Taft Delegation Seated From Wash State By National Committee
The Taft faction in Washington state wins seats on the Republican national committee. Contests from Texas and Virginia are resolved to favor Taft, with six contests remaining unsettled as the committee meets. Roosevelt supporters challenge several delegations while Virginia and Texas contingents shape the final alignment.
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Taft
Washa
Acean National Committee
Roosevelt
Texas
de Z Taft
Consata
Virginia
Columbia
North Caro
Washington
McHarg
Recount in City Election Ends Quietly in Judge Albertson's Court
In Judge Albertson's courtroom the city election recount moved through the Twenty-fifth precinct with slight corrections. The only notable change occurred in the Twenty-second precinct where Gil lost one vote and Cotterill gained one, leaving totals within about a single vote of the original count.
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Albertson
Gill
Gil
Cotterill
UBS ACTION RECALL OF THE PEOPLE'S DECISION
A garbled report discusses a recall effort related to a people’s decision in Chicago with references to Roosevelt Taft delegates and state politics. The text mentions a senator and a trial committee member Bayder, plus notes on Washington implications and alleged robberies.
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UBS
Chicago
Gald
Washington
Taft
Atea
Roosevelt
Bayder
Blind for Five Hours Miss Jamieson Sees Again at Park
Miss Gertrude E. Jamieson a Broadway high school English teacher stood at Madison Park lake shore after a brief blindness of five hours caused by a broken blood vessel. She watched the sunlit scene and the picnickers with renewed appreciation noting beauty in common things. Her brief loss of sight deepened her literary sensibilities and mirrored a recovery deemed as wonderful as the moment of vision returning.
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Gertrude E. Jamieson
Broadway High School
Madison Park
Miss Jamieson
Ruskin
Milton
Longfellow
Lake Shore
Insurgent Kansas Governor Stubbs Spotted at Roosevelt HQ
An odd scene unfolds as Walter R. Stubbs and aides are sought in hotel lobbies and corridors near Roosevelt headquarters. Messengers, campaign staff, bellboys, and pages converge in a fruitless ten minute search before finding Stubbs in bed explaining a plan to foster a statesmanlike atmosphere.
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Walter R. Stubbs
Kansas
Roonevelt
T. A
Stubbs
W. KR. Stubbs
Mr. Stubbs
Francia Honey
Theodore Roosevelt due in Chicago this afternoon
Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Chicago at 4 30 this afternoon aboard the New York train that left yesterday. He travels with Mrs Roosevelt and family members, joined at Buffalo by Roosevelt delegates and boosters for a large reception planned on arrival.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Buffalo
Mighty Splash Ends In Courtroom Repentance
John Sparks tears up in police court admitting a lapse after ten months on the water wagon. He explains he bought whisky to prove restraint, stared at it, and suddenly swallowed it. Judge Gorj urges a brief stay to sober up.
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John Sparks
Judge Gor
Sparks
Weather Outlook Warmed Night and Sunday Fair
Forecast calls for a clear night and a fair Sunday with warming conditions. Light southwest winds are expected as temperatures rise from noon levels, and no significant precipitation is anticipated.
Roosevelt Party Patented in Allegheny County
Five voters filed letters of patent in the court of common pleas in Pittsburg granting exclusive rights to the name The Roosevelt Party in Allegheny County regardless of the Republican national convention actions in Chicago.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Chicago
Court of Common Pleas
Four Brothers Reach Longevity Record Over 80 Each
Four Cook brothers aged 86 83 81 and 92 were born in Adams New York and lived in Berkeley Princeton and Filburton Oregon. Their combined ages total 343 years with Samugi the deceased brother. The report from Jos Cook Berkeley states the brothers all surpassed eighty.
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United Press
Berktley
Cal
Jos. Cook
Samugi
Filburton
J. C. Cook
Berkeley
Oregon
Charles C. Cook
Princeton
Ill
H. C. Cook
Adams
Jefferson County
New York
A Plan for a Million Bill Smiths
Mayor Cotterill outlines a federation idea to unite Seattle social agencies into a clearing house for welfare and employment. The plan envisions city and King County involvement, housing, hospitals, nurseries, and job placement, with input from pastors, professors, and civic leaders amid a growing population projection.
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Fred L. Boalt
Cotterill
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Municipality of
County of King
Federation
Bill Smith
Bill
Spokane
Hill
Panama Canal
J. K
Samuel Koch
J. H. Jennings
Isabel M. Raymond
Sydney Strong
Roosevelt Draft Platform Urges Popular Measures And Recall
The first draft platform for Theodore Roosevelt calls for recall of judges, popular government tools like the initiative referendum and recall, trust controls, tariff reform based on data, and social justice. It supports woman suffrage, conservation and a strong navy, while opposing the Aldrich banking plan and endorsing dollar diplomacy. Participants include Hiram Johnson Pinchot Garfield Medill McCormick Lenroot and McGovern.
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United Press
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Columbus
Ohio
Col. Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
California
Gifford Pinchot
Wm. Kent
Inerior
James R. Garfield
Medill McCormick
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Gov. McGovern
Bureau of Corporations
Tariff Board
Congress
Country Life Commission
Aldrich
Chaos at Chicago as Taft Roosevelt battle looms
Special to The Star from Chicago June 15 reports George Record describing the Taft Roosevelt convention fight as a deadly, no quarter battle. Delegates, including southern and Barnes NY factions, loom large while La Follette and Cummins delegates complicate the first ballot outcomes. The outcome remains uncertain until the roll call next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Agnes
Supreme Court
Taft
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
la Follette
Cummins
The
Star
George Record
New Jersey
Record
New York
LaFollette
Barnes
Taft Delegates Seated Amid Texas Contest Row
Chicago dispatch reports the Republican National Committee seating Taft delegates in several Texas districts after a contested roll call. The action follows earlier seating of eight Taft at large delegates and Roosevelt delegates from the third district, with further Taft seats in the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Texas districts.
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Chicago
Man Capers
South Carolina
Republican National Committee
Taft
Texas
Roosevelt
Meeting to Seek Pardon for Mrs Johnson
A meeting of women at the Allen Dale cafeteria 110 Cherry street aims to secure a pardon for Mrs Gladys Johnson who is in penitentiary for second degree perjury. Petitions will be circulated in Tacoma next week with thousands signed including jurors from the trial.
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Gladys Johnson
Allen Dale
Cherry St
Charles Pryor Convicted in Regna Abramson Case
A jury finds ex policeman Charles Pryor guilty of keeping Miss Regna Abramson prisoner for weeks. The prior conviction was overturned by the supreme court, ordering a new trial. The crime carries up to five years in prison.
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Charles Pryor
Regna Abramson
Pryor
Supreme Court
Cupid Record Dates June First Through Fourteenth
Reader note shows a June period labeled Cupid Record from the first to the fourteenth, inclusive, with staff publication timing indicated as up to press time and partial unreadable text surrounding the entry. The fragment suggests a local notice or social column item with date range and press status.
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E- Seca
Eenenee
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