Taft to speak for short ballot at New York constitutional talk
Ex President William Howard Taft will address the New York Constitutional Convention June 10 advocating the short ballot. The plan seeks to limit state officers and curb stock gambling through proposed constitutional amendments debated by leaders including Samuel Untermyer and Edgar Brackett.
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New York Times
Albany
William H. Taft
Frederick C. Tanner
Republican State Committee
Convention
Taft
Root
Wickisham
Willam Barnes
Luence
Edgar T. Brackett
Samuel Untermyer
Devo
Legiti Co
Ank
Frank A Manny
New
Y Watson T Dunmer
Oneida
Urge Election Reforms From Honest Ballot Group
In Albany experts from the Honest Ballot Association urged a series of constitutional amendments to curb fraud. They pressed for spring registration and longer residence requirements, naturalization and polling-place reforms, with concerns over forgery and manipulated signatures under the current system.
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New York Times
Albany
New York City
Honest Ballot Association
Constitutional Convention
Herbert Parsons
Parsons
Lot Association
Joker
Edward R. Finch
State Labor Proposals Split on Compensation and Workers’ Protections
Discussion in the Executive Council addresses amendments limiting compensation when intoxication or self harm causes injury, and proposals for public works, state insurance, and an eight hour day. Commissioner Mitchell backs extending benefits to occupational diseases and a social justice article, while opposing a blanket minimum wage for men.
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Sion
Executive Coueciion of Labor
Richard H. Curran
Monroe
John Mitchell
Industrial Board
Committee On Industrial Relations
Lynch
New York Judges Propose Superior Court Plan
Ex Attorney General George W Wickersham unveiled a proposal to create a New York City Superior Court to absorb jurisdiction now held by General Sessions County Courts and City Court. The plan calls for twenty Manhattan judges, eight in Kings, and two each in Bronx Queens and Richmond with twelve year terms and original jurisdiction on sums up to 500 dollars.
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New York Times
Albany
George W. Wickersham
Judiciary
Constitutional Convention
New York City
Court of General Sessions
Bronx
Kings
Queens
Richmond
City Court of
New York
Wickersham
Magistrates’ Courts
Superior Court
Manhattan
Judiciary Committee
Ww. M. K. Olcott
Supreme Court
Olcott
Mr. Olcott
Alphonse T. Clearwater
Ulster
Richard H. Curran
Foley proposes broadened workers' comp for occupational disease
Senator James A. Foley introduced a proposal at the session to extend the workers' compensation act to victims of occupational diseases. The amendment also seeks to eliminate a constitutional provision affecting the act's reach.
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New York Times
Albany
James A. Foley
C. F. Murphy
Peasion
Foley
Women appeal to Root for Magna Charta Day role
New York women urge President Elihu Root and the Constitutional Convention to grant women a speaker slot at Magna Charta Day events. They outline decades of struggle for liberty and request representation in Albany hearings where Carrie Chapman Catt will stand for the Empire State Campaign Committee.
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Nal Vedaga
Senate
Assembly
Charles H. Betts
Wayne
Ray B Smith
Rush Rhees
Monroe
Polk
New York
Trov
Elihu Root
Empire State
Albany
Carrie Chapman Catt
Empire State Campaign Committee
Lawyer Dunmore Attacks Graft in State Condemnation
Albany June 9 Watson T Dunmore representing Oneida County in the Constitutional Convention urged repeal of a Citizen's Union backed amendment allowing excess condemnation. He argued the system breeds graft in upstate areas where politicians use powers for allies, selling park land cheaply to friends.
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Albany
Watson T. Dunmore
Oneida County
Bil of Rights Committee
Louis Marshall
Citizen's Union
Mr. Dunmore
New York City
Abuses on Randall's Island Watched by Inspector
Stuart A. Rice testified at a board inquiry that on Randall's Island inmates faced brutal treatment by keepers and that several assaults occurred in Ward F. Joseph D. Wick reported reforms, noting three violent incidents in two months and improvements in housing and sanitation for 2049 inmates.
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Stuart A. Rice
Charities Department
Industrial Welfare Commission
State of Washington
State Board of Charities
Charities
Kingsbury
Rice
Randall's Island
Mary C. Dunphy
New York City
Children’s Hospitals
Ile
Richard Mansfield
Williams
Frank
Obermaier
Thomas Muldoon
Ward
Barton
Richard Manefield
Hice
Joseph D. Wick
Flick
Highway funds debated at Constitutional Convention
Albany June hearings on the Blauvelt plan seek to shift a $4,000,000 highway surplus from 22 counties to cover deficits in upstate counties. The issue cites favoritism in highway appropriations and proposes reallocating surplus rather than placing funds in the sinking fund for bond amortization.
