Taft Roosevelt Contests Begin At National Meeting
Chicago report shows Taft and Roosevelt factions opening hearings with plans to invite Roosevelt for fair treatment. News notes a 38 to 13 vote on press publicity and outlines differing views on representation. Taft claims majority support across states while Roosevelt argues against restricting newspaper access.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Ronavelt
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
E R. Howell
Rosewater
Republican National Committee Opens in Cy Cage Featerda
The Republican National Committee opened in Cy Cage Featerda with Vieter Honerrater of Nebraska elected chairman to serve until the national convention ends. They did not accept RK B Nebraska or other committee members from recent primaries. Votes moved to admit five press representatives, to fund state and district contents, and to deny a full press admission. Adjourned at 3:55 p m until 10 a m Friday for alphabetic contest handling starting with Alabama.
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Republican National Committee
Vieter Honerrater
Nebraska
Honebraska
Viva Voce
Hersh
Lidsho
John G. Hil
Maine
Alabama
Taft Convention Strategy Shifts To Iowa Over Ohio
Taft’s Chicago plan drafts show Iowa Senator Cummins may be first presented, with Alabama Arizona Arkansas and New York players in a proposed sequence. Roosevelt may send William Finn as Pennsylvania rep to contest delegates, while Roosevelt hints at a possible Chicago trip. Col. Roosevelt warns of a potential reaction if Taft delegates secure seats.
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Taft
Cummins
Warren G. Haraing
Otto
Patos
Chicago
Washington
Theodore Rodasvelt
C.D Hilles
Fiow
Smr Ilies
A. B. Cumming
Iowa
Alabama
Ohio
Arizona
New York
Roosevelt
Cal. Roosevelt
Arkansas
Ohto
Warren G. Harding
Col. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
la Follette
Mr. Taft
Harding
Mr Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
West
Sagamore Hut
Oyater Bay
N. Y
William Filnn
Pittsburgh
National Committee
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Senator Dixon
Senator Flinn
Dixon
Flinn
Oyster Bay
Fling
Col
Gig
Mr. Flinn
Hoogevelt
Fennsylvania
H. A. van Valkenburg
Philadelphia
Richard Quay
Ipte
Matthew L .Quay
Alexander Moore
Col Roosevelt
Colorado
South Dakota
la Pollette
Willam Finn
Ciy
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Mexico House Reelects Senator Fall Amid disorder
Santa Fe June 6 The New Mexico House, after a session where members fought and the sergeant-at-arms cleared the galleries, reaffirmed its choice not to vote for United States senator and reelected A E B Fall. The body split votes among Fall and Speaker R L Baca, with 22 members across parties abstaining. The session then invited the Senate to join, confirming Fall for a six year term beginning March 4, 1912.
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New Mezco
Santa Fe
N. Mex
New Mexico House
United States
Aeb
House
R L. Baca
Senate
Fall
Battle Over Baby Census in Uniontown
Henry Gillin of Grifthfield and wife argued over how many children they had. She claimed fourteen while he said sixteen. The dispute grew heated and she alleged he struck her. Gillin faced assault and battery charges but was discharged by Judge Vern Swearingon. The couple returned to Smithfield and the truth remained unsettled.
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Uniontown
Henry Gillin
Grithfield
Chey
Gillin
Vern Swearingon
Smithfield
Havana
Iity
Vandama
Odds on Taft Roosevelts Nomination Seen in Futures
Special to The Washington Fest from New York reports a surge in wagers on Roosevelt’s nomination at Chicago with 310000 offered at 1016.3 and no takers for Taft. Bettors floated bets on Roosevelt over Taft on first ballot, and on Democratic candidates Clark Wilson Underwood Harmon Bryan Gaynor with various odds.
