Four Tay In Fight Their Backers Speal Up
A lengthy campaign column detailing factions backing Cannon Knox La Follette and other figures for the Republican nomination. It notes doubts about Fifth Man, Gov Hughes, and possible retirements, with Wilkes-Barre style analysis of Pennsylvanian delegates and party rivals and how harmony moves may affect the nomination. The piece quotes Taft allies and Roosevelt contingency talk, including potential contested delegations and the chance for a Roosevelt renomination to stabilize the party.
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Cannon
Yairbanks
Knox
la Follette
Taft
National Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Europe
Washington
Patt
Ban
Wireless test balloon ascent over Patuxent Md ends safely
An army Signal Corps balloon No 10 rose from Washington and landed near Patuxent in Arundel County Md, about nineteen miles from the city, after a wireless reception experiment at 3000 feet. Major Russell led the wireless efforts with Lieut Lahin and Capt Nichols Longworth aboard. Longworth ultimately changed her mind about joining the trip and did not fly. The crew reported a smooth flight with no mishaps, and plans to attempt sending messages on future flights.
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Nicholas Longworth
Patuxent, Md
Signal Corps
Washington
Patuxent
Arundel County
Val Edgar Russell
Frank P Lahin
W Wallace Mes
Wizeless
Annapolis M
Russell
Twelfth
Sergi Ward
Maj Russell
Maj Hussell
Wetherspsur
Richard B Warrous
Milwaukee Aero Club
Tornado Toll Rises Across Louisiana And Texas
Special to The Washington Post reports a deadly cyclone striking Gilliam and surrounding towns in Louisiana with multiple fatalities and injuries. Flooding and rising Red River waters forced evacuations, while roads and rail lines suffered washouts and communication remained spotty. Reports also note a Texas tornado causing deaths and extensive property damage as relief crews moved in from nearby areas.
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Shreveport
Red River
Cash Point
Atlanta
Louisiana
Gilliam
Oi! City
Bollinger
Taft's Friends Hesitate at Montana State Convention
Butte May 18 The Republican State convention will meet in Butte tomorrow to elect six delegates to the national convention. Despite the State central committee backing Taft, his friends have not decided whether to push for an instructed delegation to Chicago. Delegates present favor Roosevelt instruction. Also note advance notice: Sloan's Annual Clearance Sale for 1908 at 1407 GSt next week with catalogs on request.
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Butte Mont
Butte
State Central Committee
Taft
Chicarso
Roosevelt
Sloan’s
Poured Lead Into His Ear Fatal Self Harm Mystery
Special to The Washington Fest Middletown WN May 43 James H Conking a tinsmith and hardware shop owner died after pouring molten lead into his ear from a crisis in December 44 He lay unconscious with lead in the ear and skull cavities surgeons could not remove it near the brain He recovered briefly but a brain burn and blood poisoning followed He was a relative of the late Roscoe Conkling.
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Washington
Middletown
WN. C
James H. Conking
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Mr Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Deathbed dispute over Allen estate sparks yacht confrontation
New York May 13 The inquest into The Allen pool hall king's death reveals a contested will. Matt Allen and sister Maude Allen Meyers clash aboard the steam yacht Sentinel as claim and counterclaim swirl over a $300000 estate and a $200000 transfer to The's wife. Coroner Wanton warns to restore order.
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Matt Allen
Washington Post
New York
Allen
Clarence Owers
Matt
Prestman O Wanton
Marts
Mart
Sentinel
North River
Fiftieth Street
Maude Allen Meyers
Walter W Irwin
Inquiry reveals poisoning claim and patient’s sister’s care
The inquiry recounts a belief that The was poisoned. The half-brother recalls discussions about milk, and a woman relative sits at the bedside wiping the old man’s face. Autopsy shows pneumonia, congested lung, heart disease, and kidney degeneration. a chemical analysis followed amid allegations of hallucinations in late illness.
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William
Tech
Nurag
Marchioness Seeks Balanced Lifestyles in America
The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort sailed on the Mauretania after a Winnipeg railroad scare. The marchioness praised American society and international marriages, urged a middle ground between English restraint and American work, and commented on heiresses marrying foreigners. She noted American wealth and happiness of some English American unions.
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Washington Post
New York
Marquis
Marchioness of
Headfort
Mauretania
Winnipeg
America
Woodruff Succeeds Dewey as Pounders Head
New York May 13 Gov Rollins Woodruff of Connecticut was elected president of the Pounders and Primate of America to succeed Admiral George Dewey at today's annual meeting in this city. Other officers named include Gen Edward F Jones of New York deputy governor general Rev Jozega F Folsom of New Jersey chaplain general Lawrence H Leonard of New York secretary general Capt William A Dorland treasurer general Robert I Hinckley of Pennsylvania attorney general George F Newcomb of Connecticut genealogist general William W Knapp of New York historian general George E Scranton of Pennsylvania and Judge James A Betts and Edward Lewis Ripley of Connecticut counselors general for three years.
