Indianapolis Street Car Strike Brings Police Levees and Guards
In Indianapolis on November 4, public order was in focus as the entire police force was on duty during a street car strike. Special deputies under Sheriff Portteus were deployed to maintain order while Robert L Todd of the company said service would not resume. A warning urged dealers in arms not to sell to unlicensed persons with the mayor urging calm and restraint. The strike breakers were briefly manning cars before being recalled to the barns.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Spe
Portteus
Robert L Tood
Roads seek relief on fertilizer rate dispute
Complaint filed with the interstate commerce commission by the Virginia Chemical Company and the Tennessee Mining and Manufacturing Company charges freight rates on phosphate rock used for fertilizer from Oreburg, Tenn., to Shreveport. Named carriers include Louisville and Nashville, St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern, and Texas and Pacific.
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Washington
Comecs
Vir Chemical Company
Tenon
Eckman’s Alterative Touted By Mother Stanislaus Recovery
A Convent testimonial from Mother Stanislaus of Sanford Florida claims Eckman’s Alterative cured severe throat and lung conditions over ten months after doctors advised an operation. The letter cites bronchitis asthma stubborn colds and general upbuilding of the system and urges readers to contact Eckman Laboratory for a recovery booklet.
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Eckman
St. Anne
Sanford
Fla
Peekskin
N. Y
M. Stanislaus
Philadelphia
Chinese studying American ideas amid reform push
The Chinese government dispatches Lo Tong Hu Chen Shin and Far Sung to study U S judicial systems with focus on judges prisons and reformatories. They report on potential legislation and note a shift from decapitation to shooting and interest in electric executions.
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Associated Press
New York
Lo Tong
Hu Chen Shin
Far Sung
Europe
Messia
Far
United States
Ministry of Justice
Tien Tsin University
Imperial Japanese University
Department of Finance
Commission
Rich man versus poor man in Scranton mayoral race
In Scranton Pennsylvania the mayoral contest pits William G. O Malley the poor man’s candidate against Edmund B Jermyn the coal operator and millionaire. Suffragists pledge to back the silk stocking candidate and the anti suffrage group opens headquarters in the city. Jermyn reportedly spent 17000 for his nomination. An audit demand by O Malley forces failed. Also ad for Crown screenings featuring Florence Roberts and Shelby Hull runs Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 cents.
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William G. O'Malley
Edmund B. Jermyn
Scranton
O'Malley
Pennsylvania
Anti-Suffrage Association
Jermyn
Florence Roberts
Shelby Hull
ONeal to Address Birmingham at Land Congress
Governor ONeal travels from Montgomery to Birmingham to deliver the welcome address at the Alabama Land Congress annual convention. He is expected to meet with friends on official matters during the visit.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Birmingham
Alabama Land Congress
Conference invite for food and drug officials in Washington
Commissioner of Agriculture R F Kolb was invited by Dr Carl L Alsberg to attend a national and state food dairy and drug officials conference in Washington on November 14 and 15. Topics include cooperative work and uniform standards. Co operative H Billingsley will likely attend. a committee aims to urge Congress to modify the drug and food act to discontinue drug tolerances.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. F. Kolb
Carl L. Alsberg
Federal Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
D. C
Co. H. Billingsley
Pure Food Department
American Association of Dairy, Food and Drugs
Congress
Colds on Street Cars Warn Readers to Wrap Up
An article urges riders to wear wraps to avoid catching cold when riding streetcars. It notes cooling from movement, sitting, and diurnal shifts can trigger colds and related illnesses. It recommends Peruna at first symptoms, citing a Manchester New Hampshire reader's endorsement.
