Urge Plan to Revive Party Conventions
Albany June 16 Suffrage Committee hears pleas for restoring party conventions to nominate public officers. Supporters include William K Guthrie George W Wickersham and ex Justice D Cady Herr y. Proposals seek statewide personal registration and constitutional proviso to protect convention nomination while critics warn of risks from direct primaries and complex election laws.
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New York Times
Albany
Suffrage Committee
The
Constitutional
Onvention
William K. Guthrie
George W. Wickersham
D-Cady Herry
John G. Saxe
New York City
Saxe
Messrs. Wickersham
Guthrie
Capitol
C. Didates
Herrick
Juthrie
Tn Election Inspectora
Public Service
Authrie
Albany Hearing Debates Labor Measures at Constitutional Convention
At a June 16 hearing, P. T. Sherman and Henry C. Babel opposed labor measures before the Constitutional Convention. Sherman warned that old age and unemployment insurance would cost the state heavy sums and threaten industry, while Babel urged avoiding undue burdens as the next twenty years loom crucial for industrial growth.
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New York Times
Albany
Committee On Industrial Interests
P. T. Sherman
Henry C. Babel
Sherman
Babel
Plea for Becker Filed in Court of Appeals
Bourke Cochran filed a reply for Charles Becker seeking reargument of the death sentence for the Rosenthal case. The brief accuses Justice Seabury of omitting key defense facts from Becker's case. The court plans to adjourn for the summer next Friday, with a decision expected before then.
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Albany
Perkins
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Court of Appeals
Bourke Cochran
Seabury
Becker
Abolition Effort at Sing Sing Hearing on Capital Punishment
Albany June hearing before the Bill of Rights Committee hears Rabbi Goldstein and Jacob Schiff advocate abolition of the death penalty. Warden Osborne and others argue for deterrence and reform, citing Leo Frank and Rosenthal case connections, with debate on life imprisonment as alternative.
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New York Times
Albany
Bill of Rights
Sing Sing
Thomas Mott Osborne
Charles H. Petts
Wayne County
Osborne
Louis Marshall
Marshall
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein
Sing Sing and
the Tombs
Rabbi Goldstein
Chairman Marshall
Jacob H. Schiff
Leo M. Frank
Jacob Goldstein
Bay Twentyninth Street
Brooklyn
Bill of Rights Committee
Constitutional Convention
C. H. Betts
The
Lyons Republican
New York State Press Association
Betts
the Frank
Atlanta
Georgia
Leo Frank
Haseen
Goldstein
East Side
Lfe
Smeer
William M.cs. Olcott
New York
Rexsions
New York County
Mr. Csborne
W. Bourke Cockran
Warden Osborne
Cochran
Maine
Brackett
Prince Ludovic Pignatelli d Aragon Ordered to Pay Widow
A jury in Nassau County Supreme Court Mineola awarded the widow of Edward V. O Connell 1663 Sixtieth Street Brooklyn 15000 after a racing auto collision destroyed her car on the night of July 19 1914. OConnell died four days later at Nassau Hospital. Justice Walter Jaycox denied a posttrial motion for a new trial.
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Prince Ludovic Pignatelli d’Aragon
Edward V. O'Connell
Sixtieth Street
Brooklyn
O'Connell
O’connell
Nassau Hospital
Walter Jaycox
Nassau County Supreme Court
Mineola
Jaycox
State borrows 6 million to cover running expenses
Albany June 16 Controller Travis says the state has borrowed 6 million dollars for the remaining fiscal months. Six banks loaned 1 million each to the State Central Trust Company and others. Interest will be 3 percent.
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Albany
Travis
New York City
State Central Trust Company
United States Trust Company
The
New York Trust Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
Bank of the Manhattan Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Auctioneer Shoots Himself After Wife Leaves for Medicine
Lispenard Street auctioneer Jacob P. Singer, 45, shot himself in the left lung after sending his wife for headache powders and barred the apartment door at 504 East 143th Street. He then killed himself with a second shot to the heart. Mrs. Singer found him dead after climbing a fire escape to her unit. A letter cited business troubles as the motive.
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Jacob P. Singer
Lispenard Street
East 143d Street
Fullam and Aids Opposed Inquiry at Naval Academy
Rear Admiral Fullam and Lt. Manly deny criticism of the Navy and urge a thorough probe into Annapolis examinations. They allege spying on actions and detail midshipmen gossip and the so called dope system with hints about exams and dismissal decisions amid court proceedings.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Naval Academy At
Fullam
Manly
Secretary of the Navy
Carlin
Admiral Fullam
Washington
Daniels
McLean
Bureau of Navigation
Benson
Wurtzbaugh
Hugo Schmidt
Norman BP. Barter
Isaiah Parker
Midshipmen
Middshipmen
San Francisco
Judge Advocate
Three Men Arrested for Bookmaking at Jamaica Race Track
Three men were arrested for bookmaking at the Jamaica Race Track. The suspects named Andrew Angino of 2% West Sixty-first Street Joseph Brown of 144 East Tenth Street and Jacob Hirschberg of 76 Canal Street all Manhattan were taken into custody at Highbie Avenue by Detectives Trumpfeller Revs Harden and Howell of the fifth Inspection District. They were returned to Jamaica and released on $500 bail each furnished by George H. Van Sise a Jamaica saloonkeeper.
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Jamaica Race Track
Andrew Angino
Man-a-cea Water Promises Aid For Digestive Trouble
An advertisement promotes Man-a-cea Water as a non laxative mineral drink to aid digestion. It claims the water improves fermentation acidity and stomach distress after meals. Sold by druggists and grocers.
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Rosenthal
Gunman
Dago Frank Cirofici
Harlem
Mr. Schiff
Frank Cane
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Cockran
Prince Pignatelli
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Keystone A. O. C
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Fifth Avenue
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Fend and
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