Hughes Favored For Republican Nomination At Sagamore Hill
The Republican scene centers on Gov. Hughes as sources say he is strongly acceptable to the President and likely to be renominated. Key figures including Hitchcock, Ward, Barnes, Woodruff, and local leaders prepare strategy while fund-raising and anti Hughes pressure are on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hughes
Hitchcock
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
William J. Ward
Westchester
Francis Hendricks
Onondaga
Timothy L. Woodruff
Hughes
Woodruff
National Committee
Republican leaders visit Rye clambake with Westchester backing
James S Sherman and top Republicans from New York State met at Edward's Rye Beach Inn after a Roosevelt conference aboard Congressman Smith's Crescent yacht. They mingled with 1200 clambakers, heard Westchester political head figures extol GOP strength, and forecast a 6000 vote plurality for the Republican ticket this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Rye
N. Y
James S. Sherman
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Lafayette B. Gleason
Republican State Committee
William S. Bennet
New York
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee of
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Smith
Crescent
James S. Merritt
White Plains
Lesle Sutherland
William Archer
Sherman
James §. Merritt
Westchester County
Ward
Tov. Hughes
Westchester
Should Gov Hughes Be Renominated Debate at Club A
A meeting at Club A of the People's Institute discussed renominating Gov Hughes. George Haven Putnam wrote in support of Hughes and opposed by some as an independent Democrat. Speakers praised Hughes for breaking bosses and acting for the people beyond party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club
The
People’s Institute
Gov. Hughes
George Haven Putnam
Hes
Putnam
J. Aspinwall Hodge
Hughes
Albany
Roosevelt
John Brooks Léavitt
Hiughes
Cleveland
Salaries at Customs Port Stir Fresh Labor Dispute
Collector Edward Fowler and Special Deputy Henry Stuart prepare a defense amid charges of favoritism as workers seek a share of an $80,000 Treasury appropriation. The piece outlines title changes boosting Deputy Collectors and surveyors pay, with possible Civil Service action and calls for broader reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Laborers and Weighers’ Benefit Association
Edward S. Fowler
Henry C. Stuart
Washington
Bennet
Civil Service Commission
Two Mob Leaders Indicted in Sangamon County
Ten indictments returned by Sangamon County special Grand Jury target two alleged mob leaders. Abraham Raymor faces murder and counts of malicious mischief and riot, while Mrs. Kate Howard is charged with malicious mischief identical to Raymor’s. Authorities say evidence supports numerous convictions and cite a military inquiry yielding confessions and arson leads. Final military control relinquishment follows Gov. Deneen and Gen. Young talks, with the First Cavalry moving to Chicago and Seventh Infantry held in reserve. A report of Rolla Keys being shot by friends of the accused man turned out to be accidental. he remains gravely wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Sangamon County
Abraham Raymor
Kate Howard
Raymor
Rolla Keys
George Richardson
Mabel Hallam
Skers
Riots Drive Local Man to Suicide in Alma
Rioting in Springfield Illinois spurred Plato Brakebill a Black resident of Eskridge Kansas to take his own life by swallowing carbolic acid in Alma Kansas last evening. Police found multiple newspaper clippings about the riots in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eskridge
Kan
Springfield
Plato Brakebill
Alma
Court Makes Shopper Return Magazine Money
Mrs. Nora Dolan testified at Jefferson Market Court that J H King of National Trading and Supply Co took 9?50 from her after she bought 95 copies of The Woman's Own Magazine to obtain a sideboard. Magistrate Crane ordered King to repay 9.50 and return the magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Dolan
