Ohio Democrats Converge in Columbus for State Convention
The Ohio Democratic convention opened at Memorial Hall in Columbus to nominate twenty four presidential electors. Over 900 delegates with numerous alternates attended as W W Durbin welcomed delegates and predicted victory in November. Newton D Baker delivered the keynote as Senator Pomerene prepared to serve as permanent chairman.
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Columbus
Memorial Hall
W. W. Durbin
Kenton
Democratic State Executive Committee
Jolla
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Pomerene
John A. Dodd
Circleville
C. A. McCleary
Fred Becker
Athens
Daniel Murphy
Dayton
A. Clyde Reasoner
Zanesville
Charles L. Resch
Newton D Baker as Temporary Chairman at Ohio Democratic Convention
Newton D Baker spoke as temporary chairman directing attention to the federal reserve bank and its workings. He praised rural credits and the Underwood farm act, lauded the income tax and tariff improvements, and supported army reorganization. He defended Wilson’s policy in Mexico and urged neutrality in the European war while praising Governor Cox and Senator Pomerene.
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Democratic Congress
Federal Reserve Bank Ot
Baker
Underwood Farms
Enid
America
Congress
Tle
Mexico
Wilson
James M. Cox
Washington
Pomerene
Doolan Voices on Presidential Electors at Ohio Meetings
L W Doolan pastor and Broad Street Baptist church chaplain notes congressional district meetings held to select presidential electors and form convention committees. A platform may refrain from endorsing candidates beyond President Wilson, aligning with Ohio Democratic nominating process. Baker calls Republican readers confused by factional divides and inconsistent principles as he outlines party splits.
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L. W. Doolan
Broad Street Baptist Church
Membe
Wilson
Ohio
Roosevelt Denounces German American Alliance in St Louis
Theodore Roosevelt spent a busy day in St Louis delivering three speeches denouncing the German American alliance as an anti American pact. He called leaders’ acts moral treason and rejected engaging with Bryan or Ford while praising private life. Munition shipments to Tope threaten a $500,000,000 effort.
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St. Louie
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Bryan
Ford
Shackleton Reaches Islands After Endurance Crush
A telegram from Port Stanley reports Sir Ernest Shackleton has arrived on Elephant Island after the Endurance was crushed in the Weddell Sea in October. He and his party drifted 700 miles in ice until April and left 22 feet boat expeditions for help. All are well except for urgent rescue needs.
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London
Ernest Shackleton
Port Stanley
Falkland Islande
Endurance
Weddell Sea
Shackleton
Elephant Island
South Gorgia Island
Turtle Act Performed Near Fostoria Tragedy
Findlay Ohio June 1 Dr C B Stein a Tiffin dentist was instantly killed and E L Thatcher also of Tiffin was seriously injured near Fostoria last night when their automobile turned turtle.
Leahy Sentenced to Life Term for Clements Killing
Cincinnati jurist Judge Caldwell sentences Harry Leahy to life imprisonment after Leahy pleaded guilty to killing his lifelong friend Frank Clements last fall in a crime case that stunned the community.
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Cincinnati
Jone
Harry Leahy
Frank Clements
Caldwell
Parade Planned in Cincinnati for June 24 Largest Procession Yet
At a June 1 meeting of civic and business groups in Cincinnati a parade to mark Prepare d news is set for Saturday June 24. It aims to be the largest procession in the city’s history. Vanderlip supports Roosevelt. Frank A. Vacherity of National City Bank advocates Preparedism as a key stance on Wall Street.
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Cincinnati
Vanderlip
Roosevelt
New York
Inne L
Wall Street
Frank A. Vacherity
National City Bank
Theomore Roosevelt
Charges Withdrawn Against Springfield School Head
Springfield board of education met to review charges of incompetency and inefficiency against school superintendent Carey Boggess. The charges were withdrawn amid a claim that $100 had been placed in a member’s hands to vote for dismissal.
