Conference Dinner as Hitchcock Leads Western Republicans
Western Republican leaders spent three days in a Pike's Peak summit gathering. They planned campaigns for far Western states, discussed fundraising later, and set a July 27 Taft notification trip with Hitchcock advancing to Chicago and Cincinnati.
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Frank H
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Hitchcock
Chicago
Pike's Peak
Taft
Sherman
Missouri River
Pike’s Peak
Antlers
West
Central States
Cincinnati
McCleary predicts Taft sweep of Minnesota and his own return
Washington rumors say Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary expects a Taft landslide in Minnesota and his own election to Congress from the 2d District. He names Winfield Scott Hammond as a potential opponent and recalls past campaigns, asserting a strong Republican gain if conditions hold.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
McCleary
Minnesota
Taft
Congress
Winfield Scott Hammond
Johnson
Denver
Committee Sees Hughes at Saranac Inn on Forest Probe
The Senate Forest Fish and Game Committee, inspecting New York state forests after recent fires, met Governor Hughes at his Saranac Inn cottage and planned further stops in Ray Brook and Paul Smiths. Members included Senators Cobb Allés Knapp Frawley Gilchrist Cullen Burr Ackroyd and James Whipple along with the state foresters. The rain slowed inspections through muddy nurseries as Republicans consider Kamp Kill Kare discussions.
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Saranac Inn
N. Y
Senate Forest, Fish and Game Committee
Governor Hughes
Lake Placid
Ray
Chenango
Knapp
Clinton
Frawley
New York
Gilchrist
Cullen
Kings
Burr
Suffolk
Ackroyd
Quelda
James 8. Whipple
Kamp Kill Kare
Legislative scandal in Citizens Union report on anti racetrack fight
The Citizens Union committee on legislation calls the anti racetrack fight the greatest legislative scandal of recent years though it says the incidents do not prove criminal. It notes bribery rumors targeting senators Cassidy Emerson and Grattan and praises Foelker for his stance. The report also criticizes home rule opposition and laments unpassed Public Service Commission reforms. Also reports a lightning strike kills Lt Morey at Gettysburg encampment. two troopers shocked.
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Committee On
The
Citizens Union
Senate
Cassidy
Emerson
Grattan
Foelker
Edward J. McGolrick
Bryan Makes Money in Lincoln Campaign Work
Lincoln Nebraska July 21 Mr Bryan spent most of the day delivering speeches on campaign issues via phonograph and records from competing firms He said he received 00 from each firm but turned the money over to state and county Democratic committees He plans a stop at a Grocers and Butchers Association picnic at Capitol Beach where shops will close early He commented on a contempt case involving AFL leaders but offered no remarks He denied plans for a Vermont tour and refused to discuss cabinet appointments in advance.
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Lincoln, Neb
Bryan
Democratic Party
Democratic Committees
Justice Anderson
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Bucks
Denver
Vermont
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Douglas for Chairman Rumor Tops Democratic Race in Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska report says ex Governor William L Douglas of Massachusetts may become the new Democratic National Committee chair. The speculation follows George Fred Williams leaving and discussions with Mr Bryan. Douglas’s stance against returning to politics casts doubt on acceptance.
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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. Bryan
Mitchell on Contempt Citation Rests on Court Plank
John Mitchell arrived from the South and said he knows nothing beyond newspaper mentions of a contempt citation by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He plans to travel to Washington within a month and will not dodge or seek service, citing belief in the Democratic plank on remedy for contempt outside court presence.
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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
Raid on Williamsburg Church Tops Citywide Stirs Crowds
Acting on a July 4 warrant Magistrate Higginbotham, Captain Edward Hughes and thirty patrolmen raided the First Assembly of Christ in Williamsburg. Thirty-two prisoners were taken, twenty-five women and seven men, with most charged with disorderly conduct. Two women faced separate counts of maintaining a disorderly house and being a disorderly person. Witnesses testified of alleged post service orgies, while crowds gathered as prisoners were led to the station still singing hymns.
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Higginbotham
Lee Avenue
Williamsborg
Edward Hughes
Vernon Avenue
Eliza Robinson
Pulaski Street
Isabella Clarke
Hewes Street
Clarke
Williamsburg
Malach Gabriel
Hughes
John Finley
Finley
Fines
Hirschowicz
Butler
Jesus
Cunard to rest Lusitania and Mauretania for two months
Officials of the Cunard Line will lay off the Lusitania and Mauretania at the end of October for two months of overhaul and dry dock repairs. The semi weekly Liverpool service will be reduced to one sailing weekly from each port with Campania Lucania Etruria and Umbria covering until January when new ships return.
