Bryan says Taft is not for reform campaign
Missouri Democrats gather 2000 at a dollar banquet in Kansas City with William J. Bryan and Judson Harmon as lead speakers. Bryan denounces Taft and the administration while praising La Follette as a reformer and urging an honest, reform minded campaign and platform.
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Bryan
Taft
Kansas City
Missouri
Young Men's Democratic Club of
William J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
St. Louis
St. Joseph
T. T. Crittenden
David R. Francis
William J. Stone
Alexa I. Dockery
Joseph W. Folk
Harmon
la Follette
Bryan Gard
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Bryan Invited to Jefferson Day Dinner at Knickerbocker
William Jennings Bryan received an invitation to the National Democratic Club Jefferson Day dinner at the Knickerbocker Hotel on April 13, the day before the Democratic State Convention at Carnegie Hall. He has not been invited to speak and has not accepted. Speakers listed include Woodrow Wilson and U S Senators Taylor Owen Simmons.
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William Jennings Bryan
National Democratic Club
Knickerbocker Hotel
Carnegie Hall
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Robert L.taylor
United States
Tennessee
Robert N. Owen
United
May Unseat McCabe as Boss in Albany County
In Albany March 30 special to The New York Times Dem state chairman William J. Conners plans a district by district bid to unseat Albany County boss Patrick McCabe who has led since the Harrick era. Conners backs Jacob L. Ten Eyck while State Controller Martin Glynn remains neutral during the contest.
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New York Times
Albany
N. Y
William J. Conners
Patrick McCabe
Albany County
Harrick
McCabe
Patrick H. McCarren
Conners
Jacob L. Ten Eyck
Herrick
Martin H. Glynn
Girl Sues City Loses In Shorthand Pay Case
Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum ruled Miss Madeleine G. W. Mechlin a Parks Department stenographer could not also claim salary as a shorthand teacher. The decision rested not on dual employment limits but on another eligible candidate already holding one position.
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Supreme Court
Greenbaum
Madeliine G. W. Mechlin
Parks Department
Libel suit against S. S. McClure Company settled
The libel action by Union Refrigerating Company of Milwaukee against S. S. McClure Company is settled and will be dismissed at the April term. Defendants pay 1500 dollars on a 100000 dollar suit. JE Li Phillips, president of Union, sees last week's $15000 verdict as vindication.
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Union Refrigerating
Milwaukee
S. S. McClure
JE. Li Phillips
Will of Mrs Catherine Ulmer Filed for Probate in Kings County
The will of Mrs Catherine Ulmer widow of William Ulmer wealthy Eastern District brewer was filed for probate in Kings County Surrogate's office. Estate size not listed but believed around 350 000. Major charitable bequests noted and bulk to surviving family.
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Catherine Ulmer
William Ulmer
Kings County
Painter fell 120 feet at Dreamland Park Coney Island
Charles Morgan, a painter living at Coney Island, fell 120 feet from a folding in Dreamland Park yesterday afternoon. He suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries and was taken to Ings County Hospital by Dr Meeks. Alexander Falkner was run down and killed by a trolley on Thirty-ninth Street bound for Coney Island at Third Avenue and Forty-fourth Street. He resided at 377 Forty-fourth Street Brooklyn. Motorman Charles Squier of 417 Fifty-seventh Street was arrested.
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Charles Morgan
Coney Island
Dreamland Park
Meeks
Ings County Hospital
Alexander Falkner
Ove Nune
Third Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Falkner
Brooklyn
Charles Squier
Fifty-seventh Street
Brooklyn Democrats in revolt seek McCarren ouster via seven leaders
Seven Brooklyn Democratic district leaders join Coler Flaherty forces to topple Senator Patrick H McCarren as county leader amid a split party. District chiefs Melody McGuire Doyle Farrell Byrnes Sinnott Lynch push rebellion with slim McCarren loyalty in doubt as Tammany watches for power shifts in Kings County.
