Advertised Chicago Convention Outlay Reaches 7.75 Million
A detailed estimate shows about 7.75 million will be spent this week on the Republican presidential nominating convention in Chicago. The calculation covers Republican, Progressive, and public expenditures including railroad fares hotel bills and admission tickets. It assumes 991 delegates and 991 alternates and uses conservative per person rates for rooms meals and incidentals based on city figures.
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Chicago
Republican Organization
Progressive Organization
New York
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
Seattle
South Pacific
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mney
National Committee
Republican
Geneener Railroad
Pullman
Weeo Ot
Slba
BOUNTY LAWS COSTLY TO STATES FARMERS
Farmers in Lock Haven and surrounding areas are urged to conserve wild animals alongside birds to protect crops, as bounties remove predators that control rabbits and pests. Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker and others warn that high bounties waste valuable life and harm ecosystems, urging education over payments.
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Lock Haven
Henry W. Shoemaker
McElhatten Springs
Wild Life League of
Shoemaker
Pennsylvania
H. A. Surface
Harrisburg
Doctor Surface
Kitchener and Staff Lose Lives As Hampshire Sinks
London announces the loss of Lord Kitchener and his entire staff when the cruiser Hampshire sank off the Orkney Islands after hitting a mine or torpedo. Four boats left the ship, heavy seas hindered rescue, and only bodies and a capsized boat were found near the coast.
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London
Lord Kitchener
England
Sudan
Hampshire
Orkney Islands
Admiralty
High Sea
Russia
Kitchener
Petrogard
Herbert Saville
Sir John Jellicoe
Home Fleet
Big strike shuts Kane glass plants in protest
Kane, Pa June 6 The Kane Glass company and the Pennsylvania Window Glass company two of the largest machine manufacturing window glass plants in the city are closed today due to a dispute between ring punchers and blowers. About 600 men are thrown out of work after organizers objected to Sunday work and the firms refused to recognize their unions.
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Kane, Pa
Kane Glass Company
Pennsylvania Window Glass Company
Delegates at Republican Convention in Chicago Reach 985
Nine hundred eighty five delegates are accredited to the sixteenth national quadrennial Republican convention in Chicago. Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines send six delegates who may vote if allowed. Nearly half are lawyers with 484 in the bar, plus 125 bankers and 108 manufacturers.
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Republican Party
Chicago
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Great Naval Battle Off Horn Reef Claims and Losses
May 31 marked a massive naval clash in the North Sea between Britain and Germany. Reports say around 150 ships engaged, 30 or more sunk, with life losses near 8000. British and German editors claim decisive victory for their fleets amid conflicting early accounts.
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Horn’s Reef
North Sea
Great Britaan
Germany
England
Skagerak
Norway
Denmark
Horn
Helgoland
Berlin
Warren Waking Up to Need of Industrial Growth
Warren leaders and the Chamber of Commerce seek faster industrial development. They engaged the Associated Industrial Service of New York for planning an industrial survey and to attract firms, forming an advisory committee. A monster meeting is set for Monday June 19 to present proposals including a model factory with low rents to lure industries.
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Warren
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Industrial Service of
New York
Leaders Predict Hughes for President Amid Convention Buzz
Political leaders in Chicago forecast Justice Charles Evans Hughes securing the Republican nomination as the Progressive party gears to renominate Colonel Roosevelt and likely draft Governor Hiram Johnson for a Roosevelt Johnson ticket. Delegates’ mood shows decisive Hughes momentum with negotiations diminishing as more conference leads tilt toward a Hughes victory.
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Chicago
Charles Evans Hughes
Justice Hughes
Hughes
Roosevelt
Ccord
Colonel Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Progressive Party
Escheat Act To Be Tested In Dauphin Courts
Equity proceedings were begun in Dauphin county by David Sneer of Pittsburgh to intervene in a suit by Germantown Trust Columbia National Bank and Union Trust Pittsburgh against the state to test the constitutionality of the escheat act. The court granted the rule returnable in 10 days.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
David Sneer
Pittsurgh
Germantown Trust Company
Columbia National Bank
Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh
Graduating Class Plans Strike Over Commencement Venue
Sixty seven of seventy graduates in Oil City vow to skip the commencement Tuesday if held at Grace Methodist church. They want a general celebration with class yells instead. The board of education refused to lease the opera house for the event.
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Oil City
Grace Methodist Church
Board of Education
Bleakley Spends Large Amount On Nomination Campaign
O D Bleakley, Republican nominee for the 28th district Congress, filed a sworn statement in Venango County showing no expenditures of 4437.52. Committees in Venango Warren and Mercer report receipts totaling 4 000 and expenditures of 8545.43, with Bleakley not contributing to their funds.
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O. D. Bleakley
Venango County
Franklin
Venango
H. G. Johnson
Warren
R. N. Brown
Mercer
H. B. McDowell
Bleakley
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Orkneys
Kane
Esene Ashe
Treas
Warren County
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