Abolition Fight Against Racetrack Gambling and Constitutional Duty
The speaker argues that racetrack gambling violates the constitution since penalties are civil and ineffective, blaming moneyed interests for undermining prohibition. He advocates full abolition of illegal gambling despite support for racing, pledging to uphold constitutional limits with broad citizen backing. The piece then notes Navy and political leaders endorsing stronger national defense, with Hobson, Smith, Hughes, and Gov Hughes contributing to a broader policy dialogue.
Governor Mugles Denies Threats Over Racetrack Embargo
Albany March 1 Governor Mugles faced questions about rumored threats tied to his stance against a racetrack embargo. He declined to discuss the matter further, stating any such claims would be of a character undeserving of serious consideration.
Albany Bill Aims to Put NYC Appointments Under Mayor
Albany March 5 A Democratic bid to place the Public Service Commission of the 1st District under New York City Mayor appointment passed the Assembly. The bill requires two minority party members on the commission and preserves mayoral removal power. It aims to shift influence from the governor to the New York City mayor, creating a bipartisan board with NYC participation.
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Tribune
Albany
Public Service Commission
George M. Palmer
Schoharie County
Public Service Commissions
New York City
Palmer
Tammany Hall
Independence League
Republican
McClellan
Mearst
Aim Ars
New York
McCarren Attacks Move to Expand Kings County Judges
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported Senator Foelker’s concurrent resolution seeking to amend the constitution to raise Kings County judges from two to five, extend new terms to fourteen years, and lengthen existing terms. Senator McCarren denounced the measure as unconstitutional and doomed to failure despite partisan push.
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Albans
Crook
Patrick
McCarren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Otto G. Foelker
Brooklyn
Kings County
Racing Bills in New York Legislature Preserved by Codes Committees
Albany March 5 The Assembly Codes Committee likely will report Hart anti racetrack gambling amendments next week. Senate Codes and Judiciary committees gain strength for racing interests, while Jockey Club presses credit betting proposals. Ex Governor Black’s speech backfires and meshing lobbying creates confusion amid looming floor votes.
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Tribune
Albany
Assembly Codes Committee
Charles J. Murphy
Brooklyn
House
Assembly
Senate Codes Committee
Judiciary Committee
Codes Committee
Senate
Agnew-Hart
Jockey Club
Black
E. P. Coyne
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hughes
Patrick H. McCarren
Agnew
Murphy
Kings
Gray
St. Lawrence
Surpress
Toombs
New York
Scott
Chenango
Perkins
Broome
Troy
Hammond
Onondaga
Glore
MacGregor
Eric
Grady
Cuvillier
Keller
Assembly Committee
Mls
Fleor
Republican Party
Praise From Baptists at Manhattan Dinner Laud Gov Hughes
Baptist Serial Union members at Hotel Manhattan honored Governor Hughes with thanks for his anti racetrack gambling stance and leadership over eight million people. Brooklyn lawyer Frank Harvey Field cited as former president and moderator. 참석자 praised Roosevelt and urged support for Hughes amid constitutional violations and rising anti evil sentiment.
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Baptist Serial Union
Hotel
Manhattan
Hughes
Frank Harvey Field
Brooklyn
Long Island Baptist Association
Empire
Roosevelt
W. F. Murphy
United States
Lost Million On Ponies Defense In Court
Charles Hickey of Nelson Morris & Co defends a $501 claim by Joseph Barker in Supreme Court held yesterday. Barker says he sent $4.01 between September 1903 for stock investment while Hickey claims all his claims are settled and reveals Barker was his former partner and they frequented the track together.
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Charles Hickey
Nelson Morris & Co
Joseph Barker
Barker
Stapleton Named Supreme Court Nominee in Albany
Governor Hughes sent the Senate the nomination of Luke D. Stapleton to succeed Justice George B. Abbott. Stapleton, a long-time Brooklyn Democrat and prominent trial lawyer, is a Catholic of Irish stock and has held public roles including first assistant to Brooklyn’s Borough President and president of the St. Patrick's Society.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Senate
Luke D. Stapleton
Supreme Court
George B. Abbott
Brooklyn
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stapleton
Samuel 8. Whitehouse
MecCarren
Mr. Stapleton
Isaac M. Rapper
James D. Bell
S. S. Whitehouse
Brooklyn Democracy
Justice Bartlett
Organization
Justice Abbott
Old 7Th Ward
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Jay Street
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The
Christian Brothers
New York University Law School
George W. Brouwer
McMahon, Stapleton
James W. Ridgway
Coombs-Wallace Congress
Tie
Archbishop Farley
Park Slope
12Th Assembly District
St. Patrick's Society
Kings County Democratic Club
Alumni Association of
Medico- Legal Society
Knights of Columbus
Brooklyn Club
Biennial sessions proposed in Albany resolutions
The 2346th constitution amendment proposal extends Senator terms to four years and Assemblyman terms to two years, and would establish biennial legislative sessions. Introduced in the Assembly by Beverley RK Robinson for the Union League Club, the measure aims to reform term lengths and session frequency.
