Roosevelt Aids Ohio Campaign Harmony Efforts
Senator Charles Dick of Ohio and Elmer Dover met with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to discuss the coming congressional campaign. The President expressed strong interest in a Republican victory and harmony in the party, with Dick drafting the state platform and stressing tariff revision concerns balanced by protection for American workers. The Ohio convention is set for September 11 and 12 to launch the campaign, with Republicans holding twenty of twenty-one districts and several seats won in Democratic-leaning districts.
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Oyster Bay
Charles Dick
Ohio
Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Paraker
Congress
Ohto
Himselt
Sixtieth Congress
Republican Party
McKinley
Herrick
Pattison
Harris
Beeid
Campnell
Moy
Smyset
J. W.fordnay
Saginaw
Senators Hopeful Fight For Districts In State
Senator Dick and Secretary Dover voiced strong faith in regaining all districts. They cited past aid from the President’s name and asserted readiness for a hard fight. Federal probes of Standard Oil were dismissed as not harming Republican prospects in the state. President Roosevelt contributed $1 to the Republican National Congressional Committee.
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Beieve
Dover
Standard Oil Company
New York
Rooosevelt
Republican National Congressional Committee
Caampaign
Sherman
Congressional Committee
Oyster Bay
Sincete
Ier
Theodore Rooshvelt
Warner Heads Ticket at Michigan Republican Convention
The Michigan Republican convention ratified the ticket headed by Governor Fred M. Warner with endorsements of direct U S Senate election change, praising President Roosevelt and Republican policies. Resolutions urged amending the Constitution for direct senatorial elections by popular vote. Congressman William Alden Smith’s bid for direct nomination faced a brushfire. the body favored reaffirming party unity and tariff protection.
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Fred M. Warner
Farmington
Patrick HW. Kelly
Wayrie
George A. Prescott
Towa
Prank P. Glazier
Chelsea
Genersi
James B. Bradley
Eaton
Rapids
Land Commiatione
William H. Rose
Bath
John E. Bird
Adrian
Luther
L. Wright
Oronwood
State Board of Education
Dexter M. Ferry
Detrott
Detroit
Mich
Joly
Resolutions Committee
William Alden Smith
United States
Smith
Banatar Alger
Collision of Two Battleships Alabama and Illinois Near Newport
Two battleships Alabama and Illinois collided in thick fog about eight miles southeast of Brentons Reef lightship near Newport. The Alabama scraped the Illinois bow and dented forward plates. one seaman, Corbett of Illinois, lost a leg. Both crews maintained high discipline. no waterline damage reported. Fleet remained near Newport as inquiries planned.
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Illinois
Alabama
Newport
Robley D.evans
Brentons
Evans
Jeff Rockport
Mass
Maine
Spurs
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Charles H. Davis
Iowa
Newport Harbor
Illnois
Seaman Corbett
Davis
Samuel P. County
H. F. Bryan
Gottfreid Blockinger
A. H. Davis
Iere
Indiana
Evana
Brentons Reef
Navy Department
Hvana
Atlantic
Jurea
Czar A
Heat soars in Inyo desert as eight die of sunstroke
Ballarat thermometer hits 135 at noon and falls to 114 by midnight amid extreme heat. Mining engineer HL Agams reports eight prospectors carried in dead from the Panamint region, six bodies brought in during his stay, all victims of sunstroke. Desert conditions south of Reliands described, while transcontinental travel ads appear.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Inyo County
HL Agams
Panamint
Ballarat
Stolen machine gun linked to factory guard complicity
In St Petersburg on July 31 a machine gun vanished from an arms factory in the Vassai Ostrov district. Authorities suspect on duty sentries aided the theft as workers gather nightly in secret to hear revolutionary speakers. A spy was found among attendees at a Putliut works meeting.
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St. Petersburg
Vassai Ostrov
St Petersburg
Red Hair Cost Life in Calamity Firel vindicated
The redheaded Timan Thompson, a leading citizen of Morganfield Kentucky, was killed by his best friend Robert R. Crabtree while hunting red squirrels. They separated in a Thompson wood and Crabtree, misseeing a squirrel, fired a shot to Thompson's forehead. Thompson died instantly. Crabtree remained unaware of the fatal injury for some time.
