Battle over honor ends in fatal fight at Naval Academy
Midshipman Meriwether and Branch fought a two dozen round contest over authority and class pride while in pajamas setting off a clash that led to Branch’s cerebral hemorrhage and death. Meriwether awaits court martial as Navy officials probe code of honor and hazing.
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Teanc
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Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Judge Advocate General's Department
Sends
Congress
Ira E. Bennett
Rival to Panama Canal Plan Revealed
Mexico City dispatch says Great Britain and Japan plan a joint ship canal across Nicaragua. Britain would supply capital and Japan labor for a route deemed by engineers as the only practicable alternative to the Panama project. The Mexican Herald reports governments have practically decided on the proposal.
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Mexican Herald
Great Britain
Japan
Nicaragua
Captured by mob in Atlanta over alleged assault
Atlanta police rescued T Z Justice a white man captured by a mob of negroes noon today charged with criminal assault on a negro girl. The crowd grew to more than a thousand as lynching was demanded. He was taken to police headquarters for safety. Ferniture Sale Today. A large shipment of household and office furniture offered at sale starting 6. Floor two. Libbey & Co. at 6th and New York cited.
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T. Z. Justice
Justice
Hamilton Must Account For Cash Demands From Insurance Inquiry
New York November 18 John A McCall president of New York Life denied policy of keeping Andrew Hamilton abroad. Committee demanded Hamilton return to the United States and account for funds. Testimony outlined rebates to Hegeman of Metropolitan Life by Vermilye Co and Reade Co. Also details on loans and real estate holdings.
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Metropolitan Life
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Hyde
New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Armstrong Committee of Insurance
Europa
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New York Life
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Nauheim
Johm R Hegeman
The
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Metropolitan
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Silas B. Dutober
Veemilye & Co
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William A. Reade & Co. Mr. Reade Was A Witness Today, and Said That Mr. Hegeman
Vermilye & Co
Passenger Trains Crash Near Nottingham Oxford Pa
A head-on collision on the Baltimore Central division of the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad near Nottingham caused one death and serious injuries to two engineers, Wesley Beattie and Elwood Lindsay, with a fireman Howard Floyd also injured. Beattie died trapped between locomotive and tender while Lindsay and Floyd escaped. Passengers were shaken but unharmed. A passenger, Miss Mary Guesple, sister of Mrs John Rogers Peale, is mentioned in connection with recent events. The southbound express was to take a siding but the siding end was blocked by freight cars, leading to the crash.
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Elwood Lindsay
Perryville
Anles
Woward Floyd
West Grove
Burt
Philadelphia
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Floyd
Beattie
Mary Guesple
John Rogers Peale
Tien Chow
Dissolved By Court over Stetson Morita Case in Cincinnati
Meeks Company of Jersey City filed in federal court to stop Joan B Stetson of Cincinnati from taking a rival position after quitting a five year metal signs sales contract. Judge Thompson dissolved a temporary restraining order finding no special or unique qualifications justify enforcement. case to be heard on its merits with testimony.
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Cincinnati
Washington Post
Ohio
Meeks Company
Jersey City
Joan B. Stetson
Thompson
Mine shaft collapse in Orie Fontein claims sixty eight lives
A vertical shaft at the Orie Fontein Mine in Johannesburg Transvaal Colony collapsed killing one white man and sixty seven natives. Reports state rescue efforts were ongoing as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Transvaal Colony
Orie- Fontein
McClellan Emerges as Key Figure in Tammany Reorg Effort
New York dated Nov 12 reports a movement to reorganize Tammany Hall and retire Charles F Murphy amid bitter criticism of his campaign management. McClellan is praised for saving the day and is seen as future leader, with Sullivan faction and Ahearn controlling patronage likely backing him. McClellan files a certificate denying campaign spending, while Parker and attorneys prepare for county canvassers meeting.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
McClellan
Tammany
Atlantis City
Ahearn
Mannat‘dan
Sullivan Wing
Sullivans
Jerome Indorsed
Alton B. Parker
Board of County
Parker
Court of Appeals
Six Indicted For Fraud In New York Elections
Eight indictments in New York election fraud cases were returned by the grand jury, with six bench warrants issued. The defendants, all already under arrest, face charges of illegal voting. John Krup among the indicted has indicated statements suggesting a more important offender may be identified. A joint ballot reform committee, including members from the City Club Reform Club Citizens Union Independent Club and other regions, will push the earlier ballot reform bill and seek amendments reflecting last year election-law changes. The committee prefers the Massachusetts ballot with alphabetical candidate names and the party emblem.
