Taft Delegates Clash With Roosevelt Backers in Chicago
Delegates resist Roosevelt pressure to withdraw renew fight to unseat 92 Taft delegates. Amid noisy confrontation at Convention Hall, Chairman Root restores order as Hadley argues for Taft seating and Roosevelt contests. Weathered by shouts, the session moves toward committee rulings and possible further action.
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Sidelights on the G. O. P. Convention in Chicago
Special report from The Argus covers the opening of the second day at the Republican convention in Chicago. Roosevelt supporters clash with Taft backers as roving galleries spark disruption while National Chairman Rosewater struggles to control proceedings. Observers anticipate later clashes when Roosevelt appears, with Indiana and Arizona disputes and cries of impropriety from Roosevelt adherents.
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Mexicans to Fight Close to U S Line
Juarez reports tension over plans to seize Chihuahua and nearby rebel posts as large federal columns advance from Sonora. A border clash risk prompts US cautions. Orozco and his father reply, pledging to meet conditions but notes possible cross border action. Ambassador Wilson in New York says Mexico’s government regains strength and aims to restore order with persistent army mobilization.
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New York
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Taft Certain in Sherman's Eyes
Vice President Sherman visited the White House and said he could see nothing but Taft after a baseball game yesterday. He expressed satisfaction with events in Chicago yesterday and complimented Taft in both places.
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Million Words Handled First Day Convention
Chicago reporters note a record first day at the convention as telecommunication firms processed a million outgoing words, setting a new high for dispatches and signaling intensive coverage and communication activity.
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Friends of the Colonel Warn Against Bolting Convention
Baltimore June 19 The committee to select temporary officers will meet tomorrow amid renewed debate over nominating the runner up for vice president. Headquarters for presidential candidates are active as rival camps claim progress. Secretary Woodson called contests minor and about forty in total.
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McGovern denounces Houser claim as fabrication
Chicago dispatch reports Governor McGovern calling Walter L. Houser’s assertion of a Roosevelt vice presidential deal an absolute fabrication. He lauded Henry Cochems for resigning Wisconsin delegation chair to empower an alternate, framing the convention fight as one between progressives and reactionaries and framing Wisconsin as a progressive state.
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Thirteen Miners Dead in Hastings Mine Blast
Trinidad Colorado reports thirteen miners entombed and believed dead after a midnight explosion at the Hastings mine. Rescue efforts underway as details unfold.
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Segregation and sterilization urged for unfit who were physically and mentally misfits
A dated conference report from Cleveland notes Dr. Davenport of Cold Springs Iowa urged gradual elimination of the physically and mentally unfit by segregation and sterilization. He also urged incentivizing larger families among the fit by lowering inheritance tax per surviving child. Justice Pitney mentioned. Morristown and Washington items follow.
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President signs eight hour work law for government projects
Washington June 15 the president signed a congress act making eight hours daily for workers on government jobs and issued an executive order applying the rule to the Panama Canal until January 1915. The canal will be finished before then.
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Inquiry into bribery charges at Republican convention
Washington June 14 Representative Litteton has prepared a resolution requesting a congressional investigation of bribery charges at the Republican national convention. He plans to submit it to the House upon his return from New York within a day or so.
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Roosevelt leaders vow no bolt to Chicago convention
Roosevelt’s chief aides including Governors Hadley and Deenen said they would not sanction a walkout under any circumstances. The group prepared to fight every inch of the Roosevelt program while noting he alone controls strategy and could order changes or withdrawal of delegates if credentials were protested. Generals conferred near Deneen’s seat and planned to keep in touch via telephone as Roosevelt’s plans remained in flux.
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Biplanes Clash in Air Killing Two French Officers
Naval France reports Captain Dubois and Lieutenant Albert Pel tan died when their French arm biplanes collided mid air and crashed to the ground this morning.
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