Roosevelt Faction Rivals Meet in Chicago Lobby Confab
National committee submembers converge in Chicago with Samuel A Perkins absent. Key figures including Cannon, Hayward, and Warren gear toward selecting a party chairman and forming a five-state campaign advisory group. President’s White House luncheon to follow as talks hinge on Taft’s involvement and potential reelection plans.
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National Committee
Samuel
A. Perkins
Washington
Perkins
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
Roy C. Weet
Timeis
John J Adams
Iowa
Charles B Warren
Michigan
Thomas K. Wie¢ringhaus
Missouri
F. W. Ketabrook
New Hampshire
Newell Sanders
Tennessee
Big Steve
Benatora Crane
Fall
Mann
Madden
Joe” Cannon
House
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Arizaly
Willam Barnes
Glisyen
Warren
White House
Mn Taft
United States
Hayward
Wiliam H Hayward
Ife
Noma
Senate
Reepublican
Taft Leaves Vacation for Washington After Rest on North Shore
President Taft, sporting a tan from four days rest on the North Shore, departed Byerly for Washington hoping Congress will adjourn early, allowing a return to Parramatta and gelf sticks. He attended services at the Unitarian Church in Beverly and had a water cider before lunch, then left for Boston in a White House car shortly before 6 o clock.
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North Shore
Taft
Byerly
Washington
Congress
Parramatta
Unitarian Church
Beverly
Mra Taft
Boston
White House
Appointment Confab With Taft May Benefit Ez-Internal Revenue Chief
L P Summers, formerly collector of internal revenue for the district including Kentucky and Tennessee, left Bristo for Washington to confer with President Taft. A meeting is scheduled for tomorrow evening, and it is believed Summers may receive an important new appointment.
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Internal Revenue
Washington Post
Bristo Va Tenn
L. P Summers
Washington
Taft
Bible Meeting Thronged at Glen Echo Convention
Thousands attend opening sessions of the International Bible Students Association convention at the Glen Echo chautauqua auditorium with about 6000 in the morning and 4900 at night. 1060 could not enter Sunday night as crowds filled streets and cars. Attorney J F Rutherford opened the morning session with R J Hirsh and other speakers including H Clay Rockwell EX W Brnenissen and Benjamin F Barton among the presenters.
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Students’ Association
Chautaugia
Glen Echo
International Bible Students’ Association
Ttat
J F Rutherford
Newark
R.jh Hirsh
Tamaqua
Clay Rockwell
New York People's Pulpit Association
W Breneissen
Benjamin F Barton
Philadelphia
UW Barber
Daniel Foole
J. H Cote
G. B Raymond
Mystery of past clarified by Knabe on Wehrkamp case
William Knabe of Cincinnati arrived from Atlantic City to handle the bodies of Mrs Mary C Wehrkamp and her daughter Katherine Wehrkamp who died in a gas tragedy at the Rochelle apartment in Washington. He said the two women came from Baltimore and had relatives there, and that poverty appeared despite relatives sending money. The coroner had ruled the daughter killed herself and the mother unaware.
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William Knabe
Miss Wehrkamp
Baltimore
Katherine Wehrkamp
Rochelle
U Street
Mary C. Wehrkamp
Cincinnati
Knabe
Mr Knabe
Atlantic City
Ernest J. Knabe, Jr
Wehrkamp
Mr. Knade
Lee's Undertaking
Louis He.wehrkamp
Mra Wehrkamp
Baby Dead Mother in Jail In Mount Rainier
Mrs Gertrude Withers wife of W B Withers of Mount Rainier Maryland was jailed in Bladensburg last night as her six week old child died Neighbors posted four notices on the door reading Died this morning never thrived A coroner s inquest is set for today to determine the cause of death
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Gertrude Withers
W B Withers
Mount Rainier
Bladensburg
Reybold
Withera
Paper Money Shifts Southward in Circulation
Treasury officials report a rapid shift in the South from silver coin to paper money. Coin shipments to banks fell after the government stopped paying for coin transport, while banks now request currency as a cheaper transport option. The Treasury expects annual savings near $900,000.
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Treasury
Women Rally for Education Presidency Near Casas Grandes
Women in rage join a march northwest toward Casas Grandes to deter the rebel army. Foreign flags and hundreds of Mexican banners decorate the city as Huerta’s army enters, easing tensions. Residents, once opposed to Gen Orozco, cheer the victorious Huerta with cries of Viva Madero.
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Casas Grandes
Huerta
Orozco
Viva Madero
Mutiny Talk Shocks Juarez Troops Orozco Goes Guerrilla
In Juarez 2600 troops faced disorder amid mutiny talk as Col. Pascual Orozco defied orders and prepared to wage guerrilla warfare after Bachimba defeat. He vowed to protect foreigners and leave a devastated, desolate region while pursuing Madero’s overthrow. Federal forces celebrated Huerta’s northern advance as his army entered Chihuahua city.
