Traction clash at Yonkers crossing as trolley bid contends
At midnight a tense stand off formed at the Putnam Division crossing in Yonkers as Union Railway seeks to push a trolley car across to Yonkers from 128th Street to northern Yonkers. Guards, engines, and a bonfire held the line while officials debated the franchise deadline and rights to cross.
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128Th Street
Third Voute
Manhattan
Yonkers
Union Railway Company
East
Putnam Division
New York Central
Wnoth Street
Hich
Mminight
Putnam Tracks
Theeighborhood
Bronx Transfers Cut Off Sparks Police Action
Inspector McClusky mobilized a special squad to enforce Union Railway transfer cuts ordered by Receiver Whitidel. Northbound cars to Larchmont New Rochelle and Mount Vernon ran through without passengers changing cars amid morning rush. McClusky planned added patrols as crews tried to install a switch at 229th Street and White Plains Road but lacked a permit and were halted.
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Union Railway Company
Whitidgel
Bronx
McClusky
Wakefield
Aenies
Larchmont
New Row
Mount Vernon
229Th Street
White Plains Road
Sabway
McCluskey
Traction Magnates Resign from Union Transit Board
Philadelphia reports that six Union Traction Company directors including A. B. Widener and George Wyhal resign to be presented to stockholders on October 29. The move follows pressure from stockholders as Rapid Transit plans a 5 million dollar loan using subsidiary securities as collateral, raising fears of holding company dominance.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
A. B. Widener
George Vhial
Rapid Transit
Wer
Beckett Appeals Clerk Pay Increases In Brooklyn
Surrogate Charle H Becketts plea to the Board of Estimate for clerks asks 200 rises to 1000 salaries, citing family support clauses. Mayor challenges family detail, while Borough President backs the argument. Brooklyn magistrates seek a 174 rise to 8100 yearly. Manhattan peers earn 7000.
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Charle H.beckett
Board of Estimate
Beckett
Aheard
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Brooklyn Woman Foiled Four Times In Suicide Attempts
For the fourth time in two years Mrs. Mery Stockiey aged 33 was prevented yesterday morning from taking her life by inhaling illuminating gas at her boarding house at 4 Franklin Avenue Brooklyn. Landlady Mrs. J Smith found her in the room and again stopped the attempt two hours later. Previous attempts were made similarly.
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Mery Stockiey
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
J Smith
Smit
Stockley
Grain elevator blast kills thirteen in Vermont
A dust and gas explosion at a grain elevator in Richford Vermont, jointly owned by Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine Railroads, killed at least thirteen workers and injured others. Fire destroyed the elevator and a flour shed, with 75 freight cars wrecked. property loss estimated at 400000. Victims include Lahu e Herman 40 and Lucius Wright 25, among others. The blast occurred at 4 35 p m as the elevator operated, possibly from spontaneous grain dust ignition.
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Canadian, Pacific
Boston & Maine
Canadian -Pacific Railroz
Lahue
Heman
Wright
Lucius
Mandigo
Rupert
Barney
W. C
Hwaire
Ralph
Niles
Herman
Narrows
Charles
Papineau
Louis
LA Porte
Doma
Tuttle
Jeliford
Guardo
Mirs
Boy Killed by Auto in Hastings on Hudson
Seven year old John Sutherland of Hudson Heights was run down and killed in Hastings on the Hudson after stepping from behind a wagon onto Farragut Road. The auto belonged to Alexander Halliday of Yonkers. chauffeur Charles Dubois was arrested and later paroled as coroner set an inquest for tomorrow.
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New York Times
Hastings-On-The-Hudson
John Sutherland
Hudson Heights
Farragut Road
Alexander Halliday
Palisade Avenue
Yonkers
John Reid
St. Andrews
William A.adriance
Poughkeepoid
Charles Dubois
Cronnell
Dubois
Justice Hogan
Abercrombie Jr Attacks Family In Bay Ridge Feast
Edward BR Abercrombie Jr, son of a prominent Brooklyn family, went berserk at his father 234 Sixty Seventh Street home in Bay Ridge. He struck his father with a teacup breaking his nose and fought him to the floor, then attacked his mother and pursued his aunt before police and doctors intervened. He was subdued and taken to Kings County Hospital.
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Edward BR. Abercrombie, Jr
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Abercrombie
Sixty-Seventh Street
Bay Ridge Park
Fourth Avenue
Dr. Masterson
Kings County Hospital
Scientists Back Tuberculin Use to Fight Cattle TB
Washington reports at the International Congress on Tuberculosis that tuberculin is the essential weapon against bovine tuberculosis. Dr Leon ard Pearson of Philadelphia says tuberculin is not infallible but errors are under 1 percent and the method will help clear herds. The congress unanimously endorses tuberculin as central to U S cattle TB control efforts.
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Washington
International Congress
Leonard Pearson
Philadelphia
J. Pearson
Congress
Dr. Pearson
Verdict Clears Miss Charters in Robbery Case
Miss Mary Charters, resident of 468 West Thirty-third Street, was declared not guilty by a jury before Justice Ford in the Supreme Court. She sued for 15,000 against John H. Clews and Policeman John D. O'Connor after being arrested for the Oct 20 1906 burglary at 47 West Fifty-eighth Street, with a 3200 verdict awarded and the jewels still unrecovered.
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Mary Charters
West Thirty-third Street
John D. O'Connor
Healing Mission Adopted at St. Mark's Bowery
The Emanuel Boston healing plan will be adopted at Old St. Mark's Church in the Bowery. Leaders from Boston and projectors here will cooperate. The Healing Mission of St. Mark's to open formally Sunday evening October 18, with free treatment drawing many patients from New York and Brooklyn seeking care.
