Cuban talks in Havana aim to avert loss of independence
Secretary Taft and Acting Secretary Bacon press for a path to peace as Cuban factions press for concessions. Taft warns against stirring agitation, stresses US duty without control, and notes dangers if key provinces remain unsatisfied. Officials weigh how to gauge field sentiment without formal recognition of insurgents.
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Qutan
Taftana
Bacon
Taft
United States
Roosesatis
Quesada
Teft
Cuba
Havana
Amercan
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Santiago
Mr. Taft
Alfredo Zayas
Roosevelt
Zayas
Liberal Party
Urge Governor Higgins to decide on renomination today
Albany Sept 20 Governor Higgins faces pressure from Republican leaders to run again. A conference at the executive mansion included George W Aldridge Francis Hendricks John F O'Brien N W V Franchot and William Barnes Jr. While aides see him as the strongest ticket head they note health family and business concerns push him to decline. If he declines Lieutenant Governor Bruce is eyed to lead the ticket with Hughes weaker outside New York City. A final decision is expected after another meeting tomorrow night.
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Tribune
Albany
Higgins
Executive
George W. Aldridge
Monroe County
Francis Hendricks
Onondaga County
John F. O'Brien
Clinton
N. W. V. Franchot
Cattaraugus
William Barnes, Jr
Republican State Committee
New York
Erie
Sove
Bruce
Mr. Bruce
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
New York City
Adam
Erie County
Higgins Leader Says Higgins Appointed as Only Candidate
In Buffalo on Sept 20 E H Butler Higgins supporter's leader says Governor Higgins will be the sole candidate at next week's Republican State Convention. He claims the party will back Higgins after primary results in Erie County and New York amid opposition silence.
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Buffalo
E. H. Butler
Higgins
Aigeine
Goovie
Iggins
Erie County
Greater New York
Man Linked to Fatal Brooklyn Riots Denies Identity
A man claiming to be Demos Cosnomos, wanted for fatally striking Miss Fannie Radinsky during fare riots, retracted to say he was his brother Charles Cosnemos. He was arrested at 156 West 25th Street as reports circulated of the brother in Greece and a funeral for another Cosnomos.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Fannie Radinsky
Demos
Tenderloin
Charles Cosnemos
Greece
Mr. Young
Demos Cosomos
Young
Charles
No. 156
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George
Smith
Schwab Auto Tragedyclaims Cincinnati Banker’s Daughter
J G Schmidlapp president of United Savings and Trust Company was injured and his daughter Charlotte was killed in Charles M Schwab’s car wreck at St Martin de Cray France. The Cincinnati man on a French tour with his daughter and Mr and Mrs Lee Ault. Seven years earlier his wife and another daughter died in a U S railway disaster.
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J. G. Schmidlapp
United Savings and Trust Company
Charlotte
Charles M. Schwab
St. Martin de Cray
France
Schmidlapp
Lee Ault
Schwab
Schmidhapp
Europe
Man declared dead revived after skull fracture
Edward McElroen of Yonkers testified in court about his near death after being struck by a wrench seven weeks earlier. Doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital revived him after his heart stopped, with salt solution and artificial respiration. He recovered and testified against James Burns.
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Edward MccElroen
North Broadway Yonkers
McElroen
McEreen
James Burns
St. Joseph's Hospital
White
Mekroen
Burns
Scene on the Canton River Amid Typhoon's Toll
A scene along the Canton River near Hong Kong as the typhoon’s path devastates property and claims thousands of lives. Local reports describe flooding and structural damage with ongoing rescue efforts and warnings.
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Canton River
Hong Kong
Mutuals Axe Falls Victim of Loyalty Clash
The Mutual Life committee dismissed T Reid Fell for alleged acceptance of nominations on rival tickets and disloyalty to the Peabody administration. John C. Elliot will take over Fell's branches as managers pledge support to the administration. A loyalty meeting and subsequent actions hint at broader purges of select fusion supporters among managers and agents.
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T. Reid Fell
United
Fusion
Peabody
Herbert N. Fell
George T. Dexter
John C. Elliot
Fell
George A. Brinkerhoff
Broadway
William T. Diefendorf
Charles E. Bayless
Mr. Wolfsohn
Robert H. Hardy
Charles H. Stonebridge
E. C. Ogbourn
Frederick W. Bliss
Thomas H. Bowles
T. R. Fell
United Committee
Mutual Life Policyholders’ Association
International
Commiteemen
T. Reid
Bert Hanson
Association
Bowles
Mr. Hanson
International Committee
United Committees
Colgate Committee
Albert L. Bard
Bard
McCurdy
Board of Trustees
J. Bard
Morton
The
Equitable
Johnsons Guest Wrt Cleveland Injury In Bathtub Fall
Mrs Henry J Tilford of Louisville wife of a prominent local businessman slipped in a bathtub at Mayor Johnson's Euclid avenue home and suffered a fractured skull. She was taken to Lakeside Hospital for surgery after arriving in Cleveland as a guest on September 20. Her age raises concern among relatives.
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Cleveland
Henry J. Tilford
Louisville
Johnson
Ferry Strike Ends After Compromise Settlement
The ferry firemen strike against the Brooklyn Ferry Company of New York was settled at 3 30 pm with a yearlong pay of 6750 per month after initial demands of 75 and 70. The accord came at No 156 Broadway Williamsburg and was influenced by Civic Federation chairman Ralph M Easley and August Belmont.
