Taft Appears Ahead on First Ballot in Taft Contests
Chicago June 6 The national Republican committee backed Taft by seating twenty contending delegates from Alabama and one Arkansas district after a heated session. Hitchcock, Taft manager, claimed victory for regular delegates and vowed to seat every Taft delegation with badges. Allies protested as proxies were counted, but the viva voce vote favored Taft and left rival leaders dismayed at the committee’s verdict.
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Chicago
National Republican Committee
Alabama
Arkansas
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
Convention Headquarters
John R. Malloy
Foraker
Hitchcock
Vorys
Tennesease
Mississippi
Louisiana
National Committee
Charles H. Scott
Alabam
Scott
Col
Geel A. Lyon
Texas
Sox
Allien
Fred C. Bryan
Joseph B. Kealing
James Francia Burke
Pittsburg
Naie
Burke
Knox
Keating
Indiana
Fairbanks
Ta Uenal
Cork
Solomon Tanda
New Mexia
Kealing
Republic
Harry New
May
Loone
Alaska
North Dakota
Washington
Charles G. Phelps
Arthur F. Blatter
Phelps
Statterr
Lost Interest in Proceedings Amid Turbulent Taft Licties
Fragmentary OCR note reports chaotic proceedings with tainted leadership and dubious tactics. Mentions Senator Hanna and a failed push as the narrative hints at continued coverage on later pages.
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Taft
Hanna
Detroit Millionaire Peter White Dies in Street Incident
A report from Detroit states Peter White of Marquette and the Northern pathhanuld died today near City Hall after a railroad deal caused heart trouble. The prominent figure was cited as the wealthiest man in the region.
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Michigan
Peter White
Detroit
Marquette
Itonalne
Fulton Powher
City Hall
Explosion at Celvuloid Factory Kills Fifteen in Vienna
An explosion at a celvuloid factory in Vienna on June 6 killed fifteen workers and injured many others. A subsequent fire destroyed the plant, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Vienna
Annapolis
This City
Camp Parole
Detective fatally wounded in bungled arrest near coal yard
County detective John Kaglert shot and killed a suspect known as Twin Trevor while attempting to arrest four armed men in a vacant house. The suspect and officer were killed during a tense confrontation tied to a Monongahela Coal Company robbery. Other men barricaded inside threatened nearby residents as Winchesters and revolvers were brandished.
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Plutovurg
Vay
John Kaglert
Trevor
Monongahela Coal Company
Tennessee Battleship Disaster Claims Four Dead
Los Angeles June 6 Four men died and ten were injured when a boiler tube exploded aboard the armored cruiser Tennessee causing extensive damage. The ship, under Captain Thomas B. Howard, was off San Pedro bound for harbor after a Pacific fleet voyage. Injured crew were to be treated in Los Angeles as details remain scarce.
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Los Angeles
George Wood
Bart Boges
Adolph Reinghold
George Merk
Frat Clase
F.S Field
Brenan
Exantes
Felous
J. Burns
W. PF. Burns
J. J. Carroll
Parsons
Tennessee
Thomas B. Howard
San Francisco
Pacific Fleet
California
Santa Barbara
San Pedro
San Diego
San Pedro Harbor
Con Yoy
Hampton Ronde
Pacific
Strait of Magellan
Tennewest
Uriel Sebree
Whd
Tennesee
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Misa Annie Keldl Brazier
Anti Taft Forces Fight On In Contests At Convention
Chicago reports reveal anti Taft allies准备 to fight every credential contest. Congressman Burke asserts Taft may not pack the credentials committee and hints at taking issues to the convention floor. National committee supports Taft 8 to 1 as Florida contest opens with eight delegates challenged.
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Chicago
Taft
Alabama
Arkansas
National Committee
Hma
Burke
Pennsylvania
Committee On
Frank HH. Wwtehcock
Geeretuny Taft
Florida
Explosion Near Indianapolis Hospital Damages St Vincent's
An explosion at the Preetolite Kak pumping station beside St Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis injures eleven people, damages the hospital, and threatens nearby fires as gas tanks are hurled blocks away. Firefighters and hospital patients suffer from the blast and shock waves.
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St. Vincent’s
Indianapolis
Ind
St. Vincent's
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Ing
St Vincent's Hospital
Ikiliga
Fiee
Mystery of Double Murder Near Bellefontaine in California Convict Case
May clear mystery. Logan county officials, led by Prosecuting Attorney Chamberlin and Sheriff Humphreys, plan to pursue a California convict in a penitentiary to extract a confession about the three year old crime that killed David Detrick and his wife. A $1000 reward lingers as the cellmate seeks the payoff. Automobile records set in New York as Jamaica races celebrate subway opening with a mile road record under 4 hours 890 minutes?
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New York
Walter R. Gillette
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Bellefontaine
David Detrick
California
Effielile
Logan County
Chamberlin
Sherif SN
Po Humphreys
Thaht Tite Law
Jamaica
Long Ieland
Tornado Devastates Rural Kansas Towns
A tornado last night swept across Chester and nearby towns causing two deaths and many serious injuries. Homes and barns were blown down, communications are down, and Scandia Geneva and Republic City areas report extensive damage with towns cut off.
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Chester
Kan
Scandia
Kansas
Geneva
Branka
Republic City da Agiil
Bank wreckers get the years in Pittsburg case
Pittsburg June 6 John Youre and Henry Relber former auditors and paying tellers of the Palmer Deposit National Bank admitted stealing 1 105 000 from the institution and were today each sentenced to five ten years in penitentiary.
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Pittsburg
John Youre
Henry Relber
Palmer Deposit National Bank
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