Democrats Name Cox for Governor and Ohio Delegates
The Ohio delegation to the Baltimore convention was announced by Governor Harmon. The Big Twelve at large include Atlee Pomerene James Campbell John Clarke John Gopke Hugh Linchols M A Daugherty James Ross John L Shuff W S Thomas James W McMahon. The platform endorses direct elections of U S senators tax reform and liquor licensing while omitting currency reform. Reverend Herbert S Bigelow praised Harmon and Cox. Cleveland secured two positions including Frank McKean for supreme court clerk and Robert Crosser for congressman at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Gates-At-Large
Baltimore
Harmon
Atlee EB. Pomerene
Canton
James E. Campbell
Hamil
Ton
Resolutions Committee
Herbert S. Bigelow
Legislative Convention
James M. Cox
E. H. Moore
Baker
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Frank McKean
Robert Crosser
Ed Wentz
Cincinnati Democrats Back Cohen Opponents At Convention
The June state Democratic convention in Toledo saw the Peck Noctor faction battle Cohen and Strode. Mullane nearly won the auditor nomination before a late vote shift to Donahey. Nine Hamilton delegates opposed the unit rule while others supported it, and delegates returned home after a long day of negotiations.
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Toledo
Peck- Noctor
Alfred M. Cohen
Eutemant
Commissioner Strode
Edward Diehl
Fourteenth Ward
Cincinnati
Noctor
Bernard
R. F E. Mullane
Cohen
Hamilton County
Cox
Jimmy Cox
Mr. Bernard
Mr. Cohen
Mullane
Robert
E. Mullane
Tom Noctor
A. Victor Donahey
Tuscaraway County
Simeoh Johnson
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Twenty-first Ward
Hubbard Reynolds
Wilson
Hamilton
Cincis
Noctor and Peers Rally to Nominate Nichols for Lieutenant Governor
In a Cincinnati county convention a key maneuver shifted to nominate Hugh Nichols for a second term. Dr D H Sullivan and supporters acted under the belief Nichols would decline. Nichols approved the nomination after John Weld Peck praised his candidacy. Sullivan withdrew in Nichols favor, while party bosses planned the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Noctor
John Weld Peck
John Shuff
Cincinnati
Nichols
Ben Meyers
Dennis Fitzpatrick
Detroit
Long
D. H. Sullivan
Lima
Hugh Nichols
Alfred M. Cohen
Sullivan
Hamilton County
Harmon Extends Gratitude to Cox in Telegram
Governor Harmon sent a telegram to Insurance Commissioner Ed H. Moore praising loyalty and a separate note to Congressman Cox offering congratulations and promising a smooth transition to his successor. The messages were dispatched from Columbus on June 5.
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Columbus, cC
Harmon
Ed H. Moore
Judson Harmon
Cox
Local Delegates Return From Toledo to Cincinnati
The Cincinnati delegates left Toledo at 8 and arrived at 11 10 p.m. at the H. and D. depot. Local Democrats in Ottawa Lima Piqua Sidney Dayton and Hamilton greeted the Queen City delegation in force. After a weary trip they returned home to rest.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Ottawa
Lima
Piqua
Sidney
Dayton
Hamilton
Queen City
Youth Killed In Jersey Riot in Newark After Laborers Clash
A Newark riot after police moved to arrest a stone-throwing woman left a high school boy dead and four others shot or beaten. Albert Faulks, with Rosa Marino and others, tried to reach two officers amid the mob near Nassau and Nesbitt streets as police fired into the crowd. Alfredo Magnani and Rev B J Coltorti urged Mayor Haussling to probe the incident, with the mayor ordering a police board inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Nassau
Nesbitt
Newark
Lackawanna
Albert Faulks
Rosa Marino
Alfredo Magnani
B. J. Coltorti
Olivet
Child Labor Bureau Chief-Designate Confers With Secretary Nagel
Julia C. Latroph of Hull House Chicago will be first chief of the new children's bureau and conferred with Secretary Nagel on appointment of assistants and scope of work. The bureau begins July 1 and Congress has been asked for 25000 dollars for the first year’s expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julia C. Lathrop
Hullhouse
Chicago
Children’s Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Congress
Countess De Chambrun Sails for France for Summer
Countess De Chambrun wife of the French embassy military attaché left Washington with her mother Mrs. Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati. They will spend several days in Cincinnati before going to New York to join Count De Chambrun and sail for France for the summer.
