Taft Gains Ground in Republican Convention Fight
New York Times reports Taft leading among delegates in early convention counts with 199 votes to Fairbanks 30 and Knox 64 while unpledged and contested slots add 48. Massachusetts and New England show Taft strength, with Roosevelt predicting a first ballot nomination.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Fairbanks
Cannon
Knox
Hughes
Lay Folletts
Y'Towl
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Knox Spears
de Mollette
la Pollette Ec
Los
Patt
la Hollette
Sea
New York
Teft
Taft Elso
Massachusetts
Crane
Virginia
New England
White House
Roosevelt
Oyster poisoner case prompts health license rule
Mrs. Bertha Meyer was removed from 200 West Thirty-ninth Street to Roosevelt Hospital after suffering stomach poisoning from two raw oysters bought at an Eighth Avenue fish market. Doctors call her condition dangerous and note the oysters were consumed Friday after a new board of health license requirement for oyster sellers.
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Darlington
Board of Health
Bertha Meyer
West Thirty-ninth Street
Roosevelt Tospital
Eighth Avenue
Auburn Clergy To Urge Senate On Anti-Gambling Bill
A mass meeting at First Methodist Church will press Senator Wilcox to back the anti gambling bill. The Church Federation of Men's Clubs organized the event and former County Judge George Underwood and others will speak. Senator Wilcox is a member and trustee of the church.
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Auburn
N. Y
Church Federation of Men's Clubs of
First Methodist Church
B. M. Wileak
Cubs
Wilcox
George Black Stewart
D.D
Auburn Theological Seminary
George Underwood
Alfred C. Thompson
Jr. Allen M. Dulles
Negroes for Foraker in Address to Baltimore Conference
Special to The New York Times reports Senator Foraker assuring Bishop Gaines that he could mobilize every negro vote in the United States. The claim came after Foraker spoke to Baltimore Conference delegates where he touched on the Brownsville affair under pressure from listeners. He plans a Senate speech next Tuesday and received an ovation at the end.
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New York Times
Washington
Senator Foraker
Bishop Gaines
African Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Baltimore
Foraker
Brownsville
Senate
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Walter S. Thomas
Ohio Afro-American League
State Central Committee
Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Thomas
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Cancldes
Tilman
Taft
Fight the Hepburn bill pits employers against labor abuses
The National Metal Trades Association fights the Civic Federation version of the Hepburn bill amending the Sherman act to permit pooling by railroads and labor, arguing it legalizes boycotts, strikes, blacklists, and price fixing while repealing key restraint of trade provisions. A deadlock between Civic Federation president Seth Low and AFL president Gompers delays its passage.
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National Metal Trades” Association
Washington
Civic Federation
Seth Low
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Metal Trades Association
States
Hughes Birthday Dinner Highlights Hughes as 40th
Gov. Charles E. Hughes marked his 40th birthday in Buffalo with a day full of events. He praised constitutional principles and emphasized governing for the people, amid a reception, address to the Lawyers' Club, regimental reviews, and a birthday dinner with military and judicial attendees.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Charles i. Hughes
Lawyers’ Club
Seventy-fourth Regiment
Armory
Gov. Hughes
E. D. Strebel
Gen. Fox
Gen. Welsh
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Col. Treadwell
MacLennon
Robson
Kruz
Spring
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Strebel
New York
Special election set for May 12 to fill Senate vacancy
Albany April 11 no injunction was sought to stop the special election in the Forty seventh Senatorial District to succeed the late Senator Franchot. The Secretary of State sent notices to Niagara and other counties designating Tuesday May 12 as election day per Governor Hughes.
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Albany
Ferty-Seventh
State Senate
Franchot
Niagara
Hughies
Borough Hall to Long Island Railroad Depot Tunnel Nears Opening
Last rivet in the steelwork from Borough Hall to the Long Island Railroad depot at Playhach and Adan Avenues is driven. The tunnel is scheduled to open for Pattic on May 1. Nearby stations at Hovt Nevins Streets and Atlantic Avenue near completion. A homeless man John Murphy was jailed after claiming to have wandered the site for three days. An incident at Lee Avenue Police Station led to Murphy’s temporary detention until employment offered. Three youths Lennon George Williams Athert hiL aged years old, fled an asylum and told a false tale of mistreatment by a nearby employee. the superintendent said the youths were not truthful. Magistrate Higham expressed pity for the inmate and ordered Murphy jailed to seek work. The trial status of William Rank and Fred Jenkins remains unsettled due to illness. Mrs Mary Gay, Dean Street resident, threw something at Fourth Street lay and wired. dock workers failed to reach her. Mrs Gaylor had suffered nervous prostration for two years.
