Bitter fight ends Tuesday in New York
New York Citys mayoralty race nears its close with McCall and Mitchel vying for the mayoral job. Sulzer presses allegations against McCall over letters claiming to buy support and derail impeachment, while Hennessy and Whitman pursue investigations into graft and suppression of testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Edward E. McCall
Tammany
John Purroy Mitchel
William Sulzer
Assembly
McCall
Charles I’. Murphy
Sulzer
Frederick Feigel
Suizer
Albany County
High Court
East Side
Hennessy
State Assembly
Metropolis
John R. Voorhees
Voters Leave Capital Ahead of Election Day
Washington officials headed home as elections loom tomorrow. Senate had a brief session, bank committee did not meet, and the House did not convene. President Wilson plans to vote in New Jersey and return, hoping the results spur administration legislation. The currency bill and national issues dominate in New Jersey and Maryland with manyAdministration speakers in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Senate
Banking Committee
House
Wilson
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Whirlwind Finish Marks Close of Massachusetts Campaign
Boston, Nov 3. The closing day of the state campaign found four leading candidates for governor continuing their efforts and predicting victory. Governor Eugene N. Foss, a three time elected official, remained active as the campaign moved toward final results.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Eugene N. Foss
Weather Temperature Report for Nevada and Missouri
Weather records show evening temperatures around 69 in one location and 66 in another with late night readings near 96. The data lists hourly observations from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. and early morning values around 3 a.m. with forecasted drops into the 60s and 80s across regions.
Local forecast for San Antonio region
Tonight and Tuesday unsettled conditions move through the area with cooler temperatures expected Tuesday. Expect possible showers or drizzle, variable winds, and a drop in high temperatures from today’s levels. Remaining coastal and inland pockets may see scattered activity.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather roundup for tourists across major cities
Observations show common conditions with cloudy skies and moderate to brisk winds. St Louis and Chicago report 50 degrees with southwest winds. Milwaukee 44 and clear later, St Paul 44 with northwest wind. Kansas City 50 with possible rain. New York 42 and warmer. Boston 46 warmer. Washington 82 with west wind and warmer, all noting historically low temperatures around the 40s or 30s depending on city.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington, D. C
Politicians Continue Campaigning Across Towns
In Philadelphia on November 3, Fusion forces and regular Republicans traded statements claiming they would win county offices and control city councils. Local activity centered on mayoral race contenders and nonpartisan Superior Court candidates with limited statewide action.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Election Eve Quiet Amid Registration Claims
In Trenton on November 3, the eve of statewide voting, New Jersey remains quiet with some false registration charges in big cities. Democratic candidate James F. Fielder, Republican Edwin C. Stokes, and Progressive Everett Colby kept up campaign efforts as polls approach.
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Allet
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
James F. Fielder
Edwin C. Stokes
Everett Colby
Possible Showers Today Forecast by Local Meteorologist
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau notes unsettled conditions with possible showers and a nonpromising rain outlook. He predicts warmer tonight, cooler tomorrow, and a broad low-pressure area extending from Mexico to the Canadian northwest may bring variable clouds and rain, mostly in Mexico and West Texas.
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Allen Buell
Mexico
Canadian
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
How Would You Like a Suburban Home
Real estate ad listing suburban home opportunities from The Light Classified Advertisements. It promotes home selling via Light Want Ads and cites wide circulation in San Antonio and Southwest Texas. Rates for small ad insertions are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Light
San Antonio
Texas
the Light
Indianapolis Street Car Strike Triggers Guard Calls
Indiana capital braces as the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal strike halts streetcar service. Police guard strike breakers while bankers merchants and professionals prepared to patrol streets to prevent property damage. Sheriff Porteus summons 200 business leaders to report for guard duty. clashes flare at car barns and unions discuss broader strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company
Louisiana
Porteus
James A. Allison
Indianapolis Speedway
Fred M. Ayers
Harry Atkins
William OH. Brown
C. C. Hanch
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas C. Howe
Butler College
Doctors to Be Honored at First Convocation in Chicago
Three government surgeons general Charles F. Stokes George H. Torney and Rupert Blue will be named fellows of the American College of Surgeons at the convocation in Chicago November 30. The honor goes to 5000 physicians for scientific achievement and ethical standing. The college, formed in May, aims to shield the public from unethical medical practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Charles F. Stokes
Navy
George H. Torney
Army
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
American College of Surgeons
Chicago
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of London
Oil Wells Burn in Moreni Fire Scare
A fire outbreak in the Moreni petroleum district near Bucharest has blackened a valley as 25 wells erupt and burn. An estimated loss reaches 5 000 000 dollars as fires spread from a large exploded well across the hillsides, hampering firefighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Moreni
Gleason Named Chicago Police Chief After McWeeney Resigns
James Gleason, captain of the Shakespeare Avenue station, was appointed chief of police by Mayor Harrison, replacing John McWeeney who resigned. Gleason was promoted under civil service rules and is noted for capturing the car barn robbers after an all day battle at Millers, Indiana.
