Public Service Commission orders 5 cent fare transfer trial
The Public Service Commission votes four to one to restore a 5 cent fare with transfers between the 59th Street Crosstown line and the Metropolitan Street Railway between Bath Street and 116th Street for four months beginning November 22. Each ride split and bond requirements are set, with potential court appeal likely if firms refuse to comply.
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Bath Street
116Th Street
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Central Pank Company
Edward M. Basset
Brooklyn
Bedk
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East
West Side
Metropolitan and Theentral Park Company
Boston Women Forced to Remove Hats at Symphony Hall
Boston women confronted a new rule at Symphony Hall forcing hat removal during rehearsal. Placards warned attendees to remove head coverings, sparking indignation. Ushers urged compliance as officials delayed the performance until hats were finally removed.
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Gotham Hotel waiter arrested for liquor license violation
Gilerdano, a waiter at the Hotel Gotham, was arrested last night on excise law charges after detectives found whisk and ale served without a license. He was locked up at East List reet station. the hotel, opposite the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, cannot obtain a liquor license. Joseph
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Gotham
East Listreet
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Joseph
Roof Chase for Thief at Nippon Club
A burglar robs rooms on the Nippon Club fourth floor at 44 West Roth Street and escapes with about 509 dollars in jewelry and goods belonging to members Shinguro Arakawa of 109 Prince Street and R Fukui of Tekio. Patroleman Weckessen pursues across rooftops, crashes into a clothesline, and loses consciousness. Police search continues.
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West Roth Street
Patrelman Weckessen
West 68Th Sit
Shinguro Arakawa
No. 109
Prince Street
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Tekio
Wild chase in Fifth Avenue ends with police capture
John Webber broke into a widow's second story flat at 13 East 98th Street and leaped to the street. A bicycle policeman, George McGrath, pursued through Central Park after Webber, toppled on slick grass, cut his wrist on a broken bottle, then cornered the fugitive who drew a revolver before Webber fled again. The officer knocked him unconscious with two blows.
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Real Winter Snow Hits Upstate New York Counties
Utica Oct 30 northern counties report first real snowstorm of the season with drifting winds and subzero temperatures in many areas. Snowfalls vary from heavy in the north to lighter from Buffalo to Gloversville with the Mohawk Valley reaching snow later. Interlaken reports a furious storm with winds, and the temperature at 35 degrees above zero, heading eastward to Albany.
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N. Y
Mohawk Valley
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Gloversville
Albany
Interlaken
Auto Balloon Launches With Car Basket in Flight
An Indianapolis test at Oct 30 sent a 110000 cubic foot balloon aloft carrying Carl G. Fisher and G L Bumbaugh in a 1500 pound automobile basket. The pair aimed to roll the balloon for landing and return by car to the start. After about two hours ten minutes the craft landed near Southport seven miles from Indianapolis. Fisher and Bumbaugh then rode the car back to the city without incident.
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Indianapolis
Carl G. Fisher
G. L. Bumbhaugh
Springfield
Southport
Ind
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Fisher
Balloon ascent travels 80 miles an hour to Whately
In a northwest gale William Van Sleet of New York and M. Menard of Pittsfield ascended in the Greylock balloon from North Adams. They rose swiftly toward the southeast and landed near the Connecticut River in Whately. The ground distance of roughly forty miles was covered in thirty minutes.
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North Adams
Mass
William van Sleet
New York
M. Menard
Pittsfield
Whately
Connecticut River
Gale delays steamers off Chatham Massachusetts
Five large steamers from various coastlines rode out a northeast gale off Chatham Mass as of tonight. The Yale carrying 400 passengers from New York to Reston put back over the shoals and anchored near Handkerchief Shoals, while the North Star, Massachusetts, James S. Whitney, and City of Columbus also rode at anchor near Shovelfull Lightship. None were in danger and officials expected them to sail by morning.
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Mass
New England
Yale
New York
Reston
North Star
Portland
Massachusetts
James S. Whitney
Boston
City of Columbus
Savannah
Flagpole kills boy in windy city incident
A northwest wind at thirty four miles per hour toppled a seventy foot flagpole from Morris High School and killed Edward McCarton twelve. The boy, son of Patrolman Edward Metarton of Tremont station, was en route to St. Augustine's School when struck. A second pole from Arlington Hotel lightly struck a man but caused no serious injuries.
