Parsons charges Odell operatives plan primary fraud
Herbert Parsons longtime Republican leader accuses ex Governor Odell’s lieutenants of organizing repeaters to rig the primaries. He claims slips filled for fraudulent voters show Odell’s effort to regain power and control party rules, urging Republicans to condemn the tactic at the polls.
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Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Odell
Hughes
Parsons
Ander
Finches
Quigg Named Topic Sparks County Committee Dispute
In a letter to ex-Senator Nathaniel A. Elsberg, Herbert Parsons of the Republican County Committee accuses Elsberg of trying to force a Quigg nomination at a December county meeting. Parsons refutes claims about Hammond and Governor Hughes, defending loyalty to Hughes's candidacy and noting Elsberg's absence from a roll call.
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Parsons
Elsberg
Nathaniel A. Elsberg
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Quigg
29Th Assembly
Hughes
Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Jamestown Exposition Loss Faces Naval Site Question
Treasury experts call the Jamestown Exposition loan a thinly washed gold brick leaving the government about 860000 in the red. The Navy contemplates using the grounds as a training station, with the tract offering water frontage and permanent buildings, but no official recommendation to purchase.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Treasury
United States
National Treasury
Congress
Exposition Company
Hampton Roads
Exposition Grounds
Naval Committee
Newberry
Navy Department
Newport
North Chicago
Lake Michigan
Naval Training Service
Norfolk Navy Yard
Franklin
Jamestown Exposition
Navy
Jamestown
Central American effort to redefine telegraph code sparks US banking protest
A bloc of Central and South American states seeks to repeal the current code system at the Lisbon International Telegraph Conference opening May 4, aiming to restore word based codes from seven European languages. US and European bankers warn higher cable costs and losses to foreign trade if changes pass. New York merchants press for American representation.
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Central and
South America
Lisbon
Portugal
United States
England
France
Germany
Europe
Oscar S Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
International Telegraph Conference
America
August Belmont & Co
Kuhn, Loeo & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
The
National City Bank
F. A. Vanderlip
H. B. Hollins & Co
McCarren Faces Crisis as Secret Meeting Tests Leadership
Kings County Democratic tensions rise as about half the district leaders attend a secret Astor House gathering to challenge Senator McCarren. Reports say a resolution calling him to Girate the leadership circulated, but no official stance emerged amid calls for convening at the Jefferson Building.
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Kings County
MacCarren
Astor House
Marristten
McCarren
Thomas Jefferson Building
Thomas R Farrell
Ith
P. F. Lynch
J. P. Sinnott
W. E Melody
Teatler
W. A. Doyle
T. F. Byrnes
Metz
Fourth Avenue
Bird S$. Coler
Antis
Brooklyn
Celer
James Shevlin
M. J. Flaherty
Celers
Iea
Democratic
Conners Named Likely State Committeeman in 4th District
Buffalo reports that Democratic chairman Edward E. Coatesworth says new state committeemen will be chosen in the 48th 49th and 50th Senate Districts. He states John J. Kennedy has withdrawn from the 4th District and will not seek another term. William J. Conners is expected to be elected to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Edward E. Coatesworth
Democratic General Committee
John J. Kennedy
William J. Conners
Accuses Federal Officeholders In Primary Fight
Ex Alderman Clarence H Freeman claims federal officeholders are using influence to aid the regular ticket led by John Henry Hammond. He says civil service workers and court clerks, about twenty five, have given up duties and threaten to blackmail voters. Freeman vows to pursue dismissals and end political workers drawing public pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Freeman
29Th Assembly
John Henry Hammond
Hughes Club
Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Chinese Priest Conducts Service in Williamsburg
Father Peter Chang the first Chinese Catholic priest to visit the United States sang vespers at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Williamsburg. Over two thousand attended and guards helped manage the crowd outside. Bishop Henninghaus preached in Chinese and noted China’s church growth and education.
