Prohibitionists Nominate Chafin and Watkins for Governors
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago is nominated for president with Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, Ohio as vice president by the Prohibitionists at Columbus. Palmore led on ballots, Watkins chosen after motions and debate, Nation appears on stage urging non tobacco Prohibitionist man. platform calls for inter state liquor ban, uniform marriage and divorce laws.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eugene W. Chafin
Chicago
Aaron S. Watkins
Ada
Chafin
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
New York
Indiana
Andisconsin
William B. Palmore
St. Louis
Palmore
Aaron B. Watkins
Charles Scanlon
Prof
Watkins
T. B. Demaree
Kentucky
Charles 5. Holler
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Post Office Department
Carrie Nation
Object to Gompers Plan Sparks AFL protest in Detroit
Samuel Prince of New York, an AFL organizer, stirred unrest at a Detroit AFL local meeting by urging support for Gompers plan to align with the Democratic Party. A protest was sent to the National body, and a resolution called for an inquiry into the program and authority.
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New York Times
Detroit
Mich
Samuel Prince
New York
America Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Prince
Denver
Gompers
Henry Kummerfeldt, Jr
Labor Movement
Democratic Party
American Federation of Labor
Barbers’ Union
Watson Critics Bryan at Populist Convention in Nashville
Georgia nominee Thomas E. Watson assailed W. J. Bryan for courting Southern support and faulted his Brownsville stance. Watson predicted carrying Georgia and urged optimism for votes in other states while asserting the South’s political impotence and later potential influence.
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New York Times
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Ryman Auditorium
Watson
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
South
Brownsville
Texas
Bryan
Tom Taggart
Indianapolis
Taggart
Indiana
Anti Imperialist League urges Bryan votes for President
The Boston Executive Committee of the anti Imperialist League calls supporters to withhold votes from Taft and back Bryan. It argues for constitutional rights, opposes Taft on Philippine policy, and says Bryan offers a sincere stand for Filipino independence and opposition to imperialism.
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New York Times
Boston
The
anti-Imperialist League
Friends of the League
William H. Taft
William Jennings Brian
United States
Congress
William W. Taft
Philippine Islands
Mr. Taft
Sir. Bryan
No Hireling Orators Sought for Democratic Campaign
John W. Tomlinson of Alabama says volunteers will be accepted to aid the national campaign and asks speakers to inform him of states and times they can cover. He declares there will be no paid staff of orators and each speaker must volunteer with own time and money.
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Birmingham
Ala
John W. Tomlinson
Alabama
National Democratic Committee
Denver
United States
McCarren Denies Stump for Sage of Fairview
Senator Patrick H McCarren of Brooklyn pushes back on reports he planned to stump for the Sage of Fairview. He says he will focus on his own primary campaign and support his faction rather than rally for others. He heads to Crosby Hall in the Eleventh Assembly District to address local politics tonight.
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Patrick H McCarren
Brooklyn
William J. Bryan
Fairview
McCarren
P. Henry MacCarren
Thomas F. Byrnes
Crosby Hall
Eleventh
McCarren Appeal Set By Appellate Division
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn will hold a special session on July 27 to hear McCarren Democratic organization’s appeal regarding Election Inspectors. The ruling could decide whether the State Convention or a political party may override primary election results. Justice Kelly previously denied a mandamus to force Board of Elections to accept McCarren inspectors.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
McCarren Democratic Organization
Kelly
Kings County
Murphy-Conners
McCarren
Kings
Board of Elections
Justice Kelly
Kern to Open Middle West Campaign Rally
John W. Kern Democratic Vice Presidential candidate will speak at the Jefferson Club rally in Chicago on September 15 signaling the start of the Middle West campaign. Edgar L. Masters president of the club said prominent Democrats from across the country are being invited to attend.
Kern notification meeting set for Indianapolis
It was announced in Indianapolis that the Kern notification meeting will be held there in early September with Mr. Bryan in attendance and delivering the only speech he will make in this state during the campaign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bryan
Victims of Heat Strike Again Amid New Deaths
Victoria Lusky one month old and Charles Gruben died after the recent heat wave. Lusky had suffered heat since Sunday and died yesterday afternoon. Gruben died at Seney Hospital after an attempted suicide linked to heat illness. Police report Peter Schooman of 660 Carroll Street charged with cruelty to animals for a maltreated horse. Painter Peter Coprese fell from a scaffold at 90 St Marks Place and suffered a head contusion, taken to St John’s Hospital.
