Englishman Cooke linked to Jamaica schemes and Oregon arrest
Flallenbeck the assistant minister of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church helped Cooke who claimed hard luck and religious devotion. Cooke sought lodging, then disappeared after two weeks. He faced multiple land and investment schemes with Miss Lillian Mayer and others, traced to Southwestern Development Company later Oregon Ranching and Timber Company. Victims recount $100 and $500 payments as lawyers investigated. extradition pending in Oregon as witnesses gather.
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Flallenbeck
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Tenderloin
Cooke
Hallenbeck
New York
England
Mr. Hallenbeck
Lillian Mayer
Julia Mayer
Ada Mayer
Jamaica
Southwestern Development Company
Oregon Timber and Ranching Company
Lillian
Canada
Texas
Hsa
Texas Company
Oregon
Oregon Ranching and Timber Company
Mayer
Oregon Ranthing and Timber Company
Ada
Ehrgood
Standard Protective Society
Broadway
Nassau Street
A. B. Cunningham
United States District Attorney’s
Cooke’s Net Spread Wide in Oregon Swindle
Acting Commissioner Proudfit announced the arrest of Henry E. G. Cooke, president of the Oregon Ranching and Timber Co., in Baker City. The swindle targeted victims with $100 to $200 payments to fund trips to Oregon, then the gang disappeared after collecting funds and delaying departures.
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New York Times
Washington
Proudfit
Government Land Office
Oregon Ranching and Timber Company of New York
Henry E. G. Cooke
Baker City
Oregon
Land Office
Salt Lake City
East
Upper Pennsylvania
Johnstown
New York State
New York City
Schwartz
Cooke
Angy
Mr. Schwartz
Kern receives massive nonpartisan welcome in Indianapolis
John W. Kern, Democratic vice presidential nominee, is greeted by over 50,000 people on a nonpartisan tour from Chicago to Indianapolis. Crowds jam streets, Fairbanks and Mayor Bookwalter lead dignitaries, and Kern delivers a speech urging voters to study issues and cast informed ballots.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
Chicago
Lafayette
Union Station
Kern
Fairbanks
Bookwalter
Citizens’ Committee
Board of Trade
The
Commercial Club
Pennsylvania Street
Court House Lawn
Delaware Street
Washington Street
Market Street
Court House Yard
Alabama Street
Kern Speaks at Lafayette On Indiana Pride
A ten minute delay drew a large crowd in Lafayette Indiana as Vice Presidential nominee Kern spoke from a rear car platform. He thanked the cheering audience praised Indiana and Pur due University and urged a clean campaign while stressing the right to vote. Three cheers greeted the departing train and Kern pledged to visit Fayette to discuss issues.
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Lafayette
Ind
Kern
Indiana
Great Lakes
Republic
Purdue University
Commonwealth
Fayette
Kern Talks on Confidence in Democratic Approach
In Chicago on July 5 Vice Presidential Nominee Kern said confidence would restore open factories and aid the unemployed. He claimed honest corporations have nothing to fear from the Democratic Party and argued the anti injunction plank aligns with state court procedures.
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Chicago
Kern
Democratic Party
Oppose Bryan in Baltimore A Taft Showing Emerges
In Baltimore on July 15 95 percent of local manufacturers oppose Bryan and back Taft. Democratic financiers bankers and stock exchange members favor Taft with several Democrats crossing party lines. Business leaders warn Bryan would disturb trade and Maryland voters are urged to support Taft.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Bryan
Rosenthal
Straus & Brothers
Credit Men’s Association
Taft
Michael Jekins
The
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Merchants and Miners’ Trasportation Company
Jekins
Maryland
Alexander Brown
Banking House of Brown & Sons
Baltimore Stock Exchange
Newport Mayor Clarke Opposes Bryan Ticket
Mayor William P. Clarke of Newport declares he will not vote for William Jennings Bryan and resign as Democratic City Committee chair. He cites the party’s failure to nominate a rival candidate in twelve years and signals stepping down to oppose the Bryan camp.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
William P. Clarke
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Clarke
Democratic City Committee
Gov. Garvin
Taft Faces Ohio Snarl Amid Senator Contest Drift
Taft and Ohio campaign manager Arthur Vorys held lengthy talks at Hot Springs on the Ohio senatorial fight and national ticket strategies. Vorys warned the national campaign must stay divorced from local feuds, while endorsing a large Republican turnout to back the ticket by about 100,000 votes.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft
Ohio
Vorys
Judge Taft
Mr. Vorys
Theodore Burton
Foraker
Brownsville
Burton
Hitchcock mobilizes Taft campaign machinery in key city tours
Republican National Committee chairman Frank H. Hitchcock arrives in Washington and moves to launch the Taft campaign. He announces a Colorado Springs conference on Monday and a Chicago meeting to follow, with leaders from across states preparing to join.
