Banks debate currency reform and regional reserve plan
The Currency Commission of the American Bankers Association released answers to Senate Banking questions on faults in the current system and changes needed. They oppose political control of a regional system and favor a central reserve, arguing regional banks would trap funds and hinder transfers. They call for nine directors per regional bank and open public representation, and urge dividends and reserve taxes to stabilize the currency.
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Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Atlantic City
New York Times
Commission
Central Reserve Association
Aldrich
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Senate
Wall Street
Seized Katz by Error as Canadian Fugitive
Maximilian Katz a tobacco seller was arrested as a Canadian fugitive after an identification error. A bank check worth 1040.20 sent to Ottawa was misdirected to Ontario, then cashed by a man resembling Katz, who fled. Evidence includes powder marks and a forestry claim. British counsel seeks to verify the mix up.
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Maximilian Katz
Forsbrey
United Cigar
Cooper Square
Richard Lyle Nosworthy
Max Katz
New York
Canada
St. Catherine's
Cornell University
First Street
Gilchrist
Katz
Charles Fox
Woman Chief At A Fire in New Rochelle
Stella Mayhew was sworn in as Third Assistant Chief of the New Rochelle Fire Department after a benefit for the pension fund. She helped direct the noon blaze at the American Ice Company stables and Lakeview Hotel, joining Chief James Ross at the scene.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Stella Mayhew
James Ross
Lakeview
Ross
Tilden Fulfills Prophecy With Free Circus For Delevan Kids
Edward Tilden the Chicago packer, born near Delevan Wis, spent over 10000 dollars on his 500 acre farm to host 2800 local children. A full circus including animals, aeroplane flight, clowns and acrobats entertained the youngsters with a big picnic and free rides.
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New York Times
Chicago
Delevan
Wis
Lake Delavan
Edward Tilden
Tilden
Tlden
McNab resigns as U S attorney over delays in high profile cases
San Francisco June 21 United States Attorney John L McNab resigns to protest Attorney General McReynolds orders delaying the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases and other Western Fuel Company prosecutions. He cites attempts to influence grand jury indictments and calls for immediate relief from duty. The note highlights Caminetti Diggs cases and a broader corruption concern.
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San Francisco
United States
McReynolds
Johnn. McNab
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Washington, D. C
California
Maury Diggs
Andrew Caminetti
Department of Justice
Washington
Western Fuel
J. C. Wilson
Department
Western Fuel Company
John L. McNab
Tam
Diggs-Caminetti
Maury I. Diggs
Caminetti
A. Caminetti
Immigration
Wilson Diggs
Marshall Diggs
Reno
Nev
Sacramento
Diggs
Robert Bruce
Sidney V. Smith
McNab
Auto Kills Boy and Injures Two in Bronx Crash
A car owned by Joseph Rockie wice and driven by Daniel Rosenberg struck three boys in front of 145 Forsyth Street. Isidor Levinson died at Gouverneur Hospital. Rosenfeld Lazar and John Dondero were injured, with Lazar unconscious and Dondero less hurt. The chauffeur blamed speed, police reported. The Second Avenue car line was briefly blocked.
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Joseph Rockiewice
Kelly Street
Bronx
Daniel Rosenberg
West 107Th Street
Forsyth Street
Isidor Levinson
Rosenfeld Lazar
Lieut. Burns
Rockiewicz
Second Avenue
Sunday Times Pictorial and News Sections Highlights
A collage of features from the Sunday Times including women in gala gowns at final polo games and tense polo match notes, public appearances by the Pope, an iceberg near Titanic graves, Fragonard panels at the Metropolitan, and commencement scenes at Vassar. Also listed are numerous sections on politics, culture, auctions, real estate, and travel.