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Washington
Countess de Chambrun
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
New York
Count de Chambrun
France
U S accuses shipping trust in antitrust suit
The United States files a civil antitrust suit in federal court in New York against steamship interests allegedly monopolizing transport between the U S and Brazil. Principal charges include rebates, rate fixing, and conspiracies under the Sherman Act involving Prince Line Limited, Hamburg lines, Lamport and Holt, and listed executives and owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal District Court
United States
Brazil
Prince Line Limited
Hamburg Lines
Lamport & Holt Line
Dill
Prince Line, Limited
James Knott
Newcastle-on-Tyre
England
Paul&. Gerhard
Francis J. Zimmerman
Charles E. Gerhard
Harry Connor
Walter Holland
George Melly
Arthur Cook
C. Sydney Jones
Liverpool
Frederick T. Bush
Lorenzo Daniels
William Gein
Hamburg- American Packet Line
William G. Sickel
Paul Gottheil
Thomas A. Sparks
Wilhelm Voelkers
H. W. Voelkens
W. L. Walter
Robert H. Goodwin
Clement H. Betts
Henry H. Garven
Wise
Wickersham
Hotel Men Pleased With Strike Situation In New York
The hotel men reported a calm strike situation on June 5 in New York with only a mystery walkout at the Netherlands hotel. Engineers firemen oilers gas fitters and other mechanics left at 8 pm without clear reason after two men demanded higher pay for the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Netherlands
Colonel Sweet
Murder Verdict for MacGregor in Michigan Case
Dr. Robert A. MacGregor was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury after a long case tracing back to the 1909 death of farmer John Wesley Sparling and the later deaths of his three sons. Arsenical poisoning was cited in the death of Scyrel Sparling, leading to MacGregor’s arrest and trial begun April 2. Mrs. Carrie Bodie Sparling faces trial on the same charges.
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Bad Axe
Mich
Robert A. MacGregor
Dr. MacGregor
John Wesley Sparling
Peter
Albert
Scyrel
Scyrel Sparling
MacGregor
Carrie Bodie Sparling
John Wesley
Sparling
Gunfire at Chicago union meeting wounds two men
During a June 5 Chicago sheet metal workers local meeting 175 members were present when a revolver was fired. Theodore Korner, 21, and an unidentified man were wounded while president Thomas Redding escaped injury by sheltering under a table as windows shattered from panicked members.
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Chicago
Sheet Metal Workers
Theodore Korner
Thomas Redding
Washington mills strike in Lawrence over IWW discharge
About 300 combers at the Washington mills of the American Woolen company walked out in sympathy with 400 strikers in the combing and carding room. The walkout began after the discharge of an Industrial Worker of the World operative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
Washington Mills
American Woolen Company
World Operative
Movement for Minimum Wage for Women Receives Sanction
The governor approved a bill to appoint a three member commission to set minimum wages for women and children. One member must be a woman. The action marks official sanction of the wage plan in Boston on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Transfer of hearings in Keystone Watch case moves to multiple cities
In the government suit to dissolve the Keystone Watch Co charge of monopoly, Charles M. Fogg treasurer of the alleged trust, will be cross examined Monday. The hearings will shift to Lincoln Nebraska St Louis Missouri Cincinnati Ohio Chicago Illinois and York Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Keystone Watch Company
Charles M. Fogg
Lincoln
Neb
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
York
McNamara brothers lose prison credits at San Quentin
James B. and John J. McNamara, already serving life and fourteen years respectively for the Los Angeles dynamite conspiracy, were deprived of prison credits yesterday for failing to perform tasks. They were removed from the jute mill after repeated warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Cal
James B
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Hoyle
U S Marines Land in Cuba Amid Cuban Unrest
The piece reports U S Marines landing in Cuba as fear spreads among American families in the Guantanamo region. It notes damage to Guantanamo & Western railroad property about 20000 dollars, fires at two stations, and threats to foreign sugar estates including Los Canos Santa Cecilia Santa Maria Isabel and Soledad. Protection asked by Lewis M H Lewis of the Guantanamo & Western railroad and intervention urged by Minister Beaupre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Canos
Santa Cecilia
Santa Maria
Isabel
Soledad
Guantanamo
Legation
Beaupre
Marines Land at Deses Point to Guard American Property
Four hundred fifty U.S. Marines under Colonel Lucas landed at Deses Point near Caimanera Cuba to guard American property in the Guantanamo valley including sugar mills and mines. A second company of 120 Marines followed for Guantanamo City. The move aims to deter intervention while the Guantanamo Bay naval station lies nearby. Sugar companies such as Santa Cecilia United Fruit and Nipe Bay own plantations in the area.
