New York Republicans Set Sept 14 Convention Pace
The Republican State Committee announced a September 14 convention at Saratoga to pick a GOP gubernatorial nominee. Leaders debated Hughes renomination, Taft’s influence, and slated Root as temporary chairman with Choate to be permanent chair. Oyster Bay gossip and Sagamore Hill visits framed the power struggle.
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Old Dog Stops Attack to Save Child in Minnesota Yard
Special to The Washington Fest from Minneapolis on August 12 reports Bennie Doon a 10 year pet of the Weeks family acted to shield 4 year old Howard Weeks from a vicious bulldog. The aged dog stood between the child and the attacker before being fatally hurt selflessly.
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Oklahoma Republicans Ratify Nominations in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Republicans met to ratify nominations from last weeks primaries and to formulate a campaign platform. Resolutions praised William H Taft and tackled state matters. Representative Bird S McGuire spoke after securing renomination in his district, and former Delegate Dennis Flynn was listed as a Republican nominee for the Senate against Senator T P Gore.
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Dennis Flynn
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Frank J Gould Ordered to Answer Divorce Suit
New York August 12 Mrs Helen Kelly Gould obtained in the supreme court an order directing her husband Frank J Gould to file within 24 hours his answer to the divorce complaint. The filing accuses misconduct on July 25 while cruising on the yacht Helemithe, at North Sidney Cape Breton. Mrs Gould seeks custody of two children Helen Margaret six and Dorothy five.
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Joy rider goes to jail in bold precedent setting case
Justhe Wyatt of special sessions jailed Charles A Terrell for 2 days in city prison after Terrell drove his employer's automobile on August 3 and rammed it for 30 hours without permission. Justice called the act joyriding and ruled it a violation of section 67 of the penal code regarding willful property destruction. LeRoy Ball, owner and employer, filed the complaint.
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New York
Justhe Wyatt
Charles A. Terrell
Joy Riaing
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Turbulent Turkish minister Mehmed Ali deposed in Washington ambassadorship shift
Mundji Bey arrives to assume charge of Turkish diplomacy in Washington as Mehmed Ali Bey travels tangled path after being ordered to Constantinople. The Syrian ex-minister, bitter over Izzet Pasha’s flight, discusses reform and hopes to edit a new daily in Constantinople while keeping a New York office open.
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Florida Republican Ticket Unveiled in Jacksonville
The Republican State central committee released a full state ticket in Jacksonville on August 12, aiming to energize a party-building campaign statewide. The lineup features Governor John M. Chery of Orlando, J L Skipper of Bartow as Comptroller, J Ho Webster of Gainesville as Treasurer, Joan B. Orr of Key West as Secretary of State, Frederick C Cubberly of Cedar Key as Attorney General, George W Holmes of Brevard as Superintendent, If Struniel of Leesburg as Agriculture Commissioner, W Rulet of San Mateo as Railroad Commissioner, and B Bly of Daland with Fred W Marsh of Pensacola as Supreme Court Justices.
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J. Ho Webster
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Joan B. Orr
Key West
Frederick C Cubberlt
Cedar Koya
George W. Holmes
Brevard County
IF Struneel
Leesburg Railroad Commissioners
W. Rulet
San Mateo
B. Bly
Daland
Fred W. Marsh
Pensacaia
Dead physician found after magnetic treatment ends in tragedy
Philadelphia report: Dr Louis Emerson Wheat, 45, was found dead at his Nineteenth and Diamond street home as two women, Mrs Fannie Soult and Miss Florence Beckman, prayed nearby. Soult, a known spiritualist, had been treating Wheat with magnetic therapy and claimed to follow her spiritual controller Dr Miller. Police arrested the pair as investigators described a 48 hour death and unresolved questions about Wheat's final hours.
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Orville Wright Heads to Washington for Fort Myer Flight
Orville Wright plans to leave Dayton for Washington next Monday to deliver the aeroplane to the government for the Fort Myer test. The craft will undergo a one hour endurance flight and a 40 mile hour straight flight with wind adjustments, as Wright expresses strong confidence in the machine's performance.
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Bryan receives notification of third Democratic nomination
Lincoln Neb Aug 12 under a hot sun William Bryan received formal notification of his third Democratic nomination for the presidency from Henry D Clayton of Alabama. The event drew a vast, largely nonpartisan crowd in Lincoln with Gen George L Sheldon and state officers present. Kern, the vice presidential nominee, spoke briefly and noted nonpartisan support among Western citizens.
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Seaboard official in Richmond fight over child labor issue
Cal H M Boykin Seaboard Air Line general freight agent fought with W L Walters Commonwealth Bank cashier in Richmond. The dispute arose over Seaboard employing young boys in the neighborhood, prompting Walters, head of the Virginia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, to protest. Boykin was arrested but released on bond pending court.
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State drainage convention set for Newbern in September
Raleigh August 12 The State geological board has called a drainage convention to be held at Newbern on September 5 and 16. A large movement for drainage is under way, especially in the eastern part of the state, with fire experiments planned on State swamp lands.
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Federation of Catholic Societies Elects Officers at Adjournment
The General Federation of Catholic Societies met in Boston and elected Edward Feeney of Brooklyn as president and Pittsburg as the next meeting site. Officers include J B Oelwers Newark and Thomas Flynn Chicago as vice presidents, Anthony Matre St Louis secretary, Elizabeth Rogers Chicago treasurer.
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Saloonkeepers donate sidewalk to aid church relief fund
East Alton Methodist Church organizers raise a 100 fund for wives and families of drunkards after five local saloonkeepers donate a sidewalk. The gift, made in gratitude for the church’s local option fight, was initially met with indignant talks of returning funds but later accepted. Meanwhile the US schoolship Itasca arrived at Corunna, Spain, marking a naval call in the Spanish American War era.
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MISHAP TO AIRSHIP DURING FORT MYER TEST FLIGHT
Baldwin's airship suffered a wire break causing a forced descent during a return leg at Fort Myer. Engineer Curtiss repaired the motor and a later attempt was planned for the evening as reporters chased the drifting craft through Virginia roads and dust.
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