Demand an inquiry on McNab charges forces House action
Three resolutions were introduced in the House to probe District Attorney John L. McNab of San Francisco over alleged political influence in postponing cases. President Wilson has not accepted McNab's resignation and seeks a report from Attorney General McReynolds on why action was delayed in Caminetti Diggs and Western Fuel Company cases.
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New York Times
Washington
House of Sentatives
John L. McNab
San Francisco
McReynolds
Drew Caminetti
Maury Diggs
Western Fuel Company
Works
California
House
McNab
Wilson
Diggs-Caminetti
Anthony Caminetti
General Immigration
Department of Justice
Capitol
House of Representatives
Pacific Coast
Clayton Hartington
Geneml McReynolds
Caminetti
Congress
Ballinger
Taft
Julius Kahn
Attorney General
Drew Caminett
J. C. Wilson
Representative Kahn
Representative Mann
Committee On the Judiciary
Kahn
Mann
Immigration
Migration
Hinebaugh
Ilinois
Assive
MicNab
Allon
Judiciary Committee
Dent
United States
Public Service
Law Should Take Course Regardless of Wealth or Connections
The article argues the law must run its course without regard to wealth or political ties, noting strong Senate interest in the McNab affair. It suggests possible Senate action before House resolutions proceed.
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Congress
McNab
Ely
Senate
House
California District Attorney resigns amid McReynolds interference claims
San Francisco reports rapid political uproar over District Attorney McNab resigning due to alleged meddling by Attorney General McReynolds in cases against Western Fuel Company officers and the Caminetti and Diggs white slave charges. The Federal Grand Jury postponed action as details unfold and letters surface from Sidney V. Smith alleging influence attempts. Local officials peg frauds at up to $300,000, implicating company directors.
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New York Times
San Francisco
California
McNab
McReynolds
Western Fuel Company
Drew Caminetti
Maury Diggs
Sacramento
Fuel Company
Washington
Caminetti
Diggs
Sidney V. Smith
Robert Bruce
John L. Howard
James B. Smith
Joseph L. Schmidt
Auto Crash Darkens Town Fallsburg After Car Flips
Wesley G. Durland of Monticello ditched a touring car at South Fallsburg at about 10 PM. The speed was thirty five mph when it struck deep sand and plunged over a culvert injuring Frank Moore with a fractured skull and nose and John Peiton with severe hand wounds. The main power line fell, plunging Fallsburg into darkness for the night.
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New York Times
Monticello
Wesley G. Durland
South Fallsburg
Frank Moore
John Peiton
Fallsburg
Auto Flings Cyclist In Hempstead Street Collision
John Denton riding a motorcycle on Main Street near Fulton Street was struck by a westbound auto number 34532 driven by a man named Frank Tiernan. Denton escaped with bruises as the car veered to cross trolley tracks and the two women occupants refused to identify the owner. Emerson Contracting Company at 1 Madison Avenue is listed as owner of the car.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. I
Main Street
Fulton Street
John Denton
Frank Tiernan
New York
Denton
Emerson Contracting Company
Madison Avenue
Boy Held In Auto Killing In New Haven
In New Haven on June 25, 16 year old C Raymond Brock surrendered to police admitting he drove the car that fatally struck 9 year old Carl Ruggieri last Thursday. The coroner ordered bail at 1590 dollars. Brock, son of Charles F Brock head of a local creamery, had no license but often drove his father's car. He and two companions were out for a lark when the accident happened and fled before officers could nab them or obtain the vehicle number. An attorney later surrendered the boy and signed his bond.
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New York Times
New Haven
C. Raymond Brock
Carl Ruggieri
Charles F. Brock
Brock
Public School 20 principal to retire to marry
At Yonkers Public School 20 graduation exercises President Charles P. Deaston announced the retirement of Mrs Eliza beth Sanborn Knapp principal. She is 55 and a grandmother and will wed Rev Byron Holley once more after a long, complex history of engagements and marriages including Albert G Knapp who died seven years ago. The couple plan a three date wedding in New Orleans at St John the Divine Cathedral.
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Yonkers
Charles P. Deaston
Board of Education
Elizabeth Sanborn Knapp
Knapp
Byron Holley
Rochester
N. Yey
Albert G. Knapp
Holley
Fireman's daring rescue tops street crowd gaze
Acting Chief Charles Ross leads a dangerous rescue as Frank Costello is hoisted from the window sill to smash a fourth floor window. Costello breaks the glass with a pole, dives headfirst into the third floor, and smoke pours from the opening while fellow firefighters aim water into the blaze.
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Seventeenth Street
Charles Ross
Frank Costello
Costello
Sulzer Defiant On Eve Of Defeat In Direct Nomination Fight
Governor Sulzer defends his direct nominations bill amid a Capitol rally critiquing Tammany bosses. The crowd cheered as he warned of attacks by Murphy allies while pledging to press for the measure despite opposition from Democratic leaders and Bull Moose critics.
