Woodruff Impressed Seeks Real Sentiment On Hughes Nomination
Timothy L. Woodruff, Republican State Committee chairman, returned from the Adron-Gack camp still undecided about Governor Hughes renomination. He noted growing sentiment for a second term and said leaders aim to gauge true voter will, not force sentiment. The Saratoga convention set for September 14 will name Joseph H. Chest e temporary and Elihu Root permanent chairs, signaling possible Hughes support. Woodruff stressed testing sentiment over rallying opposition and hinted nominations depend on public will. status of campaign officers to be announced at noon with others paying calls on Woodruff.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Adrron- Gack
Hughes
Joseph H. Cheste
Elihu Root
Saratoga
Taft
Woodruff
State Committee
Republican Club
State Campaign Committee
Mr. Woodruff
Republican Party
Kracke
Koenig
William Barnes
Albany
William L. Ward
Ward
West 33Th Street
Wright Will Not Take Stump For Taft
Washington Aug 10 Secretary Wright declines all campaign activity despite reports he would speak for Taft in Tennessee. As War Secretary with duties over Philippines and Panama Canal he will not enter politics, fearing criticism from Southern Democrats and charges the appointment was political.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wright
Tennessee
Taft
Republican State Committee of Tennessee
War Department
Philippines
Panama Canal
Democratic Party
Judge Taft
Negroes Form Taft Support Campaign in Washington
The Tribune reports black Republicans in the District of Columbia plan Taft Sherman ratification meetings at the Cosmopolitan Baptist Temple with speakers from Baptist bishops and professional men. A Labor Day rally under the National Negro Labor Union will mobilize one hundred thousand members and distribute campaign literature nationwide.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
District of Columbia
Cosmopolitan Baptist Temple
National Negro Labor Union
Taft to speak in Brooklyn at Fort Greene Park dedication
Judge Taft will deliver the principal address at the dedication of the prison ship Manistee monument. The ceremony is set for November 1 atop the hill in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn.
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Taft
Maniste
Fort Greene Park
Brooklyn
Unanimous for Hughes Renomination Effort in New Rochelle
A mass meeting at the Republican Club in New Rochelle endorsed Governor Hughes for a second term. A seven member committee will coordinate a house to house campaign and petition efforts to persuade Westchester delegates at the Saratoga convention. James R. Butterworth announced the Taxpayers’ Association also endorsed Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overnor Hughes
Republican Party
Republican Club
New Rochelle
Frank Tucker
Hughes
Westchester County
William L. Ward
Westchester Republican County Committee
Tucker
Timothy I. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
William M. Bowles
Saratoga
A. W. Cole
New York
James R. Butterworth
Taxpayers’ Association
Bryan's Busy Day In Lincoln and Chicago Notes
Lincoln and Chicago dispatches detail William J. Bryan's busy day with visits from Representative Henry Clayton and others, plus 300 Epworth League members. Henry George Jr. expresses support for Democracy, plans a stump tour after his lecture circuit. Mack plans May campaign actions and Des Moines speech prep, while New York campaign HQ setup is noted.
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Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Henry Clayton
Alabama
J. W. McClure
Sedalia
F. McGuire
Osceola
Kan
Henry George, Jr
New York
Harvey W. Hardy
Ilinois
Stevenson
Bryan
George
Kern
Mack
Executive Committee
Fairview
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Castro talks on Venezuela tensions and arbitration urge
President Castro grants his first interview in weeks to discuss Venezuela’s troubles with foreign powers. He criticizes using force to collect debts, praises Hague arbitration, and says Venezuela will continue peaceful development while paying debts and claims. He links the Netherlands incident to De Reus and Curaçao authorities.
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Caracas
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Castro
Venezuela
M. de
Great International Tribunal
Hague
High Hague Tribunal
United States
France
Netherlands
M.de Reus
Curagac
Express Finds Buffalo Backing Hughes for Governor
In Buffalo on August 10 the Express published fifty five interviews with prominent citizens endorsing Governor Hughes for renomination. The piece notes quiet but growing Hughes sentiment in Buffalo and Erie County, shared by Democrats and independents who see him as the strongest Republican and a path to beating the national ticket if he is opposed in the convention.
