Deneen backs Taft as Roosevelt third party plan grows
Springfield dispatch reports Governor Deneen will support Taft as the Republican nominee. Medill McCormick’s committee learned Deneen and state officials will not back Roosevelt. Progressive leaders plan a separate Illinois ticket while Dixon pushes a full third party slate headed by Roosevelt.
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Taft
Roosevelt
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Stead
Andrew Russel
McCormick
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Elkhart
Bill McCormick
Chicago
Illinois
Dixon
Ilinois
Teddy
Oyster Bay
Dencen
Taf
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Unsettled weather with probable shower tonight or Tuesday. Warmer tonight. High yesterday 73, low last night 60. Temperature at 7 a.m. 65 with five mph wind. No precipitation in last 24 hours. Humidity 7 p.m. 74, 7 a.m. 87. Stage of water 4.2 up 0.4 in 48 hours. Astronomical events Sun sets 7:25, rises 4:46. Evening stars Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus. Morning star Saturn.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
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Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Thorpe Declines King’s Interview Invitation
New York reports Thorpe, hailed as the top all around athlete of the games, refused an interview invitation from a king aboard the steamer Finland in Stockholm. The incident, said to be the king’s first declined royal invitation, is contrasted with a later Hamburg swimming meet. Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku won the 100 metres in a world record time as Americans dominated relays over Germany.
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Stockholm
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Hamburg
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Illinois Athletic Club
Chicago
Death Call for Skinny Madden
Chicago July 22 Martin B Madden labor leader died at Lake Villa Illinois tuberculosis. San Antonio July 22 Emilio Vasquez Gomez provisional president of Mexico arrested with five others for violating American neutrality laws. He was given a hearing and released on $10 000 bond. next Monday set for further hearing.
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Martin B
Skin- Iny) Madden
Lake Villa
San Antonio
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Vasquez
Mikado Rally Follows Hope Abandoned
Tokio reports improvement in the emperor's condition through the day with favorable bulletins. The stock market showed gains as crowds of school children gathered outside the palace praying for the emperor's recovery.
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Tokio
Japan
Wolfe Again Tries to Swim English Channel
Boulogne July 22 Wolfe a well known amateur swimmer started in another attempt to swim across the English channel today. He entered the water near Cape Grisnez at 4 15 this morning and at 7 o clock was seven miles north of that point on the French coast.
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Wolfe
English Channel
Cape Grisnez
Neighbors Tear Down a Hospital in Ireland
Dublin residents razed a nearly finished consumption sanitarium at Lorcan near Dublin. Under Lady Aberdeen and the Women's National Health association, mobs armed with ropes and picks tore off the roof and toppled wells, citing opposition to the project.
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Lorcan
Lady Aberdeen and
Women's National Health Association
Nationwide hunt for Rosenthal slayers broadens
New York July 22 nationwide search continues for the Rosenthal killer gang. Authorities disclose the identities of sixteen gunmen alleged to have lined up and shot the gambler, as officials name the suspects in connection with the crime.
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New York
Rosenthal
Dougherty
Jack Sullivan
Sam Paul
East Side
Sullivan
Paul
Webber
Lorimer Hurt In An Auto Wreck Near Pittsburgh
William Lorimer of Chicago was injured in an automobile accident near Claysville outside Pittsburgh. The crash occurred when the driver swerved to avoid a buggy, hitting a telegraph pole. Lorimer and companions escaped serious injury, Lorimer briefly fainted while calming the unmanageable horse, and the party proceeded by night train toward Chicago.
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William] Lorimer
Chicago
Claysville
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Lorimer
German Navy Stirs Commons Over Increase in Budget
London July 22 British Prime Minister Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty says in the Commons a supplementary naval appropriation of 5 million dollars was introduced to bolster the fleet. He comments on the situation and margin of safety amid wartime needs.
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Rosenthal Killing Sparks Chicago Gunman Hunt
District Attorney Whitman moved quickly after Rosenthal fell to a hail of bullets as investigators pursued gunmen tied to the Metropole plot. Police leaders report several suspects held, alibis established, and a drive to arrest additional principals while noting no murderers yet jailed.