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Gleason
Chicago Police
Chicago
James Gleason
Shakespeare Avenue
Harrison
John McWeeney
Civil Service
Millers, Ind
Spanish Officer Executed for Murder in Madrid
In Madrid on November 3 a firing squad executed Captain Manuel Sanchez a Spanish army officer found guilty of murdering Don Garcia Jalon a wealthy landowner last May. The crime followed the confession of Luisa Sanchez said to be his daughter who was convicted as his accomplice to 12 years in prison.
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Madrid
Manuel Sanchez
Don Garcia Jalon
Young widow held on murder charge in Dallas case
Ellie M. Lake a Dallas widow faces a murder charge by aiding and abetting Meade Barr in the July killing of Florence Brown. Barr confessed after arriving from Jeffersonville reformatory, saying Miss Brown’s final words spurred his account. The grand jury probes continue as Barr may be brought back to Dallas. Lake remains jailed and her parents visited.
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Dallas
Tex
Meade Barr
Florence Brown
Ellie M. Lake
Barr
Miss Brown
Jeffersonville
Ind
Jesus
Grand Jury
Lake
Samuel Werkheiser
Waco
Commerce
Fairgrounds
Exposition Avenue
Texas & Pacific
St. Louis
Indiana
Final Thaw Briefs Challenge Extradition From New Hampshire
The final brief for Harry K. Thaw challenges New York extradition terms. It argues the requisition violates practice rules and New York indicted unlawfully. It claims the governor Felker was intimidated by aggressive language and that the brief lacks good faith.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
New York
Telker
Felker
Vegetables Suggested to Hold Hotel Meat Costs in Missouri
At the Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Hotel Men's Association opening in Excelsior Springs officials discussed cutting meat use to curb living costs. Berney Alsky of Kansas City said the heavy meat menus keep prices high and diners would accept alternatives. Proposals included soda fountains and low price lunch counters in first class hotels.
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Excelsior Springs
Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Hotel Mens’ Association
Berney Alisky
Kansas City
Dry Dock Planned to House 1000 Foot Ship in New York
The New York dock department moves to build a large dry dock on the South Brooklyn waterfront to service the upcoming 1000 foot ship. The project cost is about 2.5 million dollars and the city owned land has sat unused for seven years. The department believes the dock will be self-sustaining.
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New York
Boston
Dock Department of
Brooklyn
Court Upholds Massachusetts Foreign Corporation Tax
Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds the foreign corporation tax as constitutional allowing the state to collect excise taxes on out of state businesses operating in Massachusetts. Several firms challenged it as an interstate commerce interference while the court and dissenters weighed in.
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Washington, D. C
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Day
Whyte
Vandeventer
Government seeks injunction to dissolve International Harvester
In St Paul on November 3 a U S district court heard final arguments in the Sherman act case to dissolve International Harvester Company as a monopoly. Government lawyers led by Attorney General McReynolds argued the 1902 formed firm controlled about 80 percent of the harvesters market and must be disintegrated to restore competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
United States District Court
International Harvester Company
Robert 8
Taylor
McReynolds
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Joseph R. Darling
Department of Justice
the Harvester Company
William D. McHugh
Omaha
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Edgar A. Bancroft
John P. Wilson
Philip A. Post
Victor A. Remy
William Stilwell
Chicago
United States
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
George W. Perkins
Harvester Company
Cyrus H. McCormick
Charles Deering
John J. Glessner
William H. Jones
J. P. Morgan & Co
W. C. Lane
Standard Trust Company of
New York
MoeCormick and
Perkins
Lane
New Jersey
Murder charge filed against boy in Castillo killing
Arthur W. Carlson, 20, from Galesburg Illinois, is charged with murder in the October 22 Castillo shooting in this city. He allegedly confessed after detectives traced a felt hat near the crime scene and was remanded to jail without bail. The case goes to the November grand jury.
