Letters to Depew and the Equitable Inquiry In Albany
The Weehawken Post reports on John Nichols and Chauncey Depew hearing questions from Senator Platt and a committee about campaign influence. It details letters, affiliations with the Equitable life society, and payments to a former California official as the Armstrong committee prepares further sessions.
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Chauncey
Atere
Armstrong Insurance
Depew
Tim Ow
Sas
Hughes
Sorat
Ania
Depew Roth
Nichols
Sys Boy
Tiughes
Revolt Near Hand Rumors Rise Over Samana Bay Toward November
San Juan Puerto Rico November 17 The cruiser Cleveland arrived from Samana Bay Santo Domingo and will return there after coaling Officers report no outbreaks but rumors say anti Morales faction or Bolos may mobilize before November 20 with bases at Bintiago in the interior General Rodriguez allied with Morales is said to have obtained arms The vice president and minister Vasquez clashed over customs terms but later patched the quarrel Conservative business interests back Morales though minority in favor of American accord
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Samana Bay
San Juan
Bolos
Porto Rico
United Bates
Cleveland
Santo Domingo
Sinton Domingo
anti-Morales
Boles
Bintiago
Rodriguez
Ramon Caceras
Vasquez
Morales
Caceras
United States
Exigta
Count Witte
Raforme
Cronstadt
Schlusselberg
Navy Department
Eady
Minneapolis
Cherbourg
Copenhagen
Baltic Sea
No News of Steamer Rochet Missing on Lake Winnipeg
Selkirk Man November 17 reports the steamer Rochet has not been heard from since navigation closed on Lake Winnipeg, fate unknown. A crew of ten men aboard, including Hooper and Young, are said to be on board with Rex John Simmong, an Indian missionary, organizing a search party to locate the vessel.
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Selkirk
Man
Rochet
Lake Winnipeg
Specter
Hooper
Young
Rex John Simmong
Missonary
Train Kills One, Injures Two in Pittsburg Area
A freight train on the West Pennsylvania Railroad near West Leechburg, Pennsylvania, struck three men walking on the track. James Artman was killed instantly, while Martin Kyle and Steven Carlop were fatally injured. The incident marks a tragic derailment of a routine day along the rail line.
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Pittsburg
James Artman
Martin Kyle
Steven Carlop
West Pennsylvania Railroad
West Leechburg
Martial Law Threats Rise as Witte Faces Revolt in St Petersburg
A Washington Post dispatch from St Petersburg reports Count Witte warning of martial law as revolutionary committees mobilize energy against him. Workmen appeal to soldiers, while factories threaten to close if resumed work is delayed. The crisis draws in liberals, radicals, and military actions tied to the general strike and rail disruptions.
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Revolutionary Committee
Count Witte
Washington Post
Gt. Petersburg
Ministry of Commerce and
Labor
Social Democratic Party
St Petersburg
Council of Workmen
Poland
Lawyers Clash Over Ballot Counting Methods at Trial
Mr Hearst's counsel said counting ballots in envelopes would be impossible without a milling on each ballot. Judge Parker opened with a speech praising Justice Gregerich as trusted to decide the matter. McClellan supporters and Jerome backer Jerome's counsel demanded thorough scrutiny of every ballot.
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Mr Fox
Hearst
Clarence Jhearn
Alexandria
Vic
Woodbury
Recount Shows Frothingham Winning Boston Mayor Nomination
Boston manufacturers recount of city primaries reveals Frothingham with a 16 9709 vote total and a 387 vote lead over Dewey for the Republican mayoralty nomination. Dewey had claimed victory after initial returns but accepted the recount’s result and planned a further citywide ballot review.
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Frothingham
Dewey
Epretal
Washington Post
Boston
Election Board
Paing
Judge Answers Hitchcock Over Fence Wrongs
In Omaha on November 17 Judge Munger presided as Bartlett Richards and William G Comstock received a $300 fine and six hours in jail for enclosing 212000 acres of government land. Secretary Hitchcock was described as surprised and indignant per the report. District Attorney Baxter noted he made no suggestion beyond believing the defendants intended to comply with the law on removing fences.
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Omaha
Nebr
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Bartlett Richards
William G Comstock
Munger
Secretary of the Interior
Attorne
Baxter
Richards
Comstock
Tragedy at a Cotton Theft Gang Arrest in Pocahontas Ark
In Pocahontas Arkansas last night a deadly shootout left John Stapley and a young man named Dennis dead and Deputy Sheriff Jim Wisner City Marshal Jesse Johnston and Lee Jones seriously wounded. Wisner was struck in the jaw and ear. The three men Shipley Dennis and Jones were alleged gang members who had terrorized Cherokee country. The confrontation began when the officers attempted to halt the group and they returned fire.
