Reform Election Wave Across Nations and Cities
Nationwide results show Democrats gaining in Indiana and Massachusetts while Tammany loses control in New York. Gaynor named mayor of New York. Whitman elected district attorney. Cleveland and Toledo swing Republican. Draper narrowly ahead in Massachusetts. Virginia and Rhode Island shift with Democrats strengthening state tickets and reform issues impacting local offices.
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Gaynor
New York
ExJustice
Tammany
Barnard
Fusion
W. R. Hearst
Republican Fusion
Charles 8. Whitman
Jerome
Board of
Philadelphia
Reform
S. P. Rotan
D. C. Gibboney
Toledo
Brand Whitlock
Massachusetts
Draper
Virginia
William H. Mann
Board of Estimate
J. Gaynor
Tammany Hall
Greater New York
Prendergast
Mitchell
Af Ter
Board of Aldermen
Whitman
Shea
German Airship Squadron Conducts Sham Battle
A German airship squadron of two dirigibles plus a military airship staged a sham attack on Fortress Hohenzollern at Ehrenbreitstein after a midnight flight from Qolegns. The fleet moved up the Rhine to Coblenz, then attacked the fortress across the river in a staged exercise.
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Sham
Qolegns
Rheinish
Prussia
Hbrenbreitstein
Rhine
Coblenz
Hhrenbreitetein
Election results and political shifts across multiple states
San Francisco retires Francis Heney amid hopes for Charles Fickert and P H McCarthy. Philadelphia confirms Republican gains. Indiana Democrats win most city races with Shank as notable mayor. Maryland suffrage amendment loses. Whitlock wins Toledo mayoral third term. Kentucky sees armed streets after violence. Virginia governor race leans Democratic with Mann leading Kent.
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Ernor
Draper
Frothingham
Heney
Frisco
San
San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Charles M. Fickert
P. H. McCarthy
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Shank
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Maryland
Baltimore
Joshua Hering
Whitlock Mayes
Toledo
Ohio
Brand Whitlock
Jones
Whitlock
Davies
William Hodges Mann
W. P. Kent
Bryan
Taft
Peary Voted Gold Medal for North Pole Reach
Washington November 3 Peary was voted a gold medal by the National Geographic Society for reaching the north pole. The board accepted unanimously the sub committee's report confirming his claim and referred the question of earlier pole attainment to experts, signaling review of Cook's records.
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Washington
Peary
National Geographic Society
North Pole
Society Today
Pole
Society
Cook
Drys keep hold wets lose Jacksonville in Illinois vote
In Illinois option elections yesterday the drys won in agricultural districts with larger majorities while coal mining areas shifted toward wet. Jacksonville, the region’s largest town voting, retained dry control amid a contest that narrowed since two years ago.
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Chicago
Illinois
Jacksonville
Pulaski County
Mound City
Iowa has 3 parties Democrats Republicans Progressives
A Des Moines field dispatch outlines Iowa’s three party system three organized bodies eye separate tickets in upcoming primaries. It notes insurgent progressives growing, Republicans wary of changes, and a looming national progressive ticket potential. Contemplates eight to ten month battle between insurgents and standpatters.
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Tav
The
Argus
Des Moines
Iowa
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
House of Representatives
Resson
Fire Eating Tom Watson Urges State to Resist Federal Court Ruling
In a chaotic prelude to a contentious vote, Watson urges state resistance to federal court orders as dry forces celebrate a slight majority shift in saloon-related politics. He cites rising wet support and warns of looming clashes between state and federal authorities amid fears of socialist agitation and troop deployment.
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Tom Watson
Atlanta
Thomas E. Watson
Hart
Watson
Taft
Roosevelt
Prisoner Held as Warden Lacks Indictment Copy
Springfield reports Warden J C Sanders of Iowa’s Fort Madison penitentiary sought a requisition for Charles Reed, a paroled convict arrested in Rock Island. Acting Governor Oglesby refused to honor the requisition because the original indictment was not filed with the papers. Reed, serving time for breaking and entering, was driving a tool wagon at the penitentiary when paroled.
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Springfield
J. C. Sanders
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Charles Reed
Rock Island
Oglesby
Secretary of State
Reed
Taft Spends Day At Birmingham
President Taft spent a strenuous day in Birmingham Alabama starting with breakfast at the country club at 8 20 AM. A noon parade of commercial civic and fraternal groups and school children moved through the business section with Taft in the reviewing stand. At 2 PM he addressed the crowd in Capital Park.
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Birmingham
Ala
Taft
Country Club
Capital Park
Pellagra Expert Urges Diet Change In Early Cases
Columbia S C November 3 Dr J W Babcock reports on a London doctor F M Sandwith talk at the pellagra conference. Early pellagra without mental symptoms can be treated by excluding maize from the diet. Brain involvement means little hope for recovery.
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Columbia
S. C
F. M. Sandwith
London
J. W. Babcock
Bank Clearings Set A New Record In New York
New York November 3 clearing house banks reported an all time total of 7 461 549 with a gain of 50 000 000 over the prior record and reflecting Nov 1 interest and dividends disbursements along with election day business Topeka Kansas also voted to adopt a commission form of government by a 497 vote margin
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New York
Topeka
Kan
Wholesale Murder in a Farm House
Winnipeg reports a possible wholesale murder at a Saskatoon area farm near Quill Lake. George Thoburn was found dead in the cellar. his son lies unconscious. Mrs Thoburn, her 2 year old, and her mother are missing. Police seek the hired man as a suspect.
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Winnipeg
Quill Lake
Sask
George Thoburn
Madame Steinheil On Trial For Her Crime
Paris on November 3 Madame Adolphe Steinheil faced trial for the murder of her husband and mother in law Mme Japy. Authorities say motive centered on hatred of the mother in law and desire to remarry.
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Mme. Steinheil
Paris
Madame Adolphe Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Explorer reports huge Labrador waterfall discovery
Oshkosh explorer Edward Bateh Barr returns from Labrador and reports a massive waterfall on Caster river, claiming it is larger than the 363 foot Grand Fall. In Green Bay a masked robber holds up Farmers' Exchange bank teller Chateau, stealing $1,000 at gunpoint.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Edward Bateh Barr
Labrador
Caster
Green Bay
Farmers’ Exchange Bank
Three Score Hurt in Des Moines Crash
A crowded University Place car jumped the track and overturned in Des Moines Iowa injuring sixty eight. Three persons were probably fatally hurt including W J Robb of Oklahoma City. Robb died this afternoon while J P Johnson and D B Smith of Des Moines were among the injured listed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University Place
W. J. Robb
Oklahoma City
J. P. Johnson
D. B. Smith
Robb
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Eyrer
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Herman Baehr
Cincinnati
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Charles A. Gauss
Tom Taggart
Terre Haute
Muncie
Lafayette
Kokomo
South Bend
Rayners
Senate
Rhode Island
Pothier
Olney Arnold
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Hearst
Tom L. Johnson
Herman C. Baehr
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Youngstown
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