Methods Used by Manufacturers to Lobby Congress, Explained
James Emory, general counsel, testified before the House lobby committee on how the National Association of Manufacturers prodded congressmen to favor or oppose legislation. He described letter and telegram campaigns, district outreach, and records kept on lawmakers, with examples from 1901 to 1908 including the Hughes amendment and Taylor shop issues.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
House Lobby Committee
James Emory
The
Asso
Emory
Senate Committee
House
Schwedtman
National Association
Bartholdt
St. Louis
House Labor Committee
C. F. Schwedtman
John Weeks
Massachusetts
Henry R. Towne
New York
Mr. Schwedtman
John Kirby
Association
Civic Federation
Senate
McCarter
National Association of
Senate panel probes labor group role in politics
Manufacturers oppose the American Federation of Labor on most legislative issues. Senator Walsh says the panel will investigate the AFL. Senator Reed says the committee must determine the truth of the Mulhall letters.
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American Federation of Labor
Walsh
Reed
Mulhall
Plan to unite Republicans and Progressives for Chicago dinner
Ormsby McHarg arrived from New York to discuss a winter reunion dinner in Chicago bringing Republican and Progressive leaders together. He argues the two sides must unite against the Democrats and cites shared political thought and the progressive movement as common ground.
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Chicago
Ormsby McHarg
New York
McHarg
Prosecution Seeks Marital Jury in Diggs White Slavery Trial
San Francisco August 6 The U S district court issued summonses for a new 90 juror venue for the Maury I Diggs white slavery case and jury selection will resume tomorrow The prosecution aims for a jury of married men with families Of 11 provisional jurors only three are single and most others have children The government still has two peremptory challenges while the defense holds three
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San Francisco
United States District Court
Maury I. Diggs
Heat Waves Grip Kansas as Drought Deepens
Kansas cities report temperatures above 100 degrees with Salina and Junction City at 108, Independence setting a yearly high of 106, and no rain in sight. Water shortages loom as Salina’s lake dries and the Cottonwood river runs dry at Florence while Coffeyville faces a water famine.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Salina
Junction City
Independence
Kan
Mercury
Topeka
Cottonwood
Florence
Oklahoma
Coffeyville
Verdegris
DIES AFTER YEARS OF TORTURE IN BED IN WELDINGTON
Thomas F. Lockhart of Wellington Missouri died after 27 years spent bedridden. Ossified joints left him with minimal movement only a shoulder shrug and finger bends. He wrote an autobiography from bed, funded his home and nurse, and prayed for death after Christmas 1886.
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Wellington
Thomas F. Lockhart
Lockhart
Governor Hiram Johnson Opposes Consolidation
Gov. Hiram Johnson of California said there would be no conference or consolidation with Republicans unless the two parties merge with the progressives. He stated agreement could come if Penrose is eliminated, the progressive platform is adopted, and special privilege is banned.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Hiram Johnson
California
Ormsby MecHarg
Johnson
Penrose
Nominations Sent for Foreign Posts Across Hemisphere
Washington reports the president sent to the senate nominations for ministerial posts. Preston McGoodwin of Oklahoma would be minister to Venezuela, and William J. Price of Danville Kentucky chosen for Panama. Otis A. Glasebrook of Elizabeth New Jersey and Col Thomas H. Burch of New York are urged for Belgium or Sweden. Brand Whitlock of Toledo Ohio is favored for a European post. Maj Edward J. Hare departs North Carolina to Costa Rica after his appointment.
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Washington
Senate
Preston McGoodwin
Oklahoma
Venezuela
McGoodwin
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Congress
William J. Price
Danville
Wilson
Panama
Price
James
Hughes
Martine
Tuttle
Elizabeth
N. J
Otis A. Glasebrook
Belgium
Sweden
Col
Thomas H. Burch
New York
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Ohio
Maj
Edward J. Hare
North Carolina
Costa Rica
Cleanup Sale for Imported Weave Suits at Bouchers
Bargain alert for men’s suits valued at $30 now priced at $18.65 at Boucher’s located at 37-39 West Park Street. Advertised as importing weaves with nearly half the regular price for a limited time.
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Boucher's
West Park St
Bankers Approve McAdoo Plan to Deposit 50 Million
Secretary McAdoo's proposal to place an extra 50 million dollars of government funds with banks in agricultural regions gains swift backing from bankers in the southern western and far western states invited to Treasury Department conferences in Washington. Banks from far western cities say they will send representatives.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Two Miners Die From Powder Fire in Perseverance Mine
Juneau Alaska Aug 6 Hood Harry R 23 son of James A Hood Aberdeen Wash and Steve Baima Italian 30 were asphyxiated late yesterday by powder fumes in Perseverance Mine. Fire trapped them as they tried to escape through a vent but failed.
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Juneau
Alaska
Harry R. Hood
James A. Hood
Aberdeen
Wash
Steve Baima
Perseverance
Hood
Baima
Coin removed from throat in Portland hospital
An eight year old boy Ronald Grassens had a silver quarter retrieved from his esophagus at St. Vincent's hospital in Portland Oregon. Doctors used an aesophagoscope to locate the coin five inches below the throat and removed it without an incision.
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Portland
Ore
Ronald Grassens
St. Vincent’s Hospital
South Bend man killed by neighbor in mistaken cougar attack
In South Bend, George Jones, a father of twelve, was shot and killed by F. C. Jennings who mistook him for a mountain lion while Jennings was chopping wood. Jennings fired three shots from his gun after seeing a supposed cougar on a hillside, prompted by reports of missing chickens.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma News
South Bend
George Jones
F. C. Jennings
Jennings
Jones
Hill Urged as Candidate for St. Paul Mayor
St. Paul Aug 6 Louis W Hill chairman of the Great Northern railway board is urged by business men as a candidate for mayor under the new commission charter to take office soon. He is out of the city and it is not known if he will accept the nomination.
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St. Paul
Louis W. Hill
The
Great Northern Railway
Commission
Hill
Saskatchewan 1918 grain crop projections released
Regina reports harvest two weeks away with department estimates for 1918 grain crop. Wheat 125,557,014 bushels. oats 121,435,680. barley 10,187,897. flax 13,539,918. total 270,670,459 bushels.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
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C. B. Hoskins & CO. Druggists
North Main Street
Butte
O’rourke Shoe CO
Wyoming
DR. Norcross
Owsley Black
Butte, Mont
Ingly
N. Main Street
Kemceeys
America
Nainsook
Porus Union
Balbriggan Union
Saranac
Anno
Weinberg’s
Urge Hill
Saskatchewan Grain
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