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Albany
Beverley RK. Robinson
New York City
Union League Club
Subway Building Expansion Proposed by New York Officials
Albany March 5 The seventh concurrent resolution to amend the state constitution to let New York City build more subways was introduced by Senator Travis and Assemblyman Lee. It exempts railroad and dock bonds from the 10 per cent debt limit and allows one year bonds redeemable from next year’s tax levy. The bonds total no more than one tenth of 1 percent of city assessed value and funds could be used for purposes beyond subways docks and water supply. It would yield 738,487 dollars under current city valuation.
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Tribune
Albany
City of
New York
Travis
Assemblyman
Lee
Bills signed by the governor in Albany
Governor Hughes signed bills including a 220 dollar appropriation by Senator White for a manufactures and liberal arts building as part of plans to develop the state fair grounds at Syracuse. Also signed were bills cutting the Court of Appeals clerk bond from 25009 to 5909 and starting the reformatories fiscal year on October 1.
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Albany
Hughes
White
Syracuse
Senator White
Court of Appeals
Merritt
De Groot Measure Recommitted Amid Party Clash
Albany bill by Assemblyman De Groot, seen as creating Republican patronage in Queens, was sent back to committee after a heated debate led by minority leader Palmer. The plan would empower a Republican District Attorney to appoint a records commissioner and many subordinates, with initial 150000 dollars proposed for the first year and zero for following years. The vote ended 48 to 49 against recommittal as Speaker Wadsworth urged further review.
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Tribune
Albany
de Groot
Queens County
Palmer
Schoharie
Committee On Internal Affairs
New York City
Wadsworth
Hughes Approves State Rifle Range Bill in Albany
Albany March 6 Adjutant General Henry reports Governor Hughes has approved a bill to fund a new state rifle range near New York as the Creedmoor site, following a board’s recommendation. The location remains private for now. Lieutenant Colonel Holland, on Major General Joe’s staff, was brevetted a colonel by the Governor. A contract for National Guard dress uniforms has been awarded to a New York clothing firm.
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Hughes
Albany
Henry
New York
Creedmoor Range
John B. Holland
Joe
Hmolland
National Guard
Crane Takes Command of Hughes Movement in Massachusetts
Boston reports Senator Crane assumed direct leadership of the Hughes campaign in Massachusetts organizing the movement. Ex-attorney general Pillsbury steps aside as General E R Champlin assumes control with twenty western state leaders convening. Headquarters to open at Youngs Hotel and a New England leaders conference planned to press for uninstructed delegates to Chicago.
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Tribune
Boston
Crane
Hughes
Massachusetts
A. E. Pillsbury
E. R. Champlin
Cambridge
Senator Crane
Young's Hotel
New England
Chicago
Lodge Answers Crane on Delegates and Independence
Washington March 5 Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts senior Senator comments on Senator Crane Boston interview and declares he will vote for Taft at Chicago if chosen as a delegate He defends Massachusetts practice of nonbinding delegates while allowing state conventions to express opinions He says Crane may not manage any boom and notes Crane’s likely Knox alignment until the convention selects a candidate
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Taft
Chicago
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Crane
Boston
Crane
TSO
Reed
Hughes
Knox
Pennsylvania
Woodruff Busy At State Headquarters In Party Power Play
Timothy L. Woodruff chairman of the Republican State Committee met with visitors at headquarters as prospects of a show down with Odell supporters stirred local chatter. Col George W. Dunn, Willam H. Smyth e, and Mr Greiner called. Woodruff backers claimed at least 25 of 38 votes. Cortelyou rumor dismissed. Woodruff undecided on committeeman to introduce the Hughes for President resolution.
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
George W. Dunn
Binghamton
Willam H. Smythe
Owego
Greiner
Buffalo
Washington
George B. Cortelyou
Woodruff
State Committee
Hughes
Staunch Hughes Men Named by 25th District Republicans
The Republican Committee of the 25th Assembly District passed resolutions instructing the ticket preparers for March primaries to include only staunch Hughes supporters. William H. Wadhams heads the committee. County committee members, including General Stewart L. Woodford, pledge to back a Hughes national delegation.
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Republican Committee
25Th Assembly
Assembly
Congress
Hughes
William H.wadhams
Tty
Stewart L. Woodford
National Hughes League
Taft Delegates Elected by 1st Oklahoma District
Perry Okla March 5 The Republicans of the 1st Oklahoma Congress District elected Charles Z Seeley Guthrie and Vernon Whiting Enid as delegates to the National Republican Convention and instructed them to vote for Secretary Taft first last and all the time.
