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Newspaper
Clearfield Herald
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
15
A four cousin of the Emperor of Austria seeks to sever nuntiа ties stirring political maneuvering. The wording suggests a high-born claimant influencing Austrian relations amid dynastic shifts. No final biography provided.
Secretary of State Bryan and Sir Cecil Spring Rice sign a five year renewal of the general arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. It keeps the original scope but shifts final authority to the Senate on major questions, instead of the state department.
Washington June 2. Alexander H. Stephens is appointed general superintendent of the railway mail service by Postmaster General Burleson. He replaces Theodore Ingalls who becomes district superintendent. Stephens now serves as district superintendent in San Francisco. Ingalls will take the district post.
Four men including George W. Dickensheets and Joseph J. Summerill were arrested in Philadelphia on charges of conspiracy and attempted extortion tied to a $200,000 blackmail plan. The group used a dictaphone to record conversations in a Bellevue Stratford room. Bail was set at 50000 each for a hearing next Friday.
In Detroit Free Press humor, a quip about knowing a man through his wife and mother prompts light social commentary. The exchange notes familiarity with the wife’s faults, while only having met the mother, reflecting social observation in brief.
Albany June 2 Acting on Attorney General Carmody opinion the state comptroller refuses to recognize Governor Sulzer's appointment of John Mitchell as state labor commissioner Acting Comptroller Michael Walsh withholds salaries for Mitchell and his first deputy John Williams William Rogers of Rochester is named acting head of the department and will receive the pay.
Paris June 2 A man who claims to be John Burke aged 39 born in New York was arrested in the Rue Laffitte bank while trying to cash coupons on bonds with stopped payments. He was accompanied by a second man who fled the scene.
Tokyo on June 2 reports that authorities expect no official action by Japan yet. A Japanese association in the United States is favored to cooperate with the government. The group aims for a permanent solution through a new treaty or changes to naturalization laws.
A garbled report details multiple deaths and incidents from New York New Jersey and Chicago. Notable items include a Presbyterian minister fending off a burglar with a cane, a gardener’s suicide after breakfast complaints, a grocer’s funeral prank ending in death, jealousy related death near Newark, and a baseball catcher dying from a skull fracture after a foul tip.
Elizabeth home Mrs Anna J Pollard wife of Nelson L Pollard arrested and arraigned before Magistrate Mabon in police court on a charge of writing improper letters her arrest causing a stir in the city June 2 in Elizabeth New Jersey
Washington June 2 The seventeenth amendment granting direct election of senators took effect after Secretary Bryan announced adoption by thirty six states A ceremonial signing followed with four silver pens given as souvenirs Attendees included ex congressman Harry St George Tucker William W Rucker and Senator William E Borah Mrs Bryan and Miss Mary Sharp witnessed the event
The scene centers on signatures with ribbons by Erran and Tucker using colored pens, ending with a secretary and Edward Savoy noting the decades long fight over electing senators by the people. Bryan remarks the long struggle began in 1826 and extends back to 1869 under Fish.
The Baumeister piano is described as highly responsive and sympathetic with a marvelous volume. The fine mechanical action is praised as an exceptional test of the instrument’s capabilities.
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