Primary Law Foes Defeated In G O P Fight In Saratoga
Saratoga Sept. 28 The old guard at the Republican unofficial convention ousted a platform plank opposing the state primary system. Whitman and Willcox steered the party, rejecting full suffrage pledge while backing a resubmission of the suffrage amendment. Proposals to place progressive electors were postponed for a later meeting.
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Tie Tetuue
Saratoga
Old Guard
William T. Willcox
Republican Nations Committee
Whitman
Frederick C. Tanner
State Woman Suffrage Party
Too Many Operations, Physician Declares
Dr John J Howman director of the American College of Surgeons deplored hasty operations at the American Hospital Association meeting in Philadelphia on September 28. He warned that procedures are often performed without cause citing a case of a surgeon operating on a woman patient unnecessarily to avoid losing his fee.
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Tore Hospital Association
Philadelphia
John J Howman
American College of Surgeons
American Hospital Association
Bowman
Five Escape Flames When Yacht Burns Near Harbor
Mr and Mrs H B Newman and four others escaped a fire aboard the Eveleen I, a 47 foot motor cruiser valued at 7500, when it burned and sank near Indian Harbor Yacht Club Greenwich Conn on Sept 28. The group reached a tender and were rescued by Ostren boat under Captain Mills then taken to the yacht club. The guests were said to be from Chicago.
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H. B. Newman
Indian Harbor
Greenwich
Conn
Eveleen I
HB. Newman
Fourth Avenue
New York
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Stamford
Island
Newman
James Mortensen
Ames
Ostren
William S. Mills
Yacht Club
Mx. Newman
Titan
Woman
Chicago
Calls wife's kisses worth six dollars a week
Mrs Madeleine Williams of Bayonne accused Thomas Williams and neighbor Ruth Lynch in county court. She said she would not endure another winter cleaning driftwood while her husband toasted his feet in the oven and planned a jitney ride for Mrs Lynch. The recorder bound both defendants under $500 peace bonds for a year.
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Madeleine Williams
Eastet Street
Bayonne
Thomas
Ruth Lynch
Cain
Newark Bay
Lynch
War Worker's Wives Float Neighbors in Bayonne Strike
Koward M Griffin Bayonne detective captain learned yesterday the cause of a strike at Botten Port Chemical Company's plant in Constable Hook. He announced it would end today as workers and nickel company employees clash over war profits shares. Wives of chemical workers rallied against nickel plant neighbors as a new peace-based aristocracy loomed.
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Bayonne
Koward M. Griffin
Yestersday
Bottenport Chemical Company
Tooday
Constable Hook
International Nickel Compar
Nickel Company
Realty Man Indicted 15 Times in Newark Bail Set
George Brown, arrested three weeks earlier on misappropriating $46,102 from building and town funds, faced fifteen indictments in Newark’s Court of Quarter Sessions. Bail was set at $45,000 provisional. Indictments cover larceny by false pretenses forgery and misappropriation from Hawthorne Building and Loan and other associations. Brown pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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George Brown
William P. Martin
Court of
Quarter Sesons
Newark
Alee
Hawthorne Building and Loan Association
City Safe Not To Strike, Police Headquarter Attends
Reported chatter circulated among nine women at Police Headquarters last night claiming officers planned a sympathy strike with the car. The operator dismissed the claim as uncertain and unreliable amid concern of potential trouble, as Inspector Cohen oversees the on duty patrols.
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City Safe
Tye
Inspector Cohen
Cohen
Hughes Defers Olney Apology and Defends American Honor
Saratoga Sept 28 Charlee Hughey returned to campaign stage amid a Republican convention where he attacked ex Secretary of State Olney and President Wilson over the eight hour law. Hughey praised his public service while charging the administration with weakness and surrender, urging firm enforcement of American rights. The crowd roared as Governor Whitman introduced him, with party leaders signaling continued press coverage.
