Taft Victory Seems Likely As Republicans Pin Hope On Platform
June 12 Chicago dispatch reports Republican leaders expect Taft to win the nomination on the first ballot if the platform satisfies anti injunction and Sherman antitrust reforms favoring labor. Labor leaders Gompers and AFL executive committee arrive seeking pro labor planks while Taft allies hedge against a Roosevelt stampede. Delegates crowd into the city and Texas contests are seated, with Tennessee and Virginia fights shaping the roll call. A key battle centers on anti labor and anti injunction planks and the fate of Southern representation.
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Taft
National Committee
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American Federation of Labor
Republians
Denver
National
Mapufneturen Association
Jabor
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
DAR
Fourly
New York
Cortelyou
Hughes
Sherman
Page
Texas
Virginia
Inter
Taii
Chicago
Tates
Tennessee
Oliver
Vinitora
Carolina
Oliver Delegues
Eighth
Wade
Pennsylvania
H. Stevenson
Foraker
Ohio
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Symall Gompers
Congress
Fred W. Upham
Fire Devastates Sausage Plant As Floods Hamper Efforts
Kansas City June 12 A fire sparked by an explosion at the Neleon Mor ria sausage packing plant destroyed two buildings. Two women died and the loss reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. Flooding from the Kaw River trapped firefighters and residents. dynamite aided efforts to control the blaze. The fire remained active at noon.
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Neleon Morria Packing Plant
Kaw
Arc
Dynamica
Contro
Senator Bailey of Texas Undergoes Throat Operation
New York June 12 United States Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas has been ill with throat trouble in New York City for several days. He has submitted to a surgical operation on his throat and is now recovering therefrom, as learned today.
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New York
United States
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Cunard Liner Lusitania Repeats Queen of the Seas Fame
New York dispatch reports the Cunard liner Lusitania earning the title Queen of the Seas again after a record westward crossing. The ship beat the Mauritania’s previous time by four days and twenty hours, seven minutes, with a faster passage time of four days, twenty hours, and a few minutes.
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Cunard
Laskanda
Mauritania
Mauretania
Cleveland express derails near Binghampton
A westbound Cleveland express train on the Erie railroad ran off a derailment today near Binghampton. The locomotive and three cars left the rails with the engine crashing into a ditch. Engineer Trudell was killed. Marian Cole sustained minor injuries. No passengers were hurt.
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Ely
Cleveland Express
Erie Railroad
Ewiteh
Engimeer —Trudell
Marian Cole
Robbers Raid Customs Post in Fierce Battle
Six men escaped with the loot after raiders mounted an assault on a customs post. The strike sparked a gunfight that left four attackers dead, one official killed, and several officers wounded before the robbers fled. A second clash followed with three attackers killed and one wounded. Police reported severe injuries among officers.
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Tussin
Will Stop Gambling at Gravesend Club
New York June 12 Determined to fight the new Agnew Hart anti race gambling law one Jockey club today will seek to have the bookmakers arrested and taken before a magistrate. It will then go before the Supreme court Justice and ask for an Injunction preventing action under the law and the constitutionality can be made. Despites the fact that he has not yet received certified copies of law Commissioner Bing ham will stop all gambling at Gravesend track today. Deputies will go to the track to see that the police prevent the laying of bets.
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Jockey Club
Hughes
New York Supreme Court
New York
Agnew-Hart
Tt Wil
Supreme Court
Despie
Gommiesoner Bingham
Gravesend
Depution
Judge Landis Grants Reprieve to Billik
Federal Judge Landis granted a reprieve delaying Herman Billik's execution for the murder of five Urrail family members. The stay allows time for an appeal to proceed, with sheriff ordered to halt the hanging until the Supreme Court acts. Billik expressed relief while awaiting further legal action.
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Billik
Supreme Court
Chicago
Herman Billi
Cook County
Billli
United States Supreme Court
Thas
Billie
Federal
Davis
Mie
Bulli
Modest Quarters for U.S. Ambassador in Berlin
Dr Dawid J Hill successor to Charlemagne an American Ambassador to Germany arrived in Berlin today occupying three rooms at Hotel Action. He said his aim is not ostentation but to develop and maintain friendly relations between the United States and Germany.
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Berlin
Dawid J Hill
Charlemagne
Irmany
Action
Germany
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