Luce Looses Gauntlet to Lodge Over Referendum Bill
Representative Robert Luce of Somerville attacked Senator Lodge over the public opinion bill in a dispute on Massachusetts representative government. Luce denied Lodge's claims of a Hamiltonian delegate system and supported a three veto referendum mechanism with House Senate and Governor approval. The hearing on the measure continued the next morning at 10:30.
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Alexander Hamilton
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Haffe
State House
Robert Luce
Somerville
House
Lodge
Luce
James Bryce
Mr. Luce
Bryce
United States
Senate
House of ‘Representatives
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Public Opinion League
Illinois
Democrats Unite Behind Silent Ticket Plan
The Democratic State Committee remains silent on the proposed ticket of Douglas and Whitney. Chairman John P. Feeney avoids comment, answering only with a firm “Not a word.” Granville S. Macfarland likewise declines to speak as the spring committee meeting approaches.
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DEM
UNITE
Democratic State Organization
Douglas and Whitney
John P. Feeney
State Committee
Moran
Feeney
Mr. Douglas
Mr. Whitney
Granville S. Macfarland
Vahey Adverse Report on Death Penalty Abolition
Senator James F. Vahey of Watertown received an adverse report in the Senate judiciary committee on his bill to abolish the death penalty. Vahey and House chairman Representative Turtle dissented, and Vahey pledged to challenge the committee's stance on the Senate floor amid heightened interest linked to the wind-up of a famous case.
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James F. Vahey
Watertown
Tucker
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Vahey
Representative Turtle
House
Judiciary committee reports on new man and wife bill
The judiciary committee favors several measures yesterday including a man and wife suit bill. It allows either spouse to sue the other alone or with others to recover money paid as surety or endorser. Other bills raise death damages from a corporation to 10000 and extend the suing period to two years.
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Judiciary Committee
New Corporation
Nurses in Boston schools bill advances to third reading
The measure to provide nurses for Boston schools passed to a third reading in the House after a brief clash over how nurse qualifications should be set. An amendment requiring two years in a training school was proposed by Mr. Cushing and adopted after debate, with Mr. Stearns of Cambridge opposing.
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Boston
Mr. Cushing
Ward 11
Stearns
Cambridge
Pullman tourist sleeping cars announced for Pacific Coast travel
Tickets on sale daily until April 29 from Chicago to the Pacific Coast in Pullman tourist sleeping cars. Fares range from $49.90 to $52. Boston is a listed origin with managers and contact details for the excursion program.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Pullman
Boston
A. Hutchison
North-Western Union Pacific
Washington Street
Mass
Testimony Ties Lead Fragments to Winchester Bullet
Government presented Ora W. Knight testimony linking lead fragments to a 82-40 soft nosed Winchester bullet identical to Roberts rifle. Perley Dickinson described sightings of a man outside the Dickinson home on Oct. 17 night and the murder the next morning. Court adjourned as young Dickinson remained on the stand amid intense public interest and crowded rooms.
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Perley Dickinson
Ora W. Knight
Roberts
Dickinson
Perley
Shaw
Young Dickinson
Counsel Shaw
Joe Fitzgerald
Dr. Libby
Maynard Knight
Dickinsons
Island Falls
Spear
Husbands War Divides Politicians Yet Wives Unite in Solidarity
In Massachusetts, Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Draper oppose suffrage expansion while staunchly supporting each other. They co operate across party lines, remaining friends despite their husbands Henry M. Whitney and Eben S. Draper leading rival camps on reciprocity and tariff reform.
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Henry M. Whitney
Eben
Draper
Whitney
Julia Duff
Nicholas ‘Longworth
White House
Paign
Ohio
England
Continent
Massachusetts
Ltch
Eben 8
S. Draper
Governor Guilds North Adams Court Veto Sustained
The House sustained Governor Guilds veto of the North Adams court bill by 79 to 63 passing over the veto. Rep Drysdale defended the bill and attacked Chief Justice Aiken of the Superior Court. Rep Turtle supported the veto. The House ordered morning sessions starting next Tuesday.
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Guild
North Adams Court
House
Representative Drysdale
North Adams
Justice Aiken
Superior Court
Turtle
Peaceful Picketing Bill Reported by Labor Committee
The labor committee reports Weeks of Everett bill for peaceful picketing. It would issue certificates to strikers with one picket per 20 workers and grant the right of peaceful communication.
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Committee On Labor
Weeks
Everett
Schooner John W. Dana Survives Gulf Hurricane Voyage
The three masted schooner John W. Dana arrived from Apalachicola with yellow pine lumber after a hurricane from April 1 to 3. Jib and forestay torn, boats damaged, forward house flooded, about 40,000 feet of deck load washed overboard, and the vessel sprang a leak near latitude 29.20 N and longitude 79.39 W on the Gulf stream.
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John W. Dana
Apalachicola
Dana
Gulf Stream
Tennessee House Declares Bryan Logical Democratic President Candidate
The Tennessee House adopted a resolution naming William J. Bryan as the logical Democratic presidential candidate for 1907.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Earthquake Ravages 500 Miles of Mexican Pacific Coast
April 16 reports describe widespread damage from a major quake along the coast from Acapulco to Salina Cruz. Shocks persisted through the night at Chilpancingo, destroying jails hospitals and schools while the general in command was seriously injured. Acapulco port reportedly partially submerged.
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Mexico City
Pacific
Acapulco
Salina Cruz
Chilpancingo
Here
Publication of Campaign Contributions Debate at National Publicity Law Org
A New York meeting of the National Publicity Law Organization discussed publishing contributions to Republican and Democratic committees from the last national canvass. Alexander Troup urged open books on past and upcoming campaigns. William J. Bryan called for a public declaration by both donors and recipients with criminal penalties for violations.
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New York
National Publicity Law Organization
Alexander Troup
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Wiliam J. Bryan
Congress
Park Theatre Foils Speculators In Seat Scam
Theatre manager Andreas stopped a plot to seize and resell seats for Nance O'Neil in Cleo at the Park Theatre. A first caller raised doubts, alerting staff and prompting return of held seats. A telegram from Miss O'Neil's New York manager suggested the conspirators were from New York.
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Nance O'Neil
Cleo
Park Theatre
Andreas
Charles Dillingham
Miss O'Neil
New York
Olympic Athletic Club Plans First Grand Ball
The Olympic Athletic Club of West End will host its first grand ball at Roughan Hall Charlestown on Wednesday evening April 17. Tickets are selling fast with invitations sent to Mayor, Aldermen, Common Councilmen and other leading politicians among the guests.
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Olympic Athletic Club
West End
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Miss Sams Not Out of Danger At Boston Corner
Miss Lulu H Sams of Grand Rapids Michigan a student at the New England Conservatory of Music was struck near Massachusetts and Columbus avenues in Boston and remains in critical condition with a fractured skull and internal injuries. Residents call the area Dead Man's Corner and press for slower traffic after another victim was injured nearby by a vehicle and horses.
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Lulu. HE. Sams
Grand Rapids
Mich
New England Conservatory of Music
Franklin B. Huntress
Massachusetts and
Columbus Avenues
City Hospital
Boston
Dead Man’s Corner
Michael Hinds
Woburn
William Malone
Ipswich
Moses Williams
Peabody
Miss Sams
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