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Sam
Saratoga
N. Ya
Charlee F. Hughey
Wilson
Richard Olney
Hughes
Whitman
New York
Mr. Hughes
United States
Olney
Nign
Magnet
Cleveland
New Yo
Mag
Congress
Betwen
United States Chamber of Commerce
Senator Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
Elliam Fe
Willcox
Fred Tanner
Standard Oil Shares Soar To 2000 A Share After Shakeup
The Standard Oil of New Jersey stock jumped to 2000 a share on the curb and over the counter after a market valuation update. The rise makes John D Rockefeller a billionaire overnight, with the old company’s market worth near 2 000 000 000. Previous highs and the 1915 Anglo French loan are noted among his substantial holdings in railroads banks and bonds.
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Manuary Oi Company
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Bescame
Iseidting
Sudat MW
Fish Haldings
Shipborn baby greets arrival from Genoa voyage
Mist Gionatelli, four days old, arrived aboard the Duca di Genova. Born at sea on September 24 to Michele and Mrs Gionatelli who sailed from Genoa, the infant comes with a handsome dowry. Several Stampalia officers aboard survived the sinkings after a submarine torpedo explosion that killed nearly forty.
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Mist Gionatelli
Duca di Genova
Michele Gionatelli
Genoa
Glonntelli
BBS
Duea
Stampalia
Mediterranean
Convict Fears Black Hand Leaves Sing Sing in Fear
Rocco Varazzo, ex Italian army soldier, leaves Sing Sing with guard and doctor, preferring prison cell over liberty due to fear of the Black Hand. Durazzo, Brooklyn convict for concealed weapons, cites danger from countrymen. authorities ship him back to Italy after refusals of assistance.
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Rocco Varazzo
Sing Sing
Durazzo
Brooklyn
Italy
Hunger May Kill Another In Family
Mrs Margaret Runge of 684 East 134th Street faces potential tragedy as her eleven year old daughter Vivian was sent to Lincoln Hospital by Dr F L Donlon of the Children’s Society in The Bronx after illness. If Vivian dies a good home awaits her with uncle Michael Purl of New Orleans. Siblings George fifteen and Mary eight have been offered placements by brothers Thomas Duff superintendent Hackensack branch of Metropolitan Life Insurance and John Duff of 509 State Street Hackensack.
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Margaret Runge
East 134Th Street
Vivian
Lincoln Hospital
F. L. Donlon
Children's Society
Bronx
Michael Purl
New Orleans
George
Mary
Thomas Duff
Hackensack
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
John Duf
State Steet
Sailor of Monitor Dies in Stockbridge at 79
Christopher Price, crew member of the Monitor during the Civil War battle with the Merrimac, died at his Stockbridge home at seventy nine. His death leaves only one survivor of the Monitor’s crew. Price never drew a government pension.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Christopher Price
Monitor
The
Merrimac
Stockbridge
Price
Unions Launch Second Strike Call Fails Trades Refuse
A second union strike call failed as workers refused to join and trades rejected the action. Officials reported low turnout and sustained operations despite the dispute. Leaders urged dialogue while companies prepared contingency plans and workers awaited clearer guidance.
Labor Leaders Hesitate as General Strike Fails to Rally Support
Organized labor showed apathy toward the work suspension order with leaders calling another convention for Monday. Despite sympathy from hundreds, unions failed to mobilize a broad walkout as efforts to pressure Interborough head Theodore Shonts faltered. Building trades and other groups also failed to act, leaving the movement reliant on uncertain moral support and upcoming meetings to decide next steps.
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Fas
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
Pat O
Amalgamated Association
Traction Companies
Building Trades
Labor Temple
EF. J. Deering
Machinists
Frayne
Hugh Frayne
British Seize Redoubt Dominating the Ancre
British troops press northward toward Bapaume with two main attack lanes north of Thiepval and Combles. They seized a vital 600 yard redoubt north of Thiepval overlooking the Ancre, taking 600 prisoners. UK forces approach Le Sars as Germans bolster defences for the next push. Haig lauds artillery and low casualty costs while forecasts warn of fierce combat to come around Bapaume and Peronne. Continued on page 2.
