Conference Ends as Hitchcock Leads Western Republicans
Colorado Springs July 21 The intermoun tain Republican conference closes with a dinner for national committee members and state chairmen. Hitchcock plans travel to Chicago and Cincinnati for Taft notification while western leaders discuss campaign plans and fund-raising, and a summit atop Pike's Peak yields telegram greetings.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Intermountain
Republican Conference
Frank H. Hitec
Republican National
National Committee
Hitchcock
Chicago
Pike's Peak
Taft
Sherman
Missouri River
Antlers
West
Central States
Cincinnati
McCleary Bets Taft Victory In Minnesota Race
Washington July 21 Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary arrived in Washington from Minnesota predicting a Taft landslide there and his own return to Congress from the 24th District. He aimed to unseat Rep Winfield Scott Hammond, noting past defeats and favorable early conditions, and voiced hope to win the seat regardless of opponent.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
McCleary
Minnesota
Taft
Congress
Winfield Scott Hammond
Johnson
Denver
Forest committee to inspect New York state forests
The Senate Forest Fish and Game Committee began a field inspection of New York state forests from Saranac Inn joining Governor Hughes at his cottage. They will visit Ray Brook and Paul Smiths, with lawmakers, officials and Mrs Hughes hosting. The trip faced heavy rain and muddy fields during the inspection of nurseries. Some Republican members plan to attend Kamp Kil Kare conference with leaders at week’s end.
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Saranac Inn
N. Y
Senate Forest, Fish and Game Committee
Governor Hughes
Lake Placid
Ray Brook
Paul Smith
Hughes
Senators Cobb
Watertown
Allds
Chenango
Knapp
Clinton
Frawley
New York
Gilchrist
Cullen
Kings
Burr
Suffolk
Ackroyd
Oneida
James 8. Whipple
Kamp Kili Kare
Legislative Scandal Report Highlights Bribery Rumors
The Citizens Union committee report calls anti racetrack fight the greatest recent legislative scandal while noting bribery rumors lack conclusive proof. It singles out Senators Cassidy Emerson Grattan and Foelker actions and praises Foelker as heroic amid home rule debate. A separate note reports lightning killed Lt Paul J Morley at Gettysburg encampment.
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Committee On
The
Citizens Union
Messares
Senate
Cassidy
Emerson
Grattan
Foelker
Edward J. Me
Public Service Commission
New York City
Bryan Makes Money in Campaign Speeches and denials
In Lincoln Nebraska on July 21 William Jennings Bryan spent most of the day recording brief campaign speeches for wide national distribution. He said he received payments from two companies for the work but donated the sums to state and county Democratic committees. He denied any intent to tour Vermont and declined to discuss a Pettigrew Cabinet rumor.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Democratic Party
Democratic Committees
Grocers and Butchers’ Association
Capital Beach
Justice Anderson
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Bucks
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Douglas for Chairman Rumor Circles Lincoln City
Lincoln reports that ex-Governor William L. Douglas of Massachusetts is likely to be offered the post as Democratic National Committee chairman after George Fred Williams left. Bryan plays a cautious role while Douglas remains away at Monument Beach and his stance on returning to politics is unclear.
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Lincoln
Neb
Democratic National Committee
William L. Douglas
Masssachusetts
George Fred Williams
Bryan
Massachusetts
Williams
Denver
Douglas
East
National Committee
Chicago
Boston
Monument Beach
Mr. Bryant
Mitchell Faces Contempt Citation From Supreme Court
Indianapolis July 21 John Mitchell arrived from the South and said he knew nothing about a contempt citation by the District of Columbia Supreme Court. He believes he may be in Washington within a month but will not evade service or delay plans. He indicated he supports the Democratic plank on remedies for contempt committed outside court.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
Spring Valley
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
United Mine Workers
Buck Stove and Range Company
Washington
Pacific rifle contest scores posted at Presidio Monterey
Telegraph report from Presidio Monterey July 21 details rapid fire at 2 and 30 yards and a skirmish run in the Pacific rifle competition. aggregates list officers and enlisted men led by Roselle 363 and Strauss 361, with Pardee 357 and others ranging down to 333 and 326.
