Crowley Wins Home City Vote for Secretary Treasurer
Crowley of Cincinnati Typographical Union No. 3 captured the majority in local balloting for Secretary Treasurer with 278 votes against Denver rival Bramwood's 145. Total votes cast were 427 among about 550 printers in Cincinnati.
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Typographical Union No. 3
Crowley
Crow
J. Bramwood
Denver
Col
Cincinnati
Bramwood
Friends of
Jamesy M. Lynch
Syracuse
N. Y
Henry S.hudspeth
New Orleans
Lynch
John W. Hays
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn., 206; W. N. P. Reed, New York City, 210; Frank Morrison
Chicago
Max 8. Hayes
Cleveland
Wugh Stevenson
Toronto
T. W. McCullough
Omaha
American Federation of Labor
Anna ©. Wilson
Columbia
Thomas McCaffery
Lolorado Springs
Herbert W. Cooke
Boston
National Union Printers
George P. Nichols
Philippine Islands
International Typographical Union
Clifford M. Cobb
Alvin McReynolds
William C. Quinby
Robert H. Curl
M. L. Gross
William B. Owens
Homer Sheridan
Edward Sullivan
Frank Binder
James A. Drury
William A. Ahrens
John M. Dugan
Edward H. Ellis
Central Labor Council
Kenton
Campbell County
Dora McDonald Declared Legal Wife of McDonald
In Chicago the long legal feud over Michael C. McDonald's widowhood ends. Judge Barnes declares Dora McDonald the valid wife at his death after a decree following an earlier estate agreement. The rival claimant was McDonald’s first wife who had been divorced after abandonment.
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Chicago
Michael C. McDonald
McDonald
Barnes
Dora McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Alexander Sullivan
Fire Threatens Parkersburg Business District
A fire broke out at 2:35 am in Jones Dancing Academy within the Hughes and Mullen Building near the Camden Theater Block in Parkersburg West Virginia. The blaze endangered the entire business section and drew the full fire department to the scene.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Jones Dancing Academy
Hughes and Mullen
Camden
National Car Service Managers Convene in Chicago
Car service managers from multiple cities attend the nineteenth annual convention in Chicago. A report by E. E. Mote of Cleveland opposes railway proposed increases in demurrage rates, arguing current charges suffice for national conditions and produce shipments. Association officers named include President E. B. Stevenson Ashville Tennessee Vice President O. G. Cincinnati and Secretary Treasurer A. G. Thompson Scranton Pennsylvania.
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Chicago
United States
National Association of Car Service Managers
E. E., Mote
Cleveland
E. B. Stevenson
Ashville
Tenn
0. G
Cincinnati
A. G .Thompson
Scranton, Pa
Tobacco Trust Defense Argues Compliance In Sherman Suit
New York May 20 The American Tobacco Company defense contends the firm acted legally and benevolently stressing that tobacco prices rose with market forces. Attorney Junius Parker argues the company grew from legitimate enterprise and did not aim to eliminate rivals, with tomorrow’s closing for the defense.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
United States Circuit Court
Junius Parker
Imperial Company
Parker
Congress
McReynolds
Poison in Youths Stomach Sparks Exhumations in Ohio
In Youngstown on May 20 traces of strychnine were found in Jacob Besore's stomach, exhumed on insurer request. The 22 year old had died seemingly of gastritis and spasms after burial on May 2. His father, also insured and dead this year, was exhumed with stomach tests to follow.
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Youngstown
Jacob
Besore
City Hall Notes on contracts and public works actions
Charles Weber protested a contract bid for city garbage removal before the Health Committee. The council heard supporters and defenders from the Reduction Company and notes on funeral expenses, rail work, pardons, hospital site excavation bids, sidewalk safety, viaduct repairs, street resurfacing bids, and new appointments across city departments.
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Charles Weber
Committee On Health of City Council
Cincinnati Reduction Company
Baurichter
John Story
Otto Schmitz
O. Schwartz
John Jamison
Sam Stein
Wilson
The
Reduction Company
Carroll Contracting Company
Board of Public Service
Bryanites Lose Binding Instruction at Pennsylvania Convention
Harrisburg May 20. Democratic State Convention rejects binding instructions for Bryan at the Denver convention. Colonel James M. Guffey of Pittsburg leads the party bloc to control the convention against the Bryan faction led by the Bryan Democratic league executive committee.
