Massachusetts Taft Delegation Pact Clears Vote Impasse
Massachusetts delegates for the national convention are chosen unpledged with four leading Taft supporters to head the slate. The agreement ends a split over pledges while Senator Lodge argues the compromise serves party harmony and supports Taft. Alternate selections center on color line tensions and local political figures in Boston.
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Taft
Lodge
Crane
Liut
Draper
Rosevelt
North
Massachusetts
John Jan Tes
Boston
Hughes Day in New York State Convention Prep
The Republican State Convention opens in Carnegie Hall with plans to back Theodore Roosevelt and Gov Hughes for the Chicago Presidency. Delegates at large to be instructed to support Hughes, while contest proceedings and party maneuverings unfold, including disputes over Halpin and the slate of four delegates at large.
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Washington Post
New York
Carnegie Hall
Oclock
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov Hughes
Chicago
Hughes
Republican State Committee
Fitts
Niagara
John A Merritt
James W. Wadsworth Sr
Frederick
Stevens
Peter Porter
Merritt- Wadsworth
Republican Party Platform Praises Administration Policies
The document defends protective principles while admitting need for revision of rates and schedules. It hails Massachusetts delegation for pursuing wise changes without abandoning protection or harming labor. It notes Spanish War era questions and lauds peace, progress, and prosperity under the current Republican administration, with continued praise of the President. Continued on fifth page.
States' Rights Rally At Shiloh In Court Case Clash
The Minnesota dedication at Shiloh Battlefield features Gov Johnson denouncing a Supreme Court rail rate ruling. He argues against centralized bureaucracy and warns that subservient federal courts could undermine state sovereignty, urging limits on judicial power and defense of constitutional balance. He notes the need for equal opportunity and warns against special privileges while stressing three-branch separations.
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Tenn
Minnesota
Gov Johnson
Supreme Court
The
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America
Senator Elkins Requests End to Press Dispatches
Senator Elkins asks the press to cease publishing dispatches and rumors about his daughter's engagement. He thanks the public for kind expressions and states he will provide authentic announcements if any arise.
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Elkins “Fant Ptathes
Two Killed By Flying Log At Mill In Enfield Mass
In Enfield Massachusetts at the Portable Saw Mill of William Bishop a former Greenwich postmaster, a log fell from a chute after a log wedged, striking and instantly killing William Bishop and Miss Wilhelmina Weston of Greenwich. Mrs Bishop and four Greenwich visiting women witnessed the accident.
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Bishop
Weston
Wadsworth Declines Congressional Candidacy Again
Former Congressman Wadsworth denounces any bid for Congress in a letter to State Committeeman Merritt. He reiterates he will not seek the Republican nomination under any circumstances, urging publication to counter Porter interview claims.
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New York
J A. Wadsworth
Thirty Fourth
John A Aerritt
Congress
Wadsworth
Merritt
Peter A Porter
Congress In Your District I Have Repeatedly Stated To Yyourself
Porter
Noted New York Lawyer Murphey Ends Life at Astor House
Charles A Murphey, a prominent attorney and real estate dealer, shot himself in an Astor House room. He left a brief note for his wife and had faced heavy losses after a failed syndicate operation that wiped out most of his fortune, including control of the Key West Electric Company. His finances and health deteriorated over six weeks, with insomnia and sickness following loans from relatives.
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New York
Charles A Murphey
Astor House
Murphey
Brooklyn Heights Improvement Company
Key West Electric Company
Frank Batley
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Col Willis L Ogden
Brookly
Briefer agrees to support two families in bigamy case
New York April 10. Michael Briefer of Decatur, convicted of bigamy, will avoid prison by meeting an agreement with Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions. The plan requires Briefer to support four children—three from his first wife and one from his second marriage—despite protests from his first wife who said the deal rewards bigamy.
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New York
Michael Briefer
Decatur
Foster
General Seaions
Briefers
Briefer
Prison term kept Crunk from compromising two women
Granite City April 10 James Crunk a former patrolman is serving a prison term to shield two married women from scandal. Crunk and another ex-patrolman were convicted of holding up a saloon two years ago. Supporters say he is being punished to protect the women, while petitioners seek a pardon.
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Granite City
James Crunk
Man of Many Scathing Thesties Takes Former Pupil as Bride
University circles and settlement workers were startled to learn that Prof. Oscar Levell Striggs, ousted Chicago professor famed for sensational theories, married Ada Beall Cox in Turlock California. Striggs, once linked to Rockefeller comparisons, faced divorce actions amid alleged lax morality, with Mrs Laura Starrette McAdoo Wriges granted a decree in 197.
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John DB. Rockefeller
Shakespeare
Jane
Laura Starrette McAdoo Wriges
Rumors on Admiral Evans Condition and Paso Robles Visit
Reports indicate Admiral Evans condition worsening with speculation of his removal from Paso Robles while his wife and daughter arrive to aid recovery. A relief hospital ship and other warships are rushed at Mare Island to prepare for redeployment to Bremerton, with the Sheridan and Justin docked for refitting.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
Hot Springs
Cal
Evans
McDonnald
Phillips
Washington
Relief
Charles F Stokes
West Virginia
Mare Island
Bremerton Yard
Sheridan
Justin
Pacific
Four County Local Option Divides Wexford Village
In Wexford village at a four county junction Benzie and Manistee counties did not vote local option while Grand Traverse and Wexford went dry Briefly Willis Sanford a village saloonkeeper faces relocation across county lines if Grand Traverse had also gone dry, forcing a move out of Wexford.