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Tribune
Presidio
Monterey
Cal
Roselle
Strauss
20Th Infantry
Pardee
Grika and Miller
Miller
Pakata
Throck
Paul Clark
Bresen
14Th Cavalry
Hutching
Bryanites Fight Guffey For Pennsylvania Chair
Democratic State Committee chairman position to serve two years from January 1 will be chosen at Harrisburg. James Kerr, backed by William J. Bryan, will challenge Colonel J. M. Guffey amid strong odds, with Bryan's agents aiding the effort from Chicago. Defeat appears likely for Kerr and his Bryanite faction.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
William J. Bryan
James Kerr
J. M. Guffey
Kerr
Chicago
Bryan
Pennsylvania
Bryanites
Independence Convention Gossip Signals Possible Ticket
Chicago reporters note early mobilization at the Independence party gathering with Alabama figures M W Howard and L A Fealy on site. Rumor mentions former congressman Howard as potential standard bearer and Massachusetts governor candidate Thomas J Hisgen as a favored rival. If Hisgen wins, Howard could be second on the ticket.
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Chicago
Independence Party
M. W. Howard
Alabama
L. A. Fealy
Howard
Massachusetts
Thomas J. Hisgen
Hisgen
Howad
Raid on Williamsburg church nets thirty two arrests
Police led by Captain Edward Hughes raid the First Assembly of Christ at Tompkins and Willoughby avenues after a warrant issued by Magistrate Higginbotham. Thirty two prisoners— twenty five women and seven men— are charged with disorderly conduct with two women facing separate counts. Witnesses report loud cheering and hymns as crowds gathered outside the church and police station.
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Higginbotham
Lee Avenue
Williamsburg
Edward Hughes
Vernon Avenue
Eliza Robinson
Pulaski Street
Isabella Clarke
Hewes Street
Clarke
Malach Gabriel
Hughes
John Finley
Finley
Fines
Hirschowicz
Butler
Jesus
Cunard to rest Lusitania and Mauretania for two months
Officials of the Cunard Line plan to lay up the great liners Lusitania and Mauretania at the end of October for two months of overhaul and dry dock repairs to the Mauretania’s forward propeller. The semi weekly Liverpool service will drop to once weekly and two other liners will cover until January.
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Cunard Line
Lusitania
Mauretania
Liverpool
Campania
Lucania
Etruria
Umbria
Spencer will filed in Surrogate Court for probate
The will of Albert Spencer, who died in London on December 3, was filed for probate in the Surrogate's office. Executor named is George Owen, with widow Margaret Annette Henry Spencer as executrix. Provisions total about $650,000, excluding real estate, with specific gifts to Mme Mignonne Holtz and others in Paris and New York. The will specifies cremation of the body and restrictions on removal of Paris household effects.
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Albert Spencer
London
England
Paris
George Owen
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Margaret Annette Henry Spencer
Albert J. Middlebrook
Bridgeport
Conn
West 20Th Street
Cousins
Mignonne Holtz
Big Canal Contract Approved by State Board
Albany reports the State Canal Board approved contract No. 2 for Mohawk River dredging to enable barge canal work with an estimated $34,173,000. A second major contract covers building a reservoir dam on the Mohawk above Rome at $1,015,000. Bids will be invited and contracts let within three days.
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Albany
State Canal Board
Mohawk River
Rome
Bingham Chauffeur Not to Blame in Brooklyn Crash
William Fry, arrested after a collision involving Police Commissioner Bingham and Patrolman Finnegan, was released on suspended sentence by Magistrate Steers after ruling Fry at fault. Bingham stated Fry drove on the wrong side while Finnegan was an expert driver.
