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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
13
William J. Bryan conferred with Judge Alton B. Parker at Esopus and with David B. Hill at Wolfert’s Roost near Albany as part of a series of talks on the New York State campaign. Key discussions remained private, but officials indicated the sessions focused on campaign strategy and directions. Bryan planned a 3:15 am departure for Buffalo, with hints of a forthcoming statement on today’s developments.
William Jennings Bryan visited Poughkeepsie traveling from Rhode Island via New York City. He met Judge Alton B. Parker at the station and toured Parker's Esopus home before returning to the city. Bryan planned to travel to Albany to meet ex-Governor David B. Hill for the night at Woodlawn’s Roost and depart for Buffalo next morning.
Mr Bryan arrived at Grand Central from Providence at 6:40 yesterday and met Norman E Mack chair of the Democratic National Committee. They conferred at the Manhattan Hotel over breakfast and in private rooms before the Chicago Express departed at 5 o'clock. They said only private campaign details were discussed and offered no statements for publication. Bryan praised his reception in Connecticut and Rhode Island as crowds were small but recognizable. In the station he spoke with several railroad workers. The private car could not be ferried to the West Shore due to time, so it remained on the Central and returned to Esopus on the West Shore.
Westminster Maryland September 20 John W Kern the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee left Westminster this morning with General Murray Vandiver and others for Gettysburg Pennsylvania. They toured the battlefield then returned to Westminster and continued toward Baltimore after a brief stop. A second auto broke down delaying travel. Sinnott labels Farley a harmony candidate in Brooklyn politics.
At a Saturday night clubhouse gathering Sinnott asserts Farley has never joined district fights and has consistently supported the McCarren ticket, labeling him a McCarrenite. Farley, seen as a harmony candidate, is linked by family to Luke D. Stapleton and Archbishop Farley.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma telegraphed to William Randolph Hearst denying the Standard Oil influence claim and demanding proof. He proposes a five editor committee from Springfield Republican Chicago Journal New York World Indianapolis News and St Louis Republican to hear both sides under oath and publish a written verdict. If Hearst’s charges prove true Haskell will withdraw from the campaign. if not Hearst faces public contempt.
Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs drew seven thousand to the Auditorium and criticized Bryan for courting capitalists. Beecher Moore accompanied Debs across Minnesota in the red special. Debs spoke at New Ulm and Mankato, denouncing Democrats of the South and praising working-class unity.
A New York County Democratic renomination outlook shows Bourke Cockran likely to be the sole incumbent not renominated by Tammany Hall. Cockran’s fall from favor stems from past interference with Charles Murphy interests, while others including Riordan, Goldfogle, Sulzer, Fornes, Harrison, and Goulden are expected to receive renomination. Democratic conventions set for October 1 for Congress, October 2 for Senate, and October 5 for Assembly.
Democratic state committeeman Robert Chanler says Lt Governor will base his gubernatorial campaign at Rokeby the summer home of his sister Mrs Richard Aldrich in Barrytown. Telephones will be installed at the house and the campaign will be run from there, following ex Judge Parker's approach.
Terre Haute leaders deny inviting Samuel Gompers to speak under Central Labor Union auspices. Philip Davis and 8. T. Ingram say the group will not host him and oppose a Democratic speech to sway union men on local candidates. President Clemmons favors a guest appearance, but the majority of about sixty members oppose it.
The contempt proceeding against President Gompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison of the Federation of Labor will be moved tomorrow from Examiner Harpers to Justice Gould, District Supreme Court. The change aims to secure direction on admissibility of questions to Mr Gompers about remarks in the Federationist. The Bucks Store and Range Company, claiming to be harmed by a labor boycott, is represented by Davenport of Bridgeport, Conn.
William Randolph Hearst returns to preside at Cooper Union for the Independence party state convention opening on Thursday night. He hopes Clarence J. Shearn will accept the gubernatorial nomination, though Shearn opposes it. Hearst believes Shearn is the strongest campaigner outside himself and will push for a strong showing in the state.
Atlanta reports charges by H. B. Suttles that ex Governor Terrell Clark Howell and Joe Brown promised Georgia's electoral votes to Thomas E. Watson in exchange for his support in Brown's race. The affidavit cites Bodenhamer as a witness though he denies the claim. The dispute centers on party figures and presidential and gubernatorial ambitions.
West Plains Missouri dispatch reports a four hour battle between Sheriff Mooney's posse and John Roberts and his wife near Prestonia Arkansas. The sheriff was killed and three deputies wounded as the cabin fortress was stormed. Roberts and his wife were dying from multiple wounds after the exchange.
Telegraph report from Lexington, Kentucky dated September 20 notes that a state racing commission to regulate betting was supposed to fix racing profits. The Latonia track near Cincinnati closed after losses, and on the first day of the Lexington meeting the association lost 1100 dollars, deepening debt and suggesting bettors’ auction pool and pari mutuel systems hurt the sport’s appeal.