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Bronx
Tinton Avenue
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166Th Street
Boston Road
Young MacCarton
Lebanon Hospital
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West 25Th Street
Schooner Jennie S Hall Rescued Off Long Branch
The three masted schooner Jennie S Hall, bound from Savannah to Boston with lumber, reported no provisions after 43 days at sea. The Clyde Line steamer Delaware diverted and fed the crew of three, later explaining heavy surf prevented a rescue boat from the Hall reaching shore.
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Delaware
Jennie S. Hall
Long Branch
French
Savannah
Boston
Gulf Stream
Hall
Woman Kills Self by Setting Bed Afire in Flatbush Home
Mrs Henrietts Cooke aged 55 of No 141 East 27th street Flatbush died yesterday after setting her bed aflame during six weeks of illness from a broken ankle Her husband Andrew Cooke a retired milk dealer and her daughter Miss Maud Cooke were in the room when the act occurred The daughter smelled smoke and found her mother among flames Dr W R Pettit pronounced her dead after arrival Her limbs were burned almost to a crisp HAAN'S RESTAURANT PARK ROW BLDG Open Night Returns announced Music advt
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East 27Th Street
Flatbush
Andrew Cooke
Miss Maud Cooke
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Mrs William Astor Dies At Home In New York Society Leader
Mrs. William Astor longtime New York society leader died at her Fifth Avenue home after a long heart illness. Doctors said she was unconscious at the end, with Dr. Austin Flint Jr. in attendance and her daughter Mrs M Orme Wilson and son Colonel John Jacob Astor present.
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William Astor
Fifth Avenue
Austin Flint, Jr
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Mrs Astor
West Hilt Street
John Jacob Astor
Newport
England
George Ogilvie Haig
William Backhouse Astor
Horseman for Hughes
William F. Brush a Newbury horseman and starter for many races has campaigned for Governor Hughes. He argues horseracing in New York was rotten before the anti gambling bill but the season just closed shows cleaner racing and faster times than any prior in state history.
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Tribune
Newbure
N. Y
William F. Brush
Hughes
Women at Army Posts Stir Controversy in Hains Case
Cincinnati dispatch reports retired General H C Corbin blaming a single troublesome woman for unrest at army posts. He says officers and men can be controlled, but not the women, citing past incidents and noting Hains marriage was unhappy. He questions the authenticity of love letters said to urge sympathy or incite insanity.
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Cincinnati
H. C. Corbin
Army
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Old Man Killed by Auto in Washington Street Incident
Frank M. Heaton seventy four year old land claim agent was struck and instantly killed by James Phillips automobile after alighting from a street car at Chevy Chase The owner of the machine was not arrested Heaton came here from Crawfordsville and the report notes a football special from West Point and Princeton listings in the ad text
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Washington
Frank M. Heaton
James Phillips
Chevy Chase
Meaton
Crawfordsville
Hitchcock Forecasts Taft 325 Electoral Votes
National Chairman Hitchcock released an official forecast placing Taft at 325 electoral votes and Bryan at 158. The table adds Montana Nevada Kentucky and Missouri as uncertain taft states with Nevada Montana Maryland as possible cuts. He cites conservative methods relying on state county and independent reports.
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Republican National Committee
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Sherman
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Nevada
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Missouri
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Harrison
Maryland
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
Gompers
Pittsburg
King Edward Not Hurt In Automobile Accident
A Newmarket dispatch reported no truth to the rumor that King Edward had been injured in an auto crash. The king dined last night with Sir Edward Cassel. Foreign and home editions of afternoon papers had earlier stirred anxiety among British residents here by printing the unverified report.
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Whitmore Not Guilty in Lena Whitmore Murder Case
Theodore S. Whitmore, a Brooklyn motor man, was acquitted in Jersey City of the murder of his wife Lena. The jury found him not guilty after an hour of deliberation, amid emotional scenes as Whitmore thanked his counsel and faced a life ruined by the tragedy at the Lamp Black Swamp where Lena disappeared last Christmas.
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Hudson County Court of Oyer and Terminer
Jersey City
Lena
Henry Mandeville
Whitmore
Alexander Simpson
Lena Whitmore
Black Swanmp
Harrison
Man Claims Alabama Murder Charge at New York Station
A young man at the West 37th Street station proclaimed he is wanted in Alabama for murdering his brother in law on June 16, 1901. He identified as Charles B. Mann, said he escaped custody in 1995, and named David Dickson of Dolives, Alabama as the victim. He was arrested and held pending Alabama authorities.