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Cunard Line
Lusitania
Mauretania
Liverpool
Campania
Lucania
Etruria
Umbria
Spencer Will Filed In Brooklyn Probate Case
The will of Albert Spencer who died in London was filed for probate in Brooklyn. Executor is George Owen, widow Margaret Annette Henry Spencer is executrix. He leaves $650,000 plus Paris and other property to relatives and friends including $200,000 to his widow and $200,000 to Mme Mignonne Holtz in Paris with life interest. He directs his body to be burned and ashes not brought to America.
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Albert Spencer
London
England
Paris
George Owen
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Margaret Annette Henry Spencer
Mme. Holtz
Scores in Pacific rifle contest relay results
Telegraph field report from Presidio Monterey July 21 details rapid fire at 26 and 300 yards and a skirmish run in the Pacific rifle competition. Aggregate scores list officers and enlisted men from 22d Infantry 20th Infantry 34th Infantry and 14th Cavalry, led by Lieutenant Roselle with 363 and Private Strauss at 361.
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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 Back Kerr in Bid for State Committee Chair
The Democratic State Committee chair for a two year term from January 1 will be chosen at Harrisburg tomorrow. James Kerr, backed by William J. Bryan, aims to unseat Col. J. M. Guffey, though defeat appears likely. Kerr secured headquarters and a Chicago liaison to lead the bid. A Bryan representative traveled from Chicago to assist, with the outcome seen as doubtful.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
William J. Bryan
James Kerr
J. M. Guffey
Kerr
Chicago
Bryan
Pennsylvania
Bryanites
Big Canal Contract Approved for Mohawk Dredging and Dam
Albany July 21 The State Canal Board approved contract No 2 for Mohawk River dredging as barge canal work with an estimate of 4 173 000. A second large contract covers erection of a Mohawk reservoir dam above Rome with an estimate of 1 015 000. Bids will be advertised immediately and contracts let within three days.
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Albany
State Canal Board
Mohawk River
Rome
Bingham’s Chauffeur Not To Blame
William Fry was released under suspended sentence by Magistrate Steers after a Flatbush avenue collision in Brooklyn. Fry, arrested Monday afternoon near Beaford and Flatbush avenues, was deemed at fault as Commissioner Bingham stated Fry drove on the wrong side while the other chauffeur was an expert and careful driver.
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Bingham
William Fry
Beaford and
Flatbush Avenues
Brooklyn
Finnegan
Steers
Flatbush Avenue
Fry
Independence Convention Gossip Sparks Presidential Promises
Chicago hosts Independence party delegates with advance chatter ofCandidates. Alabama figures M W Howard and L A Fealy arrive to back Howard. Massachusetts governor candidate Thomas J Hisgen also gains delegate support. If Hisgen is chosen, Howard may be placed second on the ticket.
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Chicago
Independence Party
M. W. Howard
Alabama
L. A. Fealy
Howard
Massachusetts
Thomas J. Hisgen
Hisgen
Midshipman Trippe Ordered Dismissed at Annapolis
Annapolis July 21 The Secretary of the Navy acting on a Badger recommendation has ordered the dismissal of Midshipman Richard E. Trippe of Kittanning Pennsylvania from the Naval Academy. The offense occurred at Annapolis just before graduation week last month during the 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
Explosion at Bayonne oil works harms two workers
A still at Standard Oil works in Constable Hook Bayonne exploded last evening, tossing Henry Simpson from a top of the apparatus and burning him, while Joseph Smith on East Avenue was also burned. An hour later a Tidewater Oil Company tank exploded, lighting the city. oil had been pumped off before fires spread.
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Standard Oil Works
Constable Hook
Bayonne
Henry Simpson
Broadway
35Th Street
Joseph Smith
East Avenue
Tidewater Oil Company
Relay Runners Finish Chicago Mile Relay Race
Chicago news records the 1000 mile YMCA relay from New York ending at City Hall. William H. McCabe carried the message to Mayor Busse, read for a late arriving crowd, with a total time of 119 hours 22 minutes and speeds near twenty miles an hour in city streets.
