Autos to Aid Highways Proposed in New York Bill
Albany April 2 report that Senator Armstrong and Assemblyman Merritt introduced a bill to fund highway maintenance with a state auto tax. The plan would tax weights, require registry, display numbers, and regulate chauffeurs with state oversight. Critics worry about fractions, fines use, and non skid device exemptions.
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Tribune
Albany
Legislative
Armstrong
Finance Committee
Assemblyman
Merritt
New York State Automobile Association
Tha
Highway Committee
Senate Committee On Internal Affairs
Secretary of State
Highways Committee
Internal Affairs Committee
Skene
Wainwright bill moves to curb utilities oversight
Albany April 2 the Wainwright bill placing telegraph telephone ferry and stage companies under Public Service Commission jurisdiction and amending last year’s law was reported 10 days from the Assembly committee Electricity Gas and Water Supply. Amendments limit PSC control over telegraph and telephone firms compared with railroads and lighting firms. The measure faces a potentially smooth passage in the Assembly though Senate action remains uncertain.
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Albany
Wainwright
Public Service Commission
Public Service Commissions
Assembly Commi Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Assemblyman
Yale
Senate
Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Perfected Supply Bill Reported by Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee reported a perfected supply bill totaling about 34 600 000 for government support. The bill is larger than the Assembly version but smaller than last year, with additions such as 527 00 for grade crossing clearance and revised Attorney General appropriations to 370 00.
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Assemblyman
Palmer
Finance Committee
Albany Jackson case minutes read to legislature
Grand Jury minutes and a presentment on Attorney General Jackson were sent to Governor Hughes and top leaders. The minutes will be read in both houses Monday night with inaction favored in the Senate until charges or impeachment are raised. If warranted, removal or impeachment could follow via Assembly action.
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Raines
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Palmer
Day Denies Rebuke Asks For Free Speech At Conference
Chancellor Day of Syracuse University told the New York Conference Laymen that he did not feel rebuked for failing to win one of the General Conference delegates on the first ballot. He urged the church to remain true to its convictions and defend liberty of speech while welcoming all alike. Day was not elected on the first ballot. on the second ballot he gained 123 votes to 115 for Watters.
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Newburg
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Yonkers
E. G. Dean
Delhi
Clinton B. Fisk
Bertha Fowler
Work
Woman's Here Missionary Society
No Fowler Amendment Dies in Assembly Action
Albany April report shows the Fowler constitutional amendment failing after a Judiciary Committee hearing. It would have added per cent to veterans examination ratings. The measure moves to the Rules Committee for further handling. The Conklin equal pay bill for New York women teachers stalls in Cities Committee. Francis bill for a three platoon police system advances in the Assembly but faces Senate doubt.
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New York
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Albany Assembly Prepares Disease Regulation Bureau Bill
A bill from the Agriculture Committee would create a bureau to regulate diseased animals with a veteran veterinarian as superintendent at a salary of 3.00 a year. The Assembly refused to discharge the Judiciary Committee from Palmer’s constitutional amendment, effectively killing the measure.
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Pulton-Hamilton
State Fair awards contract for new buildings at Syracuse
Albany April 3 The State Fair Commission awarded D W Ford of Rochester the contract to build the new manufacturers and liberal arts building on the State Fair grounds at Syracuse The contract price is 206000 The Legislature appropriated 22000
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State Fair Commission
D. W. Ford
Rochester
Manufacturers
Liberal Arts
Syracuse
Workman Killed at Singer Building
Martin Stone a 35 year old rigger of 501 West 24th Street was killed instantly when a derrick slipped while he stood on a platform near the Singer Building. He fell to the pavement, his skull crushed, and died before an ambulance arrived. Foreman Martin Matthison of 58 West 65th Street was arrested on homicide charges as hundreds witnessed the accident.
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Martin Matthison
No 58 West 65Th Street
Toledo Lumbermen Escape Jail Under Anti-Trust Ruling
Twenty Toledo lumbermen found guilty of conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Valentine anti trust law were resentenced by Judge Kumler. Fines ranged from 500 dollars to 1 dollar. no jail terms were imposed.
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Toledo
Kumler
Common Pleas Court
New York East Conference Votes on General Delegates and Hymnal Question
Bishops Neeley and Hartzell sat on the platform as ministers discussed church matters in Brooklyn. Seven new deacons were named from prominent ministers and lay leaders, and plans for the Baltimore General Conference, including a May 16 campus visit, were outlined with Roosevelt and other officials slated to speak. A committee was appointed to study removing Jesus Christ’s name from school hymnals, and seven delegates were elected to the General Conference with further ballots detailing additional appointments.
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Buenos Ayres
Joseph C. Hartzell
Africa
New York
John E. Adams
Charles P. Tinker
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Manhattan
James M. Buckley
F. M. North
Charles S. Gray
Edward D. Soper
L. H. Haugh
Alfred L. Faust
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Joseph M. Beach
David Irvine
W. L. Davisson
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William V. Kelley
Charles 8. Wing
Frank Mason North
New York City
Willis Wrank Ll. Brown
John M.bulwanel
Ministers Conference Sends Greetings and Voices Concern
The ministers' conference appointed Henry Wade Rogers and others to greet the lay conference. Bishop Burt led the afternoon session with remarks urging laymen to value congregational singing over professional choirs and cautioning against underpaying pastors. The Rev Dr William F Anderson spoke at the evening session.