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Caimanera
Cuba
Lucas
Deses Point
Guantanamo City
Guantanamo Valley
Santa Cecilia Sugar Company of
New York
United Fruit Company
Nipe Bay Company
Warships of Atlantic Fleet Set Seaward From Key West
The fourth division of the Atlantic fleet including battleships Ohio Missouri Minnesota and Mississippi received sealed orders to go to sea at once and departed Key West harbor today.
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Key West
Fla
Atlantic Fleet
Ohio
Missouri
Minnesota
Mississippi
Rumor of four U S. battleships stirs Havana crowd
Citizens in Havana reacted with great excitement to a report that four American battleships were en route from Key West and signaling near Morro Castle. The mood shifted when officials ordered the ships to Guantanamo. The Senate approved suspending constitutional guarantees in Oriente and lawmakers backed a $1,000,000 armed forces expansion. Portuguese cabinet quits.
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Havana
Key West
Morro Castle
Guantanamo
Senate
Committee On
Province of
Oriente
House of Representatives
Gomez
Vasconcellos Cabinet Resigns Over Parliamentary Discord
Lisbon dispatch reports the Vasconcellos cabinet resigned amid discord between parliamentary groups led by Mr. Camacho and another faction. The move follows mounting tensions and a breakdown in coalition unity challenging Portugal’s government.
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Lisbon
Vasconcellos
Mr. Camacho
John L. Shuff Named Democratic Convention Delegate At Large
The state convention fulfilled The Commercial Tribune's prediction, naming John L. Shuff as a delegate at large to the national Democratic convention. Shuff, a life long Democrat and friend of Bryan and Governor Harmon, is noted for his political ties. Alfonso Costa demanded the resignation of the minister of the interior as part of a coalition-ministry effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
John L. Shuff
Shuff
William Jennings Bryan
Judson Harmon
Alfonso Costa
Interior
Candy for Little Duchess Addresses to Grand Duchess Anastasia
Ambassador Curtis Guild Jr. sailed from New York to Russia with a trunkful of American candy for Grand Duke Alexis on the eve of Anastasia’s eleventh birthday. The lemon drops are bottled by U.S. candy makers and prized by the Kremlin ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis. Guild
St. Petersburg
New York
Anastasia
Nicholas of
Russia
Curtis Guild, Jr
Alexis
Duchess in Peritonitis Crisis for Connaught Duchess
Montreal reporters state the duchess of Connaught suffers a grave attack of peritonitis brought on by appendicitis. Doctors monitored her at Royal Victoria hospital since arrival last night. The duke and governor general stay at her side as medical boards assess need for operation. The hospital bulletin notes she rests easy and shows improvement.
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Duke of
Patricia
Belgium Still Riot Ridden After Clerical Victory
Brussels reports the government denying exaggerated unrest as riots persist in Liege Antwerp Ghent and Vervies after Sunday's election defeat of the Democratic parties by the Clericals. Troops fired on a threatening crowd in Liege injuring several yesterday.
