McCormick Urges Progres sives to Back T R in Illinois Race
Campaign manager and allies rally support for Theodore Roosevelt while urging unity in the Progressive movement. The Wisconsin Statesman notes calls for deserters to remain loyal, with running mate choices debated and efforts to sustain a strong progressive ticket amid party divisions.
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Ilinois Progressive League
Cal 3Co
Wisconsin Statesman
Col Sed Andyell
Mr Jones
La Follette Out and Debate Intensifies Across Nation
A scrambled report hints at Franklin D Roosevelt era debates and political moves. It mentions La Follette possibly stepping back, broad national interest, and various regional actors in a tense, evolving scene.
Roosevelt Leads in Polis Vote Totals Across Minnesotan Polls
Western newspaper canvasses show Roosevelt leading in Minnesota with about half the votes cast. The Minneapolis poll reports Roosevelt with 2458 votes to Folsetts 64, Taft 133, Cummins 59, and Hughes 40, while Wilson trails.
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Wasimaton Font
Winapoli
Mio
Presi Ha Plity Mail
Minneapo J. al
Minnesota
Kansasity Star
Missouri
Roosevelt
Minneapolis
Folsetts
Taft
Cummins
Sfughes
Wilson
Princeton Men Back Wilson for Governor Campaign
McCombs says Speal is the Washington beat. William Gibbs McCombs, Wilson campaign manager, arrives in Baltimore to arrange for the Wilson contingent at the convention. He notes assurances that Pennsylvania and New Jersey will support Wilson and discusses funding sources from Princeton associates and donors.
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McCombs
Speal
Washington
Haltimore
Wilam & McCombs
Woodrow Wilson
Wil Farm
Jackson Fay Unuer
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Wilson
Frnceton
University
Virginians for Taft Florida for renomination
Republican leaders in Jacksonville predict a solid Taft delegation from Virginia and Florida at the Chicago national convention. Resolutions in Norfolk city and county endorse Taft and a two delegate at large slate, while Florida Republicans plan a state convention to name a Taft slate.
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Jacksonville
Chicago
Col Grosecup
Weat
Virginia House
Taft
Serioul
Repubbrana
Norfolk
Muutidacs
Trestlent
Virginia
Alvah H. Martin
Fla
Florida
Salatka
Tafts
Wisconsin Senator La Follette Drives Progressive Clash
The Washington World reports La Follette plans to push the progressive movement forward despite opposition within the Republican party. Roosevelt supporters say the Morita State convention may favor Taft, while a private letter attributed to Roosevelt associates stirred speculation and was treated as confidential by friends. Delays and partisan bets frame the upcoming political maneuvers as a pivotal week in Wisconsin politics.
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Spretal
Wa Lingta Post
Dispatch
Uon
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Morita
State Boat to Aid Isle Hollands Island Famine Feared
A stranded settlement on Hollands Island in Dorchester County faces starvation after a four week food drought and no medical aid. The Governor Thomas steamer from Cambridge is expected to arrive to transport 28 residents to safety, while residents plan daring ice crossings if the barrier proves impassable. Oyster boats have been found and crews are safe.
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Hollands Island
Sendbar
Chesapeake
Deals Island
Thomas
Cambridge
Ifplands Island
Lee Covered
Tlis Strangread
Vera J
Dorchester County
Tangier Sound
Bloodsworth Island
Sivsles
Teale Island
TIPS ILLEGAL COURT HOLDS Ruhog Made Concession Quarrel
In Chicago this week Judge Theodore Brentano heard a second circuit court case involving Partners in 4& corporation which bought Hp concession rights from hotels and cafes. A quarrel over profit division led to accusations of law violation. Cafes supplied attendants with pocketless uniforms and all gratuities were turned over to promoters.
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Bang Querrel
Chicago
Theodore Brentano
Partners
4& Corporation
PAY FOR SHUSTER AIDS THREE TO RECEIVE SALARIES
Arrangements in Teheran fix three years salaries for Shuster’s principal assistants Mesara Calina McCoskey and Dickey with travel expenses. Other Americans receive eighteen months pay and travel costs with most leaving Teheran soon. two have joined the gendarmerie. London report notes a Feb 4 dinner by William Phillips honoring W Morgan Shuster, former Persian treasurer general.
