Barnes and T ready savage battle in libel trial
Theodore Roosevelt seeks to prove Barnes libeled him in a Syracuse supreme court case. The post notes a heated, long trial with over 100 witnesses, venue change from Albany, and a fight between Roosevelt and Barnes shaped by past clashes and political alliances.
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Allance
Barnes
Murphy
Washington Post
New York
Theodore Roose
Velit
United States
Supreme Court
Syracuse
William Barnes, Jr
Roosevelt
Ihan
Harnes
Albany
Alt Barnes
Trousewell
Street project hearing delayed for Cap ital Traction route changes
The Capital Traction Company’s plan to build new north south and east west lines in the western city area faces a postponement beyond a month. The public utilities commission moved the hearing from April 22 to May 26 after the company submitted alternative routes amid public opposition to Seventeenth street plans and Torrreet tears.
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Capital Traction Company
Seventeenth Street
Seventeenth
Arcedean Aheris
Fifteenth Street
I Street
New York Avenue
Torrreet
Roosevelt Libel Suit Claims Hidden Political Bosses Exposed
In a July 22 1914 statement during Governor nomination talks Theodore Roosevelt claims New York runs on invisible government through bipartisan local rule and machine politics led by Murphy Barnes and their subbosses. The suit alleges the remarks are untrue and libelous with a second issuing July 23 repeating similar accusations.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Barnes
Roosevelt
Mads
New York State
Progressive Party
Bocoses
Murphy
Aud
Mr. Dix
Mr. Glynn
Mr. Barnes
Mr. Murphy
Sama
Pence Favored as Chair of Campaign Committee
Thomas J. Pence, head of the Democratic National Committee headquarters, is likely to be named secretary of the committee replacing Davies. Homer B. Cummings of Connecticut, VP of the committee, discussed the political scene with President Wilson and indicated Pence is generally favored for the secretaryship. The committee has not chosen a successor to Palmer, who becomes a U.S. Court of Claims judge on June 1, with Cummings seen as possible next chairman.
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Thomas J. Pence
Democratic National Committee
Davies
Homer 8. Cummings
Connecticut
Wilson
Penes
Cummings
Palmer
Pennsylvania
William F. MacCombs
City Officials Face Futile Bail Effort in Conspiracy Case
Indianapolis April 17 Mayor Doun Roberts Judge Eli Redman and thirteen others convicted in the Terra Haute election conspiracy case are to be transported to Leavenworth prison tomorrow afternoon under U S Marshal Mark Storen in charge. Roberts sentenced to six years and a $2000 fine, six others released on bond with noon tomorrow departure. Defense witness William Davern under $5000 bond confessed that most testimony was untrue per U S District Attorney Dalley.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mayaor Doun
Roberts
Eli H. Redman
Thirten
Terra Haute
Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Marahat
Mark Storene
Anderson
William Davern
Frank CC. Dalley
Dantels to Visit Fleet in Navy Planning Talks
A high level conference led by Secretary Daniels and top admirals shaped the Atlantic fleet program for six months. Discussions covered chief of operations duties, potential assignments for Fletcher or Winslow, and the June New York review with possible Panama Canal transit constraints due to slides.
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Navy Department
Atlantic Fleet
Daniels
Fietcher
Winslow
Naval War College
Usher
New York Navy Yard
T Daniela
Virginia Capes
Fletcher
Pacific Fleet
New York
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Forges Talks With Republican Leaders
Washington dispatch says Col Roosevelt has begun conferences with prominent Republican leaders including Senator Borah. Roosevelts close ally Ti Gilson Gardner returned from Oyster Bay with a view of conditions under which he might back the Republican nominee in 1916 possibly supporting Senator Root if he is chosen. Some believe Roosevelt would back Root if faced with Wilson or a regime candidate.
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New York
Washington
Col. Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho
Oyster Bay
Saginaw Hill
Cal Roosevelt
Senator Root
Roosevelt
Mr. Root
Wilson
Belmont to chair women voters convention committee
Mrs H T Belmont of New York heads the committee to organize the convention of women voters at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Belmont is a key figure in the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and hosted the advisory council at Madison Avenue. The San Francisco convention runs September 14 to 16 with support from Mrs Kent of California and Mrs Preston P Lattherwhite.
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H. T. Belmont
New York
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Convention of Women Voters
Mia Belmont
Madison Avenue
Nework
Convention of
Women Voters
San Francisco
Helmont
William Kent
California
Representative Kent
Preston P. Lattherwhite
Fifth Avenue
Belmont
Trade Discussion Unites FTC and Chamber Committee
The Federal trade commission met with the Federal trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for an informal discussion on national trade policy. Attendees included Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, W. L. Saunders of New York, Guy E. Tripp of New York, Alfred Koch of Toledo, Rugh C. Butter of Chicago, Alexander W. Smith of Atlanta, and Dr. T. White, West Virginia state geologist. The group welcomed the cooperative aim and the cordial gathering.
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Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Commission
National Chamber
Harry A. Wheeler
Inion Trust Company
Chicago
W. L. Saunders
New York
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Guy E Tripp
Westinghouse Manufacturing Company
Alfred &. Koch
Toledo
Ohio
Rugh C. Butter
Alexander W. Smith
Atlanta
Dr. T . White
West Virginia
Chicago Not Om en M Combs Republican Victory
William E Mc Combs of New York, chairman of the Democratic national committee, said Chicago's mayoral win was due to local issues and would not affect next year's presidential race. He planned to travel to the West, with a stop near Little Rock Arkansas en route.