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Democratic Organization
Brooklyn
Coler-Sher Jin-Flaherty
Patrick H. McCarren
Kings
McCarren
Hugh McLaughlin
Williamsburg
Astor House
Tammany
McClellan
Tim” Sullivan
Metz
Finance Department
William E. Melody
William R. McGuire
William A. Doylé
Thomas R. Farrell
Thomas F. Byrnes
James P. Sinnott
Patrick F. Lynch
Melody
Byrnes
McGuire
Doyle
Lynch
Farrell
James Shevlin
Willoughby Street
Sixteenth
Twenty-third
James Kane
James S. Regan
J. Morrissey Gray
Michael E., Butler
John Naumer
Butler
Regan
Gray
Kane
Naumer
Kings County
Tammany Tiger
Mr. Coler
Mr. Shevlin
Michael J. Flaherty
How Forests Are Wasted Lecture Warns Losses and Loss Prevention
Assistant Forester Overton W. Price of Washington spoke at Copper Union about forest destruction and its costs. He showed West forest before and after logging, noting 111,000 acres cut daily to supply a billion feet annually and a woodpile taller than a Singer Buildin. Floods from deforestation caused $9,000,000 in damages in the southern mountains. Professor Charles Sprague Smith discussed German forestry practices requiring replanting for every tree cut.
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People’s Institute
Copper Union
Overton W. Price
Washington
Price
United States
Singer
Charles Sprague Smith
Germany
Birthday Dinner Honors Gen Thomas L James at Hotel Astor
Gen Thomas L James former Post master General and bank president and Mrs James hosted a small dinner at the Hotel Astor for his seventy seventh birthday. Attendees included Admiral and Mrs Joseph B Coghlan Gen and Mrs Stewart I Wood ford Mr and Mrs William H McElroy Rev Dr Henry A Brann Mr and Mrs George G Ward and W A Simon son.
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Thomas L. James
Lincoln National Bank
James
Hotel Astor
Gen. James
Joseph B. Coghlan
Stewart I. Woodford
William H. McElroy
Henry A. Brann
George G. Ward
W. A. Simonson
Primaries Showdown As Odell Parsons Clash Over Election Rules
Ex Gov Odell and Congressman Parsons face off in city primaries amid fraud accusations and rewards for proof of illegal voting. Both sides claim strength in districts including the Fifteenth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-ninth as contest lines draw tight ahead of the fall elections. Parsons offers ten rewards of 250 dollars for evidence leading to arrests and convictions of illegal voters or inspectors violating the law.
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Odell
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Saxe
Henry W. Mack
Douglas
Fifteenth
Olcott
Thirteenth
Parseans
Hughes
Woodford
Hughes League of the United States
Republican ‘Organization
Gov
Benamin B. Odell, Jr
Seligman Boy Arrested for Double Speed Violations
Jesse Seligman an 18 year old on the West Side eluded Patrolman Beckett then faced two charges of speeding on a motorcycle at twenty five and forty miles per hour in two different streets. Magistrate Walsh fined him four dollars on one charge and ten dollars on the other. He claimed only five dollars in hand and pledged ring and cuff links as security. He declined to confirm if Albert J Seligman of 116 West Fifty second Street is his father.
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Jesse Seligman
Beckett
West Side
Walsh
Eighty-first Street
Central Park West
Eighty-second Street
Amsterdam ‘Avenue
Seligman
Young Seligman
U6 West Fifty-second Street
Albert J. Seligman
More Exits to be Built at Erasmus Hall High
Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn moves all pupils from the large assembly room after David F. Moore reports to Supt Snyder that the area lacks proper fire safeguards. The building will see new exits added to address the safety concern.
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Erasmus High School
Erasmus Hall High School
Rooklyn
David F. Moore
Brooklyn
Snyder
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Saks & Company
Broadway
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Ciel
Mais
Rose
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Uneeda Biscuit
B. Akman & CO
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