Direct Primary Ends Era of Political Etches
Washington dispatch reports direct primaries and senate direct vote end political etches. Critics warned top leaders would be blocked by the scramble, while supporters say the system sieves out the best. Independent lawmakers face district opposition for opposing the administration. Congressman Ragsdale vows to tell constituents his record and defy White House dictates. Other districts may swing either way as the party line holds or cracks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Altting
Ragsdale
South Carolina
White House
Knowland
California
Pork barrel talk and river bill politics in early session
The administration delays program 48 and labor committee action leave the bill unreported, risking passage late in the session. Borah argues reclamation projects might fit as amendments to the river and harbor bill, while others label such measures pork. Roosevelt’s map metaphor and a Cromwell-like blast from Hulings spark house laughter.
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Committee On Labor
Kenyon
Borah
Iowa
Will of Louis H Foerster Rewards Relatives and Employees
Montclair New Jersey June 10 relatives, friends and employees of Louis Foerster, a leather merchant who died May 27, are named beneficiaries in his will. The widow gets the homestead at 120-182 Bloomfield street Hoboken and $20,000 in cash and a $10,000 trust. Sisters Emma Heydt of Montclair and Emma Taeteram of Mount Vernon receive 5,000 each. George Heydt, brother in law, 2,000. Elizabeth and Mary Sehoch, 7,000 each. Hichwed W Cadiz, Herman Pamimer, Tillie Felgner, Wil Ham J Camp and John J Albrecht get 500 each. John Selvener and Philip Clartain receive 200 each.
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Louis H. Foerster
Montclair
Ned
Louis Foerster
Iha
Bloomfield Street
Hoboken
Emma Heydt
Monntclair
Emma
Taeteram
Mount Vernon
Noy
George F. Heydt
Elizabeth Sehoch
Mary Sechoeh
Hichwed W. Cadiz
Aml Herman Pamimer
Tillie Felgner
WI Ham J Camp
John
Roosevelt Guests King at La Granja in Spain
Colonel Roosevelt, accompanied by Ambassador Willard and the American embassy staff, left Madrid for the La Granja summer palace to be the guest of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria for four hours. They will attend a luncheon. Roosevelt and the king are already acquainted from London.
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Summer Palace
Madrid
Willard
Americni
Roosevelt
King Alfonso
Queen Victoria
la Granja
London
Edward VII
Duffy Conviction Upheld By Court Of Appeals
The court of appeals affirmed Police Sergeant Peter J. Duffy's conviction for taking protection money from Julius Roth, a gambler in Albany. Duffy received a prison sentence of three to four years.
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Julius Roth
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Peter J. Duffy
Duffy
Paris Snowbound in June Snowstorm Front Page
Snowdrifts on Paris housefronts created a rare June scene as more than two inches of snow fell with high winds. Along the Champs Elysees cab horses struggled to pull carriages through accumulate drifts, and piles persisted into yesterday morning. Temperature dropped to 40 degrees during the storm.
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Paris
Houleverds
Champs Elysees
U. S. school subsidy urged to end illiteracy
Representative Park of Georgia told the house education committee that a federal subsidy of 3 cents per day for every public school pupil would fund better pay for teachers and, if enacted, remove illiteracy in the United States. He argued current teacher pay hampers effective instruction.
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Washington
United States
House Education Committee
Representative Ark of Georgia
Park
Byrne Wins Out In Jersey City At First Hennessy Ballot
Jersey City's first election under the Hennessy preferential ballot law yields Henry Byrne Democrat defeating James K.F. O'Mealla Wittpenn followers and Thomas J. Stewart Republican for the city commission seat. Eleven or twelve candidates split votes as Byrne leads in first second and third choices. turnout about 22,801 of 42,000 on registry. Byrne, a longtime contractor and landholder, succeeds the late James Ferris and is allied with Surrogate John P. Egan and city officials Hague and Brenninger in what appears to be a shift of power within the local Democratic organization.
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Jersey City
Hennessy
N. J
Ilenry Byrne
James d. Ferris
James KF. O'Mealla
Otto Wittpenn
Port of New York
Thomas J. Stewart
John J. Edelstein
Edelstein
Henry Byrne
Renal Estate
New Jersey Assembly
Wadson County
Byrne
John P. Egan
Wittpenn
Frank Hague
George F. Brenninger
Mark M. Fagan
A. Harry Moore
O'Mealia
Fielder's Secretary Refuses Pennsylvania Rail Fare Demand
Edward Herrmann secretary to Governor Fielder refuses to pay a 850 transportation bill charged by the Pennsylvania railroad for rides on NJ passes. He declares intent to test the demand in court, aiming to challenge the general railroad act and amendments up to 1914. He warns of appeals to the court of errors and appeals and possibly the US Supreme Court.
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Tolle
Pennsylvania Road
Trenton
Nashine-H
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Jersey
Edward Herrmann
Fielder
Court of Errors and Appeals
United States Supreme Court
The
Pennsylvania
A Second Edison in a Rural Courtroom Scene
A farmer hails his hired man as one of the century's greatest inventors. A city boarder asks what he invented and the farmer quips about petrified motion and non literal candles on a chandelier, signaling a humorous exchange in rural America.
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Edison
Farmer
London Faces Pressure as Suffragist Violence Surges
In Birmingham a suffragette armed with a meat chopper slashed Romney's Portrait of a Boy and was arrested, with the artwork likely restorable for 500 dollars. Police raided the Women's Social and Political Union HQ in London’s Tothill Street, eight suffragists arrested and released. Authorities warned of radical treatment for outbreaks as church leaders urge harsh measures and public anger grows.
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London
Romney
Art Gallery
Birmingham
Bertha Ryland
Women's Social and Political Union
Tothill Street
Gingsway
England
Biggest Yield of Wheat in 1914 Prospects
Washington June 10 The largest wheat crop in U S history is forecast for 1914 according to the Agriculture Department. Spring wheat totals 262 million bushels from 17 99 million acres while the winter crop nears 638 million bushels. Total production around 900 million bushels, a record by margins. Spring’s condition 50 5 per cent with 14 6 bushels per acre. winter 92 7 per cent with 18 1 bushels per acre.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Including Herself Arthur Askem How Did You Like Europe
Bertha Binthare responds that Europe left her with a negative impression as every visited place seemed overrun by foreigners. The quote appears in Chicago News alongside a Goethe remark about the unknown.
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Arthur Askem
Europe
Bertha Binthare
Chicago News
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