Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Adjourns Over Quorum Issue
The Massachusetts constitutional convention adjourned at 4 pm after failing to reach a quorum with 161 delegates present. The session debated a proposal for popular judicial elections and considered transferring natural resources by eminent domain, amid high costs and unpaid salaries.
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Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
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Boston
Carr
Hopkinton
First American troops reach France on anniversary
Paris reports President Poincare telegraphed President Wilson praising America for its effort and bravery of the troops arriving in France. He notes allied hardship after the Russian capitulation and credits rapid American unit formation and rising oversea transport for progress toward equilibrium.
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France
Poincare
Wilson
America
Bring Fli er Home Crippled Great Barrington
George Church son of John H Church a millionaire cotton manufacturer arrived home from Warren Ohio where on May 2 his back was broken in a high wind fall from an army balloon. The 21 year old Yale student officer traveled with his father and doctors and nurses. He had just completed aviation training at MIT two weeks before the injury. Church formerly starred at Hallock and Berkshire Schools and Yale before enlisting in the Naval Training School. He is brother in law to Mrs Delano Dewindt of New Bedford whose Williams College football and hockey star husband died in recent years.
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Berkshire School
Sheffield
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
United States
Naval Training School
Newport
The
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Delano Dewindt
New Bedford
Williams College
Berkshire
Yale Athlete Returns Home After Balloon Accident
A former Yale athlete arrived yesterday at his home in Great Barrington on a special train after suffering a broken back from a fall from an army balloon.
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Great Barrington
Funeral for Mrs. Annie A. Corley Held at Sacred Heart
The funeral for Annie A. Corley wife of Francis A. Corley Boston Post compositor and Franklin Typographical Society vice president will be held tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church in Atlantic. She died Wednesday at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital after a long illness connected to the earlier death of her daughter Mabel Rockwell. Survived by husband two daughters Miss Mary Corley and Mrs Francis Shine and son Lieutenant W A Corley USN.
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Franklin Typographical Society
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Mabel Rockwell
Francis Shine
Roxbury
Mary Corley
W. A. Corley
No Limit on Debate Fails in Senate Vote
The Senate refused to adopt a rule to limit debate, voting 41 to 34 against Underwood's proposal. The decision came after spirited discussion and a surprise bloc of about a dozen Democratic senators sided with Republicans, denying the measure's adoption.
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Hitchcock
Johnson
South Dakota
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Lewis
Martin
Myers
Nugent
Owen
Fomerene
Ransdell
Robinson
Saulsbury
Shafroth
Shephard
Shields
Smith
Arizona
Georgia
Senate vote on cloture rule after armed ship bill filibuster
Republicans support adoption with 34 votes while Democrats oppose 12 and Republicans oppose 29 to total 41 against. The defeat keeps in force the cloture rule adopted after a famous filibuster, restricting debate with a two thirds approval of a petition signed by 16 members.
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California
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Poindexter
Sherman
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Michigan
Smoot
Sterling
Sutherland
Townsend
Watson
Weeks
Senate
Tiz A Joy to Sore Tired Feet
Odorous ad promises immediate relief from burning corns bunions and swollen feet with Tiz a magical remedy that draws out infection and fits smaller shoes. Buy a 25 cent box at druggists or department stores with a year long foot comfort guarantee.
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