Storm Narrows Long Island Sound Rescue by Boys Club
Seventeen boys from the Boys' Club of St. George's Church Flushing plus Captain James Boyle and others endured a two hour hail and rain ordeal on Long Island Sound. They started from Bayville, faced a head sea between Sands Point and Great Neck, and battled a capsize threat while the Vici was kept head into the storm. The launch was crippled by water and engine failure, but the party reached Flushing drenched and exhausted after 9 p.m. The Rev Mottram described the experience as the most exciting time of his life.
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Lya
Boys’ Club
St. George’s Church
Flushing
Benjamin Mottram
John Swenson
James Boyle
Harry
Long Island Sound
Mottram
Bayville
Long Island
Mr. Swenson
Captain Boyle
Sands Point
Great Neck
Boyle
Vici
Lightning Kills Man Aboard Tarrytown Launch
George M Atall of 166 West 14th Street was struck by a lightning bolt during a thundery shower while standing in a launch cockpit at Tarrytown with Richard Foy and William Hooper. Atall, 30, single, employed by National Metal Furniture Co, died instantly despite resuscitation attempts by Drs Roe and Borden and later hospital care. no burn marks were found on body or boat. Eyewitnesses reported a flash enveloping Atall’s body moments before he collapsed.
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George M. Atall
West Mth Street
Tarrytown
Atall
Richard Foy
Broadway
William Hooper
Wifo
Foy
T. V. Roe
J. H. Borden
National Metal Furniture Company
Hooper
Flood in Hudson tunnel blocks NYC subway service
Flooding of the Hudson tunnel halted service from Christopher Street north to the 23rd Street terminal. Superintendent Hedley ordered power cut north of Christopher Street at 525 PM, with pumping aimed to finish by morning. Construction at the Mh Street station faced water intrusion from a clogged sewer and six inches to a foot of water extended from 4th Street to 14th Street. Power largely restored by 6:15 PM except the affected north segment, and the 14th 19th and 23d Street stations were closed overnight.
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Hudson
Christopher Street
23D Street
Hedley
Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Mh Street
14Th Street
DOWNEAST DROUTH BAD AND CLOUDBURST HARM PERIL TOWN
Showers across Eastern New England offered little relief from a continuing drought. June rainfall was well below normal in New Hampshire Massachusetts Maine and Connecticut with Rhode Island and Vermont least affected. Central New Hampshire near Concord and Grafton recorded extreme deficits. Despite dry spells reservoirs and wells remained ample. Metropolitan water use rose sharply in June with eighteen cities and towns drawing more water. Pendleton Oregon faced a cloudburst near Heppner flooding the town, damaging the electric plant and injuring several residents.
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The
Tribune
Boston
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Meine
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Vermont
Concord
Merrimack County
Grafton
McCarren Leads Brooklyn Dems Endorsing Bryan Kern
Kings County Democratic General Committee met in the Jefferson Building Brooklyn and endorsed the Denver ticket of Bryan and Kern with long applause for Bryan. Col James D Bell defended the Denver convention outcome and praised Bryan as a national figure. Senator P H McCarren supported the resolution and praised Kern as a capable vice president, noting broad sentiment for the ticket.
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P. H. McCarren
Kings County
Democratic General Committee
Jefferson Building
Brooklyn
Bryan
Denver
United States
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Indiana
National Democracy
Long Pat
James D. Bell
William Jennings Bryan
Bell
America
McCarren
Kern
Hitchcock A Hustler In Busy Campaign Sweep
Frank H Hitchcock Republican National Committee chairman kept a rapid schedule from New York to Utica and back on Empire State Express trains. He met Representative Sherman to align national and congressional campaigns and agreed to merge literary bureaus under the national committee. Sherman resigns as Congressional chair to run for Vice President. successor to be chosen by the committee.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Manhattan
Empire State Express
Utica
Representative Sherman
Grand Central Station
National
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hitchcock
New York
Metropolitan Tower
National Committee
Congressional Campaign Committee
Literary Bureau
Congressional Committee
Sherman
Socialist Labor party to run convict Preston for president
The Socialist Labor party announced it will nominate convict Martin R. Preston for U.S. president despite his private telegram rejection. The slate lists Preston for president with Munro as vice president, Armstrong for New York governor, and Passano for lieutenant governor, framing their campaign amid taunts from foes and debates within the party.
Lightning Shocks 100 Workers in Pennsylvania
During a severe electrical storm at the Pittsburg Hickson Bed Company in Butler Penn one hundred workers were shocked by lightning. Three men were seriously injured as the current followed the shutting shocking every man at the machines.