Hughes Club Incorporated Forms to Promote Hughes
The Charles F E Hughes Republican Club of the ith Assembly District was incorporated yesterday. Directors include William Armstrong Thomas J Clarke William H Jones William H Godward Frederick Koberlein Matthew Kennedy and Oscar W Ehrhorn. The club aims to promote Governor Hughes candidacy for President and to secure delegates for him in the district.
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Charles FE. Hughes
Republican Club
Ith Assembly District
William Armstrong
Thomas J. Clarke
William H. Jones
William H. Godward
Frederick Koberlein
Matthew Kennedy
Oscar W. Ehrhorn
Hughes
Bennet Resolution Passes Assembly for NYC Debt Details
The Assembly, by 76 to 24, approved the Bennet resolution calling on Controller Metz for detailed information on New York City's funded and unfunded debt, its financial news and contemplated expenditures. Republicans pressed for information as the Palmer motion to recommit failed 72 to 38.
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Tribune
Albany
Mareh
Assembly
Bennet
Metz
New York City
Assemblymian
Papmer
Cities Committee
Palmer
Collinwood School Disaster Death Toll and Aftermath
Twenty four hours after the fire at Lakeview school in Collinwood the death toll reached 764 with 137 identified at Lake Shore morgue and about thirty remain unrecognized. Investigations begin as parents mourn and officials plan burials, while doors and exits are scrutinized and financial aid pours in through local funds and newspaper drives.
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Cleveland
North Mately
Collinwood
Lake Shore
Lakeview
Collingood
Board of Education
Burke
Collinwood School Board
Brockman
Feigenbaum
Hirter
Messages of Sympathy From Governors to Cleveland
Governor Andrew L. Harris sends sincere sympathy to Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and to Mayor of Collinwood Ohio offering help after the disaster. Richmond General Assembly adopts resolutions of sympathy for Cleveland’s afflicted citizens and asks the governor to act.
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Columbus
Ohio
Todas
Oho
Marel i
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Andrew L. Harris
Collinwood
Richmond
Mareh
General Assembly
Governor to transmit school fire safety resolutions
Reports from Pittsburg Cincinnati Kansas City and Providence detail municipal action on school fire safety. An ordinance in Pittsburgh would station a fireman at every school. Cincinnati closes unsafe Koearned Heights School. Kansas City orders inspections of all schools. Providence cites inward opening doors and overcrowding prompting emergency meetings and remedial steps.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Tribune Providence
Collinwood
McCarthy
Fire drills avert panic at Central High School blaze
Grand Rapids Mich March 13 fire broke out in the Central High School laboratory with twelve hundred pupils at morning work. The alarm produced a rapid orderly evacuation in two and a half minutes. Overcrowding and narrow stairs feared, but no panic occurred thanks to a photographer filming nearby and pupils warned not to be alarmed. Students initially mistook smoke from vents for a fake scene.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Hkaois
Cleveland
Central High School
Fire drills indicate student safety after nearby blaze
Following a recent school fire near Cleveland, public schools across the city held drills. Washington Irving High School with 612 pupils exited in 45 seconds, and a second drill in under a minute. Public School 1 reported 1000 children out in 3 1/2 minutes, while School 14 noted 2000 pupils could evacuate in two minutes.
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Cleveland
Washington Irving High School
East 2Th Street
East Mth Street
Wisconsin Schoolhouse Burned In Sturgeon Bay Fire
A Sturgeon Bay message reports the principal school building burned early today in Green Bay area. The loss is about 3000 with estimated insurance around 32000. The structure housed the high school and Ist, 34 Ward grammar schools with nine casualties.
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
Wis
Sturgeon Bay
Boys' Home Dormitory Burns Near Detroit
Fire gutted the dormitory at the D’At camal Home for Boys in Clarenceville, a Detroit suburb, with 36 boys in residence. Superintendent Lane directed evacuation to safety but jumped from a second story window, escaping with no serious injuries. five dozen boys reportedly saved.
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Detroit
D’atcamal
Clarenceville
Fire drills as Levendown school suffers basement blaze near Philadelphia
A public kindergarten at Lenedowne near Philadelphia evacuated safely as fire consumed basement girders and partitions. Smoke filled halls while the blaze, reportedly started by crossed electric wires, raged beneath the building during the drill.
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Philadelphia
Lenedowne
Children March Out In Safety After City Gas Blast
A coal gas explosion in a heating turmace at Ivy Vid, a Colorado Springs suburb, burned Miss Nelile Remick but did not halt efforts as about a hundred pupils were marched out safely. The incident occurred March 5 and the town reported no fatalities.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Ivy Vid
Nelile Remick
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