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New York
Stoney
Timothy Healey
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Broadway
Williamsburg
Civic Federation
Fourth Avenue
Ralph M. Easley
Healey
August Belmont
Easley
Mr. Healey
Belmont
East 23d Street
Manhattan
Greenpoint
MR ROOT T AT PANAMA
The United States cruiser Charleston with Secretary Root and party anchored in the bay at four this afternoon. Governor Magoon and other American officials greeted them aboard. Tomorrow Foreign Secretary and Panama reception committees will board to welcome the party. Root lands at nine. Panamas decorated and Friday declared a holiday.
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Panama
United States
Charleston
Root
Bay
Bulgarian Forces Massing Near Palanka
Salonica dispatch reports that the Turkish commander in chief has been informed of a large Bulgarian concentration in the Palanka direction as of September 20.
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Salonica
Palanka
Bulgaria
Meteor Incident Claimed Harbor Refusal By English Authorities
The Hamburg American Line says Meteor was forced to leave Portsmouth Harbor by English authorities despite severe weather. The captain reports an Admiralty tug arrived and the pilot was told there is no room in the harbor.
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Berlin
Hamburg-American Line
Portsmouth Harbor
Foreign Office
Portsmouth
Hearst Maintains Hold Amid Erie County Democratic Split
Erie County Democrats face a rift after Norman E. Mack dropped Hearst for Mayor Adam in the Buffalo Democratic nomination race. Hearst fans still command ten of twenty seven Erie delegates with Adam supporters hoping for New York backing as Tammany Hall looms, while Conners and Coatesworth seek influence in case Hearst wins.
Os-born Named State Delegates at Cayuga Convention
Auburn voters chose Thomas M. Osborne Seth Thomas and Louis Paul as state delegates at the Democratic County Convention They are instructed to back Osborne for Governor if an upstate candidate is likely nominated The decision passed with near unanimous support and was announced in Auburn N Y on September 20.
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Auburn
N. Y
Thomas M. Osborne
Seth Thomas
Louis Paul
Hill and Herrick Not Chosen for State Delegates
Albany reports that ex US Senator Hill and ex Justice D Cady Herrick are not listed among Democratic delegates from the 2d and 1st Assembly districts respectively. Nominations for Assembly members were postponed after the state convention. An attempt to instruct for R Hearst failed in the 1st district and both delegations were left uninstructed. State Committeeman Patrick E McCabe may succeed Cord Meyer as state chairman.
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Albany
Sept
Hill
D. Cady Herrick
Aupeuan
Assembly
R. Hearst
Patrick E. McCabe
Cord Meyer
Democratic State Committee
Split in Onondaga Convention Shifts Hearst Delegates
State Committeeman M. Z. Haven routed Hearst support in Onondaga assembly district conventions. Hearst will have only three delegates instructed from the county. In the 1st District, the Hearst instruction failed. the 2d District produced two delegations. the 3d District backed Hearst with instructed delegates.
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Tribune
Syracuse
M. Z. Haven
Hearst
Onormolaga
Skaneateres
James K. McGuire
Martin Dillon
McGuire
Hearst Delegates Win in Rochester Assembly District
The Democratic 24 Assembly District convention in Rochester elected three Hearst delegates. The 45th Senate District conventions also favored Hearst. Hearst appears to hold six of nine votes for the state committee man seat.
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Sept
Hearst
Assembly Distri
Senate
Hearst Indorsed at Lockport by Republicans and Democrats
In Niagara County three Assembly districts held conventions. In the 1st District W. W. Beens received the Republican nomination after renomination in the 2nd by acclamation. The 3rd District delayed its nomination after a state convention. Democrats in the 2nd District endorsed William R Hearst for Governor.
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Lockport
N. Y
Niagara County
W. W. Aeens Recioe
William R Hearst
Democrats of 1st Assembly District meet in Pittsford
In Rochester on September 2 the Democrats of Monroe County 1st Assembly District gathered at Pittsford to elect delegates to the state convention. The vote and results were reported with the expected names and outcomes.
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Rochester
Monroe County
Pittsford Sotay
Putnam Delegates Uninstructed at Democratic Convention
Putnam County Democratic Convention held in Carmel chose A. C. Townsend John Smith and Walter A. Perry as delegates to the Buffalo convention. They will go uninstructed.
Madison County Democrats elect uninstructed delegates at Morrisville
At the Madison County Democratic convention in Morrisville this afternoon, Mayor John Richardson of Oneida A F Fitch of Cazenovia and O A Sturtevant of New Hartford were elected as delegates to the state convention without contest. Luke McHenry of Chittenango was nominated for the Assembly.
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N. Y
Madison County
Morrisville
John Richardson
Oneida
A. F. Fitch
Cazenovia
O. A. Sturtevant
Luke McHenry
Chittenango
Hearst Tide Turning in Democratic Nomination Fight
Newspaper notes hedging signs of Hearst losing ground in the Democratic renomination race. Erie County shows strength for Hearst despite Norman Mack's public backing of Mayor Adam. Sulzerman allies plan to press Murphy and McCarren for backing while Governor prepares for possible renomination decision.
Hearst Struggles for Governor Nomination Amid Hearst Ties
William R. Hearst battles to rally wavering delegates as he seeks the Democratic nomination for governor. He trails with 212 delegates including New York County, needs 226, and faces 171 opposed plus 58 unpledged. Tammany’s support could swing the race, while Sullivan and Murphy maneuver for influence ahead of Buffalo.
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Tammany
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Hearst
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