Stevenson silent on bridge changes discussed in Burr report
Officials refuse to detail how to reduce dead load or relocate parts of the Bleckwell Island Queensboro Bridge after Professor Burr’s safety study. Commissioner Stevenson delays cost estimates and methods, citing need for mature review and consultation with Chief Engineer Ingersoll and Hodge.
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Manhattan
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Tribune
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150 Lives Lost as Steamer Taish Sinks Off Hokkaido Coast
Reports from Tokio say the Taish, a 674 ton steamer crowded with fishermen and passengers, foundered in a storm off Etore Island near Hokkaido. One hundred fifty lives were lost and twenty nine saved.
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Hokkaido
Nevada in Doubt as Returns Narrow Lead for Bryan
Reno reports Democratic central committee projects Bryan leading by 150 to 200 votes as late returns cast doubt on Taft carrying Nevada. Initial Democratic claims had put Bryan ahead by about 1,600 votes.
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Democratic Central
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Taft
Abruzzi to Speak on Engagement Gossip
The Duke of the Abruzzi says facts will end the gossip about his reported engagement to Miss Katherine Elkins. He spoke to his aide amid press chatter in Rome on November 6. The Duke’s valet was ordered to arrange a journey as preparations begin.
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Dissension in Austria Rumored Cabinet Resignation
Vienna reports the Austrian cabinet may resign amid dissensions between German and Czech ministers sparked by racial clashes in Prague and other Bohemian towns.
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Prague
Bohemian
Swiftest battleship joins Royal Navy in trial run
London reports the battleship Invincible reached 25 knots in a seven tenths power trial. Officials expect full power speed to hit 50 knots, potentially a world record.
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London
Mrs Taft Seeks Quiet Winter After Election Victory
Mrs William H Taft expresses pride after her husband’s win and outlines plans for a quiet winter. The Tafts will travel to Hot Springs then the South for several weeks before settling into White House life, rest, and preparation for duties. She notes familiarity with Washington life and respect for Mrs Roosevelt.
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Cincinnati
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Arrest of Mrs Eastman Near Asheville Under Unmarried Living Law
Mrs Sophie Eastman daughter of the late Chicago mayor Carter Harrison is arrested at Buck Shoals North Carolina on a warrant charging violation of a state law barring an unmarried couple from living together in a house. The case was continued to November 19. A hotel barn at Skyland burned by incendiary fire with two of her saddle horses killed. Mrs Eastman has filed suit against Colonel Mccree over Buck Shoals title.
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Skyland
Brown Denies Central Rail Contract Release Claim
New York Central vice president W C Brown denied a report he announced that railroads released 240 million dollars in contracts since Election Day. He said the assertions were absolutely without foundation and that the claimed 51 thousand dollars for the Central system was also untrue.
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Iowa
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Taxi strike ends in peace with open shop agreement
The month long taxicab strike ended after a four hour conference at 546 Fifth Avenue. An open shop pact was signed with a wage and hire terms, the union waived recognition while old employees receive priority and gasoline priced at cost. Violent clashes occurred injuring drivers and a fatality was reported, with property damage to hotels and cabs.
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George M. Price
Rutherford Place
15Th Street
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42D Street
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Metropolitan Opera House
13Th Stret
Avenue A
Patrot Ian Hoffman
East 22d Street
Thomas Gormley
No. 731
Tenth Avenue
Morris Vass
New York
Fifth Avenue
State Board of Arbitration
Draw Open Bridge Accident Sends Car Into Creek
Seventeen year old Harry Goodsell drove into an open drawbridge over East Chester Creek in Pelham Parkway Bronx last night and fell with his car thirty five feet into the creek. He was rescued and treated for two broken ribs and shock at Gecks Hotel and Fordham Hospital.
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Mary A. Goodsell
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Elijah Muller
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Geck’s Hotel
Bartow Station
Eichel
Fordham Hospital
Woman Killed by Auto in Brooklyn Collision
Mrs Tessie Kasansky of SS Sandford Street Brooklyn was fatally struck by an auto owned by Charles Feltman and driven by chauffeur Proper Porsch at Nostrand and Park Avenues. Three hundred Dunlap Hat Company workers witnessed. Porsch charged with criminal negligence, released on 2000 bail. A slip of ten dollar bill found on the woman. Witnesses say she stepped from behind a Nostrand Avenue street car.
