McNamara Brothers Sentenced for Los Angeles Times Bomb
James B McNamara receives life imprisonment for the Times building dynamiting and a related act at Llewellyn Iron Works John J McNamara gets fifteen years for the iron works blast Federal subpoenas to follow to reveal interstate hazardous material trafficking feared to trigger factory and bridge incidents Crowd gathers outside the jail as judges and police manage the proceedings in Los Angeles December 6 Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
James Barnabas McNamara
John J. Mcnamara
Cincinnati
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Llewellyn Iron Works
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
James 3
Times
Pordwell
McNamaras
United States
Hall of Records
McNamara
Samuel I. Browne
State’s Department of Investigation
Judge Bordwell
Judge Bordwell Attacks Steffens as Anarchist
Judge Walter Bordwell issued a formal statement denouncing Lincoln Steffens and denying outside influence in the McNamara case. He described the defense push for a plea deal, the bribery revelations, and defended the district attorney’s actions, insisting the law must be rigorously enforced.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Bordwell
McNamara
Lincoln Steffen
Steffens
James B. McNamara
James B. Mec-Namara
John J. McNamara
McNamaras
John D. Fredericks
Judge Bordwell
Bordwell
James B. WicNamara
Fredericks
Women voters swing to reelected George Alexander in Los Angeles mayoral race
George Alexander was reelected mayor of Los Angeles with about three to one margin over Job Harriman. Final counts showed Alexander 27,999 to Harriman 10,554 as 76 of 330 precincts reported. Prohibition drew little support and women’s votes shaped the outcome amid sparse coverage of the dry measure.
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Harriman
McNamara
McNamaras
Joseph A. Scott
West Side
Taft Message Divides Congress On Tariff And Trust Reform
Speaker Clark delays discussion until study as Taft's message draws mixed reviews. Democrats urge tariff focus while Underwood criticizes administration for pushing trust issues. Senate adjourns after reading with lawmakers paying respects to late members Madison and Latta.
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Dee
Taft
Congress
Underwood
House
Clark
Mann
Senate
Madison
Kansas
Latta
Nebraska
Loganport Club to Hire Engineers for Electric Plant Study
The Logansport Commercial Club will hire J. J. Sommers Engineering of Chicago to study electric light plant possibilities at an estimated cost of 560 dollars. The club will raise 300 dollars and seek 200 dollars from the city, else funds via subscription. The report would aid city education and lower power rates. The club also discussed a new city government plan to reduce politics in administration and announced plans to host Charles W. Fairbanks and Governor Marshall.
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J. J. Sommers Engineering Company
Chicago
Logansport
Stuart
Charles W. Fairbanks
Marshall
County Medical Society contract renewal rejected
Cass County Commissioners refused renewal of the annual medical aid contract with the Cass County Medical Society. They deemed the service unsatisfactory and plan to award a single physician the contract after a December 23 meeting to settle year end business and bids. The county previously paid 300 dollars for care of all dependents, with the society objects to accepting non county institution dependents.
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Cass County Medical Society
Guthrie
Medical Society
Ayesterday
Wabash Railroad Reorganization Heads Board of Directors
Winslow S. Pierce returns as chairman of the Wabash board with Kuhn Loeb named syndicate managers, signaling a new phase in the stockholder backed readjustment. Edward Hawley Robert Goelet and Alvin Krech join the board as restructuring plan unfolds. Interest on about 41 million dollars of four percent bonds due January 1, 1912 is said secured.
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New York
Wabash Railroad
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Wabash
Winslow S. Pierce
Gould Projects
E. T. Jeffrey
Edwin Hawley
Robert Goelet
Alvin W. Krech
Equitable Trust Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Wall Street
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Goulds
Missouri Pacific
Darrow Collected At Least 50000 for McNamara Defense
Frank B. Morrison of the American Federation of Labor testified that Clarence Darrow received no less than $50,000 for defending the McNamara brothers in Los Angeles. Morrison, custodian of the defense fund, said contributions continued even after guilty pleas were entered as the federation’s ways and means committee met in Washington to review the funds.
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Big Sam
Defense
Tribune
New York
Clarence Darrow
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
Frank B. Morrison
American Federation of Labor
McNamara Defense Fund
Ways, and Means Committee of the
Federation
Washington
Seligman Brothers Baking Pioneers Die in London
Leopold Seligman, one of the eight Seligman brothers who shaped baking history, died in London at the age of eighty. The family name had long been prominent in baking circles worldwide.
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Associated Press
New
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Seligman
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Promi
London
Attack on Secret Fund Prompts House Criticism
Mississippi Congressman Harlin charges the state department secret fund lacks proper accounting. He cites six years of spending averaging 122,000 dollars and accuses officials of official piracy during debate in the House while Hinrichs leads the state department expenditures committee investigation.
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State Department
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Committee On State
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Department
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