Hearst Wins Recount Move In Mayor Race Ballot Boxes To Be Shown
Five ballot boxes from the 6th and 24th Assembly Districts will be produced before Justice Lambert at the County Court House for recount consideration. William Randolph Hearst secures a procedural victory in seeking to overturn Mayor McClellan’s 19 mayoralty win as attorneys clash over subpoenas and access.
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Supreme Court
John T. Dooling
Board of Elections
County Court House
William Randolph Hearst
McClellan
Eugene JL. Richards, Jr
Mr. Hearst
Hearst
Europe
Mr. Shearn
Mr. Richards
Richards
Dooling
Elec Tiones
Clarence J. Shearn
Board of Flections
É1st Street
Gfourt
Mr. Denling
Justice Greenbaum
Dealing
Mr. Sheera
Manhattan Storzee and Warehouse Company
Seventh Avenue
Ssth Street
Mr. Dooling
President Dooling
W. H. Ward
Police Department
Ambly
Schoolhouse Shielded From Saloon Proximity in Bill Vote
Albany reports Gov Hughes says a saloon cannot precede an American schoolhouse in law. A memorandum notes current law bars liquor traffic within 26 feet of churches or schools. proposed change would remove the protection, extending liquor trade to near such sites and affecting hotels and apartments with dining rooms.
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Albany
Arnold
Hughes
Memoranaum Sas
Taft Bryan Row on Publication of Campaign Contributions
Taft and Bryan exchange telegrams urging Congress to enact public disclosure of campaign contributions. Taft notes prior letter to Senator Burrows advocating transparency in nominations and funding. Bryan expresses gratification that publicity could sway the measure, urging disclosure of sources and amounts for national committees.
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House
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Bryan
Taft
Culberson
Williams
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Perry Belmont
National Publicity Law Organization
William J. Bryan
Albany anti Hughes forces push through slow legislature
The Albany extraordinary session sees anti Hughes factions aimed at defeating the governor on key measures. The Assembly reports a maimed public service bill for telephone and telegraph firms. Committees kill or delay bills on Wall Street, unemployment, direct primaries, while racing interests hope for adjournment before the national convention.
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Tribune
Albany
anti-Hughes
Senate
Assembly
Ways and Means
Wagner
Wall Street
Liebman
Wadsworth
McCarren
Foelker
Hughes
Raines
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Public Services Commissions
Davis
Grady and
Cohalan
Taylor
Supreme Court
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Allds
Grattan
Grady
Smith
Senate Judiciary
Negroes Uphold Party At Cooper Union Mass Meeting
More than five hundred black men and women attended a Cooper Union gathering led by Bishop William B. Derrick urging support for the Republican party. Speakers including Rev. Dr. Stansbury and ex-governor Pinchback argued loyalty to Taft and Roosevelt amid a rededication to Republican principles.
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Democratic Party
Derrick
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Jeff Davis
Lincoln
America
Republican Party
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
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Taft
Roosevelt
Cannon
Fairbanks
Hughes
Foraker
Stansbury
Philadelphia
Philander Knox
P. B. S. Pinchhback
Louisiana
William Howard Taft
William Howerd Taft
Contests in Chicago Convention Credential Tabulation
Secretary Elmer Dover tabulated Republican National Convention credentials showing sixty seven district contests six state contests and one Alaska contest. Wisconsin has twelve undelivered credentials none from Montana several missing from Idaho and two Illinois districts have not sent credentials. Alaska delegates L P Shackelford and Richard Shes of Juneau arrived in Chicago today.
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Chicago
Elmer Dover
Alaska
Wisconsin
Montana
Idaho
Illinois
L. P. Shackelford
Richard Shes
Juneau
Ryan to attend Virginia Democratic Convention in Roanoke
Richmond dispatch reports Thomas F. Ryan of New York will go to the June Virginia Democratic Convention as a Nelson County delegate. He plans to align with Senator Daniel against Denver delegation for Bryan, signaling a bid for Virginia political advancement, possibly governor or U S senator.
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Tribune
Richmond
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
Roanoke
Nelson County
Daniel
Denver
Bryan
Ryen
Virginia
United States
Hanging an Object Lesson at Pottsville
A large crowd of Slavs Hungarians Poles Italians Russians and Lithuanians attended the Shenandoah murder hanging of Felix Ladzius a young Pole on the scaffold. The public execution was meant as an object lesson to deter lawless elements. Ladzius confessed before the noose.