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Traverse City
Wexford
Benzie
Manistee
Grand Traverse
Willis Sanford
Wexford Village
Sanford
Californian ends 43 day fast after Mount Wilson climb
Dav E Hilmore a cigar dealer from Los Angeles broke his forty three day fast by drinking clam broth and milk in small quantities then gradually resumed solid foods He cites a St Paul death during a prolonged fast as inspiration to stop due to danger to others He exercised daily losing thirty eight pounds and on day thirty nine climbed Mount Wilson and returned to base.
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Los Angeles
Mount Wilson
Earthquakes Hit Monterey Mexico Prompt Flight Fears
Dispatches report several distinct shocks felt on Wednesday and yesterday in Monterey Mexico causing residents to flee to nearby towns. Special events at the Second Henning Spring Handicap include the Army Service Cup steeplechase, four other races, and top horses competing.
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Monterey
Mexico
Dream Vision Leads Wife to Attempt Fatal Knife Attack
New York April 10 A religious mania after childbirth drove Mrs Salva Sarti to try killing her husband at their home 329 West Twenty sixth Street She claimed St Joseph commanded the act and built an improvised cross from bed slats When her son tried to intervene the knife attack was thwarted by her husband and a boy’s chair as police arrived the wife smiling saying the dream justified the deed
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Washington Post
New York
Salvatore Sarti
Wet Twenty-sixth Street
St Joseph
Sarth
Sarti
Woman in disguise as clerk revealed in Chicago store tale
Miss Mary Phelan aged 21 worked a year as Jeas Fay a male disguise in a Chicago haberdashery store. Owner Harry F Michael says the clerk impressed with salesmanship and high wages but the identity was only disclosed after she vanished prompting a fruitless search by April 10.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Mary Phelan
Harry F Michael
Phelan
Jeas Fay
Michael
Divorce Defects: State Statutes Conflict Ransom Case
New York appellate division upholds a Virginia divorce decree in Porte V Ransom. Mrs Eves B Hill Ransom had obtained a Virginia divorce and later married Browning, a Washington lawyer. The NY court found lack of personal service invalidating the Virginia decree, blamelessness of Mrs Ransom, and urged uniform law to avoid such conflicts.
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United States
Supreme Court
Porte
Virginia
George L Browning
Washington
James Hat
United Sates Supreme Court
Madison
Juste Dowing
Hiddock
United States Supreme Court
Dowing Reeds
Mrs Ransom
Langlin
Jealous, Her Aim Not True In Fatal Shot In Cassopolis
In Cassopolis Cassopolis April 10 Carleton Worgan of South Bend Ind aged 35 was shot and killed in front of Mrs Mary Greens residence. Mrs George A Metsker of South Bend wife of a saloonkeeper is under arrest with her husband. Police allege Mrs Metsker fired at her husband and hit Worgan. She admits firing the fatal shot saying it was accidental and she intended to shoot in the air to frighten him. The victim recently inherited money and had come to the area the night before with Metsker.
Lads Entombed In Dugout Tragedy In Chicago
Two eleven year old boys Carl Hedfeldt and Earl Gustavson cousins suffocated when a dugout they played in caved in at Sheridan road and Wave land avenue Chicago policemen and firemen tried to dig them out but the mound proved too deep later the tragedy overshadowed racing events scheduled for the day including an Officers Army Service Cup steeplechase and several races with multiple entries
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Carl Hedfeldt
Earl Gustavson
Sheridan Road
Waveland Avenue
of & Fire Engine Company
MME Gould Quits Family in Secret Europe Departure
Special to The Washington Post New York April 10 Mme Anna Gould heiress to the Castellane fortune sails for Europe aboard the steamship St Paul amid secrecy. Rumors fly she married Prince de Sagan before boarding. relatives express disgust as a public French romance unfolds with a private departure and planned Paris rendezvous.
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Jay de Castellane
France
de Medicis
Mme Gould
Prince
New Jersey
Chapman
Mme
Edward Gould
Howard Gould
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Mlaclock
Vmme Gould
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Cannon Delegates Named At Fifteenth District Convention
Special to The Washington Post Galesburg April Two Cannon delegates to the Republican national convention were chosen by the Fifteenth Congressional district convention. An attempt was made to instruct the delegates for Taft. After a hot fight the Taft resolution went to the committee on resolutions. The Taft offer of a compromise failed as the Cannons would not ask for instructions. The delegates go uninstructed. Perry Ellis editor of the Quincy Whig, a leading Cannon panelist, and Charles L Pierce of Kewanee, a wealthy manufacturer, are the other Cannon men.
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William Halpin
Odells
New York City
Helpin
Warsons
Republican County Committee
Halpin
State Committee
Charles B Page
Woodruff Parsons
Greiner
Roosevelt
State Organization
Agnew Hart
Albany
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Galesburg
Taft
Gannon
Perry Ellis
Quincy Whig
Charles L Pierce
Kewance
Shaw to Lead Reorganized Philadelphia Trust in New York
Leslie M Shaw former U S secretary of the treasury will reorganize the First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company of Philadelphia and, after securing increased capital, become president. The firm specializes in guaranteeing mortgage principal and interest. Shaw recently retired as president of the Carnegie Trust Company. A separate note mentions a horse race event for Army officers with details unclear.
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New York
Philadelphia
Wall Street
Leslie M Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company
Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
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