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Pocahontas
Ark
Biggers
Attle Town
Frisco
John Stapley
Dennis
Lee Jones
Jim" Wisner
Jesse Johnston
Wisner
Shipley
Jones
Woman alleges husband sought money in Chicago suit
Mrs Charlotte M Weightman told Judge Brentano she believes her husband married for money and that she burned money and securities valued at 15000 in a store. She left her husband and was forbidden to return to the house. Court granted a decree for $28 a month. Also noted a sailor killed in San Diego from a bursting pipe on the steamship Californian.
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Chicago
Charlotte M Weightman
Brentano
San Diego
Cal
New York
Recount Looms As Vote Envelopes Are Opened
New York hearst campaign seeks recount after opening ballots reveals widespread miscount risks. Officials in Manhattan and Brooklyn faced 18 void and protested ballots, including double circle cross ballots. Hearst gains claimed amid tally-sheet disputes, with calls to change election law and civil service oversight.
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New York
Glegerich
county court _ house
Jerome Circle
Hearst
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Notar
Froi
Ten Dollars For His Vote In New York Election Case
Albert Farrar confessed to illegal voting in New York City stating he was brought from Utica to vote Republican and was paid ten dollars. The grand jury probed the disappearance of Joan Krup in an illegal voting case in the Eighteenth district. Authorities questioned who supplied the bail and investigated voting fraud indictments as six more charges were handed down.
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New York
Albert Farrar
Utica N
New York City
Farrar
Mayer
Joan Krup
Eighteenth Assembly
Krup
San Francisco
Dillon
John Krup
Grand Jury
Thomas Corning McCabe
Hearst Records Campaign Spending in New York
Albany reports William R Hearst, mayoral candidate on the Municipal Ownership line, certified total campaign expenses at 65 813 dollars breaking the prior state record. He says 17 488 dollars came from his own funds. the rest from the Municipal Ownership League finance committee. Herman A Metz spent 15 000 and James G Phelps Stokes 17 000 for their races.
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New York State
Albany
William R. Hearst
New York
Secretary of State
Higging
Hearst
Municipal Ownership League
Herman A Metz
Comptroller of
James G Phelps Stokes
New York Board of Aldermen
Gift to Lafayette College Tufts 100000 Gift Antecedent Anniversary
Ralph Voorhees of Clinton New Jersey donated one hundred thousand dollars to Lafayette College Easton Pennsylvania to support the seventy fifth anniversary fund The total raised materializes as two hundred to two thousand two hundred dollars per Neeler update. Expedition for Relief of Whalers in Seattle plans a Dawson dash to aid trapped crews near Hermichel Saynd after leaving Seattle.
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Ralph Voorhees
Easton
Warfield
Lafayette College
Clinton, N J
Neeler
Seattle
Wash
Antone Variele
Dawson
Hermchel Saynd
Hale Praises Littlefield Amid Retirement Rumor
Senator Eugene Hale arrived from Maine and denied a retirement rumor about Representative Charley E Littlefield. He defended Littlefield’s career in the House, praising his courage, stability, and independence and asserting that the state would be proud to keep him in public life.
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Eugene Hale
Maine
Charley E Littlefield
ARMY'S HEAD UNDER ARREST OVER PUBLIC DETAILS
Paris reports the council of ministers voted to arrest Gen Brugere commander of the army for publicizing details of a war ministry conference. The dispute involved Gen Perein the chief of staff and Gen Andre's former ministerial tenure. Brugere allegedly refused Perein’s salute and later disclosed statements to the press. The arrest is described as extraordinary severity against the army head.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
Gen Brugere
Minster of War
Brugere
Perein
Andre
Bois de Boulogne
Norgeback
Bruere
Rerein
Anld
Plans To Welcome Rulers Charles and Princess Christiana
Preparations are under way for the arrival of the new King and Queen of Norway Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark. The state entry into Christiana is set for November 23 with a grand welcome by a fleet of warships and a large flotilla of steamers joining the escort.
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Christianis
Norway
Charles
Denmark
Christiana
Charles V
German Naval Plans Move For Expanded Fleet
Berlin's federal council today adopted a navy bill to expand the fleet with six large cruisers five for the foreign fleet and boost torpedo boats from sixteen to twenty four The cost per cruiser is 36.25 million marks and total added outlay to 1916 reaches 1 25 million The bill also increases size and armament of ships under the old fleet law raising battleship cost to 9 million marks from 6 25 million
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Berlin
Federal Council
France and Liberia Boundary Delimitation Negotiation Denial
Paria reports the foreign office denies any loan negotiations with Liberia. Germany did not protest and no loan is pending. The only talks concern delimiting Liberia's boundary with France.
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Paria
Foreign Office Today
Germany
France
Great Britain
Liberia
The
African Republic
Griscom Coming Home as First American Ambassador Hope
Tokyo reports Loyd C Griscum will depart for America soon leaving Huntington Wilson to act as charge d affaires. The Nichi Nichi leader expresses hope he returns to Japan as the first American Ambassador.
