Roosevelt Man Quits As Progressives Back Wilson
Lansing Mich July 1 Gov Chase B Osborn a Roosevelt supporter issued a statement saying there is no need for a new party and hoping Roosevelt would not run The issue is Wall Street versus Wilson He praises Wilson as fit and notes Republicans can vote for him without bolting Minnesota Progressive Republican League backs Wilson and plans to organize formal action next Saturday night Loftus says most league members approve joining the third party movement to support Wilson in the state
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Minnesota League
Osborn Tesuea
Iesue
Wall Street
Wilson
Lansing Mich
Chase B. Osborn
Roosevelt
Sgnch
Wilson Wood- Tow
Chicago
Minnéas Lie
Minn Joly
Republican League
Woodrow Wilson
India
Accrling
George S Loftus
Loftus
Wondreg Wilton
Taft
Baltimore
Mr Wilson
Trenton
Ouceéay
New Jersey
Senate
John D Prince
Servdite
Prince
Isla
Third Party Is Launched In Indiana State Convention
In Indiana a third party ticket was launched after Progressive Republicans condemned the Char o Convention and pledged to abide by its platform. Edwin M Lee was named state chairman with Harvey T Stout Jr as secretary to form a committee and call a state convention. Headrick and Stimson opposed the move, arguing progressives should stay within the Republican party to win at the state convention. The national Progressive conference may be invited to meet in Indianapolis.
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Lee
Od Headrick
Indianapolis
K Stmson
Lafayette
Stimson
Atimson
Republican Party
Higgevort
Headrick
National Conference of Progressions
Lost voice forces delegate to cancel speaking engagement
Mrs Taahbette Blaney of California, one of two California women delegates to the Republican national convention, canceled a speaking engagement at the home of Mrs 4 M Dav in Lake Forest during convention week. She had not recovered and could only whisper, delaying her public duties amid cheering and tension.
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Oman
Chicago
Taahbette Blaney
California
Canel
Lake Forest
Auffragne
Nhs Blanes
South Dakota Republicans Decline Taft Endorsement
At the state convention in July, South Dakota Republicans rejected endorsing Taft and instead chose electors leaning toward Roosevelt. The platform shown avoided explicit national party lines, and the delegates remained uninstructed on presidential choice. This marked one of the first state conventions held since the Republican national meeting.
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Dakota
Taft Sees Split Risks For Wilson In Election
Taft and allies expect conservatives to rally to the regular Republicans as Roosevelts split opposition may divide the Democratic and progressive wings. They cite foreign element fears and writings aimed at shaping the contest, with leaders including Rodenberg Uriah Benher Anfinson Bartholdt present at the White House review.
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Roosevelt
Benher
New York
An Inon
Kansas
Sanders
Tennassee
Bartholdt
Missouri
Progressives back regular GOP in several states
Progressives in California Washington Kansas Nebraska Minnesota and the Dakotas favor the regular Republican ticket with former President Roosevelt and reject a third party. Senators Works Bristow Poindexter say no state will join a new party. Some progressives plan formal statements outlining positions.
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Progressve
Iivago
Baltimore
Roosevelt
California
Washington
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Senators Works
Bristow
Poindexter
India
Wilson as football coach at Wesleyan in 1899
Middletown Conn July 3 Woodrow Wilson professor of history and political economy at Wesleyan University 1889 1890 remembered for guiding the Wesleyan football team of 1899 which beat Pennsylvanian 10 to 2 and defeated many rivals young faculty member chosen by students as adviser he inspired the squad with spirited calls and coaching acumen
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Wesleyan
Pennsylvania
Middletown
Conn
Woodrow Wilson
Wesleyan University
Pennsylvan High
Wilson
Ginger
Died Notices and Funeral Remembrances From 1912
Sudden deaths and upcoming funerals listed for Charles D Mamie Blas Donaldeon Wil Godfrey Avine Lake and others. Notices invite relatives and friends to attend services at various addresses including Newman's undertaking, Garfield Hospital, and 630 Eighth Street Southwest with interment details in Fayetteville and Boston.
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Charles D
Mamie Blas
Newman
Gar
Donaldeon
Wil
W. J
Louise Bon’ Pardeen
Fifth Street
Godfrey
Garfield Hospital
James W. Godfr
Lustana
Isabelle Flavins
Eighth Street
Idea
Baltimore
Alesexandria
Lake
Boston
Mass
George W. Lake
Fayetteville, N
Seagirt the Mecca in political scenes and film
Report from Trenton describes Woodrow Wilson's visits and public reception as he campaigns, with moving picture coverage and remarks on shorthand mastery. Delegates from Hawaii Wisconsin and Texas praise Wilson. governing plans and potential succession feature in discussions.
