Victory at last as Wilson secured nomination on 46th ballot
Baltimore July 2 Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey won the presidential nomination at the Democratic convention after Underwood withdrawal and Clark support. Final roll call showed Wilson with a large majority as the 45th and 46th ballots concluded, amid protests and large delegate demonstrations.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Underwood
Clark
New York
Wilson
Harmon
Beavers
Bankhead
Alabama
Stone
Missouri
Fitzgerald
Boston
Foss
Wilson Momentum Grows as Democrats Conclude 46th Ballot
Baltimore dispatch details the Democratic convention as Wilson gains momentum toward nomination. Clark delegates shift, New York leverage debated, and Virginia West Virginia Illinois and Colorado votes tilt toward Wilson amid party divisions and unit-rule dynamics.
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Bryan
Illinois
Wilson
Clark
New York
Underwood
Witllinois
Louisiana
Michigan
Virginia
Swanson
West Virginia
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wisconsin
Harmon
Foss
Sir Charles Tupper Celebrates 91st Birthday in Vancouver
Sir Charles Tupper, age 91, resides in Vancouver with his sons after his wife’s death last spring. Messages pour in from across Canada marking his birthday. A former Nova Scotia premier and long-time federal minister, he helped found Confederation and is regarded as a Father of Confederation.
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Ancouver
B. C
Sir Charles Tupper
Canada
Sir Charles
Nova Scotia
Joseph Howe
Liberal Party
Dominion of Canada
London
Congress of Universities Opens in London
The Congress of Universities of the British Empire began in London with Lord Rosebery presiding. Delegates from over fifty leading institutions across the UK Ireland Canada Australia and other parts of the empire attend. Discussions focus on specialization and inter-university post graduate and research arrangements.
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London
Congress of Universities of the British Empire
Lord Rosebery
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Canada
Australia
Teachers to Tour Germany on chartered ship
An assorted group of German American teachers sails from New York aboard the steamship Grosser Kurfurst to spend summer in Germany. They will visit Hamburg Bremen Cologne Heidelberg Stuttgart Jena and other sites then meet at the Niederwald Denkmal for an elaborate musical program and speeches by Germans and Americans.
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New York
Hamburg
Bremen
Cologne
Heidelberg
Stuttgart
Jena
Niederwald-Denkmal
Rhine
Finnish Bayreuth Festival Opens at Nyslott
Great preparations mark the Finnish Bayreuth festival opening tomorrow in Nyslott on Kyrosund. The four day event takes place in Olofsborg castle and features the Kalevala opera Aino with Mlle Aino Akte in the title role, conducted by Erkki Melartin.
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Helsingfors
Nyslott
Kyrosund
Olofsborg
Aino
Mlle
Aino Ackte
M. Erkki Melartin
Fighters Ready For Joke Scrap In Las Vegas Bout
East Las Vegas July 2. With a conference tonight between Jack Johnson Jim Flynn and Referee Ed Smith over rules for the coming fight final preparations were under way. Since the recent bout they have taken it easy and will do light road work and gym sessions two days before the event.
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Las Vegas
Jack Johnson
Jim Flynn
Ed. Smith
Johnson
Flynn
Utah Conservatory Recital A Major Pocatello Event
A large crowd is expected tonight at the west side L D S church in Pocatello for a top billed recital by six Salt Lake City pupils from the Utah Conservatory of Music. Under direction of O K Runyan the program features piano violin and vocal solos by local and Salt Lake performers with Prof McClellan and Prof Weihe, no admission charged.
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Pocatello
West Side L. D
Utah Conservatory of Music
Salt Lake
McClellan
Runyan
Best
Weihe
Utah Capital
Utah Conservatory
O. K. Runyan
Gate City
Idaho
Conservatory
Samuel Williams
Mae Hawley
Marguerite Duvall
Joseph F. Smith III
Hyman Deutsch
Howard Anderson
Professor Best
John J. McClellan
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Ohio Republicans reconvene to nominate state ticket
Columbus July 2 The Republican state convention of Ohio, which adjourned June 4 after naming delegates at large to the national convention, reconvened to nominate a state ticket. The leading candidates for governor are D. F. Anderson of Youngstown and Lawrence K. Langdon of Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
D. F. Anderson
Youngstown
Lawrence K. Langdon
Judge Hanford A Gay Old Dog
Seattle July 2 The house committee investigating charges against United States District Judge Hanford began hearings to examine alleged intoxication episodes. Testimony covered his visits to a woman in a fashionable residential district and a detective’s flashlight photo of him entering her house at night was produced as evidence.
