Taft Arrives in White Sulphur for Greenbrier Visit
Judge Taft and party stop at Greenbrier for a horse show amid cheering crowds. Taft, Mrs Taft, and officials tour the resort, weathering mountain roads and a downpour. Attendees include Rep Gaines and Sen Scott, with celebrations marking Taft’s Southern welcome and political momentum in West Virginia.
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William H
Judge Taft
Mrs .Taft
Thomas J. O'Brien
Japan
W. Cameron Forbes
The
Philippines
Clarence R. Edwards
Post Wheeler
Tokio
Wheeler
Charles Taft
Hot Springs
Ohio
Taft
Gaines
Taft Party
White Springs
Scott
West Virginia
Hall
Lewishire
Old Sweet Springs
Sweet Chalybeate Springs
Deadwood
Green Brier
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Hughes Renomination Favored by State Leaders
William R Willcox, chairman of the Public Service Commission, predicts Governor Hughes will be renominated by the Republican state convention. District leaders urge Mack to push for Hughes, citing his strong ticket value and statewide support. A citizens meeting in New Rochelle is planned to rally for Hughes's renomination with Frank Tucker and others directing the effort.
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William R Willcox
Public Service Commission
White Mountains
Hughes
Willcox
Republican Organization
15Th Assembly District
Harry W. Mack
Saratoga
William H. Douglas
Douglas
Citizens
New Rochelle
Frank Tucker
C. H. Augur
R. L. Herbes
George F. Lewis
Democratic National Committee Opens HQ in Chicago
John W. Kern visited the newly opened Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. He predicted a bright path for the party’s presidential campaign and outlined plans for a speaking tour and acceptance speech timing. National Chairman Norman E. Mack and Congressional leaders announced continued campaigns and new bureau appointments.
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Chicago
John W. Kern
Democratic National Committee
Auditorium
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Kern
Charles City
Iowa
Indianapolis
Bryan
Lincoln
James L. Liegd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
Washington
Lloyd
National Committee
John W. Tomlinson
National Bureau of Democratic Clubs
Ohio Senators Not Asked to Speak at Campaign
In Youngstown on September 5 the Republican state sub committee invited Senators Foraker and Dick to attend but not to speak. Governor Hughes of New York and Senator Beveridge of Indiana were chosen to speak. A. I. Vorys will preside.
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Tribune
Cedar Point
Ohio
Youngstown
Foraker
Hughes
New York
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
A. I. Vorys
Hughes Club Formed in Cayuga County
Independent Republicans in Cayuga County organize the Hughes Club to support Governor Charles E. Hughes for renomination and oppose Senator Benjamin M. Wilcox. The group plans to elect Hughes delegates and campaign until the August caucuses with backing from Cayuga County Church Federation of Men's Clubs.
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Tribune
Auburn
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes Club
Cayuga County
Hughes
Benjamin M. Wilcox
Church Federation of Men’s Clubs
Hughes Ends Adirondack Side Trip From Mount Marcy
Governor Hughes completed a Lake Placid excursion with his son Charles E. Hughes Jr and friend N G Chase. The trio traversed Indian Pass and Mount Marcy despite heavy rains and returned to town at six o clock in good spirits after dinner at Stevens House.
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N. G
Hughes
Charles E. Hughes, Jr
College Chum
N. G. Chase
Indian Pass
Mount Marcy
Stevens House
Robert H. Fuller
Saranac Inn
Hughes and Sherman to Lead Maine Campaign Tour
At a special Republican State Committee meeting in Brunswick Maine chairman Byron Boyd said Governor Hughes of New York James Sherman the vice presidential nominee and Senator Borah of Idaho would head campaign speaking in Maine The committee decided tariff would be the key topic for Maine voters and deserve most attention
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Tribuune
Brunswick
Republican State Committee
Byron Boyd
Hughes
New York
James
Sherman
Borah
Idaho
Maine
Dover Denies Resigning as National Committee Secretary
In Chicago reports Elmer B. Dover, secretary of the national committee, was said to have resigned. Dover arrived in New York with Mrs Dover who plans to sell for Europe. He denied the resignation when shown the dispatch.
