Bloodshed Feared at Primaries Today in City
Preparations for a stormy primary as Tammany Hall factions Murphy and McClellan clash. Police and Board of Elections face pressure while Sheriff Hayes plans a dozen deputies. Court orders probe into inspector lists. leaders warn of possible riots and vote floaters.
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Tammany
Board of Elections
District Attorney's Office
Murphy
McClellan
Tammany Hall
Tammany Law Committee
Sheriff Hayes
Hayes
anti-Murphy
Daniel F. Cohalan
John T.dooling
Dooling
Murphyites
Cohalan
Justice Seabury
Order of Justice Seabury
Bingham
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Maurice Featherson
George W. Plunkitt
Thomas J. McManus
Wagner
Twerti
Coney Island
Roosevelts Crank Toland Dies After Freight Fall
Orlando Toland of Oxford Alabama traveled to Oyster Bay to seek President Roosevelt aid in a $50,000,000 Rockefeller claim. He was detained by Secret Service, then fell from a West Shore freight train near Hackensack New Jersey and died. Coroner confirms death en route to fulfill his errand. body found Friday near Hackensack. A sister identified the deceased and an Alabama family link was pursued.
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New Jersey
Orlando Toland
Oxford
Ala
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
John D. Rockefeller
Hackensack
N. J
Alabama
Toland
Secret Service
Minnesota
Rockefeller
New York
Mr. Rockefeller
Lees
West Shore
Gett ysburg Trip Fare for Gen Greene Statue Dedication
Fare set at seven dollars eighty cents for round trip to Gettysburg and back with return extension to October 1. Rail tickets available September 23 through 27 via Pennsylvania Railroad for the dedication of a General Greene statue.
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Gettysburg
Gen. Greene
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sullivan Defends John D in Oil Wealth Talk
John L Sullivan arrives in Pittsburg and chats with John Newell about tainted money in the Standard investigation. He dismisses tainted money rumors, says he has dealt with plenty of it, and argues John D Rockefeller’s money is as good as any. He praises Rockefeller’s generosity and criticizes efforts to harsher scrutiny.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
John L. Sullivan
John Newell
Newell
Dan O'Day
Lke
John D
John L
Rockefeller heir says grandfather alive and well in Milwaukee
Percy Rockefeller, before leaving Oconomowoo after attending the St Paul Road meeting, refused to reveal his grandfather’s whereabouts. He dismissed reports of mistreatment and commented that his grandfather is alive and well and seen often, while declining to discuss family disputes between his uncles John D. Rockefeller and Frank.
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New York Times
Milwaukee
Wis
Percy Rockefeller
Oconomowoo
Earling
St. Paul Road
John D. Rockefeller
Frank
Autoist Steals Constables In Albany Case
East Greenbush justice and two constables sought a warrant for Hinsdill Parsons General Counsel of General Electric over speeding and kidnapping. Parsons allegedly sped away in East Greenbush after a prior fine, later stopping for a speed trap where he resisted arrest and the constables fell from his car as they pursued.
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New York Times
Albany
East Greenbush
Justice van Ness
Hinsdill Parsons
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Parsons
Hilsinger
Pockman
Mr. Parsons
Chauffeur Stolen Car Chase Ends With Return In Standstill
James Darling, chauffeur for New York businessman George Alden, took the Alden car from Norwalk to Norwalk at dawn. Police fired at him as he fled, but he later returned the vehicle to the Alden garage and the employer chose not to prosecute.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
James Darling
George Alden
New York
Alden
Norwalk
Darling
Mr. Alden
Ampersand Hotel in Saranac Lake Destroyed by Fire
Fire at the Ampersand Hotel and six outbuildings in Saranac Lake destroyed the four story frame complex near Lower Saranac Lake. Loss estimated at 100000 with 75000 insured. Cottages on the grounds saved. about a dozen employees present, manager had recently left, hotel planned to be reorganized into a private club with 200 members and $1000 shares.
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New York Times
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Ampersand
H. F. Waite
Adirondacks
Ampersand Hotel Company
Catholic Chapel and Lecture Hall Planned for Cornell Campus
Rev Father James F Winters named Catholic Chaplain for Cornell students as construction of a Catholic Chapel and Lecture hall on the hill proceeds. Lectures in history philosophy and psychology will be offered from a Catholic viewpoint. University authorities oppose credit for work done in the hall. Winters is widely popular in Ithaca.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
James F. Winters
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Cornell
McQuaid
Rochester
Father Winters
Dryden Trophy Sent for Repair After Severe Damage
The Dryden Trophy from 1903, awarded in Sea Girt New Jersey military marks manship contests, arrived at the War Department in a battered tarnished state. The Cavalry team from the Army won this year and ships from Trenton last week. Officials cannot explain the damage, and an investigation will determine if restoration is possible.