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William Shapiro
Hotel Metropole
Whitman
No Contributions to T. R. From Trusts
Former Senator Nathan B. Scott told a senate committee that no contributions were made to Roosevelt's 1908 or 1964 campaigns by corporations or by Henry Havemeyer or International Harvester. He cited his own $30,000 to $40,000 donation as the largest known, with George W. Perkins giving about $15,000, both directed to the West Virginia state campaign.
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Scott Washington
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Senate
Roosevelt
Henry Havemeyer
International Harvester Company
Scott
National Committee
George W. Perkins
Debs Outlines Socialist Platform in Milwaukee Speech
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for president, attacked Republicans and Democrats as capitalist parties and praised the Socialist Party as the true workers’ party. He urged world democracy, wage abolition of oppression, and the unity of global workers, citing labor leaders in Congress and support for Lawrence strike leaders.
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V. Debs
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Huncombe
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Party OF Human Emancipation
L. Berger
Washington
Voice of Labor
Congress
Lawrence
Mass
Rockefeller Disciplines Foreman For Cruelty At Estate
Tarrytown New York July 22 John D Rockefeller suspends John Riley foreman on Pocantico Hills estate for cruelty to his family He drove his wife and seven children all under 12 from the home and they found shelter for the night Riley had served in Rockefeller's employ for several years to be readmitted only if he proves he can be a model husband
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N. Y
John D
Rockefeller
John Riley
Pocantico Hills
Riley
Mr. Rockefeller
Hanford Leaves Post Under Fire
Seattle reports Federal Judge Cornelius Hanford telegraphed resignation to President Taft citing ill health. The House Judiciary Committee had been probing conduct on the bench for nearly a month and no statement was given on whether the resignation ends the inquiry.
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Seattle
Wash
Cornelius Hanford
House Judiciary Committee
Taft
Graham
Congress Silent as Truants Forfeit Sit, Arrest Warrants Issued
Washington reports say a house sergeant at arms and assistants sought absentees with warrants to bring them before the house, while the senate faced lengthy suspensions for a quorum. Judiciary reports favor a bill to stop liquor shipments from wet to dry states, some deeming it unconstitutional. An excise tax bill passage appeared likely, expanding corporation tax to partners doing over five thousand dollars annual business.
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House
Capitol
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Judiciary Committee
Kenyon
Sanders
Autoist Held on Killing Charge in Winnipeg
Alfred H. Oakes, president of the Winnipeg real estate exchange, faces a manslaughter charge after his auto allegedly ran down Mrs. Wallace of South Shields, England. The inquest noted excessive speed. Oakes is under $10,000 bonds.
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Alfred H. Oakes
Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange
Manitoba
Oakes
Wallace
South Shields
England
Wrecked Train Speed Under Scrutiny in Inquiry
Chicago July 22 The coroner inquiry into the Burlington wreck at Western Springs continued with new witnesses. Conductor Johnson testified the mail train was moving 50 to 60 miles an hour when it struck the Denver passenger train, noting crew were told to keep schedule time. No foggy weather slow down rule existed in the conductors’ manual.
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Chicago
Burlington Road
Western Springs
Johnson
Denver
Brother identified as drowning boy seen by train engineer
In East St Louis on Vandalia slough a 12 year old boy drowned while a Vandaliane engineer Lee Deatherage watched from the cab. After ending his run he sent word that the lad was his brother, confirming the tragedy.
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St. Louis
Vandalia Slough
East St. Louis
Lee Deatherage
Deatherage
Fraudulent Mail Frauds Reach Over 120 Million
Washington reports that more than 120 million dollars was defrauded from the public via mail to swindle by 1,063 offenders arrested in the fiscal year ending June 20, with many others at large. Postmaster General.neock notes bogus mining ventures fake medicines and water front deals as schemes. many defendants are millionaires and 452 have been convicted.
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Neock
Bogus Minine Ventures
Cpenders
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