Vorys Named National Campaign Organizer for Taft
National reports indicate Arthur I. Vorys will manage Taft's national campaign with the Ohio machine behind him. The move comes after a sharp shift in Ohio where Foraker faded as Vorys built Roosevelt sentiment into the push. Taft and Vorys plan broad organizing outside Ohio while Taft tours the Northwest.
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New York Times
Washington
Arthur I. Vorys
William H. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Vorys
Foraker
Knox
Roosevelt
Lancaster
Cox
Walter Brown
Senate
Secretar Taft
Burton
Vorys J
Hanna
Anna
Columbus
New York
Northwest
Oraker
National Negro League Forms to Organize Vote
The National Negro League was organized at the National Negro Conference in this city on Friday with Ex-Judge James C. Matthews of Albany elected president. The league aims to organize the negro vote nationwide to elect a president who will treat the race with greatest consideration, with forty five delegates from states and the District of Columbia.
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White House
League
James C. Matthews
Albany
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Maryland
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Hearst Leader Accused Over Missing League Funds
Ambrose Sutcliffe summoned on charge of taking organization cash as Hearst Independence League troubles surface in the Fourteenth Assembly District in Yorkville.
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Ambrose Sutcliffe
Hearst Independence League
Fourteenth Assembly
Yorkville
Court session on larceny charge in district league split
Thomas F Nolan leader of the Driscoll faction sues Ambrose Sutcliffe for cash and district books in a dispute over rival organization. Sutcliffe claims recognition by league head at Gilsey House entitles him to the assets. Magistrate Whitman suggests civil accounting if Nolan seeks the books.
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Thomas F. Nolan
Driscoll
Ambrose Sutcliffe
League
Nolan
Whitman
Sutcliffe
Trat
Gilsey House
Nolin
Roosevelt Likely Renominated Despite New York Skepticism
Representative James F. Sherman of New York, Republican Committee chair, says New York is solid for Roosevelt and predicts his renomination and election. He notes the president cannot control delegates and that others may present his name at the convention. Sherman adds he has not been wildly enthusiastic about Roosevelt.
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Washington
James F.sherman
New York
Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Mr. Sherman
Sherman
Jim Crow car case up before Interstate Commission
Georgia Edwards sues Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway over forced travel in a Jim Crow car on a Chattanooga to Dalton route. She seeks damages and a legal construction claiming inferior, uncomfortable, and ill‑fitting accommodations compared to white first class cars.
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Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Georgia Edwards
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Chattanooga
Edwards
Porto Rico Coffee Trade Talk at White House
Delegate Larrinaga of Porto Rico met with the President at the White House to discuss a proposed maximum duty by France on Porto Rico coffee. He argued France pays higher prices and keeps Porto Rican coffee profitable, while American markets pay little above Rio prices. Secretary Root holds the matter.
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Washington
Larrinaga
Porto Rico
White House
France
New York
America
Rio
Root
Governor Carter to Quit After Current Term
Governor George R. Carter of Hawaii will not seek another term after the current one ends November 23. He informed the President, who wished him to continue, that affairs in the Islands are satisfactory and there is neither great prosperity nor low mood.
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Washington
George R. Carter
Hawaii
Tragedy Follows Suspected Murder Suicide in Providence
Providence reports a mill worker, George W. Lonsdale, returned home after two weeks away and shot his wife and killed child Emma before wounding himself. Boarder James W. Turner was startled by the gunfire and escaped as Lonsdale fired at him. Authorities found Lonsdale with two head wounds.
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Providence
George W. Lonsdale
Emma
Lonsdale
James W. Turner
Firemen Stop Railway Work On Medina Street
A large crew tried to lay tracks on Commercial Street Medina. Alderman Mileham called out the fire department and ordered hoses on workers. Firemen held the street all night while the line was raised over the grade. A suit is pending in the courts.
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Rochester
Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester Railway Company
Commercial Street
Medina
Mileham
Autoists Made Policemen In Buffalo Program
Eleven Automobile Club of Buffalo members were sworn in as special police officers by Police Commissioner Zeller. The move aims to assist in stopping automobile speeding and other infractions. Names were withheld to protect their identity for effective service.
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Buffalo
Automobile Club of
Police Department
Zeller
Chicago Sees Rise in Deaths by Own Action in May
Coroner and Forecaster Henry J. Cox attribute a weather driven rise in self inflicted deaths. January through May totals include 25, 29, 37, 46, and 55 cases respectively. The first five months tally 75 murders, with 22 in May.
