Texas Delegates Free to Start Stampede for Roosevelt
May 15 Fort Worth Texas delegates at the state Republican convention were not instructed to vote for Taft in Chicago. The action allows the Texas delegation to spark a Roosevelt stampede if conditions favor his nomination.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Fort Worth
Taft
Bryan
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Johnson
Committee On Credentials
California
Tult
Sacramento
Cal
Washington
Hitchcock
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
North Carolina
Ohio
Rourne
Portland
Ore
Senator Bourne
Spokane
Wash
Debs Nominated as Socialist Candidate in Turbulent Chicago
Delegates at the Rational convention nominate Eugene V. Debs and A. M. Simons after a long acrimonious platform debate. Debs backers shout as Seymour Stedman denounces Debs’ fitness, while Phil Calgary attacks President Roosevelt as the “most despicable coward the World has ever known” and taunts Taft over the czar toast.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
A. M. Simons
Senate
Roosevelt Coward
Phil Calgary
Missouri
Debs
Roosevelt
Taft
Czar
Russia
Bryar
Jobn Spargo
New York
Seymour Stedman
Simons
Meet to Protest Freight Advance in Chicago
Delegates from 50 commercial and shippers associations east of the middle west met in Chicago to discuss preventing the eastern railroads from putting into effect a proposed freight rate increase. The gathering is seen as the start of a movement to back pending national legislation requiring interstate commerce commission consent before any rate hike.
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Chicago
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Allegheny National Bank Plans Reorganization and Cash Fund
Pittsburg May 15. Following a directors meeting and talks with major financiers a cash fund of 590 009 will be placed in the Allegheny National bank to reassure depositors and the public of its solidity. A reorganized management plan has been agreed upon with the fund to support confidence.
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Allegheny National
Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
Miners Strike Sweeps Indiana as 16000 Walk Out
Sixteen thousand Indiana coal miners quit work at 4 pm amid a state convention mandate to forego aiding the state organization for sixty days. Evansville district reports 1655 workers stopped, with a state treasury around 50000 dollars. In Cleveland Michael Mulcahy, 68, the last survivor of Sheridan’s Ride aides, dies after two weeks illness. In San Francisco Rear Admiral Sperry succeeds Charles M. Thomas as commander of the Atlantic fleet. Thomas to retire in October.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Evansville
Sperry
San Francisco
Addral
Charles M. Thomas
Thomas
Navy
Thaw Habeas Corpus Hearing Opens with Doctor Testimony
Dr Ames Banter, Matteawan acting superintendent, testifies as first witness in Thaw habeas corpus. He presents Thaw's statements and behavior during his three months confinement. Dr Carlos F MacDonald calls Thaw incurably paranoid and dangerous to public safety if released. Baker relays Thaw conversations and his belief the Stanford White group plotted to jail him.
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Poughkeepsie
Ames T. Banter
Matteawan Asylum
Thaw Habeas Corps
Jerome
Thaw
Baker
White
Stanford
Carlos F. MacDonald
Major quake recorded near Central America says seismographs
Washington May 15 A strong quake lasting about an hour was recorded on weather bureau seismographs. Origin estimated at 3,260 miles from Washington with possible location in Central America or the Pacific west of it. Tremors started at 3:39, strongest motion at 8:55 lasting about 10 minutes. First tremors defined for 6 minutes 10 seconds.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Moore
Central America
Pacific Ocean
No Booze Ban at Frick Coke Mines Rules
Miner employees are prohibited from drinking intoxicating liquors under new H. C. Frick Coke company rules, a branch of United States Steel. The ban applies whether on or off duty and is effective in Pittsburg on May 15.
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Frick Coke Company
Pittsburg
H. CG. Frick Coke Company
United States Steel Corporation
Practical Steps to Conserve Nation's Resources Are Taken
Washington May 15 The conference of governors closes with the president guiding deliberations urging united action to conserve soil and forest resources. A report from the resolutions committee favors general measures by Congress and states, without specific legislation. William J Bryan praised the meeting and a resolution regretting ex President Cleveland's absence was adopted. Action deferred until today as a supplementary governors meeting forms a committee to outline a permanent organization for the conference.
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Washington
Conference of Governors
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Louisiana
Committee
Congress
States
Competent Commission
William J. Bryan
Cleveland
Bryan
Washington, D. C
White House
Wrights see record flight end in fatal error at coast
Norfolk May 14 Disaster overtook the Wright brothers at Kill Devil Hill as their aeroplane neared a world record flight. Wilbur Wright escaped unhurt. the eight mile test ended when a wrong lever pushed the craft downward and it wrecked beyond a sand hill. They planned further tests but will ship the wreckage to Dayton, Ohio.
