Lawmakers press Kahn papers on San Francisco prosecutions
In Washington the house judiciary committee postponed action on Kahn’s resolution due to lack of quorum. The measure would submit all papers on delays in federal prosecutions to the House. Representative Kahn attacked Attorney General McReynolds and defended McNab, while Caminetti and Diggs faced separate indictments and arrests in California.
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Department of Justice
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
House
San Francisco
McNab
Kohn
McReynolds
Wilson
Clayton
Caminetti
Diggs
Kahn
Representative Kahn
Labor
Supervisors Accused of Plot in Local Gathering
Surveyor George Bradish seized all prizes in a shoups kops tournament and paused the game briefly to cheer. Dinner on the lawn featured Frank Beranek and an imported chef staff including Andy Thompson and Leonard Kleeber. Judge Kleeber operated pumps to satisfy the crowd. Treas urer William Garbers and Assessor Joseph Frisch collected funds from the crowd, some donated to George Ash for a new hat. The rest would go to cover debts of a reckless committee, then picnickers joined a Sup-Gang ball game. Although the text ends abruptly.
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George Bradish
Frank Beranek
Andy Thompson
Leonard Kleeber
Judge Kleeber
William Garbers
Joseph Frisch
George Ash
Sups and Gang Clash In Blazing Sun Display
A sun drenched league game ended 22 to 7 as the Sups, led by Walter Winter with seven runs, faced the Gang in a high turnout battle. The contest featured strong fielding by Ash and a pitching duel misfired by Davis, with ambulances transporting survivors after a long day of play.
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Amos Marg Evans
Walter Winter
Grain men meet at Milwaukee convention
More than 1,000 grain men from across the United States gather in Milwaukee for the annual joint convention of the National Association of Managers of Farmers' Cooperative Companies and the National Association of Grain Solicitors.
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Milwaukee
United States
National Association of Managers of Farmers’ Co-operative Companies
National Association of Grain Solicitors
Riordan Denies Tying to Urge Lobbyist Hire
Riordan of New York insists he never spoke with Judge Lovett and seeks to identify who used his name. Edward S. Lauterbach denies Lovett's claims of attempting to influence legislation for Union Pacific and says he offered no such service. The Senate probe delays until after July 4 as hearings loom.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
Daniel J. Riordan
New York
Riordan
Robert S. Lovett
Harriman Lines
Harriman
Lovett
Wall Street
Edward S. Lauterbach
Lauterbach
Senate
Southern Pacific-Union Pacific
Judge Lovett
Lobby
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Judge Love
Joy ride tragedy ends with four in lagoon crash
In Lincoln Park a touring car carrying four people swerved on a bridge above the lagoon and plunged into the water. H A Gregory 35 died after being rescued with a chest wound, Minnie Bristol 26 drowned, Myrtle Peterson 25 escaped with minor injuries, and Charles Summers ? badly scratched. Police recovered Bristol's body after six hours.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Park Lagoon
H. A. Gregory
Myrtle Peterson
Charles Summers
Gregory
Minnie Bristol
Girl Missing in Gotham Street Sparks Slavery Fear
Helen McCarty a 16 year old student from a convent in Torresdale vanished near Hotel Hargrave in New York. Parents fear she was spirited away by white slavers as police and private detectives search hospitals and alert the public. She is described as five feet four, 128 pounds, with two braids and a pink dress. Her uncle is the late Bishop Frederick W. Rooker.
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New York
Helen McCarty
John H. McCarty
Hargrave
Dorothy Arnold
Helen
Miss McCarty
Torresdale
McCarty
Frederick W. Rooker
Albany
Knickerbocker Press
Retirement of present bank notes under currency bill
Washington June 26 President Wilson and advisers agreed to retire the present seven billion dollar issue of national bank notes secured by two per cent bonds. A refunding scheme may reissue retired currency as three per cent bonds. Retirement to occur over twenty years. Involves Emergency currency provisions and reserve-conservation changes for country banks.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Banking Committee
House
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve
Poultry Men Picnic Set By Wisconsin Association
Members of the Western Wisconsin Poultry association plan their first annual picnic next Sunday at Stop-a-Little picnic grounds above La Crosse on the Mississippi river. They will meet at Singer's ferry and travel to the grounds by launches departing 8 30 and 9 30 a m returning early evening.
