Roosevelt Nomination Fight Spurs Republican Delegates
President's allies rally to support a Roosevelt nomination while Taft backers push a split convention. Ormsby McHarg leads a broad round up of delegates as western and southern factions weigh victory at the convention with Hitchcock and other GOP leaders in city talks. A Harrisburg voice notes Roosevelt’s prospects and party dynamics amid lingering questions on acceptance.
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Ormsby McHarg
Roosevelt
Guv Fort
Hitchcock
Taft
Zante
Meng
Ormsaty
Rutt
Rm Taft
Irtory
Woo Virani
Aldo
Willam
Juul
Bennsstratta
Francis
Penrose
Party of
Pennaytvantte
Senate
Ovat Taft Secelars
Roosevelt Hitchcock Meet Rumor Surfaces in New York
Reports suggest former President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Hitchcock may have held a secret conference in New York. Roosevelt avoided specifics on meeting Hitchcock, while multiple theories place them at the National Arte Club Gramercy Park or Union League amid anteconvention talks and Hitchcock’s reported Southern delegate support.
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Hittchcock
Oyster Bay NY
Dan
Col Roonevelt
Hitchcock
New York
York
Roosevelt
Tuchcock
Taft
Jim
Manhattan
Col Roosevelt
National Arte
Gramercy Park
Union League
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Washington Debates Police Revolvers and School Funding
The House argued over banning modern revolvers for police citing danger from steel jacketed bullets, while Kentucky’s Ben Johnson pressed for no revolvers. Bills for new Washington schools failed amid budget debates as lawmakers trimmed the police force and discussed plague funds and city health needs.
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Ben Jubnean
Kentucky
House
District of Columbia
Johnson
Shertay
Cuban Veterans Sign Agreement to Guard Peace and Liberty
Havana reports that leaders of all factions signed a pact pledging veterans of independence to protect moral and material peace. The agreement limits revisions to the cabinet and suspends civil service prosecutions until February 24, while Congress may be revised to revoke the civil service suspension. The pact aims to deter American intervention and restore faith in the Cuban government.
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Havana
Gomes
Sanders
Association of the Veterans of the
Congress
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Arthur M Beaupre
Guilty of daring robbery at Milwaukee jewelry store
Chicago January Albert Bumparoy and Martin Thorsen were found guilty of robbing jeweler Edward Albert on Milwaukee avenue. The raid tied up nine people including the jeweler, his wife, father in law, and a salesman. The gang bound the victims and looted about $2000 in jewelry before escaping as neighbors alerted police. Carnival Mardi Gras notes and Southern Railway fare details follow.
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Martin Thorsen
Edward Albert
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Alberti
Ve Cuntomera
Nebtborsee
Fire destroys old Academy of Music in Haverhill
Fire swept the Academy of Music in Haverhill on January 20, injuring two men and a night watchman, forcing sixty guests and many hotel guests to flee in night clothes. The blaze, started likely by a match or cigarette, caused about $4,000 in damage. flames rose from under the stage and the roof vents failed within hours, while attendants had just held a party on stage the night before.
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Washington Post
Haverhill
Mars
Academy of Music
Academy
New England
Burns at Work For Lorimer Inquiry With New Claims
Detective Burns, hired by both anti Lorimer and pro Lorimer interests, has gathered evidence for months to testify next week. He allegedly reports a witness was paid $1.50 to travel to Washington, with a supposed jackpot fund of 10000 discussed as leverage. The committee plans to extend questioning beyond Lorimer’s cross examination, widening the probe into legislative investments and expected to delay closure.