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Washington
New York
Taft Stack
Wall Street
Chicago
Roosevelt
Bettig
Hach
Taft
Sage
Clark
Wilson
Underwood
Harmon
Bryan
Gaytor
Plan to curb bolt at convention pledge to support nominee
Fred Upham, a Republican convention delegate from the Ninth Lingis district, will seek to introduce a resolution at the opening of the national convention. The measure would require a pledge to support the party’s nominee and urge the credentials committee to deny seats to any delegate refusing the pledge, aiming to prevent bolts amid Roosevelt and Taft tensions.
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Ilinois
Chicago
Fred W Upham
Pidka
Bolting
Police move to wipe out gangs in New York feud
New York June 6 police chief Waldo launches harsh drive to decimate gangs. Second Deputy Commissioner Dougherty takes charge to bar gunmen from escape, surveil suspects, and shut down gang breeding places. State excise board to clear saloons linked to gangs. First convictions: Louis Bull six months Workhouse for shooting Big Jack Zelig. Antonio Zallatine ten years in Sing Sing for robbery.
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New York
Lower East Side
Waldo
Dougherty
State Board of Excise
Louis Bull
Big Jack’ Zelig
Criminal Courts
Antonio Zallatine
Sing Sing
Bride of 565 Takes Groom in Albany Area Romance
Miss Elizabeth Geer aged 56 of Watervliet wed Ede Ward Bowerman aged 62 of Port Schuyler at a home ceremony in Albany. The marriage concluded a romance that began when Bowerman visited Geers home about ten years ago.
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Washington
Albany
Elizabeth Geer
Watervilet
Edeward Bowerman
Port Schuyler
Bowerman
Miss Geers
Bullet Wings Aerial Mail Plane Damaged by Bullet
Dr William W Christmas of Washington owned a machine set to carry mail between New York and Washington. A shooter fired at Capton Hadley’s craft at 700 feet, breaking a propeller blade and piercing the engine. A reward of 1 is offered for information leading to the arrestee.
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Mineola
Juge
Capton
Hadley Tefay
William In Christmas
Washington
New York
Hadjer
Deld
SHE SUES BRIDEGROOM OVER $106000 BREACH OF PROMISE
Special to The Washington Post Boston man Arthur Graves Lund, recently wed to Louise Bankhead Perry, widow and daughter of Senator Bankhead, is sued by Caroline Bartlett of Winthrop for 100000 on breach of promise. Bartlett says she and Lund were engaged for twelve years and learned he married Mrs Perry on May 11, after denying prior engagement. Lund, a promoter and member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, faced divorce and custody history notes in the filing.
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Bankhead
Washington Post
Boston
Maes
Arthur Graves Lund
Louise Bankhead Perry
Peoplenennie Perry
Alabama
United States
Carolline
Bartlett
Winthrop
Lund
Man Bet On Sentence In Gambling Theft Case
William L. Bernard stole 48 from his employer to gamble. Judge Kennedy allowed only a three year sentence in Columbus penitentiary after Bernard offered to bet on the outcome. Bernard previously asked for brain surgery to beat the gambling habit. An alternate proposed cutting off his fingers if not.
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Cleveland
Gio
William L. Bernard
Kennedy
Bernard
Columbus
Doctors to Stop Lawsuits Idea Proposed by Lawyer
Prominent attorney Hussein Duane urged at Philadelphia College of Osteopathy graduation that lawyers should send most clients to physicians before litigation. He argued most people seeking lawsuits need medical head examinations and suggested public corporations employ staff to keep workers healthy and monitored after accidents.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Hussein Duane
Philadelphia College of Osteopathy
Deane
Slip
Mart Gang
55 Years A Chicken Thief Faces Four Months In Jail
Joseph De Vault, a 71 year old Richmond chicken thief known as the Hing of Richmond, was sentenced by Justice Crutchfield to four months on the rock pile after admitting a 36 year history of thefts. He was caught leaving Bagwell’s hen house with five hens and quipped that he’d been in jail every summer.