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Wright
Norfolk
Lerday
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kill Devil Hill
North Carolina
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Roosevelt Court Upholds Right to Dismiss Soldiers
In New York on May 15 Judge Hough ruled the President may summarily discharge Negro soldiers of the 25th Infantry for alleged riot involvement at Brownsville Texas. Oscar A Reid sued for $122 in wages from dismissal to enlistment end. Stimson argued the president’s dismissal power, and the court sided with the government.
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New York
Roosevelt
25Th Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
Hough
Federal District Court
Oscar A. Reid
Stimson
Debate Over Title Change At Methodist Conference
Ballimode Md May 15 The report of the committee on revision against changing the title presiding elder to district superintendent sparked a lively debate at the general conference. The committee's report was rejected by a large majority, leaving the question open for future consideration.
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Ballimode
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Church Convention Denounces Personal Liberty Planks
In Freeport Illinois on May 15 the Christian church convention of northern Illinois passed resolutions condemning the personal liberty planks of both the Republican and Democratic parties. The measures accuse the parties of repudiating temperance questions and opposing local option.
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Christian Church Convention
Freeport
Ilinois
Senate Strikes and Cabinet Shakeup Hint at Wilson Resignation
Intimate friends report Cabinet veteran Mr Wilson may resign soon after 14 years steering the agricultural department. If he steps down before Roosevelt’s term ends in March, Gifford Pinchot, US forester, is favored as his successor, signaling a major conservation and resource policy shift.
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Wilson
Agricultural Department
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
Senate Passes Aldrich Currency Bill as Substitute
Washington May 15 The senate passed the Aldrich currency bill as a substitute for the Vreeland bill after a half hour of debate by 47 to 28 Only the enacting clause remained. The finance committee later amended the Vreeland bill to adopt Aldrich provisions after removing the Johnston reserve feature and the LaFayette restriction on bank loans to certain corporations. A national money commission was added. The action sets up a conference to reconcile the two measures.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Committee On Finance
House
National Money Commission
Vreeland
Aldrich
Labor Costs in Canada Surpass U S Pulp Prices
Norris shows labor costs in Canadian mills equal or higher than American levels. George Calhoun Jr of Laurentide Paper Mill and Carl Riordan of Riordan Paper Mills provide telegrams and letters as evidence. The St. Regis and Taggarts mill, led by George Sherman, reports March profits near seven dollars per ton with reduced operations due to weak orders.
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Norris
Canada
United States
Washington
George C. Sherman
St. Regis and Taggarts Paper Mills
Brownsville Paper Company
House
Sherman
St. Regis
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
George Calhoun, Jr
Laurentide
Carl Riordan
Riordan
Ontario
Wreck on MK&T Line Near Muskogee Kills Several
A southbound Missouri Kansas & Texas flyer and a freight collided head on a mile east of Muskogee Oklahoma at noon today. Several cars were wrecked and caught fire. Six or seven persons are reported killed and several injured. Separately Pittsburg hosts the 20th quadennial session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened here.
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Muskogee
Okla
Pittsburg
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Yesterday in Congress Wilson 70 resign soon
Washington May 15 Following are in brief the proceedings of the two houses of congress yesterday as taken from the official records The Senate passed the sundry civil appropriation bill about 120000000 its last of the four supply bills and its passage places a senate and house in the consideration of the appropriation bills The session shifted to the commodity After Fourteen Years bill was considered and the senate adjourned until today The House focused on the Younger Man Vreeland currency bill which was finally passed under suspension Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson had given until 1130 clock today
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Westerdas
House
Vreeland
James Wilson
Dentist Believes Jaw Fragment From Gunness Farm Found
In LaPorte Indiana on May 15 dentist Norton testified the jaw bone fragment found at the Gunness farm is human and closely resembles the lower jaw of Mrs Gun ness. He based his identification on his dental work performed on the farm owner’s teeth after examining the fragments with the coroner.
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LaPorte
Ind
Gunness Farm
18 Only Distillery in Iowa Burns Bonded Warehouse
Oskaloosa Iowa May 15 bond ed warehouse of Hoover distillery containing 2 600 barrels of whisky burned today. The distillery is the only one in operation in Iowa. The loss is 100 000.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Hoover Distillery
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