Taxicab Chauffeurs Attacked as Strike Breaches Quiet
Extra police guarded hotels and restaurants after nights of violence tied to the taxi strike. A taxi driver George A Leavett and special officer Emil Fritschy were assaulted by a mob near East 72nd Street. Leavett, badly injured, was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital with a fractured skull. Other drivers faced brick and gasolene attacks on 62nd Street Broadway 72nd Street and 83rd Street Amsterdam Avenue. Police pursued suspects including Charles Gamba and three others arrested for felonious assault. A bomb-like explosion near Eighth Avenue caused no major damage. The strike also involved hotel managers demanding police protection and discussions on an open shop.
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116Th Street
George A. Leavett
Emil Fritschy
Hotel Savoy
East 72d Street
Fritschy
Leavett
Presbyterian Hospital
Charles Gamba
East 111Th Street
West 47Th Street
Liberty Dawn Association
United Chauffeurs and Horse Drivers’ Union
Livery Stable Keepers’ Association
Hotel Men's Association
Reed
Park Avenue
George C. Boldt
Waldorf- Astorie
Association
Bingham
Eighth Avenue
Asth Street
Mamie Thorn
Glendale
Long Island
Emil Stuyvesant
62D Street
Broadway
Stuyvesant
Charles Reid
72D Street
Reid
44Th Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
83D Street
Amsterdam Avenue
West 68Th Street
John Farrell
West 50Th Street
John Casselman
West 52d Street
Timothy O’connor
East 61Th Street
72D
Robert Quailey
Quatley
Compulsory Cat Kept to Fight Plague Warned
Chicago October 14 Professor Robert Koch now in the United States urges keeping cats in households to exterminate rats that spread bubonic plague experts warn the plague may spread from the Pacific Coast. Koch said this in reply to a request from Professor Kitasato of Japan.
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Chicago
Robert Koch
Pacific
Koch
Kitasato
Japan
Russia and Britain in diplomacy over Turkey reforms
London reports in The Times that Iswolsky and Sir Edward Grey reached a practical pact among powers to discuss compensation to Turkey Servia and Montenegro. The Dardanelles issue to be negotiated later with Russia and Turkey. Russia seeks revision of Dardanelles terms only with Turkish consent and future talks facilitated by Britain to avoid harming other powers.
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Russia
Times
M. Iswolsky
Edward Grey
Turkey
Servia
Montenegro
Dar- Ganelles
Europe
Inspectors May Compare Illiterate Voter Slips
Attorney General Jackson advised Superintendent William Leary that election inspectors may compare and initial slips prepared for illiterate voters so answers at registration and on Election Day match. The act would be unofficial, and no statute forbids such comparing. Pendleton's prior opinion was aligned, but Leary sought AG guidance.
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Jackson
William Leary
Pendleton
Leary
Fifth Ave Home Shaken by Massive Blast Damages Warren House
An explosion near 1041 Fifth Avenue damaged architect Lloyd Warren's residence by about 10000. Contractor Louis Kretnow and foreman James Rusino were arrested on negligence charges. Police and fire officials examined the scene as the Warren family d? abroad in Europe.
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Lloyd Warren
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Warren
East 33d Street
Europe
Louis Kretnow
Henry Street
James Rusino
East 114Th Street
East S&th Street
Warren
Buildings Department
Bureau of Combustibles
Prizes for Delaware Young Women Promise Election Marriages
Ex congressman L Irving Handy Democratic nominee for re election said that if Dr Rowland Painter Georgetown wins the governorship he will on inauguration day marry a girl from the county with the largest Democratic majority. He added that from the county giving the second largest majority a bride will be chosen for Andrew C Gray Wilmington son of Federal Judge Gray bachelor nominee for attorney general.
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Tribune
Wimington
Del
L. Irving Handy
Rowland Painter
Georgetown
Couny
Andrew C. Gray
Wilmington
Gray
Stranger Found In Cudahy Home
Omaha dispatch reports a mysterious well dressed man in Edward A. Cudahy’s home escaping from an open second floor window after being discovered by a servant. The intruder was found in Edward Cudahy Jr’s room, a kidnapping victim from seven years earlier.
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Omaha
Edward A. Cudahy
Packer
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Police raid at International Club amid anti-gambling drive
In Belgium on October 14 police disrupted the International Club where many people were gambling at roulette and baccarat as part of the government's crackdown on illegal gaming.
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Belgium
Enicad
Government by Commission Reforms in New York’s Public Utilities
Springfield speech criticizes the old practice of stock and bond inflation by public service firms. Governors Hughes champions Public Service Commission oversight to prevent water in property values and to restrict issuing lavish securities. Examples include Interborough bonds approved and various mortgage denials. Question posed: support reform or allow traction magnates to reorganize without regulation.
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Springfield
Ill
Hughes
New York
Metropolitan
New York City
Public Service Commission
Public Service Commissions
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company
Nassau Electric Railroad Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
Long Acre Electric Light & Power Company
Commission
Jockey Club cancels racing on Election Day at Jamaica meet
Horsemen request to miss racing on Election Day November 3 approved by Metropolitan Jockey Club at Belmont Park. The nine day Jamaica meet will be trimmed to five days with racing October 27 29 31 and November 4. Strong turnout concerns and Agnew Hart law fallout cited as reasons for protest and workload for shipper horses.