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New York Times
Washington, D. C
Dryden
Senator Dryden
Sea Girt
N. J
War Department
Cavalry
Army
Trenton
Fish declines interview during Oyster Bay visit
Stuyvesant Fish arrived at Oyster Bay and after an hour with Secretary Loeb he declined to be interviewed about his visit. He said he would not accompany the President on the Weston trip and would not see the President that day. He visited Arthur Weeks next, whom he has known for years, while Loeb conveyed a message to Roosevelt but would not reveal its contents.
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Oyster Bay
Stuyvesant Fish
Loeb
Fish
Weston
Arthur Weeks
Roosevelt
Burnett's Vanilla Promoted Under Pure Food Law
An advertisement asserts honesty in labeling under the Pure Food Law, declaring Burnett's Vanilla is pure vanilla. The notice emphasizes compliance and consumer trust in product labeling.
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Burnett
Ex Princess Montignoso Rumors Ring Court Circles
Viennese reports claim the ex crown princess Countess Montignoso has disappeared after a rumored secret marriage to musical tutor Tonselli in London. Her daughter Princess Pia Monica and the nurse also vanished from Stresa. Parents Grand Duke and Duchess of Tuscany report no contact for weeks.
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New York Times
London
Vienna
Montignoso
Saxony
Tonselli
Italy
Pia Monica
Stresa
Tuscany
President Roosevelt Prepares for Washington Trip
Oyster Bay plans show a five car special train to transfer the Presidents belongings. Two express cars will move Sagamore Hill items and Loebs stable horses and carriages to Jersey City for the private train to Washington arriving Wednesday evening. The executive offices dismantling began and no visitors will be received in Sagamore Hill remaining days unless an emergency arises.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Jersey City
Farm Didn't Save Him Special
Zachariah Cruikshank Jr son of the pickle man of Pittsburg ran wild in New York and at a Millwood Michigan farm was made manager. He married Laura Childs after two weeks of acquaintance and the father forgave him with a raise and promise of future partnership.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Zachariah Cruikshank, Jr
Zachariah Cruikshank
Zach
New York
Millwood
Mich
Laura ,Childs
Levdbant
Cornell student fined for insulting woman on street
Robert Dela mare Cutter son of Lehigh Valley general manager was fined 50 dollars in Ithaca police court after grabbing the arm of Mrs. Wallabeck wife of a local officer Saturday night on State Street. He warned that any future offense could bring the extreme penalty. Cutter home Bethlehem Penn a prominent fraternity man.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Robert Delamare Cutter
M. B. Cutter
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Arthur Wallabeck
Cutter
State Street
Wallabeck
Bethlehem
Penn
May clear Mrs Phillips in Cleveland murder case
Private secretary James Dunn defended John J Phillips from an attempted suicide a week before his death. The coroner reopened the case and ruled Dunn was murdered and death not by self harm or burglar. Mrs Charlotte Phillips faces second degree murder charges but may have the accusation withdrawn with the reopening.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
James Dunn
John J. Phillips
Charlotte Mary Phillips
Phillips
W. B. Neff
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safes Highlight Longstanding Trade
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safes and Vaults boast 75 years of leadership in security products with salesrooms at 400 Broadway near Walker Street in New York. The firm emphasizes durable safes and vaults for commercial use.
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Herring-Hall-Marvin
Broadway
Walker &J
New York
Fish Seeks Proxies in Illinois Central Battle with Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish circulates to Illinois Central stockholders asking proxies to Beach Cutting and himself as four directors are chosen. He alleges Union Pacific and Southern Pacific influence and accuses Harriman allies of padding earnings while challenging management. He cites 281,231 UP shares and a bid to unseat him as president.
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Illinois Central
J. T. Harahan
Stuyvesant Fish
Road
Charles M. Beach
James de W. Cutting
Fish
Harri
Mr. Fish
Union Pacific
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
Messrs
John Jacob Astor
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Omaha
New Orleans
Charles A. Peabody
Robert Walton Goelet
Illinois
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Europe
New York
Poland Spring Water Ad from New York Listings
An advertisement promotes Poland Water as purest spring water in the world. Markets Park & Tilford, Acker Merrall Condit Co and Poland Spring Co with address 1,180 Broadway New York City.
