Arguments begin in Riggs Bank case in DC court
In Washington on May 17 the government pressed to dismiss the Riggs National Bank suit against treasury officials for lack of jurisdiction. Frank J. Hogan led the bank’s case while Brandeis Untermyer and others urged dismissal. The court planned to continue arguments as to whether the government should be kept in the case and if an injunction is warranted.
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Washington
Riggs National Bank
Treasury
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Frank J. Hogan
Bank
Louis D. Brandeis
Samuel Untermyer
Secrec
Cure Williams
John Burke
Riggs Bank
Uriefs
United States
Ilso
Hogan
Widice
Bailey
Plantiff
Women of Trieste Riot Against Austrian Rule
Rome reports a revolution in Trieste led largely by women. They burned an Austrian flag and an emperor portrait, attacked the palace, and faced gendarmes as lamp posts and tobacconists’ signs bearing the Austrian arms were destroyed. Forty seven women were said killed with hundreds wounded.
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Rome
Paris
Trieste
Idea Nazionale
Ero
Inva
Francis Joseph
Austria
German navy sinks or captures 480000 tons ships
London May 17 parliamentary secretary Thomas J. McNamara said in the house of commons that 480,628 tons of British shipping other than warships had been sunk or captured by the German navy since the outbreak of the war. The report notes ships and munitions figures while mentioning routine commercial items.
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London
Thomas J. McNamara
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Moyer and others formally released in Michigan case
Calumet May 17 A decree dissolves the conspiracy indictments against President Charles H. Moyer and Western Federation of Miners officials in the Michigan copper strike case. Indictments, found a year ago, cited violent acts coordinated by the defendants. judge P Brien signed the decree on motion by W J Galbraith. The proceeding, tied to grand jury action, sparked reactions about labor rights and safety in mining communities.
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Calumet, Mich
Proskequi
Charles IH. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
P. Brien
L'Anse
W. J. Galbraith
Hough
Ton County
Carson City
Nev
Judae Ofbeen
Charles Hi Moyer
Hero Ae
Renah
Wan
Botte
Grand Jury
Hancock
Clayton
Organized Labor
Moyer
Black Hills
Votes for Women Urged as Remedy for Unrest
Washington May 17 Mrs Chrystal Eastman Benedict of New York representing the American Union for Woman Suffrage urged votes for women as a remedy for industrial unrest before the commission on industrial relations. She said a federal constitutional amendment should be reported to President Wilson. The discussion touched on how suffrage could quiet unrest and aid wage earners while other speakers debated open shop policies in Los Angeles. Jane Addams Aletta Jacobs and Gentile Gehell left for Holland after presenting peace resolutions to the British government and meeting with Foreign Secretary Grey.
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Washington
Commission On Industrial Relations
Chrystal Eastman
Benedict
Chience 8
Darrow
Walter Drew
O'Connell
Drew
Los Angeles
Cal
London
Jane Addams
Chicago
Aletta Jacobs
Holland
Stinorina. Gehell
Italy
International Congress ‘of Women
Hague
England
Thaw Jury Trial Delayed by Appellate Stay in Sanity Case
New York May 17 An appellate division stay halts all proceedings in Harry K. Thaw habeas corpus petition seeking a jury verdict on his sanity. The Supreme Court had been to hear the case twice with Justice Hendrick postponing until tomorrow. The stay could push the hearing to next day pending appellate action.
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New York
Ingraham
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Ord White
Hendrick
Tes
Hecker
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Aroma
Pat Law
Steknes
Niewt
Bani
iGrestara
Gtak
Conpecaiee
Ateeme
Aenean IC
Suswestiona
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Fiat Mova
Willams
Aidavit
National City Bank of New York
Hoskan
National City Bank
Plainnaft
National Cty Bank
Germany
Bayer
Ted
Manoney
Federation
Butte
Ewhey
Guy Miller
Mills
Sid
Mr. Mahoney
Los ‘Niueles
of Labor
Jess
Luthera
Gener
Tokio
Yasu
Naruhiko Higashi Kuni
Haruko
Kyoto
Hakama
Kasumigaseki
Narushiko
Waffales
George Wheeler
Sendai
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Buffalo
Switchmen's Union of North America
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