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New York Times
Albany
Eldwin Duffey
Constitutional Convention Committee On Public Utilities Today
Blauvelt
Randall's Island inquiry details staffing and space concerns
Testimony cited a requisition for 300 fire extinguishers and systematic drills as firefighters praised. Clarence Ford warned air space per bed fell short of health standards, with beds too close to meet the law. Dr Stechmann noted occasional patient restraint but called brutality unlikely. Rev Jansen reported no brutal punishments observed. The hearings resume tomorrow afternoon.
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Finance Department
Clarence E. Ford
State Charities Board
F. William Stechmann
Kingsbury
Randall's Island
John A. Jansen
Bible Teachers Graduate at Fifth Avenue Church
Thirty graduates from the Bible Teachers Training School received diplomas at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin delivered the address. Graduates include Kate Abney, Thomasine Allen, Kate Austin, Susan Burr, James Crothers, and others representing twelve religious bodies. They plan church work locally or abroad. The School of Theology, School of Religious Pedagogy, and School of Missions also produced graduates.
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Bible Teachers Training School
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Cornelius Woelfkin
Kate Belle Abney
Charleston
West
Thomasine Allen
Franklin
Ind
Kate Austin
Cross Hill
S. C
Susan Steele Burr
Gloversville
N. Y
James Chester Crothers
Baltimore
Sydney J. L. Crouch
Perth
West Australia
Carrie Estelle Hegers
Pittsburgh
Penn
Louis Leandro
Filosa
New York City
Iazel Slay French
East Orange
N. J
Salvatore Cianci Gozzo
Chicago
Clara Beile Hunt
Parsons
Kan
Helen Louise Jarrold
Wetfield
Mass
Mina Waox
Bowen
Yervant G. L. Kurkjian
Marsovan
Turkey
Margaret Daniel Marek
Ginsiang Met
Kuikiang
China
Fausto Pisani
Torre Ruggiero
Italy
Carroll Richard Stegall
Rossville
Rose Marie Tedon
Brooklyn
Petronelle Watkins
Elkton
School of Theology
Amos P. Geib
F. Lorenzo Giesdahl
A. KE. Lehman
John H. Sanders
Danio Zarrilli
James FP. Cole
Quaker, Mo
School of
School of Missions
Mae H. Baker
Charlotte F. Kidnut
Anna Keckman
Fraud Case Seeks Return of Mackenzie Stock
Mrs Charlotte Mackenzie sues Seaboard National Bank Luke Banks Weeks Hartman and lawyer McGuire in Supreme Court seeking recovery of 1100 Singer Manufacturing shares once pledged for a loan. Plaintiffs Berry and Mackenzie claim Hartman defrauded them, causing about $25 000 in debts and losses prior to 1911.
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Charlotte Mackenzie
Richard J. Hartman
Supreme Court
Seaboard National Bank
Luke, Banks & Weeks, Hartman
William S. McGuire
Mackenzie
Kameyn Berry
James S. Mackenzie
Alexander
Singer Manufacturing Company
Hartman
Poole
Sing Sing
Mr. Berry
Tithe Guarantee & Trust Company of
New Jersey
Medeenerdt
Hiartman
New George Bruce Branch Opens With Ceremony
The George Bruce Branch of the New York Public Library on Manhattan Street opened with exercises led by Cleveland H. Boeke. Katharine Wolfe Bruce funded the three story building, the forty fourth library on the island, with collections ready for circulation this morning. The first floor houses a room for gatherings, the second for adults, and the third for youth services, featuring top panels by Frederick Wash.
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George Bruce
New York Public Library
Manhattan Street
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
Wie
Cleveland H. Boeke
Amdith Chamberlain Hen
Forty-Fourth
Manhattan Island
Katherine Wolfe Bruce
West Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Harlem
Bruce Hranch
Vhulhier
Alien
Frederick Wash
Welock
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Seth Low
Jenks
C. Hong
American Proportionate Representation League
Empire Rubber & Tire Co
W. 55Th St
Chambers
Bedford Ave
Oderena
Bread Street
News
Newark
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S. A. Rice
State Board
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Herald Square
35Th St
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Bangkoks
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Macy's
Macy’s
35Th Street
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Bible Teachers Graduate
Seaboard National, Brokers
Bank
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R.H. Macy & Co
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Lawyers Mortgage Co
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Presidentia &Pr
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Montague Street
Breeklys
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Commeree
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Times
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