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Suawathe
Riverdale
Pope
Fragonard
Morgan
Metropolitan Museum
Vassar
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Resignation of U S District Attorney McNab Links to Political Influence
Dispatches from California officials report the resignation of U S District Attorney McNab over alleged Department of Justice interference. Republicans accuse political influence of pressuring choices, while Representative Ullas Khan calls for public telegrams and responses to be released. Attorney General McReynolds declined to comment on the McAdoo wedding note.
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New York Times
Washington
California
House
United States
McNab
Public Service
Jack Reynolds
Orfers
Department of Justice
Congress
Ullas Kahn
San Francisco
Trict
Department
Baltimore
McReynolds
McAdoo
Fire Engulfs Seven-Story Loft Building at Bleecker Street
A stubborn blaze at the southeast corner of Bleecker and Elizabeth Streets destroyed the seven story loft, fed by straw hats and chemicals. Fire crews from Hook and Ladder Company 20 rescued thirty trapped people while heavy smoke and water towers battled the fire, with damage estimated at $50,000.
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Bleecker and
Elizabeth Streets
Ruben McGrath
Hook and Ladder Company 20
Joseph Martin
Hoffman
Mulberry Street
Jacob Cohen
Martin
St. Vincent's Hospital
McGean
Church of the Transfiguration
Mulberry
Macdougal
Fifth
Elizabeth
Clinton Street
Bleecker Street
McGrath
Leo Rosenbaum
A. Rosenbaum & Co
Mr. Rosenbaum
Hill
Roth
Hook
Ladder 25
Sawyer
St. Vincent's Hospita
O'Conner
Thompson bill to regulate lobbying and penalties
Senator Thompson of Kansas introduces a sweeping lobbying bill with penalties up to 10000 dollars and five years imprisonment. The measure classifies lobbyists as legislative counsel or agents, creates a Joint Congressional Committee on Lobbying, and requires detailed registration and limits on contingent fees. It targets former senators and representatives while sparing private citizens.
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New York Times
Washington
Mpson
Kansas
Thompson
Lobby Committee
United States
House of Congress
Congressional
Kenyon
Iowa
Lobby
Rothschilds Enter Fight With Standard Oil Over Waters-Pierce
In St Louis on June 21 reports say Waters-Pierce Oil Co is reorganized with capital rising from 400000 to 10 million and a Rothschild backed push to rival Standard Oil in the U S New York bankers are said to be involved and H Clay Pierce will retain control The deal could move Pierce Fordyce assets into Waters-Pierce as a renamed entity with large holdings and prior links to Rothschild financed refinancings.
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ST. Louis
Rothschild
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Post-Dispatch
Standard Oil Company
United States
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
New York
The
Pierce
Standard Oil
London
Rothschilds
Pierce-Fordyce Oil Association
Times
San Francisco
Sumatra
Pacific Coast
Gence
California
Europe
Royal tci-Shell
Standard Oil Cmpany
Standard Qil
Royal Dutch
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Trust
Col. Pierce
Rockefellers
Standard Oil Company of Jersey
Rockefeller
Sha
John D. Rockefeller
Waters-Pierce
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Chase National Bank
Missouri
Southwest
Trust
Indiana
Texas
Couny
Standard Oil Comn
Rockefeller Party
Rockefeller Mowers Highlight Lawn Sheep Idea
In Tarrytown a Rockefeller golf encounter is told of a friend suggesting buying 400 sheep to graze the estate lawn. At about $6 each the plan would reduce mowing costs and keep the grounds in good shape.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Sing Sing Warden Removed After Misconduct Claims
Albany reports Supt John B Riley of the State Prison Department removed John J Kennedy as Sing Sing Warden. Kennedy had demanded a Grand Jury probe into alleged prison management neglect urged by Governor Blake. A special jury was ordered and the investigation is under way. Kennedy is a Tammany man linked to Col Joseph F Scott’s administration.
