Iowa primary centers on senator race in Des Moines
Des Moines Davenport and Cedar Rapids vote shaping a statewide result with Polk County likely to decide. Kenyon and Young clash for Republican nomination while Democrats and other parties select U S senators and congressmen amid light turnout and farm weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Polk County
United States
W. S. Kenyon
Ft. Dodge
Lafayette Young
Kenyon
Senate
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Young
Congress
Ione
Nate Kendall
H. B. Allfree
Newton
G. N. Haugen
Henry Ll. Adams
H. Hubbard
Geo. C. Scott
Sioux City
Frank P. Woods
Paul E. Stillman
Charles A Kennedy
Council Bluffs
Pottawattomie
Kenyon and
Clarke Strong
Clark
Muscatine
West Liberty
Holden
Senator Cummins Tribute to Kenyon
Senator Cummins lauds colleague Kenyon for steadfastness amid pressure and temptation. He praises past conduct and urges voters to say well done when Kenyon faces the ballot in Monday’s election.
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Senator Cummins
Kenyon
Commonwealth
Tam
Taft Welcomes German Fleet at Fort Monroe
President Taft welcomes the visiting German warships at Fort Monroe Virginia as the Kaiser's three battleships arrive. The German squadron is escorted by Admiral Winslow's Atlantic fleet and saluted by 21 guns as the Mayflower and Provident enter the roads. Count von Bernstorff attends the events with Taft.
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Fort Monroe
Taft
Kaiser
United States
Kiel
Haupton Roads
Lynnhaven Bay
Admiral Winslow
Provident
Tatt
Count von Bernatorit
Both Parties Glam Victory In Hotel Strike
New York June 8 The waiter and cook strike for higher wages shorter hours and union recognition enters its second week with both sides claiming victory Less than six of the affected hotels closed dining rooms while others used strike breakers Managers say the strike is broken union leaders dispute the claim and vow to mobilize workers citywide Business Agent Elster predicts hotel workers including firemen and chauffeurs will join the protest and hotels may lose power.
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New York
Elster
Workers’ Union
Taft Pardons Land Crook in Oregon Case
President Taft grants an unconditional pardon to Willard N. Jones of Portland Oregon for land frauds tied to cases involving Senator Mitchell and Bing Hermann. The pardon cites improper jury selection in the Jones trial.
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Washington
Taft
Willard N. Jones
Portland
Ore
Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Jones
Dakota primary campaign ends with threeway delegates race
Sioux Falls reports closing campaigns in South Dakota as voters choose delegates among Taft Roosevelt and La Follette in a four way GOP Senate contest. Roosevelt Grigsby versus Gamble and Richards supporters claim gains and expected margins vary widely. Closing rallies precede polls opening tomorrow and closing at 6.
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Sioux Falls
Jane
South Dakotas
Laney Ravel
Taft
Roosevelt
Laj Follette
la Follette
Grigsby
Col
Melvin Grigsby
South Dakota
United States ‘Senate
Senator Gamble
Col. Grigsby
RR. O. Richards
Senate
Democratic Leader Sets Ticket of Bryan and Las Folleto
F J Mngh Stuart, a prominent Democrat, declares support for a Bryan Las Folleto ticket above party lines. He says La Follette could run above party, with Baltimore nominating Clark possible, and questions if Bryan and La Follete would win the presidency.
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Chartton
Wm. JJ. Tiryan
Robert M. Las Follero
Bryan
la Follete
Stuart
la Follette
Baltimore
Clark
Sauart
Wind. Gaynor
New York
John V. Shatrotty
Colorado
Lorimer Up Tomorrow Ouster Seen In Senatorial Poll
Washington June 3 The fight over Senator Lorimer’s election returns to the senate tomorrow with Senator Kern leading efforts to oust him. The Dillingham committee finds bribery charges unproven while defense argues exoneration precludes retrial. Lorimer plans to speak in his own defense as others weigh vs him.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Kern
Finais
Dilugham
Lea
Tennessee
I Kenyon
Iowa
Lorimer Leon
Tariff board support denied in sundry civil bill
Washington reports that the tariff board provisions were eliminated in the sundry civil appropriation. The president's traveling expenses were funded, and total appropriations stood at about 169 million dollars, with sharp cuts to Panama canal, public buildings, and other projects.
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Washington
Taft
Tariff Board
Hans
Susan
Senators Restore Warships In Bill
Washington June 3 The senate committee on naval affairs today restored to the naval appropriation bill provision for two battleships a track en out by the house In addition the committee provided for eight submarine torpedo boats instead of four kept the house for six torpedo boat destroyers two fuel ships one to be built at the Pacific coast navy yard as tender to destroyers and a submarine tender
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Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Senate
He Bullt
Pacific Coast Navy Yard
Delegates elected at rival state conventions in same hall
The article reports that Patt and Roosevelt delegates held state conventions in the same hall and each elected six delegates to the Chi Mo convention. The event occurred in Avizon, Arizona, with notes on the convention process and delegate selections.
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Alizons
Parmalee Dies In Wright Aerial Crash At Moxee Valley
Philip O. Parmalee, famed Wright aviator, fell from his plane near an apple orchard in the Moxee valley after a gust disrupted control. He died instantly from a fractured skull, the accident blamed on a sudden gust in the canyon wind. Parmalee, once the Wrights’ top earner, had recently left their employ.
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Fair Grounds
Parmalee
Vyaddina
Fie
Aldrosome
Dipper Cand
Jarmaliee
Moxee
Partialee
Wrights
Phil O. Parmalee
Wright Brothers
Plot Deaths Behind Bars Plot Against Officials
In Atlanta federal prison, members of the Lupo Morello gang plotted to kill William Flynn head of the U S secret service and Judge George Ray who sentenced them to 15 to 30 years. A member described the plan from last December and a death threat to Judge Bay surfaced during the trial. Flynn warned the gang sought to avenge the killing of Detective Petrosino and three members had already died in prison.
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Miaive
Dillingham
Lorimer Ara
New York
Atlanta
Lupo-Morello
Wm. Flynn
Secret Service
Bay
Geo. Ray
United States District Court
Ignazio Lupo
the Wolf
Fudge
Judge Bay
Chenango County
Flynn
Petrosino
Sicily
Lupe
More Men Quit in English Strike Deepening Shortages
London reports 110000 idle workers along the Thames and Medway including dockers carmen seamen and firemen as unions swell ranks. Sailors and firemen deploy 600 to block arrivals while pickets rough handle some applicants. Dockers face growing crisis as pawn brokers limit pledges threatening semi starvation.
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London
Thames
Medway
Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union
Riverside
Heartbroken mother seeks whereabouts of missing son
Waterloo mother Laura B Shankland seeks son Howard Lynn Shankland 14 who vanished with his father William B Shankland two months ago after leaving Waterloo IA for Cambridge OH. A warrant is out for the father in Waterloo. A Laporte Indiana dispatch confirms the pair were last seen in Indiana and may be headed toward Cambridge Ohio.
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Waterloo
Laporte
Ind
Cambridge
Oho
Arief
Chicago Tribune
Middle West
Chicago
Courier
Indiana
Howard Lynn Shankland
William B Shankland
Laura B. Shankland
Young Lynn
Consumers’ Hutter Company
Ohio
O Shankland
Jan Helly
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