Bryan planning 10 solicitors conference in Chicago
Lincoln Aug 7 Preparations for a Democratic finance managers conference in Chicago on Monday followed a Fairview meeting with Senator Pettigrew. Bryan aims to place solicitors in the field to solicit farmers and workers while Maine and New York figures loom large. Eugene Chafin Prohibitionist signals support. Bryan schedules speeches in Mitchell South Dakota and Sioux Falls before August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Fairview
Bryan
Pettigrew
Haskellrom
Oklahoma
M. E. Gibson
Hher
Independence Party
Bryen
Gibson
Portland
Ore
W. F. Oldham
Methodist Church
Mr. Bryan
Philippines
Oldatham
Islands
W. A. Hollingsworth
Grand Council of
The
United Commercial Travelers
Texas
Louisiana
Senator Pettigrew
New York
Mhe
Eugene W. Shafin
Chafin
Tomish
Epworth Ark
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Mack Opens Headquarters in Chicago Democratic Center
John Kern visiting the Democratic National Committee at the formal HQ opening led by Norman Mack. Kern plans a shorter acceptance speech than Bryan and will campaign in middle regions then the East. Lloyd outlines expectations for Democratic gains in Mississippi Valley and western districts with focus west of the Alleghenies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana
John i. Kern
Democratic National Committee
Auditorium
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Kern
Charles City
Iowa
Chautauqua
Bryan
Lincoln
Western Passenger Association
Association
Cintcinnati
Ongressman Lloyd
Democratic Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Smake
Ississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Van Cleave to Reply After Bryan Labor Letter Review
James W. Van Cleave president of the National Association of Manufacturers said he would respond to William Jennings Bryan's charge about a false labor issue once he has examined Bryan's 1,000 word letter. The association's directors were meeting with only routine business reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers, Aid
William Jennings Bryan
van Cleave
Bryan
Propcetics
National Associaton
J. van Cleave
Cassidy Faces Fresh Setback in Queens Primary Filing
Joseph Cassidy, ex-President and boss of Queens, saw his slate for the Democratic primaries rejected by the Manhattan Board of Elections. The board informed Queens Chief Clerk Carl Vogel that Sheriff Bierbert S. Harvey, chairman of the anti Cassidy Democratic county committee, is recognized as naming 760 election officials in Queens.
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Cassidy
Joseph Cassidy
Borough of
Queens
Board of Elections In
Manhattan
Carl Vogel
Election Bureau
Bierbert S. Harvey
Democratic County Committee
Heriff Harvey
Bryan League of Pennsylvania Forms Independent Ticket
The Bryan League in Philadelphia decided to field an independent ticket named Bryan for the upcoming Presidential election and to build a state organization with a committeeman and full ticket in every county. Over 100 Democrats and Kerr followers attended as William E. Wallace was chosen as Kerr’s successor as chairman. Kerr urged a ticket to protest the Guffey Irregular State organization, noting thirteen Republicans on their Philadelphia County ticket and seeking a straight Democratic vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bryan League of
Pennsylvania
Bryan
James Kerr
William E. Wallace
Clearfield
Bryan League
Kerr
Mack says railroads discriminate against Democrats over fares
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, complains that no reduced railroad rates will be offered for the Bryan notification meeting in Lincoln Nebraska on August 12. Eben E. MacLeod replies that Nebraska two cent fare law blocks discounts, while Ohio’s law allowed Cincinnati Taft rate. Mack argues hypocrisy since many Central Passenger Association lines belong to Western association.