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New York Times
Albany
John B. Riley
State Prison Department
John J. Kennedy
Sing Sing Prison
Kennedy
George W. Blake
Winslow
Westchester
Joseph F. Scott
Sulzer
Supt
Riley
Whips a Prohibitionist in Baltimore Office
William H. Anderson, head of Maryland Anti-Saloon League, was whipped with a dog whip by Robert L. Ulman in his Baltimore office. Ulman, son of a former liquor dealer, acted after resenting a newspaper letter by Anderson about women relatives of liquor dealers. Anderson sustained injuries near the eye. Ulman was arrested and bailed for a Monday hearing.
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Baltimore
William H. Anderson
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Robert L. Ulman
Lquor
Ulman
Anderson
Clerk Wins Bet by Eating Sixty One Eggs in Cairo
Frank Blake a railway office clerk in Cairo Ohio won a $25 bet by consuming 61 eggs at a meal. The eggs were prepared as 15 scrambled 16 soft boiled 15 hard boiled and 15 fried.
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Cairo
Frank Blake
Federal warrants in medical fraud cases in Rochester
Federal warrants were served on Charles E Clark K Leo Mines John S Read and Thomas F Adkin in Rochester charged with promoting fraudulent medical schemes. Bail set at 5000 each. Companies named Okola Laboratories New York Institute of Science and Caras Company. Eleven indicted by the Grand Jury. three ages in New York expected soon.
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Rochester
Charles 8. Clark
K. Leo Mines
Johns. Read
Thomas F. Adkin
United States
Okola Laboratories
New York Institute of Science
Caras Company
New York
Girl drops 1000 feet in airplane life boat test
Miss Tiny Broadwick, 18, leaped from Glenn Martin’s plane at 1000 feet and 30 mph, landing safely as the parachute opened. The stunt demonstrated Martin’s life boat, a silk parachute of eleven pounds, designed to improve wartime air safety and aircraft capability.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Tiny Broadwick
Glenn Martin
Miss Broadwick
Martin
Griffith Field
Rondwick
Whitacre Declines Massillon Federal Building Dedication
Ohio Representative J. J. Whitacre declines Massillon federal building dedication arguing the appropriation came by pork-barrel tactics. He criticizes Congress for funding districts by large appropriations and calls for politicians to vote in line with true policy.
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New York Times
Washington
J. J. Whitacre
Ohio
Massilon
Congress
Whitacre
Billy Sunday
Mrs. Woodford Cleared of Negligence in Auto Death
Fairfield coroner exonerates Mrs. Isabel H. Woodford widow of Gen. Stewart L. Woodford after ruling no criminal negligence in the June 3 auto collision that killed farmhand William Steinhaemer opposite the Fairfield Public Library. The finding ends manslaughter charges.
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New York Times
Bridgeport
Isabel H. Woodford
Greens Farms
Stewart L. Woodford
New York City
Spain
Phelan
William Steinhaemer
Fairfield
Fairfield Public Library
Steinhaemer
Exonce
Governor Sulzer Decries Vermont Presentment as Forgery
Gov Sulzer charged a Vermont jury presentment against him and Felix McCloskey was a forgery. He accused Charles Murphy of leading a blackmail conspiracy tied to Tammany power and detailed his fraught relationship with Murphy and Curtis.
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New York Times
Albany
New York City
Vermont
Felix McCloskey
Anderson Will
Sulzer
Executive Chamber
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
George M. Curtis
Anderson
Patrick E. McCabe
State of
Curtis
Mary Watson
Vermeer
John Anderson
United States
Bethel
Frank Plumiey
District of Vermont
Bire
Pee
Will Sulzer
Mary Maud Watese
Wees
United States Circuit Court For
Lacombe
Mr. Stickney
Co. A. Prouty
L. B. Martshorn
A. P. Hinton
William B. C. Stickney
Alttest
Frank Plumley
Corporation Counsel
Supreme Court
George M
New York
Gov
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East River Brigdes
Bunan-Varilla
America
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Hy. Mayer
Japan
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Kaiser
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Fornia
Rothschild Aid
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Murphy
Congressman Amney
George Curtis
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