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Teheran
Persia
Treasury Department
Shuster
Mesara Calina McCoskey
Dickey
Wil
London
Willam Phillips
Whitelaw Reid
W Morgan Shuster
Ferala
Dreadnoughts to discard German internal engine claim
The British Admiralty reports a German internal combustion engine nearing completion, promising a major edge for the German navy. A prominent engineer says such an engine could render current dreadnoughts obsolete and triple steaming range or armor thickness in future designs.
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Tondone
Admralty
Geman
Odds on Taft election
Wall Street learned of the first offer to bet on the next presidential election. A curb bet of 1000 to 1 on Taft if renominated would win if he is reelected. The market doubted Theodore Roosevelt would secure the nomination at Chicago. The wager stood only briefly with no takers.
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Washington Post
New York Fed
Wall Street
Stock Exchange House
Tett
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Morgan Gifts to Museum of Natural History
At the American Museum of Natural History trustees meeting in New York on February 5, IFP Morgan announced a large collection of meteorites and minerals. Oxden Mills presented the George Catlin collection of 360 oil paintings depicting Indians. The West period between 1882 and 149 remains unclear from fragments.
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National History Institution
New York
American Museum of Natural Vietory
IFP Morgan
Oxden Mills
Morgan
Mull
George Catlin
West
Train Derailment Injures Nine Near London Ohio
A broken rail derailed four eastbound passenger cars of No W 4 between Cincinnati and Cleveland, injuring nine people including six men and three women. No fatalities reported. local train was moving at moderate speed when the accident occurred near London, Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
London
Cincinnati
Cleveland
60 DAYS FOR TURKEY TROT IN NEW JERSEY DANCE FINE
A New Jersey court fined Othel Foster 18 and Arthur Johnson 5 each for giving a demonstration of the turkey trot at a Paterson dance. Johnson paid the fine. Foster’s daughter was fined 60 days in jail for the offense.
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New York
New Jersey
Paterson
Recorder
Othel Foster
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Mrs Ava Willing Astor Denies Engaged to Count Festelies
A London cable to the New York American states Mrs Ava Willing Astor denied today that she is engaged to marry Count Festelies, a son of the Austrian diplomat, ending circulating rumor in London.
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Ava Willing Astor
London
New York
Ealed
Count Festelies
Mrs Haines Weds Artist Reginald Bolles in Boston
Mrs Haines known from the linked murder case related to Captain Peter Hains wed Boston artist Reginald F Bolles at her parents home in Mitton. Bolles, Harvard graduate 1900, has a notable illustration career and will reside in Back Bay with his bride. Witnesses were Mr and Mrs Charles Lib bey and Matthew Bolles.
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Boston
Mass
Claudia
Rey Halua
William I Annis
Peter Hains
Hier
Mitton
Reginald F Bolles
Capt
Hains
Annis
Mra Hidins
Charles H Libbey
Matthew Bolles
New York
Bollen
Harvard
Back Bay
Banker Morse Going Abroad for Short Trip to New York
New York banker Charles W Morse, recently freed after two years of a fifteen year federal sentence, is expected to travel to New York within two days and then possibly to Bad Nauheim Germany for medical treatment. Mrs Morse declined to confirm immediate movement. Morse’s condition has reportedly improved since hospital care, with arrangements showing a rapid departure plan from Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Charles W Morse
New York
Morse
Fort McPherson Hospital
Forces Ready as U S Moves to Mexico Border Crisis
The United States readies an expeditionary force of about forty thousand to Mexico as threats near Juarez and Chihuahua grow. Mej Gen Teonard Wood orders precautionary mobilization while the State Department seeks calm. Zapatista control widens from Cuernavaca to Morelos with Americans near danger but safety deemed adequate. Mexican positions at Casas Grandes Pearson and Juarez show growing rebel influence under Emilio Vasquez Gomez as plans for a broader campaign unfold.