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Tea Tribune
London
Bapaume
Tongh
Thiepval
Combies
Ifalg
The
Ancre
Hale
le Sars
Albert-Bapaume
Combles Land
Hraig
Haig
Britain coerced Italy cited by German leader in war speech
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg stating Italy shifted to war, pressured by English coercion and financial means. He links Italy’s Balkan aims to its decision to join the Allied expedition under General Sarrail, and notes clashes with German troops in Macedonia.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Rome
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Germany
England
Sing Sing Alumni to Play to Society
Greenwich Connecticut September 28 Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing Sing prison and outside members of the Mutual Welfare League will present two plays enacted by league members at Northbrook residence of Mrs John H Flagler on October 31. This marks the first dramatic performance by ex convicts for those outside the prison walls. One play contrasts the old and new Sing Sing system. If weather permits the entertainment will be in Mrs Flagler's garden. rain option is the veranda glass room. Patronesses include Mrs John H Flagler Mrs Thomas L Chadbourne Jr Mrs F C Hilliard Mrs Seymour J Hyde Mrs W D Baldwin Miss Mary Ely and Mrs J Howland Hunt.
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Greenwich
Conn
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Mutual Welfare League
League
Northbrook
John H. Flagler
One German Steamer Among Six Destroyed
A London report notes six merchant vessels sunk, including one German steamer. The others were British steamers Stathe Thurso Newby and Thelma plus Swedish bark Bene guela and steamship Elwine Koppen. Crews for Knut Hilde and Dania previously sunk have been landed.
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London
Stathe
Thelma
Oflasgow
Beneguela
Thurso
Newby
Elwine Koppen
Gulf of Bothnia
Lule
Lloyds
Knut Hilde
Dania
Assails Lloyd George for Military Friction
London reports a bitter attack by The Morning Post on Lloyd George stirring concern over civilian military friction. The Post’s intimations are deemed unjustified by many, though some see value in publicizing rumors to clarify the situation.
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London
Morning Post
Lloyd George Hon
Boy Dieing in Brooklyn Tragedy Tests Jewish Law
Samuel Cohen aged sixteen months died after a motor truck struck him near 956 Watkins Street Brooklyn. Patrolman carried the child to a drug store and then to the Coroner, but orthodox parents delayed touching the body on Rosh Hashanah until an apostate Jew identified it.
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Rosh-Hashanah
Samuel Cohen
Watkins Street
Brooklyn
Cohen
Biscuit Wagon Spills Firemen Into Street
A National Biscuit Company wagon, whose driver ignored the siren of Engine Company 19, collided with the tender at Ninth Avenue and Seventeenth Street. Six firemen were thrown to the pavement. William Seaver sustained two broken ribs and internal injuries and was hospitalized. Driver William Brien was arrested for violating fire apparatus right of way.
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National Biscuit Company
Engine Company 19
Ninth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
William Seaver
Twenty-first Street
New York Hospital
William Brien
North Henry Street
Brooklyn
War or Revolt Is Venizelos Defy to King
Athens notes King Constantine favors immediate war against Bulgaria with an ultimatum and mobilization plans. Cabinet and Crown Council to meet as Venizelos leaves Athens. Navy ships Hydra and two torpedo boats join the Allied fleet at Salamis Bay amid rising tensions.
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Athens
London
Constantine
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Mosohopoulos
Yanakitsas
Crown Council
Council of Ministers
Kalogeropoulos
Venizelos
Coundouriotis
Hydra
Salamis Bay
Venizelos Proclaims Provisional Government in Athens
From Athens a Reuters dispatch reports former Premier Venizelos and Admiral Coundouriottis proclaim a provisional government. The proclamation denounces royal policy, calls for national unity, and urges siding with the Allies and Serbians to expel the invaders. It warns of ruin unless the country returns to the 1912-13 stance and leadership.
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Union
Athens
Reuter
Canes
Venizelos
Coundowriotie
Greece
Sofia
Coundouriotta
Crete Garrison Loyalists Seek Return to Athens
Report notes one third of Crete garrison loyalists, described as synoincers and coiners, ask Entente allied consuls to aid their return to Athens. Mytilene joins Venisetist movement with local authorities under a Salonica based National Defense committee led by Prince George of Greece.
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Crete
Athens
Mytilene
Committee of National Defence
Salonica
Prince George of Greeg
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