Fusion leaders free to seek any endorsements in 1913 mayoral race
The Fusion Committee of 107 chaired by McAneny and Prendergast voted to release all candidates from any pledges and allow endorsements on any municipal ticket. Mayor hopeful Mitchel could now accept the Independence League, while McAneny and Prendergast could entertain Gaynor or other offers, with Hearst influence evident through representative Hopper guiding public statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fusion Committee
John Purroy Mitchel
Fusion
Independence League
George McAneny
William A. Prendergast
Hearst
John J. Hopper
McAneny
Mitchel
Hopper
Mr. McAneny
Gaynor
High Seas
Board of Elections
Mr. Mitchel
Mr. Hearst
Joseph M. Price
Broadway
City
Mr. Price
Board of Estimate
Prendergast
Whitman
New Move for SulzerImpeachment Writ Granted
Two Troy lawyers secured a writ of prohibition from Justice William P. Rudd delaying impeachment proceedings against Gov. Sulzer. The petition argues the Assembly vote was illegal under Article IV, Section 4, and that proceeding would waste public money. The writ is returnable Saturday before Justice Chester at Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Sept
Gov. Sulzer
Troy
James Farrell
Frederick E. Draper, Jr
Supreme Court
William P. Rudd
Farrell
Draper
Rudd
Samuel A. Fowler
Rensselaer
Chester
Bryan not displeased with Swarthmore organizer over notices
Secretary Bryan said he found no fault with Prof. Paul M Pearson Swarthmore Pa manager of his Chautauqua tour for sending circulars promoting jugglers magicians and yodelers alongside his lectures. He stated he was unaware of the circulars and not responsible for them. He explained amusements were used to hold crowds between serious talks at Chautauqua events in Salisbury Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bryan
Paul M. Pearson
Swarthmore
Penh
Salisbury
Mr. Bryan
Bryan Replies on Lectures as Secretary of State
Bryan states he lectures for educational purposes not money and will continue while Secretary of State. Wilson reportedly does not disapprove. French press notes Bryan is seen as an educator rather than a businessman amid interest and mild disapproval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Excelsior
Bryan
May Hold Mrs Pankhurst at U S Ports
Immigration officials in Washington consider whether Emmeline Pankhurst acts meet moral turpitude criteria under U S law before admission. Her October arrival could be delayed or barred if deemed undesirable, with detention possible at the landing port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Emmeline Pankhurst
United States
England
Mrs. Pankhurst
Pankhurst Thaw Exchange Suggested by Reports
Cabled reports say New York immigration officials may act against Mrs. Pankhurst. Some propose a US Britain exchange involving the militant leader and Harry K Thaw to restore peace and quiet in both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
London
New York
Train Hits Auto Killing Couple at Crossing
Mr and Mrs Addison T Millar of Silver Mine South Norwalk were instantly killed when the Pittsfield Express struck their auto at New Canaan Avenue crossing. Their daughter Dorothy 15 and friend Miss Jessie Guthrie 18 were injured and taken to Norwalk Hospital in serious condition. A flagman warned but the car was still struck. Millar died at scene and Mrs Millar died after being dragged along the cowcatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Conn
Addison T. Millar
Silver Mine
Pittsfield Express
New Haven Road
New Canaan Avenue
Dorothy
Jessie Guthrie
Norwalk
Public Utilities Commisson
Millar
Miss Guthrie
Miss Millar
Peters Wins Maine Third District Seat in G.O.P Victory
John A. Peters Republican of Ellsworth was elected Congressman in Maine's Third District by 553 votes over Democrat Pattangall with Edward M. Lawrence a distant third. Pattangall blamed Democratic treachery though results showed strong Republican and Rooseveltist shifts. Peters hailed a triumph for new liberal Republicanism and tariff principles amid active national campaign implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Portland
John A. Peters
Ellsworth
Maine
House of Representatives
William R. Pattangall
Waterville
Edward M. Lawrence
Lubec
Pattangall
Peters
Wilson
Samuel W. Gould
Skowhegan
Lawrence
Roosevelt
Taft
Kennebec
Hancock
Somert
Waldo
Washington
Col. Roosevelt
Forest Goodwin
Frederick Hale
Congress
Bryan
James G. Blaine
Washington County
Truck Hits 6YearOld Boy. Driver Delivers to Hospital
Dominick Mullictock a six year old residing on West 100th Street was struck by a Ward Baking Company truck driven by Gustin Taylor of West 101st Street while playing in front of his home. The boy died shortly after the accident. Taylor stopped the truck and took the child to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Mullictock
Tl West 100Th Street
Ward Baking Comgoes
Gustin Taylor
West 101St Street
Taylor
Edwin Gould Joins the Air Commuters
Edwin Gould, son of the late Jay Gould, plans hydro aeroplanes for personal use after studying Mr. McCormick’s Chicago flight. He orders two advanced boats, one for speed to seat two and a larger for six, with first flights planned along the coast from New London to Elm Beach if possible next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Gould
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Ardsley-on-the-Hudson
Harold H. McCormick
Chicago
