Strikers Clash With Police Over New York Taxicab Firm
A Columbus Avenue riot during a strike against the New York Taxicab Company led to about twenty arrests. Two prisoners were taken from special officers by a crowd while police prepared to curb violence as injunctions blocked interference with operations.
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Columbus Avenue
New York
Justice Blanchard
Archibald Rogers
Chauffeurs’ Protective Union No
John Sheridan
Xnited Teamsters of America
Hewin Gould
Liberty Dawn Benevolent Assocation
United Cab Drivers and Chauffeurs
Protective Chauffeurs’ Union
United Teamsters of America
Reidy
Central Park West End Broadway
Upper West Side
Mmen
Timothy D. Sullivan
McClellan
Outlaws Resume Depredations in Buckingham County
Edmund W. Hubbard, Buckingham County Commonwealth's Attorney, telegraphed Governor Swansen for assistance as the Zimmerman-Thomas clans rumored driven out of Arwonia reportedly return. Residents fear renewed depredations and public panic spreads.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Edmund W. Hubbard
Commonwealth
Buckingham County
Swansen
Arwonia
Zimmerman-Thomas
Four Children Witness Dad Kill Wife Then Himself
In Scranton Pa a hotel keeper named Andrew Zaduara shot and killed his wife after a divorce suit and then shot himself in the bedchamber, waking their four children who watched in fear. Motive is linked to financial stress and a mother-in-law's demand for a $600 note.
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the Tribune
Scranton
Penn
Andrew Zaduara
Woman Leaps From Prospect Point to Niagara Falls
At Niagara Falls New York on October 6 a woman from Saginaw Michigan, acting strangely, leaped from the bank into the American Falls after being warned the Goat Island area was closed. Police say this is the twelfth self inflicted death since July 1.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Goat Island
Saginaw
Mich
Prospect Point
American Falls
Coler Seeks Detailed Review of Borough Expenditures
Borough President Coler urged the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen to demand a full, itemized report from the Commissioners of Accounts on their borough investigations. The push sparked a floor fight as party lines blurred, with Coler condemning extensive spending on minor probes while alleged city land frauds received no action.
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Coler
Brooklyn
Board of Aldermen
Commissioners of Accounts
Bureau of Municipal Research
Committee On Finances
B. W. B. Brown
Redmond
Walsh
Alderman Downing
Alderman Dowling
Star Chamber
Downing
McGowan
Dowling
McCarren
Alderman Brown
Mr. Coler
Rumors of J. P. Morgans Control Denied in Boston
A Morgan & Co member said there is no foundation to claims that Morgan financed John L. Billards purchase of Boston & Maine stock or had any stake in the New Haven holdings. J. R. Billard and Boston & Maine President Tuttle discussed leadership rumors, with Billard denying any pending changes after the October 14 meeting.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
J. P. Morgan & Co
John L. Billard
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Billard
Tribune
J. R. Billiard
Tuttle
Stevens
Panama Canal
Porter Elected President of Clearing House Association
William H. Porter, president of the Chemical National Bank, was elected president of the Clearing House Association, succeeding Alexander Gilbert. Samuel Woolverton became secretary, with a slate of bankers named to committee posts. The report shows a 1908 downturn from 1907 due to the prior panic, though loan certificates hit a record $528,710,000 and total year transactions reached $77,040,604,184.
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William H. Porter
Chemical National Bank
Clearing House Association
Alexander Gilbert
Market and Fulton National Bank
Samuel Woolverton
Gallatin National Bank
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
Clearing House
Dumont Clarke
American Exchange National Bank
A. Barton Hepburn
Edward Townsend
Importers and Traders’ National Bank
Valentine P. Snyder
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Gates W. McGarreh
Mechanics’ National Bank
Frederick B. Schenck
Liberty National Bank
Walter E. Frew
Corn Exchange Bank
James G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
Alfred M. Bull
Phenix National Bank
William Sherer
William J. Gilpin
Block Brooklyn Tube Court Hinders Fourth Ave Subway
Hays and Hershfield secured a temporary injunction from Justice Blanchard in the Supreme Court barring the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Public Service Commission from letting construction contracts or issuing bonds for the Fourth avenue subway. The injunction also stops salary certifications for the Public Service Commission, arguing the PSC law is unconstitutional for bundling subjects and localizing the cost of a state agency.
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Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Hays & Hershfield
Fleischmann Realty and Construction Company
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Public Service Commission
Adolph Gubner
Long Acre Electric Light and Power Company
United After Fourteen Years in High Court Reunion
Flora Avery of Spearfish South Dakota reunited with her fifteen year old daughter Myrtie Barber in the Supreme Court after fourteen years apart. The mother seeks proof of maternity as the habeas corpus case proceeds with adjournment to Friday. Charles Barber, the girl’s father, was previously arrested for carrying concealed weapons and accused of kidnapping.