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Bingham
William Fry
Bedford and
Flatbush Avenues
Brooklyn
Finnegan
Steers
Flatbush Avenue Court
Fry
Midshipman Trippe dismissed from Naval Academy
Annapolis July 21 The Secretary of the Navy acting on the superintendent Captain Charles J Badger orders dismissal of Midshipman Richard E Trippe first class from the service for an offense committed at Annapolis just before graduation week last month His home is Kittanning Pennsylvania He is currently on the regular summer cruise with his class
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Charles J. Badger
Richard E. Trippe
Kittanning
Penn
Trippe
Oil Tank and Still Explode at Bayonne Plant
A still at Standard Oil Works in Constable Hook Bayonne exploded last evening, shaking half the town and shattering many windows. Henry Simpson of Broadway and Sixth Street Bayonne was hurled to the ground and burned, and Joseph Smith of East Avenue sustained burns. An hour later a Tidewater Oil Company tank exploded, lighting the city, but oil was pumped off before fires spread to nearby tanks.
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Standard Oil Works
Constable Hook
Bayonne
Henry Simpson
Broadway and
Sith Street
Joseph Smith
East Avenue
Tidewater Oil Company
Relay runners finish 1000 mile YMCA race to Chicago
Chicago celebrates the YMCA relay from New York to Chicago ending at City Hall after 119 hours 22 minutes. William H. McCabe of Evans ton YMCA carried the mayoral message inside crowded streets and traffic hurdles. Ver non L. Bean and Assistant Corporation Counsel Childs received and read the message for Mayor Busse.
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Chicago
Young Men’s Christian Association
New York
City Hall
McClellan
Busse
William H. McCabe
Evanston
McCabe
LaSalle
Monroe
Vernon L. Bean
Civil Service Commission
Bean
Childs
City of
Young Men's Christian Association
Atlantic
Lake Michigan
George B. M’clellan
Fred A. Busse
Indiana
City
Garfield Boulevard
Halstead Street
Clash in Alabama leaves one dead and two deputies wounded
In Blue Creek near Birmingham, a clash between deputies and armed negro miners on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad ends with one miner shot and killed and Deputies Newsome and Whatley seriously wounded. Troops are deployed district wide with Gatling guns at Republic and Blossburg as evictions from company houses begin at No. 7 mine Pratt division amid no further disorder.
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Birmingham
Ala
Blue Creek
Birmingham Mineral Division
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Newsome
Whatley
Republic
Blossburg
No. 7
Pratt Division
Van Rensselaer Admitted To Bellevue For Observation
John A. Van Rensselaer was placed in the psychopathic ward at Bellevue for five days of observation after a threatening letter demanding money was sent to his mother in Newport. Magistrate Corrigan withdrew charges. doctors found no clear signs of mental disorder.
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John A. van Rensselaer
Bellevue
John King van
van Rensselaer
Lawrence Lee
A. Russell Peabody
Chief Crowley
Newport
Dr. Gregory
Slow Death in Mexican Prison
Juan Velastra, once an American citizen, was freed from the infamous San Juan de Ulua prison on San Juan Island, Mexico, after three months of effort by Americans. He describes the prison as a place where revolutionists suffer slow death, with nine dying in one week and seven going insane. Velastra says inmates are confined underground in solitary cells, tormented by rats and vermin as guards taunt them with tales of their fate. He was detained while traveling Mexico five months earlier for a mining syndicate.
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The
Tribune
Galveston
Texas
Juan Velastra
San Juan de Ulua Island
Mexico
San Juan
Velastra
Zayas Appeals to Cubans at Venus Dinner
At the Zayista dinner in Santiago de Cuba the Hotel Venus banquet room held 120 guests, many women, as speakers endorsed Governor Magoon's policy and U S generosity. Dr. Alfredo Zayas urged patriots to set aside personal and party rivalries and unite to restore the republic.