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Nemacretia Cammnithenna
Chicago
William E. McCombs
New York
Democrate National Committee
West
Butler for President boomed at Lotus Club dinner
New York April 17 A Washington Post special says a strong push for Dr Nicholas Murray Butler to be President in 1818 began at a Lotus Club dinner in his honor. Col George Harvey and former Rep McCall attended and echoed the tone set by a Wilson candidacy at a similar event years earlier.
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Washington
Dry New York Sabbath Forces Brewers to Bar Sunday
New York breweries ordered a dry Sunday with no beer drawn or served in barrooms. Beer only allowed in back rooms if at all, the drastic rule aiming to curb Sunday traffic while brewers watch for religious campaigning influence in nearby cities.
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Billy
New York
Beveridge Sees War as Great Democratic Advance Abroad
Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge reports from Europe that the war is reshaping democracy, with social sacrifice and national welfare replacing materialism. He cites German and French front experiences, noting workers supporting the state, banks and industries reoriented, and creeds fading as people unite for the common cause.
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Creeda
Commonwealth
Germany
France
Keep Still Lesson From Woman State Senator
Leaver April 17. Mrs Helen King Robinson ends two years as State senator after learning to keep still. She recalls liking to speak but says she spoke little in the session just closed.
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Leaver
Helen King Robinson
Peace move mocked by Serbian envoy wife in Chicago
Mme Fladko Grouitch wife of Serbia's foreign minister and a former American demands "wicked" peace trips by American women. She says the funds spent on their voyage could have saved 100000 Serbian women and children from typhus or cholera and urges American doctors and nurses to go to Serbia. She criticizes Roosevelt and Jane Addams and states she has sought to ease southeastern Europe’s crisis for thirteen years.
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United States
Washington Post
Chicago
Mme
Fladko Grouitch
Europe
Mme. Grouitch
Serbia
Mr. Roosevelt
Jane Addams
America
Mme. Grouich
Mabel Dunlap
West Virginia
Munitions in Embassy Mail Smuggling Suspected
A Bucharest dispatch accuses German and Austrian diplomats of routing explosives and gun parts to Turkey via embassy pouches. The pouches, exempt from customs, reportedly weigh between 5,000 and 8,000 pounds. Investigators believe ammunition and other material have recently entered Turkey by this means. Authorities have imposed strict measures to halt the practice.
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Paris
Turkey
Roumania
Bucharest
Ship carries arms to Russia from Tacoma to Vladivostok
The Japanese steamship Hakashiki Maru sailed from Tacoma for Vladivostok carrying 7,500 tons nearly all for the Russian army. The cargo included fifteen carloads of aeroplanes saddlery many automobile trucks benzo sulphuric acid and tunnol for use in making high explosives.
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Seattle
Wash
Tacoma
Vladivostol
Retake Escaped Germans Captured in Wales
London reports two German officers who escaped from a Denbigh prison camp on April 4 were recaptured at Wrexham. The officers were Lieut. Yoru Sanders Labon and Lieut. H Ambler. They answered roll call the night of the escape but were missing the next morning.
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London
Denbigh
Wales
Wrexham
Yoru
Sanders Labon
H. Ambler
Hedin Passes Front Lines Says Troops Well Cared For
Wireless dispatch from Vienna reports Swedish explorer Dr Sven Hedin returning from the front after a week among the most advanced positions. He commended military care for wounded and sick soldiers and noted good provisioning before leaving again for the front tomorrow.
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Vienna
Sven A. Hedin
Hedin
French air raid destroys Bruges maritime station foundry
The war office reports French aeroplanes dropped bombs on the German maritime station and foundry at Bruges. The station and foundry building are described as destroyed.
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Man
Bruges
Paris
War Office
Surgeons Sent to Serbia in Typhus Epidemic
In London on April 11 the British and French governments dispatched large numbers of military surgeons to Serbia to combat typhus. Thirty English surgeons have arrived, fifty French physicians came yesterday and fifty more are expected soon, along with a Rockefeller Foundation party.
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Nish
London
Serbia
Rockefeller Foundation
Russian emperor honors French with wartime decorations
Paris April 7 Russian emperor confers honors on 61 French officers 590 NCOs and 706 soldiers for distinguished service since the war began. Officers receive St Vladimir St Anne and St Stanislaus orders NCOs the Cross of St George and men the St George Medal. Gazette of 47 pages records the announcement.
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Paris
Russia
St. Vladimir
St. Anne
St. Stanislaus
St. George
St. Georges
Cunard Lines Quotes Rates for Traffic to Smyrna and Other Ports
London April 17 Cunard Steamship Company announces it is prepared to quote prospective rates for traffic to Smyrna Constantinople Odessa and Batum in expectation that the Dardanelles Straits will be forced by allied military action.
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Germans to curb liquor sales in saloons decree expected
Berlin sources report the Imperial government will soon issue a decree prohibiting the sale of distilled liquor in saloons. The move targets reductions in alcohol consumption and public disorder. The date noted is April 17 via wireless dispatches.
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Berlin
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