Gould
Mr. McCormick
America
Lake Forest
Bryant Park
Lake Front
McCormick
Mrs. Gould
Forest Lake
Hudson
Ardsley
New London
New York
Elm Beach
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Woman Aids Rescuers In Ocean Gauntlet At Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on September 8 a group including Charles Curtis Harrison Jr Mrs Le Moyne and Howard Bremer with Kenneth and Norman Buzby and Joseph Farrington rescued two drowning men Edward Heckley of 22 South Vassar Square and W G Speede of Philadelphia. The Buzby youths in a canoe heard cries dove in aided by the rescuers who braved surf in dinner dress. Mrs Harrison waded out and helped launch the lifeboat and revived Heckley after a half hour of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Curtis Harrison, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Miss Lemoyne
Howard R. Bremer
William H. Wanamaker
Kenneth
Norman Buzby
A. G. Buzby
Philadelphia
Joseph Farrington
New York
Buzby
Mrs. Harrison
Mr. Bremer
Heckley
Mr. Speede
Smoot Demonstrates Pearl Smuggling in Senate Debate
Senator Smoot of Utah produced a display of pearls worth 78782.82 to illustrate how jewels can be smuggled into the United States. He argued increasing the diamond duty from 10 to 20 percent would curb illicit imports while noting the pearls were bought by Ludwissen of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Mr. Smoot
Mr. Robinson
Arkansas
Ludwissen
New York
Clergy Condemns Mixed Marriages at Flushing Parish
The Rev. Mer. E. J. Donnelly of St. Michael's Church denounces marriages between Catholics and non Catholics. He links rising mixed marriages to parental laxity allowing children in public schools and urges Catholic redial schools where children would learn a trade early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer. E. J. Donnelly
St. Michael’s
Flushing
L. L
Mer Nelly
Electrified Hose Triggers Firemen’s Shock at Mount Vernon Building
A workman’s falling plank struck a New York New Haven Hartford Railroad feed wire near Sixth Avenue. 11,000 volts surged into the steel frame, knocking sixty workers to the ground and causing a lower floor fire. Firemen briefly fought the blaze but had to retreat when the water stream shocked them. The danger persisted until the railroad power could be shut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Sixth Avenue
Mount Vernon
Fifteen Hurt As Brooklyn Trolley Crash Near Jamaica Ave
A rear end collision on Jamaica Avenue between two Broadway Cypress Hills trolleys injured fifteen. Brakes failed. motorman Linden and others were treated. vehicle crowd packed the westbound car with about seventy five riders. Several injured were taken to St Marys Hospital for care.
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Broadway
Cypress Hills
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Jamaica Avenue
Logan Street
Liberty Avenue
Cingammi
Angelo
Bennett Avenue
Queens
Farrell
Harmon Avenue
Hallock
Charles
Schaefer Street
Brooklyn
Kidder
Catherine
Hale Avenue
Linden
Henry
Sumpter Street
Logan
Minnie
South Ninth Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Rohe
Alfred
Metropolitan Avenue
Seelig
Mary
Ellery Street
Seymour
Edward
Arlington Avenue
Cypress Hill Terminal
Patrick Rooney
Matthew Sassitz
Regulars win Baltimore Democratic primary as Coady and Sheriff bid succeed
Baltimore voters favor regular Democrats in Maryland party contests. State Senator Charles P. Coady wins the Third District Congress nomination. Sheriff candidate Thomas F. McNulty, a progressive, defeats E H Hargrave. Most Baltimore legislative candidates and many State Central Committeemen are regulars, while county returns come in late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Democratic Party
Maryland
State Central Committee
Thomas F. McNulty
E. H. Hargrave
Charles P. Coady
Congress
George Konig
State
Central
St Vincent Hit by Earthquake and Severe Storm
A tremor rattled St Vincent in the morning followed by a violent thunderstorm with heavy rain. Communications were disrupted as telephones were affected and the island faced continuing weather-related damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent
Kingstown
Sept
Wife of banker found dead in Lake
Chicago dispatch reports Mrs. Florence McCullough Smith, wife of Walter B. Smith, banker, found in Lake Michigan near Lake Forest with a rope around her neck. A sand mound with her hat and gloves marked the scene. family claims murder, police call suicide. she married in 1905 in Chicago to Smith, a Yale graduate active in Chicago society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Walter B. Smith
Hiram R. McCullough
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Marvin L. Hughitt
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company of Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake Forest
Mrs. Smith
Lasalle Street
Waukegan
Ill
Smith
Florence McCullouh
Yale
Nee
Sullivan to speed to Santo Domingo to seek end of rebellion
James M. Sullivan New York born minister to the Dominican Republic will hurry to Santo Domingo after a conference with Secretary Bryan. He will negotiate with revolutionaries to cease hostilities and support President Bordas, amid gunboat bombardments near Puerto. The aim is to back constitutional order and stabilize the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Sept
Bryan
James M. Sullivan
New York