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Chicago
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Eben E. MacLeod
Western Passenger Association
MacLeod
Mack
Taft
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Central Passenger Association
Watterson Names Aids For Democratic Press Committee
Col Henry Watterson announces the Advisory Press Committee of Democratic editors nationwide. The list includes editors from Alabama to Washington with names such as E W Barrett Birmingham Age-Herald and Theodore Wright Philadelphia Record, among others. No New York representation is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Democratic National Committee
Alabama
Birmingham Age-Herald
E. W. Barrett
Montgmery Advertiser
W. W. Screws
F. P. Glass
Arkansas
Little Rock Democrat
Cllo
Harper
Colorado
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
T. M. Patterson
Connecticut
Hartford Times
W. O. Burr
New Haven Union
Alexander Troup
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Clark Howell
Kentucky
Lexington Herald
Desha Breckenridge
Louisiana
New Orleans Picayune
Thomas E. Davis
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Page M. Baker
Maine
Portland Argus
Thomas E. Calvert
Massachusetts
Boston Globe
Charles H. Taylor
Lowell Sun
John H. Harrington
Worcester Post
E. M. Moriarty
Michigan
Grand Rapids News
J. W. Hunter
Nebraska—World Herald
Omaha
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
J. P. Caldwell
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Roy E. Stafford
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Record
Theodore Wright
Pittsburg Post
Albert J. Barr
South Carolina
Columbia State
A. E. Gonzalez
Charleston News and Courier
J. C. Hemphill
Tennessee
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Joseph Bryan
Wheeling Register
J. A. Miller
Washington—A
J. Blethen
Seattle
New York
Texas approves changes to Myers history books
Dallas report says Confederate veterans secured removal of objectionable material from Myers textbooks used in Texas schools. Gov Campbell signed changes substituting Texas history content and omitting references to Northern generals while highlighting Confederate leaders and Civil War topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Campbell
John B. Hood
Prisoner Puzzles Hospitals Over Hidden Wealth
Terence O Reilly, a clerk from 26 Hudson Street, entered Bellevue Hospital for alcoholism and a lame leg. He carried $4,862 in a Jersey City Trust bankbook but only $10.39 on him. Hospital officials debated charging him per diem without funds and decided to demand payment by check, lamenting Bellevue could have collected $1.50 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terence O'Reilly
Hudson Street
Bellevue Hospital
Blackwell's Island
Bellevue
Albert Conklin
Island Hospital
O’reilly
O'Reilly
Jersey City Trust
Onklin
Robert N. Hebbard
Mr. Hebbard
Monkey lands at picnic in Montclair near Pine Brook
A party of picnickers near Pine Brook Montclair were startled when a monkey believed to have escaped from a Bloomfield circus dropped from a tree and landed at a luncheon spread chaperoned by Mrs Gustave Schmidt of Passaic.
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Montclair
N. J
Pine Brook
Gustave Schmidt
Passaic
Bloomfield
Hearst Ratifiers In A Hot Wrangle Over Chicago Delegates
The Hearst Independence Party in the city ratified the Chicago nominated National ticket amid a chaotic meeting at 109 East Twenty second Street. Cronin charged he was expelled from the convention by Gehring and O'Reilly, sparking a loud dispute and a plan to form a committee to investigate. The session ended with ratification and an adjournment after a heated, disorderly sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Hearst
Independence
National
Chicago
East Twenty-second Street
John T. Cronin
Charles E. Gehring
O'Reilly
Mr. Hearst
Municipal Ownership League
Cronin
Sheppard of
Kansas
William J. Bryan
League
Gehring
Sheppard
Bryan
Tammany
Tammany Hall
Convention
Hearstires
J. D. Bush
New York
O’reilly
James
A. Donegan
Fifty-ninth Street
Hearst Ticket In Ease Amid Independence Party Doubt
Elections Commissioner Emerson told Sherman B. Jerome that he has no official knowledge of the Independence Party and no filing exists in the office. He said the primary law recognizes Republicans Democrats Socialists and Prohibitionists and the Independence League but no Independence Party records.
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Independence Party
Independence League Secures Ballot Position in New York
Secretary of State Whalen and deputy are away until Monday. New York County Independence League chair Gehring says the party name remains Independence League and the ballot position is secured without further court action. Jerome may have erred in naming confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Whalen
Independence Party
Charles E. Gehring
New York County
Committee of
The
Independence
Lee
Independence League
Jerome
Taft Makes 40 Mile Drive To Green Briar Horse Show
Taft traveled forty miles through Virginia and West Virginia to Green Briar County's first horse show. He did not speak during the journey and remained at Green Briar Hotel until Monday. The party included Mrs. Taft, W Cameron Forbes, Gen. Clarence Edwards, and diplomats. They stopped for luncheon, weather brought rain, and 3000 spectators welcomed the Taft wagon at the show then returned to the hotel for an evening reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
West Va
Taft
Virginia
West Virginia
Green Briar County
Skerrett
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippine Commission
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular Bureau
War Department
Thomas J. O’brien
United States
Japan
Post Wheeler
J. W. Gaines
Dover Said Likely To Resign From GOP Committee
Secretary Elmer Dover of the Republican National Committee may resign today after meeting Chairman Frank Hitchcock. Dover arrived with wife Mrs. Dover, who will soon sail for Europe, amid reports of his possible resignation and questions over his role as anti Roosevelt and anti Taft factional tensions.