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Buffalo
the Express
Hughes
Express
Erie County
Hoghes
Hughess
Brooklyn Democrats claim fight to bar McCarren takeover
The Kings County Democratic leadership opened headquarters and a speakers bureau in the Temple Bar Building to wage war on irregular Brooklyn Democrats led by Senator Patrick H. McCarren. Long Pat McCarren vowed no let up, predicting hard fights in the 10th 9th and 5th districts and asserting Brooklyn will claim control. J E Wainwright denied plans to oppose W A Doyle for the anti McCarren leadership in the 9th District, saying he would back Doyle to defeat N P Lynch McCarrenite.
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Kings County
Democratic Party
Brooklyn
Temple Bar
Patrick H. McCarren
Long Pat
Jefferson Building
Court Square
Tammany Hall
Fth
J. E. Wainwright
W. A. Doyle
McCarren
Doyle
N. P. Lynch
McCarren warns Democrats in Brooklyn clash over leadership
At a Fifth Avenue Brooklyn HQ meeting Senator Patrick H. McCarren assailed bandit leaders seeking to disrupt the regular Democratic party. He cited Kings County voters as decisive for future state politics and criticized Murphy for abandoning independence, calling leadership ignorant and brutal.
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Brooklyn
Kings County
Murphy
Conners
Tammany
Conservatives dominate Cuban elections with 260k votes cast
Havana reports near completion of provincial and municipal results. Conservatives win governor posts in Santa Clara Matanzas and Pinar del Rio and lead overall with about 104 200 votes to Miguelistas 93 600 and Zagistas 61 200 among 260 000 ballots. About 160 000 registered voters did not vote. Officials to be installed September 1 as new laws take effect.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Miguelistas
Zagistas
José Miguel Gomez
Sefior Zay
General Menocal
Sefior Lecuona
Hitchcock Leads Republican Vermont Campaign Effort
Frank H. Hitchcock, RNC chairman, arranges a last week Vermont push with Secretaries Wilson and Straus. Vermont's September election draws national campaign focus. Hitchcock plans Chicago Western HQ setup and a nine-member advisory committee.
Power boats stopped for missing lights on the North River
Matt Coneys prowled the North River at night halting a dozen launches and overhauling several power boats with no lights. He warned the Mabel E. owner and revoked the license when applicable. Ferry pilot Edgewater complained that unlit boats caused summer disturbances.
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Matt" Coneys
North River
Coneys
Timmins
Mabel E
Edward H. Georgie
Mabel
Sth Street
131St Street
Fifth Street
Edgewater
Cromer to Go After Labor Vote
Indianapolis report says the Republican State Central Committee has created a labor bureau to woo labor voters in Indiana. George W Cromer, former Congressman from the 5th District, will head the bureau and is well regarded by labor leaders and unions statewide.
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the Tribune
Indianapolis
Indiana
Republican State Central Committee
Labor Bureau
George W. Cromer
the &Th
Urge Nomination of Beckett for Surrogate Seat
Lawyers practicing in the Surrogate's Court urge the renomination of Surrogate Charles H. Beckett by both parties to succeed himself. Democratic lawyers will approach Mr. Murphy about Tammany Hall backing Beckett if Republicans name him as well. Beckett was appointed by Governor Hughes to fill the vacancy from Surrogate Fitzgerald's death and has since cleared backlogs, working with Surrogate Thomas to handle a large volume of cases.
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Surrogate's Court
Charles H. Beckett
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Beckett
Hughes
Fitzgerald
Chambers
Thomas
Wright Named Governor Candidate by Home Rulers of Tennessee
Chattanooga Aug 10 The Home Rulers of Tennessee nominated T Asbury Wright of Rockwood for Governor and T A Raht of Tullahoma for Railroad Commissioner. Wright favored state wide prohibition and was named by acclamation after the platform was adopted. Reports said Sanders Evans faction might nominate Wright at Nashville convention.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
T. Asbury Wright
Rockwood
T. A. Raht
Tullahoma
Sanders and Evans
Mr. Wright
Nashville
Sixty Arrests in Alabama Mine Strike Train Shooting
In Blocton area a gun attack on a train carrying strike breakers and soldiers left three dead and fifteen wounded. Over sixty arrests have been made, including Blocton Miners' Union president Robert Hayes. Birmingham residents urge martial law as John P. White of the United Mine Workers arrives. several mines resume work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Blocton
Robert Hayes
Miners’ Union
John P. White
National Organization of the United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Hughes to Speak at Oswego Firemen Convention
Governor Hughes will speak on August 2 at the state convention of the Volunteer Firemen's Association in Oswego New York. His acceptance came by telegram to L W Matt. The convention runs April 18 to 2st with other speakers John B Whalen Secretary of State James W Wadsworth and Assemblyman Edwin A Merritt.
