Strikes and Transit Collapse Prompt Subway Surge
New York transit firms rejected a public service commission settlement offer and kept operating on the current basis as streetcar lines faced severe congestion. Passengers crowded platforms, with few surface cars running and cops stationed on rooftops amid fears of violence. Detectives probed a suspected explosive plot found near the Brooklyn Bureau Hall station, later discarded into the East River.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit
New York Railways Company
Public Service Commission
Sunway
Elevated
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Tomorrrow
Mitchel
Whitman
New York Motor Bus Company, Incorporated
Board of Estimates
Brooklyn
Interborough
Bureau Hall
Bureau of Combustiles
East River
Obituary notices for Samuel W. Rogers and several Texas deaths
Samuel W. Rogers died Tuesday morning and his funeral is set for Thursday at 10 from his father’s residence with Rev. Weddell and Rev. Gallagher officiating. Pallbearers named, burial at Mission Burial Park. Surviving sister Mrs. Ward Suter of Pittsburgh. Also listed are obituaries for Mrs. A. E. Bedwell, Mrs. E. L. Colbert, D. B. Posey, and W. F. Hughes with funeral details, church affiliations, and interment at Mission Burial Park or City Cemetery No. 1.
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Samuel W. Rogers
Samuel Rogers
Upson Street
Charles W. Weddell
Travis Park
Tony Castanola
Mission Burial Park
A. E. Bedwell
Brenham
John W. Bedwell
Mexico
George W. Bedwell
San Antonio
I. B. Langford
Sloan & Hagg Undertaking
J. M. Todd
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
E.L. Colbert
E. L. Colbert
Milam Street
Trenton
Chapel of the Waters Undertaking Company
City Cemetery No
D. B. Posey
Sharer Street
Tennessee
A. B. Posey
Wakerman, Ariz
William Bothe
Conrad Reichert
R. W. Koggs
Ludwig Undertaking Company
City Cemetery No. 1
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co provides automobile equipment and related services in an advertisement. The notice lists contact Roth at 971 for inquiries and purchases.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Roth
Waddell Takes Charge of Strike Breakers in New York
James T. Waddell, renowned strikebreaker, arrives in New York to command crews hired to break the elevated, subway, and surface car strikes. He traveled from Chicago in twenty hours on a special train costing over $3000, with rapid segments between Toledo and Sandusky and other cities. Waddell reportedly earned about a half million dollars from breaking the copper miners’ strike in Calumet and Houghton, Michigan, years earlier.
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James T. Waddell
New York
Waddell
Chicago
Toledo
Sandusky
Calumet
Houghton
Mich
Republicans Base Fight on Mexico
Washington DC September 13 Republicans plan to intensify attacks on President Wilson's Mexico policy. The campaign handbook catalogues charges and quotes Hughes and Roosevelt. It includes Lodge's The Story of Mexico and a Mexican catechism with caustic Q and A and reviews Lind’s mission and Lansing’s note to Carranza.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Hughes
Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Diaz
John Lind
Wilson
Congress
Minnesota
Senor
Federico Gamboa
Huerta
Bryan
Lind
Lansing
Carranza
Daylight burglar captured after failed break-in
A 35 year old man was caught breaking into Fred Sharber’s home at 817 Paul Street Wednesday afternoon. Miss Or R Montez flagged the attempt from 1018 Kota Street. Fred Bell seized a shotgun and detained the intruder until Motorcycle Officers Subira and Kohr arrived. The suspect was taken to central station after refusing to talk.
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Fred Sharber
Paul Street
Sharber
Central Station
Typhoid Reports Rise Across Texas Health Officials Warn
Reports of typhoid in many Texas areas reach the state health department as Dr. W. B. Collings notes cases show no major rise but warn an epidemic could occur without precautions such as typhoid serum. Suit Over U P Bond Issue in Missouri seeks review of a 2.5 million bond plan for Union Pacific before securities issuance.
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Austin
Tex
State Health Department
W. B. Collings
Texas
U. P
Jefferson City
State Public Service Commission
Jackson County
Kansas City
Union Pacific Company
Supreme Court
Roll Your Own Bull Durham Cigarettes Becomes Trend
The ad touts rolling your own cigarettes with Bull Durham tobacco as the latest style for American smokers. It claims connoisseurship in rolling and urges readers to obtain a 5 cent sack and free papers, noting Durham, North Carolina as the source and offering a free booklet.
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Maine
California
Durham
N. C
Richard Mader Hurt in Motorcycle Truck Collision
Richard Mader a machinist for R H Hofheinz living at 10 Oriental street was severely injured in a Wednesday morning collision between his motorcycle and an army truck in the 900 block of North Hackberry street. He was taken to Fort Sam Houston hospital in serious condition with truck number and driver identified. c G Carttar suffered a minor jitney knockdown at Houston and Navarro streets but declined further injury. PD D Garza driver of the jitney was arrested for reckless driving.
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Richard Mader
R. H. Hofheinz
Oriental Street
North Hackberry Street
Mader
Fort Sam Houston
C. G. Carttar
Garza Street
Houston
Navarro
PD. D. Garza
South Presa Street
Farm Loan Board Schedule Expands Hearings in Midwest
The Farm Loan Board plans multiple hearings in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri with two sessions in Kansas and Nebraska cities. Secretary McAdoo says more Texas cities may host hearings later, and that all cities in the visited states and surrounding areas are invited to be heard at the most convenient locations.
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Washington, D. C
Farm Loan Board
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Austin
McAdoo
Farm Loan Bank
Topeka
Hutchinson
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
South
Middle Western
Washington
Fie
Manufactures Association Discusses City Charter Amendments
The San Antonio Manufacturers and Jobbers Association met Tuesday night at headquarters with President G S McElroy presiding. Secretary C C Leel was absent attending the Fredericksburg fair as representative of the club. Little business was transacted as the session focused on the city charter and the need for amendments.
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San Antonio
Quebec Bridge Span Fall Accepted by Company
The St Lawrence Bridge Company notified the Canadian government it accepts full responsibility for the Quebec bridge span collapse. It will replace the span and complete the bridge soon, with no plan to raise the fallen section as rebuilding is cheaper.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence
War Time Games in Paris
Children in Paris enact war plays reflecting World War I service. Girls fill Red Cross roles nursing imagined wounded, while others dream of carrying toy muskets. The piece notes many youths have relatives at the front and questions the fairness of war even in play.
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Cartoons Magazine
Lyceum
Willette
Rue Saint
Red Cross
San Antonio & Northwestern Railroad Lets Stock Sale for War Era Road
The San Antonio and Northwestern Railroad Company secures the Western Construction Company to build from San Antonio to San Angelo via Medina Lake Bandera Medina City Rock Springs Sonora Eldorado. It plans stock sales to National Guardsmen with no bond issue and expects strong regional backing, aiming first to reach Medina Lake and earn 10 to 12 percent on cost.
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Western Construction Company
Construction Company
San Antonio
San Antonio & Northwestern
San Angelo
Medina Lake
Bandera
Medina City
Rock Springs
Sonora
Eldorado
Army
National Guard
A. A. Luther
San Antonio & Northwestern Railroad Company
National Guards
Texas
Southern Department
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