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Peter Chang
United States
Church of the Most Holy Trinity
Montrose
Graham Avenues
Williamsburg
Stagg Street
Father Chang
Henninghaus
Southern China
Chang
Lyendecker
Tribune
China
Most Holy Trinity Church
America
Sunday dry areas span city with few arrests
A Sunday dry enforcement across the city saw Williamsburg largely shut, Manhattan inspectors enforcing liquor rules, and Brooklyn mirroring the nominal crackdown. Bartender William J. Carroll of Michael Tiernan’s saloon at 2219 Fifth Avenue was arrested for violating the excise law and assaulting an officer, with a cut hand reported during the scuffle.
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Willamsburg
Manhattan
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
William J. Carroll
Michael Tiernan
Fifth Avenue
Bomb Wrecks Rochester Home Injuring Ten
In Rochester a Malian quarter dwelling owned by Frank Gugliuzza was exploded by a gunpowder bomb after a demand for money. Ten people inside including Gugliuzza his wife and two children survived with only material damage and no injuries reported.
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Rochester
Frank Gugliuzza
Gugliuzza
Bill aims to fit ships with self anchoring line system
In Washington on March 2 Secretary Straus’s office drafts a bill to require all seagoing American vessels to carry a self anchoring line with a projectile end and independent land contact capability. A second BIH proposes side amidships installation of a maximum load line to declare vessels unseaworthy when submerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Whaley-Cooke elopement cited for settlement in California
Floretta Whaley of Hempstead faces a Surrogate citation in Mineola to appear May 1 before Edgar Jackson. The case concerns settling her grandmother Keziah Whaley’s accounts as executor of her father’s will, tied to a California residence and an estate valued at about $5,009.
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Mineola
Long Island
Floretta Whaley
Hempstead
Jere Knode Cooke
St. George's Episcopal Church
California
Edgar Jackson
Keziah Whaley
Floretta
Naval Chaplain Heads N Y Elks Exalted Ruler
The Rev. Father W H S Reaney, navy chaplain aboard the Hancock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, elected exalted ruler of New York Lodge No 1, Elks, at its annual meeting. Defeated candidate I T Fetzer received 388 votes to Reaney’s 391. Other officers chosen include J Frank Shaughnessy, J Vanerburg, W E Tway, E J Fagan, James W Carroll, Edward Leach, Dr Henry Graham MacAdam, with MacAdam to serve as delegate to the Dallas grand lodge. Reaney previously served as Admiral Dewey's chaplain at Manila.
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W. H. S. Reaney
Navy
United States
Hancock
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Majestic Theatre
I. T. Fetzer
Reaney
Fetzer
Edward Leach
Grand Lodge
Dallas
Tex
Henry Graham MacAdam
Walher Reaney
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Vaudeville couple dies in murder suicide at hotel
In St Paul on March 29 William D B D Trainor thirty years old vaudeville actor and Mrs William P Pryor thirty five an actress were found shot dead in their Clarendon Hotel rooms. A letter to Pryor and rumors of broken promises suggest Trainor killed Pryor and himself. Police note brief hotel stay and lack of funds. Trainor's home is West Union Ohio and Pryor's husband lives in Providence.
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Traynor
Unique Theatre
Minneapolis
Miller
West Union
Ohio
Mohler
Lioyd
Providence
National Press Club Formed in Washington
Washington March 29 National Press Club organized at a meeting of journalists from newspapers nationwide. Officers elected include President W P Spurgeon The Washington Post and Vice President Jackson Tinker New York Press with secretaries and treasurers from Detroit Free Press Washington Herald and Washington Times. Board includes E G Walker Ira E Hennett J Ed Grillo Thomas C C Noyes J P Hornaday E Hi Keen and J H Young of The Washington Star.
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Washington
National Press Club of
United States
W. P. Spurgeon
Washington Post
Jackson Tinker
New York Press
Jesse L. Carmichael
Detroit Free Press
J. L. Yeagle
The
Washington Herald
Graham 8. Nichol
Washington Times
E. G. Walker
Boston Herald
Ira E. Hennett
San Francisco Call
J. Ed Grillo
Thomas CC. Noyes
Washington Star
J. P. Hornaday
Indianapolis News
E. Hi. Keen
United Press
J. H. Young
Black Hand Leader Shot While Fleeing Arrest
James Facile, alleged head of a Black Hand gang, tried to run from Enterprise near Preston as deputies moved in. A deputy shot him in the leg, and he leaped into a pond while about 200 foreign suspects backed him with dirks and stilettos but withdrew when officers drew revolvers.
