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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1916
Page
1
Sen Johnson defeated as Democrats lose House seat. McGillicuddy trails by about 500 votes. Progressives vote heavily with Republicans and Prohibitionists back Milliken for governor.
Charles E Hughes reacted to Maine election results by saying he cannot lose now. National Chairman Willcox hailed the Maine figures as a victory and vindication of Hughes leadership, urging critics to join the campaign bandwagon.
Maine returned to the Republican fold with wide margins as Cari E. Milliken won the governorship by about 18 000 votes over Democrat Oakley C Curtis. Republicans captured all major offices including two U S Senators and four Congressmen, with district results indicating strong GOP performance across the state.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson traveled to New London to be with his sister Mrs Annie E Howe as she battles peritonitis. Doctors stated her condition unchanged, with prayers and quiet crowds surrounding the Mohican Hotel as officials guarded the scene.
The Seventy-first Regiment reached Camp Whitman Beekman N Y after border duty and began laying out company streets. Quarantine procedures were in place to curb possible paratyphoid spread with one suspected case later judged doubtful. The Fourteenth Regiment faces stricter tests upon arrival due to suspected origin of earlier cases.
The Italian superdreadnought Leonardo da Vinci exploded and sank at Taranto Harbor after Aug. 2. The fire illuminated Taranto as explosions shattered the ship. 21 officers and 227 sailors died, while 13 officers and 927 men survived. Salvage of guns is hoped by dry docking. Italian Admiralty probes rule out internal combustion or direct external attack, with suspicions on German spies.
British forces push across the Struma from Neo hori to Lake Tahinos capturing Draorman Bajraktarmah Gudell and Nevelyen while repelling Bulgarian counterattacks. French troops strike from Vardar to Lake Doiran. Serbian front reports Bulgarian post withdrawals amid continued pressure from St ruma to Doiran.
Swiss sources report that virtually all Russian troops sent to the French front have been transferred to Saloniki, with one division remaining in France. The overseas dispatch notes the movement as part of ongoing redeployments in World War I theater.
London observers say the Saloniki assault marks a pivotal shift as Bulgarians push toward Kavala and Germans eye Dobrudja. Experts argue the corridor to Constantinople weakens the Central Powers, with Bucharest and the Danube acting as barriers while Sarrail targets key supply routes.
A Temps dispatch from Saloniki reports active revolutionary movements around Verria about forty miles southeast of Saloniki. Captain Bartzacas announced to General Cordonnier, who commands French troops, his continued support and effort as part of the insurgent aid to the Entente.
London reports detail a Marylebone Station dragnet to seize men evading conscription. Police corralled batches for questioning, releasing most after proper papers checked, while protests label the raids as overzealous and German Zabernism. One man faced court for absentee status.
A massive bridge span collapsed trapping and killing 11 people with hundreds more witnessing the disaster as responders rushed to the scene. The incident halted traffic and sparked a full emergency response.
More than 30,000 spectators watched the massive 150 foot high bridge span buckle and plunge into the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City. Ninety workers were aboard. eleven dead and others missing or injured as rescue efforts began. The project would have linked eight railroads and cut 200 miles from Halifax to Western Canada, with the total cost around 17 million dollars.
Public Service Commission heard testimony from Merton Wyatt and other strikebreakers alleging police passivity and harsh confinement in Interborough Rapid Transit barns. Mayor Mitchel ordered an immediate police inquiry into conditions and possible police complicity with the detective agency. Athwart the hearing, labor leaders debated a potential sympathetic strike involving up to 500000 workers across Manhattan and surrounding areas, with unions to vote by week’s end.
A three county traction strike narrows with 70,000 workers at risk. Bronx surface lines de moraled while Westchester still walks. Yonkers New Rochelle Mount Vernon lack transit as strikebreakers enter. Mayor Mitchel hopeful for quick settlement. Governor Whitman returns to Albany.
Union leaders claim a strike attempt by powerful capital aims to crush the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. Fitzgerald accuses railway officials of punishing workers after wage gains while Interborough officials defend union formation and a voluntary contract.
Brief note indicates continuation of a story across Page Seven and Page Aa. No additional details provided in the accessible text. The reader is directed to view the continued sections for complete information.
Striking motormen hit the Interborough with a sharp drop in cars over rails. Officials claim service is nearly normal despite disrupted schedules and shortened trains. Westchester towns Yonkers New Rochelle Mount Vernon lack full electric transport as first day of strike ends.
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