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Belmont Park
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
Long Island
Panic on Boston curb drives meteoric Bay State stock surge
Boston curb market erupts after rumor of Mr. Lawson’s death. Police reserves quell the scene as Bay State Gas shares surge from 95 to 80 before closing near 125. Some 260,000 shares traded while Lawson brokers bid to buy all offers. Bear interest around 100,000 shares short.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Lawson
Bay State Gas
Bay State
Four Horses Poisoned in Milk Strike Trouble
Four of Sheffield Farms Slawson Decker Company horses were poisoned with trychnine in Manhattan between 50th and 60th streets near East River and Fifth Avenue. Police suspect sympathizers with strikers revived activity after four weeks of quiet, and Isaac Elliott of the milk company reported the incident to East 10th Street station. Detectives and SPCA agent Horace Horton investigated.
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Sheffield
Slawson-Decker Company
50Th
East River
Fifth Avenue
Isaac Elliott
East 49Th Street
East List Street
Horace Horton
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Brewer and Actress Married in Willameburg
Julius Scharmann, of the J. B. Scharmann Brewing Company, wed Miss Katherine Larry, an actress, last night at St. John's Roman Catholic Church Willameburg in a ceremony conducted by Rev. John Burns.
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Julius Scharmann
Katherine Larry
St. John's Roman Catholic Church
Willameburg
John Burns
Scharmann
J. B. Scharmann Brewing Company
Murphy Concedes New York to Taft in Tight Race
White House briefings from New York quote Charles Murphy admitting New York will go for Taft. Reports say Chanler and Hughes face a fierce contest, with Murphy pessimistic about Chanler's odds. Roosevelt sides with Hughes supporters while Burnett and Page endorse Hughes, predicting Taft victory in New York.
WRECKS WINDOWS IN CUT GLASS SHOP CRASH
Edward Hayes, chauffeur for the New York Taxicab Company, rammed a taxicab into Charles Burke's cut glass shop at No 12 on 22d street to avoid hitting a woman and child. The car, moving about eight miles per hour, left a wrecked display, and the chauffeur was arrested for reckless driving.
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Edward Hayes
New York
Charles Burke
No. 12
H. W. Hayes
Mrs Langtry Wins $100000 in Cesarewitch Stakes
Newmarket racing wrap reports Mrs Langtry victorious in the Cesarewitch Stakes for three year olds and up, with Pure Gem second and Yentoi ahead of Glacis. Betting 100 to 2 against Pure Gem, Yentoi led two and a quarter miles to the finish as Glacis and Merman trailed.
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Newmarket
Japan would fight United States if Japan had money says editor
Li Sum Ling editor of The Chinese Mail in Hong Kong arrived in Boston to press for a China United States commercial alliance. He warned Japan would fight the US and China if Japan had funds and opposed an US China alliance, noting China’s awakening and interest in scientific methods. He said the US is powerful but weak in the East and that Japan opposes an American Chinese axis.
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Boston
Japan
United States
Li Sum Ling
Chinese Mail
Hong Kong
China
Bars Woman From Court Over Hypnotism Charges
In Boston on October 14 Judge McIntyre in Probate Court took cognizance of hypnotism allegations in a petition to appoint a guardian for Mrs Helen Shaw who allegedly intends to leave her fortune to Mazdaznan leader Little Master Hanish. Lead petitioner Mrs Mabel Dutton testified she was hypnotized by Ruth Hilton, the local Mazdaznan leader, and Hilton was barred from the hearing. The judge warned against attempts to influence witnesses, and most proceedings centered on Mazdaznan rites with Mrs Shaw testifying briefly.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Mclfityre
Helen Shaw
Hanish
Mabel Dutton
Ruth Hilton
Fire Devastates Bisbee Texas Town
A massive blaze in Bisbee Texas on October 14 destroyed fifty acres, damaged waterworks, and forced dynamite use by firefighters. Numerous buildings burned, at least a quarter of homes damaged, with unknown fatalities as authorities fear loss of life. The city, once wealthy from a prior fire, may abandon the townsite for a nearby level-ground relocation.
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el Paso
Tex
Bisbee
Notre Dame Catholic Church Damaged by Fire in Worcester
Fire in Worcester injures church and destroys two nearby frame buildings. Loss put at 75000 dollars, church suffering 39000. Fire started in former railroad station building, spread to the church roof despite heroic efforts. Assessed as incendiary by police. Rev Gagnon retrieved the Host.
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Worcester
Mass
Notre Dame Catholic
Park Street
Norwich & Western
Joseph H. Gagnon
Prairie Fire Near Homeseekers in Dallas
A prairie fire threatened Dallas South Dakota as land seekers crowded for the Rosebud Indian reservation opening. Panicked crowds fled, trains paused to evacuate people, two small hand chemical wagons stood by, and the blaze neared the government building housing about one hundred thousand registration papers before being controlled.
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Dallas
S. D
Rosebud
Repaired Tub for John D Rockefeller in New Jersey
Wilbur Force of Livingston Park repaired a leaking bathtub for John D Rockefeller at Forest Hill Cleveland estate. Rockefeller waited to bathe, a leak was fixed quickly, and Force received a check from Rockefeller though the amount was zero dollars.
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New Brunswick
N. J
John D. Rockefeller
Wilbur Force
Livingston Park
Mr. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Forest Hill
Rockefeller
Counterfeiting Plant Exposed Near Gowanda
U S and Canadian agents uncovered a large counterfeit operation on a rural farm near Gowanda in Cattaraugus County. Thomas Washington Crozier and son Milton Crozier were arrested at Oakville Ontario and charged with running the plant.
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Buffalo
United States
Secret Service
Gowanda
Cattaraugus County
Thomas Washington Crozier
Milton
Oakville
Ontario
Taft Confident of Large Ohio Majority After Wheeling Reception
Taft, finishing a three day Ohio tour, says labor support is misrepresented and that the Republican vote among workers will be normal. Wheeling hosts the largest east of the Mississippi gathering for Taft with festive displays, cheers, and a dangerous market house crowd surge. Taft defends past labor decisions and criticizes charges about longshoremen.
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