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Chihuahua
Juarez
Mexico
Casas Grandea
Pascual Orozco
Sanz
Pasqual Orozco, Jr
Morris Butier
Maderista
Luther Edwards
Col
Pasqual Orozco
Butthera Buainesa
United States
Orozco
Suaz
Madero
Here
Casas Grandes
Bachimba
Hig
Huerta
Victoriano Huerta
Chihuahui
Telez
Rabago
Italians clash with police after Ettor and Giovannitti case
Boston July 1 riot erupts after meeting in Faneuil Hall protesting detentions of J J Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World in the Lawrence mill strike. Four officers wounded, one arrest made as police reserves arrive.
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Boston
Faneuill Hall
J. J Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Ann Loplato
Lawrence Mill
Ettor
Giovannitti
Industrial Workers of the World
Scuttling a Ship and the Death Penalty in Maritime Crime
A Heaton Herald summary recalls historic ship scuttling punished by death, cites modern cases of deliberate sinking to defraud marine underwriters, and notes insurance pricing hinges on owner reputation. Examples include a Welsh steamer overinsured, a Cardiff voyage with copper ore fraud, a timber bark sunk then saved, and varied premiums for Atlantic liners versus tramp steamers.
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Heaton Herald
Codling
Adventure
Brighton Beach
Board of Trade
Churchill
Cardiff
Grecian
Lloyds
Lieyds
Bryan Callaghan Dead After Two-Week Illness
Bryan Callaghan, fourteen times elected mayor of San Antonio Texas, died early today after a two week illness. He became unconscious yesterday and his family, respecting his wishes, did not summon physicians until he collapsed. He was 61 years old.
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San Antolnito
Tex
Bryan Callaghan
San Antonio
Hs Fitness
Widow of Asphalt King Dies After Rail Crash Fear
Mia Julia L Barber widow of Amzi L Barber known as the asphalt king died aboard the Congressional Limited while returning from New York. She had feared rail travel harming her heart and avoided trains, often riding to her estate Ardsley Towers. Her death sparks deep mourning among society leaders and animal cruelty reformers. funeral set for Wednesday at her Belmont home.
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Atlantic
Mia
Julia L. Barber
Amzi L. Barber
Congressional Limited Express
New York
Iay
Fourteenth
Clifton Streets
Ardsley Towers
Car Crash Halts Mad Rush of Women Returning From Glen Echo
A Washington Railway and Electric Company car collides with a second car near Foxhall road just outside Georgetown. George S Coleman is injured, others bruised, and Edmund Erk helps prevent a jump from the rear car. Cars proceed after the crash as investigators assess the steep grade and spare passengers. The incident disrupts a night out for numerous women and children returning from Glen Echo.
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Washington Railway and Electric Company
Cabin John Bridge
Glen Echo
Foxhall Road
Georgetown
George S Coleman
Thirteenth Street
Georgetown University Hospital
Edmund Frederick Erk
Representative Porter
Pennsylvania
Coleman
Moreland Likely to Die After Self Inflicted Wound
Former merchant Wade H. Moreland lies at Freedmen's Hospital fighting for life after shooting himself outside his home at 5 Seaton Place NW Saturday night. Doctors say chances of recovery are slight. an X ray will determine the bullet's exact location. Moreland had telephoned his brother in law F. J. George to say he would end his life before firing three shots in front of his residence.
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Moreland
Inlaw
F. J. George
Eleventh Street
Tragic 11YearOld Julia Connor Found Slain in Bronx Lot
New York July 6 police investigate murder of 11 year old Julia Connor of 48 4 Third Avenue found unconscious in a vacant lot at 60 East 173rd Street. She had throat chest and wrist wounds and died at Fordham Hospital. Authorities link attack to a vacant second floor apartment nearby as mother recalls stranger at a picture show. Police seek unidentified man reported seen multiple times in the neighborhood offering candy to girls.
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New York
Julia Connor
Third Avenue
East 173d Street
Fordham Hospital
Bey
Julia
Ifist Street
Crotona Park
Edward Connor
East 177Th Street
Edward McGarry
U. S. Money Total Grows with New Fiscal Year
The federal government and people begin the new fiscal year with 3 640 407 621 dollars in the nation’s assets. All but 383 621008 are in circulation while the rest sits in Treasury vaults. Population estimates 95 056 000 with pro rata share 3428 each, up six cents from last year. Gold stock 1 813 499 440 dollars, circulating 60 445 183, up 12 500 000. Silver reserves total 782 163 173 dollars.
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Treasury
United States
Four of family wed at once in Minnesota double ceremony
In Little Falls Minnesota on July 7 four Kay siblings tied nuptial vows on the lawn of the George Kay residence. Miss Parnell Hitchcock married George C Kay Jr and Miss Lulu Frances Price wed Lloyd M Kay. Miss Clarabel Elsie Kay married Howard Andrus and Miss Gertrude Kay wedded L Battles. Families plan to reside at Morristown South Dakota Woodstock Iowa and in the city.