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Oswego
N. Y
Hughes
Volunteer Firemen's Association
L. W. Matt
John 8. Whalen
James W. Wadsworth
Edwin A. Merritt
Smith Estate Tax Increase Reported by State Controller
Albany August 10 State Controller Martin J H Glynn announced a tax increase of more than 34000 on the estate of the late James Henry Smith of Orange County who died in Japan. He attributed the rise to verification of appraisals by his department. The total tax of 878390 29 has been paid into the State Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Martin JH. Glynn
James Henry Smith
Orange County
Japan
Payne denies governor bid in Auburn statement
Congressman Sereno E. Payne chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee declares he is not a candidate for governor of New York. He says his goal is reelection to Congress and to help revise the tariff.
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Auburn
N. Y
Sereno E. Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
New York State
Payne
Congress
Mrs Watterson Marries In City Hall In Louisville
Mrs Bianca C Watterson, divorced from Henry Watterson Jr son of The Courier Journal editor, wed Sesior Remon Banus a merchant at No 43 East 7th Street in Louisville City Hall. Banus is 28, bride 30 born in Cuba. Alderman Beyer officiated in the aldermanic committee room. A King Charles spaniel attended.
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Bianca C. Watterson
Om Henry Watterson, Jr
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sesior Remon Banus
East 7Th Street
Banus
Cuba
Watterson
Aldermanic Committee
Alderman Beyer
Typographical union convenes in Boston
Delegates welcomed by state and city officials at the fifty fourth annual International Typographical Union convention in Boston. James M. Lynch of Syracuse spoke for the international bodies, received a gold loving cap, eight hour committee work was praised, and reports led to essays and excursions by trolley and water for delegates.
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Boston
International Typographical Union
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers’ Union
Mailers’ Trade District Union
Woman's
William M. Oln
John N. Cole
Massachusetts House of Representatives
George A. Hibbard
John H. Fahey
Boston Newspaper Publishers’ Association
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
Lynch
Contractor killed jumping onto moving train at Deal Beach
Murray V. Arthur a Dongon Hills Staten Island contractor died after being mangled by train wheels at Deal Beach station while attempting to board a special train from Allenhurst to New York. He had driven there seeking a meeting with Miss Jane Shanley of Newark.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Deal Beach
Murray V. Arthur
Dongon Hills
Staten Island
Long Branch Hospital
Arthur
Jane Shanley
J. F. Shanley
Newark
Allenhurst
New York
Deal
Arrest of Brooklyn Clerk on Perjury And Forgery
Charles Bliven a 31 year old clerk was arrested at his Brooklyn home on a bench warrant for perjury forgery and larceny in the first degree. Detective Fitzsimmons took Bliven to the Tombs after indictments were found in June. The perjury allegedly occurred about April 5 before Justice Brady in a Supreme Court trial. The forgery charge involves a $2000 securities receipt said to be forged for E F Hutton & Co brokers of No 3 New Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bliven
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Fitzsimmons
Bliven
Court of General Sessions
State Board seals Catskills forest land deal
Albany August 10 The State Land Purchasing Board announced closing negotiations for about one thousand acres of forest land in the Catskills. Land lies in Greene Ulster and Sullivan counties with prices ranging from three to five dollars per acre.
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Albany
State Land Purchasing Board
Catskills
Greene
Ulster
Sullivan Counties
Bishop Brent Named Senior Commissioner to Opium Board
The Right Rev. Charles H. Brent Episcopal Bishop of the Philippines has accepted the post as senior commissioner of the American delegation to the international opium commission. The three American commissioners will meet in Manila on December 15 to prepare for the Shanghai meeting on January 1.