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Western Wisconsin Poultry Association
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Singer's Ferry
Money Lender Pendell Found Murdered In Los Angeles
Police investigate the killing of rich money lender Charles Pendell in his Los Angeles office. Pendell was discovered with his head beaten by a hatchet after a violent quarrel with a borrower. The murder weapon and loan records were missing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Pendell
Pendell
City Suffers Ice Shortage Amid Heat Wave
Cincinnati endures intense heat as ice wagon drivers engineers and ice plant workers strike. City struggles with ice famine causing hardship for residents and businesses.
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Cincinnati
Unions to vote on beer at Labor Day picnic
The Trades and Labor council for La Crosse asks each city union to vote on selling beer at the Labor Day picnic next September. The committee favors Myrick park for the event and notes beer has long been part of the picnics, while some see a dry picnic as groundbreaking. a union official doubts banning beer will help, citing expected police order.
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Trades and Labor Council Committee
Myrick Park
Labor Organization
la Crosse
Boys FallSixty Feet to Death in Des Moines
Ed Bracken aged 11 died and his brother George 14 was badly injured after falling sixty feet from the Auditorium roof to the stage through a revolving ventilator. George lay hidden behind a locked front door crying for hours until a passerby alerted police.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ed Bracken
George
Judge James W. Gerard Seen as Next German Ambassador
Justice James W. Gerard of the New York State Supreme Court is likely to be the next ambassador to Germany. The State Department has asked the German government whether he would be persona grata.
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Washington
James W. Gerard
New York State Supreme Bench
Germany
State Department
Gerard
A Good Many Persons Proud of Violent Tempers
A brief societal note observes that many people claim pride in their violent tempers, reflecting on public self-perception and temperament in the community.
Lunacy Specialists Brand All Artists in Chicago
A Chicago art colony convention at the Hotel Sherman sees alienists and nerve specialists declare artists poets and sculptors inherently unbalanced. Dr J Cheston King of Atlanta argues exaggerated love and beauty lead to mental decline and claims love itself is a form of insanity.
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Chicago
Art Colony
Sherman
Rubens
Michael Angelo
Browning
Byron
Keats
Shelley
J. Cheston King
Atlanta
Illinois Grants Women Suffrage in Landmark Illinois law
Governor Dunne signed the equal suffrage bill in Springfield, enfranchising about 1.6 million women. The ceremony featured Mrs. Dunne and suffrage leaders including Mrs. Trout and Mrs. McCormick. The measure applies to city elections and federal alignment but cannot yet grant full federal voting rights due to Illinois constitutional rules. Municipal education campaigns will push turnout.
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Springfield
Ill
Edward F. Dunne
Big Mo
Illinois
United States
H. S. Magill
Dunne
O'Hara
William McKinley
Grace Wilbur Trout
Illinois Equal Suffrage League
Sherman Booth
Antoinette Funk
Medill McCormick
Waters
General Assembly
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
United Press
The Rule on Politeness for Buyers in Sale Etiquette
A saying notes the man with something to sell acts more polite than a prospective buyer. It contrasts selling manners with buyer caution, hinting at social norms in exchanges and politeness expectations in commerce.
Milwaukee franchise moves to Fond du Lac for season
A conference between President Moll of the Milwaukee Wisconsin-Illinois league club and A. 4% Dana resulted in the Milwaukee franchise being transferred to Fond du Lac. The Milwaukeeans will play their first game there Saturday in Rockford.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Moll
Milwaukee Wisconsin - Ilinois
Dana
Milwaukee
Rockford
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