Taft Strength in Massachusetts Primary Attracts Roosevelt Delegates
Massachusetts primary results show Taft leading the Republican presidential preference with Roosevelt taking eight delegates at large, who later renounce their claim. Democratic preference favors Champ Clark over Wilson while Foss pledged delegates go with the Baltimore slate. Roosevelt’s move and the intricate ballot law explain cross leaning between preference and at large delegates.
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Massachusetts
Taft
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Baltimore
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LaFollette
Baxter
Roosevelt Group
Crane
Taft Group
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Wilson
Coughlin
Williams
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Oyster Bay
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Roosevelt Delegates Released to Contest Taft Delegates
Ambassador Bryce accepts Roosevelt delegates released by the ex president but will take the contest to Chicago. Taft gains due to 18,000 votes thrown out for nine names. district delegates show Taft 14 and Roosevelt 14. Clark leads Wilson by 19 021 in 47 900 Democratic votes. all Democratic delegates pledged to Foss and divided on policy awaiting decision.
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Chicago
Taft
Clark
Wilson
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Titanic Victims Listed Unidentified as 60 await checks
In Halifax and New York reports, 60 unidentified Titanic victims remained on the official list with two tentative identifications. J Bruce Ismay and Titanic officers Lightoller and Boxhall were immune from subpoenas in a US suit, prompting possible contempt actions after they sought New York counsel. Ava Willing Astor traveled home aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to be with Vincent Astor.
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N. S
Titantec
Washington
J. Bruce Ismay
International Mercantile Marine
C. H. Lightoller
J. G. Boxhall
District of Columbia Supreme Court
George Robins
New York
United States Senate
Ava Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Southampton
Astor
Vincent Astor
Taft Denies Japanese Land Purchase in Mexico
President Taft told the Senate the State Department has no evidence of any acquisition or intent by Japan to acquire land in Mexico. The reply answered a resolution seeking details on an alleged Magdalena Bay purchase by the Japanese government or a Japanese company.
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Taft
Senate
Department of State
Mexico
Magdalena Bay
Can Syndicate
United States
Mpf
Knox
Synd
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Jese
Department
Rayner
Japan
Noted Diplomat Dawson Dies in Washington
Thomas Cleve land Dawson longtime State Department official died in Washington after weeks of illness. A native of Hudson Wisconsin he was 46 and survived by his wife Mrs Dawson and several children. Dawson gained fame for Latin American diplomacy and held posts from Iowa attorney general aide to the late 19th century.
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Washington
Thomas Cleveland Dawson
State Department
Hudson
Wis
Dawson
Brazil
Diplomatic Service Veteran Returns to Washington
The article notes a long career in Latin America with service as minister to several countries and a 1907 posting in Washington as resident diplomatic officer. He later undertook major missions in Central America on behalf of the legation.
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Brazil
Washington
Central America
Engineers pick arbiter and rail wage board member
Grand Chief Stone and a committee select P H Morrissey of Chicago as arbiter and representative on a seven member board to determine rail engineers wage demands. The rail arbiter will be chosen in a few days while district reps head home and Stone travels to Cleveland. Gary ind steamship Dal ton sails with fifteen hundred tons of rails to Grand Trunk Pacific for western Canada extension. fourth water shipment with more orders expected.
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P. H. Morrissey
Chicago
Railway Employer and Investors Association
Grand Chief
Gary
Canada
Ind
Dalton
Grand Trunk-Pacific
Underwood Leads Georgia in Presidential Primary Returns
Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, Democratic floor leader in the house, carries Georgia over Woodrow Wilson by a substantial margin and will gain a solid delegation for the Baltimore convention. Early returns show Underwood leading Wilson by at least 5,000 with 60 of 146 counties reporting. Champ Clark and Gov. Harmon scarcely figure in Georgia contest.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
House of Representatives
Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Baltimore
Underwood
Wilson
Champ Clark
Judson Harmon
Savannah
Macoh
Wilson Narrowly Wins in Georgia Amid Mixed Returns
In Georgia, Woodrow Wilson's national lead is challenged as rural precincts report. Augusta and Savannah show smaller margins while Atlanta grants him a large majority. The state overall tilts toward Wilson as Underwood gains from rural votes, narrowing the president's edge.
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Wilson
Underwood
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Atlanta
Allen Jury Secured in Hillsville Murder Case
In Wytheville Virginia on May 2 the jury selection for Floyd Allen’s Hillsville murder trial concluded with sixteen jurors chosen from over a hundred veniremen. Judge Staples denied consolidation of five indictments. Floyd Allen showed little emotion as his wife wept beside him while hundreds of farmers filled Wytheville, giving the town a county fair atmosphere.
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Hillsville
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Louisiana levee breaks threaten sugar region
Baton Rouge reports a levee in front of Torras failed under pressure from the Red River Atchafalaya and Mississippi. The break extends about seventy five feet from the top and widens slowly. An army of workers scrambles to check the breach in Laguis iana's sugar country.
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Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Torras
Laguisiana
Cairo Suburb Submerged As Mississippi Rises
Cairo suburb and drainage district north of the city flood as the Mississippi River at Cairo records 47 feet, nine tenths of a foot rise. The river is falling at St Louis while five feet of water pressures nearby districts.
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St. Louis
Knoxes Depart New Orleans for California Speaking Tour
Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and Mrs. Knox left New Orleans in a private car for California. Knox will speak in Los Angeles during the trip.
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New Orleans
Philander C. Knox
Five with as Many Men Defy Insurrecto Force at Ranch
A mixed group of five American men and five women repelled a rebel assault on Comichi ranch in Tepic territory, later fleeing and enduring hardships to escape. The ranch, owned by Californians, sits on 22,000 acres of corn and 20,000 acres of tobacco. local Mexicans joined the rebels after the first attack.
Oil firm seeks stay to pay 50000 fine in ouster case
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey asks Missouri Supreme Court to let it pay a $50,000 fine to satisfy an ouster judgment and to continue business while awaiting a decision. The attorney general favors ouster, but may accept a temporary stay.
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Standard Oil Company
Th At
Missouri Supreme Court
Laborer Shoots Cemetery Secretary in San Francisco
Edward W. Stansbury, a laborer, entered the office of George Pennington secretary of the Odd Fellows Cemetery association and shot him dead. He told police his wife had complained to the association president that he was neglecting his family.
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Edward W. Stansbury
George Peniington
Odd Fellows* Cemetery Association
Stansbury
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