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Chicago
Elmer B. Dover
National Committee
Dover
New York
Bonaparte Says He Will Not Resign
Baltimore August 7 Attorney General Bonaparte denies plans to leave the Cabinet after the November election and rejects stories of a resignation. In a telegram from Lenox Mississippi he states he has no intention of resigning before the end of the present administration and has already denied the report multiple times.
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Bonaparte
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Lenox
Mess
Charles J. Bonaparte
Money question dominates Fairview Democratic meeting
In Fairview Lincoln August 1 the key issue for the Democratic campaign is funds. The plan calls for at least 500 dollars from mass contributions with major donors still expected. Bryan and Pettigrew and DNC treasurer Haskell laid groundwork to organize fundraising next week in Chicago. Bryan schedules speeches from Topeka to Mitchell South Dakota Sioux Falls and Lincoln Nebraska in late August. Prohibitionist Eugene Chafin intends to begin a hundred speeches before official notification. Bishop Oldham proposes a world youth college in Singapore with a Bryan endorsement letter. Republican Judge West says Bryan will win this year as he is closer to the people.
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Fairview
Denver
Bryan
R. F. Pettigrew
South Dakota
Finance Committee
C. N. Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Pettigrew
Topeka
Mitchell
8. D
Sioux Falls
St. Paul
Eugene W. Chafin
Epworth Park
Mr. Chafin
Bryan Campaign Fund Contributions Reported at $19000
Governor Haskell left the Bryan home after a long conference and said about $19000 had been contributed to the Democratic campaign fund from six or seven states all voluntary. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis sent $1500.
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Lincoln, Neb
Haskell
Bryan
Democratic Campaign
Commercial Appeal
Memphis
No Bryan Excursions Denied Lincoln Meeting Rail Fare
Chicago reports Norman E. Mack DNC chairman says no reduced railroad rates will be set for the Bryan notification at Lincoln on August 12. Eden MacLeod Western Passenger Association replies the 2-cent Nebraska law blocks Lincoln discounts, while Ohio’s 2-cent law allowed Cincinnati Taft discounts. Mack calls the railroads discrimination against the Democratic party.
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Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Lincoln
Eden FE
MacLeod
Mack
Cincinnat
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MatLeod
Nebraska
Cincinnati
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Taft
Western Passenger Association
Western Association
Democratic Party
Ohio
Bryan to Speak in Boston on September 2
William J. Bryan will address a large audience in Boston on September 2. The announcement from state headquarters says he will make six speeches in New England during this tour, and these will be his only appearances in the region this campaign.
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The
Tribune
Boston
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New England
Carnegie Duplicates Chelsea Gift for Library
Boston August 7 Andrew Carnegie offers Chelsea Massachusetts a fifty thousand dollar library building to replace the one lost in the fire. The gift requires the city to provide five thousand dollars yearly for maintenance and to use the twenty thousand dollars insurance for books. The city already owns the site.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Andrew Carnegie
Chelsea
Mass
Trout Picked From Bushes At Platte Canyon Resorts
Visitors at summer resorts in the Platte canyon picked trout off the bushes after a cloudburst sent Elk Creek flood waters over the river banks. When the flood receded, many trout remained stranded in the bushes along the stream.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Platte Canyon
Elk Creek
Platte
Buffalo Park
Three Die In Arkansas Wreck Near Imboden
Three people were killed and several injured when a Frisco passenger train derailed twelve miles east of Imboden Arkansas early today. The engine jumped a 12 foot embankment pulling the mail baggage and smoking cars. The mail car gas tank exploded and burned with its mail. Sailors extinguished a baggage car fire and saved the baggage.
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Imboden
Ark
Here
Train rolls down bank killing three near Roanoke
A work train on a narrow gauge line serving the Rover iron mines two miles from Roanoke plunged down a steep embankment. Several men were trapped under engine and cars. Three were killed and several injured.
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Roanoke
Rover Iron Mines
British barkentine damaged near Puerto Rico
The American steamer S. W. Luckenbach reached San Juan from New York and reported observing the British barkentine Ethel Clarke off Cienfuegos. The vessel was partly dismasted with foremast and maintopmast gone and was undergoing repairs.