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Poland
Nature
Park & Tilford, Acker, Merrall & Condit Co
Broadway
N. Y
Lusitania Speeds Through Fog Plague Despite Clear Seas
Wireless reports from aboard the Lusitania describe speeds around 23.6 knots before thick fog slowed the liner. By Sept 23 the ship’s pace dropped to below twenty knots as seas cleared briefly near Sandy Hook and Sable Island.
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Lusitania
Cape Race
Halifax
Cunard
Sable Island
Marconi
Cape Sable
Mauretania’s Trial Run Speed Questioned
A Newcastle correspondent says the Mauretania’s trial run speed did not exceed 23 knots, contradicting reports of 26 to 27 knots. The figure is considered unsatisfactory for the Cunard liner.
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NEW York Times
London
Newcastle
Austria to Import Iron in 25 Years, Warns Steel Magnate
Vienna report from the Yan and Steel Institute meeting quotes Director Kestranek saying Austria will be forced to import iron in twenty five years due to exhaustion of domestic ore deposits. He envisions a long term shift in the nation’s iron supply policy and industrial planning.
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NEW York Times
Vienna
Yan and Steel Institute
Kestranek
Austria
Train Sinks on New Baltimore Ohio Cutoff Near Creston
A locomotive and four cars on the Baltimore and Ohio cutoff from Creston to Sullivan sank from view, with crew escaping by jumping. Simultaneously a highway section collapsed fifteen feet, revealing an underground lake after a crust break. Wayne County engineers advise abandoning the road, alarming residents.
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New York Times
Creston
Baltimore& Ohio
Sullivan
Wayne County
Frick closes playground on Fifth Avenue site
Pittsburg reports that a notice posted on H. C. Frick property at Fifth Avenue and Grant Street orders the area closed to the public. A high board fence has been erected and entrances were boarded up with notices warning trespassers of full legal prosecution.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
H. C. Frick
Fifth Avenue
Grant Street
LUNG TROUBLE FROM PETS AUSTRAL VARIETY
Raymond I. Ditmars, curator at the Bronx Zoo, left for a Sullivan County vacation as doctors fear incipient tuberculosis. He had overseen the monkey house during an outbreak among small monkeys thought to be TB and may have contracted the illness from his charges.
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Raymond I. Ditmars
Bronx Zoo
Sullivan County
New York
Mey House
Ditmars
Monkey House
Prefers Death to Sobriety in Pittsburg Suburb
Thomas Mc Dermott aged 65 a wealthy Agnew resident chose suicide over treatment for alcoholism. He jumped in front of a Fort Wayne Road train in Pittsburg after a court case sought to declare him an habitual drunkard and arrange hospital care.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
St. Francis’s Hospital
Thomas McDermott
Agnew
Fort Wayne Road
McDermott
Catherine
Aztecs to row Root at Xochimilco Lake cruise
The committee hosting Secretary Root plans a visit to Xochimilco Lake near Mexico City with a special train ride to the shore Aztec Indians in native garb will greet the party and they will travel in Indian canoes hidden by flowers to inspect the new water works A banquet of exclusively Mexican dishes will follow on the lakeshore.
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Mexico City
Root
Xochimilco Lake
Marconi predicts commercial transatlantic wireless in three weeks
William Marconi arrived at Glace Bay and said wireless service to Europe will begin commercially in about three weeks after testing. He estimated twenty words per minute, outlined rates of ten cents per word for ordinary messages and five cents for press dispatches, and noted weather would not affect operation if masts remain undamaged.
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New York Times
Glace Bay
N. Y
William Marconi
Europe
Mr. Marconi
Atlantic
Clifden
Ireland
Marconi
Peldhu
Cornwall
Great Britain
Marconi Company
Ocean
Pacific and Western Union
Mareconi
England
Italy
Poldahu
Poldhu
Marconigram
John Bottomley
New York
Rail tickets between N ene Albany accepted on Day Line
Rail tickets issued between N ene and Albany are accepted on Day Line Street trains as part of an official transit agreement. The policy covers all standard fare tickets and allows seamless transfer across routes on the Day Line network.
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Albany
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