Amendment vote knocks down direct primary proposal in Illinois House
In Springfield on May 8 the Dailey-Magill and Trautmann-Shurtleff bills faced opposition as 15 minutes of disruption preceded a 69 to 68 defeat of Allen’s amendment for direct county candidate primaries. Absences and party splits shaped the outcome with Republicans and Democrats shuffling positions.
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The
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L. M. Magill
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Gillispie
Carroll
Taggard
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Arrand
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Jaskowski
Stundy
Sullivan
Walsh
Wilson
Cook
Geckenanison
Gibbons
McDonough
McNichols
Montgomery
Pederson
Smeizkal
Linden
Shurtleff
Pat
Allen
Vermilion
House
Brady
Gillespie
Kerrick
McGuire
Frost Threat Looms Over Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Tonight's frost warning concerns fruit and vegetable raisers as continued cold could cause severe damage after yesterday's rain. Monday morning's frost did little harm due to dryness, but a similar freeze tonight could be serious if clouds or wind fail to intervene.
Surveying a New Line for Davenport Muscatine Interurban
J. E. Bradford of Muscatine led a surveying crew from Davenport to map a proposed interurban route between Davenport and Muscatine. The line would follow the Schuetzen park route west to Blue Grass then to Pleasant Mills and Sweetland before reaching Muscatine.
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Davenport
Extradition Request Sways Gorky Case
Moscow May 8 reports the procurator charges Maxim Gorky with participating in the December uprising alongside political propaganda. Rumor suggests the United States may be asked to extradite him.
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Gorky
Moscow
Maxim Gorky
United States
Illinois Central taxed on stock and bonds ruling
Attorney General Stead's opinion to the Illinois auditor says the railroad must pay taxes on 80 million dollars in stock and 25 million dollars in bonds. Debits can be deducted only for bonafide debts not represented by the listed stocks and bonds.
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Springfield
Stead
Auditor of Public Accounts
Illinois Central
Supreme Court
Lake strike nears end as dock managers delay replacement
Cleveland May S lilt reports dock managers will not recruit outside workers while President Keefe of the longshoremen’s union completes his investigation of the mates’ union. Vesselmen expect Keefe to uncover the true numbers and call off the strike after a conference.
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Cleveland
Keefe
Mates’ Union
RESUME CASTELLANE CASE IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
Paris May 8 the Castellane divorce case resumes for final inquiries though reconciliation seems unlikely. After this phase the countess revised bill will be filed and papers served with brisk future proceedings expected toward a final decree. Drill for Parade naval reserves begin night for Memorial day events. Rabbi I Idelson of Denver will lecture at Beth Israel at 7 30 PM.
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Paris
Count Boni
Naval Reserves
Beth Israel
I. Idelson
Denver
Col
Beth Israel Synagogue
Twenty-second Street
Third Avenue
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Brief resume from official records of yesterday's proceedings in the Senate and House. The Senate debated anti pass and race issues in the rate bill with Amendments by Foraker Culhane and Elkins on interstate railroads. The House, marking Speaker Cannon's birthday, passed 45 bills including wharf projects in Lake County Indiana, naturalization certificates, and Minnesota sanitarium land for consumptives, with a pure food measure immigration code and penal code bills pulling the same budget treatment.
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Internal Revenue Laws
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United States
American School Furniture becomes American Seating Company
Racine Wis May. The American School Furniture company reorganizes with bondholders surrendering bonds for stock and the firm renaming to American Seating company. Capital stock stands at 10,000,000 with 21 factories under control and 10 in operation. Also noted a court verdict: Mary J McKee of Moline, 47, adjudged insane by a county court jury due to distress over her husband’s death and business affairs.
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American School Furniture Concern
Racine
Wis
American School Furniture Company
American Seating Company
Mary J. McKee
Moline
Reopen Monday Stirs a New Contention
Miners in Scranton ratify the action of their subscale and operators committees endorsing the 1541 coal strike award. Notices posted by rail coal companies announce work resumption next Monday as negotiations near three year extension.
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Scranton
New York
Coal Strike Commission
Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson
Erie Pennsylvania & Scranton
Pennsylvania
Flood in Hoonan Province Reported by Consul
The state department received a Hankou consular cable noting an immense flood in Hoonan province with great loss of life and property. It reports that all foreigners are safe.
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Hoonan Province
Washington
State Department
Hankou
China
Hoonan
James R Day arraigns president as anarchist
Syracuse May 8 chancellor James R Day of Syracuse University denounces the president as engaging in anarchism by attacking corporations and judges. He contends the president lacks constitutional right to denounce private business and calls for adherence to due process and restored presidential proprieties.
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James R. Day
Syracuse University
Standard Oil
Syracuse
N. Y
Roosevelt
Syracuse Universin l
Standard Oil Company
Dr. Day
William R. Hearst
Republic
United States
Yok Central Railroad
Senate
Staten Island Man Found Dead After Burglary Alarm
Charles L. Spier, confidential agent, was found dead in his Staten Island home after a night he claimed burglars were in the house. He left his bedroom with a loaded revolver while leading his dog, and a single shot ended his life. Investigators found no burglar evidence beyond a dining room scene and an open piazza door. Spier had just insured his life for 75,000 dollars and had spoken to his wife about burglars before the fatal upstairs downing.
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New York
Charles L. Spier
H. i. Rogers
Staten Island
Spier
Buster
Dorothy Willams
Bowling Green
Library Grounds Projects and Gift Acknowledgments
At the recent library board meeting a resolution was approved to certify building fund taxes to the city council to include a $10,000 year allocation. Concrete work around the added city lot will be done by 8 Nelson for $150, shelving for the reference room is awarded to Art Metal Construction Co. for $284, trees and shrubs planted on the grounds, and new library books were ordered. Gifts include 50 Living Age volumes from Mrs. L M Haverstick, 20 volumes from Mrs. R R Cable, and the second volume of biographies of American lumbermen from the publishers of the American Lumberman.
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Nelson
Art Metal Construction Company
L. M. Haverstick
R. R. Cable
The
American Lumberman
Murder Recalls Tripoli Official Killings in Constantinople
Constantinople May 8 Nedjim Sefin Bey procurator general of the vilayet of Tripoli North Africa was murdered by Al Shams Pasea former military governor of Shamil who was exiled to Tripoli on a charge tied to the murder of Redvantasea. He allegedly leapt at the victim during an examination sinking his teeth in the throat and holding on until death.
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Nedjim Se _ fin Bey
Vila-Yet
Tripoli
North Africa
al Shams Pasea
Secularl
Shamyl
Redvantasea
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