Tammany's downfall as mayoral race nears end
The Argus reports Tammany Hall faces defeat as John Purroy Mitchell edges toward mayoralty with Wilson endorsement. Death of Mayor Gaynor and Sulzer impeachment catalyze anti Tammany fusion while McCall and Sulzer vie, amid threats and alleged correspondence.
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Clyde H. Tavenner
the Argus
Washington, D. C
New York
Tammany Hall
John Purroy Mitchell
Greater New York
William Gaynor
Sulger
Sulzer
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Anti
Wilson
Port of
Gay- Dor
Tam- Biany
Fifth Avenue
Edward E. McCall
Fusion
Weather and political shifts loom in Rock Island region
Rock Island Davenport Moline and Vicinity forecast shows mostly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with cooler temps and light NW winds. Temperature at 7 am 50, yesterday’s high 54, last night 49. Relative humidity 70 percent, no precipitation. stars and constellations visible late evening. In New York politics, Democrats seek to regain lower house control after Sulzer’s removal, progressives eye gains via fusion with Republicans, aiming to tip balance if close. assembly currently 104 Democrats, 42 Republicans, 4 Progressives.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Sulzer
Jeader
New York City
Assembly
Roosevelt
Harvester Case In Final Stages
In St Paul Minnesota Edwin P Grosvenor opened final arguments in the government suit to dissolve International Harvester as a Sherman Act monopoly. He urged dissolution to prevent consolidation by common stockholders and cited the rule of reason applied in recent Supreme Court cases against restraints of trade in harvesting implements.
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St Paul, Minn
International Harvester Company
Edwin P. Grosvenor
McReynolds
Grosvenor
International
Supreme Court
Gleason Named Chicago Chief of Police After Robbery Fight
Chicago Indiana newspaper reports James Gleason, captain of Shakespeare Avenue station, named chief of police by Mayor Harrison replacing John McWeeney who resigned. Gleason promoted under civil service. He led capture of Millers car barn robbers after a day long battle. Robbers Neidemeyer Marx and Vandine were executed.
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Chicago
James Gleason
Shakespeare Avenue
Harrison Today
John McWeeney
Gleason
Civil Service
Millers
Ind
Neidemeyer
Marx
Vandine
Massachuset's foreign corporation tax upheld by court
Washington, D. C. Nov 3 The Massachuset s foreign corporation tax today was upheld as constitutional by the supreme court. The decision allows the commonwealth to collect thousands of dollars in excise tax on Massachusetts business. Atlantic City N Y Nov 3 Mrs J W Lindell mother in law of John J McGraw manager of the New York Nationals died suddenly on the boardwalk returning from church where she attended mass. She had been ill of heart disease.
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Washington, D. C
Massachuset
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Wilson Eyes Currency Bill as Antitrust Progress Hope
President Wilson aims to push anti trust ideas after passing the currency bill. Election day nears with officials leaving state capitals for votes and Senate brief session. White House sends speakers to Massachusetts. McDonald discusses Michigan copper miners strike with the president, who says he will study the subject.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Wilson
Michigan
McDonald
Seven Killed in Auto Accidents Across Cities
Chicago and nearby towns report seven deaths and multiple injuries from automobile crashes as cold weather reduces traffic. Victims include A. J. Betts and his wife in Kansas, H. E. Hope in Oklahoma, and George W. Mason in Chicago. Incidents span Newton Kansas Fort Smith Arkansas Peru Indiana and Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Newton
Kan
Fort Smith
Ark
A. J. Betts
Lawrence
H. E. Hope
Sallisaw
Okla
William Etonmiller
Wabash
Ind
Raymond Lippert
Douglas Boulevard
Douglas Park
William H. Zimmerman
Peru
Anton la Belle
South State Street
West Jackson Boulevard
South Clark Street
Harry Rosenthal
Taylor Street
Russell Zimmerman
Milwaukee
A. Mueller
A. F. Betts
Leffert
George W. Mason
East Sixty-sixth Street
Mason
al Mueller
Mueller
Beneth
State's Witnesses in Dynamite Case
If the thirty union labor leaders convicted at Indianapolis last December in the dynamite conspiracy secure a new trial, the government's two chief witnesses will be Ortie McManigal and Herbert S. Hockin. These men stood high in the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' union until they confessed that they had blown up many bridges and buildings constructed by nonunion labor. They implicated many of the union's officials in their confessions.