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Seattle
House
United States
Hanford
Largest Canadian drydock bid period ends
Ottawa July 2 bids closed for a massive drydock to be the world’s largest. The 1150 by 137 by 37 foot structure could be built on the St Charles river Beauport flats or St Joseph de Lev is. The successful bidder would receive a subsidy of 3 14 per cent for thirty five years on 5 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Ont
St. Charles River
Beauport Flats
Quebec
St. Joseph de Levis
Young Brewer joins National Democrat Convention crowd
Miss Minnie Brewer fourteen year old daughter of Governor Brewer of Mississippi was among the youngest enthusiasts at the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore.
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Minnie Brewer
Governor Brewer
Mississippi
Baltimore
Taft Forces Win In Buckeye State
In Columbus on July 2 the Taft faction at the Republican state convention won the first test by voting to table the minority resolutions report. The majority report endorsing the Taft administration was adopted by viva voce. E J Dillon of Columbus was nominated for governor on the fifth ballot, a surprise after being a candidate for state supreme court justice.
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Columbus
Resolutions Committee
Chicago
Taft
E. J. Dillon
Common Pleas
Dillon
State Supreme Court
Oregon Mothers Congress Opens At University of Oregon
Eugene starts the Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Association with educators from Portland and state institutions as speakers. Mrs. F Lalt presides as Dr. Calvin S White Dr. Bertha Stewart and Dr. George Rebes are named among the scheduled presenters. The sessions run through tomorrow.
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Eugene
Ore
Oregon
Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Association
University of Oregon
F. Lalt
Portland
Oregon State Association of Mothers’ Clubs
Calvin 8. White
State Board of Health
Bertha Stewart
The
State University
George Rebes
University of Michigan
Purchase Monticello Move Goes To Hearing
Washington July 2 The library committee of congress held a public hearing on a measure to buy Monticello the Thomas Jefferson home and burial place Representatives of patriotic groups urged passage The property is owned by Representative Jefferson Levy who has shown willingness to sell to the government.
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Washington, D.C
Library Committee of Congress
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Levy
President Taft to Join Family at Beverly Summer Home
President Taft and his family will depart Washington for Beverly tomorrow to spend the summer at their Beverly home. He plans to stay until early next week before returning to the capital for the remainder of Congress. After adjournment he will reunite with his family in Beverly.
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Washington, D.C
Taft
Beverly
Washington
Congress
Massachusetts
Akron dirigible disaster claims Vaniman crew in Atlantic attempt
Atlantic City July 2 Malin Vaniman and four crew members died when the Akron balloon exploded 1000 feet up ending a planned Atlantic crossing. The blaze and debris fell over the waters near shore as rescue teams recovered bodies and noted that two more men were entangled in the wreckage.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Malin Vaniman
Atlantic
Vaniman
Calvin
Fred Elmer
Walter Duest
George Burtillon
Calvin Vaniman
Noted German to Visit United States on World Tour
Noted German statesman Dr. Herman Paasche first vice president of the Reichstag and leader of the national liberal party is among passengers aboard the steamship Amerika bound for New York. He travels to study government systems and public questions including liquor traffic legislation, visiting major cities in the United States and Canada.
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New York
Herman Paasche
Reichstag
National Liberal Party
Paasche
United States
Canada
Strawberry irrigation tunnel completed in Utah
In Spanish Fork a celebration marked the completion of the two million dollar Strawberry irrigation tunnel. The tunnel enters Wasatch rock two thousand feet below the crest, nearly four miles long, diverting the Strawberry River forty five miles to reclaim fifty thousand acres of Utah land, the second largest of its kind worldwide.
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Utah
Spanish Fork
Wasatch Mountains
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