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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
1
John Yermole Graves, running mate for the Independence party, rebukes Thomas Watson’s charge that the movement is Hearst controlled. Graves defends independence as a free, multi-person effort and argues populists should join the broader independence banner.
A quotation from John Temple Graves portrays a shifting stance as most brave and honest men begin to align with a rising militant faction and anticipate a victorious segment of the populace.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 31. Attorney General West files quo warranto suits in the state supreme court to annul charters of Poster Badger Clark and Bates Longe Bell Lumber companies and Central Coal and Coke company quarterly Missouri corporations and Glenn Lumber company Kansas. Receivership also asked. An auxiliary petition seeks an injunction restraining Yellow Pine association members from maintaining price fixing by a St. Louis action July 5 involving 100 firms.
Atlanta July 31 Judge Richard Russell and the Georgia court of appeals weighed a ruling that soliciting orders by mail for whisky or other intoxicants in Georgia or across state lines violates Georgia law. Any person making such solicitations could be guilty of a crime against the state.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Jane W. Kern and Indiana governor candidate Thomas R. Marshall told Indiana Educational Association members at Fairview Park that editors must uphold democracy. Kern called for restoring public confidence in the press, noting editors and independents must lead. He said a notification date for his nomination was being considered and may be set soon, with some urging a September timing to keep the campaign active in the state.
Cheyenne Wyo July 1 State Coal Mine Inspector Noah Young urges sealing the Hanna coal mine as a tomb for 59 men killed in March when Union Pacific Coal Mine Co rushed an entry after a prior fire. He cites law violations and calls for stricter underground safety statutes.
New York July 1 Members of the socialist labor party announced that M. Fr Preston currently serving a Nevada murder sentence refused to accept the presidential nomination. A council named August Gillhaus as proxy candidate who would let Preston pick the cabinet if elected.
National Chairman declines to back or oppose Governor Hughes in New York politics. Hitchcock says he will not influence state campaigns, seeks no Roosevelt or Taft stance, and urges using the state convention to resolve disputes. He plans to remain through August 12 with Chicago and Washington stops.
New York July 23 Timothy L Woodruff chairman of the Republican State committee left for a camp near Maquette Lake in the Adirondacks with return not before Monday August 30. He stated there is no change in the governor nomination situation and no change expected until the state convention meets.
In Vienna July 31 a spate of storms wrought destruction across Austrian Tyrol. Bukowina district and Biller valley reported severe damage with corpses in swollen streams and homes washed away. Death toll estimates rise to fifty in Bakowin and over twenty in the Biller valley. Mehra near Brizlege buried by a landslide with sixteen fatalities reported.
Joan D. Rockefeller donated 25000 dollars to the Tarrytown hospital building fund. The check was presented on July 31 in Tarrytown New York as a gift to support the facility’s expansion.
London reports Premier Asquith chaired a banquet for delegates at the Hotel Cecil. He urged disarmament and international agreements as remedies to wars, stressing understanding among nations and peaceful settlement over warfare.
A pump caused a blast at No. 1 mine, Coal Creek, Fernie area, entombing twenty three miners. Rescue work delayed by gas and rock. by 4 p.m. twenty miners had been rescued, three were still missing as crews tunneled for air and officials rushed in. Arkansas River flood threats after storm near Florence could impact Pueblo with bridges washed out.
Farman’s heavier-than-air flying machine from France wowed crowds at Brighton Beach on its initial U S flight. The aeroplane reached 25 feet, then 760 yards aloft in two brief trials, before prep for public exhibitions.
Captain Thomas S Baldwin rushes to complete gas manufacture and tent housing for the first flight of his improved airship at Fort Myer. Weather permitting Monday, the test will mark the inaugural ascent of the new machine after balance frame is secured Sunday.
After completing gas inflation, Captain Baldwin tests plates to regulate vertical movement of the ship. In his two thousand ascents he used hydrogen gas produced under his supervision. He brought a hydrogen plant to Fort Myer consisting of four oak cases with iron fittings, water poured in, and sulfuric acid added. A purified hydrogen stream is carried by rubber tubing into a balloon of about 26 000 cubic feet capacity.
Honduran Minister Uwarte met with Acting Secretary Bacon at the state department and presented telegrams stating Honduras cancelled the exequatures of former Ceiba consuls for unlawful intervention in politics. Dispatches say the consuls urged surrender, aided revolutionaries, and inflated their numbers. The Honduran view condemns their actions and opposes U.S. friendly stance.
Constantinople reports a special council will immediately enact the new constitution. Leaders of the Young Turks aim to stabilize finances and ensure regular official salaries, with promises to cut excess payments and abolish unnecessary offices and under-secretaries.
The Times Tehran correspondent reports the revival of the Turkish constitution disheartens reactionaries and boosts nationalists. The shah and his entourage are said to be greatly disturbed as rumors spread that the shah may postpone elections if required to mimic the sultan.
In Cren Falls on July 31, Port Edward and Grean Falls mills of the International Paper company were notified that they would shut down Monday for an indefinite period. About 400 men will be out of work.
New York July 31 Alonge N Burbank treasurer of the International Paper company denied reports that mills had shut down because workers refused a ten percent cut. He said some mills will close soon for August alterations.
George A. Pettibone awaiting surgery in Idaho after his murder trial for former Governor Arenenberg. Doctors hope to save his life amid kidney and spleen troubles with no cancerous growth detected.
Taft spends morning golf and a Corbin ride while Denver presses for a September visit. Three newborns named William Howard Taft appear in New York Indiana Illinois, each to receive an autograph letter and a gift. Congratulatory letters flood in as Taft considers Bryan’s speech remarks and national tour plans.
In Caracas on July 29 President Castro withdraws the exequaturs of the Dutch vice consul and consul. The Foreign Minister transmits a note accusing the Netherlands of insults to Venezuela including a salute failure by the Netherlands cruiser Uiiderland and the attack on the Venezuelan consul at Willemstad.
Wade H. Fi te, Ohio attorney general, has been offered the position of first assistant attorney general of the United States. Mr Ellis, resting after nominating W H Vat, asked for time to consider the appointment. Bonaparte sent a letter yesterday, but Ellis’s condition delayed any decision for two weeks.
Governor Johnson places himself at the disposal of the national democratic committee for working purposes. He will be available about September and will go where wanted to aid the Bryan campaign in St Paul.
John H. Schuste, a defaulter teller at the Piest National Bank in Ragine Wise, was arrested in Cleveland this afternoon on charges of being a fugitive from justice.
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