Illinois Primaries Show Deneen Victory and Weak Party Pulse
The Chicago primary returns indicate Charles S. Deneen leading the Republican ticket for governor with a substantial margin, while Adlai Stevenson tops the Democratic field. Leaders denounce the new primary law as costly and flawed, calling for amendments or repeal.
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United States
Lawrence B. Stringer
Adlair E. Stevenson
E. A. Berry
X. F. Pendler
Ralph Jepfris
J. B. Mount
R.C. Hall
Chicago
Yates
Gov
Deneen
Hopkins
Foss
The
People
Republican
Busse
E. J. Brundage
John Hamberg
County Committee
County Central Committee
Mason
Wanted A Partner For Long Established Manufacturing Firm
A maker of a secret-brand line for men seeks a partner with $10,000 capital. The owner, thirty years in business, handles manufacturing and sales while the partner would run the office books and finances. Promises near 100 percent annual return and transparent books for scrutiny.
Taft to Meet WV Republicans at Hot Springs Conference
West Virginia Republicans Swisher and Scherr factions seek Taft backing for governor race. Delegation including Senators Elkins Scott and Representatives Hughes Gaines to attend with Taft traveling by train. Taft seeks to avoid taking sides while Ulitchbeck handles campaign plans. Taft and Mrs Taft attended Episcopal Chapel services and Bishop Pekin sermon during White Sulphur Springs visit.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
Hot Springs
Scott
Hughes
Gaines
Swisher
Scherr
Taft
Episcopal Chapel
Peterkin
White Sulpher Springs
Hitchcock May See Vorys As Campaign Tour Moves
Republican National Chairman Frank N. Hitchcock spends a busy week handling correspondence and planning travels to Washington and Hot Springs. A potential conference with Arthur Vorys of Ohio is noted as tensions with Vorys remain. Hitchcock may announce a nine member Advisory Committee led by Elmer Dover to manage campaign finances. Dover travels to Cleveland for a week before returning to New York to start duties.
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Frank N. Hitchcock
Manhattan
Hitchcock
Washington
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Arthur Vorys
Ohio
Elmer Dover
National Committee
Dover
Cleveland
New York
National League of Republican Clubs to Ratify Taft Here
The National League of Republican State Clubs will hold its ratification meeting in Washington next Saturday night with speakers from several states. Poet laureate E. C. Snyder helped craft campaign songs for Taft, including a November vote refrain, while drum major Daniel Williams will aid the program. Speakers include Rep Pearce of Maryland, William E. Andrews of Nebraska, and Fletcher Maddox of Montana, the new Solicitor of Internal Revenue.
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New York Times
Washington
National League of Republican
Bill B
Bryan
Congressman Pearce
Maryland
William E. Andrews
Nebraska
Fletcher Maddox
Montana
Solicitor of Internal Revenue
Dick to Speak for Taft in Ohio Campaign
Senator Charles Dick will campaign for William H. Taft and the Republican State ticket in Ohio. The decision followed a Cedar Point banquet with Henry A. Williams, state chairman, and was greeted as highly satisfactory by both sides. Dick previously served as state chairman and agreed to assist Williams and the ticket.
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Toledo
Ohio
Charles Dick
William H. Taft
Henry A. Williams
Cedar Point
Taft
Harris
Williams
Big Collection at Old Orchard Camp Ground
The annual collection of the Christian and Missionary Alliance at Old Orchard camp ground totaled 55226 dollars for foreign and home missions. The fundraising took place today with pledges counted to reveal the final amount raised.
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Old Orchard
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Foreign and Home Missions
Calls for state party meetings to pick convention site
Democratic and Republican state committees arrive to set plans for September conventions. discussions center on supporting or opposing Gov Hughes renomination. leaders expect Rochester hosts for Democrats while Republicans eye Saratoga or Rochester.