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Taft
Elief
United States
Hos
Teanard Wood
Mexico
State Department
Jugrex
Mexica
Torreon
Durango
Zapatists
Cuarnavaca
Moreley
Chitpanzingo
Cuernavaca
Tate Department
War Department
2 Steiver
Whipple Barracks
Tmz
Fort Sill Okla
Fort Logan
H Foots Ark
el Paso
Staf
Miarez
Orozen Eataing
Colostrada
Madera
Oroscos
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Emilio Vasquez Gomes
Ghinuahud
Emilio Vasques Gomez
Santiago
Mesias
Vasqueista
Mexico Port
Madero
Pearson
Chihuahua
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
San Andreas
Witness Blumenberg Defends Sheridan Notes as Genuine
Milton W Blumenberg testified before the Senate Lorimer committee that J B Sheridan notes were genuine and rejected claims of fabrication. He described longhand insertions and selective reporting as impossible, urged tests of the notes, and said stenographers would need two weeks to read them. The hearing resumed with Blumenberg’s examination and further witnesses planned.
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Senate
Lorimer Committee
Milton W Blumenberg
J B Sheridan
Charles McGowan
Blumenberg
Bla
J E Sheridan
Burns Detective Agency
McGowan
Bheridan
Edward
Mec Uowan 5
CF ‘Wiehe
Edward Hines
Dlumenberg
Rings
Hines
Lea
Mambere
Mr Hines
Senator Kern
Attorney Hanecy
Lorimer
Tranecy
Steno
Guy
Blumenders
Cotes
Hancey
Holly
Uniter
Wlumen
Fleet bombs Hodeidah as Turkish port damaged
London reports the bombardment of Hodeidah on the Red Sea began today by the Italian fleet. A Constantinople dispatch says part of the Turkish port has been destroyed.
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London
Hodeidah
Red Sea
Constantinople
Herrick to be United States ambassador to France
Gov Herrick of Ohio to be named as the American diplomatic representative in Paris with formal announcement pending White House action. France reportedly approves and Senator Burden will push prompt confirmation with Herrick sailing to Paris within two weeks after nomination.
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Gor
Msran T Herrich
Ole
Irance
Robert T Bacon
Paria
Juscey
Gov Herricks
White House
State Department
France
Gov Herrick
Burvan
Herrick
Paris
Oto
Gov Herrek
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Southern Relief Society Ball Shines in Taft Visit
The charity ball in the dew Hillard ballroom drew many from the South and North to honor widows and orphans of Confederate veterans. President Taft and Mrs Taft attended the grand minuet, admired by guests including senators Clark and Williams, diplomats, and social leaders, as Marine Band music filled the night and gowns glittered with diamonds.
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Southern Relief Society
Benesth
Palm Girt
Dew Hillard
Veerans
Southland
North
Detulantes
Taft
Mouniciann Gallery
Ang
For Dent
Columon
Maz Rutt
Mra
Uas Hammond
Matthew T Scott
Findsay Lomax
Gen Loma
Prank Martin
Mrs. Taft
Mies Heth
Nan
Menate
Mason and Dixons
John Sharp Willams
W Len
Miss Willan
Northern Generals Seek Liberal Terms for Abdicated Emperor
Northern generals urge the Nanking republic to grant generous terms to the abdicated emperor, including non hereditary title, no political power, residence in the Feking palace with an annual pension. They warn civil war if Yuan Shi Kai refuses, while reports say the emperor may remain as religious head. New Grandnephew of Col. Roosevelt born to Theodore Douglas Robinson and Mrs Robinson in Albany.
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Nanking Feo
Wu Ting
Tang Shao Yi
Xuan and
Wan
Chung Wei
Sun Yat Sen
Feking
Nanking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
State Department
Yuan Shi Ka
Ttle
Col
Roosevelt
Washington Post
Albany N Y
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Robinson
Cal Rosacveit
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Aiken
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Annapolis
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Broken Rail
Turkey
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Partner
Anais
Border Service
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Orozco
Zapata
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Fed
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Chimahus
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Sorimer
Sheridan
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Orleanas
Quite la Follette
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Quiy
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Southers Relief
MR. and
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Awaken
Sesmeet
Champ Clark
William F Denne
Afiss Buckner
Philadelphia
Dennis
Countess Luetzow
Elizabeth Banimond
Biss Hammond
Walter Denegre
Fletcher
Joseph E Thropp
Cole
Tennessee
Walter Wells
Mitchell Harriso
Pierce
Thomas A. Frole
John Miller Horton
Denegre
Horace Westcott Mignerritt
George Howard
Horton
Luther Wright Mott
George W Fairchild
Charles B Smith
John FE LeuPhole
Harriet Randolph Kelm
Mire
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