Amsterdam Avenue
J. H. King
National Trading and Supply Company
West Fourteenth Street
Crane
Jefferson Market Court
King’s
Woman's Own
King’s Office
King
Midget Fights Two Men Near Police Headquarters
Acting Police Commissioner Baker and Deputy Commissioner Bugher watched a midget named William Albert of 652 Third Street South Brooklyn fight two larger men yesterday. Albert, who resisted, was knocked down but not seriously hurt and left toward the subway at Bleecker Street after the attack. He had called the men names after they nearly ran him over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Bugher
William Albert
Third Street
South
Brooklyn
Albert
Bleecker Street
San Remo guest in Bellevue amid odd hypnoses claim
Flora Draper 35, living at the San Remo Hotel on Central Park West, attracted a crowd last night while alleging a passerby used hypnotic influence. She was taken by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital after police involvement. Relatives are sought as doctors evaluate her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Draper
San Remo
Seventy-fourth Street
Central Park West
Fifty-first Street
Eighth Avenue
Miss Draper
Hogan
West Forty-seventh Street
Bellevue Hospital
H. M. Sutphen
Marbury Hall
West Seventy-fourth Street
Church of Christ
H. G. Moore
Physician from Elizabeth Shoots Self in Portland Hotel
Rufus D. Whitehead a physician from Elizabeth New Jersey killed himself in a Portland Missouri hotel room with a revolver while en route to Belgrade Maine for a fishing trip. He was believed insane from overwork and is survived by a wife and seven year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Rufus D. Whitehead
Elizabeth
N. J
Whitehead
Elizabeth Doctor Dies During Vacation in Maine
Dr Whitehead left Elizabeth on Tuesday for Belgrade Maine on vacation. He was 36, a General Hospital surgical staff member and a 15 year resident. His wife and 7 year old daughter remained home. she is ill. He had prior nervous disorder treatment years ago and served as a Police Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Elizabeth
N. J
Whitehead
Belgrade
General Hospital
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York
Tailors strike spreads as 2000 to 2500 idle
Michael Price of the Brotherhood of Tailors said a general strike began Wednesday and 2000 to 2500 workers are idle now. He noted the exact number affected will be clearer next week as tailors seek higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Price
the Brotherhood of Yailors
Pitt Street
Mr. Price
$60,000 Gem Theft at Bourne Home Probe Open
The Bourne home reported a $60,000 gem theft with a pearl necklace two feet long and a $70 roll missing from a bureau. Mrs Woerz’s locked room held a pearl necklace and diamond and pearl pins valued over $60,000. Acting Chief Talbot led the investigation amid servant turmoil and a courtroom altercation involving Kraft, who was jailed then released on condition of leaving town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Kraft
Burglary at Riverside Yacht Club in Greenwich
The Riverside Yacht Club house was entered at night by a burglar who moved through two floors, stealing 357 dollars and a check from staffers William McVey and Emil Pohlstein. The suspect, John Farada, a recent discharge, was identified and later captured by Officer Tuley in a trolley car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Riverside Yacht Club
William McVey
Emil Pohlstein
John Farada
Tuley
Jury Minutes Sought in Gould Case by Teal and Mousley
Mrs Teal and private detective Mousley petitioned for inspection of Grand Jury minutes that indicted their clients for attempting to manufacture evidence against Frank Gould. Assistant D A Kin dleberger opposed the request as Judge Crain presided and set briefs due Sept 4.