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William J. Conners
Buffalo
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
West Thirty-ninth Street
Woodruff
Saratoga
Syracuse
Hughes
Adirondacks
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Conners
Knickerbocker
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Norman E. Macks
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Democratic State Committee
Victoria Hotel
Rochester
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Lewis Nixon
Democrats Seek Labor Funds for Campaign Effort
In Lincoln Illinois Aug 9 Henry D Clayton and Dr J W McClure arrived to say Democratic sentiment grows stronger though financial problems bite. They expect labor chiefs to discuss a levy on organized labor for campaign use as Bryan rests and looks forward to Mack’s visit.
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New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
Henry D. Clayton
J. W. McClure
Sedalia
Clayton
Bryan
Taft
Chicago
Fairview
Second Presbyterian Church
Mr. Bryants
Mack
Labor free of politics in Tamaqua rally
Nearly 5,000 mine workers gathered at Manila Park to hear United Mine Workers president T. L. Lewis. He criticized AFL leader Gompers efforts to sway labor votes to Bryan, urging workers to vote by conscience and boycott political entanglement in the union.
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New York Times
Tamaqua
Penn
Manila Park
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
W. J. Bryan
Bryan Wing of Capitalism Unearthed by Socialist Labor
The Socialist Labor Party denounces Theodore A. Bell temporary chairman of Bryan's nomination convention. It says his remark that confiscation defends usurpation was misread and warns the Democratic Bryan wing of capitalism against stealing the Social revolution’s thunder.
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Theodore A. Bell
Bryan
Socialist Labor Party
Farman Shy 17000 and a Backer
Farman and a backer refused to provide more funds for the Aero Club of America finances. Farman offered plans depending on the company and handed a demand letter to the Aeroplane Company of New York. A sale of his machine may follow if the tour does not resume. talks of buyers include Joe Tracy and others.
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Aero Club of America
French Praise Wrights at Le Mans Triumph Declares Aerial Revolution
Paris reports celebrate Wilbur Wrights flight as a triumph not a test with the Figaro calling it a revolution in science. Bleriot and others hail the Wright machine as superior and forecasts of progress follow. Wright, windless, noted embarrassments and did not fly that day in Le Mans drawing crowds.
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Paris
Wilbur Wright
le Mans
Wright Brothers
Figaro
Wright
M. Bleriot
Bleriot
L'Intransigeant
Farman
Delagrange
Ms. Wright
T’rance
la Presse
France
Hunaudieres
Baldwin to Fly Today at Fort Myer Test
The Baldwin airship tent at Fort Myer sees little activity with Capt Baldwin absent and Glen Curtiss on holiday. Curtiss returns tomorrow with new carburetors for the engine ahead of the official speed test. Baldwin plans to use the Washington Monument as a turning point if the conditions allow.
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New York Times
Washington
Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Baldwin
Glen .N. Curtiss
Curtiss
Capt. Baldwin
Washington Monument
Great Shaft
Balloons to Race in First Point to Point Test Flight
North Adams Mass hosts what is billed as the first point to point balloon race in the country under the North Adams Aero Club. Five balloons entered including Heart of the Berkshires Sky Pilot and Greylock with pilots Hawey Wade Glidden Randall. The winner is the balloon landing nearest the designated Post Office within ten miles of the town, the cup donated by A Holland Forbes of New York.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams Aero Club
A. Holland Forbes
New York
Heart of
R. H. Randell
R. H. Randall
North Adams No. 1
The
North —— Aero Club
A. Holland
Predicts Democratic House in next Congress
Representative Frank Clark heads the Democratic Congressional Committee Eastern HQ and predicts a Democratic gain in the Sixty first Congress with a larger Eastern share. He cites Maine as a likely two-seat gain and notes encouraging signals from Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Delaware and Pennsylvania while avoiding any forecast for the national ticket.
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Washington
Congress
Frank Clark
Democratic Congressional Committee
New England
Maine
Clark
Repubican
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Democrats After Funds In Chicago Weigh Campaign Financing
At a Chicago meeting chaired by Mack and with Gov Haskell Col Wetmore and Millard Dunlap present the Democratic Party discussed funding tactics for the national campaign. No firm total was set though a $500000 target was floated, with funds raised from diverse sources and a Finance Committee meeting planned to devise methods.
