Governors Declare Conservation of Natural Resources Vital
The Governors of the states and territories convene to declare that national prosperity rests on careful use of natural resources. They urge Congress and states to co operate to conserve land water forests minerals and power, promote irrigation drainage and navigation, and establish a federal state commission system and waterway policy.
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United States of America
Congress
United States
Federal Congress
Governors Conference Concludes With Roosevelt Praise
The third day opens with a full attendance as President Roosevelt convenes the Governors. Blanchard presents the declaration of principles while Glenn, Folk and Kentucky influence discuss actions and possible future meetings. Roosevelt praises the Governors’ high spirit and usefulness.
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Washington
Conference of Governors
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Louisiana
Glenn
Folk
Missouri
United States
Falk
Kentucky
President confers with governors at White House adjournment
The conference closed as President Roosevelt thanked the governors and state executives for their attendance. Speakers including Governors Comer Meade Hanly Willson Hoch Sheldon and Lt. Gov Davidson spoke while Governor Cummins was represented by a reading. The session ended at 12 45 p m with adjournment sine die.
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Blanchard
Louisiana
Mr. Bryan
Comer
Alabama
Meade
Washington
Hanly
Indiana
Willson
Kentucky
Hoch
Kansas
Sheldon
Nebraska
Davidson
Texas
Cummins
Iowa
E. R. Johnson
G. M. Kober
Putnam
Bryan
Garfield
Roosevelt
White House
States
Union
Gates Madden Row Over Four Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars
John W. Gates sues John E. Madden claiming Madden owes him 4700 dollars after a stock deal fallout. Madden counters that no debt exists and accuses Gates of pressuring him into a Texas Oil and Republic Steel scheme in exchange for horse information.
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John W
John E. Madden
John W. Gates
Gates
Madden
Mr. Gates
Texas Oil
Republic Steel
Transcontinental Auto Race Proposed by Industry Leaders
A meeting of automobile manufacturers and representatives in the Times Building discussed a transcontinental race from New York to San Francisco and back, to start around August 15. A committee to set conditions was named: Jefferson Dement Thompson, A. K. Pardington, and Robert Lee Morrell.
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Times
New York
San Francisco
Jefferson Dement Thompson
American Automobile Association
A. K. Pardington
Long Island Automobile Club
Robert Lee Morrell
The
Automobile Club of America
Young Boy Found After 43 Days Kidnapping Case
Bartolo Giuffre, three and a half years old, was abducted from 124 Bridge Street Brooklyn forty three days ago. He was returned to his parents yesterday after police found him at 156 South 1st Street at 1 AM. He spoke only to answer Yes.
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Bartolo Giuffre
Bridge Street
Brooklyn
Littl
Fallon
Bedford Avenue
South 1St Street
State Civil Service Board Meets in Albany
The State Civil Service Commission, with Governor Hughes approval, classified several non competitive positions including deputy superintendent of marine fisheries and five examiners of transfers of stocks. It denied James S. Whipple's bid for secretary to the superintendent of marine fisheries and assistant superintendent of state forests. Seventy two of 2734 candidates passed the clerk and junior clerk exam.
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Albany
State Civil Service Commission
Hughes
Office
the Forest, Fish and Game Commission
New York Charter Revision Commission
James S. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner
Tamman y Loses Primary Suit
Appellate Division rules against Tammany Hall reversing Special Term order to publish September 24 1907 Democratic primary call. Justices Ingraham Clarke Laughlin Houghton and Scott concur. Decision aims to curb methods used in the 35th Assembly District primaries.
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Tammany
Tammany Hall
Appellate Division
Ingraham
Clarke
Laughlin
Houghton
Scott
Board of Elections
Democratic Organization of
New York County
Plans for New Prison Considered on Bear Mountain
Albany May 15 The commission choosing a site and plans for a new state prison to replace Sing Sing considered proposals from 34 architects for a roughly 2 million dollar institution. The Bear Mountain site sits near Iona Island and Highland Lake on the Rockland Orange county border. a 100000 dollar appropriation this year will fund preliminary work and the foundation.
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Albany
Sing Sing
Bear Mountain
Iona Island
Highland Lake
Rockland
Orange Counties
Coney Island Murderer At Large After Bowery Shootings
Louis Poggi known as Louie the Lump remains at large after fatally shooting Samuel Petchwidz Cyclone Louis and Max Zweibach Kid Twist on the Bowery in Coney Island Thursday night. Carroll Terry the resort singer and a shooting victim is hospitalized with shoulder wound and Mabel Leon is missing. The Coney Island Board of Trade votes to urge Mayor McClellan and Commissioner Bingham to recall old patrolmen familiar with the precinct.