Nugent Loyal to Wilson in Essex County Support
James R. Nugent, ex-Essex County Democratic chair, declares the Essex organization will back Gov. Wilson in the presidential campaign. He opposed Wilson at Baltimore but says Wilson is the Democratic nominee and deserves his sincere support. He notes his past opposition from the start of the convention.
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Newark
James R. Nuset
Essex County
Wilson
Democratic Party
Lam
Big row coming says Kentucky editor on party wreckage
Special to The Washington Post from Louisville Kentucky July 3. The editor predicts a brutal campaign with Bryan Wilson and Clark cited as poor team players. He argues the Republican party is wrecked by Roosevelt’s stance and likens it to historic party collapses while noting key states that may carry the Baltimore ticket.
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Roosevelt
Kentucky
Washington Post
Loulaville
Watterson
Courier-Journal
Lincoln
Douglas
Baltimore
Bryan
Gov. Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Clark
Wilson
House
Therutha
Yancey
Marshall
Pierce
King
New York City
Chicago
Massacusetts
Connecticut
Ohio
NOT AFRAID OF ROOSEVELT
Democratic leaders in Baltimore on July 3 discussed the Wilson campaign and Roosevelt’s possible third party move. They suggested Roosevelt might abandon plans for a progressive party, while noting a split Republican vote could boost Wilson and Marshall.
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Baltimore
Democratic National Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Seagirt
N. J
Wilson
Mack
Marshall
Maryland Bar Association Rejects Applying Recall to Decisions
Frank B. Kellogg spoke at the Maryland State Bar Association on The Judicial Recall, arguing that letting a majority vote overrule court decisions would undermine constitutional limits. He urged constitutional amendments instead to allow changes through general principles within existing bounds. The group adopted a resolution opposing recall of judicial decisions.
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Maryland State Bar Association
Cape May
N. J
Frank B. Kellogg
St Pauli
Association
Four Little Girls Drown in New Jersey Pit
Four girls ages unknown drowned after vanishing while berry picking near a water filled clay pit in South Amboy New Jersey The bodies were recovered after the pit was dragged and the investigation noted the discovery of four pairs of shoes and stockings as key evidence. Police and local search efforts followed their Sunday disappearance and parents alerted authorities.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
South Amboy
Eilen
Martha Paneen
Susan Pason
Frances Stanley
Danes Receive Gift of National Park for Fourth of July
Dr Max Hentus of Chicago, chairing a Danish naturalized Americans committee, reports Denmark accepts a donated national park. The park will be reserved for Americana on Independence Day and other nationally celebrated days. The park’s dedication is set for August 5.
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National Park
New York
Max Hentus
Chicago
Denmark
United States
Jutland
Capitol Visitors Cheer Speaker Clark At Busy Session
Mrs Clark and their children helped greet hundreds of visitors in Speaker Champ Clark's Capitol office as delegates from Baltimore and California dropped in to pledge support for his 1916 run. The scene drew ovations on the floor and cheers for Representative Oscar W Underwood and Mr Clark. A second ovation followed a Republican remark praising the Democrat and denouncing party splits.
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Capitol
Champ Clerk
California
Clark
Children Aid
Miss Genevieve
Bennett Clark
House of Representatives
Oscar W. Underwood
Moore
Pennsylvania
United States
William J. Bryan
Representative Howard
Georgia
Sally Mr Moore
Mrs Clark brands Bryan a traitor after Democratic convention row
Mrs. Champ Clark wife of the Speaker denounces William Jennings Bryan as a traitor declaring she felt compelled to stop defending him as a Democrat. She praises Gov Woodrow Wilson and cites telegrams attacking Bryan while accusing him of deceitful politicking and double dealing at Baltimore.
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Giad
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Champ Clark
Clark
Royal
Woodrow Wilson
Col. Bryan
Bryan
Mrs. Clark
Col .Bryan
Baltimore
Speaker Clark
Woodrow Wilson Serenity: Elastic Temperament and Creed
Mrs. Wilson reveals the secret of the president's calm, citing an elastic temperament and a Presbyterian creed as protection during attacks last year and early this year. Seagirt New Jersey dated July 3. The statement recounts Wilson's reply that he bears adversity through faith and resilience.