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Myrtie Barber
Flora Avery
Spearfish
S. D
Supreme Court
Westchester
Justice Blanchard
Creditors continue hearing in McIntyre bankruptcy case
The special creditors hearing for T. A. Mc Intyre & Co. was continued before referee Peter B. Olney. Major creditors include Andreas Dippel with 7000, Vincent Loeser at 21000, Van Frant zies & Co. about 52000, and T. B. Hasler at 17500. Edith L. Kinney testified about her 1901 purchases and the stock value at failure stood at 33 1 3 percent.
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T. A. McIntyre & Co
Peter B. Olney
Andreas Dippel
Metropolitan Opera House
Vincent Loeser
East River National Bank
van Frantzies & Co
Chicago
Court of Appeals Requires Certificate for Railroad Construction
Albany Oct 6 The Court of Appeals rules the New York Westchester and Boston Railroad must secure a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission before building its line. The Huntington case involving land condemnation for right of way prompted the decision reversing the lower court.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Huntington
Banks Reject Booth Reorganization as Sherman Act Action Looms
Chicago October 6 Indications that United States District Attorney Sims would begin Sherman anti trust action against A Booth and Co in case of its reorganization caused creditor bankers committee to reject Booths proposal and decide to sell the corporations property in every state at its physical valuation.
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Chicago
United States
Sims
A. Booth & Co
Creditor Bankers’ Committee
W. Vernon Booth
Rockefeller Held for Speeding in Morrisania Court
A youth claiming to be William G Rockefeller was held by Magistrate Moss in the Morrisania court on a speeding charge. He gave his age as 28 and said he is a yacht builder from Greenwich Connecticut, arriving from Greenport Long Island with two friends when intercepted at Pelham Parkway and Williamsbridge Road. One friend left a gold watch as bail.
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William G. Rockefeller
Court of Special Sessions
Moss
Morrisania
Young Rockefeller
Greenwich
Army and Navy Orders and Warship Movements Report
Washington lists Army officers assigned to coastal posts and training, with many transfers and debarments. Navy dispatches note retirements, detachments, and new postings, plus ship movements to New York Norfolk Hong Kong and Columbus Day events for the New Hampshire and Castine.
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Navy Yard
New York
Ercuies
Norfolk
Hong Kong
Abarenda
Bradford
Newport News
Portsmouth
Atlantic
New Hampshire
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Seven Army Officers Complete Fifty Mile Hike Day Two
Seven officers, footsore yet upbeat, finished the second day of a fifty mile hike ordered by the President at 2 pm. They began at 10 pm from Prospect Park Brooklyn, marching 17 miles to the Coney Island seawall via Ocean Boulevard. Local boys followed part of the route.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Coney Island Seawall
Ocean Boulevard
Olney Arnold Nominated for Rhode Island Governor
Olney Arnold of Providence was named governor nominee by acclamation at the Rhode Island Democratic State Convention in Providence. Other state officers were chosen unanimously including Adelard Archambault as Lieutenant Governor and Robert Grieve as Secretary of State.
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Providence
Albert E. Steinert
Edward O. Romar
Woonsocket
James B. Cotterell
Newport
John E. Canning
Indicted for Blackmailing Priest in Suffolk County
Riverhead long Island Oct 6 Special The Suffolk County Grand Jury indicted Charles Pleck and Vessa Oticka two Poles arrested yesterday for blackmailing Father Louis J Sloane rector of St John s Roman Catholic Church Centre Moriches The grand jury heard the evidence and signed a true bill Public indignation is high as Father Sloane paid large sums from Riverhead Savings Bank to the blackmailers to avoid scandal
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Riverhead
Long Island
Suffolk County
Charles Pleck
Vessa Oticka
Louis J. Sloane
St. John’s
Centre Moriches
Father Sloane
Riverhead Savings Bank
P. W. L s New Home Sparks Clubroom Controversy
The Professional Woman's League has moved from 1038 West 45th Street to the Hotel Remington at 137 West 45th Street. The switch from a twenty room clubhouse to three first floor rooms prompts dissatisfaction, with critics citing rent savings versus lost subletting income and potential membership declines.
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Professional
Woman's League
West 45Th Street
Remington
Th Street
League Library
Amelia Bingham
Emma Eames To Sing For Antis Benefit At Waldorf
Opera star Emma Eames will perform on November 10 at the Waldorf Astoria for the Anti-Vivisection Society. Patrons include Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Miss Anne Morgan. Mrs. Edward Lauterbach chairs the executive committee. The society plans a broad winter campaign targeting legislators clergy and women’s clubs to raise funds.
