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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
21
The campaign in the Windy City will avoid duplication and misftreated literature. Hitchcock vows thorough, attentive effort across all states, with no neglect or abandonment to the opposition. He and his staff depart Chicago for Colorado Springs the next day.
Hands Off In Ohio reports Arthur L. Vorys stating the national campaign will not back a candidate for the U S Senate to replace Foraker. Taft’s stance remains neutral, with the fight focused on electing a Republican Legislature first. Taft awaits decisions, while Vorys and Taft discuss Ohio conditions and upcoming schedules.
In Pittsburgh July 17 a new faction called the Young Democrats forms to mend rifts between Bryanite and Guffey factions after the Denver ousting. Western Pennsylvania volunteers aim to reconnect the party with moral suasion and avoid financial withdrawal from Pennsylvania donors.
The State Fair Commission invited ex-Secretary Taft and Representative Sherman for the Republican ticket and William Jennings Bryan with John W. Kern for the Democratic ticket to speak at the Syracuse fair during the week of September 13. Sherman is likely to attend due to proximity to his home. the others may or may not attend.
The Independence League in the 16th Assembly District adopted resolutions praising Attorney General Jackson for his Pan ic handling and anti corporate stance and appointing a committee to seek his nomination and election as Governor of New York. They call him fearless and incorruptible and say he would not decline the nomination.
Two weeks of conferences led by Chairman Woodruff at Kamp Kill Kare aim to craft a tentative state ticket for this fall and outline campaign plans. Governors, lawmakers, and party leaders consider possible nominees including James Wadsworth, M Linn Bruce, J Sloat Fassett, and W S Bennet as Woodruff travels and schedules meetings in Albany and the Adirondacks.
Daniel F. Dwyer the Union Labor nominee for Congress in New Jersey denounces efforts to swing labor votes to Bryan and Kern. He endorses Taft and Sherman and plans a Jersey City meeting to pledge active support, stating labor will campaign for the Republican ticket.
Employers nationwide expect Bryan to hurt skilled trades if elected. New York Granite Cutters and Massa chusetts Monument Co. leaders warn tariff cuts could idle many stonecutters and slow production. They cite prior losses for Bryan and dismiss Gompers' campaigning, noting unions lean Republican.
The District Grand Jury dropped the probe into the Fassett Cassidy telegram tied to Governor Hughes’s anti racetrack bill defeat. It found no DC law making telegram alteration a crime, despite the operator’s admission of altering the message for an innocent motive.
W J Bryan in Lincoln Nebraska clarifies his statements about the Brownsville affair and campaign talk. A letter to farmers seeks contributions to a farmers fund, with details on disclosure and support from the Central Labor Union. Bryan cites labor plank goals and calls for a Department of Labor and anti trust clarifications, praising the platform for representing wage earners and the common people.
International balloon race set to start from Lexington Baseball Park in St. Paul with five entries from the United States, Pommern, and Chicago pilots. Fielding entry, winner of a Chicago race, did not arrive in time and may not compete. Start time scheduled for 3 p.m. local.
The Burlington Railway crop report released today assigns Nebraska corn a condition of 100 points. After two weeks of extreme heat the state is forecast to yield the largest corn crop in its history.
Atlanta July 17 The Georgia Railroad Commission ruled newspapers in the state may accept transportation in exchange for advertisements. The decision contrasts with a federal judge Kohlshat in Chicago who ruled such contracts illegal in the Monon railroad case.
Montclair New Jersey July 17 Special The Rev Henry F Belcher pastor of the Christian Church Hilton N J died at Mountainside Hospital after becoming unconscious while riding an aerial swing at Verona Lake Park The death is attributed to acute Wrights disease.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren opened his Brooklyn campaign at Crosby Hall, denouncing seven district leaders who split from the Kings County Democratic organization. He framed the fight as Brooklyn home rule against Tammany Hall, pledging independence and urging support for the pre primary battle to preserve the borough’s autonomy.
Dover Delaware July 17 light is shed yet mystery deepens in the William Williams murder case. John Wessel son in law reports his family saw Williams leave the house and vanish near the orchard, with suspicions focusing on a white man linked by marriage as detectives seek a full confession from a jail informant Caleb Watson alleges a white suspect connected to the victim. Police think the death occurred near Wessel's home and body moved ten miles to the tree where found.
Oyster Bay July 17 Efforts push President Roosevelt to intervene for David Meginnity Detroit internal revenue collector after Treasury demand for his resignation Ex Congressman John B Corliss Michigan says removal would ignite bitter factional strife in Republican circles and urges harmony through presidential action.