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Preston
W. Va
James Facile
Enterprise
Here
Johnson
Facle
Mitchell to retire as UMWA head amid health decline
Indianapolis March 29 John Mitchell will resign as head of the United Mine Workers of America on Tuesday after a decade of leadership. Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio will succeed him. Mitchell plans to focus on health and may accept limited work later. News links include possible Roosevelt mission to Panama and trade agreement bureau roles. Coal contracts in most soft coal fields expire with his presidency, with many mines likely closing for weeks while Indiana Illinois may seek interim operation agreements.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Thomas L. Lewis
Ohio
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Panama
National Civic Federation
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
GE Director Denies Westinghouse Merger Talks
A General Electric director and officer stated last night there is no basis for reports that negotiations were underway to absorb Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing, then in receivership. He said representatives of the two big electric firms had not held any conferences and the reports are entirely untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Douglass Named Candidate for Public Service Commission
W A Douglass a Cornell man and friend of Governor Hughes is chosen to succeed Charles Hallam Keep on the 21 District Public Service Commission. George E Matthews and William C Warren who have worked for Douglass expect the nomination to go to the Senate tomorrow night.
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Tribune
Buffalo
W. A. Douglass
Cornell
Hughes
Charles Hallam Keep
21 District Public Service Commission
George E. Matthews
William C. Warren
Douglass
Senate
Shriner Dines Amid Animals at Madison Square Garden
After the Mecca Temple annual business meeting at Madison Square Garden the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will hold a dinner in the concert hall tomorrow afternoon with about two thousand members expected to attend and numerous circus animals set around the dining area.
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Mecca Temple
Triple Damage Railroad Act Voided in Alabama
Circuit Judge H. A. Pearce ruled the threefold damage act unconstitutional in a suit against Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The law allowed shippers to recover three times the value of goods lost by railroad. The ruling was delivered in Elba Alabama on March 29.
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Elba
Ala
H. A. Pearce
Alabamy
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Railroads Triumph Over Texas Commission in Accounting Dispute
District Judge Calhoun ruled for Texas railroads in a suit against the Texas Railroad Commission. He enjoined the commission’s accounting order, saying it was arbitrary and conflicted with the Interstate Commerce Commission system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Calhoun
Railroads of Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Petroleum field activity shows gusher-like production rise
In Lincoln County the J S King farm test well near Big Branch yielded 10 barrels in 13 hours, signaling strong district interest. Other wells on Morrison and Walton pools progress, while Holidays Cove tests falter. Oklahoma shows a dip in March output. Dinnefield activity expected to rise with better weather. Minnetonka Oil transfers 8000 acres to Obie Gi Company for 195 producing wells. Refined petroleum prices hold at 8.75 cents.
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J. S. King Farm
Big Branch
Duval
Lincoln County
Morrison Farm
Hig Creek
Walton Pool
Walton
Holidays Cove
Brooke County
Campbell Farm
Ohio
Oklahoma
Dinnefield
Minnetonka Oi Company
Obie Gi Company
American Tract Society Holds Annual Meeting in Washington
The American Tract Society gathered at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church as Rep. Joseph V. Graaf spoke on "The Man with a Mission." The secretary outlined global outreach, noting 59 new publications in 12 languages and total 762,867,665 copies from the home office.
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Washington
The
American Tract Society
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
Moore
Joseph V. Graaf
Congress
Mllneis
Judson Swift
Tract Society
Ediperteurs
United States
Notice of Summons In Multiple New York Courts
A long notice lists summonses across several New York courts including Kings County New York and Erie County. Defendants Abra ham Silverson Beckie Cohen The People The Tenement House Department Bennett & Gompper C company and others are to answer complaints within twenty days or face default judgments.