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New York
Rollins Woodruff
Connecticut
Pounders
America
George Dewey
Oller
Edward F Jones
Jozega F Folsom
New Jersey
Lawrence H Leonard
William A . Dorland
Robert I. Hinckley
Pennsylvania
George F Newcomb
Connecicut
William W Knapp
Four Killed in Coal Mine Collapse at Mildvale
Four miners died and three were injured in a rock and coal fall at the Prospect colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company in Mildvale. Seven workers went to unstuck runaway cars when two more rock falls trapped them, trapping and killing four. Miners rescued the remaining men.
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Wilkesbarre Pa
Prospect
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Mildvale
To Tey
Tragic double death after domestic dispute in Hartfield
German farmer Nving Nowsch of Tolland kills his seven year old son with a gun then turns the weapon on himself after an argument with his wife about kicking the family dog. He arrived home about 3 30 PM and shot the boy and himself after a chase from the barn.
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Washington Post
Hartfeld
Conn
Kayins
Nowsch
Tolland
Ten thousand drownings reported in Yangtse flood disaster
Seattle dispatch notes revised casualty figure from the Yangtse flood, stating ten thousand deaths after a sudden rise in the river flooded shores, overturned junks and steamers, and left debris strewn for miles while the river ran with corpses and wreckage. Coal prices dropped as April reductions advertised by Johnson Bros. in Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Johnson Bros
Not Her Soul Mate Not in a Million Years
From New York May 13 George Hermann a Brooklyn real estate operator faced a court fight with Capt Charles Stoddard over alleged alienation of Mrs Ern St Claire Stoddard wife of the Ward Line sailor. Mrs Stoddard says a medium confirmed a supper with Hermann and that he threatened to kill himself if she persisted. She accuses Hermann of double dealing while denying the affair, and Capt Stoddard sues for 1000 in damages.
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Deith
Clarence Owens
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Washington Post
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George Hermann
Bawker
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Hermann
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Charles Stoddard
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Sether
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Mrs Stoddard
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Mr Hermann
Flatbush
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Taft Leads In California Unofficial Primary Returns
San Francisco May 13 unofficial presidential primary returns show a total vote of 10,000 with Taft holding a 296 vote margin over Roosevelt. The Electric Line announces increased train service beginning May 1 from White House Station to Baltimore every hour on the hour from 6 20 am to 7 30 pm. See the paper’s table for more trains.
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San Francisco
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
A. E. Ray. Co
White House
15Th
Baltimore
Brooklyn Senator Offered 90000 To Vote Against Betting Bills
New York May 13 Rev Dr James O Wilson pastor of Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Brooklyn said at a Monday night meeting that a Brooklyn senator was offered 90000 dollars to vote against anti betting bills. He refused to name the senator and could not identify who relayed the report. The senator reportedly replied Eighty thousand dollars, doctor a good deal more than that.
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New York
James 0. Wilson
the Nostrand, Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Wilson
Duke Calls On Madame Gould In Monte Carlo
Prince Helje de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould arrived in Monte Carlo from Genoa for a short stay of about three days. They checked into a fashionable hotel, the prince played at the Casino with a small loss, and joked that his family has already paid the tiger. Duke de Dino sent roses and visited with them at lunch before another Casino visit.
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Monte Carlo
Prince Helje de Sagan
Mme Anna Gould
Genoa
Duke de Dino
Duke de Bino
Prince
Mme. Gould
Iduke
Bloodhounds on trail expect capture by dawn
Indian Head Maryland May 13 Bloodhounds led by Hurricane Branch of Suffolk Virginia close in on a Black man suspected of assaulting Mrs Margaret Fraser. Residents armed with guns pitchforks and clubs urged pursuit. Fraser recovering. detectives from Washington expected to arrive. Local mood volatile amid talk of lynching.
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Indian Head
Margaret Fraser
Hurricane Branch
Suffolk
Fraser
Hurricanes Branch
Waste Must Cease: President Warns Congress on Waterways Body
President urges Congress to sustain the Land Waterways Commission at a conservation convention. He vows to seek means to keep the body alive if legislators fail to maintain it. Andrew Carnegie and John Mitchell propose remedies for the issue.
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Gov. Johnson
Andrew Carnegie
John Mitchell
President Roosevelt Warns on Resource Use and Congress
President Roosevelt urges Congress to sustain the Inland Waterways Commission and warns that once resources like forests coal oil and gas are exhausted soils erode rivers flood and navigation suffers He stresses prudent foresight to conserve and wisely use natural resources for the nation and future generations.
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Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
Roosevelt
Presidents Meet in East Room to Plan Forest Conservation
A historic gathering of governors from forty-one states convened at the White House under President Roosevelt to craft a unified plan for conserving the nation’s natural resources. The scene blended gravity and hope as leaders from diverse regions, including Edward Everett Hale, Andrew Carnegie, James J Hill, and William Jennings Bryan, listened to the President’s call for action on forests and resources.
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Roosevelt
Sisidiv
Suringe
White House
Edward Everett Hale
Senate
Andrew Carnegie
James J Hill
Conference
West
Walla
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