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Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Dover
Belleclaire
Europe
Chicago
Republican Organization
Hitchcock
Mr.Dover
Murphy Chosen Chairman in New Jersey Republican Split
Newark August meeting of the New Jersey State Republican Committee elected ex Gov Franklin Murphy as Chairman. Sheriff Frank H Sommer and several regulars were deemed ineligible to vote due to duties in the Fort gubernatorial campaign, signaling a louder move by the “new idea” faction. The party set Newark as central headquarters and postponed a firm date for the State Convention until after September primaries. Murphy aimed for a strong Taft vote while warning a vigorous campaign would be needed to win local issues amid factional strains and Democratic influence in excise policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newark
N. J
Frank N. Sommer
New Idea
New Jersey State Republan Committee
Franklin Murphy
Sommer
Fort
Samuel K. Robbins
Joseph
Frelinghuysen
Joseph W. Congdon
Paterson
Essex County
Murphy
Winton
C. Garrison
Edward Gray
Malcolm McLear
Taft
Frank H. Sommer
Alfred N. Dalrymple
James W. McCarthy
Percival Christie
Hunterdon
T! Strong
Middlesex
George Williams
Sussex
Hotel Gotham Taken Over by Wood and Wetherbee
William R. Wood and Charles L. Wetherbee assume a twenty one year lease of the Gotham and will run it on Bucking ham lines with Frederick Wishart as resident manager. They plan radical changes to improve service and cuisine and may introduce liquor if feasible. Ownership disputes persist as foreclosure looms and a new Hotel Beane Company prepares to purchase the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Wood
Charles L. Wetherbee
Buckingham
Gotham
Frederick D. Wishart
Astor
Mr. Wishart
Collingwood
West Thirty-fifth Street
The
Messrs. Wood and
Wetherbee
Gardner Wetherbee
Manhattan
Mr. Wood
Wood
Mark Hanna
Thomas C. Platt
James J. Hill
Thomas F. Ryan
Fifty-fifth Street Company
Henry R. Hoyt
Herbert M. Delanole
Henry L. Goodwin
Charles A. Cowen
John Larkin
Hotel Gotham Company
Mr. Goodwin
J. B. Richardson
Frederik J. Lisman
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hotel Beane Company
George C. Comstock
William Street
Messrs. Wood and Wetherbee
Mr. Wetherbee
Europe
New Play for Frances Starr from Belasco Ready
David Belasco plans a new Belasco play for Frances Starr after Warfield's arrival in Philadelphia. Starr will headline in the next Belasco production once plans are finalized, with details pending from Belasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Starr
New York Times
Philadelphia
Europe
David Warfield
David Belasco
Chauffeur Reagan Arrested Over Attack Claims in Yonkers
Mary McDonald of Silver Lake and Birdie Gaines of Roosevelt Hospital accuse Patrick V. Reagan, chauffeur for Henry W. Boettger, of luring them into a car and assaulting them after a night out. Reagan was arrested by Yonkers Chief Wolff and bailed. examination set for Aug. 15. Other similar complaints involve Barnard College students.
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Mary McDonald
Silver Lake
N. J
West 106Th
Patrick V. Reagan
Henry W. Boettger
Prince Street
Wolff
Yonkers
Reagan
Birdie Gaines
Roosevelt Hospital
Miss McDonald
Fort George
Rls
New York
McDonald
Barnard College
Whittier Hall
Barnard
Dean of
School Contracts Protest Over Wages Law Violation
The Board of Education will decide if prevailing wage violations on public school repairs invalidate contracts. The Building Committee meets August 17 to review affidavits from Brotherhood of Painters alleging breaches on Schools 23, 27, 29 in the Bronx and 151 and 171 in Manhattan. The board may cancel affected contracts under labor law provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Brotherhood of Painters
The
Bronx
Manhattan
Paper Mills Shut Down at Corinth in U S A
International Paper Company locks all departments at its Corinth plant in Saratoga New York after headquarters order. Indefinite shutdown halts operations for 700 workers and suspends all pulp shipments. Local union members planned wage resistance and a potential strike earlier in the week. Dispute also clarified as unverified rumor about a price increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
International Paper Company
Corinth
New York City
Flats Robbed in Brooklyn Bedford Section