The United States practice ship Prairie carrying the North Carolina Naval Reserves arrived in Norfolk Roads. The Yankee with the District of Columbia Reserves follows as the lead ship of an attacking fleet to be joined by the third torpedo flotilla for the forthcoming naval attack and defence near Virginia Capes and Hampton Roads.
Corporal Willmar of the 294th United States Infantry scored 164 points in the Pacific Coast rifle preliminaries at the Presidio San Francisco range from 200 to 600 yards. Sergeant Brosk and Lt Ahrends tied for third with 162, others ranged from 157 to 153. eight Sd Infantry shooters yet to arrive may alter results. Major Melver oversees the prelims with Captain Gerhardt as chief range officer and Lt Graham and Lt Hinford handling statistics and ordnance.
Washington reports Representative James S Sherman will resign as chair of the Congressional campaign committee around August 3 and will receive the Vice Presidential notification soon after. The successor will be chosen from the executive committee with Abner Weeks unlikely to be replaced. Members named include Longworth Mann Capron Tawney Bartholdt Davidson and Bonynge with Sherman and Loudenslager ex officio.
A steam pipe burst in the engine room of the yacht Arrow injuring engineer Thomas Talford and fireman Andrew Anderson fatally, on a voyage from Bay Ridge toward Manhattan. Captain Parker led rescue attempts as flames and steam forced retreat. They were taken to Norwegian Hospital. repairs followed before continuing to Bay Ridge.
In Philadelphia on July 17 the balloon Initial burst as Dr P Chalmers Fulton and C B Graham prepared to inflate it. A large crowd including Ben Franklin Aeronautical Society members witnessed the collapse but no injuries occurred. The pair planned a moonlight trip toward Northern New Jersey. a prior Philadelphia balloon had also collapsed but without injuries.
Dayton Ohio July 7 Colonel H G Catrow Republican candidate for Congress from the 3d District announces his withdrawal after his automobile struck Eugene Sullivan a laborer yesterday killing him instantly. He was nominated after a bitter contest carried to the Chicago convention.
Dr. Charles S. Brady of Cliffside was badly hurt when his car collided with a Palisades Railroad trolley in Bluff avenue Hackensack New Jersey. He tried to cross in front of the speeding trolley and was thrown from the auto sustaining internal injuries.
Swanton Vermont July 17 Dr David Starr Jordan president of Leland Stanford University and Samuel T Bastedo former Canadian deputy minister of fisheries members of the International Fishery Commission arrived to take testimony on seine fishing in Missisquoi Bay Lake Champlain American fishermen banned from seining protest Canadian rights The commission will move to Ogdensburg New York to study a dispute there.
The War Department placed an order with a Bayonne company for thirty two gasoline junction box launches for submarine mine planting. Each 32 by 9 by 3 feet with two cylinder 12 horsepower engines, capable of eighteen miles an hour. They will be ready by April 1 and stationed at forts along the seacoast.
Lightning struck a moving Central Railway passenger train near Americus during a thunderstorm tearing a hole in the baggage car roof but all occupants escaped injury.
Mr Harahan notes foreign railroads face less expenditure drop while American lines struggle with wages. He remarks Hollers of U S road stocks abroad favor Taft and disputes Stuyvesant Fish on receipts versus net earnings for railroads this year. Illinois Central is aligned with Fish in discussion.
Chicago July 17 The national committee via the Ti ta Manufacturers Association plans a joint conference with railroads on proposed freight rate increases. President Upham says the association has not yet armed for action but will engage if needed. He protests any advance without shipper consultation while noting many still favor talks with railroads.
Indianapolis July 17. Prominent shippers say the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers Association will resist any railroad move to raise freight rates in Central Freight Association territory. Reports of increased Southwestern rates and Chicago inquiries by Central Association officers spur plans for a conference of shipper groups from nearly all states in Indianapolis to oppose nationwide rate hikes.
President James McCrea says New York meeting of railroad presidents found no plan for a general rate rise. Officials will study class rates further, with five to six months needed for a full report. No broad rate increase. some targeted rises may be considered where rates are unusually low. Public interest is recognized as interdependent with railroad prosperity.
William Moffitt of Sisterville West Virginia came to Pittsburg for his sister Stella Moffitt funeral. He killed himself with carbolic acid at his parents home on Reed street, following his sister's suicide last Tuesday. Stella, 28, had suffered illness and fear of becoming a burden, and believed she could not support herself. William, 39, left a wife and five children who accompanied him for the funeral.
Thomas Eagleton, father of Assemblyman John T. Eagleton, died last night at 5 S home 144 West 6th Street in his sixty year. He had long been identified with politics in the sth and %th Assembly districts and was active in Tammany Hall for more than forty years. Five daughters and three sons survive.
San Francisco July 17 official closing quotations for mining stocks today were as follows.
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