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Washington
Lower Fares on 1000 Mile Tickets East of Pittsburgh
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces lower maximum one way fares east of Pittsburg and Erie from 3 3 2 and 3 cents to 2 ½ cents a mile. A 1,000 mile transferable mileage ticket will go on sale September at $20, valid only on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie. Interchangeable tickets remain unchanged. The change aims to equalize Southern traffic across routes via Washington Cincinnati or Louisville.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
John B. Phayer
Pennsylvania Failroad
Erle
New York
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pennsylvania “Railroad Company
Washington
Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thayer
Mutiny Put Down at Sveaborg Fortified Helsingfors Mutiny Suppressed
Reports from Helsingfors say mutinous sappers and miners seized Sveaborg forts defending the Helsinki approach. Loyal troops and torpedo boats replied, heavy cannonade and rifle fire lasting nearly twenty hours. Several hundred dead or wounded. authorities urge calm and obedience to government.
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Khat’ Kov
Helsingfors
Finland
Sveaborg
Ifeig
Sktudden
Helsingtors
Anchoragg
War in Convention Perris Delegates Seat Strife
Confusion marks the convention as to seating and procedures. State committees face a split stance on parly counties and ultimatums loom as Hepburn and others clash over actions. Delegates plan tentative harmony moves while discussions drag late into the night.
Fishermen Drowned In Newfoundland Gale At Sea
The American whaling schooner Bra from New Bedford found ashore at Miquelon with crew saved. Four fishing smacks driven ashore in a severe gale off Labrador coast. most lost with gear damaged. Six men reportedly drowned attempting to save nets and tackle.
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N.F
Bra
New Bedford
Hudson Bay
Miquelon
Labrador
Shot Her Through Door in Jealous Tragedy
In Jacksonville Pennsylvania July 31 Paul Daniel killed Bertie Toomer and then shot himself after firing through a door at a woman who had hidden to avoid him. Daniel had threatened to kill the woman due to jealousy and the incident ended with both lives lost.
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Pla
Paul Daniel
Bertie’ Toomer
Daniel
Woman Seizes Trolley Car in Chicago Stampede
Panic filled a Halsted Street car when Mrs S H Chidester of Evergreen Park took control of the vehicle to catch a Grand Trunk train. The car sped nearly a mile with no stops. passengers feared an insane act, several women hysterical. Conductor and bystanders overpowered her at Halsted Forty ninth to Halsted and Halluled streets. she was taken to the station.
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Chicago
Halsted
Patic
Bolles
Evelyn Thaw Seeks Truce in Harry Thaw Case
Mrs William Thaw did not visit her son Harry at the Tombs this noon. Accompanied by Detective O Mara, her visit included a brief talk with Harry. Later Mrs Thaw went to Roslyn to visit Mrs Phillips as friends hinted at reconciliation while discussions over Harrys defense continued.
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Washington Post
New York
Willam
Thaw
Harry
Roger O'Mara
Pittsburg
Harry ‘Haw
Roslyn
Wile Jtma
Phas
Mayfield lynching trial ends in swift execution in Kentucky
Allen Mathis, convicted of assaulting Ethel McLane, was hanged after a 55 minute trial at a special Mayfield, Kentucky court. Authorities held a large crowd at bay as Hopkinsville troops kept order, with Louisville authorities transporting the prisoner and ensuring due process before execution.
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Ethel McLane
Swift Justice
Kentucky
Mayfield
Alen Mathis
Itry
Tornight
Mathis
Mayfield Company of Abilitia
Hopkinsville Command
Gro
Lightning strikes farmer amid oats thrashing near Springfield
Lorton, a farmer thrashing oats beside the former Central League grand stand in Springfield, is killed by lightning during a severe storm. Clyde-Xanders nearby is knocked senseless but expected to recover. The storm causes notable farm property damage and interrupts local activity.
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Springfield
Ohio
Euther
Lorton
Clydé-Xanders
War of Words At Ald Tello Policy Speech
Delegates publish portions of the secretary's address as they send copies to their precincts. The text conveys United States intent to aid friends to prosperity while emphasizing no desire for territory or sovereignty beyond their own.
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Secretary Roof
Root Addresses Pan American Conference Speech
Secretary Root advocates mutual respect among nations and self government for republics, stressing no expansionist aims. He praises progress of American republics, urges education and patience, warns democracy must be learned, and cites moral values guiding liberty and order in a shared future.
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Washington Post
Rio de Janeiro
Root
United States
United States of America
Tull
America
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