Roosevelt Rally Dominates Chicago Delegates Fight
Chicago June 17 Roosevelt draws huge crowds as California delegation backs him with a banner declaring twenty six votes for Roosevelt. Roosevelts plan includes a major address at the Auditorium Theater and a strategy session with Dix on, Garfield, and others to map the campaign.
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Roosevelt
California
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Republican Party
Ilinois
Mr. Roosevelt
Illinois
Auditorium Theater
Committee On Contests
Taft
Senator Dixon
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Will
Roosevelt Race Showdown Tangles Roosevelts Illinois Support Grows
The piece notes stirring calls for Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago events with Governor Hadley chairing and Deneen predicting Roosevelts nomination. It records Tafts brothers and Roosevelt family arrivals along with diplomats seeking hotel reservations as party leaders weigh the Republican convention.
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Sam Minn
Pennsylvania
George W Perkins
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Arthur Hill
Boston
Stubbs
Kansas
Glasscock
West Virginia
Johnson
California
Hadley
Missouri
Frank A. Munsey
George L. Record
New Jersey
Deneen
Ilinois
Vesey
South Dakota
Senator Borah
Idaho
Frank Kellogg
Minnesota
Wiliam Allen White
Fort
Ki. A. van Valkenberg
Francis J. Heney
John C. Capers
Roosevelt
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Senator Root
Chicago
Taft
Congress Hotel
Theodore Roosevelt
Tornado kills four in Nelagony village Oklahoma
A tornado struck Nelagony near Oklahoma City on June 17 killing four people and injuring several others. The storm's intense wind blew a freight train off its track and essentially wiped away the village.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Nelagony
Aerial Tour of England Begins from Henderson Aerodrome
Aviator Slack starts an aerial tour of England from Henderson aerodrome and climbs to an altitude of one thousand feet before making Bradford the first stop.
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England
London
Slack
Henderson
Bradford
Trains Collide Near Linköping Kills Eighteen
Eighteen people were killed and twenty injured when two passenger trains collided at Malmlätt station near Linköping, Copenhagen reported on June 17.
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Copenhagen
Malmlaett Station
Linkeeping
Final Contests Held as Texas Forces Defeat Lyon
Lyon suffers defeat as Colonel leads Texas forces to victory. National committee plans appeal on the floor as final contests are heard.
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Lyon
Texas
Wrath of National Committee
Taft Beats Roosevelt 233 to 19 in GOP Delegates Shakeup
In Chicago on June 17 the Republican national committee settled 252 contests after a twelve hour session. Taft received 233 delegates and Roosevelt 19, amid near riot conditions as the committee dumped 62 delegates into Taft’s column and six to Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt Roiled as Taft Delegates Sweep Contested Races
The convention floor scene grew chaotic as Roosevelt loyalists faced defeats. Taft gains dominated contests in Virginia, Washington, DC, Texas, and most of the district delegates, with Carysville and Bieber unseated. Kennedy and Heney sparred amid jeers as Lyon vowed a comeback.
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Borah
Taft
O. Ft
Virginia
Washington
District of Columbia
Texas
Cecil Lyon
Sidney Bieber
Kennedy
Francis J. Heney
Colonel Lyon
Lyon
Bieber
Heney
St. Paul
J. C. Matthews
Charles B. Hughes
Robert T. Lincoln
Missouri storm claims fifteen lives in tragedy
The report recounts a Missouri storm death toll of fifteen and notes election drama in Chicago and Virginia. It covers clashes during a Roosevelt allied contest in Washington and North Carolina and mentions Mrs. Borah and the evolving convention leadership. The piece underscores party factionalism and tense exchanges in committee hearings.
Rain Spoils Political Game in Washington
Rain spoiled the planned congressional baseball clash in Washington. Representative Webb of North Carolina, captain of the Democratic nine, called off the game, ending prospects for a Republican versus Democrat matchup.
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Washington
Representative Webb
North Carolina
Wright company directors seek pledge from Orville Wright
In New York on June 17 the millionaire directors of the Wright company plan to press Orville Wright to promise not to fly again so that his secrets remain with the company for humanity's benefit.
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Wright
New York
Wright Company
Orville Wright
Will Investigate Death In Washington Case
A maid found J. P. White a 50 year old Washington West Virginia resident unconscious in his room and died before help could be summoned. The coroner will investigate the death.
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Washington
J. P. White
W. Va
FREAKISH ACT OF THE STORM Kills Greek workman in Kansas City
A violent tornado raked Bates county Missouri and parts of Kansas and Missouri injuring seventy or more. A Greek workman aboard a Kansas City Southern train was killed and seventeen injured when the work train was blown off the track near Drexel. Dead include Mrs Cory Mrs Alexander and two children. The storm path extended fifty miles with widespread destruction.
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Kansas City
Bates County
Missouri
Lacygne
Kas
Drexel
Galloway
Frank Cory
Albert Cory
Kansas
George Reed
Fred Grove
Gibb Groves
Cameron
Maude
Roy
Baby
Merwin
Kansas City Southern
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Henry County
Shawnee Mound
Leeto
Johson County
Don Carlos
Leeton
Carlos
Sutherland
Guy Booth
Booth
Blanche Ethel
Count Motorboat Wreck Tests Narrow Drowning Escape
The motorboat Count carrying 42 Hancock Social Club members and crew wrecked on a dike off Flushing Bay after fog caused loss of bearings. Rescuers cruising nearby saved the party from drowning as they struggled in the water for about 30 minutes before reaching shore. The voyage to Oyster Bay for a clam bake at Sagamore hotel was halted by the accident.
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New York
Hancock Social Club
Flushing Bay
Raun
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hotel
Ttain
Thaw Seeks Release in Third Habeas Battle
Harry K Thaw appeared before Supreme Court Justice Keogh in White Plains seeking release from Matteawan state hospital. A writ of habeas corpus was filed by his mother as Thaw faced an army of lawyers and witnesses. The case, with Attorney General Ca engaged Jerome as special counsel, is expected to last a month.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Supreme Court
Keogh
White Plains
State Hospital
Matteawan
Hie
Farmer Fred Schmellinger Dies by Suicide at 74 in Noblesville
Noblesville Indiana June 17 Fred Schmellinger a 74 year old farmer killed himself by using his car and acid at his residence authorities reported no foul play suspected the tragedy underscores a severe personal crisis in the small community
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Noblesville
Ind
Fred Schmellinger
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