Walsh’s Best Road Put Under Federal Receivership
Federal judges appoint M. J. Carpenter receiver for Southern Indiana Railway to curb missed bond interest and expand court oversight. The line, a Walsh rail venture, spans Indiana to Chicago connections totaling 525 miles. current claim by First Trust and Savings Bank totals 135000 on overdue notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Southern Indiana Railway Company
United States Circuit Court
John R. Walsh
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
Christian C. Kohlsaat
M. J. Carpenter
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Company
Southern Indiana Road
Chicago National Bank
Chicago Southern Railway Company
Federal Court
Kohlsaat
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
Walsh
Indiana
Quaker
Illinois
Westport
Ind
Chicago Heights
Chicago Southern
First Trust and Savings Bank
Call Boy of 18 A Forger Arrested in Manhattan
Eighteen year old Arthur W. Holt was arrested at the Fidelity Trust Company in Greenwich Street and West Broadway after attempting to cash two forged checks bearing Olin D. Gray's signature of Gray Lithograph Company. Holt, fired earlier by Gray, was arraigned before Magistrate Cornell and held for the Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Holt
Fidelity Trust Company
Greenwich Street
West Broadway
Holt
Olin D. Gray
Gray Lithograph Company
Cornell
Centre Street
Trust Company
Mr. Gray
Negro Given Equal Justice In Parole Case
Wilmot Riley, a Black porter, was paroled by Magistrate Crane after demanding equal treatment as a white man. He was sentenced to two months in the workhouse for insulting white women at a Sixth Avenue restaurant, with the judge insisting on justice without color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot Riley
Crane
Jefferson Market Court
Sixth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Thief Attacks 70-Year-Old Woman in Stanton Place
Christina Spath, 70, was beaten with a brick and a skull fracture left her in a critical state at 5 Stanton Place. Detectives link the assault to the Alley gang active in the area and seeking the insurance money from four policies her husband left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Spath
Stanton Place
Allen Street
Detective Bureau
Gan
Surgeon Arrested for Speeding on Riverside Drive
Dr. G. A. Lung a surgeon in the United States Navy medical department attached to the New York Navy Yard was arrested on Riverside Drive near Eighty-first Street yesterday afternoon for speeding in a runabout at twenty miles an hour. Magistrate Droege in the West Side Court paroled him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Lung
George A. Lung
Medical Department
United States Navy
New York Navy Yard
Riverside Drive
Eighty-first Street
Droege
West Side Court
Arrests In Ohio Mystery In Loudonville Shooting
In Loudonville Ohio a second inquest into the shooting of Miss Hester Porter and Morris B Stein reveals police have arrested Mrs Mae Stein and her mother Mrs Mary Bayard as witnesses. Stein an Iowa auto salesman died after a dinner visit and a walk to the Porter home. A note found on Stein claimed his aunt shot him but motive remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Loudonville
Ohio
Hester Porter
Morris B. Stein
Des Moines
Iowa
Mae Stein
Mary Bayard
Porter
Stein
Emily Myers
Bayard
Miss Porter
Porter Homestead
Wadsworth Named Governor Hope by Orleans Delegates
Five of Orleans County's six Republican delegates to the Saratoga State Convention endorse James Wadsworth Jr. as their first choice for Governor. They express confidence in his ability and pledge to unite Republican support, noting Gov. Hughes has withdrawn his renomination and Wadsworth has a clear field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
N. Y
Orleans County
Saratoga
Gov. Hughes
Wadsworth
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Wadsbig
Police Seek Mr Kalb Swindler In Brooklyn Hotel Deal
Brooklyn police search for a man known as Mr Kalb of Philadelphia accused by Gus Kleinschnitz of Sin Clair Hotel Brooklyn of cashing a worthless $75 check and borrowing a physician's diamond ring during a Coney Island ride plot. The doctor and Kalb are alleged to be involved in a hotel sale swindle.
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Brooklyn
Kal
Philadelphia
Gus Kleinschnitz
Sinclair
Fulton Street
Kleinschnitz
Kalb
Manhattan
Mr. Kleinschnitz
Coney Island
Kaib
Mosquito Fleet Set for Two Month South Seas Cruise
Seven cruisers of the Pacific fleet plus a torpedo boat destroyer will sail from San Francisco through the Golden Gate on Monday. The West Virginia leads, with Pennsylvania Washington California Tennessee South Dakota and Maryland. The voyage includes stays at Honolulu and Samoa before returning to the coast. Rear Admiral Swinburne commands the Pacific fleet aboard the West Virginia.
