Mitchel presses nonpartisan ticket for New York Board
John Purroy Mitchel fusion candidate for President of the Board of Aldermen asks Republican leaders to back a citizens ticket and reserves right to withdraw if partisan. Parsons replies he supports nonpartisan aims, Outerbridge calls it keynote of anti-Tammany campaign. Committee debates borough presidents and fusion slate with names like Whitman, Sulzberger, Kohns, Monroe, Hopper, Marcus and others.
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Joan Purroy Mitchel
Fusion
Board of Aldermen
Pres- Parsons
Republican County
Citizens
Ident Parsons
Mitchel
Borough of
Manhattan
Outerbridge
Committee of One Hundred
Otter
Mr. Parsons
Board of Algermen
Republian Party
Stion
Aly
New York
Certin
John Purroy Mitchel
Board of Alder@en
Charles & Whitman
Cyrus L Sulzberger
Lee Kohns
Robert Grier Monroe
Ohn
Hopper
Josephs
Marcus
Mrs. Dewey Batley Nominated by Women's Republican Club
Mrs Dewey Batley wife of a United States marshal and president of the Women s Club was endorsed yesterday by the Women s Republican Club for the district seat in the central precinct race in the north district.
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Dewey
Batley
United States Marshal
F Women's Club
Women's Republican Club
Taft Praises Barnard for New York Mayoral Run
President Taft telegraphed praise for Otto T. Barnard naming him a fit and capable candidate for New York City's mayor. Taft cited disinterested patriotism administrative ability broad minded sense and high character from a thirty year friendship, urging election for strong city governance.
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Herbert Parsons
New York City
Otto T. Barnard
New York
William H. Taft
Banks Shut Doors In Pittsburgh Trust Battle
A secret directors meeting at Fort Pitt Hotel closed Mercantile and Land Trust Companies. James L. White named temporary receiver with a permanent appointment planned. Books show no irregularities, depositors to receive dollar for dollar. Stock purchase by Land Trust Company amid feverish finance. examiner notes stock paid by notes, rendering due certificates unlikely to meet.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Mercantile and Land Trust Companies
Fort Pitt
James L. White
Mercantile Trust Company
Land Trust Company
Mercantile Company
PERRET FEARS SHOCKS IN MESSINA PREDICTS EARTHQUAKES
American scientist Frank A. Perret, present during Vesuvius eruptions, warns Sicily may suffer seismic disturbances. He cites alignment of sun, earth, moon, Mars and Saturn predicting danger from Tuesday to Thursday with potential but uncertain eruptions.
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Messina
Frank A. Perret
Vesuvius
Sicily
Perret
Earth
Mars
Sun
Moon
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth Shocks In Midwest From Strong Quake
A slight earthquake felt across Southeastern Missouri and parts of Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Missouri occurred at 3 47 am in St Louis. Chimneys toppled in western suburbs sleepers awakened and trains reported tremors as far south as Carroll. Crust settling believed cause with center far away.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Ilinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Mobile & Ohio Railway
Carroll
Decatur
Mattoon
Vice-President Delayed At Metropolitan Opera House Reception
Police prepared for a large crowd at the Hudson Fulton commission reception at the Metropolitan Opera House but attendance was under one third. Inspector McClusky led about 125 patrolmen on duty. Foreign guests received carriage tickets on entry but many discarded them, complicating exit arrangements. Vice-President Sherman waited over 30 minutes for his conveyance, while Governor Hughes and Mayor McClellan left earlier.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Hudson-Fulton Commission
McClusky
Opera House
Sherman
Hughes
McClellan
Hudson-Fulton
Commission
Williams nets $20000 from hurricane bet
Frank B Williams, famed New Orleans lumber magnate, struck it rich by betting on a West Indian hurricane predicted to hit Central Louisiana. He reportedly asked for $200,000 and then watched as his mills near Patterson suffered 20,000 to 25,000 dollars in damage. Adjusters settled the claim.
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Tribune
New Orleans
Frank B. Williams
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Wiliams
Patterson
Williams
Williams Mills
Day of Hudson Fulton events amid rain and pageantry
Crowds thronged the Metropolitan Opera House for the Hudson Fulton gala as rain did not dampen spirits. Governors Hughes and Fort dedicated Interstate Hades Park at Alpine Landing, while a cornerstone was laid for the Hudson monument at Spuyten Duyvil Hill. Staten Island held a historical parade along Am boy Road with broad participation. Concerts by United German Singers groups occurred across Brooklyn Astoria Schutzen Park and Happy Land Park.
