Wage Law Case Decision Low Pay For Public Work
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling in Frank Bell v. town of Sullivan. A town may hire unskilled labor on public works by special contract at less than 15 cents an hour, even though state law prescribes a minimum. Bell was paid $1.10 a day for 11 hours of street cleaning and repair. He sought 4 extra cents per hour for the full period, claiming the statute of 190? supported it. The court concluded the act’s validity and contract rights may permit lower wages if terms are agreed, emphasizing the act benefits laborers and may be waived by agreement. The decision discusses contract flexibility and statutory intent.
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Sordia
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Henry
Navarre
Shelby M. Cuillom
Springfield
Cullom
Street Sues Over Wages In Supreme Court
Richmond laborer Frank L. Street filed a record of error in the Supreme Court challenging the 2½ cent minimum wage law after working 540 hours at Varney Electrical Supply in Richmond. The case arose from an emene County Court decision, with Street asserting inadequate pay for pole work and deeming the rate improper. The record also notes a mandamus judgment against Monon Railroad to build a proper crossing at Haw Creek in Montgomery County and restore the road to original condition before construction.
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Frank L. Street
Richmond
Supreme Court
Varney Electrical Supply Company
Indianapolis
Emene County Court
Varney Elecse Ay
Ees Nyid
Monon
Haw Creek
Montgomery County
Guardian appointment for Blue brothers with bond set
Lewis G. Akin was yesterday appointed guardian of Maurice, Gerard and Roy Blue, and gave a bond of $4,000.
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Lewis G. Akin
Maurice, Gerard
Roy Blue
Higher Courts Record and Civil Law Notes 1967 Sullivan Town
Summary of Supreme Court rulings including public work wages under act 515 labor law where unskilled workers may be paid under contract less than 16 cents per hour and cannot seek more. criminal pleading on altering records. railroad crossing mandamus against Chicago, Illinois to restore highway crossing. appellate court notes on will construction and assorted case dismissals and reversals with multiple named parties and jurisdictions.
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Supreme Court
Sullivan
Sullivan C. C
Dowling
Gillett
Henning. Perry Co. C
J. Hadley
J.—L
P. Circuit Court
Chicago, Il
Mandanum
IMM
Stewart
Adam Meldrum and Anderson Company
Huntington D. C
Goodwine
Cadwallader
Warren C.C
Irvington Joins Indianapolis As City Expands
The remonstrance period expired and Irvington becomes part of Indianapolis today. The Town Board will hand records to the controller, while questions on police and fire protection linger. The City Dispensary ambulance driver Barrett faces board questions amid safety concerns. Detective McGuff moves to fire department. Manning becomes detective.
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Irvington
Indianapolis
Board of Safety
Barrett
Rader
Washington Street
Martin McGuff
Fire Department
Manning
McGuff
Board orders papers for twenty two street improvements
The Board of Works yesterday ordered papers prepared for twenty two important street improvements. It is expected remonstrances will be filed against some improvements and lively kickers sessions will occur in the board office in the coming weeks. Preliminary action covered asphalt, macadam, block and brick pavements, ravel roadways and cement sidewalks. Papers for other specified improvements were ordered separately.
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Board of Works
Final assessment roll items approve and rescind actions
A long list of public works actions is approved or rescinded including vacation of an alley north of Thirtieth Street, paving plans on Picken Street and various streets, and papers ordered. Asphalt, brick, creosoted wood, and gravel pavements are specified on numerous segments from Nineteenth to Twenty-Seventh streets and beyond. Petitions filed request cement walks, local sewers, and additional sidewalk extensions in several avenues.
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Thirtieth Street
Rader Street
Picken Street
Nineteenth Street
Twentieth Street
Hillside Avenue
Noble Street
Washington Street
Virginia Avenue
Shelby Street
Meek Street
Prospect Street
State Avenue
Michigan Street
Cornell Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Park Avenue
Twnty-first Street
Sutherland Avenue
Broadway
Twenty-first Street
Talbott Avenue
Bellefontaine Street
Tenth Street
Central Avenue
East Street
Pogue's Run
Vermont Street
North Street
West Street
Fourteenth Street
Indiana Avenue
Holmes Avenue
White River
Osage Street
Market Street
New York
Ellsworth Street
New York Street
Blake Street
Missouri Street
Kentucky Avenue
Pine Street
California Street
Madison Avenue
Merrill Street
Delaware Street
Wilmot Street
Coffee Street
Oliver Avenue
Ray Street
Twenty-seventh Street
Ashland Avenue
Capitol Avenue
Wilkins Street
Keystone Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Shortridge High Senate hears resignations and tariff debate
In a Shortridge High School Senate session Senator Keene resigned and was accepted. Senator Scott was elected to replace him as two new members, Mary Magle and Forest Foster, joined. The Philippine tariff bill faced third reading with Scott supporting and Blackburn opposing. Deboo and Cohn spoke on the measure as a committee prepared to review. Reports favored passage, while slang discussions and attendance tensions arose amid baseball practice.