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Victoria Lusky
Annie Lusky
Charles Gruben
Seney Hospital
Peter Schooman
Carroll Street
Empire State Dairy Company
First District
Charles Murray
Peter Coprese
St. Mark's Place
Brooklyn
St. John’s Hoares
Bleecker Street
Manhis
Woodruff Plans Quick State Convention as Hughes Pushes Back
Republican State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff clubs together a Kamp Kill Kare strategy to finalize the September 12 to 18 convention in Saratoga while Gov. Hughes weighs a possible renomination. Congressman Herbert Parsons backs Hughes revival, hoping it aids Roosevelt’s national ticket amid anti boss sentiment and race track gambling reform battles.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Kate
Adirondack
State Committee
Saratoga
Mr. Woodruff
Adirondack Lodge
Gov. Hughes
Kamp Kill Kare
Woodruff
Ola Guard
Assembly
Wadsworth House
North Woods
Man
Hughes
Adirondacks
Massachusetts
Public Service Commission
Niagara-Orleans
Camp Kill Kare
Herbert Parsons
New York
Ehlat
Syracuse
Founders in Manila Bay Typhoon Disaster
A Manila bound pleasure launch with about seventy five aboard wrecked in a typhoon off Corregidor Island. Twenty five passengers including three Americans are believed drowned. The British steamer Saveric and other vessels rescued fifty survivors. An army surgeon is among the missing. Details remain to reach Manila.
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Manila
Corregidor Island
Saveric
Ae Bay
Woman Killed by Bicyclist in Bronx Incident
Mrs Martha Schott of 1858 Brook Avenue in the Bronx was run down yesterday afternoon at Third Avenue and 127th Street by a bicyclist who fled the scene. She was taken by ambulance to Harlem Hospital where she died late last night. The Brook Avenue residents did not know her. a crowd pursued the cyclist through West 127th Street.
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Martha Schott
Brook Avenue
Bronx
Third Avenue
127Th Street
Bennett
Harlem Hospital
West
127Th Feet
Negro Held for Murder in Maryland Delaware Case
Caleb Watson a negro farmhand, employed by John Wessel, was arrested in Church Maryland in the murder of William Williams whose body was found hanging. Williams had planned to wed Elizabeth Wells, 13, daughter of Samuel Wells, and a brown wedding dress was found on Williams. Conflicting alibi and motive lines focus on opposition to the marriage.
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Dover
Del
Church
Caleb Watson
William Willams
Maryland
John Wessel
Williams
Elizabeth Wells
Samuel Wells
Day
Wessel
Grandfather Williams
Eizabeth
Elizabeth
Swift Justice for Herron in New Brunswick Killing
Archibald Herron faces a swift trial for the shooting death of Rev. Samuel B. D. Prickitt of Metuchen. Middlesex County prosecutors and Justice Bergen move quickly with the grand jury set for next Monday to indict and set an immediate trial date amid strong public demand for swift punishment. Herron claimed police harassment and said sun stroke, not drunkenness, caused his 1906 imprisonment by the late Recorder Prickitt.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Archibald Herron
Samuel B. D. Prickitt
Metuchen
Herron
George Berdine
Justice Bergen
Middlesex Grand Jury
William B. Prickitt
New Brunswick Press
Prickitt
Dog saved from sewer by Orange driver during Bloomfield rescue
A wandering ice cream peddler’s dog chased a cat into a sewer pipe in Bloomfield New Jersey. Frank McConnell Jr. crawled into a manhole, tied a rope under the dog’s arms, and pulled the grateful animal to safety. Crowds cheered as he emerged with the dog in his arms. The ice cream man offered reward, but McConnell refused.