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Chicago
Henry J. Cox
Roosevelt Urges Masons to Be Good Citizens at Cornerstone Laying
President Roosevelt, a Mason, helps lay the Masonite temple cornerstone in Washington with relics of Washington. He calls on every Mason to reflect credit on the order by performing duties as a good citizen and by upholding the nation, urging daily citizen work over crisis moments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Blue Lodge
Masonic Fraternity
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
United States Capitol
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Marine Band
New Temple
Republic
Union
New York
Safe Blow At Hartigan Store Yields 1100
Yeggmen cracked the Hartigan Co department store in Schenectady by entering via a rear second floor window using a ladder from a new building. They hammered the safe, poured nitroglycerin into its holes, and blasted the door from its hinges, securing about 1100 dollars in cash and several papers.
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Schenectady
J. J. Hartigan & Co
Two Men Kidnap Nun From Duluth Catholic School
Sister Borromea a teacher at St Clement's Catholic School in Duluth Minnesota was abducted by two men yesterday and forced into a closed carriage. She pleaded and resisted but could not break free as onlookers chased and then notified police. The incident occurred while she was at her desk.
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Duluth
Minn
Borromea
St. Clement's Catholic School
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Names New Director
Prof. Arthur Fairbanks of Ann Arbor Michigan has accepted the post of Director at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He is 43, Dartmouth 1886 graduate, PhD from Freiburg 1890, recently professor of Greek at the University of Chicago.
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Boston
Arthur Fairbanks
Ann Arbor
Mich
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Fairbanks
Dartmouth
Freiburg
University of Cc
Negroes Sent to Philippines Ordered to Sail
The Twenty fifth Infantry unit, linked to the Brownsville incident, is ordered to sail from San Diego to the Philippines aboard the transport Buford in July. Most of the soldiers are Negro.
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Philippines
Washington
Brownsville
Philipp
San ‘Ieco
Buford
Audubon Work Sold in Private Library Auction
A rare presentation copy of John J. Audubon’s Ornithological Biography will be sold by the Admn Company in West Twenty-ninth Street. The Edinburgh 1831 39 edition is inscribed to judge J Prescott Hall with notes about Audubon’s sales, costs, and notable subscribers including Louis Philippe and Rothschild.
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John J. Audubon
United States
Edinburgh
John P. Jepson
Brooklyn
and Mn Company
West Twenty-ninth Street
Jonathan Prescott Hall
J. Prescott Hall
Mr. Hall
George IV
Duchess of Clarence
Marquis of
Londonderry
Hess-Homburg
Rothschild
Audubon
America
New York
Boston
Louis Philippe
Paris
Newport
England
Europe
Herschel
Sir Walter Scott
Christopher North
Cuvier
Humboldt
St. Hilaire
Hall
Thomas Lawrence
Judge Hall
Rare stamps auctioned as Rev. Raphael Benjamin collection
A first sale of United States and foreign stamps from the late Rev. Raphael Benjamin brought $1,524.95, including New South Wales $280 and New Zealand $35.45. Multiple individual lots sold for $6 to $280, with Australian, African, and Oceanic groups contributing most. The second installment on June 15 will feature North and South American issues. European stamps appear in a June 29 sale.
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United States
Raphael Benjamin
Brooklyn
Percy G. Doane
Nassau Street
Kings County
Australia
Africa
New South Wales
New Zealand
Queensland
South Australia
West Australia
Australias
Tasmania
Victoria
Cape of Good Hope
Mauritius
Natal
Transvaal
North
South America
West Point Officer Alleges Assault on Wife Sparks Suit
Lieut. Col. Charles G. Ayres claims warnings against his friendship with Gen. Leonard Wood cost him his Army commission. He defends wife Elizabeth and sues West Point officers for damages, alleging personal investigations and bias against her. He cites a past warning by a Major General about appeals to military tribunals. The case involves criticism of Mrs Ayres and treatment of their son Henry F Ayres, a cadet.
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West Point
N. Y
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Charles G. Ayres
Elizabeth F. Ayres
Military Academy
Ayres
Gen. Wood
Wood
Santiago
West Paint
Henry F. Ayres
Stephen C. Mills
Academy
Col. Mills
Oe Ayres
War Department weighs Colonel Ayres interview remarks
Washington officials discuss Col Charles G Ayres Fourteenth Cavalry remarks disparaging army courts and motives of officers amid Mrs Ayres dispute at the Military Academy. Officials plan preliminary questioning while Secretary Taft and the staff decline to detail the relief steps, suspected to be less drastic than reports.
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Washington
Charles G. Ayres
Fourteenth Cavalry
Army
Col. Ayres
War Department
Academy
Mre. Ae
Taft
Oemeral
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