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Seagirt
Woodrow Wilson
Divorce Granted for Pittsburgh Banker Andrew Mellon
A decree of divorce is granted to Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh banker, from Nora McMullin Mellon. The case, filed with original serious charges, was amended to desertion. A commissioner took testimony in England, France, and U.S. cities, with the court concurring the desertion ground warrants the divorce.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Nora McMullin Mellon
W. B. Kirker
England
France
Heppner Perjury Hearing Postponed to July 9
In Chicago a hearing on Miss Aileen Heppner’s perjury charges in the Henning versus Funk case was postponed to July 9. An arrest warrant for John C. Henning's alleged perjury remains outstanding as officers search for him while Heppner testified she saw Funk and Mrs. Henning at a hotel. The dining companions contradicted her account, saying they were neither in the hotel nor with Heppner on that date.
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Chicago
Aileen Heppner
John C. Henning
Clarence
Funk
International Harvester Company
Henning
Miss Heppner
Mr. Funk
Mrs. Henning
Flood renders a thousand homeless in Salamanca region
Advices from Salamanca about 25 miles southeast of Guanajuato report two thirds of the town destroyed by a flood that occurred on Sunday. A thousand persons are homeless. Traffic on the Laredo Mexico line and road divisions suspended, with hope a train from Laredo may pass today. Government estimates losses in the flood aftermath.
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Mexico City
Salamanca
Guanajuato
Trafic
Laredo
Mexico
Department of the Interior
Esos
Wilson Not Choice of House Members
The Democratic legislators in Washington largely accepted Woodrow Wilson aside from a few favors. Many expressed support while noting tariff as the key issue, with Underwood supporters steering some praise toward him. Several reps from Georgia New York Kentucky Illinois and others voiced mixed loyalties yet pledged to back the nominee, Champ Clark’s and Wilson’s push for tariff reform.
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Texas
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
House
Clark
Oscar W. Underwood
William Schley Howard
Georgia
Underwood
Wilson
Henry T. Rainey
Iili- India
Mindrs
Champ Clark
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Martin D Foster
Illinola
Rucker
Colorado
William C. Adamson
Bryan
David E. Finley
South Carolina
James R- Mann
Illnois
Foater
Tillson
Connecticut
Mr. Tilson
Weeks
Massachusetts
Funds for Woman's College Endowment at Randolph-Macon
Lynchburg Va July 3 The treasurer of Randolph-Macon Woman's College received from the General Education Board of New York a check for 61200 toward the endowment fund. 132.80 of the endowment fund had been paid from other sources, making 34000 collected of 250000 subscribed. Remaining 4 OH in sot yet bus but is in good notes to be paid at maturity. The Rev Fred W McConnell elected adjunct professor of the English Bible at the college.
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Randolph-Macon
Washington Row
Lynchburg
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
General Education Board of New York
Fred W. McConnell
T. B
Boston University
Bishop McConnell
M. HL Lurch
Collage
Wild Theft Attempt Near Rockville
Miss Mary A. Merritt, driving near Rockville, was accosted by two youths, Upton and Maurice Gubbs, aged 15 and 13. One talked of butter while the other grabbed her hand satchel containing a silver watch and small items. Deputies Hewitt and Meads arrested the boys, who admitted guilt.
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Rockville
Mary A. Merritt
Rockville-Gaithersburg
Upton
Maurice Gubbs
Missi Merritt
Aaron Hewitt
George Meads
Lost teachers found near Honolulu mountains last night
Two U S troops and a large corps of volunteer teachers located five school teachers who went astray from the trail in the mountains last Saturday. Two exhausted members, Mary Stanberg formerly of Spokane and G W Shaw of Denver, were left in the mountains and are now under army hospital care.
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Honolulu
United States
Mary Stanberg
Spokane
G. W. Shaw
Denver
Army Hospital
Drown While Trying to Save Boy in Mill Pond
Great Barrington Mass July 2 Mrs Bateiex Sullivan 40 and Mrs Josephine Gregory sisters were drowned today in a mill pond while attempting to rescue a small son who wandered from shore. A third sister Miss Catherine Foley jumped in and was rescued. The boy was bathing and went beyond his depth. Clothing hindered the sisters as they swam to him and sank.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Bateiex Sullivan
Josephine
Gregory
Sullivan
Catherine Foley
Steam shovel uncovers Narragansett burial ground in Providence
A steam shovel on the Southern New England Railway work bed near Providence unearthed seven skulls and other human bones. Investigators say the site predates Roger Williams and was used as a Narragansett burial ground, halting railroad operations briefly.
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Providence
R. I
Southern New England Railway
Grand Trunk
Roger Willams
Married seventy years anniversary in Chicago event
Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson Wright celebrate seventy years of marriage at home in Chicago. Mr Wright is 95 and Mrs Wright 90, both in good health. Relatives from across the country, including Mr and Mrs Frederick P Wright of Bevier, Kentucky, arrived for the anniversary gathering.