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Arthur W. Carlson
Campbell's
Carlson
Antonio
Galesburg
Ill
Antonio Castillo
Castillo
el Paso
South
Pecos
City Detective Bureau
J. J. Lawrence
Christmas Gift Campaign Spreads in New York
The Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving led by Mrs. O H Belmont and Miss Anne Morgan gains momentum as department store workers join a crusade against needless gifts. A rally is planned for November as the movement echoes the safe and sane Fourth campaign. Gates Funeral Held for Charles G Gates in New York after a hunting trip death. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery beside his father John W Gates.
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New York
Navy
Society For the Prevention of
O. H. P. Belmont
Anne Morgan
Gates
Charles G. Gates
Wyoming
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodlawn
John W. Gates
Lane to Open East Texas Fair in Pittsburg Camp County
Comptroller Lane returned from Dallas and Fort Worth and will depart Wednesday for Pittsburg Camp County to formally open the East Texas fair.
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Lane
Austin
Tex
Dallas
Fort Worth
Pittsburg
Camp County
Woods Case Taken Up in Fort Worth Court
Federal Court convened in Fort Worth Texas to take up the case against Mike L Woods former vice president of the State National Bank now accused of embezzling thousands of dollars.
Wilson Plans Anti-Trust Drive After Currency Bill
President Wilson said he would not push anti-trust legislation until the currency bill passes and will keep currency central. Close associates describe his plan as an anti-trust program armed to the teeth while he opposes the Senate amendment for four regional banks and insists on preserving the Glass bill with some debated parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Beame
Roads to be improved in Travis county on Texas Good Roads Day
Several hundred members of the Young Men's Business Club and Austin citizens will don overalls on Wednesday to work Travis county roads led by the Fiskville road as the main project. Women of Austin plan to provide food for the workers and farmers along the road will offer lodging and aid.
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Austin
Tex
Young Men's Business Club
Travis County
Fiskville
War Plans Completed For 500000 Man Readiness
The Army Ordnance Department finishes a six year effort led by Lt. Col. J. T. Thompson under Brig. Gen. William Crozier to outline plans to arm and equip 500000 men at a moment’s notice in the event of war with a first class power.
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Washington, D. C
Army Ordnance Department
J. T. Thompson
Ordnance Department
William Crozier
Bureau
Thompson
Sausage Found Pure in San Antonio Analysis
State Pure Food Commissioner Abbott announced six sausage meat samples from San Antonio butchers were absolutely pure and free of preservatives. He credited inspectors and health authorities for the clean result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Abbott
San Antonio
Poker Killing on Texas Farm Ends in Death
In McKinney Texas Will Mitchell a Black man killed Charlie Reed and an unidentified Mexican and wounded another Mexican in a farm poker quarrel. T J Wherry and his son Roy Wherry pursued and killed Mitchell claiming self defense. Both were released on $500 bond.
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Mckinney
Tex
Charlie Reed
Will Mitchell
T. J. Wherry
Roy Wherry
Wilson Appoints Montana Man to Assistant Attorney General
President Wilson nominated William Wallace Jr. of Helena Montana to be assistant attorney general.
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Wilson
Montana
Washington, D. C
William Wallace Jr
Helena
Gene Ie
Diplomat Talks in Republic May Aim to Lift Arms Embargo
Reports from John Lind after talks in Vera Cruz with Russian German and Norwegian ministers to Mexico suggest a lack of consensus with the United States on Mexico policy. Officials say published intervention forecasts are not justified and Washington will consider any formal Constitutionalists’ request to lift the arms embargo.
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Washington
D. C
John Lind
Vera Crus
Mexico
Wilson
United States
Robert V.ra
Janza
Itea
Bryan
Henry Allen Tupper
International Peace Forum
Nebraska
Mexican
Atlantic
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Hamm
Durango
American Congress
Senate
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Bristow
Congress
Washington Administration
Victoriano Huerta
Huerta
Hus
Great Secrecy Observed Constitutionalists Active in Southern Sonora
In Nogales Sonora reports indicate ongoing clashes near Cullloa between Federals and nationalists under General with substantial Banco Nacional deposits involved. Details are fragmented. continuation appears on later pages.
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Sonora
Sinaloa
Nogales
Cullloa
Banco Nacional
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David I. Walsh
Charless. Bird
Augustus P. Gardner
Harvester Trust
U. S
J. C. McReynolds
Uncle Sam
Republic May
The
Lind
Pesquiera
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