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Springfield
Board of Education
Carey Boggess
H. J. Churchman
Bucyrus District Approves Centralized School Bond Issue
Rusyrus Ohio June 1 by a vote of 129 to 1 and 79 against the Bucyrus centralized rural school district decided for a centralized school and the raising of 25000 dollars in bonds at a special election.
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Rusyrus, O
Bucyrus
Postoffice Robbery At Bellefontaine Described In Report
A postoffice near Bellefontaine was robbed when a thief blew the safe and escaped. Telephone operators were warned and the loot was described as small. In Meveland and nearby, pawnbrokers signed affidavits to quit rather than obtain a state license under Lloyd Lowe and Lowe law, citing annual costs of $100.
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Bellefontaine
Hast Liverty
Meveland
Juve Le-Three Leve Lend
Calvert
Wold
Lloyd Lowe
Mexican government demands immediate U S troop withdrawal
In a 12000 word note from Mexico City the Mexican government accuses the United States of invading Mexican sovereignty after border incursions at Columbus New Mexico and Glenn Springs. The note calls for immediate withdrawal of American troops and cites U S interference as destabilizing. It asserts U S protests contradict acts and stresses Mexican sovereignty.
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United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Mexican Foreign Office
Washington
Livestock and Grain Prices in East Buffalo and Midwest Markets
A dense rate sheet from East Buffalo and major U.S. cities lists cattle and hog prices by grade and class, including steers, heifers, cows, calves, and bulls, with figures for fat cattle, stockers, feeders, and cows. It also covers sheep and lambs, with per head values and special notes on new crop and seasonal movement across Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati markets dated June 1.
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East Buffalo
Culver
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Sue York
Cincinnati
Vvere Col Butchers
Justice Hughes Leads the Field in Nomination Fight
June 1 Cateago report notes Associate Justice Charles E. Hughes atop Republican hopes as Roosevelt backers and favorite sons unite to “smoke out” Hughes. Attacks mount from Taft allies and Hughes friends say he would accept a call. Georgia is the only contest with potential leverage among the 62 N C committee votes.
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Cateago
Republi-ican National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Leutenants
Hughes
Nhil Hughes
Trenvorite
Cfurt
Chicago
Jastice Hughes
Justice Dimeel
Sons
Rimeelf
Meres
HL Hitchcock
Provident Taft
Taft
Ipos Hughes
Itchcock
Justice Hughes
Ais
National Committee
Georgia
Demand of Elyria clerks union aims eight hour day
The 500 retail clerks of Elyria are forming the Elyria retail clerks union. They demand Wednesday afternoons off in July and August, an eight hour day, and higher pay with a uniform increase.
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Elyria
Two Ohio lawmakers boycott public buildings bill
Washington June 1 two Ohio members of the committee on public buildings refuse to participate in what they call a raid on the public treasury. Representative William A. Ashbrook and Representative William Mooney abstain as the bill is drafted, potentially omitting Ohio from the new legislation. Ashbrook chairs subcommittee 4 and Mooney sits on it, both signaling solidarity despite party difference.
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Washington
Ohio
Committee On
William A. Ashbrook
Seventeenth
Wiliam Mooney
Fifteenth
Ashbrook
Mooney
Mt. Vernon
Sentenced 10 Reformatory for Guilty Plea in Kidnap Case
Athens youths Carlos Cameron and Kari Nye, both eighteen, pleaded guilty in common pleas court to criminally mistreating Mary Frazier, an Ohio University student. They were sentenced to the Mansfield Reformatory and removed immediately. Closer details say the pair allegedly kidnapped Frazier, kept her in a closed automobile in the country for several hours.
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Athens
Jone
Carlos Cameron
Kari Nye
J. M. Wood
Mary Frazier
Ohio University
Manafield Reformatory
Bore
Frazier
Frageyburs
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Frank Moore
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
von Mackensen
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