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Boston
Old St. Mark's Church
The
Bowery
St. Mark's
New York
Brooklyn
Healing Mission of
Industrial Day Floats Highlight Philadelphia Industry Parade
Industrial Day of Founders Week in Philadelphia showcased 175 trade floats on Broad Street drawing crowds along an eight mile parade route. Postmaster General Meyer praised the city’s manufacturing prowess and recalled Franklin’s role as first Postmaster General.
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Broad Street
America
Cincinnati
New England
Middle Atlantic
United States
Denver
Europe
Delaware
Philadelpha
B.C
William Penn
Pennsburg
Montgomery County
Meyer
Five Hurt in Greene Street Shirt Factory Fire
A second floor blaze at a five story factory on Greene Street injured five people. Max Jones and Aaron Scheff suffered severe burns while fire teams fought flames from a benzine can explosion. Both were hospitalized. Jones is not expected to live. Others burned include Ida Ancelewith Rebecca Rosenberg and Louis Goldberg. Fire was extinguished with damage.
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Greene Street
Monarch Shirt Waist Company
Max Jones
Meserole Street
Brooklyn
Aaron Scheff
Wallabout Street
Jones
Scheff
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Tda Ancelewith
Fifth Street
Rebecca Rosenberg
Rutgers Street
Jene
Louis Goldberg
Clymer Street
Hudson and
Varick Streets
Williams College Inducts Garfield as President in Packed Ceremony
Harry Augustus Garfield, former Princeton Politics professor and son of James A Garfield, was inducted as Williams College president before a large gathering of educators and dignitaries. Delegations from Curtis Guild Jr and James Bryce attended, along with U.S. Senator W Murry Crane and three Garfield brothers. The event included chapel prayers, a church induction, and honorary Doctor of Laws degrees for Butler, Hadley, Wilson, Bryce, and Gov. Guild.
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Mass
Harry
Augustus Garfield
Princeton University
Willams College
Curtis Guild, Jr
James Bryce
Great Britain
United States
W. Murry Trané
Garfield
James
Rudolph Garfield
Irvin McDowd Garfield
Abram Garfield
Williams
Franklin Cuter
James Abram Garfield
Ohio
Williamstow
Thompson Memorial
Congregational Church
Tne American College
Tarfield
Richard Austin Rice
Butler
Columbia
Hadley
Yale
Wilson
Princeton
Bryce
Gov. Guild
Massachusetts
Mother Recovers Lost Daughter From Westchester Protectory
Myrtle Barber, kidnapped years ago by her father, was released from the Catholic Protectory of Westchester and placed with her mother, Flora Avery, after a habeas corpus, with Myrtle now 15. Avery had pursued custody, later learned of the girl’s situation, and she and Myrtle departed for South Dakota.
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Myrtle Barber
Westchester
Flora Avery
Justice Blanchard
Harlem
John Heinzelman
Heinzelman
Jeweled Umbrella Lost by Columbia Professor's Wife
Mrs. C. Rubner, wife of Prof. C. Rubner of Columbia University, reports losing a $200 bejeweled umbrella yesterday. She believes she left it on a bench at 116th Street and Riverside Drive. the sapphire and ruby handle marks the rare gift from her husband fifteen years ago.
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C. Rubner
Prof. C. Rubner
Columbia University
Jo Benchs
116Th Street
Riverside Drive
President and Mrs Roosevelt Host White House Luncheon
The President and Mrs Roosevelt entertained at a White House luncheon with Secretaries Root Wright and Straus and Mrs Straus, and Israeli playwright Israel Zangwill and Mrs Zangwill.
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Tenselton
Get
Roosevelt
White House
Root
Wright
Electric Show Draws Bigger Crowds at Madison Square Garden
Attendance at the Electric Show in progress at Madison Square Garden grew, prompting promoters to add features. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry praised the display after touring the Brooklyn Navy Yard exhibit, noting electricity will bring vast naval changes. Frederick Collins demonstrated wireless telephone devices while the Wireless Bulletin printed top news from the Times Building. Fourteen young women from Danville and Clinton Tilton joined the visitors.
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Times
The
Navy
Newberry
Brooklyn Navy, Yard
United States Electrical School
Gunner Ohison
Frederick Collins
Danville
Jil
Clinton Tilton
Farmers embrace electric milking and helpers in party
The report notes surprise and delight over using electricity for milking cows. It mentions two mistresses in the party, Miss Sally Finley and Jessie tier Roberts, and gives cropper details with the farmer weighing one pound and a helper at feet inches tall.
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Sally Finley
Jessie Tier Roberts
Old confidence game fails at jewelry firm
A fraud attempt aimed at Rudolph & Snedeker on Nas Ball Street was thwarted when a clerk recognized a scam by a caller claiming to hold a imported watch worth 200 dollars. A boy was used to deliver a card to L Kowitz at Sixth Avenue as part of the scheme, but the trap failed with police involvement and a warning to jewelers.
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Delaney
L. Lewkowitz
Sixth Avenue
Seventeenity Street
Kowitz
Jover
Lowkowite
Hey
Nassau Street
Rudolph & Snedeker
Stringer
Tr. Lee
Simpson Forgives Shooter In Grand Jury Appearance
Dr. James W. Simpson the dentist once tried for murdering his father in law Bartley Hayner appeared before the Suffolk County Grand Jury at Riverhead L I against his mother in law Mrs Ella Horner who shot him at Northport demanding to see his wife. Simpson said he bore no ill will toward Horner and acted at the DA’s request. The second shot narrowly failed to kill him and he is now practicing dentistry.
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James W. Simpson
Bartley T. Hayner
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Riverhead
L. I
Ella Horner
Tor. Simp
Beffore
Grand Jury
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