Roosevelt Dominates California Primaries in 1912
San Francisco reports Theodore Roosevelt led California voters in the May 14 primaries, Taft trailing with La Follette close behind. Champ Clark swept Democratic support, while New Hampshire backed Clark. Roosevelt expected to take all 26 Republican delegates. Taft unlikely to win any large delegation. Canton, Ohio notes Roosevelt's sharp criticisms of Taft, defending his own administration and urging support for Roosevelt.
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San Francisco
California
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Teddy
Delgatees
Chicago
Sterday
LaFollette
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
Underwood
Clark
New Hampshire
Concord
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Democratic State Congression
Baltimore
Champ’ Clark
Francisco
Roosevelt
Ohio
Canton
Bill Taft
Backbone of Revolution Believed to Be Broken
Texas dispatches report government forces pressing insurrectionists near Torreon circles as rebels retreat north with heavy losses. Juarez notes Salazar retreat and carnage along the way. El Paso cites unheeded reports of General Compa and troop movements after Saturday clash near Torreon.
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Texas
Torreon
Juarez
Mexico
Salazar
Camiat
Gutteo Cienagues
Elgt Nina
Mapini
Farewell Smoker for Gilmore at Nome Peninsula Rally
Nome and Seward Peninsula Republican Club hosts for Hon. William A. Gilmore, the Alaska Territory nominee for Congress, in a farewell smoker at A. B. Hall. Band, refreshments, and remarks accompany departure plans for a six thousand mile campaign, with a broad invitation spanning party lines and local leaders. The event ends with a symbolic steamer send off, amid crowded support and a note on the upcoming election.
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Nome and
Seward Peninsula
Republican Club
William A. Gilmore
Territory of
Alaska
Congress
A. B. Hall
Neme Brass
Seddon
Peninsula
Nome Bar Association to investigate charges in Nome
The Nome Bar Association appoints a committee to investigate charges reflecting on the honesty and integrity of Judge C D Murane, Mayor W A Gilmore, and nominee George D. Schofield with a written report due. The association indorses Schofield for the vacancy in the Third judicial division caused by Judge Cashman’s resignation.
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Nome
Nome Bar Association
J. J. Chambers
T. M. Reed
J. Association
F. Hobbes
D. Cochran
C.D. Murane
W. A. Gilmore
Congress
George D. Schofield
United States
Cape Nome
N. J. Castle
Third Judicial Division of
Alaska
Widnes
Hon. Ee, Cashman
James Hamilton Lewis Named Temporary Chairman
Special Nugget Service reports James Hamilton Lewis named temporary chairman for the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore starting June 25. Delegates met in Chicago to set preliminaries and plan hearings for contest issues, with Western delegates resisting the choice and threatening to bolt.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis
Dcratic
Middle West
James Ham
Seattle Renton Railway Placed Under Receiver
Seattle Renton railway an interurban line between Seattle and Renton was put under receivership by Judge Hanford after bond holders sought control. E. M. Mill and O. D. Collins named receivers as the line carries about three million dollars in debt and had prior injunctions over transfers and conflicts with city car lines.
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Seattle
Seattle Renton Railway
Renton
Hanford
E. M. Mill
O. D. Collins
Seattle Renton Southern Railway
Mayter
Pendente Lite
Aviator and Passenger Die In Fatal Airship Crash
Victor Louis Mason private secretary to former war secretary Alger Root and English aviator Fisher died after their airship crashed following a ascent. The machine suddenly lurched and plummeted to the ground, both men killed and found shattered in the wreckage.
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London
Victor Louis Mason
Fisher
Alger Root
Mason
American Aviator Killed In Landing Accident
Ray Wheeler, a young American aviator, was killed in St. Louis when his aircraft struck a telegraph pole during an attempted landing. The machine failed to respond in time to the rudder, the impact wrecked the craft, and Wheeler lost his life.
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ST. Louis
Ray Wheeler
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Wednesdy
la Follette
Gilmore
Wien
Haney
Huey
Ariuy
Madera
Orozco
Heneral Wareerty
NNT van Ftett
Orezea
Rellane
Palestine
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Lve
Pirsind
Fies Davasasie
Weber
Senate
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Lomen Gros
Republican Party
James Ham Lewis
Seattle Renton
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