposals approved by Commissioner C C McChord. Rail executives at Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on freight car exchange urged returns of foreign coal cars to home lines or sent back empty if no load. They pledged embargoes would be lifted as missing equipment is returned and McChord would hear line intentions Monday.
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Louisville
C. C. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
Tragic beet sugar mill accident in Madison
Clarence Blackley, 22, fell into a centrifugal grinding mine at the United States Beet Sugar company in Madison, Wisconsin, November 12. He was ground to an unrecognizable mass before power could be shut off. No witnesses. cause unknown. Believed to hail from Beardstown, Illinois.
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Madison
Wis
Clarence Blackley
United States Beet Sugar Company
Blackley
Beardstown
Iil
Confirmation of Russian Dreadnought Destruction
Berlin reports official Bulgarian headquarters dated November 10 confirm the destruction of the Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Maria. The Overseas News Agency relays the bulletin received by wireless.
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Berlin
Bayville
Mystic Shriner Alvah Parcerton Dies in Missouri
Alvah Parcerton, once imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, died Saturday night in T. Joseph Missouri after a short illness.
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Mystic Shriner
T. Joseph
Alvah Parcerton
Mystic Shrine
Hughes calm in face of defeat
New York November 12 outwardly Hughes shows no sign of disappointment at losing the presidency race. He remained unruffled after the official count doubt. Mrs Hughes supported him, awaiting full results while considering California’s voting impact. The couple may retreat to Monteclaire New Jersey for rest.
Missouri wets cut down in Friday tally
Kansas City, Nov. 12. Missouri leaders hailed incomplete returns showing the wet majority falling under one hundred thousand. In 1910 wets won by a larger margin. Dry workers predicted another victory soon. The count stood 237,750 wet and 130,141 dry.
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Kansas City
Missouri City
Missouri
Inaugural Plans Elaborate Ceremonies for Lowden
CHICAGO Nov. 12 Elaborate ceremonies will mark the inaugurals of Illinois new governor at Springfield next January if the suggestions of men close to Governor-elect Frank O Lowden are adopted. The plan calls for an inaugural parade with state militia and thousands of school children and perhaps an inaugural ball. Not since 1905 has Illinois held an inaugural ball. Adjutant Gen. Dickson discussed the subject with Lowden but no program was set. Action awaits Fred E. Sterning’s return from vacation. The report of the Illinois efficiency and economy commission may be used to consolidate boards and cut expenses by at least 4,000,000 annually. Fewer high salaried positions are expected under the plan. Lowden, on Arkansas plantation leave, said his duty is to the people of Illinois and will guide executive appointments accordingly.
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Dilinois
Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
John R. Tanner
Illinois
Charles $. Deneen
Gen. Dickson
Illinois National Guard
Lowden
Fred E. Sterning
Ilinois Efficiency and Economy Commission
Gouvernor-elect
American Scout Held in Juarez
El Paso Texas November 12 The release matter of Benjamin Brahan one of General Pershing s scouts held in Juarez as a Villa spy was taken up Bell Saturday night by senior general of engineering enid
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Benjamin Brahan
Gen. Pershing
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Enid
Pershing seeks release of Braham held in Juarez
Pershing officials work to free Braham described as having served with Villa and holding a Villa army commission. Captain William Reid, Pershing’s Mexican intelligence officer, is pressing to secure his release. Braham allegedly drove from El Paso on leave and was detained as he crossed into Juarez.
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Juarez
American State Department
Brahan
Villa
William Reid
Gen. Pershing
Mexico
Braham
el Paso
Wilson Peace Advocate Seen By German Papers
Berlin dispatch reports Cologne Gazette and Volkse Zeitung view the U S election with satisfaction. Papers say Wilson’s pacific stance, not belligerence or obedience to England, reflects neutral U S policy and hope for steadier peace. The Paris press reportedly greets Hughes victory with jubilation.
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Germany
London
Wilson
Cologne Gazette
Ess
Cologne Volkes Zeitung
United States
England
Hughes
Heroic treatment for suffrage worker
In Los Angeles on November 2 a third blood transfusion was given to Mrs. Inez Mill Holland Boissevain of New York who is critically ill at a local hospital. Hospital officials say she has even chances for recovery. She suffers extreme anemia and throat trouble. The first two transfusions came from her sister and husband, Eugene Boissevain.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Inez Millholland Boissevain
New York
Boisevain
Eugene Boissevain
Spy and extortion arrest of Karl Graves in Washington
Karl Graves, a self styled international spy and writer, was arrested by Justice Department agents in Washington on charges of attempting to extort 3000 dollars from Countess Von Bernstorff by threatening to publish letters claiming her infirmities. He allegedly possesses confidential German dispatches to the ambassador and claims the documents came from smugglers past British censors on the Oscar I. Graves pleads not guilty and says the papers are diplomatic, not blackmail. He also faces a charge of bringing stolen fetters into the district from Hoboken. Officials note concerns over German officials avoiding British censorship.
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Waseiington
Karl Ise
Gaard Graves
Department of Justice
Countess von Bernstorff
Graves
Count von Bernstorff
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Hoboken
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Germany
Washington
War Office
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Hatzfeldt
von Bernstorff
White House
Prince Hatzfeldt
District Attorney’s
New York
A. Bruce Ielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Bielaski
Prince Hatzfeldt Succumbs To Embarrassing Letter Plot
Officials allege Prince Hatzfeldt kept papers meant to embarrass Countess Von Bernstorff. Graves sought $3,000 for the documents. A decoy plan led to Graves being arrested as federal investigators monitored meetings at the embassy and Hatzfeldt's home. The alleged letter used endearing terms and initials, with no postmark, implying a secret messenger source.
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