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Hhamaran
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Lormer
William J Burns
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Tommers
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Convict Escapes Sing Sing Through Roof Hole
Ossining New York January 20 A short term prisoner named Doliana Yoliang escaped from Sing Sing goal by digging a hole in his cell ceiling and climbing to the roof he then used a blanket rope to reach the yard and flee toward Liberty He was recaptured near Briarcliffe this afternoon after being spotted near a railroad track Yoliang had been sentenced in New York City November 28 1919 to five years for assault with prior terms of two years and six months for other offenses
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Ossining
Brancesco Yoliang
Bitcell
Doliana
Liberty
Briarelif
Doliano
New York City
Magnificent marble Indian tribute planned in Washington
Philanthropists led by Andrew Carnegie plan a $400000 marble building rivaling the Pan American Union to honor the Brotherhood of North American Indians. A steel magnate funds, Carnegie designs, and an undisclosed Washington site with delays threaten completion by the next presidential inauguration. Chiefs and tribesmen in the capital applaud the project as plans and drawings progress.
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Carneme
Pan American Union
Brotherhood of North American Indians
Tus Society
Richard C. Adams
Qaréksie
Carnegie
Redmen
Washington
Albert Helary
Philadelphia
Pan-American Union
Roosevelt Urged To Lead Temporary Chinese Republic
Dr Toyokichi Iyenaga of Chicago University told the Civic Forum at the Hudson Theater that Theodore Roosevelt is the only man fit to resolve China’s crisis. He warned China is not ready for a republic after 400 years of monarchy and foreign powers may intervene if revolutions continue. The speaker urged Roosevelt be asked to serve temporarily, whip the nation into unity under strong leadership.
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Washington Post
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Toyokichi Iyenaga
Chicago University
Civic Forum
Hudson Theater Co
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de Iyenaga
China
Ewis
Ching
Uni
If Chana Can Produce A Man To Handle The Big Stick
Fragmentary text discusses becoming a leader through strength and wealth. It suggests replacing force with diplomacy while noting China’s ongoing problems and the idea that “the sword” remains the current solution. The passage references an individual named Lthia and a hypothetical male successor.
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Lthia
Cama
China
Zapatist Force Defeated Near Puebla in Night Battle
In Mexico on January 2, federal troops repelled eight hundred Zapatist rebels near Puebla after a full night engagement. Fifty four rebels were killed. Labor unrest grows as eight hundred National Railways of Mexico workers walk out over BR Thompson's retention. The government drafts field troops, sending many eligible men to flee the country to avoid service.
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Republic
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Coal price drop in West Side after church coal yard
Coal dealers in the West Side yenement district cut prices for fuel delivered in baskets after the Episcopal Cathedral opened a small coal yard selling coal at 10 cents a basket. The church store sold out quickly under Dean Walter T Gumner, and dealers pledged to meet the church price after previously selling at 25 cents a basket.
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West Side
Episcopal Catheéres
Dean Wal‘ter T Gumner
Jdealera
Abdication crisis as Chinese republicans push throne end
Foreign powers fear chaos if Manchus are excluded from government as Yuan Shikai presses for a proffered republic. Sun Yat Sen to retire with Yuan possibly named president. Manchu loyalists and martial law loom in Peking as constitutional efforts proceed and recognition from foreign powers is sought.
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Yuan Shi Kaife
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Jon
China
Republican Assembly
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United States
Shared Mother's Estate Reaches Liberal Settlement
Attorney for the heirs states the late Mme Caroline LeRoy Bonaparte's estate was fully settled in favor of her daughter Mary Edgar. The liberal settlement provided complete compensation for all her interests, and Mary Edgar, living at Visitation Convent in Baltimore, remains an heir at law.
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Caroline LeRoy Bonaparte
Jerome Bonaparte
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Mme Bonaparte
Visitation Convent
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Mary C Edgar
Cummins Enters Republican Presidential Race at Chicago
Iowa Senator Albert Baird Cummins officially proclaimed as a candidate for the Republican nomination. The move follows support from Iowa and national figures, amid a field including Taft and La Follette with Roosevelt as a possible third force. Accords and reactions from Pinchot, Kenyon, and others mark intensifying progressive strategy ahead of the Chicago convention.
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