Steel Trust Denies Bryan Campaign Fund Claims
United States Steel Corporation and its directors rebuff Mr Bryan’s charge that the firm funds the Republican campaign. A director says no payments to the Republican National Committee have been made and no political pressure is tolerated within plants. The issue centers on disclosing officers and directors’ contributions, with officials noting law governs public disclosure and stressing independence from political lobbying.
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United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Bryan
Delaware
Taft
Republican National Committee
Bryan
Steel Corporation
TIMES
Carnegie Hall
Republican Committee
Steel Trust
Sheldon
Republican National
George R. Sheldon
Republican Campaign Fund
Roosevelt Explains Why He Backs Taft for President
Theodore Roosevelt discusses his support for William Howard Taft in an interview, noting shared views on public service and opposition to the stock ticker mentality. He recalls their early White House meeting, Taft’s tact, and Taft’s role in his New York franchise tax fight, plus Taft’s breadth of experience.
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Taft
Henry Beach Needham
Success
Roosevelt
Needham
Civil Service
Harrison
White House
Washington
Iong
Mr. Needham
New York Police Board
Navy
First Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders
New York
Cincinnati
William H. Taft
Outlook
Philippines
United States
Ohio
The
Phiippines
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
President Roosevelt
Root
Cuba
Panama
Girl Survives 2500 Volt Shock After Pole Dare
Mollie Frank, 12, of 2623 Emerald Avenue, Chicago, survived a 2500 volt electric shock after climbing a pole and touching a live wire. Doctors say she will recover, and her case fuels debate over electric chair methods versus surgical execution.
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Chicago
Mollie Frank
Emerald Avenue
New York
Ohio
20 Years For Theft Of Five Dollars In Robbery Case
Judge Malone in General Sessions yesterday sentenced Edward Jones to State Prison for nineteen to twenty years for robbing Paul Sacks at 57 Sixth Avenue of $5 after pinning his arms. John McManus alias Sweeney and Tierney received seven years for carrying burglars tools and was ruled an habitual criminal. Jones was a cook and acted with two accomplices on August 26.
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Malone
Edward Jones
John McManus
Sweeney and Tierney
Jones
Paul Sacks
Sixth Avenue
Sacks
Arrest of Lamplighters Chief Sparks Strike Action
Francesco Yannicola of 83 James Street, president of the Lamplighters' Union, held on $1000 bail for examination by Magistrate Moss in York Vine Court, charged with aiding and abetting an attack on Antonio Contola of 233 East 111th Street on August 20. The arrest appears tied to efforts by the street lighting company to break the lamp workers' strike.
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Francesco Yannicola
James Street
Lamplighters’ Union
Moss
Yorkvine
Antonio Contola
111Th Street
Yannicola
Dr George W Clarke Buried
The funeral for Dr George Washington Clarke 92 oldest New York City schoolmaster was held yesterday noon at the Church of the Strangers on Fifty seventh Street near Eighth Avenue. Widow Mrs Mary Clarke 84, their three sons and two daughters, nine grandchildren, and more than forty former pupils attended and proceeded to Greenwood Cemetery. A former pupil George S Pike a lawyer recalled Clarke founding the Mount Washington Collegiate Institute and recalled Clarke teaching in his bedroom in Washington Square during the school’s early days.
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George Washington Clarke
New York City
Church of the Strangers
Fifty-seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Mary Clarke
Greenwood Cemetery
West Eighty-Fourth Strees
Mount Washington Collegiate Institute School
Noah
Plainfield
N. J
Washington Square
Dr. Clarke
Washington
Little Brown Jug at Kildare Novel Gaining Notice
The Little Brown Jug at Kildare is the striking title of Meredith Nicholson's new novel. The House of a Thousand Candles by Nicholson has been translated into nearly all Continental European languages and a Japanese edition is being considered. The Little Brown Jug at Kildare shows signs of repeating the success of Nicholson's popular predecessors.
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Kildare
Meredith Nicholson
Europe
Taft to Speak Here as Hughes Out
Taft will address a Madison Square Garden meeting and a Brooklyn event on Oct 28, with Gov Hughes speaking in New York City the same day. The National Committee plans a broader East campaign and a West tour for Taft backers as Cummins and Herrick praise Taft and Ohio and Iowa shift toward the Republican ticket.
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William H. Taft
Madison Square Garden
Brooklyn
Hughes
Republican County Committee
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Parsons
Middle West
National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Beveridge
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Montana
Dakotas
Oregon
Portland
San Francisco
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Henry W. Taft
A. B. Cummins
Hitchcock Y
Cummins
Taft
Bryan
United States
Gov. Cummins
West
Myron T. Herrick
Republican National
Baat
How Taft Quit the Bench
Passaic N J Sept 18 At a political meeting John V Griggs former U S Attorney General described urging Taft then a U S Circuit Court judge to resign to govern the Philippine Islands He recounted telegraphing Taft to come to Washington Taft asked what it was about Then Griggs urged him toward the Philippines promising future high offices Taft refused accepting only after completing the assigned work and later joined the Cabinet as questions about his court seat and future rise lingered.
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N. J
Whitehead’s
Opera House
John V. Griggs
United States
William H. Taft
United States Circuit Court
Philippine Islands
Griggs
McKinley
Mr. Griggs
Taft
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Sue- Court
Supreme Court
Ohio
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