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Washington
Richmond
Joseph de Vault
Fiy
Crutchfield
Bagwell
Carnegie lecture at Aberdeen University met with student uproar
London June 6. Rowdy scenes greeted Andrew Carnegie as lord rector of Aberdeen University. Students hurled chairs and rugs, sang and whistled, but allowed the Ironmaster to speak. After he began, disturbance resumed yet ended with cheers for Mr and Mrs Carnegie. He urged students to remain teetotalers until they become millionaires.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Aberdeen University
Aberdeen
Scotland
Five Men Regulate Banks Under New York Clearing House
New York June 6 testimony before the House banking committee shed light on the New York Clearing House Association. Wm Sherer testified that five men control admission and membership, shaping the fate of many banks and potentially affecting interstate commerce. Attorney Untermyer pressed for judicial review of this private power as the inquiry continues into fall.
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Untermyer
New York
New York Clearing House Association
William Sherer
Sherer
House Committee
Banking and Currency
Bo Eziled Money Trust
Jenay
Pujo
Samuel Untermyer
Sherer Tea
New York Clearing House Committee
Clearing House
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
James G Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Walter E Frew
Corn Exchange Bank
Richard Deinfield
National Park Bank
Otto T. Barnard
New York Trust Company
Mr Untermyer
Clearing House Association
Untermeyer
O's
Index to Today's Issue Chicago Contest Plans Flinn Represents
Page one highlights include Chicago contest plans with Flinn representing TR, rumored Roosevelt halt to early action, and reports on Cuba incidents involving Captain C W Adams and alleged money trust inquiries. Includes national committee code, senate battleship plans, coal prices inquiry, Panama funds secrecy, and women cabinet discussions. Also notes funeral of Senator Nixon and realty men forming an exchange.
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Chicago
Flinn
Roosevelt
C. W Adams
Cuba
Money Trust
Knights of Columbus
National Committee
Clark
O'Gorman
Wenderoth
Treasury
Panama
Senate
Haseball
Senator Nixon
Fifteen Horses Stabbed in Chicago Barn Attack
In Chicago on June 6, fifteen horses at the E E Walsh Transfer Company barn were cut and stabbed by unidentified men. One horse died from wounds and another was so severely injured it was shot. Police attributed the act to warfare between rival unions, the International Teamsters Union and the Chicago Teamsters Union.
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Chicago
E E. Walsh Transfer ‘Company
International Teamsters’ Union
Chicago Teamsters’ Union
Teamasters
Murderer Kills Captain Adams Then Commits Suicide
A gunman, Charles Benner, shot Captain Charles W. Adams in Sharpsburg, Md, after Adams testified against him. Adams died later at home. Benner then killed himself in a summer kitchen. Witness Charles Gross saw the event. Benner had held a grudge since Adams testified years earlier.
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Charlie W. Adams
House of Representatives
Man
Wahington
Hagerstown
Charles W Adams
Antietam
National House of Representatives
Sharpsburg
Charles W. Beaner
Charles Gross
Benner
Adama
Tenge
Charlie
Gross
Adams
Booy
Reynolds
Benners
Adame
Washington County
Newberry Wedding Invitations Recalled In Detroit
Invitations to Miss Carol Newberry and Capt. W H Alleyne were recalled as the June 15 wedding plans were canceled. Capt Alleyne, of the Queen’s Own, had been visiting Detroit and departed for New York after spending days with the Newberrys at the Country Club. The engagement had been announced by wireless from Bermuda during a Lenten visit, ending the arranged marriage plans.
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Alleyne
Detroit
Mich
Carol Newberry
Truman H. Newberry
W. H Alleyne
Queen’s Own Regiment
Hamilton
Bermuda
S. Cant. Alleyne
Mewberrys
Ming Ige
Peyton
Rebels Use Destruction to Prove Revolt Aims
In Cuba insurgents justify property destruction as proof of revolution. Reports say Palma Soriano waterworks were attacked then rebels encroached near Guantanamo, with troops deployed to protect towns. Gen Montéaguido declares Oriente under martial law and offers limited amnesty.]]
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Santiago
Cubs
Palma Soriano
Obrebela
Guantanamo
Monteaguois
Marti
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