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New York Times
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Democracy
Colorado
Chicago
Hitchcock
Colorado Springs
Missouri River
National Committeemen Meet To Plan Campaign Strategy
The National Committee will hold meetings with state officers from Colorado to Illinois to survey victory chances in the West. Mr Hitchcoc k will lead a two day Chicago conference gathering all states east of the Missouri River and west of the Alleghenies. Officials expect the battleground to include the Middle West and a sustained effort in Oklahoma Kansas Colorado Utah Oregon and Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Iowa.
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National
West
Colorado
Hitchccock
Chicago
Missouri River
Alleghanies
National Committee
Ake
Middle West
Oklahoma
Kansas
Utah
Oregon
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Iowa
Taft Replies To Leake On Stump Service Offer
Congressman Eugene W. Leake of New Jersey, who repudiated Bryan, sent a stump offer to Taft. Taft replied accepting and thanking him heartily, Leake declining to publish the letter without Taft’s consent. Leake faces mixed Democratic and Republican chatter while insisting he will seek reelection.
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Eugene W. Leake
Jersey City
New Jersey
Bryan
Taft
Leake
Railroad Men for Taft in Nebraska
About fifteen thousand Nebraska railroad workers, members of the Nebraska State Railway Employes Protective Association, plan to back Taft and the Republican ticket. The group formed after wage and hour cuts and aims to protect workers’ interests while opposing Bryan policies. A July 25 meeting in Omaha will decide official support. The association includes about 15,000 of Nebraska’s 22,000 railroad workers, with new members joining as Sessions continue.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Taft
Wiliam J. Bryan
Nebraska State Railway Employes Protective Association
anti-Bryan
Bryan
Wife in airshaft tragedy sparks domestic dispute
Rosa Cohen accuses Mrs. Sarah Rodeman of pushing her from an airshaft window in a top floor Harlem flat. Rodeman, her two friends, and a husband’s account lead to arrests as Cohen lies injured in Harlem Hospital with severe injuries after the fall.
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Harlem
Rosa Cohen
Fifth Avenue
Acritelli
Sarah Rodeman
Cohen
Dr. Moeckel
Rodeman
West 136Th Street
Thither
Rosa
East 12Th Street
Meyers
Donohue
Suffolk Street
Bodeman
Klein
Weinhus
Prohibitionists Meet at Columbus National Convention
The Prohibitionist National Convention in Columbus works under a temporary organization with a report planned for the permanent committee. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburgh is named as permanent chairman if approved. The platform favors woman suffrage and direct election of senators, opposes saloon licenses, and supports a graduated income and inheritance tax.
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Columbus
Ohio
Committee On
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Joshua Levering
Maryland
James H. Tracy
Detroit
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
Ill
Robert H. Patton
Springfield
Scanlon
United States
Charles R. Jones
Evanston, NL
Gard ner Nominated Governor by Acclamation at Maine Dems
Obadiah Garner of Rockland was nominated for governor by acclamation at the Maine Democratic State Convention. The body sent a telegram to William Jennings Bryan offering heartfelt congratulations and pledged support. The platform urged immediate return of the statewide prohibition law for a vote and denounced its enforcement as dishonest and hypocritical.
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Bangor
Obadiah Gardner
Rockland
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Maine
Denver
Socialist Reply to Roosevelt Speech Attacks Socialism
A Socialist Party statement replies to President Roosevelt’s attack on Socialism made during the unveiling speech for the Underhill monument. It denounces Roosevelt as discrediting the socialist system and warns that many supporters may see Socialism as impractical, urging careful tactics in response depending on motive.
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Socialist Party
Roosevelt
Underhill
Mitchell to Take Stump for Democrats in Michigan
John Mitchell promised to stump Michigan for the Democrats if his health improves. State Chairman John T. Winship said Mitchell agreed to help after a Denver talk, with no firm dates yet. He emphasized Mitchell’s enthusiasm for the ticket and plans to visit several large cities in the fall.
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New York Times
Saginaw
Mich
John Mitchell
Michigan
John T. Winship
Mitchell
Hammond for President
The Executive Committee of the League of Republican Clubs of New York State met in Utica on July 15 and passed resolutions urging state leagues to back John Hays Hammond of Massachusetts for president of the league at the Cincinnati convention. James Sherman shook hands with all members of the committee.
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Utica
N. Y
League of Republican Clubs
New York State
Cincinnati
John Hays Hammond
Massachusetts
James
Sherman
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