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Bishop Brent
Opium Board
Washington
Charles H. Brent
Philippines
International Opium Commission
Shanghai
Manifla
Poultry Association Pushes International Standard
Niagara Falls N Y Aug 10 The American Poultry Association in convention approved a move to ask the Poultry Club of England to appoint a committee to meet the association and prepare an international standard A chair in poultry husbandry is also recommended for American colleges Officers elected President C M Wollaston Massachusetts first vice president H B Donovan of Toronto second vice president Miller Purviss of Peotone Ill treasurer Ross C Halleck of St Louis
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
American Poultry Association
Poultry Club of England
C. M. Wollaston
Massachusetts
H. B. Donovan
Toronto
Miller Purviss
Peotone
Ill
Ross C. Halleck
Steinbruck Goes Abroad to Study European Police Methods
Inspector Steinbruck of the 34 Inspection District sails for Europe on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. He plans visits to Berlin Dresden Munich and Paris to study policing. His vacation, normally twenty days, is extended to forty due to his strong record, and he travels with his wife to his homeland.
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Steinbruck
Europe
Kronpring Wilhelm
Berlin
Dresden
Munich
Paris
Metropolitan Street Railway Manager Dismissed Over Smoke Issue
Oren Root general manager of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company was discharged by Magistrate Moss in Yorkville police court after claiming his car did not smoke. He said the same officer who warned him at the park entrance on Sunday arrested him within a short distance.
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Central Park
Oren Root
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Moss
Yorkville
Root
Man claims knowledge of murderers linked to Greenpoint fire
John Buchowski, a Polish immigrant with limited English, told Stapleton Richmond police at night that he knew the men who burned a woman's body in Greenpoint. Detective O'Hanlon escorted him to the Detective Bureau in Brooklyn, accompanied by a non-English speaking companion. Buchowski shares a residence with John Krowski, detained in connection with the case.
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John Buchowski
Stapleton
Richmond
Canlon
Greenpoint
O'Hanlon
Detective Bureau
Brooklyn
Buchowski
John Krowski
Government employees liability act promulged in August
Regulations implementing the government employees liability act, approved by Secretary Straus, took effect August 1. An estimated seventy thousand workers fall within the act’s provisions, affecting how liabilities and duties apply to government employees nationwide.
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Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
May Oust Oma ra By Telegraph to The Tribone
Pittsburg August 1. The chance a New York man may soon replace detective Roger Mara as receiver of Harry K Thaw estate is discussed under federal bankruptcy law. Creditors may elect a trustee to control Thaw’s property, sparking expected clashes with state authority. Lyndhurst estate repair work proceeds as Thaw may be brought under U S control.
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Tribone
Pittsburg
New York
Roger Mara
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Thawang
Lyndhurst
Harry Thaw
States Court
Thaw
United States
Stone
Lncal
R Blair
Mary CC. Thaw
Europe
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Chanler
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
United States Court
Thaw examined in Hayt case at Poughkeepsie courthouse
In Poughkeepsie on August 14 Harry K Thaw was moved from the jail to the supervisors room for a hearing in Mrs Ella Hayt's case to restrain him from paying Dr John B Wilson if he wins a judgment. Wilson testified in Thaw�s habeas matter and Hayt seeks further funds. Thaw admitted paying 150 dollars by check and owed 3 more, but contested the value of Wilson�s services as under 20 dollars. The proceeding adjourned to Thursday.
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Poughkeepsie, N
Harry K. Thaw
Ella Hayt
Poughkeepsie
John B Wlson
Thaw
Dr. Wilson
Wilson
Hayt
Fistkill Langing
John Schlosser
Charles Morschauser
Morschauser
Sherif Chanler
Townsend
Hasbrouck
Frederick Ackerman
Poughkkeepsie
Copper stocks show increase in Boston market
Boston August 1 thirty one leading copper stocks show a total market value rise of nearly 300 million dollars from October panic low prices.
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Telegraph
Tribune
Boston
Boston Corper
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