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Playhach 2
Adan Avenues
Hovt
Nevins Streets
Atlantic Avenue
John Murphy
Lee Avenue
Higham
Ant
Murphy Io
Mary Gayost
Dean Street
Fourth Street
Gaylor
Army Transfers and Assignments Reveal Reorganization
Washington April 11 a list shows Ninth Infantry officers reassigned effective Sept 1 Capt J C Welbourn joins Lieut H Corbusier Deputy Superintendent General retired Lieut Md J W Benet Ordnance detailed as 3rissor of Ordnance and powder duties Major E Hoffer to Dover for meetings with Army Navy Joint Board More orders place Capt S H Ford Quartermaster to Newport News and Lieut C B McVay to command Yankton with Lieut W R Gherardi returning home awaiting orders
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Ter
Ninth Infantry
Was College
J. C. Welbourn
Suffreon
Sergion
J. W. Benet
Ordnance
Ito Santaraz
Py Ytlern
West Paint
E. Hoffer
Ordnances
Dover
Joint
Army
Navy
S HH
Ford Quartermaster
Wewport
As W. Brow
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported in World Waters
Movements of ships include arrivals at Norfolk Des Moines Guantanamo Mayflower and Key West. Reina Mercedes sailed from Newport to York while San Francisco to ee referenced in a terse naval log fragment.
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Chicago
Norfolk
Des Moines
Guantanamo
Mayflower
Key West
Reina
Mercedes
Newport
York
South Dakota
San Francisco
State of law or profits guiding governance debated
The Governor questioned whether the state operates under rule of law or for the benefit of a few whose pockets profit. He emphasized a fundamental social choice over personal standing and praised the courts and legal profession in closing remarks.
Sulzer on Aldrich Bill in Western New York speech
Congressman William Sulzer accused the Republican Party of causing the financial downturn and called the Aldrich Emergency Currency bill and Fowler bill inadequate. He urged real currency reform and a government currency system that expands and contracts with demand. He also pushed tariff reductions on wood pulp and white paper while opposing full free trade, predicting Democratic victory next election.
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Buffalo
Association of Democrats of
New York
William Sulzer
New York City
Republican Party
Sulzer
Aldrich
Democratic Party
Lorraine Docks in Gale After Stout Crossing
The Trench liner Lorraine arrived from Havre and struggled to her pier against a westerly gale, needing eight tugs to dock. She fouled a Staten Island cable at quarantine and customs officers questioned importer Mrs. Aline Santine over her trunks and goods. The voyage saw heavy seas and a gale, with reports of two professional gamblers aboard.
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Lorraine
Ilavre
Staten Island
Aline Santine
Sian
Phi Delta Theta New York Alumni Day Dinner at Brevoort
Phi Delta Theta Club of New York held alumni day with a supper at the Hotel Brevoort. Ninety five members attended along with thirty one states represented from Maine to California. Lamar Hardy acted as toastmaster with speeches by Francis A. Winslow Westchester District Attorney ex judge William H. Jackson Robert T. Haines and Prof. Frederick A. Goetze. F Augustus Heinze aided the celebration.
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Phi Delta Theta Club
New York
Brevoort
Maine
California
Lamar Hardy
Francis A. Winslow
Westchester County
William TH. Jackson
Robert T. Haines
Frederick A. Goetze
Columbia University
Building Outlook Bright Says Industry Leader
Otto M. Hidlitz former president and now board member of the Building Trades Employers Association said business mood is improving. He forecast a turn for the better soon across building and other industries and noted a rise in contractor activity from one in six to five in six.
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Otto M. Hidlitz
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Veteran taxi driver commits suicide in hotel room
The 66 year old Thomas Condon killed himself by inhaling illuminating gas in his room at 727 Third Avenue. Mrs. Ella Snyder who runs the house smelled gas and roused the building. Patrolman O Neill forced the door and found Condon dead in bed with gas flowing from an open wall jet.