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Santiago de Cuba
Venus
Magoon
United States
Alfredo Zayas
Mrs Teal Held On Allege Conspiracy In Gould Case
Mrs Ben Teal wife of a theatrical manager and Mrs Julia Fleming were jailed in the Tombs on $5000 bail each on charges of conspiring to furnish false evidence against Frank J Gould in his divorce suit. The pair denied guilt and said they were victims of circumstantial accusations tied to an infamous plot involving Mabel MacCauslan.
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Ben Teal
Julia Fleming
Frank J. Gould
Harry
Mousley
Tombs Court
Corrigan
Daniel Miller
West 43d Street
Teal
District Attorney's Office
Gould
Mabel MacCauslan
Bloomingdale
Mr. Teal
Miss MacCauslan
Mrs. Teal
Coroner Opens Inquest Into Death of Mrs Belknap
Coroner Robert S McDonald of The Bronx assisted by Dr Riegelman conducts a formal inquiry into the death of Mrs William N Belknap wife of a John Hancock Life Insurance agent living at 1013 Fox Street She died after three weeks of Christian Scientist treatment with a jury of physicians to determine grounds for action An inquest is planned for the latter part of the week The patient fell ill about five weeks ago Mildred Gordon and Zelle Emmons were called to assist and Dr Schulhofer treated her before she died Mrs Gordon was unavailable last night and Miss Emmons said no irregularities were seen
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Robert S. McDonald
Bronx
Riegelman
William N. Belknap
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Fox Street
MacDonald
Fire alarm foils Ada bank robbery attempt
Ada Ohio July 21 Clyde Sharp cashier of the First National Bank was awakened by masked men who tried to force the vault. The time lock frustrated them. Sharp sparked an alarm and the robbers rode away on horses as fire department and pursuing deputies followed with bloodhounds.
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Ada
Ohio
Clyde Sharp
First National Bank of
Sharp
Scott
Cropsey Kills Wife in Old Brooklyn Mansion
Andrew Cropsey shot and killed his wife at the family mansion 1749 Mth Street Brooklyn while his two young children and sister-in-law were in the house. He surrendered, muttering I shot her, and police noted a possible motive in a found letter. Cropsey, 39, a once-promising veterinary surgeon with mounting debts, faced arraignment in Coney Island court.
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Mth Street
Brooklyn
Andrew Bergen Cropsey
Long Island
Cropsey
William
Herbert
Mra Cropsey
Laura Josephs
Henry More
Thrall
Harley
Bath Beach
Voorhees
Coney Island Court
Casper Cropsey
Hensonhurst
Gravesend
William B. Lake
Coney Island
Gertrude Henry
Nellie Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N. C
James Wilcox
WANTS ICE INDICTMENTS QUASHED INDICTMENTS DISMISSAL HEARING
American Ice Company seeks dismissal of four indictments and seeks access to grand jury minutes and a bill of particulars. John Standifield asks to inspect records, while Judge Goff considers demurrers and return of books. Special Deputy Attorney General James Osborne agrees to copies while briefs due July 5.
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American Ice Company
John B. Standiftein
Justice Goff
Ice Company
Grand Jury
James J. Osborne
State banks' resources rise in June reports
Albany reports show state bank resources up since March 25 by 26 million. June 17 total resources reached 633 million dollars, deposits about 25.2 million higher. Loans and discounts rose 10.2 million in the period, reflecting increased activity across banks statewide.
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Albany
State Superintendent of Banks
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Bird McGuire
Oklahoma
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Gettysburg
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Pennsylvania National Guard
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Will
Guffey
Independence Convention Gossip
Williamsburg — Church
America
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St. Paul
Mi i
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Ven
St.Paul
Minneapolis
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Moussey
Gould Case
Eleanor Toomey
William C. Toomey
James J. Hill
Joseph W. Bettingen
Ramsey County
Ohio Institution
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