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P. R
S. W. Luckenbach
New York
Nevius Kay
Ethel Clarke
Cienfuegos
Independence League Meeting Turns to Chicago Bryan Fight
John T. Cronin charged Charles E Gehring and L. J. O'Reilly with abuses at a United Charities Building session. The gathering degenerated into a debate over Bryan endorsement, with accusations, a desk smashing incident, and a vote of confidence for Gehring and O'Reilly. Cronin pledged to report to his organization and hinted at possible withdrawal.
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United Charities
D Street
Fourth Avenue
Chicago
Bryan
John T. Cronin
16Th Assembly
Charles E Gehring
L. J. O'Reilly
Mr. Cronin
Mr. Gehring
Sheppard
Fort Scott
O'Reiilly
Cronin
O'Reilly
Dr. Bush
Hearst
Gehring
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Charlies F. Murphy
Tammany
No Place for Independence Party on Erie Ballot
Election Commissioner Emerson said he has no official knowledge of an Independence party and will not place it on the Erie County ballot without a court order. Sherman B. Jerome and Independence League leaders argue the party is duly recognized and filed, and that Emerson must grant a ballot space or be compelled by courts.
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House
Taft
Hitchcock
Buffalo
Emerson
Sherman B. Jerome
Independence Party
Erie County
Jerome
Independence League
Mr. Jerome
The
Charles E. Gehring
Chicago
Gehring
Cassidy Loses Again in Queens Primary List Rejected
Joseph Cassidy former Queens Borough President suffered another setback as his list of candidates for upcoming Democratic primaries was rejected by the Board of Elections in Manhattan. The board informed Chief Clerk Carl Vogel to recognize the other party slate led by Sheriff Herbert Harvey, head of the anti Cassidy County Committee. Cassidy claimed a state convention resolution recognizing his faction as the regular Democratic party. Despite McCarren’s Brooklyn win Cassidy aimed to control Queens conventions and win key posts including District Attorney Cosa Senator and three Assemblymen.
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Borough of
Queens
Board of Elections In
Manhattan
Carl Vogel
Lst
Herbert Harvey
Democratic County Committee
Cassidy
Board of Elections
Hie
Democratic Party
McCarren
Brooklyn
Inares
Cosa
Indictments return against Morse Curtis at bank case origin
Federal grand jury indicts Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis for false bank entries aimed to deceive the Controller of the Currency. Indictment covers seven loans misrecorded for almost $1,060,000 linked to American Ice Company stock. Minor stockholders rally to Hanna’s management as plan to liquidate faces opposition.
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National Bank of North America
Charles A. Hanna
Federal Grand Jury
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
Hanna
Morse
Assets Realization Company
Ae Tribune
John W. McKinnon
William H. Field
Mr. Hanna
Sam
Mr. Morse
Messrs. Morse
Curtis
American Ice Company
Davison Brown
Leslie M. Whiting
Primrose & Braun
John F. Carroll
Tammany
Whiting
Hough
Criminal Branch
United States Circuit Court
Direct Primary Test Opens in Chicago as Four Ballots Used
Chicago aug 7 direct primary law faces first test ahead of statewide elections. four ballots will be offered for Democratic Republican Prohibitionist and Socialist parties with Independence and People’s parties absent. key races include governor Republican renomination against Richard Yates and Senate contests involving Hopkins Mason Edmund Foss Webster Stringer Blakely.
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Chicago
Illinois
United States
Democratic
Prohibitionist
Independence Party
Peoples Party
Republican Party
Charles S. Deneen
Richard Yates
Adila E. Stevenson
Douglas Pattison
Freeport
John P. McGoorty
James Hamilton Lewis
Charles F. Gunther
Thomas E. Monroe
E. R. E Kimbrough
Danville
Albert J. Hopkins
William E. Mason
Hopkins
George Edmund Foss
William G. Webster
Lawrence B. Stringer
Lincoln
Addison Blakely
Democrats
Rat Attack Hits Policeman At Williamsburg Station
William Fitzgerald a mounted patrolman at the Clymer Street station in Williamsburg was bitten by a rat while rescuing his horse from a stall near the police station. The rat attacked him after clamping the horse, and Captain Reardon killed the rat with the patrolman’s revolver. Fitzgerald received treatment at the Pasteur Institute as the district reports a rat infestation tied to South American sugar steamers.
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Clymer Street
Williamsburg
Fitzgerald
Datrelmar
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