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Shortridge High School
Senate
Keene
Ernest Holdson
Scott
Ferd. Kahn
New Jersey
Mary Magle
Forest Foster
Blackburn
California
Ernest Cohn
Deboo
Charles Christian
House
Benaters Scott
Proctor
Deboe
Perkins
Fairbanks
Pritchard
Earl Pritchard
Newly Elected President Praised as Best Presiding Officer
Report notes the newly elected president is among the best presiding officers. Preparations for a bill denying representation in Congress to any state disfranchising voters are discussed with expected heated debate and possible rehearing on Deboe case. Miss Irma Wocher returns to school after illness as spring fever appears.
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Congress
Deboe
Irma Wocher
Gertrude McCunt
Ethel Nickerson
Nell Demmerly
Flora Traub
Plea for Military Rule in Philippines Drawn from Missionary Letter
Elkhart Indiana March 14 A letter from Rev E B Eby formerly of Elkhart now with United Brethren mission in Manila argues for military government in the Philippines. He says civil rule has failed, friars rob the people, officials loot in civil admin, schools clash with natives, and military governance should prevail for years. He notes European business exodus under civil rule and praises Taft's prior military framework.
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Indianapolis
Elkhart
Ind
Eby
United Brethren Mission
Manila
Taft
Catholic Church
Atkinson
Deaths on transport Sheridan bring home six lives
In San Francisco on March M a Sheridan transport arrived with troops from Manila. Six men died aboard the ship including James W Brock corporal James Bland John Hanson H J Robbins James Allen and J R Welch all listed with their respective infantry companies.
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San Francisco
Sheridan
Manila
James W. Brock
Seventeenth Infantry
John J. Bland
Twenty-first Infantry
John Hanson
H. J. Robbins
Sixteenth Infantry
James Allen
Nineteenth Infantry
J. R. Welch
Vatican Philippine friars question moves direct to Washington
Washington reports that all communications between Vatican authorities and the U S government on the friars question in the Philippines have been conducted independently of the apostolic delegation in Washington. No instructions have reached Mer Sbarretti who is en route from Naples and expected to await Rome’s instructions before continuing on the Philippine matter.
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Washington
Vatican
Philippines
Mer
Sbarretti
Naples
Rome
Gerhard Terlinden Sails for Europe on Forgery Charge
Gerhard Terlinden of Oberhausen Germany sails for Europe to face trial in Prussia on forging certificates for 200 marks. Arrested in Milwaukee last July at German consul general Dr. Von Weaver’s request, he fought extradition to the United States Supreme Court ordered surrender. Terlinden, a wealthy manufacturer, deposited a large sum in Chicago banks after fleeing Berlin.
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New York
Gerhard Terlinden
Oberhausen
Germany
Europe
Prussia
Terlinden
Milwaukee
von Weaver
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Berlin
Warship Officers Entertained in Guayaquil
The US cruiser Philadelphia will not enter Guayaquil port due to depth issues, drawing 2% feet. Commander Captain W. W. Mead and ship officers were hosted by Guayaquil & Quito Railroad officials at Chimbo. A reception party visited the Philadelphia at the river mouth, with Mead staying as guest of the American consul general Percy M. Leon.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
United States
Philadelphia
W. W. Mead
Quito
Chimbo
Captain Mead
Pe Eatee States
Percy M. Leon
Chance to Repudiate Debts in Montana Court
In Rutye Montana on March 14 a District Court ruling could enable the Kone of Butte to repudiate about a million dollars in debts. The court held that dealers in weighed goods who fail to have scales tested and stamped cannot collect through the courts. R Jones was upheld in refusing to pay a debt on that ground.