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Harrisburg
Denver
Bryan
James M. Guffey
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Guffey
Wiliam J. Bryan
Four Bryan delegates at large assured in Alabama primary
Returns show the four Bryan delegates at large secured for the National convention. Mayfield and Simpson appear to have won the Supreme Court seats, while Alton and Bilbro remain hopeful for possible gains.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bryan
Mayfield
Simpson
Supreme Court
Alton
Bilbro
South Carolina Democrats Back Bryan Delegates in Unanimous Vote
The South Carolina State Democratic Convention instructed its delegates to vote for Bryan at the national convention with near unanimity. Resolutions expressed regret over Senator Tillman’s illness, and Tillman departed for Europe to regain his health.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Democratic Convention
Bryan
Tillman
Europe
Sluggish returns in Florida Democratic primaries
Reports from Jacksonville on May 2 show yesterday's Democratic primary results arriving slowly and incompletely. Indications suggest the Denver delegation will mostly oppose Bryan, with a final tally unlikely before Thursday night.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Denver
Democratic State Convention Backs Bryan Unanimously
In Lansing Michigan on May 20 the Democratic State Convention adopted resolutions urging Michigan's National convention delegation to cast a unit vote for William Jennings Bryan for President until his nomination.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
William Jennings Bryan
Missouri Delegates to Vote for Bryan as a Unit
Jefferson City Missouri May 20 The Democratic convention instructed Missouri's thirty six National delegates to vote for Bryan as a unit.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Bryan
Asquith Signals Open Mind on Woman Suffrage
London May 20 Prime Minister Asquith told a delegation of radical MPs that the government intends to pass a comprehensive electoral reform bill before Parliament ends. He said he is not an advocate of woman suffrage but would not oppose an amendment favoring it if introduced on democratic lines.
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Tor
Odell
Mr. le Barbier
Platt
Mae Wood
May
Miss Woodward
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Miss Wood
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Howe
New York
Lamont Place
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Missouri bankers convene 18th annual state meeting in Joplin
One thousand Missouri bankers gathered in Joplin for the eighteenth annual convention of the State Bankers Association. Colonel J D Powers of Louisville—third national bank VP and ABA president—addressed banking interests. Prof James T Young of the University of Pennsylvania spoke on Government Relation as a Conservative Influence. Fran B James discussed legal and commercial aspects of bills of lading.
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Joplin
Missouri
J. D. Powers
Third National Bank
Louisville
American Bankers’ Association
James T. Young
Whartong School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Fran B. James
Commission On Uniform State Laws
Cincinnati
Fireman Narrowly Survives Fifth Street Blaze
Captain Jack O'Keefe of Hook and Ladder Co No 4 nearly died battling a fire at 548 East Fifth Street in the Mrs Julia Sullivan apartments. The blaze started from a gasoline stove explosion and caused $100 damage before firefighters, including O'Keefe, escaped and returned to duty.
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Jack O’keefe
Hook and Ladder Company No. 4
East Fifth Street
W. C. Fiddleday
Julia Sullivan
O'Keefe
Ohio Lawyer Killed in Streetcar Collision
Colonel Evan T. Williams a leading Southern Ohio attorney was killed when his buggy was struck by a street car in Ironton. His companion Joseph Cloran was badly injured and is reported unable to recover.
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Ironton, C
Evan T. Williams
Ohio
Joseph Cloran
Williams
Cloran
Ohioan Bishop Elected Likely as General Conference Opens
The General Conference began with two ballots for new bishops. W F Anderson led first ballot with 446 votes, J L Nielsen close behind at 445. A colored candidate Mason gathered 237 votes, seen as significant, while threshold to elect stood at 514. Committees discussed education and federation plans and a possible union with various Methodist bodies.
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Methodist Episcopal
General Conference
W. F. Anderson
Newbery
J. L. Nielsen
Berea, O
Mason
Board of Education
Freedman’s Aid and Sunday Schools
J. R. Day
Syracuse University
David H. Moore
Mexico
Methodist Protestant Conference Pushes Union Talks for All Methodists
At Pittsburg on May 20 the Methodist Protestant General Conference ordered printing of the Church Union report and set up a nine member commission to confer with Methodist Episcopal Church units and United Brethren Church about uniting the separated Methodist bodies. The rejection of union with the Congregational Church was sent back, and the group will report to the next General Conference.
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Committee of Federation
United Brethren, Evangelical Association
Mexico
Pittsburg
Methodist Protestant General Conference
United States
Committee On
Church Union
Methodist Episcopal Church
North
South
Congregational Church
United Brethren Church
Lewis
United Methodist Church of America
J. M. Sheridan
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Tagg
T. H. Lewis
M. L. Jennings
Dr Pierce Medicines Praised for Known Composition and Purity
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Family Medicines made from native medicinal roots and glycerine, claiming no alcohol and known composition. It warns against substitutes from tricky dealers and urges insistence on products with a forty year record of cures.