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Indianapolis
Ortie McManigal
Herbert S. Hockin
Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers
One Man Dead in Steer Roundup in New York
New York November 3 police fired to stop a steer rush. George Beattie seated on an express wagon was killed by a stray bullet. Walter Wagenheim the waiter was wounded. A steer wrecked a car and struck another, toppled a policeman and was shot dead outside Cardinal Farley’s home.
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New York
West Side
George Beattie
Walter Wangenheim
Cardinal Farley
Edward Morris Dead Packer and Millionaire Leader Dies at 47
Edward Morris president of Morris & Co., packers, died at his home after a year long illness. A multi millionaire, he was among the world’s best known meat packers and eldest son of Nelson Morris. He left an estimated 30 to 50 million and was a major bank stock owner in Chicago. He married Helen L Swift in 1890.
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Chicago. I
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Packlers
Nelson Morris
Pioneer Packer
Morris
Helen L. Swift
Swift & Co
Manning editor commits suicide in his office
Carl Hasselman, editor of the Manning Herald, a well known figure in Iowa, shot himself dead today in his Manning office, ending his life by self inflicted action.
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Manning
Iowa
Carl Hasselman
The
Manning Herald
Bacon Backs President In Mexico Plan United States policy on Huerta urged
In Washington on November 3 Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bacon stated the administration’s Mexican policy would gain approval from Congress and the public. A letter urged non intervention and warned against conquest. The article notes plans to retire Huerta and seek a constitutional election with US support.
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Washington, D. C
American Congress
Senate
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Bristow
Mexico
United States
Huerta
Washington
Victoriano Huerta
Washington Administration
Europe
Mexico City
Boulder wrecks passenger train near Genoa Wisconsin
Le Crosse Wis Nov 3 Passenger train No 58 on the Chicago Burling ton Quincy left here at 11 last night and wrecked near Genoa at midnight when a locomotive struck a boulder dislodged by rains. Engineer Pratt of La Crosse probably fatally injured four Italian track laborers and a negro porter injured not fatally.
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le Crosse
Wis
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Genoa
Pratt
la Crosse
Pankhurst speaks in Chicago on militant suffrage war funds
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst told 3500 Chicagoans at the Auditorium about militant methods in England to win women’s rights. She urged compulsory enfranchisement, praised Chicago for acting against vice, and noted funds raised for the suffrage cause while denying threats to lives.
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Chicago
Ill
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
Harriette Taylor Treadwell
Chicago Political Equality League
United States
Mrs. Pankhurst
Wice
Bankers Guard In Car Strike At Indianapolis
Indianapolis on November 3 reports show no rush to resume street car service seized by a strike at Indianapolis Traction and Terminal. Bankers merchants and professionals to guard streets tonight. 200 business men summoned. A strikebreaker Isaac Fleischer 24 Philadelphia died after being shot during clashes. A striking motorman Joseph Johnson wounded by a policeman. Governor Ralston criticizes city police inaction while militia is not summoned. Socialist orators addressed crowds near car barns and state house.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Louisiana Street
Louisiana
Isaac Fleischer
Philadelphia
Lefty
Fleischer
Joseph Johnson
Johnson
Ralston
Hyland
State House
Change in law raises the age of consent to sixteen
The note mentions raising the legal age of consent to 16 and asks if two facts justify revolt, contrasting England with its infamous divorce laws and Parliament’s refusal to reform them despite women's prolonged protests.
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England
Final Thaw Brief Attacks Thaw in Extradition Case
The final brief for Harry Thaw resisting extradition from New Hampshire to New York was filed with Governor Felker. It argues the requisition violates practice rules, NY laws were violated in obtaining an indictment, and the action was not in good faith. It also assails Jerome's conduct and language at Felker's hearings as bullying and intimidation.
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Concord
N. Y
Harry Thaw
New Hampshire
New York
Felker
Jerome
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Chicago Cops
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Princess Victoria Louise
Prussia
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Joseph T. Bowen
Grace Wilbur
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