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Puerto
Sullivan
Republic
United States
Bordas
Secret Royal Journey to North Ireland
The Daily Citizen reports that the Duke of Connaught crossed to North Ireland last night with precautions to keep it quiet. The Labor paper hints the visit ties to Ulster agitation, noting his name previously mentioned as the first Viceroy of Ireland under Home Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Citizen
Duke of Connaught
North Ireland
Ulster
Ireland
Woman struck by lightning remains unconscious in Trenton
Miss Florence Galbkeis, struck last Friday while operating a telephone switchboard in Trenton New Jersey, has been unconscious most of the time. Doctors expect speech to return and a full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Florence Galbkeis
Priest excludes women in slit skirts at parish communion
The Rev. H. T. Walsh of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in New Britain Connecticut denounces fashionable gowns as monstrosities and says he will not give communion to women wearing slashed or diaphanous outfits or allow them at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Britain
Conn
H. T. Walsh
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
Mrs Lillian Bell Bogue Seeks Divorce in Delaware
Mrs Lillian Bell Bogue novelist files for divorce from Arthur Hoyt Bogue alleging failure to support and waste of earnings from her books. The couple wed in Chicago in 1900 and separated in 1912 with Mrs Bogue living in Delaware since. The petition accuses him of being a spendthrift and unsuited to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Ohio
Arthur Hoyt Bogue
Lillian Bell Bogue
Bogues
Chicago
Polish Boy to Fly Home on Stretcher to Warsaw
Mike Wasuck, a nineteen year old Polish youth with a broken back and limbs, will leave St Paul on Saturday for Warsaw to see his mother and homeland. Accompanied by Miss Lydia Keller, head of the hospital where he has spent thirteen months, he was injured on August 14, 1912, when lumber fell in a railway yard. He won a damages suit totaling $13,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Mike Wasuck
Warsaw
Lydia Keller
MISS WILSON INTERCEDES TO ALLOW GIRL RIDE
Washington reports Jessie Columbia 13 of Cleveland appealed to First Lady Miss Wilson about the blind daughter of Mail Carrier Sherry in Mandale Ohio. Postmaster General Burleson issued a special permit waiving a rule that only a carrier may ride on a mail wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sherry
Mandale
Ohio
Post Office
Jessie Willson
Burleson
Jessie Columbia
Cleveland
Miss Wilson
Eugenics Law a Failure in Pittsburgh Marriage Licenses
Walter Niven, Pittsburgh license clerk, says the eugenics marriage license law failed after one month. He blames the questions asked on applicants for not affecting records and notes August licenses fell to 1,014 from 1,085 the previous August, with prior months showing steady increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
Walter Niven
Allegheny County
Lcense
Niven
Woman Struck by Truck On Amsterdam Avenue
Miss Margaret McLean, a new teacher, was hit yesterday afternoon at Amsterdam Avenue and 134th Street while returning from work. She was taken to Knickerbocker Hospital with serious injuries after a motor truck driven by Charles Wertheimer of 430 East Ninth Street swerved to avoid it and knocked her down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McLean
West 134Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
134Th Street
Knickerbocker Hospital
McLean Charles Wertheimer
430 East Nine- Theed
134Th
McLean
Prince A Firefighter Merrick L L
Prince Ludovic Pignatelli Aragon of Spain living here two months is praised for his fire service after assisting volunteers at a blaze that damaged George Hughes home on 1k Avenue. He joined the Volunteer Firement two weeks ago and helped drag apparatus, deploy hose, and work in the fire’s hottest area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick
L. L
Prince Ludovic Pignatelli
Aragon
Spain
George Hughes
Spring Water Case Price Decline Reported
A garbled snippet notes a price in dollars per case for spring water with bottle and cap details unclear. The readable portion mentions a case price and glass-stoppered bottles. No names or organizations are discernible.
Jerome Acquitted After Court Apology In Coaticook
In Coaticook Maine judge Henry W Mulvena acquits William Travers Jerome of gambling charges after a heated hearing. The crowd jeers fade after the magistrate apologizes, and Jerome vows to return to New York with his legal team amid tense scenes and public disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Coaticook
Willam Travers Jerome
Henry W. Mulvena
Coasthook Court
Jerome
Dominion
New York State
Grand Trunk Railroad
Mr. Jerome
Mulvena
Magistra
Albert C. Hanson
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Henrat
West 126Th Street
Executive Committee
Sulzer
Vaudevillians
Paris
Pattangal
Democratic
Moose
Halbert P. Gardner
Progressive National Committee of
Progressive
Ceme Clark
Prince Edward Island
TIMES
Woman Aids Rescuers
Mr. Nissen
Mgr. Donnelly
Jamaica Ave
Logan St
Lake
Police
Marvin Hughitt
Ernest A. Hammill
Corn Exchange National Bank
Hammill
Weaver
Europe
Prince
Pignatelli
Canada
Sherbrooke
Montreal
Quebec
Samuel W. Jacobs
Court House
Pond
New York City
Harry Thaw
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