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Governor's Island
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Hudson Monument
Spuyten Duyvil Hill
Bronx
Hudsen
Hughes
J. Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Alpine Landing
N. J
Great Park
Palisades
Staten Island
Amboy Road
New Dorp
Oakwood
Island
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
United German Singers
13Th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn
Apollo Club
Brooklyn Academy of Music
United German Singers of
Long Island
Astoria Schutzen Park
Happy Land Park
South Beach
Taft Descends 1200 Feet Into Butte Copper Mine in Montana
President Taft wearing a duster and slouch hat, with an electric lantern, rides a lift to the Leonard copper mine in Butte. He observes miners at work, enjoys an automobile ride, and later addresses crowds at Helena before heading to Spokane. Cabinet members join, and the descent into darkness marks a notable presidential excursion.
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Helena
Mont
Taft
Old Leonard
Butte
Montana
Anaconda
Leonard Mines
State Fair Grounds
Leonard
Goodby
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Ballinger
John Hays Hammond
Syrian trader to test U S right to search arriving citizens
A Syrian antiques dealer, Azeez Khyat, plans a Supreme Court challenge over a Customs search of his wife and five children on arrival at the port. The family was subjected to a full body and clothing search on the Adriatic, amid claims a libelous letter prompted the action.
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Supreme Court
Azeez Khyat
Fifth Avenue
Khyat
Kaifa
Syria
Adriatic
Loeb
Kiryat
Bryan Attacks Bailey Over Free Raw Material
Telegraph dispatch from El Paso, September 27 reports William Jennings Bryan attacking Senator Joseph W Bailey for aligning with the Steel Trust. Bryan says the issue is party welfare and argues Democrats must elect a House that can act in unison. Bailey did not attend the proposed debate.
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the Tribune
el Paso
Tex
William Jennings Bryan
Joseph W. Bailey
Bailey
Bryan
Texas
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Steel Trust
Oscar E Droege Missing Sanatorium Steward Accused
Chief Brennan leaves Saranee Lake to fetch Oscar E Droge from Denver. Droege, former Ray Brook Sanatorium steward, is accused by the state fiscal supervisor of a about $10,000 shortage in accounts after leaving the institution last June. Denver police arrested him on Weldon’s tip and notified Albany. Ad promotes airship watching at Garret Restaurant Riverfront.
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Tribune
Saranee Lake
N. Y
Brennan
Denver
Oscar E. Droege
Ray Brook State Sanatorium
Dreege
Dr. Garvin
Ray Brook Institution
A. G. Weldon
Droege
Weldon
State Department
Albany
Ten Men Killed in Pennsylvania Railroad Collision
Ten men were killed and six likely fatally injured when a southbound Pennsylvania Railroad train collided with the caboose of a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul cattle train en route to the stockyards near Chicago. The crash occurred early today as both trains operated toward Cincinnati and Chicago.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mrs Depew Injured In Champs Elysées Car Collision
Mrs Chauncey M Depew sustained a painful forehead wound from shattered glass after a taxicab collided with her car on the Champs Elysées. Initially feared for sight, the danger has passed and she will sail for New York with the Senator on Saturday.
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Paris
Chauncey M. Depew
Champs Elysées
World's Record Train Cuts West Coast Run to 46 Hours
The Great Northern Railway began a daily mail and express service from St. Paul to Seattle, reducing the trip by eleven hours and enabling East mail to arrive in Puget Sound cities a day earlier. The Oriental Limited previously took fifty nine hours. The new schedule delivers Seattle first mail on the second morning after departure, using a 11114 mile route in forty six hours.
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St. Paul
Great Northern Railroad
Seattle
Puget Sound
Oriental Limited
Coke Fight Over $20 Million Coking Interests
United States Steel Corporation clashes with independent coke makers led by J. W. Thompson in a battle over $20 million worth of Pittsburg district coking assets. Pittsburg Coal Company offers 8000 acres of coal land at $2144 per acre, 2000 coke ovens at $1000 each, and improvements valued at $2 million, totaling $20 million.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
J. W. Thompson
Pittsburg Coal Company
Grand jury indicts in steamship railroa d and smuggling cases
The federal grand jury handed in two batches of indictments in the criminal branch of the United States Circuit Court. Bench warrants were issued for minor indictments and arrests may be made today. Indictments are linked to steamship, railroad, smuggling, and United Copper Company affairs.