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Chicago
Andrew Jackson Wright
Wright
Mr. Wright
Frederick P Wright
Bevier, Ky
Titanic Inquiry Ends as Mersey Prepares Report
London July 3 the board of trade inquiry into the Titanic disaster closed after thirty six sessions. Lord Mersey the presiding judge said the report would be issued within a reasonable time. Ninety eight witnesses were examined and twenty five thousand six hundred thirty one questions were asked.
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London
Board of Trade
Lord Mersey
Court of Inquiry
Mrs Taft’s sister arrives in Boston on Franconia
Mrs Taft's sister Mrs Laughtin and her two sons William and Thomas returned to Boston aboard the Cunard Line steamer Franconia after a two year abroad sojourn. The family docked late tonight and will spend the summer at Prides Crossing.
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Boston
Franconia
Washington Post
Thomas Laughtin
Taft
William
Thomas
Cunard Line
Prides Crossing
Wealthy Coxs Landing farmer dies by own action at 87
Albert Herrenkohl aged 87, a wealthy farmer of Coxs Landing near Huntington West Virginia, shot himself tonight. The death is listed as self inflicted with cause given as health issues. The incident occurred in Huntington on July 3.
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Huntington
W. Va
Albert’ Herrenkohl
Coxs Landing
She Goes 6 000 Miles to Wed
A romance from Betterion Maryland leads to marriage in Valparaiso Chile. Bertha Buscher left New York alone on a nearly 6000 mile journey to wed Charles K Davie. The couple planned to meet at a picnic and then travel to Chile where they will reside in the mountains.
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Betterion
Valparaiso
Chile
Mies Bertha Buscher
New York
Charles K Davie
Wilson and Marshall Democrats Form Local Club
A DC meeting in the Ebbitt Hotel parlor launched the Wilson and Marshall Democratic Association of the District of Columbia. Dr Harvey W Whe hailed his shift from Republican to support the Democratic ticket, pledging aid on pure food policy. A second group, at Lewis Hall, organized the Wilson and Marshall Democratic Club with 48 members and sent telegrams of greetings to Gov Wilson and Gov Marshall.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Wilson and Marshall Democratic Association
District of Columbia
Charlies A Douglas
Harvey W Whe
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Gove
Wilson
Marshall
Convention Hall
Wiley
Indiana
Henry Davin
C J Gwens
Southern Commercial Congress
George P Hoover
Walter A. Johnson
J Finley
G. L. Baker
Charles W Darr
Democrata
Gov Wilson
Rapud
Douglas
Darr
Dwane
Johnson
New Ebbitt
BE. T. Benton
Edwin J. Gardiner
James H Weaver
J. A Pryan
George H. Linking
R. A. Curtin
G L. Beker
B J. Baker
R. Norman
Wiliam H. Weiker
Dr. C. R. Grutten
Democratic Club
Isaac F Paul Dies in Boston at 65
Isaac F. Paul a well known Boston lawyer and prominent Republican figure died today in Boston at age 65. He had been ill for more than a year.
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Isaac F. Paul
Boston
Paul
Licensed to Marry Sparks Local Ceremonies Across Virginia
Fragmented OCR lists multiple proposed marriages in early records including Howam E Gallohen 23 of Frederickeburg and Myrtle Haynes Ss. Jessamine Richart 24 of Riverdaye Md. John M Schick Frederick WooS Mareden 40. Nellis Corz weil $6 of Quantico Va. Noviene A Gordon 22. Ambrose A Beaver Pollard T Hayes of Warrenton. Dora L Gorman 24 of Marshall Val Rew JC Bradford Luther A Trundle 4. many others. entries show couples with varied ages and locations across Virginia Maryland West Virginia and beyond.
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Howam E. Gallohen
Myrtle Haynes
Frederickeburg
Jamee
Montgomery Harry J Lows
Jessamine Richart
Riverdaye
John M. Schick
Frederick Woos Mareden
Nellis Corz
Weil
Quantico
Edearg Stanley Berkley
Noviene A. Gordon
Benjamin T Bettinger
James Bustead
Mery Garner
Edward Stanley
Harry J Lannen
Marie B Speckmann
Ambrose A Beaver Pollard T Hayes
Warrenton
Dora L Gorman
Marshall Val Rew JC
Bradford Luther A Trundle
Litten
CG Gaurland
J A Cowan
Howard H. Johnson
Cinelated
Obis
Aulelia “. Jones
San Francisco
Ray Wallace
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