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Broomfield
N. J
Superintendent of Public Works
Frank McConnell, Jr
Hill Street
Orange
McConnell
Giddap
Bloomfield
Bank Clerk Caught In Uniontown Bank Collapse
Peter De Resky, chief clerk of Uniontown Bank, is in custody in Jersey City as embezzlement charges loom. The three Rutsek banks in Uniontown, Connellsville and Brownsville closed May 28, the day Rutsek vanished, with deposits totaling about 100000 dollars. De Resky, denying theft, claims he fled to avoid depositor violence. He alleges Rutsek’s confidant, Sadie Robinson, held a power of attorney and acted as boss.
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Peter de Resky
Uniontown
Penn.) Bank
Jersey City
Peter Rutsek
Connellsville
Brownsville
Penn
Rutsek
Europe
de Resky
Sadie Robinson
Burton Will Stay in Senatorial Fight
Cleveland and Washington dispatches report Rep. Theodore E. Burton plans no active bid for the Ohio Senate while urging Taft favorable to Republicans. Burton leaves for Europe and will be away until August. Senator Foraker predicts Taft will win the presidency but doubts his own Senate re election in Ohio amid rising aspirants. He travels to Maine for the summer with his family.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore E. Burton
Taft
State
Cuyahoga County
Burton
Europe
New York Times
Washington
Senator Foraker
United States
Senate
Foraker
Maine
Taft Edits 3500-Word Acceptance Speech At Hot Springs
Taft drafted a 10000 word acceptance speech and plans two more days of editing to fit a 3500 word limit. He aims to crystallize ideas without dropping points and expects advisers to review it next. The Hot Springs visit draws in politicians, with Bourne seeking peace over Taft copyright criticism. Taft danced with Mrs. George Ingalls at the Homestead ballroom.
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New York Times
Hot Springs
William Howard Taft
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Vorys
Roosevelt
White House
Collier’s
Day
Jonathan Bourne
Bourne
Homestead
George
Melville Ingalls
Hitchcock Heads to Colorado for Western Republican Conference
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee left for Chicago en route to Colorado Springs to attend the Western Republican leaders conference next Monday and Tuesday. He conferred with Francis Curtis who will run the literary bureau editorial staff and begin work immediately. Curtis will organize the staff ahead of active committee work.
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Washington, D. C
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
James T. Williams, Jr
Republican
Chicago
Colorado Springs
Cal
Hitchcock
Francis Curtis
The
National Committee
Curtis
Cortelyou Leaves for Huntington Summer Outing
Secretary Cortelyou departed Washington with his family for Huntington Long Island to spend the summer. He takes a portion of his office staff, and urgent matters will be referred to him. Assistant Secretary Louis A. Coolidge will act as Secretary in his absence.
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Huntington,l. 1
New York Times
Washington
Cortelyou
Huntington, L. I
Louis A. Coolidge
the Treasury
Bryan Offered National Chairmanship Amid Washington Victory Feels
Ollie James from Kentucky flew to Lincoln at Bryan's invitation to discuss taking the National Chairmanship. Reports say James may accept and lead heavy campaign work in New York. Bryan avoids the Brownsville topic and presses platform unity as Walla Walla signals a Democratic trend. Delegates and labor figures stop by, pledging support for the fall ticket.
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New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
Ollie James
Kentucky
Denver
Bryan
James
George J. Sternsdorf
Nebraska
Fairview
J. H. Atwood
Kangas
New York State
Brownsville
Walters
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Baltimore Sun
Taft
Walla Walla
Washington
W. H. Dunphy
United States
Ankeny
Eugene Tuaustic
W. P. Mclean
tHero
Taft Club
Bryant
Board of County Commissioners
Lancaster County
Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Herman Schulties
Federation of Labor
Schulties
J.T. Callahan
New Jersey
William S. Salisbury
Delaware
C. R. Evans
Nevada
Crimmins Leaves Bryan Backing for Democratic Ticket
John D. Crimmins, who left Bryan and voted for Palmer and Buckner in 1896, now openly backs the Democratic ticket. He says he has long identified with Democrats and condemns Republican leadership for harming prosperity and governance. He cites corporate roles in wealth creation and calls for a practical, equity minded national or state supervision.
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Palmer
Buckner
John D. Crimmins
Bryan
Crimmins
Democratic Party
Republican Executive
Congress
Tate
Canada
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