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Tokyo
Loyd C Griscum
Sun- Gay
America
Huntington Wilson
Legation
Nichi Nichi
Japan
Reid to Have Vacation as Ambassador Takes Leave
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid will spend the Christmas holidays in America after a department sanctioned leave. He leaves London early December, accompanied by Mrs Reid and Miss Reid, due to no pending questions requiring his presence in England.
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England
Tis Country
London
Whitelaw Reid
Department of State
America
Miss Reid
Mr Reid
Subway for Berlin Wins Big City Line Plan Approved
Berlin voters authorize a cross city underground line costing about 13.75 million dollars to run north to south. The electric line would be city operated and requires town council sanction before moving forward.
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Berlin
King Edward Sprains Ankle While Shooting In Windsor Forest
Edward remains under a physician's care in London after spraining his ankle yesterday during a shoot in Windsor forest. Despite the injury he continues to transact state business as his ankle progresses in recovery.
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Edward
London
King Edward
Windsor Forest
Robber Delivered in Express Package at New York Warehouse
A thief hid in an express package at Security Storage Company, 21 Spring Street, loading $700 in plunder as two packing cases were moved. John Schmid claimed the crime, aided by a bottle of whisky, a dark lantern, and burglars tools. An accomplice named Rachel Arnold was arrested nearby.
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Expressman
York
Thef
John Schmid
Spring Street
Schmidt
Imst Mbt
Uus
Rachel Arnold
Bowery
Second Avenue
Mother's Hard Problem Must Give Up Either Her Husband
Italian immigrant Maria Sant Angelo faces a grim choice at Ellis Island on November 1 as she weighs parting from her husband or leaving behind two children to return home. The family, afflicted with trachoma, faces a policy that a US citizen wife cannot be deported while children with infectious disease must be sent back to their homeland.
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New York
Maria Santangelo
Els Island
Fareser
Youngstown
Ohio
United States
Hunt and Crawford Remain Jailed in Gurl Death Case
Boston reports William Lo Hunt and Louis W Crawford pleaded not guilty to an indictment as accessories before and after the fact to the death of chorus girl Susan Gears. They are held on $25,000 bond each and committed for trial. Prosecutors say the pair disposed of dismembered body parts and will seek to prove their involvement at trial.
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Mm Gurl
Boston
William Lo Hunt
Lous W Crawford
New York
Susan Gears
Fu Funes
Hunt
Cart wrecks trolley car seven hurt in Boston collision
Seven passengers sustained injuries when a runaway horse attached to a chess cart crashed into an electric car of the Boston Elevated Railway in South Boston. Glass splintered and woodwork broke as the cart struck the car, one shaft piercing the vehicle and injuring a young Roman girl, fracturing her skull.
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Hart
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
California Lines Ends Personally Conducted Tours
California lines issued an order stopping personally conducted excursions in the field, threatening about 125 conductors with loss of salaries averaging 400 dollars monthly. One tourist excursion operator focused on California tours will also be driven from the business, ending the practice.
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Chicago
Navy
California
Second Jury Disagrees In Coroner Defrauding Case
Detroit coroner Oyto Toeppel faces a mistrial after a second deadlock in the Recorders Court over alleged obtaining of state funds under false pretenses for inquests. The trial spotlights charges tied to fees from state inquests for residents and non residents. In Des Moines Iowa a village near Stanhope suffered a major fire destroying the business district and several homes, with total losses estimated above sixty thousand dollars.
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Detroit
Recorders Court
Oyto T ‘Toepel
Dy ‘Toepe
Iowa
Des Moines
Stanhope
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Platt
George E. Tarbell Delares
Senttor
Perun
Kark
John Nichols
Cohen
Tohn & Nichols
Peerte
Lorety Chou
Pratt
Uae
Tess Lobel
Cox
Tve Armetians
Stipa
Loobard Pia
Meney
Ob Orkins
Mr Metall
Michar
McGuedy
Aed
Brank
Janina Sen
Equitable
Samuel S McCurdy
Mutwus
Thomas H Fhset
Nichols McMards
Ancrey
Msiurares li Culfernia
Society
Clanle
McCurdy
New York Life
the Mutual
Insurance
Clunie
Budd
Mutual Life
W H Chickering
Armstong
Squire
George H. Squire
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Benator Tully
Armstrong
Mesara Hughes McKeen
Fleming
Henry Rogers Winthrop
Varique
J W Alexander
VRPAP
Anti-Morales Party
Hattien
Aberdeen
Baltimore
Return
Baltimore and
Witte
St. Petersburg
Sored Democrate
Revolutionsts
Moscow
Pennsylvania Railroad
Burney
Congressional Limited
Kentucky
Sheriff's Posse
Witeon & Mayeraith
Timothy & Sullivan
Tammany
Sialh Assembly
Board of
Crawford
Prohibition
Hale Lauds
Littlefield
Malang
Chrishama
Reichstag
Griscom
Reid
Subway
King’s
Lesheriant
Berkeley Springs
Harpers Ferry
Mortinsburg
Balticore
Washington
Rogber
Opea
Hunt and
Excorsione
Union Trust
Fussell
N.Y
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