Direct Primary Bill Changes Outlined by Governor Sulzer
Albany June 12 Gov Sulzer announced nine principal changes to the direct primary bill before the extraordinary session. Amendments include district county committee structure, higher petition signatures of 2 percent, extended independent nomination filing, and council membership rules affecting state and federal candidates. Other edits retain 22 voter register columns and preserve current voting at 5 pm rules. Publication language allowances and Progressive enrollment sections were adjusted.
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Albany
Sulzer
Rochester
Congress
United States
New York
Progressive Party
Boat at Titanic’s Grave Sighting Near Harbor
Baltimore June 12 almost at the spot where the Titanic sank the lookout of the Hisenach sighted a barnacle covered lifeboat. The derelict was found afloat keel up after drifting for about a year, its weathered condition suggesting long exposure to the sea.
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Baltimore
Hisenach
Lloyd Line
Reisenach
Niagara reborn as centennial flagship for Lake Erie
The famous battleship Niagara is rebuilt and set to debut at Erie during the Perry centennial July 6 to 12 with Secretary of the Navy Daniels as sponsor. Commodore Perry’s 1812 victory link renews as crews restore masts ropes and original equipment costing over $75,000. The Niagara will be joined by the Wolverine training ship and a nine-ship Great Lakes fleet for a patriotic review.
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Josephus Daniels
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Hiie
Daniels
Perry
Niagara
Lawrence
Erie Bay
Philadelphia
Erie
Erie City Committee
Michigan
Great Lakes
Ali
Lake States
Erie Harbor
Commodore Perry
Secretary of Navy
Philadelphia Police Restore Plain Uniforms
Philadelphia Director Porter bans orange trim on officer uniforms reversing an earlier change after protests. The orange stripe will be replaced by white as the department seeks to avoid resembling Salvation Army soldiers. The director says the move honors the men and maintains order.
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Philadelphia
Porter
Salvation Army
Court to hear Sulzer labor commissioner appeal
The court of appeals will hear arguments next Monday on the appeal of decisions upholding Governor Sulzer named John Mitchell as state labor commissioner. Attorney General Carmody and ex-Justice D Cady Herrick urged an early hearing in Albany.
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Mitchell
Albany
Court of Appeals
Carmody
Sulzer
John Mitchell
D. Cady Herrick
Serum for epilepsy claimed by Detroit doctor
In Detroit on June 12 the doctor Paul C Goodlove reports a serum that may cure epilepsy. The first treatment requires one drop every five days and initial results cite two malignant cases: a boy averaging ten seizures daily and a young man averaging four daily. Further testing is planned before wider medical release.
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Detroit
Paul C. Goodlove
Woodlove
Prussia Braces for Potential General Political Strike
Berlin reports a rising Socialist movement warns of a general political strike if electoral reforms are not implemented by a set deadline. Dr Frank and Dr Liebknecht signal pressure on the government as Vorwaerts cites a Belgian tone for future protests.
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Berlin
Prussia
Dr. Frank
Reichstag
Liebknecht
Vorwaerts
Belgium
Asquith Lectures Laborites in Commons
In the house of commons Premier Asquith refused Laborite demands to abolish food taxes and replace them with taxes on unearned income and large estates. He delivered a lecture to Labor members on workers bearing a fair share of national expense, arguing that working men benefit from the army navy civil service and other government departments as much as any class.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Army
Navy
Civil Service
Ask S beef supply inquiry seeks Argentina cattle industry report
Washington June 12 Investigation of American beef packers in Argentina's cattle industry was requested by Representative O'Shaunessy Rhode Island. He asked the House to direct Secretary Bryan to report on developments since 1905. The resolution, referred to the foreign affairs committee, cites reports of American packers aiming to monopolize Argentina's cattle supply with tariff changes and free list prospects.
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Washington
Argentina
O’shaunessy
Rhode Island
House
Bryan
Foreign Affairs Committee
Hunger strike ends in fines and jail for I W W members
Seven I W W members in Peoria jail ended a hunger strike by breaking dishes. A city jury fined them $200 each plus costs and sent them to the workhouse for six months. They said two more bands were en route to Peoria and the hunger strike was abandoned.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Peoria
III
Large Factory In Town Burned In Utica Area
A major fire destroyed the Babcock Manufacturing plant at Leonardeville near Utica along with M. C. Kenyon's feed store and grist mill. The Babcock plant, the town’s only large facility, left many workers unemployed. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Babcock Manufacturing Company
Leonardeville
Utica
M. C
Kenyon
Babcock
Postmaster Foiled Yeggmen At Whitesboro Bank
A post office safe in Whitesboro near Utica was blown open last week by yeggmen. The postmaster tightens security after enduring multiple robberies over the past decade in the town.
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Yeggmen
Whitesboro
Utica
Commencement Exercises at Warren High School Library Theatre
Thirty nine graduates received diplomas at Library theatre in a polished ceremony led by George E. Colvin. The program featured essays oations and choruses with strong oratorical displays and floral gifts to many graduates. The baccalaureate sermon was given Sunday evening by Rev Nor ris A White at the First Methodist church to a large congregation.
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the Warren High School
George E. Colvin
Board of School Directors
Library Theatre
H. S. Stewart
Ae Mendessohn
David Willard Brasington
Frances Alma Gibson
Lincoln Martha Johnson Crandall
Charles Vincent
Edith Louise Newmaker
Harold C. Putnam
Gary
Anna May Campbell
Sweden
Agda Margaret Anderson
Ralph Nelson Clicquennoi
Sylvia E. Ball
John Wesley Campbell, Jr
Norris A. White
Goodbye to Old Geography Poem By Edmund Vance Cook
A humorous poem laments parting with geography arithmetic grammar and school life. The speaker bids farewell to subject matters and classmates with playful sorrow and schoolhouse imagery. The verse catalogues subjects history spelling reading writing music and the pain of leaving school.
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Raymond W. Miller
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Charles Chrstian Smith
Webster Sechrist
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Martha Johnson Crandall
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Ethel F. Hanna
Emily Burr Hall
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Jessie Sylvia Hurley
Phyllis Shattuck
M. Rowena Samuel
Lucile Marguerite Weiler
Frances Louise Young
Wesley Dodds
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H. H. Barr
John Campbell
Anna Campbell
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Harold Putnam
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