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Butler
Penn
Pittsburg-Hickson Bed Company
Major Ray Denies Taft Ties Over Labor Injunction Statement
Major Beecher B. Ray, who issued a Chicago statement claiming Taft views on injunctions and labor questions, arrived in the city denying any official or party connection. He said he acted only as a private individual and not with Taft, the Republican National Committee, or the Industrial Bureau of Chicago. He added he knows Taft only casually from the Philippines and that his ties are limited to the Order of Railway Conductors.
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Major Beecher B. Ray
Chicago
Major Ray
Taft
Judge Taft
War Department
Philippines
Republican National Committee
Industrial Bureau
Order of Railway Conductors
Ryan
Atwood
D. J. Campau
Michigan
Tom L. Johnson
Urey Woodson
Ollie James Bieves
Mr. Atwood
Mr. Bryan
Cincinnati
Bryan
Kern
Indianapolis
Rock Island Road
Rock Island
Fairview
Taggart
Stadler quits Democratic fold to back Taft in 1908 race
Ex State Senator Charles A. Stadler, a longtime Democrat and business leader, declares he will bolt Bryan and Kern. He will support Taft for president and state ticket, betting $10,000 to $5,000 that Bryan cannot win nationally or carry the state. Stadler, president of several companies, says the Denver convention was political insanity. He urges fellow Democrats to unite behind Taft. No bets have been accepted.
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Charles A. Stadler
Bryan
Kern
State Senate
Senator Stadler
American Malt Corporation
American Malting Company
Germania Bank
Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company
Sebastian Wagon Company
Denver
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic Committee
Stadler
William Loeb
Taft
Mr. Stadler
Railway Men May Declare for Taft
Omaha dispatch reports the Nebraska State Railway Employes Protective Association with about fifteen thousand members plans to engage in both national and state campaigns. The executive committee met in Omaha to map strategy and may call a July 25 meeting in Omaha or Lincoln to decide support between Bryan and Taft, with prevailing belief favoring Taft.
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the Tribune
Omaha
Nebraska State Railway
Prohibition Boomlets At National Convention In Columbus
Seaborn Wright declined a Presidential bid on the Prohibition ticket prompting new boomlets. Joshua Levering from Cumberland Md Clinton N Howard of Rochester Dr J B Cranfill and F W Wheeler from Los Angeles and Joseph P Tracey of Michigan feature in the lively arrivals. Robert H Patton of Springfield IL chaired the convention as Ohio named a state ticket headed by Aaron S Watkins for Governor and J B Martin for Lieutenant Governor. Woman suffrage was sidetracked by a strong vote as Carrie Nation spoke at the first session of the Woman Prohibition Club of America.
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Columbus
Ohio
Seaborn Wright
Joshua Levering
Cumberland
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
J. B. Cranfill
Texas
California
F. W. Wheeler
Los Angeles
Michigan
Joseph P. Tracey
Republican Party
Hawaii
Alaska
War Department
Roosevelt
Robert H. Patton
Springfield
Illinois
William H. Ferguson
Chicago
National Prohibitionist
Aaron S. Watkins
Ada
J. B
Republicans Hold Summer Night Festival at Manhattan Casino
The Republican Club of the 2th Assembly District held a summer night festival at 155th Street and Eighth Avenue. Heat canceled speeches but a vaudeville show and dancing entertained guests. Ezra P. Prentice, Wadhams, Agnew, Gruber, Hedges, Bennet, and Parsons attended. Parsons and Prentice led the grand march.
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Republican Club
2Th Assembly District
Manhattan Casino
155Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Ezra P. Prentice
William H. Wadhams
George B. Agnew
Abe Gruber
Jobn E. Hedges
William S. Bennet
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Prentice
Republican Union Mourns Member Killed in Bologna Rail Crash
The Republican Union of the 20th Assembly District met at 165 East List Street to hear talks on practical vote getting by President William C. Hecht and executive member John F. Gunner. Members honored Townsend Wandell, a lawyer, who died June 8 in a railroad accident at Bologna, Italy, and adjourned by a rising vote.