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Commercial Tribune
Brussels
Liege
Antwerp
Ghent
Vervies
First suffragist seated in Bohemia’s diet
Prague June 5 The first suffragist has won a seat in Bohemia’s diet. Frau Kuneticki the authoress was elected earlier but deemed unlawful until today when the courts ruled she has the right to sit in the diet despite initial objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Prague
Bohemia
Diet of
Frau Kuneticki
Lover Expiates Crime In Chair
A lengthy wartime era court statement depicts Lena Cusumano recounting coercion by Harry Marshall in the murder of Frank Cusumano. She describes bloodied evidence, ransom demands, and threats to stay silent as authorities debate commutation and justice. The account raises doubts about guilt and the use of the chair.
Woman Indicted in Columbus Slaying. Clerk Exonerated
Miss Cecelia Farley, a stenographer in the state department, was indicted for first degree murder for the May 13 shooting of advertising solicitor Alvin Zollinger in Columbus Ohio. Jerome Quigley, a hotel clerk engaged to Miss Farley, who was near the scene, was exonerated by the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cecelia Farley
Alvin EB. Zollinger
Miss Farley
State Department
Zollinger
Jerome Quigley
Darrow Trial Shaken by Clashes and Federal Involvement
In Los Angeles on June 5 the Darrow jury bribing case was disrupted by courtroom clashes between counsel, leading to contempt fines. Federal cooperation appeared as evidence from the justice department was read, including Morrison’s canceled checks to Darrow from the McNamara defense fund. Olaf A. Tveitmoe emerged as an indorser of a $20,000 check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Clarence S. Darrow
Olaf A. Tveitmoe
San Francisco
Tveitmoe
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Darrow
Fredericks
Horace H. Appel
Hutton
Department of Justice
McNamara Defense Fund
Clarence Darrow
Indianapolis
Morrison
Kaiserin's Health Worries Kaiserin at Bad Nauheim
Berlin report says the Kaiserin remains at Bad Nauheim for cure due to a slight heart condition. The condition creates worry among officials and followers monitoring her health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Berlin
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Chio
John H. Clarke
John H. Gopke
Wapakoneta
Hugh Linchols
Batavia
M. A. Daugherty
Lancaster
James Ross
William Greene
Coshocton
Thomas J. Cogan
W. S&s Thomas
Springfield
James W. M'Mahon
Liquor License
Indorsed
Co. P. Cook
Nostor
Mr. Strode
Notter
Strode
J. Herman Dierkes
Diehl
John Ll. Shuff
Mr. Cogan
Jersey
Atlantic City, N. J
Child Labor Bureau
U. S
Shipping Trust
Waller
Sparlings
M’namaras
Pres
Ing
Lewis
M. H. Lewis
The
Guantanamo & Western
War Departments
Ade
Guantanamo Sugar Company
Hatillo and
San Leandro
Jackies
Uncle Sam
Nat's Convention
Little Duchess
Belgium
Solon
Skirts
Frau Kunéticki
Atlantic City
Marlborough-Blenheim
Josiah White & Sons Company
Dennis
Walter J. Buzby
HOTEL
ST. Charles Newlin Haines Co
Pennhurst
Ds & Frank B
Mgrs
Shelburne
Jacob Weikel
Seaside House
I. P. Cook’s Sons
TAFT
Frank Cusumano
Harry Marshall
Harry
Marshall
Frank
Norry
Hingham
Lena
Gether
Luce
Coughlan
State Prison
Albert F. Baker
Cusumano
Barker
Cusu
Mano
Engleside
Beach Haven, N. J
Atlanta City
N. J
Directivy
Ocean Front
Ostend
Boardwalk
Deal
D. P. Rah
West Virginia
White Sulphur
Greenbrier County
Chamberlin
Old Point
George F. Adams
W.va
Hes
Kaiserin
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