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State Attorney General
John Krup
Joint Committee On
City Club
Reform Club
Citizens’ Union
Independent Club
Twenty-first Assembly District
Ctl Vena
Elsberg
Massachusetts
Palma is Closely Guarded After Alleged Plot to Kill Interior Secretary
Nov. 11 reports say the government fears a coup d etat as police at the palace are tripled and have slept on the floor for two nights. Unverified statements allege a plot against Gen Freye Andrade the interior secretary. Secret police pursue possible grounds for the claim and continue inquiries.
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Freye Andrade
Assisgins
Wayley
Coal men on rate making in Tennessee and Kentucky
A secret meeting in Knoxville brought together forty leading coal mines from Tennessee and Kentucky to discuss the Esch Townsend bill. They plan a joint committee from northern and southern districts to travel to Washington and present objections to the proposed legislation during Senate hearings. They seek relief but doubt the bill’s effectiveness and will request a hearing.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
Each-Townsend
Loulaville
Washington
Senate
Index to Today s Issue Main Section Highlights at a Glance
The page list covers topics from Naval honor at Annapolis and Insurance news to political shifts in Tammany Hall, international sailor stories, Wisconsin politics, railway disputes, royal visits, and local presses. It references theater listings, editorials, letters, sport notes, crime mentions, and financial notices, with a multipart structure indicating further items and a second part on tax cases, bank transactions, labor speech, fraud indictments, and ballot issues.
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Annapolis
Ammany
Rate
Wisconsin
King Oxcar
Reform Party
Holland
Enterprise Bank
Gompers
Maryland
Ohio Leaders See Taft Aid In Defeat Of Herrick
Secretary Dover of the Republican National Committee argues Taft’s Akron speech helped Herrick lose re election and urges Taft to reorganize Ohio GOP. He says national significance was absent in Ohio's results and local issues dominated. Some officials read Herrick remarks as targeting Taft and possibly the President.
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National Committee
Elmer Dover
Republican National Committee
M. A. Hanna
Ohio
William H. Taft
Akron
Herrick
Taft
Republican Party
Buckeye
Washington
Campaimm
Qhio
Party of Progress
Columbus
Control of Ohio Senate Contested by Harding
Hamilton Ohio November 13. Senator J Eugene Harding states he will contest Isaac E Huffman’s election in the Second-fourth district if grounds appear. Returns show Huffman ahead by 357, but over 300 Harding votes on an independent ticket in Clermont County were discarded, with some in Brown County also. If those ballots are counted Harding would be elected. An investigation is underway and the senate's control hinges on the outcome.
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Ohio
J. Eugene Harding
Isaac E. Huffman
Huffman
Harding
Clermont County
Brown County
State Senate
Two Navies Feast at Coney Island Banquet
Two thousand sailors from Admiral Evans fleet hosted by Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg and Rear Admiral Evans in New York, with 2500 British and American sailors cheering as the banquet hall overflowed. The event featured identical menus, flags of both nations, and speeches from senior officers, marking a historic show of Allied hospitality and camaraderie two years after a similar exchange in England.
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Coney Island
New York
Offeer Tatrall
Bowery
United States North Atlantic
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Prince Lows
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Maine
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Prince
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Davis
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Emory
King Hall
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