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Brooklyn
Charles Feltman
Coney Island
Proper Porsch
West 40Th Street
Manhattan
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Dunlap Hat Company
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Gates Avenue
Rebuff of Kaiser Protests Conservative Party Critique
Berlin reports the German Conservative party warns Emperor William’s remarks risk foreign policy harm and urges greater restraint to protect the empire. Baron von Marteuffel plus ten leaders sign the declaration. Maximilien Harden urges abdication amid crowd support, citing a prior family precedent.
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London Telegraph
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Eight Die in Fire at Swan Lake Farm Home
The residence of farmer E W Carey near Swan Lake Manitoba burned down killing Mrs Carey five children and a guest Miss Gillespie who was staying the night The father E W Carey was badly burned and regarded as not expected to live The blaze started while lit by coal oil in the kitchen and the sleeping occupants were suffocated in their beds
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E. W. Carey
Three Killed by Gas in Washington Home
In Washington three members of Clarence L. Bremerman's family died from unknown gas fumes at their residence on 1st Street Northwest. Mrs. Helen Cutts Bremerman aged 34, her infant son aged 18 months, and Mrs. Helen Catherine Bremerman aged 58 were found dead after Bremerman returned home and detected a strong odor. Coroner and police investigated the unexplained tragedy.
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Clarence L. Bremerman
Library of Congress
1St Street
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Cutts Bremerman
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Bremerman
Mayor's Auto Wreck Kills Captain and Injures Several
A mayoral auto with New Jersey plate 14 504 collided with two Broadway surface cars on Stith Street. Chauffeur Edgar Leatherman and a companion were hurt, passenger Frank H Reilly unconscious briefly, George Matthews bruised, and Stone, Republican captain in the 14th District, died at Bellevue Hospital after alleged foul play or a fall. Coroner to investigate.
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New York
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Bellevue Hospital
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Bellevue
2Th Street
First Avenue
UNC Student Athlete Dies After Football Injury
John Cooper of the University of North Carolina varsity football team died in Clinton after suffering a spinal cord injury in September during preliminary practice while tackling a dummy. The injury caused paralysis and led to his death last night.
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N. C
Johin Cooper
University of North Carolina
Clinton
Cooper
Bet icy swim cost hotel clerk his wife
A Delaware man, John Truitt, wagered $19 that a legislative candidate would lose an election. He bet on the wrong outcome and swam in the Delaware River in scant attire to prove it. A chill followed and he developed pneumonia, threatening his life.
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Tribune
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Delaware
Arkansas football end dies after injury in Oklahoma game
Ernest Dickson twenty one year old right end of the University of Arkansas football team died in Austin after being injured in the game with Oklahoma University. He accompanied the squad to Austin to play Texas University but contracted pneumonia upon arrival.
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Tex
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University of Arkansas
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Beastry Divorce Granted Amid Wife Joins Baseball Club
St Paul nov 6 the county court granted a divorce to William Beastry after his wife theresa joined a female baseball club and grew fond of the sport refusing to return to him.
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William Beastry
Theresa
Birth of William Howard Taft Valdea in Majestic
By Telegraph to The Tribune. A son weighing twenty three pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Valdez of Majestic last night. They will name him William Howard Taft Valdea.
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Crimson Suffragettes Amusing Began In Nov 6 Boston
The Radcliffe Suffragette debuts as an eent page lampoon backed by Radcliffe’s Suffrage Club. It mocks The Crimson and calls for a woman to be Harvard president after Eliot, with a concealed endorsers from university government reform. Copy sold at 5 cents. readers unsure if joke or earnest. Snow falls in northern New York several inches.
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Prison for Morse and stay of execution in bank case
Charles W. Morse, former vice president of the National Bank of North America, is sentenced to fifteen years in Atlanta federal prison for misapplication and false entries. Alfred H. Curtis receives five years with suspended sentence. Bail hearings and appeals proceed as Morse remains jailed at the Tombs.
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Judee Hough
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Lacombe
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