Joseph Perlsweig was shot and killed while holding the hand of three year old Sophie Morgenstein at 129 Second Avenue. Louis Morgenstein, found with the dead man, was arrested on homicide charges after claiming accidental discharge occurred during a dispute over a revolver found by Morgenstein. Sophie, a favored child at the Morgenstein home, witnessed the tragedy and identified the chain of events.
Thomas Malick a 45 year old machinist of 441 West 26th Street is in Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with possible skull fracture after being robbed and struck on 23d Street near First Avenue. He says two men demanded money and assaulted him near the Olive Tree Inn in First Avenue. The earlier victim died and police never found his identity.
Fresh fires flare daily in New Yorks Adirondack and Catskill regions risking 1903 scale damage. Fire wardens number 743 across 132 towns monitor burn areas, using trenching and back firing tactics. Trains from New York Central deploy water hoses along mountain lines as officials like Colonel Fox and Chief Warden Emmons lead efforts amid low water and scarce manpower. A new blaze reported within three miles of North River in Warren County.
Rhinelander Wisconsin rode out a day of forest flames after a wind change. Dagan and Woodborough, both about 2000 population, were destroyed. Awaiting aid, a Milwaukee trained fire unit reached the city offering a steamer ladder truck and hoses. Rhinelander sits at the center of a vast pine forest and remains a leading sawmill town along the Wisconsin River.
Augusta Me Sept 20 Firefighters limited spreading winds aided by steady wind relief enabled containment of multiple fires across Maine. Fires threaten Ellsworth homes of Senator Hale and Chief Justice L A Emery but remained under control with no structures lost. Greenfield Penobscot County survived after surrounding timber cleared and all forty houses saved by residents two fire companies and a steamship from Old Town.
Anxiety grips New England farmers as one of the harshest long droughts hits. Wells run dry, grass withers, and cattle suffer amid reduced milk supply. August rainfall totaled 4.35 inches with prior months below normal. forests burn and mills falter due to scarce water.
Disastrous forest fires rage in the Adirondack foothills tonight and spread rapidly despite a large force of firefighters. The largest blaze covers the region around Stony. Local crews battle the flames as smoke blankets the area and residents stay alert for evacuations.
Creek in Warren County and Hadley in Saratoga County cover three miles by one mile as wildfires spread. The blaze, starting days ago, grew yesterday and fires burn across northern Warren County. Hundreds of acres of timber owned by paper companies are burned, threatening slopes with pristine timber awaiting the lumberman.
Telegraphed report from Philadelphia dated September 20 describes widespread prayers for rain as drouth tightens across Pennsylvania. Anthracite region faces severe water restrictions while streams run low and forests burn in Moosic Pocono districts. Infants in coal towns show rising mortality and diseases, with smoky haze from fires drifting eastward.
In Somerset County near Ashtola wildfires spread as hundreds of men fight the flames. Wind-driven embers threaten the village, burning Babcock Lumber Company timber tracts and risking wider devastation. Estimates place losses around 290000 as fires burn across Somerset and Cambria counties.
The harbor area has been shrouded by dense smoke for three days, coming from forest fires in Michigan, Southern Canada, and New England. No rain in fourteen days reduced moisture, allowing smoke to linger until a northeast wind cleared the air yesterday.
Reports came in from Cumberland Maryland of disastrous fires in West Virginia near Thomas Davis and other points along the Western Maryland Railroad. Water is scarce hindering response as Dry Fork Dam has not released water recently and smoke reduces visibility across the area.
A cable from Guatemala’s Minister of Foreign Affairs denies a San Francisco report of an assassination attempt on President Estrada Cabrera. The denial notes Independence Day celebrations in Guatemala and criticizes foreign press for spreading calumnies. A German pamphleteer, J A Marckuart, is cited describing exile campaigns and funds used to oppose Cabrera’s government.
Lieutenant Governor Chanler will address Middletown on Tuesday opening Old Home Week. The event, labeled Grangers Day, will feature his non political speech and is a highlight of the local calendar with Chanler as a gubernatorial candidate.
Relatives led by Emma Seaman of Yonkers allege Jane Blauvelt lacked testamentary capacity and was unduly influenced by Frederick W. Cutler a local minister. They seek to set aside her will of about 30 000 dollars left to the First Reformed Church of Yonkers. Lavinia Lally the New York City lawyer for the relatives argues the will was not properly executed and alleges undue influence and fraud. Cutler denies the charges claiming the case will prove the will valid.
Bricklayers at the Manhattan approach to the Blackwell's Island Bridge plan to strike today to block paving by members of the Pavers and Rammers' Union. Contractors push ahead to finish the job while a settlement committee works to avert conflict. Ex Assemblyman Thomas Rock notes this is the first such protest by bricklayers against pavers.
The cruiser Yankee with second submarine torpedo flotillas sails to Cuttyhunk for week long exercises including submarine against the Yankee and torpedo boat practice. Miner Plunger Nina join from New Bedford for the model manoeuvres then head to Philadelphia for Founders Day operations and winter stay.
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