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W. C. Abbott
M. C. Kellogg
Henry
William F. Anderson
Newark Methodists Name Delegates for General Conference
Plainfield New Jersey April 3 delegates to the General Conference in Baltimore were named by the Newark Methodist Conference ministerial and lay sessions. The list includes Rev H A Buttz Rev John Krantz Rev C M Anderson Rev C L Mead and lay delegates M S Daniels J W Pearsall W M Dufford James R Joy Dr H K Carroll with Mrs C J Woodruff as reserve. The conference discussed representation ratios and local option toward amusements in Methodism.
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N. J
Newark
Baltimore
H. A. Buttz
John Krantz
C. M. Anderson
C. L. Mead
M. S. Daniels
Roseville
W. ©. Snodgrass
J. Frank Burke
New Jersey
Anti-Saloon League
General Conference
Methodists Call on Mr Cannon in Capitol Visit
Two hundred ministers and delegates to the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met Speaker Cannon at the Capitol. He spoke of early Methodism in the West and entertained them with stories of Peter Cartwright. Delegates to the General Conference were selected: Dr John F Goucher Dr J C Nicholson Dr C W Baldwin Dr W L McDowell and Dr Frank M Bristol.
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General Conference of the Church
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Woman's College
J C. Nicholson
C. W. Baldwin
W. L. McDowell
East Baltimore
Frank M. Bristol
Metropolitan Church
Republicans of Brooklyn Choose 13 Delegates to State Convention
Brooklyn Republicans held assembly district conventions selecting 13 delegates for the state convention at Carnegie Hall on April 11. Conventions endorsed Governor Hughes for the presidency and instructed delegates to choose Hughes men for the national convention. Contests between leaders Roberts and Travis split factions, with Travis backing a ticket and Calder allied as Hughes supporter.
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Carnegie Hall
Hughes
George H. Roberts
Eugene M. Travis
L1th
Travis
5Th Assembly
Robert A. Sharkey
12Th Assembly
Wiliam M. Calder
Calder
Waldo
Kracke
Broome County Republicans Back Hughes for President
The Broome County Republican Convention praised President Roosevelt and urged Broome’s delegates to back Governor Hughes for President. Representative John W. Dwight received renomination support, and Colonel George W. Dunn was named state committeeman. State Senator Harvey D. Hinman will name delegates to the Senatorial convention for the new Broome-Delaware district.
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Broome County
Roosevelt
Broome
Hughes
John W. Dwight
George W. Dunn
Broome-Delaware
Harvey D. Hinman
Brown Students Favor Hughes in Straw Vote
Brown University students voting in a straw poll backed Taft most with 77 votes while Hughes led the field with 38. Bryan received 3, Roosevelt 6, Johnson 13, Root 1, and about five sixths of the student body participated numbered at 4 percent?
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First Gray Delegate Selected in Gray Movement
By telegraph from Wilmington April 3 the Democratic 9th Ward elected Charles K. Lloyd as delegate to the state convention. He is instructed to support only Gray-pledged delegates to the national convention. This marks the first delegate chosen in the Gray movement.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Judge Gray
9Th Ward
Charles K. Lloyd
Gray
Campaign fund tale tied to Metropolitan Street Railway case
A special grand jury examining the Metropolitan Street Railway Company is expected to file a presentment with Justice Dowling within two weeks. It will reportedly detail why Thomas F. Ryan received 700000, linked to a 1900 effort by five capitalists to fund national politics through Huhn & Sons. Cornelius Bliss denies any Republican ties, while Widener and Elkins deny handling campaign checks.
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Justice Dowling
Thomas F. Ryan
W. ©. Whitney
Thomas Dolan
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William L. Elkins
Anthony N. Brady
Metropolitan Securities Company
Wall & Cortlandt Street Ferries Railway Company
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Cortlandt & Wall Street Ferries Railway Company
Whitney
Grand Jury
Local parking firm head named intermediary in offer
Philadelphia report states George A. Huhn, head of George A Huhn & Sons parking firm, was named by Thomas JF Ryan as the intermediary in a late April affair. The suburban home discovery references 810A and a subscription by Thomas Dolam.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
George A. Huhn
George A Huhn & Sons
Thomas JF. Ryan
Thomas Dolam
New York County Democrats Name Delegates for State Convention
The Democratic Assembly conventions of New York County met last night and elected delegates to the state convention in New York City on April 14. There were no contests.
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Atlantic City
Cape May
North Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Delaware River Bridge
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New York County
Beary and Edwards Named Delegates to Chicago Taft Rally
In Hinton yesterday the Republican 3d District named C. C. Beary of Fayette County and William Edwards and Edwards of Charleston as delegates to the Chicago convention and instructed them for Taft.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hinton
C. C. Beary
Fayette County
William & Edwards
Chicago
Taft
Porter poised to control key conventions in Lockport area
Justice Wheeler ruled the two invalid ballots in Lockport's 3d Ward are to be counted. The decision heightens the likelihood that Congressman Porter will chart the outcome of the 1st Assembly District Convention and the county convention in Lockport.
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Buffalo
Justice Wheeler
Lockport
Porter
Old Tugboat Captain Killed By Trolley Car
Frank Graham sixty a tugboat captain of the D B Murray was killed when struck by an 8 Third avenue trolley car at 32d street South Brooklyn He and friends had been playing pinochle at a saloon and after the game started for the heat He was crossing Third avenue when the car struck him John Harrington motorman was forced to run as longshoremen threatened to lynch him
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D. B. Murray
Third Avenue
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