A gang of flathouse thieves targeted the Bedford area in Brooklyn, entering about a dozen apartments within three blocks. On July 6, W B Tate at 805 St Johns Place lost 600 dollars in jewelry, and Mrs Henry G Fritsch at the next door suffered 400 dollars in jewelry and clothing. The Mundell home at 705 St Johns Place yielded a stamps and coins collection after twenty years. Mrs Hoffman lost 200 dollars in jewelry and money. Ridgley and Oliver at 764 St Johns Place were robbed at night, losing about 400 dollars. Robberies occurred during the day in several empty apartments and basements were looted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Brooklyn
Zimmerman
Grant Avenue Station
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
W. B. Tate
St. John's Place
Henry G. Fritsch
William A. Mundell
St. John’s Place
Hoffman
Ridgley
Oliver
Smuggling Charge After Gloves Found in Trunks
Customs inspectors at Appraisers' Stores Greenwich and Christopher Streets uncovered 3600 pairs of mousquetaire gloves valued at four dollars wholesale per pair. Vigo Licciardo, passenger on the Koenigin Luise from Mediterranean ports, is under arrest in Hoboken for suspected smuggling, claiming only worn clothing hid the gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Christopher Streets
Vigo Licciardo
Licciardo
Hoboken
Mediterranean
Baxter Street
Liardo
Jury Panel Drawn for Race Track Case
Commissioner Jacob Brenner of Kings County drew a panel of 150 citizens qualified for jury duty in the race track gambling trials and the Special Grand Jury. Justice Rogers orders the extraordinary term of the Supreme Court beginning August 25 with Gov Hughes assigned to try the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Rogers
Jacob Brenner
Kings County
Justice Rogers
Gov. Hughes
Woman Abductor Suspect Seeks Husband Past in Middletown
Mrs Ruth Moffat of Paterson New Jersey travels to Middletown to investigate husband Frank A Moffats past She charges him with stealing their baby son and leaving town claiming she wants to learn if they were ever legally divorced before marriage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
Ruth Moffat
Blake Street
Paterson
N. J
Frank A. Moffat
East Orange Jewelers Association Sustains First Robbery Loss
For the first time in six years a member of the East Orange Protective Association suffered a robbery loss not exceeding 75 dollars. The association offered a 500 dollar reward for the burglar’s arrest and conviction. Victim is David S. Plumb, secretary of the association, whose house was robbed recently. New Jersey Tunnel Station opened with the Ninth Street Station of the Hudson Tunnel route beginning operations shortly after midnight. General Superintendent Hedley attended. about twenty passengers rode the first train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Orange
N. J.) Protective Association
New York Jewelers’ Association
David S. Plumb
New Jersey Tunnel
Ninth Street
Hudson Tunnel
New Jersey
Hedley
Fleming freed on reduced bail in Gould case
Julia Fleming, linked with Mrs. Ben Teal and Detective Harry Mousley in plotting to coerce Mabel Mc Causlan to falsify evidence against Frank J. Gould, is released from the Tombs after bail cut from 5000 to 2000 with A D A Hart's consent. Bail was supplied yesterday by Nathaniel Lowenstein of 444 Third Avenue Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Fleming
Ben Teal
Harry Mousley
Mabel McCauslan
Frank J. Gould
Hart
Gould
Nathaniel Lowenstein
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
Morris Backs New Theatres Amid Vaudeville Circuit Split
William Morris, organizer of the new op position vaudeville circuit, issued a statement amid the formation of a theatre managers group planning future construction limits. He said he will mind his own business and supports a new theatre whenever possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
William Morris
Organization of
Theatre Managers
Mr. Morris
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cortlandia
Seebronina
Independent Bryan Ticket
Guffey
Watterson
Aids
Mississippi
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
R. H. Henry
Missouri
Kansas City Post
B. J. Sheridan
St. Louis Republic
Charles R. Knapp
Montana
Helena
Independent
John S. M. Neill
Change Texas Text Books
Island
Hearst
Independence Ticket
the Convention
Castoria
Bears
National Committee
Fred W. Upham
Ilinois
Jersey
Hotel Gotham
W. R. Wood and
C. L. Wetherbee
Carl H. Schule
Watertown
Oppenheimer Treatment
the Oppenheimer Institute
West 57Th ST
American Specialty Co
Broadway
25Th Street
Layties Brothers
U. S
of London
E. 20Th St
Seng
Dept. C
Zephyr
Eee
Regent St
Mark Cross
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Summer Street
California Fig Syrup CO
Uneeda
Biscuit
Hardman
Piang Ltd Av
18Th St
Fulton Sts
White Mountains
New Hampshire
America
Grand Central Station
Longonaetty
RK Telephone
Dey Street
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