Growing anti trust drive targets Boston steel cartel
Theodore Roosevelt denounces greed and class privilege urging stronger national regulation of corporations and labor unions. He cites the Boston Agreement of 1900, a wide steel crafting cartel colluding on bids to fix prices, and calls for federal action to curb abuses and empower an executive body to oversee interstate commerce.
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New England
United States
American Bridge Company
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Department of Justice
Boston Agreement Commission Forms to Probe City Finances
Boston Legislature authorized a Boston Financial Commission to examine the city’s business and financial methods. Members include Nathan Matthews, George Crocker, G A Ernst, J B Moore, John A Sullivan, Randall Morris, and John F Kennedy. The panel began sittings on July 3 and continues its investigations.
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Ernst
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Boston Merchants’ Association
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Randall G Morris
Chamber of Commerce
John F Kennedy
Central Labor Union
Commission
McCarren Plans Denver Battle For Democratic Seats
Senator McCarren will send a contested delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver to challenge Brooklyn selections made by the state convention. He vows to press fights against uprising district leaders while expressing confidence in the majority of New York Democrats. Ex Sheriff Flaherty calls for safeguards on primaries and honest elections as essential to defeating McCarren and urges direct nomination and ballot reform.
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McCarren
Denver
Brooklyn
Thomas Jefferson
Michael J. Flaherty
Governor Johnson in Michigan lecture tour opens in Calumet
Governor Johnson of Minnesota visited Calumet and Houghton and spoke in Hancock on The Majesty of the Law as a paid lecturer. Democrats and business leaders in Houghton entertained him with a delegation led by Edward Ryan, a Bryan supporter, and C. C. Williams, a Johnson ally, as talks continued. Chippewa County backs Johnson with most Upper Peninsula counties aligned except Menominee.
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Tribune
Calumet
Mich
Johnson
Minnesota
Houghton
Hancock
Edward Ryan
State
Democratic Central Committee
Bryan
C. C. Williams
Chippewa County
Upper Peninsula
Menominee
Hughes HQ at Astor for Hughes delegates
General Stewart L. Woodford, president of the National Hughes League, announced that delegate and alternate headquarters will open in the Hotel Astor on Friday. He will personally run the headquarters with open house, a conference planned for Thursday, moving from the Hotel Manhattan where earlier meetings occurred.
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National Hughes League
Hotel Astor
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Manhattan
Hughes League
Astor
Hughes
Bryan Man Downed in Michigan Meeting
Detroit April 27 D J Campau national committeeman and Brgan's Michigan Man Friday overruled 37 to 4 on all questions at Democratic County Committee meeting Three Campau men present After meeting Hampton Campau lieutenant blamed anti Bryan forces for the defeat
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Detroit
Democratic County Committee
D. J. Campau
Brgan
Michigan
Campau
Hampton
Leutenant
Manila Bank Victim Of Fraud Scheme Uncovered
The Barco Espanol Filipino in Manila reports extensive fraud totaling over 71.0 pesos. Trusted staff and outside partners honored checks on non existent accounts, altering books to hide losses. One clerk arrested with more arrests likely. bank expects partial recovery via seized property.
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Manila
Barco Espanol-Filipino
Governor to Speak Here Monday at Mass Meeting
Announcement from the weekly Baptist Ministers Association conference says Governor Hughes will address a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall next Monday at 7 p.m. to push a second anti racetrack gambling bill. Bishop Greer will also speak and Catholic and Hebrew church representatives are slated to appear.
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Hughes
Carnegie Halison
Greer
Choate Backs Taft Nomination for New York
Joseph H. Choate declares acceptance of a Taft Organization vice presidency in New York. He argues Taft's qualifications across government roles, devotion to the Constitution, and ability to win state support. Choate urges Republicans to join the effort to nominate and elect Taft for president.