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Coney Island
Louis Poggi
Louie the Lump
Samuel Petchwidz
Cyclone Louis
Max Zweibach
Kid Twist
Bowery
Carroll Terry
Mabel Leon
Coney Island Board of Trade
Steuch’s
Mcclellan
Bingham
Hearings on New York subway bills in Albany debate city control
Governor Hughes presides over final hearings on the Robinson bill to ease private capital subway construction in New York City, the Steinway tunnel purchase bill, a Coney Island fare cut proposal, and Interborough extensions. Opponents argue for municipal ownership and caution against corporate franchises while supporters urge action to relieve traffic and fund rapid transit.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Robinson
New York City
City of
New York
Assembly Railroads Committee
Coney Island
Senate Cities Committee
Interborough
Westchester County
Charles Sprague Smith
People’s Institute
Calvin Tomkins
Reform Club
Public Service Commission
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Frederic C. Leubuscher
Manhattan
Flaherty
Kings
Robert A. Stewart
Independence League
Brush
Frederick W. Rowe
Citizens’ Central Committee
Brooklyn
Allan Robinson
Charles H. Schneille
United Real Estate Owners’ Association
EF. D. Fisher
Flatbush Taxpayers’ Association
August Belmont
Queens County Railroad
McGoldrick
J. P. Kohler
East River
Jersey
William M. Dyckman
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railway Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Charles A. Collin
Walter Brown
Brooklyn Board of Trade
Edward T. Fisher
T. B. Ackerson
Fiske Terrace Association
West End Board of Trade
Mel Manus
McCall
Wagner
Hackett
Francis
Plaherty
Dooling
Lfe
East
George E. Ide
Home Life Company
New York Life
the Home Life
the Security Mutual
Mutual Life
Equitable Life
Manhattan Life
Washington Life
United States Life
Germania Life
Metropolitan Life
National Life of
Vermont
New England Mutual
Boston
Prudential
Newark
Aetna Life
Hartford
John Hancock Mutual
Massachusetts
Phoenix Mutual
Connecticut General
Provident Life and Trust
Philadelphia
Nfe
Associations of
Hudson Valley
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
National Association of Life
Armstrong Insurance
Meyer Aims to Block Bryans Denver Nomination
Cord Meyer former chairman of the Democratic State Committee said he will travel to Denver to prevent the nomination of William Jennings Bryan. He cited New York and New Jersey opposition and noted Charles F Murphy will likely oppose Bryan at the convention.
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Cord Meyer
Democratic State Committee
Metz
Denver
Bryan
Mr. Meyer
New York
New Jersey
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Senator Foelker Takes Mortgage On Brooklyn Plant
State Senator Otto G Foelker receives a 30000 mortgage on the Binney Godfrey Company plant at the northeast corner of Kent Avenue and Rodney Street Brooklyn The loan is from Foelker with 6 percent interest and a May 11 1914 due date A title certificate from Title Guarantee and Trust accompanies it Also noted is Dr J Prescott Grants statement that Foelker is rapidly recovering from appendicitis and that surgery was essential to save his life.
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Binney-Godfrey Company
Kent Avenue
Rodney Street
Brooklyn
Register
Kings County
Otto G. Foelker
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
J. Prescott Grant
Poelker
Tammany to Denver on Erie Special Train
Tammany Hall plans a special train to Denver leaving Jersey City at 9 a.m. July 4 aboard an Erie Railroad charter. The Erie company will furnish six twelve‑section sleepers a baggage car and a dining car for the party.
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Tammany
Denver
Erie
Tammany Hall Organization
Jersey City
Erie Railroad
Erie Company
Desmond Dunne Resigns Brookyn Public Works Chief Post
Desmond Dunne quits as Commissioner of Public Works in Brooklyn. President Coler accepts the resignation and denies friction claims. Possible successor discussed includes John Heffernan, with politics unlikely to influence the appointment.
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Desmond Dunne
Brooklyn
Coler
Board of Estimate
Public Works
Dunne
McCarren
William B. Melody
4Th Assembly
Metz
Patrick Fynch
23D
Democratic Politicians Confer Over Governorship Prospects
Albany May 15. Democratic State Chairman Conners State Controller Glynn and Patrick E. McCabe met to discuss the party's path. Glynn hopes to travel to New York early next week to confer with Charles F. Murphy about the Democratic political situation and possible gubernatorial candidacy.
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Tribune
Albany
Conners
Martin H. Glynn
Patrick E. McCabe
Glynn
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Hughes boom grows as Mingle cites support for Hughes
Harry B. Mingle secretary of the Hughes Information Bureau said Hughes has received hundreds of pledges from across the country. He noted the key issue is winning New York for the Republican candidate and predicted Hughes would be nominated at Chicago.
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Harry B. Mingle
Hughes Information Bureau
Hughes
Mr. Mingle
Taft
New York
Chicago
Foraker Breaks Taft's Solid Ohio Delegation
Coshocton Ohio May 15 Republicans of the 17th Ohio District endorse Senator Foraker for the Presidency and break Taft's solid Ohio delegation. Of 35 delegates 22 vote Foraker resolutions and McCoy of Coshocton and Dr Berthorette of Wayne County are Foraker national delegates. A contesting delegation is likely.