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Mme
Emma Eames
Waldorf Astoria
John Jacob Astor
Anne Morgan
Callender
de Forest
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Henry Flagler
Robert Ingersoll
Maud Ingersoll
Thompson Seton
Henry Villard
Samuel Untermyer
Lovell Hall Jerome
Wal
David Belais
Lewis Boynton
Florence Guernsey
New Patriotic Society Formed by Syracuse Women
Mrs Eva Frances Smith Wilkin of Syracuse announces a meeting at Hotel Gotham to found a patriotic society for descendants of all American wars fought on U S soil from colonial times to the Spanish American War. Roosevelt may be asked to name and join the group. other Syracuse women support the movement.
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Eva Frances Smith Wilkin
Syracuse
Patriotic Society
Wilkin
Hotel Gotham
Roosevelt
Horace Candee
William Kesson Pierce
James Mead Belden
Charles E. Crouse
Charles C. Baldwin
Sword sent to Rockefeller sold at auction in London
A sword sent to John D. Rockefeller by Miss Annie Parry of Leigh Lane London sold yesterday in the appraisers' Warehouse for 0. Parry asked Rockefeller to send 0 for it claiming it dated to 150 years near Leigh parish Church and survived Cromwell's bombardment. Rockefeller refused to buy. C W Woodbridge bought it.
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John D. Rockefeller
Annie Parry
Vernon Street
Leigh Lane
London
A Pewter Collection and the Dying Craft
A Westchester dining room houses a growing pewter collection with plates tankards and spoons. Spoons are scarce as pewter is soft and fragile making authentic pieces hard to find. The keeper traces the nucleus to her great grandfather and notes the labor needed to acquire additional pieces.
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Westchester County
Old Brith pewter with rose and crown rare find
A speaker notes that real old Brith pewter bearing a rose with a crown mark is highly valuable. The speaker recalls distant attempts to obtain it and suggests that pieces may still be hidden in old farmhouses.
Baroness Goto Discusses American Wives and Japanese Roles
Baroness Goto of Tokio argues in Fujin Gwaho that American wives feel discontent despite first consideration, noting high divorce rates. She warns women must work with tact and understand children, while the editor praises Baroness Goto for duty over vanity and highlights Baron Shinpei Goto’s leadership in Japan's railway and postal sectors.
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Goto
Tokio
Japan
Tejo
America
Baroness Goto
Fujin Gwaho
Baron Goto
Shinpei Goto
Hfe
Katsura
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Vyustice Blanchard
Virginia
Arvonia
Coler Scents Scandal
W. H. Porter
Brooklyn Tube
P. S.C
United
Dippel
M’intyre Creditor
Metropolitan Opera Impresario
Company
Rockefeller
Ash
Pat
Army and Navy News
Tribune Bureau
Washington
ARMY
Hubert L. Wigmore
Corps of Engineers
Washington Barracks
New York City
Robert W. Barnett
3D Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
William C. Rogers
27Th Infantry
Hi Ital
Morton J. Henry
San Francisco
John T. H. Slayter
Cambridge
Anton Hr.schter
Medical Reserve Corps
Harold Lincoln Gardiner
Coast Artillery
I. Cavalay —White
M’'Neill
Pullman
Ross
Kobre
Warden
Walker, JR
Whitside
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King, JR
Peak
Kirkwood
Marr
Rumbough
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Sparks
Crane
Palmer
Prince
Magruder
Martin
Rogers
Dougherty
Hopkins
Stewart
Clement
Pierie
Norton
Reynold
Danielson
Pitztisi Cook
Longino
Ottosen
Thompson
M'Leary
Reynolds
Goodier, JR
Maddux
M'Cuno
Chambers
Knight
Ellis
Mather
Snow
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Boatwright
J. P. Smith
Vaughan
Payne
Smith
Marsh
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Titus
Frank
Bell
Campbell
Rowe
Shallenberger
Loughborough
Peyton
Clark
Coker
Keene
Hoey, Jr
Statesman
Boddie
Langwill
Sarratt
Kennedy
Harris
Tucker
French
Marston
Whiting
Simpson
Elliott
Rivet
Koehler
Merritt
Wood
Burdett
Flooks
Cleary
Emory, Jr
Rudolph
Lathrop
Baird
Palen
Adam Slaker
Albert Hardman
4Th Infantry
James I. Mabeer
Medical Corps
William H. Simons
6Th Infantry
NAVY
W. G. Cutler
C. J. Boush
J. M.C. Luby
Maryland
Bureau of Steam Engineering
K. M. Bennett
Hancock
Celtic
A. Brand
J. B. Pollard
A. H. Dodge
G. F. Cottle
W. L. Mann
P. A. DE Figaniere
Naval Medical School
Navy Department
R. I. Democrats
Olney Arnold
Adelard Archambault
Eames
ANTIS
A New Patriotic Society
Ines Crossyc
Mahe Zey
John D
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