Fusion Candidate Faces Bitter Campaign Winds Down in New York
On Mitchel and Murphy clash in a mudslinging finish. Predictions of a Tammany landslide circulate from the Wigwam, yet Murphy offers no tangible victory evidence. Former Police Inspector McLaughlin and his son engage in a sharp verbal exchange as the combative campaign winds up.
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Good Grounds
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Tammany and Sulzer Face Decisive Campaign Night
A NY political skirmish unfolds as Tammany Hall and supporters rally around McCall while Gov Sulzer confronts impeachment risks and campaign scrutiny. The piece previews reactions, rival tactics, and the looming returns amid a charged atmosphere in New York politics.
Princess to Dance Tango In London Society
London on November 3 reports the tango spreading through British society. The dance moves from shock to acceptance with tango teas and afternoon dances. Professional teachers are invited to smart houses and even Queen Mary is said to have approved. Dancers travel to Spain South America Java and the South Seas to learn new steps. Reports note Javanese performances with mixed gender participation. The Nautch dance remains untaught in English drawing rooms but may follow.
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Fielder Stokes Vie For Jersey Governor In Tight Race
New Jersey voters head to polls with Governor race seen as a close contest between Democrat James Fielder and Republican Stokes. Tumulty predicts a 50 000 margin for Fielder though local observers expect a small plurality. Bets cite 2 to 1 or 10 to 6 against Stokes as the race remains nip and tuck.
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Jersey
Banquet Presentation Transforms Hotel Into Jungle Scene
Mr. and Mrs. E T Stotesbury hosted an opulent banquet after the opera season opening. The Bellevue-Stratford ball room was decorated as a Brazilian jungle with electric fountains, tropical palms, and orange trees. Guests included cast members from La Tosca and patrons. the event referenced a prior Barnyard spectacle by the Stotesburys.
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Don’t Care a Hoot Major Gillette Bill Withdrawn
The Senate withdrew a bill to reinstate Maj Gillette to the army with lieutenant colonel rank after he criticized President Wilson and Secretary Bryan over Mexico policy. Gillette said he would not seek another reinstatement bill and defended his public criticisms as necessary.
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Brunswick Welcomes Duke Entry Sparking German Empire Loyalty
Crowds cheered the young Duke Ernest August of Cumberland and Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia as they arrived in Brunswick for the state entry. Weather was poor but did not dampen enthusiasm. the royal couple rode in a state coach with eight horses, followed by cavalry, and the Duke gave a throne speech reaffirming loyalty to the German Empire before cabinet members and deputies.
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Meteorite Fell in Maiden Park Near Malden Men Affected
John McDonald and Frank Butler of Malden say a space visitor passed within feet, erupted fumes, and buried itself in the earth at Craddock park Maiden. They reported nausea and singed eyebrows. Tufts and Harvard scientists will excavate the meteorite for study.
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Sir Horace Humbold Dies After Short Illness
English diplomat Sir Horace Humbold, last posted as ambassador at Vienna, died in Leamington after a brief illness. He was aged 62 and had been married twice, his first wife being Miss Caroline Harrington of Washington, daughter of George Harrington.
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Slayer-Victim's Confession Ties Barr and Mrs Lake
Dallas reports Meade Barr admits killing Miss Florence Brown after a July 28 real estate office attack. He claims an accomplice gave him $100, with Mrs Ellis M Lake charged with aiding and abetting. Lake, 25, lived with Barr near Barr’s sister, as detectives probe Barr’s confession notes.
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Taxi Drivers Strike Ties Philadelphia Election Eve
Philadelphia on election eve and opera season opening saw a general taxicab strike. Union leaders had demanded 250 dollars a day instead of 26 percent of gross receipts and ordered drivers out at dusk after the demand was rejected. The union reported 0 members joined the walkout at a mass meeting.
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Shots at steers kill man on West Side street
In a fusillade of shots by police to halt sixteen escaped steers from a railroad stock pen on the West Side early today, a man named George Beattie was killed after a stray bullet struck his brain while he toppled from an express wagon. Walter Wangenhaim, a waiter, was wounded by a bullet in the foot.
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White House currency caucus looms over Senate action
President Wilson hints at party discipline to push the currency bill after Tuesday elections. Senators Owen Overman and Thomas confer with him on currency and caucus plans while Republicans warn against rushed action. The president opposes the four regional bank plan and delays antitrust moves until the currency issue clears.
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Drug Robbery and Stripping Alarm Martinsburg Judge
New York dispatch reports Circuit Court Judge Harry Smith Thompson of Martinsburg West Virginia in Bellevue Hospital after being drugged and robbed. He could only murmur his name and claim he was from West Virginia before identification by Mrs Thompson and brother L H Smith. His brother says he left home last Monday. Baron von Berkheim, German embassy attache in Washington, booked passage on the Kaiser Wilhelm II sailing tomorrow.
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Earth Shaken at Newport R I and State Rumblings
Special to The Washington Post Newport Rhode Island reports a loud rumble today between 10:15 and 10:20 lasting several seconds with window rattling and building jarring. Other parts of the state describe a rumbling resembling distant heavy-gun discharge.
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Pity for Mexican Women Raises Slavery Images in Mexico
Mrs. Lind, visiting from Minneapolis, reports abject conditions for Mexican women and peons under hacienda slave labor with drivers, whips, and guns. She notes harems among the wealthy, calls a Minnesota American haciendado a traitor, and cites Gamboa as the brains of Huerta’s administration amid political talk.
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Spanish Officer Executed for Murder of Landowner
Madrid reports Capt Manuel Sanchez shot by firing squad at dawn for the murder of Don Garcia Jason, a wealthy landowner slain after winning about $1,000 at cards. The officer, condemned after a court martial following a confessional tale by Louise Sanches, said to be his daughter, and who received twelve years for complicity. Jason vanished weeks after the card win. evidence tied his enticement to Sanchezs flat and the body was cut up and disposed into a nearby sewer.
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McManigal Leaves Jail On Reported Release
Los Angeles November 3 Orrego McManigal, the dynamiter who aided the McNamara brothers and 343 other union officials to Leavenworth, left his county jail cell at 2 pm and had not returned by nightfall. District Attorney John D. Fredericka said no freedom grant had been made but would not explain the permit to depart.
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Diplomatic Ultimatum Pushes Huerta to Decide
Provisional President Huerta faces two choices after Washington’s ultimatum demanding his resignation and barring him from naming his successor or any allied officials. Hanes of the State Department relay the demand via Nelson O Shaughnessy to Huerta, with no reply as yet. Washington signals support for Carranza and hints at possible recognition delays for any new government. Ministers abroad leave Vera Cruz as U S battleship Michigan sails, while rebels threaten Zacatecas and disrupt rail service with hangings for railway workers.
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Bryan Refuses Comment On Ultimatum
Dispatches from Mexia city were read to Secretary Bryan by telephone early this morning. He showed interest but offered no official comment. Officials expected news developments and planned to stay up late to receive further dispatches as night telegraph operations continued through the evening.
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