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Pottsville
Penn
Felix Ladzius
Shenandoah
Sadzius
West Virginia Democrats back Bryan at district conventions
In Wheeling and Parkerburg districts, West Virginia Democrats endorsed William J. Bryan for the national ticket. Delegates were instructed to support him first and last. A Parkerburg resolution urged selecting a national committeeman who has always been an Aryan man.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Denver
William J. Bryan
Parkersburg
Kansas seeks over twenty thousand harvesters this season
Topeka estimates 21,149 workers from other states and 1,975 teams are needed for the wheat belt harvest. Southern Kansas starts mid next month, central by a week later, and northern by July 1. Field work will extend at least three months as thrashing outfits begin after harvest.
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Topeka
Kan
T. RB. Gerow
Brute Free Employment Bureau
Cannon Going Home by Automobile
Washington May 6 Speaker Cannon plans to return to his Illinois home by automobile after adjournment. He expects to be accompanied by his secretary and Representatives Hemenway and Landis of Indiana. The route traces the old national road to St. Louis via Cumberland Wheeling Springfield Columbus Indianapolis and Terre Haute.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cannon
Illinois
Congress
W. Va
Springfield
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Jerome Attacked for Grand Jury Abuse and Misconduct
Pierce attacks District Attorney Jerome over alleged jury fixing, improper influence on grand juries, and attempts to protect allies like Ryan. He cites cases in Seabury and McCabe, claims Jerome manipulated indictments, pressured juries, and offered improper influence, warning Jerome’s continuance endangers New York City’s public prosecutor system.
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Perkins
Mr. Harriman
Armstrong Committee
Edmund D. Randolph
McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Thomas F. Ryan
Public Service Commission
Interborough Metropolitan
Mr. Ryan
Thomas Dolan
P. A. B. Widener
Wall & Cortlandt Street Ferries
District Attorney accused of coercion and conflicts in case handling
The discourse claims the District Attorney urged a guest to drop his attorney in exchange for easier future dealings, alleging manipulation of prosecutions. It questions whether Jerome acted with independence or aligned with the American Ice Company, noting criticism of his postindictment dinner with banker Montgomery and his attorney.
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E. R. Thomas
Thomas
New York
American Ice Company
Montgomery
Rate Increase Debate At Traffic Club Meeting
A resolution was introduced at the Traffic Club's monthly meeting in the Hotel Astor to petition trunk line presidents entering New York for a public hearing on freight-rate increases. Members debated past notice failures and the impact on shippers, with Swift & Co. executive C. M. Baldwin pushing the measure. The motion was referred to the governing committee as railroad representatives protested the club's partisan stance. Dr. L. T. Chamberlain spoke on emigration, framing it as an opportunity to improve conditions for foreign born residents in New York City while noting language barriers and public health concerns.
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Hotel Astor
New York
C. M. Baldwin
Swift & Co
L. T. Chamberlain
Watenaorn
Ellis Island
Europe
New York City
Mellen Served in US Suit Over New Haven Control
Boston May C S Mellen president of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company accepted service for all parties except Boston and Maine in a bill in equity filed by the United States to separate the New Haven company from its trolley line control and its Boston and Maine stock. United States chief deputy Charles Morse delivered the bill and subpoena at the South Station. Lucius Tuttle of Boston and Maine expected to accept service next day.
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Boston
Charles S Mellen
New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
United States
New Haven Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mellen
South Station
Charles Morse
Charles F. *Koate, Jr
Lucius Tuttle
Hay Discrimination Inquiry Ends After ICC Hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission finished a second hearing on Hay Exchange complaints that railroads impose storage charges and delay hay shipments. At Trunk Line Association offices in New York, Charles J. Austin testified about cross river movements from New Jersey to Manhattan, alleging delays and daily car storage costs of one dollar.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Hay Exchange
Trunk Line Association
Liberty Street
New York
Prouty
Charles J. Austin
New Jersey
Jersey
Senate Filibuster Fails as Government Liability Bill Likely Passes
The Tribune Bureau reports that despite a Senate filibuster aimed at a government liability measure for injured workers, consensus favors passage. The House version remains, while Senator Beveridge’s substitute faces opposition. The President supports the bill and pressed Beveridge to yield, signaling probable approval of the original legislation.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
House
Beveridge
Indiana
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