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Dr. Pierce
Wnature
Doctor Pierce
Portuguese Republican Leader Threatens Revision in Lisbon
Alfonso Costa spoke in the Chamber of Deputies warning that if the present government fails to be economical, liberal, and patriotic his party will organize a revision. He warned against foreign intervention and said such acts would trigger execution of all traitors.
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Lisbon
Alfonso Costa
Chamber of Deputies
Vladivostok to Be Abandoned If Railway Sells
Special Cable reports the Russian government plans to sell the Kwang Cheng Se Harbin Railway to Japan. Baron Goto of the South Manchurian Railway is on a mission to St Peters burg. Abandonment could concede Vladivostok and Pacific provinces to Japanese control over Harbin.
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Commercial Tribune
Shanghat
Kwang- Cheng-Se-Harbin
Baron Goto
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Pacific Provinces
Harbin
Brazilian Lieutenant Killed in Ballon Ascension
Lieutenant Fonseca of the Brazilian army died when a military balloon ascension failed at Rio de Janeiro. A strong gust caused the gas bag to rise without support, breaking its restraints and reaching three thousand feet before collapsing and killing him.
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Rio Janeiro
Fonseca
France
Conference adjourns without union action on church articles
A substitute proposal to empower Methodist Protestant and United Brethren commissions to draft union articles was laid on the table by 75 to 53. The conference adjourned for the next day without acting on the committee's report.
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Sion
Methodist Protestant Church
United Brethren Church
Germans Reopen Morocco Question in Berlin
Berlin May 20 The Foreign Office conducts a searching inquiry in Morocco into alleged maltreatment of a man under German protection by French soldiers while carrying a letter from German Consul Luederitz at Casablanca to a French commander. Public opinion suspects French aims as German trade interference is highlighted and Morocco’s occupation costs exceed 20 million dollars.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Morocco
Cassablanca
Luederitz
Cologne Gazette
France
Snake scare disrupts children near Liberty and Moore streets
Three snakes frightened children at play near Liberty and Moore streets yesterday. A rattler and two gophers, owned by former saloon keeper John Haag, escaped during a firing. Haag captured the rattler by the head and placed it back in a cage. no one was bitten.
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Liberty and
Moore Streets
John Haag
Moore
Streets
Haag
Bandholtz Arrives in Cincinnati for Informal Dinner
Brigadier General H. H. Bandholtz chief of the Philippine Constabulary arrives in Cincinnati this morning en route from Washington to Constantine Michigan. He will be entertained at the Linton Hotel with an informal dinner by Cincinnati friends including T. Carruthers Judges J. H. Bramwell L. A. Ireton Scot Bonham Peter Costello and John E. Bruce.
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H. H. Bandholtz
Philippine Constabulary
Cincinnati
Washington, D.C
Constantine, Mich
Linton Hotel
T. Carruthers
J. H. Bramwell
L. A. Ireton
Scot Bonham
Peter Costello
John E. Bruce
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Howe & Hummel
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Stanchfield
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Leslie
Philippines
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Hummel
Abraham Hummel
Frank Haight
Haight
Miss Woods
Edward S. Rice
Cerem
Wes & Mere Cahins
Edward Howland
United States Express Company
Thomas F. Crowley
Doram Donald
Cincinnatian
Tobacco Trust
Polson
City Hall Notes
Horstman
Service Board
Mayme V. Downing
Batavia
Berry
Traction Company
Harrison Avenue
Queen City Avenue
Seegar Street
Fairmount Avenue
Pardons Board
Margate Cullins
John Merting
John Welsh
Purcell Avenue
Elberon Avenue
Special Motor Vehicle Company
Stephen Hogan
Kroto
Michael Hogan
Lytle Park
Jacob Seigel
Bremen Street
A. F. Otte
East Court Street
Gra & Co
Feams
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Fourth Street
Court
Barber Asphalt Company
Chonau Street
Colerain
Spring Grove
John EB. Mahoney
Bi Liewéllyn
Hoffner
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Kirchner Construction Company
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Bryan Democratic League
Florida
Francis B. James
Missouri Association
Colonel Williams
Protestant Church Conference
W. Quayle
Edwin N. Hughes
A Paul University
Robert J. Cooke
Henry C. Jennings
Charles W. Smith
Wilson 8. Lewis
Sioux City
N. C. B. Mason
David G. Downey
Joseph B. Hingeley
Daniel Dorchester
Charles L. Goodell
Robert McIntyre
Los Angeles
Freeman
Committee On Revision
James R. Day
Committee On Education
Freedman’s Aid
Sunday Schools
John W. Hamilton
Hughes
Portugal
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Bandholtz
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