Palmer case links to fund inquiry shown to sway officials
A transcript describes a scheme where a man posing as Representative Palmer sought to influence Ledyard and Lauterbach to influence the Housefund inquiry. Edward Lauterbach and other prominent figures were named as able to assist, with calls traced to identify the impersonator and to push for private interviews, though Riordan denies acquaintance with Lovett or the claimed telephone allegations.
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Ledyard
Palmer
Californians Drive Out Korean Berry Pickers
Hemet faced a tense incident as 150 Korean fruit pickers were driven from town upon arrival by train. Business leaders and Mayor Shaw condemned the act, stressing they were not aligned with the expulsion though they called the move illegal. A Los Angeles Japanese secretary said the community would avoid places with anti Japanese sentiment.
Women Motormen Face Action in Car Strike
Phoenix June 26 state corporation commission warned 48 hours to appoint an arbitrator for the streetcar strike or force the company to provide adequate service. Three women motormen operated cars briefly and three more ran today without passengers amid no trouble of any devious sort.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Corporation Commission
Selections for Diplomatic Posts Move Forward
President Wilson announced numerous nominations for diplomatic and government roles including Albert G. Schmedemann to Norway, Stewart to Rio de Janeiro, Wright to Brussels, and Metcalf on industrial commission. Other picks cover District of Columbia commissioners, immigration, and labor representatives with Swalks of public and employer seats noted.
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Albert G. Schmedemann
Wiscon
Norway
Tennessee
Minster
Peru
Atlan
Ary Stewart
Georgia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
J. Butler Wright
Wyoming
Nathaniel B
Brussels
Fred Morris Dearing
Missouri
Richard Lee Metcalf
Lincoln
Neb
United States
New Mexico
Summers Burkhart
District
Columbia
Oliver P. Newman
Des Moines
Iowa
F. J. Siddons
District of Columbia
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
John R Commons
Wisconsin
J. Borden Hartiman
New York
Frederick A. Dena
Chicago
Harris Weinstock
California
S.thurston Ballard
Kentucky
John B. Lennon
Ilinois
James O'Connell
Washington, D. C
Austin B. Garretson
San
Anatole France on public reaction to feuilleton form
The writer notes that his serials were prepared as daily instalments, with each being the exact length for a feuilleton and mailed to the newspaper in distinct pigeon holes. A publisher’s misordering by a printer disrupted the sequence, yet only a small portion of readers protested the disjointed publication style.
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M. Anatole
France
Ten Thousand Pieces of New Skin Needed At Once
A public appeal is planned as physicians estimate more than 10 000 square inches of skin must be grafted to save lives after the Huessed elevator explosion in Buffalo New York. Of 72 injured, 41 are in hospitals with 14 in critical third degree burns. Firemen recovered six more bodies. 409 volunteers will be needed to meet grafting demand.
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Buffalo
Trespassing Deaths Rise on Rail Line Prompts City Action
The New York New Haven Hartford railroad reports rising trespasser deaths and appeals to cities along its lines for cooperation. Interstate Commerce Commission data show 152 deaths, over 55 percent of all railroad fatalities for the year ending June 30, 1912, involved intruders.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Horse caused wreck kills Cordova official in Alaska
Cordova, Alaska June 26 L A Price superintendent of bridges of the Copper River and Northwestern railway was killed and Caleb Corser general superintendent was seriously injured when a motor speeder on a tour of inspection wrecked at mile 143. A grazing horse jumped in front of the car, sending it into a ditch. Price suffered a fractured skull and both legs broken, dying within an hour. Corser is expected to recover. Price had recently been elected mayor of Cordova.
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Cordova
Alaska
L. A. Price
Copper River & Northwestern Railway
Caleb Corser
Price
Corser
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