Liberals Hold Edge as Second Day of Election Proceeds
London dispatch reports the Liberal government clings to a tentative lead after the second day of polling with Unionists gaining five seats total. Wins in Wakefield Leeds Huddersfield and other boroughs bolster Liberal steadiness while Unionists take Liverpool exchanges and North Islington.
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Tribune
Tnionists
Redmond
Yorkshire
Wakefield
Leeds
Huddersfield
Dewsbury
Exchange
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Frederick E. Smith
Walton
T. P.connor
Scotland
England
Cheltenham
North Islington
St. Pancras
West
W. Runciman
J. R. MacDonald
Leicester
A. Emmett
Oldham
Associated Press
London
Amie
Chehtenham
Royal
Windsor
Carlton
Unionist
Kéihering
Belmont Denies Using Funds to Influence Legislation
August Belmont refutes allegations of bribery in racing law votes, detailing a $40,900 pool used for publicity and legal services. He states no personal or direct contributions were made to improperly influence lawmakers and indicates he will be summoned to testify before the committee.
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Judge Coyne
J. W. Wadsworth. Jr
Belmont
Bruce
Greater
New York
Westchester Racing Association
Jockey Club
Coyne
Tribune
Europe
Sturgis
Nassau Street
Mr. Belmont
Antitrust Suit Planned Against General Electric
The Attorney General intends to sue General Electric for restraint of trade under the Sherman act. The government seeks dissolution of the company, with the suit expected to be filed within two weeks despite appeals to delay until the Supreme Court clarifies anti trust law.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
General Electric Company
Supreme Court
Cyanide Ends His Frolic at West 50th Street Factory
Louis Scherer a sixteen year old worker at Auto Pneumatic Action Company fell into a cyanide vat on the second floor at 619 West 50th street. He swallowed the liquid and died within an hour at Flower Hospital. The incident occurred as thirty girls watched in horror and Albert Peck pulled him from the vat before Dr. Ahrens arrived. Scherer resided at 534 West 50th street and had recently joined the firm which uses cyanide to clean silvered piano wires.
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Auto Pneumatic Action Company
West 50Th Street
Louis Scherer
Flower Hospital
Scherer
Albert Peck
Columbus Avenue
Dr. Ahrens
Fear Epidemic Drives Calls to Close Cypress Hills Schools
Amid alarm over scarlet fever and diphtheria in Cypress Hills East New York parents demand Public School 65 and School 108 close to stop spread. Health officials dispute epidemic level though deaths and dozens of cases are reported. schools have been fumigated as a precaution.
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Cypress Hills
East New York
Health Department
Richmond Street
Ridgewood Avenue
Linwood Street
Arlington Avenue
William J. Flannery
William Luther
No. 52
Grand Street
Henry Beyer
Crescent Street
John Granun
T. R. Maxfield
James J. McCabe
Board of Education
Maxfield
Interborough Subway Bid Tops City Transit Plan
Interborough proposes extensions valued at 128 million dollars with city share of 53 million and Interborough 75 million. The plan adds 35.5 miles of road and 106.12 miles of track, with a five cent fare and transfers, plus partial city ownership options and a staged city take over after ten years.
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Liberty Street
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
Flatbush Avenue
Eastern Parkway
Fourth Avenue
Coney Island
Fort Hamilton
Lafayette Avenue
Broadway
Centre Street
Manhattan
Interborough
McAdoo
Public Service Commission
Interborough Company
Dayton's condition unchanged in illness at home
Justice Charles W. Dayton, seriously ill at his residence 12 Mount Morris Park West, remains in a semi conscious state. Three physicians attended him through the evening as family members including Mrs Benjamin Fesenden joined at the home.
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Charles W. Dayton
Mount Morris Park West
Benjamin Fessenden
Illinois Central suit seeks 6.25 million dollars in fraud case
Chicago reports a suit filed by Jennie Edgar a stockholder seeking six million two hundred fifty thousand and nine hundred dollars alleging car repair frauds by Illinois Central directors including Harahan Vanderbilt de Forest Levett Astor Armour Peabody Shedd Hackstaff Luttgen Auchincloss and Goelet. A separate Kentucky suit accuses the railroad of five years back taxes totaling five hundred eleven thousand seven hundred nineteen dollars due to omitted sums in net income.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Jennie Edgar
James T. Harahan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
R. W. de Forest
R. S. Levett
John Jacob Astor
J. Ogden Armour
Charles A. Peabody
John G. Shedd
Alexander H. Hacksta
Frankfort
State Today
Appendicitis party marks Pittsburg farewell to avoid operation
Edith Flinn, daughter of William Flinn, hosted a large reception the night she entered West Penn Hospital for an appendicitis operation. She recovered enough to speak by telephone from her private room later that day.
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Pittsburg
Edith Flinn
William Flinn
West Penn Hospital
Miss Flinn
Women vote rights outlined for Tacoma election
City Attorney H. G. Fitch issued instructions for the tomorrow wet or dry election stating that women must be allowed to vote even if not registered. He notes the governor’s late suffrage proclamation. An exciting race is expected as wets may oppose women voters.
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Tacoma
Wash
H. G. Fitch
Steilacoom
Judge Noble Dies in Suspected Fall From Office Window
Cleveland coroner investigates the death of Conway W. Noble former Common Pleas Judge who fell from a seventh floor window at the Society for Savings Building. Initial theory was accidental illness but evidence suggests a stronger force propelled him. Noble, aged 68, had been ill for days.
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Cleveland
Boesger
Conway W. Noble
Common Pleas
Society For Savings
Judge Noble
Girl Drops Nine Stories at Textile Building
Cincinnati news details Adalencia Aurora a 22 year old seamstress who, after resisting coworkers, stepped from the ninth story window at the Textile Building on Elm Street. She clung briefly to the ledge before slipping to the pavement. Bystanders rushed to help as she was taken to a hospital with life still in question.
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Cincinnati
Goodby
Adalencia Aurora
4Th and
Elm Streets
Bakery Trust Planned Unifies National Bakery Supplies
A central purchasing group is forming to supply consolidated bakeries in major American cities. Max Oschers leads the effort after uniting seven St Louis bakeries into the American Bakery Company, with H B Leary and William Freihofer driving the project. Officials confirm talks and a formal proposal is forthcoming. the plan will not affect bread prices.
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Tribune
American Bakery Company
Bakery Company
Policeman nearly killed during garage burglary chase
Edward Martin, a police officer patrolling in Tarrytown, was knocked from a speeding fleeing car during a chase of two burglars who had attempted to rob a local garage. The assailants, believed to be Westchester County auto burglars, escaped in the vehicle toward Irvington.
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Edward Martin
Tarrytown
Martin
Irvington
Westchester County
Jewels Missing After Street Car Accident at Prince Street
Abraham Ritter, a jewelry dealer of 161 West 80th Street, reports his $5,000 gems were stolen yesterday after a fall on a northbound Broadway car at Prince Street. Ritter, injured with contusions and abrasions, went to St Vincent's Hospital for treatment before returning home and realizing the loss.
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Abraham Ritter
No. 161
West 80Th Street
Prince Street
Ritter
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cold weather limits rabies spread in state quarantines
Albany reports that cold weather has checked rabies spread despite failed quarantines. Only eight dog quarantines remain statewide in the north central and extreme western areas and may be raised soon, according to the State Department of Agriculture.
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Albany
State Department of Agriculture
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