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Mont
Butte
R. Jones
Jewels Returned After Cathedral Robbery
New York on March 14 with details from the Cathedral of St John the Divine stating seven garnets in the altar crown and mother of pearl ornaments were found in an envelope inside the crypt. The return is believed prompted by fear of arrest due to publicized theft.
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New York
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Building Collapse Buries Two Workmen in Kansas City
A three story brick building at 30 Main Street being demolished collapsed this afternoon. Two workmen Ed Maney and J. Pursley were pulled out after fifteen minutes, bruised but not fatally hurt. Rescuer Thomas Holland suffered a fractured skull from a falling beam.
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Main Street
Ed Maney
J. & Pursley
Thomas Holland
Oil Strike Near Morrison Sparks Denver Interest
Oil has been struck at a depth of 80 feet at a well on Turkey creek southeast of Morrison, only twelve miles from Denver, indicating a potential new productive area near the city.
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Col
Turkey Creek
Morrison
Leaders of the Senate and House in the Nation’s Capital
A long, evaluative portrait of American political leadership, praising Senate figures like Allison, Hanna, Lodge, Beveridge, and Aldrich while contrasting the House’s steering committees and leadership dynamics. The piece blends antediluvian rhetoric with reflections on power, prestige, and the steering of U S government.
Grosvenor the fighter and Littlefield the orator rise in politics
Grosvenor is a self-possessed fighter with adaptable facts, and Dalzell pleases Ironmongers. Charles E. Littlefield of Maine is an independent House orator, once a carpenter who read law, bold yet skeptical of party lines. The piece hints at future fame and a watchful President-Congress dynamic with competing rights and limits.
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Grosvenor
Dalzell
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Carpenter's Bench
Congress
Actors and Fencing in the Theatre
G Blakeslee argues that most stage fencing is poor or indifferent with many fake duels. Richard Mansfield and Cyrano de Bergerac illustrate the problem. A rare exception is E H Southern and Slavini in An Enemy of the King where a sword fight was thrilling and historically accurate.
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G. Blakeslee
Leslie's Weekly
Richard Manstfield
Villian
E. H. Southern
Slavini
Mr. Sothern
A REQUEST FROM THE DEAD
Rev Minot J Savage recounts a near personal séance with Mrs Piper in which his deceased son purportedly guided him to retrieve and destroy loose papers from a Boston room. The narrative emphasizes specific details and emotions tied to the afterlife communication experiences.
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Minot J. Savage
Ainslee
Piper
Joy Street
Boston
Beacon Street
Papa
Untold Notes Hidden in Drawer Reveal Hidden Meaning
The narrator explains that a request seemed inexplicable until he searched the room and found loose papers in a drawer. He reads the jotting notes there, revealing significance and private matters the requester would not want made public.
Cuba Is Not Starving in Gunstons Magazine Report
Edwin F. Atkins of Boston owns about 140 acres in Cuba and is a partner of Havemeyer. The Cuba report describes small landowners as educated lightly and living as gentlemen. Miguel Mendoza of Havana argues relief tariff needed, but testifies there is plenty of work for Cuban laborers today. Louis Place, Havana commission merchant, says more labor would be imported from Spain or Canary Islands if sugar activity rises. With high sugar prices and favorable trade balance, Cuba appears not in immediate danger, despite uproar claiming otherwise.
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Gunton's Magazine
Edwin F. Atkins
Boston
Cuba
Havemeyer
Atkins
Miguel Mendoza
Havana
Mendoza
United
Louis V. Place
Spain
Canaries
Pnten
Place
Cabinet Life Expensive in New York World
A cabinet member must afford a lavish house, with rents from 6000 to 1200 a year, while some pay far less. Senator Depew rents 12 a year and Wilson 7 a month. Postmaster Smith’s salary propels him to supplement income. several ministers fund dinners and social duties from their pay. Carriages and horses are government-provided. maintaining a house often costs far more than salary. Knox and Clarkson anecdotes illustrate the edge of Cabinet finances in Washington.
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Depew
Wilson
Postmaster Smith
Diplomatic Corps
Knox
Washington
James
Clarkson
Eral
Mrs Astor’s remark sparks debate on education and gentility
In Kansas City Journal, Mrs. Astor asserts that only college educated men can be gentlemen. She concedes the claim is sweeping and notes that even educated women cannot be considered gentlemen, questioning whether she fully thought it through.
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Kansas City Journal
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