Senate balks at Henry D. Clayton Senate appointment
Washington August 15 The U S Senate questions the legality of Governor Emmet O Neal Alabama appointing Representative Henry D Clayton to fill the late Senator Joseph F Johnsons seat Democratic lawyers argue that O Neal lacks constitutional authority without state legislature approval The Senate faces a constitutional objection to Claytons appointment while he refuses to resign until the Senate accepts him Clayton chairs the House Judiciary Committee and has served sixteen years in Congress
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Washington
Emmet O'Neal
Alabama
Henry D. Clayton
United States
Joseph F. Johnson
Senate
O'Neal
Clayton
House
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Turtle serum trials at Grace Hospital announced
New Haven August 15 doctors Vogle A Paul and B Edward Allen of Grace hospital plan to treat five tubercular patients with turtle serum after promising rabbit and guinea pig results. The first human trials include three glandular tuberculosis cases one knee joint tuberculosis and one pulmonary tuberculosis. Both doctors are Chicago graduates.
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Grace Hospital
Vogle A. Paul
B. Edward Allen
Friedmann
Paul
Drs. Paul and
Allen
Chicago
Train Wreck Damages Sought For Polo Ponies
James Masterson sues the New Haven road for 50000 dollars claiming negligence caused a tram wreck that wounded polo ponies en route from New Haven to Narragansett Pier. The railway denies liability, asserting Masterson rode on a caretaker’s ticket and that the suit was not filed within four months as required by Connecticut law.
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James Masterson
Louis B. Stoddard
New Haven
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Stonington Junction
New Haven Road
Federal
District of Southern New York
Masterson
Connecticut
Knights Templar Conclave Ended in Denver 1915
Denver reporters recount the thirty second triennial Knights Templar conclave ending with election of grand encampment officers and selection of Los Angeles as the 1916 conclave city. W H Norris of Manchester Iowa won grand junior warden on the third ballot while Samuel P Cochran of Dallas stood second and George W Vallery of Denver third. Los Angeles chosen as 1916 meeting site. other officers named include Leondias Newby grand senior warden H Wales Lines grand treasurer F H Johnson grand recorder.
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Denver
Los Angeles
Knights Templar
W. H. Norris
Manchester
Iowa
Samuel P. Cochran
Dallas
Texas
George W. Vallery
New York
New Orleans
Leonidas P. Newby
Knightstown
Ind
Raper
Indianapolis
Englewood
Chicago
Joliet
Ill
California
San Francisco
H. Wales Lines
Meriden
Conn
F. H. Johnson
Kentucky
Arthur McArthur
Troy
Lee S. Smith
Pittsburgh
J. K. Orr
Atlanta
J. W. Chamberlain
St. Paul
Leonidas Newby
S. P. Cochran
Dalla
Tex
SeattIe Plan Rejected by Telegraphic Union Delegates
Nashville Tenn Aug 15 delegates to the 59th annual International Telegraphic Union convention vote down the plan 207 to 27 after debate. The plan proposed electing a board of twenty from specified districts to hold governing powers previously held by the executive council. Providence R I chosen as 1914 convention city.
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Nashville
Tenn
Seattle
International Teographical Union
Providence
R. 1
Auto Engine Hits Cop in Winsted Fire Response
Winsted August 15 George Bond 45 a police officer was struck and badly hurt by a pedal dais hy chemical engine while moving a car to clear the way for a speeding fire truck responding to an alarm. He has a severe scalp wound and possible skull fracture. The banquet for Fire Chief Stone and Assistant Chief McPherson was interrupted by the alarm and may be postponed.
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Charles Stone
Donald McPherson
Sioux Nation Transforms Into Farmers Under Alottment Plan
The Sioux, about 3,000 members, will each receive a farm as Fort Peck reservation opens in northeastern Montana. The remaining 1,345,000 acres will be opened to white settlers with filings in Glasgow, Havre and Great Falls from Sept. 1 to Sept. 20. A draught of 8,406 farms of 160 acres follows. Officials expect the expanded cultivation to boost the Northwest grain output by about 25,000,000 bushels annually.
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Washington
General Custer
United States
Fort Peck
Montana
Uncle Sam
Glasgow
Havre
Great Falls
Poplar
Northwest
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Asbury Park
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Washington, D. C
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Gardner, Mich
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