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Federal Grand Jury
United Copper Company
United States Circuit Court
John W. H. Crim
United States
Lacombe
Wise
Loeb
Harriman Will Admitted to Probate at Goshen
The will of E. B. Harriman was admitted to probate by Surrogate John B. Swezey in Goshen. Mrs. Harriman was named sole executrix with letters testamentary granted. Joseph W. Gott was appointed special guardian for the minor heirs. The transfer tax appraiser for Orange County is W. J. Wygant of Newburg.
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Goshen
N. Y
E. BH. Harriman
John B. Swezey
Charles A. Peabody
C. C. Tegethoff
Mr. Peabody
Orange County
Harriman
Peabody
W. J. Wygant
Newburg
State yields to federal demand in Stegall case
Atlanta Sept 27 federal authorities prepared for extremes to obtain the release of Charles Stegall United States gauger held in Trenton by State Judge Fite for refusing to answer grand jury questions. A marshal would be sent to secure him. if blocked an appeal for troops was possible. Judge Fite ordered Sheriff Thurman to Atlanta with Stegall for habeas corpus proceedings in federal court.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Charles Stegall
United States
Trenton
Fite
Stegall
Mart
Thurman
Taft Dinner Menu In San Antonio Features Beef And Cabbage
President Taft arrives in San Antonio and is served Texas raised beef and cabbage. A committee in charge, via Captain Butt, confirms the preference. The note mentions day line steamers and battleships display as part of the ad.
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The
Tribune
San Antonio
Tex
Taft
Chege
Captain Butt
Mr. Taf
Texas
Metropolitan hosts international guests at formal reception
The metropolitan commission extended a formal reception to delegates from 27 countries and received messages from multiple nations, showcasing global participation and diplomatic cordiality.
Weather Outlook Indicates Rain and Cooling Front
The forecast shows rain continuing today with moderate southerly winds turning northwest tonight. Cooler temperatures are expected tomorrow as the front moves through the region.
Daytime parade and evening cultural program across city
Historical parade starts at 110th Street and Central Park West at 1 PM. Evening events include concerts at the Metropolitan Opera House and Carnegie Hall, literary exercises at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and a dinner in The Bronx.
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110Th Street
Central Park West
Metropolitan Opera House
Carnegie Hall
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Bronx
Multinational reception marks Hudson-Fulton celebration at Met Opera
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission hosted a rainy reception at the Metropolitan Opera House with twenty seven nations sending guests. Notable figures included Julia Ward Howe, Prince Kuni of Japan, Admiral von Koester, Sir Edward Seymour, and King Haakon’s dispatch to General Woodford. The event featured speeches from delegates, readings of messages, and the playing of America.
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Hudson-Fulcom Celebration Commission
Metropolitan Opera House
Commission
Julia Ward Howe
Lew
Admiral von Koester
Edward Hobart Seymour
Prince Kuni
Japan
Landes
New York
Gude
King Haakon
Woodford
McClellan
Hudson-Falteon
Haakon
Rex
Weedford
Edward Seymour
America
Sir Edward
Hudson River
Germany
United States
von Koester
Baggio Ducarne Filippo
Alfonse di Brecchetti
J. T. Cremer
Netherlands
Ter
New Amsterdam
M. Jean Gaston Darboux
Rotary
The
Academy of Sciences
Cremer
Sterdam
Holland
Hudson
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Reform Campaign
Mr. Mitchel
W. B Selden
Cleveland Democracy
Rerbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republi- SA
E. H. Outerbidge
Comef One Hundred
Herbert B. Brush
Taxpayers’ Conference
Wiliam Jaylin
Citizens Union
Notreff
Lewis H
Charles H
Douglas
Cyrus L. Miler
John €. L
Math 8
Bannard
Parsons
Salt Lake City
Middle West
Washington
Dewey’s
Fulton St
Dever & Son Co
MR. Taft
Spokane
Arraconda
Beverly
Amalgamated Copper Company
U.S
Garret Restaurant
River Front
West End
Cedar Sts
New Great Northern Mail
Harri Alman
Metropolitan
Fulton
Wilhelmina
Mr. Creiher
Mr Cremer
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