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San Francisco
South Seas
Golden Gate
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington
California
Tennessee
South Dakota
Maryland
Honolulu
Samoa
Swinberre
West Virginia
Pacific Fleet
Husband Pleads To Fetch Wife With Offer Of Savings
In Passaic New Jersey John Patner pursued his separated wife in the street and offered half his savings to persuade her to return home. She initially refused and sent for a policeman but fled with him toward the railroad station after his plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Passaic
N. J
John Patner
Wharton
Patner
Taxicab Crash Injures Passengers in Central Park
Isidor Buchman, chauffeur for New York Transportation Co., drove a cab up a steep West Drive side road near Eighty Sixth Street and struck a tree after brakes failed. Mrs. William D. Prentiss and Miss Agnes Nelson of Hotel Chelsea were in the cab and escaped injury. Buchman, of 175 East Fourth Street, repaired the damage and continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidor Buchman
West Drive
Central Park
William D. Prentiss
Agnes Nelson
Hotel Chelsea
Buchman
East Fourth Street
Eighty-sixth Street
New York Transportation Company
Long Term for a Pickpocket in General Sessions
Judge Malone ruled in General Sessions that a sentence can be two years and a $500 fine for pickpockets. He applied the ruling to Louis Feder, who must serve one day for each dollar of the $500 unpaid in addition to the two-year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone
Louis Feder
Feder
Lantry resigns district leadership amid Tammany split
Francis J. Lantry, former fire commissioner and longtime Sixteenth Assembly District boss, resigns as district leader to back John J. Harrington. Lantry cites party unity and fear of harming Democratic gains. Harrington, a wealthy wholesale butcher, takes over amid Murphy dissension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Lantry
Tammany Hall
Charles F. Murphy
Sixteenth Assembly
John J. Harrington
Harrington
Murphy
Lantry
Mohican Club
East Forty-fifth Street
Democratic Party
Frank
Thomas Baldwin
Hearst
Buffalo
Larchmont Yacht
Manhattan
New York Athletic Clubs
Tammany
Sixteenth
McClellan
Honey Found In City Tree on Harlem Estate Site
Children flocked to the old Tiemann estate grounds after a 200 year old oak was cut and honey and bee cones were found in the trunk. Workers and a grocer bought much of the honey, believed to come from bees that once inhabited the neighboring apiary on the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiemann
Riverside Drive
Broadway
187Th Street
Manhattan Street
Daniel F. Tiemann
New York
Harlem
Speaker Cannon to Take the Stump Tour Start in September
CHICAGO Aug. 20 It was announced at Republican headquarters that Speaker Joseph G Cannon will begin a national speaking tour in September He plans to visit every doubtful Congressional District to address voters and energize support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker Cannon
Chicago
Republican
Joseph G. Cannon
Americans Guests of the Australians
The article notes a naval encounter over armed landings in Australia resolving to allow American sailors and marines to land armed but without ammunition after a conference with the Commonwealth Government. It reports a Sydney payroll draw of 350,000, a Lord Northcote dinner in honor of the fleet, and a Perth invitation to the American admirals to stay at Government House during their voyage to the goldfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Admiral Sperry
Commonwealth
Sydney
Lord Northcote
Fists
Harry Rawson
Perth
Western Australia
F. G. D. Bedford
Government House
Big Stick Afloat in British Headlines Across Pacific
London papers praise the American fleet’s reception in Australia with warm, enthusiastic editorials. The Chronicle lauds friendly ties and a potential Australian navy. The Morning Post links it to open questions of Asian policy and British imperial defense. The Daily Graphic casts the voyage as Rooseveltian white world assertion in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Australia
the Chronicle
Morning Post
United States
Post
Asia
Hermisphere
Pacific
The
Daily Graphic
Sperry
Roosevelt
America
California
British Columbia
Sydney
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Mr. Sherman
Bacon
William L.ward
Col. Cady
Sagamore Ill
Mr. Cady
Hife
New York City
Dady
Theeawanhaka Yacht Club
Tammany Society
James 8. Merritt Association
Club A
Custom House
COURT
Bellevue
Dr. Whitehead
Elizabeth, N. J
Bourne
Castoria
Karg Y
Southern Indiana
Jacob
Sta
Tel
Fred A. Edwards
David Coon
Harry E. Colburn
N. A. de Leo
James T. Bennett
MR. Kalb
J. J. Harrington
J. J. Bell
Wee MacGreegor
Mr. Bell
Baker Taylor CO
East 17Th Street
Washburn-Crosby Company
Star “Music Roll CO
West Sith St
New
20Th Century Limited
Hacketts
Carhart
13Th St
Chambers St
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