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Chicago
Mack
National Committee
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Col
Moses Co. Wetmore
St. Louis
Millard F. Dunlap
Illinois
Gov. Haskell
Col. Wetmore
Finance Committee
Bryan
John A. Mason
Democratic State Committee of
New York
Hughes Meeting Tonight in New Rochelle Urges Hughes Nomination
In New Rochelle a mass meeting is planned by the Republican Club to press for Gov. Hughes renomination. Organizers aligned against the Westchester machine led by William Ward will preside with Frank Tucker of the Provident Loan Society of New York in charge. The event signals intra party tension and promises disclosures of Westchester GOP inner workings.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
Republican Club
Westchester
Hughes
Ward
Westchester Republican Machine
Prohibition Party Cleared on Hughes Endorsement
Calvin J. McCarthy,Executive Committee of the Prohibition Party, says Gov. Hughes will not be endorsed at the State Convention in Syracuse on September 2. He notes that leaders visited Sarame last week and Hughes rejected the proposal outright.
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New York Times
Syracuse
N. Y
Calvin J. McCarthy
Prohibition Party
Gov. Hughes
New York
Sarame
Local Independence Party ticket blocked by ballot rule
Buffalo August 9. Election Commissioner George D. Emerson says the refusal to receive the Independence League certificate only affects the local ticket and does not thwart the party's national or state candidates. A court order would be needed to place the local ticket on the official ballot.
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Independence Party
Buffalo
N. Y
George D. Emerson
Independence League
Jerome
League
Hisgen to stump country for Independence ticket
Thomas L. Hisgen, Independence Party presidential candidate, will quit the oil business until after the election and have his brother Henry A. Hisgen of Albany take over the anti Standard Oil campaign. He plans to stamp the country from coast to coast.
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Springfield
Mass
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
Hisgen
Henry A. Hisgen
Albany
Standard Oil Company
Federated Union delegates clash over Olympic team invite
Socialist delegates at the Central Federated Union meeting oppose accepting Acting Mayor McGowan's invitation to represent the union in the August 29 parade and reception for the American Olympic team. The dispute arose after President McStay and Secretary Henry received the invitation in the Mayor's office. A delegate questioned athletes showing union cards amid a wrangle over the invitation.
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Central Federated Union
McGowan
McStay
Henry
Baker
Policeman Injured in Gambling Raid at Harry's Pool Parlor
Detective Daniel Clare led a raid on a gambling house in Eighth Avenue near Twenty sixth Street. A lookout slammed a plate glass door as Clare entered, injuring his arms. 22 men were arrested for disorderly conduct and John Greerlitz the lookout faced assault charges with $500 bail. Harry Marks the owner was arrested but discharged.
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Daniel Clare
Steincruck
Jefferson Market Court
Eighth Avenue
Twentysixth Street
Clare
Kenny
McMullen
Conley
Twenty-sixth Street
New York Hospital
Fifteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
John Greerlitz
Droege
Harry Marks
Provident Life Sale Moves Forward With Day Plan
Floyd Day, a Kentucky lumber magnate and major Inter-Southern stockholder, arrived from Louisville and registered at the Hotel Belmont. Inter-Southern officials said Day and C. B. Langham would complete the Provident Life purchase at Sullivan & Cromwell, with Day and Langham pledging substantial funds to stabilize the company while headquarters stay in New York.
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Floyd Day
Kentucky
Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company
Louisville
Belmont
Day
C. B. Langham
Sullivan & Cromwell
Provident Life
Provident
Messrs, Day and Langham
Intersouthern
New York
Provident Ty
Place Hotel
Mr. Day
Governor accuses Bracken County officials of aiding night riders
In a public statement Gov. Willson criticizes Bracken County Judge and County Attorney for neglecting their oaths. He portrays conditions in Bracken as dire and alleges open sympathy with night riders. He vows immunity from punishment to anyone resisting attacks by the lawless element.
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Frankfort
Willson
Bracken County
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