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West 37Th Street
Alabama
Charles B. Mann
Trusty
Inlaw
David Dickson
Dolives
Ala
Taft says Standard Oil gave no campaign money
In Buffalo Taft told a crowd that Standard Oil Company had not contributed a cent to his campaign fund. He dismissed Bryan’s claims of trust support and accused opponents of misrepresenting Rockefeller’s stance. Taft asserted the administration prosecutes Standard Oil to curb its alleged evil influence and named Norman E. Mack as the source of the rumor.
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Taft
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A Palpable Trick From Rockefeller Statement
Washington October 30 The White House released a sharp official statement reacting to a Rockefeller announcement via Standard Oil press agent. The administration says the move is a perfectly palpable trick by Standard Oil aimed at taft and as such will deceive no one.
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Betting Frenzy Marks Election In Street Gambling
Betting on the state election ran hot in financial districts with Bryan favored at 7 to 1 and Taft at 2 to 1. Hughes attracted heavy action with odds from 10 to 8 to 10 to 6, while Chanler supporters pushed for better terms. Stock Exchange wagers circulated, including $3,000 to $500 on Taft and a $5,000 bet on Hughes carrying the state by 30 000 plurality.
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Wall Street
Bryan
Baltimore
Atlanta
Taft
Stock Exchange
Tammany
Chanler
Odds Against Bryan in St Louis Favor Five to One
Telegram from The Tribune records odds against Bryan in St Louis at five to one for his election and four to one that his Missouri plurality will exceed 15000. Only 75000 dollars has been bet locally on presidential, state, senate and local results.
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Tribun
St. Louis
Bryan
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Horsemen Bet On Chanter In Big New York Result
Baltimore bettors placed two heavy wagers totaling 18 000 dollars on Chanter to beat Hughes in New York last night. A New York track man backed Chanter for 15 000 dollars with a Baltimore rival, then 3 000 more came from another Maryland horseman. Syndicates are seen behind the action. At the Merchants Club stock brokers and leading businessmen offered 10000 Taft money at odds 4 to 1 on the general result.
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Baltimore
New York
Chanter
Hughes
Maryland
Merchants’ Club
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Taft Campaign Trail Moves Through New York and Pennsylvania
Taft strengthens labor ties in Buffalo and Utica with Sherman by his side while denouncing Rockefeller. White House sources call Rockefeller's claim a trick. Rockefeller supporters pledge for Taft as Bryan and Gompers are attacked in Pittsburgh. Hughes tours Chautauqua to Steuben counties seeking large regional votes.
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John D. Rocckefeller
Mr. Taft
James S. Sherman
New York
Hughes
Chautauqua
Cattaraugus
Allegany
Steinben
Taft Declares Labor Friendship Amid Labor Pacts Clash
Taft reiterates friendship with labor and condemns the Gompers Bryan pact. A great Buffalo crowd cheers for seventeen minutes as Taft speaks with Sherman in Utica, signaling tensions in labor politics and party cohesion.
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Taft
Labor
Buffalo
James S. Sherman
Utica
Taft vows friendship to labor in Buffalo speech
William Howard Taft in Buffalo pledges friendship to labor while warning against Gompers influence. He states labor's political stance will not sway his push for proper labor legislation and equality of opportunity for workers, asserting wage earners can discern their best interests.
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Samuel Gompers
Buncombe
Gompers
William H. Taft
Buffalo
Gompers-Brian
Taft
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American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
James Duncan
Daniel Keefe
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers
A. L. Faulkner
Window Glass Workers of America
Claude Worth
International Dredge Workers
Charles Mct‘arthy
Tug Firemen and Linemen’s Association
Taft cheers fill Erie County armory in Waik sulfur crowd
Telegraph report from Buffalo describes William H. Taft's Erie County welcome. About twelve thousand laboring men waved flags, drowned bands, and shouted Taft, Taft, Big Bill Taft, as Chairman Daniels praised the candidate. Taft pledged labor friendship and attacked Gompers and his labor voting strategy, defending injunctions and opposing a legalized secondary boycott.
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