Sulzer Impeachment Trial Set in Albany Senate Court
Impeachment proceedings against Governor Sulzer begin September 18 in Albany. The trial combines the state senate and court of appeals with a two thirds vote needed for removal. Acting Governor Glynn presides as Sulzer faces charges from the assembly.
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State Senate
Court of Appeals
Sulzer
Albany
N. Y
New York
Union
William Bulzer
High
Senate
Adelbert Ames
Mississippi
Ames
Robert F. Wagner
Martin H. Glynn
High Court
Glynn
Wall Street
East
Philander C. Knox
D Cady Herrick
Harvey D. Hinman
Binghamton
Irving G. Vann
James J. Gay Gordon
Philadelphia
Arnold
Louis Marshall
Assembly
John B. Stanchfield
Edgar T. Brackett
William Travers Jerome
Eugene Lamb Richards
Edwin Countryman
P.C. Dugan
Goethals to Lead Engineering Congress at San Francisco Exposition
Colonel George W. Goethals U S N chairman of the Isthmian canal commission accepts an honorary presidency of the international engineering congress to be held in conjunction with the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco from September 20 to 25 1915. The event aims to draw about 80000 engineers. It will be run under the auspices of ASCE AIME ASME and SNAME.
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Exposition
San Francisco
George W. Goethals
Goethals
Isthmus Canal Commission
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mining Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
The
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Pigeon Sets World Record With 1000 Mile Flight
A homing pigeon owned by O Anderson of Fort Wayne set a world mark by flying 1000 air miles from Abilene Texas to Fort Wayne Indiana in 26 hours 30 minutes and 6 seconds. Forty seven birds competed in the Abilene race and the second bird from J Schilling arrived in 36 hours 51 minutes and 47 seconds. Anderson's bird averaged over 38 miles per hour.
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Pittsburgh
Abilene
Tex
Fort Wayne
Ind
O. Anderson
Carney
American Racing Pigeon Union
Texas City
Anderson
J. Schilling
Mr. Anderson
Philadelphia college plans open air training for girls
A Philadelphia college will begin in the fall offering a seven year program to twenty girls aged ten to twelve. The plan aims to cultivate perfect physical condition through outdoor life and physical exercises while teaching English, Latin, French and German, basic algebra, drawing, music appreciation, and rhythmic movement. It will take eleven years to judge success.
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Philadelphia
America
Death Sentence For Dog In Chicago Court
Municipal Judge David Sullivan ordered the dog shot and killed at the dog pound in South Chicago after its owner Michael Ronaine refused to surrender the animal amid a disorderly conduct case brought by Mrs. Anna McMannon. Virginia Ronaine, eight, was reported bitten.
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Chicago
David Sullivan
Michael Ronaine
Anna McMannon
Virginia
Ronaine
Waiters Urge City Council Action On Tip Ordinance
The St Louis city council passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to give or receive a tip in hotels or restaurants. Fines range from 10 to 50 dollars per offense with half to the police as enforcement proceeds. The measure, passed without opposition after a public hearing, ties a strike by hotel workers to low wages from tipping.
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St. Louis
Accused of an Old Slaying in Santa Clara Case
Tampa man W T Blackerby, held at Kissimmee, charged with murder of his wife and four others in Santa Clara California seventeen years ago. The case links him to a 17 year old homicide across state lines.
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Tampa
Fla
W T. Blackerby
Kissimmee
Santa Clara
Cal
MLean Demands Bird Protection in Feather Trade Debate
Senator George P. McLean urged adoption of a bill to ban import of bird plumage. He condemned the feather trade and ignorant fashion, cited Germany's bans, and argued for strict import guards to stop selling American birds as foreign plumage. He warned that even with a ban the trade would shift to artificial plumes and that game birds would still be hunted for feathers.
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George P. McLean
Connecticut
Senate
McLean
Germany
Dr. Field
Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Russia
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