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Republican Union
20Th Assembly District
East List Street
William C. Hecht
John F. Gunner
Townsend Wandell
Bologna
Italy
Arrest of ex officer at Washington building association
Washington on July 1M J Barton Miller former secretary and treasurer of the Georgetown First Cooperative Building Association was arrested on a warrant charging him with destroying papers affecting citizens or public interests A receiver led by Ambrose sought missing books and bonds totaling 50000 with a search warrant proving fruitless A rule to show cause for contempt of court was served while Miller lay ill in bed at home
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Washington
J. Barton Miller
Co-operative Building Association
Georgetown
Ambrose
Building Association
Miller
Bryan plan adopts subcommittee and pledge in Chicago
Lincoln July 14 Democratic National Committee met with W J Bryan and J W Kern at Fairview to form a sub committee of eleven to name a chairman and discuss campaign funding. A campaign finance reform plank was adopted urging public disclosure of all contributions and a Senate style cap on corporate and individual gifts.
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Lincoln
Neb
Auditorium
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
W. J. Bryan
J. W. Kern
Fairview
John H. Atwood
Leavenworth
Kan
Denver
Atwood
Bryan
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Taggart
Indiana
Hall
Nebraska
Mack
New York
Osborne
Wyoming
Green
Rhode Island
Ryan
Wisconsin
Daniels
Wade
Iowa
Tomlinson
Alabama
Cole
California
Brady
Oklahoma
Mr. Daniels
National Committee of Our Party
Democratic Party
Kern
Moyer on the Denver Platform at Western Federation of Miners
President Charles H. Moyer delivers an annual address at the Western Federation of Miners convention in Denver. He notes a labor request for an anti injunction plank in the Democratic platform and questions whether new laws would aid labor given prior court interpretations granting state executive power. He cites Mr. Mitchell's praise for worker organizing rights and challenges potential legal outcomes.
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Denver
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Labor
United States
Mr. Mitchell
Mitchell
Supreme Court of the Land
Parker May Stump for Bryan in Democratic Drive
Helena Montana July 14 Judge Alten B Parker said in a night interview he would offer his services to the Democratic National Committee as a campaign speaker and devote all possible time to speeches He planned to campaign outside New York and expected to help Bryan and Kern Democrats have a good chance to carry New York this year Parker will travel from Helena to Livingston to meet De Lancey Nicoll of New York for about three weeks in Yellowstone National Park with Thomas J Walsh as a host.
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Helena
Mont
Associated Press
Alten B. Parker
Democratic National Committee
New York
Judge Parker
Bryan
Kern
Livingston
de Lancey Nicoll
Yellowstone National Park
Thomas J. Walsh
Watson May Name Sayan Electors in Georgia
Atlanta July 14 In view of Thomas E Watsons declaration that he will carry Georgia it is believed he will name as Populist Presidential electors those already named by the Democrats and these electors will vote for Watson if not needed by Bryan The Democratic State Executive Committee meets July 25 to discuss the deal
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Mr. Bryan
Hall
Nebraska
Bryan
White House
William E. Gonzales
the State
Columbia
S. C
Kern
Brian
Denver
Towne
The
Tribune
Atlanta
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Watson
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tennessee Democratic Ticket Nominated at Nashville Convention
The Democratic State Convention in Nashville on July 4 ratified the June 27 primary results. Incumbents renominated include Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, Justice Benjamin I Bell, Civil Appeals Judge A. M. Lamb, and Railroad Commissioner Frank Avent. The platform backs the Denver Democratic National Convention platform and pledges party support.
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Nashville
Tenn
Malcolm R. Patterson
Supreme Court
Benjamin I
Bell
Court of Civil Appeals
A. M. Lamb
Frank Avent
Denver
Aumin Tea
Hearst Allies Push Independent Ticket at Chicago Convention
Independence party leaders in this city push for independent candidates to be nominated at the Chicago convention on July 27. Hearst reportedly supports strengthening the party nationwide rather than seeking the presidency himself. Potential nominees include Thomas L. Hisgen Howard S. Taylor and Charles A. Walsh. Hearst plans to return from Europe and travel to Chicago with aides, while New York delegates depart on July 26 by two special trains. Maximilian Ihmsem oversees southern organizing efforts.
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Independence Party
Chicago
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Thomas L. Hisgen
Springfield
Mass
Mr. Howard
Alabama
Howards S. Taylor
Mois
Charles A. Walsh
Iowa
Walsh
Democratic National Committee
Independence Party National Committee
Middle West
Mauretania
Clarence J. Shear
Melvin G. Pallixer
New York State
Grand Central Station
Maximilian Ihmsem
South
State Republican Convention Set For September 15
The New York State Fair opens at Syracuse on September 14 but delegates to the Republican State Convention will attend on September 15 after Saratoga hotelkeepers refused to stay open past that date. State leaders fear delaying to September 22 would push the campaign back. Chairman Wootruff declared Republicans remain optimistic and pledged relentless work to win the state.
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Sr Cuse
Wootruff
Saratoga
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