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Little Falls
Minn
George Kay
Kay
Parnell Hitchcock
George C. Kay Jr
Lulu Frances Price
Lloyd M Kay
Clarabel Elsie Kay
Howard Andrus
Gertrude Kay Tod L. Battles
Morristown
Dak
Andrug
Woodstock
Iowa
Battlea
Ligud Kay
Camorra Judge Collapses Delaying Trial
Viterbo July 7 The trial of Camorra suspects charged with Cuoccolo murder stalls as the court president collapses after resuming summing up. He withdraws and will continue tomorrow with delays to sentences likely until Tuesday at the earliest. Authorities expect convictions of price organizers with prison terms possible.
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Viterbo
King cancels planned visit to Albert Docks
London July 7 King cancels his proposed July 11 visit to the East End to break ground on the Albert Dock project. The official statement cites cabinet advice and gives no reason. In Iowa former representative Oliver Dead, linked to the dock project, dies of typhoid fever amid a labor strike.
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London
East End
Albert Dock
Oliver
Onawa
Iowa
Congress
Ynan Addison Oliver
Church Woman Is Robbed At Glen Echo Conference
Mrs A F Hollowell, a delegate to the Methodist Episcopal conference, reported last night that a handbag was stolen from her bag at Glen Echo. Loss included checks totaling 31, a railroad ticket, and 45 in cash. The items—drawn on Greensboro Bank of North Carolina and payable to Hollowell—were taken from a pocketbook in her bag. The getaway occurred after she reached a friend’s home on 3 O Street Northwest.
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Mra
A F Hollowell
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Glen Echo
Greensboro
Hollowell
North Carolina
Holtowe
O Street
Plague Fears Prompt West Indies Front line Rush
Federal officials warn bubonic plague may enter from Havana and Porto Rico as Atlantic and Gulf ports enforce strict precautions. Surgeons order rat destruction and vessel fumigation, with crew and passenger screening at Key West New Orleans and Havana to prevent spread.
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Havana
Porto Rico
Atlantic
Gulf Port
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Portand
Boston
Providence
New York
Perth
Ambes
Baltimore
Norfolk
Charleston
Savannah
New Orleans
Pensacola
Galveston
Trisconia
Key West
Kappa Sigma Conclave Sends GWU Delegates to Louisville
Five George Washington University Kappa Sigma members depart this afternoon for Louisville to attend the fraternity conclave from June 10 to 13. Delegates include Richard P Mompson John P Lerch Eberly Robertson Stuart White and J Harris Hamlin. More than 2,000 members are expected nationwide to participate in the ceremonies.
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity
George Washington University
Wll
Louisville
Richard P Mompson
John P Lerch
Eberly Robertson
Stuart & White
J. Harris Hamlin
Stockholder Seeks Court Action Over Interborough Valuation
New York stockholder John Watson of Washerin DC files a suit against Andrew Belmont and others, including the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, seeking an accounting and a court-ordered payment for 1390 shares at $40 per share with dividends and interest, alleging illegal stock issuance and fraud tied to the McDonald contract and related securities deals. A separate incident reports Army Mule breaks a man’s skull near Big Stone Gap, while an oil fire at L Sonneborn Sons in Belleville causes extensive damage.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Newark
John © Watson
Wastherin DC
Interborour’ Rapid Vraset
Hart & Kieffer
Broadway Beean
Actist
Belmont
Andrew Freedmen
Walter G Cairman
John Peirre Wiliam
Vanderbilt
George WooYorny
Walter Luttzer
Intertars
Gh Rapid Transit Company
Helen
Jensesa
Interborough
Pany
Acmust
Bemont & la
Thenterborough Rapid Transit Canstruction Company
Tomee
Olieves
New York & Ty
McDonald
Pcorporation Je
Amass Baskert
Bs Fenant
Direct Re
Arrree
Euast Belmont & Co
Pelham Park
City Island Securities
Ynrk and
Queens County Railway Company
Tha Company
Big Stone Gap
Charles Graham
Atlanta
Migge
Eleventh
United States Cavalry
Graham
L. Sonneborn Sons
Belleville
N. J
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ENCY
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Brady
U. S. War Department
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Post
Henry W. Elson
Ohio University
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Travis
Europe
E Davis
Bridgeport
Conn
Barber
Oldsmobile Company
Davis
Charles 8 Vance
Mra Barber
Els Woodward
Andrew Langdon
Buffalo
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Cabin John
George Goleman
Lynn
Mass
United Shoe Warkers of America
U. S
George V
Blue
West India Islands
R H von Ezdorf
Mobile
Dr Gulter
Marine-Hospital
Mercaderos Street
Las Animan
Kappa Sigma
THE
Florists’ Club
Washington, D. C
William Robertson Smith
Rockreek Cemetery
A. C. Oefhmler
L & Naramore
Columbia Optical Company
Naf Street
Topham
Goode
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Tsading
Shoemaker Co
United States Trust Company
Gordon’s
Christian Xander
Probey Carriage CO. Tel
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