Cavalry Troops Ready to Move From Fort Sheridan
Acting on war department orders four troops of the Fifteenth United States cavalry will depart Fort Sheridan for El Paso Texas next Friday. The move follows directions issued in Washington several days ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
War Department
Washington
Fifteenth United States Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
el Raso
Tex
Troop Squadron Delays Departure From Fort Leavenworth
Preparations were under way at Fort Leavenworth for the second squadron Fifteenth United States Cavalry to depart for Fort Huachuca Arizona. The move follows a War Department order of October 29 relieving a Fifth Cavalry squadron at Huachuca and sending the latter to Fort Leavenworth. The unit consists of four troops and about 250 men and officers.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kas
Fort Leavenworth
Fifteenth United States Cavalry
Fort ‘Huachuca
Ariz
War Department
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Thaw Extradition Fight Faces New Attack in New York
Judge William M. Chase, Thaw's counsel, accuses New York attorneys of subterfuge in seeking Thaw’s extradition from Pennsylvania to Matteawan. The dispute centers on the intent to punish an alleged insane man rather than protect the public. Jerome will file no papers for the petition, with Felker’s decision awaited late this week.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Felker
William M. Chase
Thaw
Chase
New York County
Matteawan
Pennsylvania
William Traverse Jerome
Priest Declines Pension To Sell Newspapers
Rev. Michael C. Pyplatz longtime pastor of St. Joseph Polish Catholic church near Armitage avenue and Forty-Eighth street Chicago decides to stop taking a $60 monthly pension from a benevolent association while able to work. He plans to sell papers on Chicago streets with an inscription noting his thirty years of service.
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Chicago
Michael C. Pyplatz
St. Joseph Polish Catholic Church
Father Pyplatz
St. Joseph Church
Armitage Avenue
Forty-Eighth Street
Carranza Calls US Intervention a Great Mistake
General Carranza, leader of the Constitutionalists in Nogales, says armed intervention by the United States or any power would be a great mistake after receiving dispatches from Mexico City about the US ultimatum demanding Huerta's immediate retirement.
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Associated. Press
Nogales
Sonora
United States
Carranza
Constitutionalists
Mexico City
Huerta
American Author Pierce Collier Dies in Denmark
Pierce B. Collier American author aged 53 died suddenly in Copenhagen while visiting Count Weddel. He lived at Tuxedo Park New York and planned a book on Scandinavia. The death due to heart disease was unexpected as he prepared to tour Sweden and Norway. Mrs Collier and their son are in Paris. the son is with the embassy staff and expected to handle arrangements.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
Pierce B. Collier
Count Weddel
Collier
Tuxedo Park
N.Y
Scandinavia
Sweden
Norway
Four Injured When Train Hits Open Switch
Elizabeth Tenn November 4 A Virginia and Southwestern Railway passenger train struck an open switch injuring three passengers and a trainman The injured are William Peyton of Clinton Indiana Mrs J In Johnson of Norton Virginia and James Stout of Elizabethton Tennessee.
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Elizabeth
Tenn
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Here
William ‘Peyton
Clinton, Ind
J. In Johnson
Norton, Va
James Stout
Pape's Diapepsin Digest Food Quick Relief
Pape's Diapepsin claims to neutralize stomach acid, stop fermentation, and relieve dyspepsia and sour stomach within five minutes. The ad promotes quick digestion of any food, with a fifty cent price and drugstore availability.
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Pape
Trainmen Hold Aloof From Enginemen Wage Demand
Chicago dispatch reports the Order of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will not join enginemen and firemen in wage demand talks. A. F. Whitney, VP of trainmen, says no wage request was taken up and doubts any demand will arise. Enginemen and firemen plan a meeting next Monday to consider pay requests, while officials warn against asking for higher wages.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A.F. Whitney
Whitney
Pavlova Dances Again in New York Met Opera Debut
Pavlova the Russian dancer and her company opened their second American season with a Met Opera House performance in New York. Principal male dancers Novikoff Zailish and Cecchetti appeared alongside her after a three year Europe absence.
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Associated Press
New York
Pavlova
Metropolitan Opera House
Europe
Novikoff
Zailish
Cecchetti
Dansuese
Newlands arbitration bill debated by Federation of Labor
Seattle date line reports the railway department of the Federation of Labor met to consider the Newlands arbitration bill. The group asks the American Federation of Labor to aid in extending the bill to include shopmen alongside operating department workers.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Railway Department
The
Federation of Labor
Newlands
American Federation of Labor
Boy severely burned playing with matches in Alabama
Montgomery report says Jimmie Lee three-year-old son of J D Lee in precarious condition after burning himself Sunday afternoon. He crawled under the house with matches, clothing caught fire, a neighbor rescued him, but the boy was wrapped in flames and remains unconscious when a physician arrived.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jimmie Lee
J. D. Lee
Lee
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