Taft Dominates Alabama Contest at Chicago Convention
Chicago June 7 Taft forces won the first convention seats by a 2 to 0 vote on the Alabama at large delegates. Roosevelt delegates favored seating the Long Taft delegation chosen in 1911 and reelected in 1912. The session featured roll call requests, debate on roll calls, and efforts by Borah to limit procedural moves. Harding accepts Taft’s nomination forecast while Roosevelt comments on possible binding of delegates.
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Minnesota Democrats Nominate Full Wilson Delegation
Duluth and Raleigh reports say Minnesota Democrats at the state convention voted to send 24 delegates to Baltimore with instructions to support Woodrow Wilson. A two thirds rule allows shifting if Wilson cannot be nominated. The party backed Wilson despite Clark and Bryan supporters’ push and chose Fred B. Lynch of Saint Paul as national committeeman. Eight at large delegates were elected at Raleigh after an all night session, with six of them favoring Wilson.
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Moline to Host Epworth League Meeting in 1913
The Epworth league of the Galesburg district voted to hold its June 1913 meeting in Moline at Joliet’s closing session yesterday afternoon. Richard Rosenkranz of Moline was bruised and injured in a collision on Seventeenth Street and Sixth Avenue when his motorcycle struck K R W Oakley’s car last evening.
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Colby Represents T. R. In Contests Before RNC
Bainbridge Colby, a prominent New York attorney, represents Theodore Roosevelt’s claims in contested seats before the Republican National Committee at Chicago, outlining legal arguments to support Roosevelt’s position.
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Tavenner's Aid To Old Soldiers Brings Praise
General Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio praises Clyde I. Taverner of Cordova for backing the dollar a day pension, a measure that, though halted as a dollar option, led to a compromise favorable to old soldiers under a new law.
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Strikers in Boston Begin Their Fight at Daybreak
In Boston five thousand elevated railway workers ended an all night meeting with a vote to strike at daybreak. Violence marked the opening phase as the street car employees began their action after months of tension with management.
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Troops to Cuba Ordered to Restore Order
The Army staff issued orders for 5,000 troops to Cuba to restore order. Four stationed at Newport News were put in commission and provisioned. The force will draw from eastern posts as the war department said the main aim is to aid Cuba. A separate report notes armed negroes attacked the Toledo sugar mill at Mt. Marians near Havana.
Pension bill praised by soldier advocates and sherwood letter
A Washington office of the pension bureau aided old soldiers after the dollar a day pension law passed. General Sherwood commended Tav enner for shaping public sentiment through newspaper work that helped lawmakers approve the bill and secure increases for veterans nationwide.
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Supreme Court upholds ICC. Indiana pure food law upheld
The Supreme Court ruled the commerce court cannot replace the Interstate Commerce Commission and reversed prior decisions. It also upheld the Indiana Pure Food Law of 1907 as constitutional, announcing that states may enact such measures without conflicting with the federal Pure Drugs Act of 1908.
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Berger impeachment bid targets Judge Hanford in Seattle
Representative Berger opened impeachment charges against Federal Judge Hanford of Seattle on June 7. He accuses Hanford of high crimes and misdemeanors, a long record of corrupt and unlawful decisions, and habitual drunkenness, asking the judiciary committee to investigate.
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Twelve Die In Ammunition Factory Explosion
Vienna reports twelve killed and many injured at the Koellersdorf ammunition plant in Wiener Neustadt when a shed containing serasite, an Austrian melinite substitute, exploded. Victims were soldiers and workers. Also: man dies trying to rescue neighbor’s old dog. Charles Rink causing Levi Harrod’s fatal injuries. King Frederick August of Saxony suffered a leg injury after being thrown from a horse during army maneuvers in Dresden.
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Budapest Diet Deputy Fires At Tisza Then Shoots Self
Budapest June 7 Conant Tisza speaker of the lower house narrowly escaped assassination when Deputy Julius Kovacs fired three shots at him. Kovacs then shot himself, probably fatally. Tisza remained unharmed. Kovacs was among militant opposition members ejected from the chamber for disorder.
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Governor Deneen Signs Two Appropriation Bills in Illinois
Springfield Ill June Two appropriation bills from the special session became law after Governor Deneen signed them One provides 120000 for the agricultural experiment station at the University of Illinois The omnibus bill increases appropriations for the grain insurance and automobile departments and for factory inspection The governor also approved the Wilmette Park bill validating a trustees election and a 40000 bond issue
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Gamble Retired by South Dakota Voters
Sioux Falls June 7 County auditors report Thomas Sterling leads Senator Gamble by 1100 votes in the Republican U S Senate nomination with two counties remaining not altering the result. Sterling appears set to win the nomination.
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Cleveland Registers Two Earthquake Shocks
Two earthquake shocks were recorded by the seismograph at St. Ignatius College in Cleveland Ohio today. They probably originated at a nearby point possibly in Indiana or Michigan, according to Father Odenbach's estimate.
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Dougherty Restored To Citizenship In Peoria Case
Springfield June 7 Governor Dendeen restores Newton C Dougherty to citizenship. Dougherty was once sentenced to the penitentiary for appropriating Peoria school funds while city superintendent and treasurer of the Peoria school board. He was paroled November 9, 1911.
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Moroccans Glare as Sultan Hafid Leaves Fez
June 7 Fez reports show Sultan Mulai Hafid passing through a deserted capital while Moroccons glare defiantly. In Eaton, Lena Bradshaw ends a club debate due to jaw and arm pain from a probable past run away accident. Sioux City honors late Congressman Hubbard with funeral services featuring a delegation of Senators Cummins Kenyon Grenna Crawford and Representatives Lenroot.
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Gompers Cited in Darrow Trial Testimony
Bert H. Franklin testifies that Darrow claimed Samuel Gompers gave money to bribe Lockwood. Gompers denials emerge as AFL chief Ganners also denies handling any funds in Los Angeles during the trial.
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Defense Charges Detective's Men Hound Witnesses
Los Angeles reports on June 7 details Bert H. Franklin's cross examination in Clarence S. Darrow's jury bribery trial. Franklin testifies his confession occurred at the office with Oscar Lawler present, and discusses attempts to turn him state’s evidence, plus employment sought at the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association. The hearing includes clashes over Samuel Gompers and Burns, with defense alleging hounding and press scrutiny, and Prosecution denying Gompers involvement.
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Oscar Lawler
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Move Made to Prevent Johnson Flynn Movies
Washington June 7 The Interstate Commerce Commission reports favorably a bill to prevent reproduction of the Johnson Flynn prize fight moving pictures Life Too Prosaic ends it Taylorville Ill June 7 declaring her life was not worth Home William Clark of May township 45 years old and reputed to be worth 50000 drank two ounces of carbolic acid in the presence of his wife and two daughters and died before a physician arrived.
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