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Great Britain
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New York
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Philippines
Cuba
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Supreme Court of the United Stats
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Eass
May Break Solid Ohio Delegation
Springfield Ohio April 27 a Paraker Club meeting issued a call for a rump convention in the seventh Congress District urging five thousand Negro voters to support Foraker for president at the Chicago convention and to send two delegates with instructions to vote for him.
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Springfield
Ohio
7Th Congress
Paraker Club
Foraker
Chicago
Republican District Conventions Split Over Taft Indorsements
A tangle of 7th and 8th district Republican conventions across Gulfport Camden and Little Rock shows strong opposition to endorsing Secretary Taft by black delegates while Taft supporters nominate taft instructed delegates. In various states including South and North Carolina and West Virginia the conventions split or remained uninstructed with the Br ownsville issue cited by negro delegates before Taft was endorsed.
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T. S. Thigpen
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
7Th District Committee
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Little Rock
Ark
Sidney B. Redding
John White
Poe County
O. J. Harkey
Yell County
J. P. Robinson
Pulaski
Balters
N. B. Skipper
Comway County
Scipio Jones
J. N. Larbor Johnson
P. A. Knowles
Ministers Back Hughes in Race Track Stand Telegram
The Interdenominational Ministers Conference of New York City and Vicinity sent Governor Hughes a telegram after their weekly St Mark's church meeting. They endorsed his stand against the racetrack evil and pledged prayers and support.
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Hughes
Interdenominational Ministers’ Conference of
New York City and Vicinity
St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church
Quiet contes in Niagara Ontario district race set
Telegraph report from Albany April 27 states politicians close to Governor Hughes expect a subdued campaign for the Niagara Ontario district senate race to replace Senator Franehor. Republicans lack funds for William C. Wallace while Democrats may be backed by racing interests, shaping a cautious contest.
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Franehor
William C. Wallace
Political tensions over gambling and party split in New York
Republican leaders push a cautious line in a district split over gambling bills while Governor Hughes weighs potential anti gambling action. Wallace lacks funds and local ties, Merritt-Wadsworth alignment looms, and the governor vows to act only on formal charges, with district speeches planned in Ithaca and New York.
Racial track betting debate pits Hughes backers against foes
At the New York Universalist Club dinner the issue of racetrack gambling dominated remarks by Frank Moss, a lawyer and reformer, and Canon Chase. Moss praised Governor Hughes for his stand on reform measures though noted political machines oppose him. Chase warned New York as the gambling center and called racetracks a monopoly, while Moss framed the moment as a revolutionary turning point amid reform waves and prosecutions.
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New York Universalist Club
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Governo Hughes
Hughes
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Kates
Chicago
McMahon Named Democratic Candidate for May 12 Seat
The Democratic Senate Convention in the th District nominated Henry A. McMahon of Niagara Falls for the May 12 special election called by Governor Hughes. McMahon, an insurance agent, was defeated for Assembly in the Niagara District last fall. The convention did not decide the track issue. McMahon plans a statement opposing the Governor on that issue, arguing party leaders say men cannot consistently support the Governor.
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Tribune
Lockport
Democratic Senate
Henry A. McMahon
Niagara Falls
Hughes
McMahon
Assembly
Niagara
Investigation of Telegram Error in Racetrack Legislation
Washington April 27 Assistant United District Attorney Given said the District Attorney's office has been asked to investigate the alleged error in the Fassett Cassing telegram relating to racetrack legislation. The start of the inquiry would come in a few days, though the request did not come directly from Fassett or the Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Magquier & Jones Company
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Springfield Construction Cmpany
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J. T. Croft & Co
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M. Ham & Co
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A Brothers
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James H. Tower
Telegram
Washington
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Fassett-Cassing
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Fassett
Western Untea Telegraph Company
Barnes Criticizes Governor At Albany Republican Club
Albany April 27 William Barnes jr Republican Club speaker assailed Governor Hughes for urging anti racetrack gambling bills and for calling an extraordinary session to push legislation he termed detested. Barnes argued proper executive handling could have allowed passage of the Agnew Hart measures.
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