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Chicago
Young Men’s Christian Association
New York
City Hall
McClellan
Busse
William H. McCabe
Evanston Y. M. C
McCabe
LaSalle
Monroe
Vernon L. Bean
Civil Service Commission
Bean
Childs
City of
Young Men's Christian Association
Atlantic
Lake Michigan
George B. McLellan
Fred A. Busse
Indiana
City
Garfield Boulevard
Halstead Street
Clash in Alabama leaves one dead in mining region
In Blue Creek near Birmingham, a clash between deputies and armed negro miners left one miner dead and two deputies, Newsome and Whatley, seriously wounded. Troops were deployed district wide with Gatling guns at Republic and Blossburg, as eviction of miners from company houses began at No 7 mine Pratt division. no further disorder reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
Blue Creek
Birmingham Mineral Division
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Newsome
Whatley
Republic
Blossburg
No. 7
Pratt Division
Van Rensselaer in Bellevue for Observation
John A. Van Rensselaer, arrested after sending a threatening money demand to his mother, is confined to Bellevue for five days of psychiatric observation. His wife insists the letter was jocular while officials consider charges. Dr. Gregory reports 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 Release Highlighted
Juan Velastra, once a Mexican revolutionary confined on San Juan de Ulua Island, was freed after three months of efforts by Americans. He described the prison as a place of slow death, with nine deaths in a week and inmates driven insane by vermin plus solitary confinement and taunting guards. Velastra had been traveling in Mexico for a mining syndicate when arrested.
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The
Tribune
Galveston
Texas
Juan Velastra
San Juan de Ulua Island
Mexico
San Juan
Velastra
Zayas Appeals To Cubans At Din ner in Santiago
At the Zayista dinner in Hotel Venus Santiago de Cuba a hundred twenty covers were laid. Many women attended. Dr Alfredo Zayas, presidential candidate, urged unity for the republic on the path to Cuban recovery, praising U S generosity in Cuban affairs and endorsing Governor Magoon's policy.
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Santiago de Cuba
Venus
Magoon
United States
Alfredo Zayas
Mrs Teal Held on Conspiracy Charge in Gould Case
Mrs Ben Teal wife of a theater manager and Mrs Julia Fleming were held in 5000 bail each on alleged conspiracy to furnish false evidence against Frank J Gould in his divorce suit. They were jailed at the Tombs while Teal denied wrongdoing and said he believed his wife innocent.
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Ben Teal
Julia Fleming
Frank J. Gould
Teal
Harry S. Mousley
Tombs Court
Corrigan
Daniel Miller
West 13d Street
District Attorney's Office
Gould
Mabel MacCauslan
Bloomingdale
Mr. Teal
St. Paul
Eleanor Toomey
William C. Toomey
James J. Hill
Joseph W. Bettingen
Ramsey County
Coroner Opens Inquest Into Mrs Belknap Death
Coroner Robert S McDonald of The Bronx investigates the death of Mrs William N Belknap wife of a John Hancock Life Insurance Company agent residing at 1013 Fox Street She and several Christian Scientist healers consulted over five weeks before her death An inquest will be held later this week with a jury of physicians to determine grounds for action The case includes Mildred Gordon of 2661 Broadway and Zelle Emmons of 58 West 1th Street as treated specialists Dr Schulhofer of Prospect Avenue assisted at the death
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Robert S. McDonald
Bronx
Riegelman
William N. Belknap
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Fox Street
McDonald
Prospect Avenue
Ada bank robbers foiled by fire alarm
Ada Ohio July 21 Clyde Sharp cashier First National Bank of Ada awakened at 2 AM by masked intruders. They tried to force him to open the vault but failed due to a time lock. He escaped, fired the alarm, robbers fled on horses. Bloodhounds and authorities pursue across area.
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Ada
Ohio
Clyde Sharp
First National Bank of
Sharp
Scott
Cropsey Kills Wife In Old Brooklyn Mansion
Andrew Cropsey, member of a prominent Long Island family, shot and killed his wife in the family home at 1749 3th street Brooklyn. The couple’s children and sister were present. a servant aided police in restraining Cropsey, who admitted the act and faced possible electric chair. He inherited part of a large estate and had a history of drinking and quarrels with his wife.
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3Th Street
Brooklyn
Andrew Bergen Cropsey
Long Island
Cropsey
William
Herbert
Mis. Cropsey
Laura Josephs
Henry More
Thrall
Harley
Bath Beach
Casper Cropsey
Bensonhurst
Gravesend
William B. Lake
Coney Island
Gertrude Henry
Nellie Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N. c
James Wilcox
Ice Indictments Asked Dismissal and Access
American Ice Company seeks dismissal of four indictments. John B. Stanchfield asks to inspect grand jury minutes, obtain a bill of particulars, sustain demurrers, and have books and papers returned. James O. Osborne agrees to return papers and keep copies. Decision reserved until briefs due July 7.
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American Ice Company
John B. Stanchfield
Justice Goff
Ice Company
Grand Jury
James O' Osborne
State Banks Resources Rise in June Reports
Albany July 21 a compilation of reports filed with the State Superintendent of Banks shows state bank resources increased since March by 26 348 464 dollars. Total resources reached 523 592 633 against 607 244 179 in March. Loans and discounts rose 10 207 2 percent and deposits stood at 25 201 927 dollars.
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Albany
State Superintendent of Banks
Suse
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