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Tribune
Coshocton
Ohio
Foraker
Taft
B. McCoy
H. Bertho-rette
Wayne County
Texas Convention Indorses Taft in State R Pres Convention
Fort Worth Texas May 15 regular State Republican Convention passed resolutions endorsing Taft for the Presidency and the Roosevelt administration. Delegates were not instructed, some say to allow a possible Roosevelt stampede if favorable. Texas will send two sets of delegates to Chicago with reorganized division to meet in Waco later this month.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Taft
Roosevelt
Texas
Chicago
Waco
Republican delegates chosen at Shreveport convention
The 4th District Republican Convention elected S. H. Bolinger and S. F. Steere as delegates and W. M. Rich and S. H. Ralph as alternates to the Republican National Convention. It passed resolutions endorsing the Roosevelt administration and instructed for Taft.
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Tribune
Shreveport
H. Bolinger
F. Steere
W. M. Rich
S. H. Ralph
Roosevelt
Taft
Bradley, Senator-Elect, May Attend Chicago Nominating Speech
Lexington Kentucky May 15 Senator elect W O Bradley may still deliver the seconding speech nominating Vice President Fairbanks for the Presidency at the Chicago convention. Bradley was defeated by Taft men as a delegate and will go as an alternate from the 2d District.
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Tribune
Lexington
W. O. Bradley
United States
Fairbanks
Chicago
Bradley
Taft
Contested Virginia District Chooses Taft Opponents as Delegates
Winchester Va May 16 The 7th District Republican convention elected Colonel R B Murphy Warren and Charles Hammer Rockingham as delegates with two black alternates to the national convention. Delegates are uninstructed but known to be anti Taft.
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Winchester
R. B. Murphy
Warren
Charles Hammer
Rockingham
Twenty-Two Anti Taft Contests Reported for May Meeting
Chicago May 15 Contests filed with the Republican National Committee total twenty two as 200 contestants expected when all papers are in. Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Mississippi Missouri Ohio South Carolina Tennessee districts named. Forty eight delegates involved Taft against the field. contests to be taken up alphabetically.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Dover
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Taft
Republican district conventions name delegates to national event
Mayor Pierre Garven of Bayonne and Joseph A. Dear of Jersey City were chosen as the 9th District delegates to the Republican National Convention with Clarence Van Deeren and James Allardice as alternates. From the 10th District Jersey City officials Judge John A. Blair and George Gonzales were delegates, with Henry Frank and Henry Bell as alternates. Unpledged groups show some Roosevelt sentiment likely to shift toward taft before the convention.
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Ayor Pierre Garven
Bayonne
Joseph A. Dear
Jersey City
N. J
Clarence T. van Deeren
Harrison
James Allardice
John A. Blair
George Gonzales
Hoboken
Henry Frank
Weehawken
Henry Bell
Union Hill
Roosevelt
Taft
Equitable Life Lowers Policy Loan Rate to Four
The Equitable Life Assurance Society cut the policy loan rate from 6 percent to 4 percent during the winter money stringency. The reduction is retroactive and the 2 percent difference will be refunded immediately to policyholders who paid the higher rate.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Pennsylvania Railroad Seaside Resorts Summer Excursion Book
The Pennsylvania Railroad promotes summer vacations with over eight hundred excursion destinations from Newfoundland to the Great Lakes. It highlights New Jersey seashore resorts and offers the Summer Excursion Book for 25 cents by mail or 10 cents at ticket agents.
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America
Atlantic Coast
Labrador
Cape Hattera
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newfoundland
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Virginia
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Canada
Philadelphia
Quebec to Blackwell Island Bridge Probe Highlights Structural Errors
An ongoing critique of bridge safety traces the Quebec collapse to a stress miscalculation. Tests on a Phoenixville model showed the main compression member failed at the same 18 000 psi, prompting renewed calls for model testing of Blackwell Island Bridge components despite officials’ confidence in safety.
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Quebec
Phoenixville
Blackwell
Department of Bridges
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Quebec Bridge
Lindenthal
City
Canadian Commission of Engineers
Stevenson
Blackwell's Island
The
Tribune
Hamilton Nominated by List District Republicans for Senate
Jamestown New York May 15 The Republican Senate convention of the List District nominated Assemblyman Charles M. Hamilton of Ripley to succeed Senator Fancher with no opposition. Fancher submitted his successor's name to the convention.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Senate
Charles M. Hamilton
Ripley
Fancher
Price on head of pass in Chicago
Chicago journalist reports Rockwell Sayre offering ten cents for the first hundred cats killed and one dollar for the largest three counts, with the scheme lasting until December. He argues cats carry diseases and threaten children and homes.
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Price
Chicago
Rockwell Sayre
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Croker
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George Carter
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