Delegate Bribe Accusation Slams Convention Strife
Chicago June 17 news reports an affidavit charging a $1,000 bribery attempt to switch a Louisiana delegate to Roosevelt. The piece details shifts in Taft and Roosevelt delegate votes, names several state delegates, and notes Woodruff’s switch to Roosevelt and Hotchkiss’s comments on Hughes.
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Chicago
F. P. Cook
Repub-ican
Louisiana
Taft
Roosevelt
Cook
McKinley
Johnson
California
Rosewater
Taft Seen Leading Taft Delegates Dominant At Chicago Nominating Fight
At Chicago Taft is forecast to win the nomination on the first ballot with about 600 delegates, a 148 vote plurality over Roosevelt and clear majority over all rivals. Roosevelt reports efforts to sway delegates despite pledges, while talk of a Taft majority and possible harmony candidate circulates amid party tension.
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Delecntes
Hughes
Lincoln
LaFollette and Cumming
William B. McKinley
Taft Bureau
Taft
Roosevelt
Chicago
Fatal buggy crash as tree falls in storm near Economy
In Muncie Indiana on June 17 during a violent wind and rain storm a tree blew across the highway near Economy and toppled onto a buggy carrying Mrs. Harriet Conger and her roadman. The driver was fatally strangled before aid could reach him.
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Muncie
Ind
Harriet Conger
Solvency questioned in West Side Dime Sayings case
June 17 report cites an alleged defalcation up to 10200 at the West Side Dime Sayings bank. Secretary Demas Urley says the assistant cashier Louie J. Murphy has practically admitted the matter. High living is blamed for Murphy's downfall.
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Semmons
West Side
Demas J. Urley
Louie J. Murphy
Murphy
Fatal Fall of Boy at Lancaster Industrial School
Edgar Wine, 19, of Cincinnati, died after falling 12 feet from a barn embankment at the Boys Industrial School. He had been sent there for robbery and reportedly took a gun from Dieer Rubin at a Cincinnati juvenile court before being rearrested. Pharmacy Boards Met in Columbus with attendees from multiple states for Interstate Association of Pharmacy Boards.
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Lancaster
Edgar Wine
Cincinnati
Boys’ Industrial School
Young Wie
Dieer Rubin
Bin
Columbus
O Dunes
State Boards of Pharmacy of Indian
Ilinois
Democrats Flock to Scene of War in Baltimore
In Baltimore on June 17 amid Democratic convocation pressure, Indiana leader Thomas Taggart denied any deal with Murphy of New York over the Gaynor boom and insisted he supports Governor Marshall. Ohio Senator Pomerene forecast Harmon nominated on the fourth ballot as delegates prepare for the Baltimore convention. A Columbus caucus to shape strategy and a likely replacement for Harvey C. Garber as national committeeman were noted.
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Baltimore
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Murphy
New York
Gaynor
Tam
Marshall
Taggart
Pomerone
Ohio
Harmon
Hmerton
Washington
Columbus
Harvey C. Garber
B. H. Moore
Livestock and Grain Market Receipts Across Cities
Chicago and Cincinnati report cattle and hog receipts with bid prices for Texan steers and western cattle. Hoofed stock totals include 11,000 hogs and 7,000 sheep with varied bids. grain notes list No 1 corn and No 2 oats with prices and lots across Cleveland Toledo and more.
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Chicago
Cotte
Beeves
MOSM
Cincinnati
Goa
Heceiptt
Platforms Drafted in Taft Roosevelt Contests
Chicago June 17 Taft platform makers meet at Taft headquarters to draft the Republican platform. Senator Root Secretary Hilles and others discuss endorsements for past performances and Roosevelt denouncements. Key planks cover six year term tax and tariff reforms federal trust control and social justice measures. Ohio delegation organized with Brown Webber Eagle Sullivan Garford leading. Delaware man dies from knife clash. Edward Henry sought.
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Chicago
Senator Root
Hilles
Nicholas Murray Butler
Fairbanks
Taft
Root
Washington
Fairbanker
Resoluions
Roosevelt
Taft Platform
Roosevelt Platform
Frank A. Munsey
Munsey
Roosevelt Arora
Tariff Commission
Congress
Ohio
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Karl Webber
Columbus
Sherman B. Eagle
Gallipolis
John J. Sullivan
Cleveland
Arthur L., Garford
Elyria
Harry M. Daugherty
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William @. Hotchkiss
Colonel Roosevelt
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William A. Prendergast
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University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Cartaly
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American Pree Association
Joseph M. Dixon
Povaarene
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Melville
Washington Star
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Loula XVII
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Miseis
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Gulf
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Navy League of the United States
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