Weaver Embrace to Restore Law as City Election Clashes
The narrative describes a tense municipal election season marked by feared violence and fraud. Mayor Weaver mobilizes police to counter threats from Republican machine bosses, denies deputy sheriffs, and faces mass resignations and armed intimidation aimed at polling places.
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Middy HURT IN FIGHT AT Naval Academy Hospital
James Robinson Branch, son of Colonel James R Branch of New York, is in serious condition at the Naval Academy Hospital after a skull injury in a fist fight with a schoolmate. A surgical operation opened the skull and removed a blood clot, the operation being successful and hope for recovery strong as Colonel Branch arrives in Annapolis.
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Transport Colony of 10 000 Lithuanians to Pacific Coast
Telegraph report from The Tribute in Chicago states a large Lithuanian colony, about ten thousand, will be bodily transported to the Pacific Coast River Valley. A $101 ship ownership fee would seed a capital of 210,000. Factories mill, towns grow, and an army of workers move into new country areas with no social or political restrictions on Lithuanians. It is hoped fifteen thousand more Lithuanians will join from across the country. Election returns sites are listed in Chicago.
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Tide Moves Bridge Span Over Harlem Ship Canal
The north approach span of the new double decked Harlem Ship Canal bridge was shifted into place by tide yesterday afternoon while the old span was removed. Engineers say the feat was delicate and crucial for the rapid transit extension to Van Cortlandt Park. Traffic may be obstructed for forty eight hours during removal and rebuilding, with plans to complete work next spring.
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Holy Cross Player Kicked. Injury Could End Season
Hederman, a Holy Cross football player, was kicked in the head during the Amherst game by Captain Hubberd. Doctors say football days may be over for the year or longer. Faculty and students demand an apology and police intervened to prevent a mob reaction.
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Detective Links Kenyon Student Death to Rope Ties on Track
Mount Vernon Ohio November 6 Detective Crim of Cincinnati told Coroner Scarborough that rope marks on Stuart Pierson Kenyon College student suggested he was tied to a railroad track before death. Prosecutor Stilwell says the testimony names witnesses and implicates initiators of a ritual requiring candidates to prostrate blindfolded at mentors orders. In one case Paul Barber of Zeta Alpha allegedly staged the ritual on a railroad bridge.
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Plot to blow up witness fails as rain spoils dynamite fuse
Mount Vernon Ontario report says a plot to blow up a key witness in Jarvis Shellenbarger’s murder was foiled when heavy rain soaked the fuse beneath a dynamite box near his home. Investigators link the plan to accomplices of Hildreth, jailed for Knox County Sheriff’s death, aiming at Jarvis Shellenbarger. Sheriff James Shellenbarger died weeks after being shot during Hildreth’s arrest attempt last June. Also noted is an eight inch snow depth in Rumford Falls, Maine after heavy early snowfall.
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Deaths at Sea From Atlas Voyage and Cruelty Allegations
The Standard Oil ship Atlas, 15 days from San Francisco, reports two men lost at sea and another dying after port. Sailor Jamies Jennings died of dropsy near Cape Town after heavy drinking and was buried at sea. Another sailor, Charlie Bjornfeld, vanished when a topsail was torn loose. Magnussen died ashore at Staten Island hospital. Crew claim harsh rationing and stoppage of potatoes lime juice and pickles since June 28, Captain Amberman denies cruelty and says Carney has a bad record in Lower California.
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Disbandment Follows Player Deaths At Local Schools
Alton High School football team disbands after 16 year old Alton player Squires dies from injuries suffered October 1 in a game against East St. Louis High School. Oak Park High School football team also votes to disband after the death of Vernon Wise in a game with Hyde Park High School.
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States Where Elections Will Be Held Today
Elections of importance occur in several states today along with city elections in this town and Philadelphia. Full state tickets are elected in Massachusetts Ohio Rhode Island and Virginia with issues ranging from tariff to liquor policy and constitutional amendments.
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Crime to Defeat Jerome Shows Forged Circular to Mislead Voters
District Attorney Jerome exposed a Tammany scheme to defeat him by sending a forged circular with improper ballot directions and a forged signature Jerome Nominators. The incident followed a tense campaign rally at Beaver and Pearl streets as Colby and others spoke in support of Jerome. State Elections official Morgan announced mass arrests of repeaters and floaters, issuing about 5000 warrants based on his office evidence. Hearst trimmed his vote claim to 300,000 to seem prudent while Murphy distributed a Tammany fund totaling more than 125000 dollars at Tammany Hall.
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Exposure of Tammany fraud shocks five thousand at Cooper Union
Jerome publicly exposed a plan to misread voters by distributing a forged circular bearing his nominators’ signature and guidance to split ballots. The crowd of about five thousand erupted as Jerome recounted how a Brown employee uncovered the scheme and stopped it amid intense citywide outrage.
Jerome unveils forged plate in election clash
In a tense campaign finale Jerome exposes a counterfeit circular used to split tickets. He shows a glass plate from Martin B. Brown’s press as proof, guarded by police as crowds hissed and jeered. He dismisses the plot and predicts victory amid lingering tension.
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