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Liberty’ Diwn Association
Thomas Condon
Hackman
Third Avenue
Ella Snyder
Condon
O'Neill
East Fifty-first Street
Condo
Palms for Easter Decor Stowed Aboard Maracas
The steamer Maracas arrived from Trinidad and entered the Narrows with 600 tall palms loaded on her decks forward and amidships. The palms were consigned to florists for Easter decorations.
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Trinidad
Narrows
Pennsylvania party primaries test Uniform act across state
Pennsylvania held party primaries statewide to appoint delegates to National and State Conventions and nominate candidates. Republicans showed no contest for the presidential choice with Knox endorsed by the state convention. Democrats split over whether to instruct delegates for William Jennings Bryan, with J. J. Guffey opposing and W. H. Berry supporting Bryan. Philadelphia selected Penrose, Isrel W. Durham, and James McNichol as Republican national delegates.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Pennsylvania
Congress
Adddition
Commonwealth
Numlnor
Knox
Denver
William J. Bryan
James J. Jmffey
Pittsburgh
William H. Berry
Bryan
Penrose
Isrel W. Durham
James McNichol
Gray Men Hold Delaware Primary Deliberations
Democratic primaries for delegates to the State Convention were held in Kent and Sussex Counties with Newcastle County voting only in the Eighth Ward. General sentiment favored Judge George Gray for President, signaling Delaware’s Denver Convention delegation will be instructed to support him.
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Dover
Del
Kent
Sussex
Newcastle County
Eighth
Wilmington
George Gray
Delaware
Denver
Independence Party to Meet in Chicago After Conventions
The Independence Party now Hearst party plans its National Convention in Chicago in July after the Democratic and Republican gatherings to align with their schedules and candidates. Otsego County Democrats in Cooperstown endorse Secretary of State John Whalen for higher honors from state electors.
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Independence Party
Chicago
Hearst Party
National Committee
Cooperstown
N.Y
Otsego County
John
Whalen
Democratic War at Islip Second Assembly District Convention
The Islip Second Assembly District Democratic convention elected State Committeeman Esswin Bailey Jr and delegates Frederick Sheide Frederick S. Wright and Edward H. Smith to the State Convention. The meeting was stormy with protests and near blows as challengers faced committee actions and representation was trimmed in three towns.
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New York Times
Islip
L.it
Esswin Bailey
Frederick Sheide
Frederick S. Wright
Edward. H. T. Smith
Babynon
Committee On
Brill Easter Sales Offer Clothes at Savings
Buy Easter clothes to-morrow to avoid the rush. Choose a tomorrow time to be altered and pressed for home delivery near Easter Sunday. Brill promises 25 to 40 percent savings due to trade advantages and high standard garments.
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Brill
Brill Presents Quality Easter Clothes for Boys
Brill promotes boys Easter apparel emphasizing tested fabrics, careful tailoring, reinforced seams, high grade trimmings, and modern cuts. The aim is to attract young customers who will later grow into Brill long trousers in future purchases.
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Brill
Spring garments offered at $15 to $20 with new spring fabrics
Advertises suits topcoats and raincoats in worsted cheviot and cassimere fabrics. Highlights spring models, tans browns grays olives and blues, Cravenette raincoats, prices $15 to $20. Claims high quality fabrics and tailoring, long service, comparable to New York values.
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New York
Cravenette
Tompkins County Democrats elect uninstructed delegation
Ithaca New York April 1 The Tompkins County Democratic Convention chose an uninstructed delegation Bryan Democrats did not seek instructions in favor of the Nebraskan.
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Ithaca
N. J
Tompkins County
Bryan to Speak at Cooper Union on Brotherhood
William Jennings Bryan will address an April 21 talk at Cooper Union under the People's committee. The venue invites the public to hear the orator discuss the theme Brotherhood on Tuesday evening.
Passover Food Charity Helps 2000 in Need at 416 Grand Street
The East Side Business Men's Protective Association distributed cot matzoths flour potatoes tea and eggs to poor Jews at 416 Grand Street last night. About 2,006 people queued before the doors, and the aid will continue for several days.
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East Sid
Brill suits and overcoats at 4 50 and under 15
Brill stores tout a wide range of all wool suits and overcoats priced from 4 50 to under 15. Highlights include blue and brown worsteds velours flannels and covert cloth top coats with full tailoring and trimmings. A broad guarantee backs garments with shape fit and color retention.
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Aj Brill
Brill
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