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County OF
New York
Hamilton Bank of
New York City
Abraham Silverson
Beckie Cohen
People of the
State of New York
Alter Gottlieb
Charles Comisky
Hyman Retnes
Tenement House Department of the
City of New York
Bennett & Gompper C Company
Abraham Blu—menstein
Michael J. Saltzer
Julius Liebermann
Michael J. Dowd
The
State Bank
Ashbrel FP
Fitch, Mott & Grant
Borough of Manhattan
Shael P. Fitch
Mott & Grant
Nassau Street
Probate Notice for Jean Hobart Warren Will in New York
Daniel J. Dowdney Clerk announces Surrogates Court probate for the will of Jean Hobart Warren filed by Charles E. Ingersoll. The hearing is set for April 3, 1908 at 10:30 AM at the Surrogate's Court, New York County. Minor heirs must appear via guardian or be represented by one appointed by the court.
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Elizabeth A. McMullan
Margaret F. McMullan
James McMullan
New York
Cheney, Schenck & Stockell
Broadway
Borough of
Manhattan
New York City
David Leventritt
Supreme Court of
State of New York
County of
Borough of Manhattan
State OF
Gal Tree
W. Collard
Anna E. Smith
Cecelia F. Lincoln
Panny A. Smith
Alice Smith
Martha Therese Smith
Linde K K. Winser
Mary Babcock
Edward P. Kennan Prederick H. Kennard
Margaret Burkley
Hubert Buckley
Wilfred Buckley
Alwyne Huckley
Hustent
Martha T. Fisne Collord
Central Trust Company of
George W. Collord
Newport
Rr LL
William B. Dison
City of
County of York
Seab
Martha T. Fiske Collord
Anaode Teland
New Yor
New _ Yor
Abnerl S.J . Thomas
Said
Mary _ Leavitt
Nina Maguay
George Maguay
Catherine By
L. Parsons
James Ewing Cooley Leavitt
Robert Walter Leavitt
James EB. C. Leavitt
Leavitt Comey Parsons
Mary (. Parsons
George Ayers Parsons
Louise Maquay Villiers Legh
Katharine Alice Villers
Constance Barbara Villiers
Georg John Theodore Hyde Vililiera
Peter Lega
Liam W. Appleton
Daniel Appleton
James E. Cooley
Rodner
L. SS
Thomas
STATS
Grace of God
William E. Barnes
Mary J. Southwick
Henry Z. Lynch
Claudia Middleton
William HH. Allen
Seer I. Allen
Jennie P. Allen
Jessica FP. Watson
C. A. Barnes
Kate H. Smith
Hecorea
Richard E. Guy Smith
Charles H
Beckett
Daniel J. Dowdney
Howe, Smith & Howe
Ile
Mahattan
N. Ss
Jernette Matt Warren
Phebe Warren MacCombe
Mary Warren Thompson
Anna Warren Gildden
Walter P Warren
Martha C. Warren
Hearsy P. McKean
Thomas McKean
Maria McKean
Phebe McKean
Edward Ingersoll
Phebe W. I. Mevall
Anna W. L. Smith
Henry McKean Ingersoll
Jeannie H
Witress
Charles H. Beckett
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Greenwich St
N.Y
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Cetatogus
Parsons Ticket
Brooklyn Catholic Church
Naval Chaplain Heads
N. Y. Elks
Father Reaney
National Press Club
United Mine Workers
Electric
Keep
Texas Commission
Congressman Graaf
Dr. Swift
NY York Supreme Court
New York County
Charles Henry Phelps
New York Supreme Court
Dutchess County
John G. Butler
John A. Delany
Stella M. Delany
John E. Duffy
William J. Swain
Title Insurance Company of New York
Tithe Guarantee & Trust Company
Wall Street Exchange Building
Andrew Sheridan
John P. East
Broad Street
William J. Swaim
M. Warley Platzrek
Supreme Court of the
County of New York
County Court House
Tate
Erie
Lands Company of
Depew Va
Depew Syndicate
Hotchkiss & Bush
Db. & Morgan
Harry L. Tayior
Erie County
County of Erie
N. Y
D. S Morgan
Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
Edward Brandus
Mer. James P. Silo
Con
45Th Street
Damiel J. Dowdset
Surrogates Court
Jarish Holmes
Liberty Street
Daniel J. Dowdsnet
Dougherty, Orecorer & Tenney
William St
Daniel F Dowdnef
En Tisset Bible
New-York Tribune
Tissot
New-York Tribune Tissot Dept
Tissot Bible Pictures
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