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Sulzer
Murphy
New York
Commonwealth
Mr. Murphy
America
Assembly Chamber
John W. Murtaugh
Chemung
Louis Gibbs
Bronx
Harold J. Hinman
John Leo Sullivan
Chatauqua
Cyrus W. Phillips
Onroe
Michael Kaap
The
George W. Jude
Chautauqua
Mortimer C. O’brien
Westchester
Patrick J. McMahon
Edward Weil
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Purroy Mitchel
George Foster Peabody
Canon Chase
Alexander S. Bacon
Assembly
Daniel D. ‘Risbie
Charles N. Bulger
Oswego
John Temple Graves
Henry P. Burgard
Erie
Melvin Z. Haven
Syracuse
J. D. Lynn
Rochester
Wiliam H. Waeliams
State Direct Primary League
Horatio C. King
Brooklyn
Frederick M. Davenport
King
Davenport
Peabody
Roosevelt
Mitchel
Tammany
Democratic Party
Joe” Cassidy
Queens
William J. Conners
Michael Schaap
Bull Moose
Progressive Lawmak
Ers
Bull’ Moosers
Schaap
Smith
Senate
Wagner
Fire chief hails workers’ efforts in factory blaze
Acting Chief Ross praised the workers for their actions during a fire at the loft of August G Merle & Co makers of children’s clothing. He called it one of the best performances he has seen in 25 years as a fireman as 4000 women employees had just left the building when the fire was discovered.
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T Mlames
Ross
Costello
August G. Merle & Co
Man’s auto license lost after wreck with butcher wagon
Demarest Lawson of East Orange forfeited his license and paid 35 in fines in Recorder's Court for driving into a butcher wagon Saturday night. He faced charges of reckless driving and not carrying a license. license revocation followed. Companions identified as Carl Fenwick and Elizabeth Dayton.
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New York Times
Bradley Beach
N. J
Job H. Lippincott
Avon
Lanson
Clergyman and wife dragged by car in Pennington
Special to The New York Times. Rev Wright Eckersley pastor of Pennington Methodist Church and his wife were knocked down and dragged by an automobile on Main Street. Eckersley was cut and bruised, while Mrs Eckersley suffered a broken leg and deep cuts to head and neck. Driver William Trudel drove off after misjudging the lane and took Mrs Eckersley home.
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New York Times
Pennington
N. J
Wright Eckersley
New Jersey
Pennington Methodist Episcopal Church
French Aviator Begins Return Flight From St Petersburg
French aviator Marcel G. Brinderenc des Moulinais started the return trip from St. Petersburg to Paris after a record flight of over 1,600 miles. His first objective point is Reval, 200 miles away, with plans to proceed to Stockholm on Wednesday.
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Russia
Paris
ST. Petersburg
Marcel G. Brinderenc Des Moulinais
Reval
Revi
Stockholm
Policemen Kneel At Lad’s Liturgy After Fatal Fall
Michael Carney eleven fell four stories from a West 125th Street window while playing with a clothes line. He was carried by friends to the 125th Street Police Station and blessed by Father Schmidt before Dr. Coburn ferried him to J Hood Wright Hospital where doctors reported a skull fracture and internal injuries.
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West 125Th Street
Michael Carney
Mamie
Vincent Montesmuro
Herbert Wentz
John Dolan
125Th Street
Lieut. Meehan
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Wentz
Coburn
He J. Hood Wright Hospital
Girl's Death Accidental in New York Suburb Car Crash
Coroner Seminger ruled Miss Helen Wilkins death accidental after witnesses said she fell from William H. Harbeck's car near Piermont as it traveled at an average speed. The hearing will be held later before Police Justice Clayton. Wilkins, once a prize-winning beauty contestant and artist model, had been friends with Harbeck since school days.
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New York Times
Nyack
Helen Wilkins
William H. Harbeck
Piermont
Seminger
Clayton
Airman Dies in Lake Keuka Crash
Fred F. Gardiner a 24 year old aeronaut from Hannstown Penn operated the plane over Lake Keuka. It turned turtle at 100 feet during a turn and Gardiner drowned with his body not recovered. Francis Wildman and C. C. Witner dived the lake bottom searching for the body.
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New York Times
Bath
N. Y
Fred F. Gardiner
Lake Keuka
Gardiner
Hannstown
Penn
Francis Wildman
C. C. Witner
Airman Inventor Fairbairns Drowns Off Shoebury Ness
London June 23 An aviator named Fairbairns drowned off Shoebury Ness while testing a new 350 horsepower enclosed aircraft with a glass conning tower. He had flown from Brooklands aiming for a transatlantic flight in July. a nearby friend could not rescue him after he fell from 1000 feet.
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London
Fairbairns
Shoeburyness
Brooklands
Ex Judge Curtis Refuses to Deposit $10,000 in Sulzer Case
Ex Judge George M. Curtis rejects Governor Sulzer’s demand to deposit $10,000 to let a judge review the Watson-Anderson will case. Curtis says he will prove Sulzer has no claim and accuses the governor of dodging the issue while denying dealings with Charles Murphy. He defends his past actions and denies complicity with Murphy or Tammany Hall.
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George M. Curtis
New York
Vermont
George Curtis
Curtis
Grover Cleveland
Watson
Lacombe
Watson-Anderson
Capitol
Patrick E. McCabe
Thevernor
Alaska
Eugene Lamb Richards
Sulzer
New Jersey
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Tammany
William Sulzer
Congressman Amley
Gov. Sulzer
Mr. Murphy
L. It
Tampany
Suizer
National Democratic Club
Iph
Fines Pr i n ceton Boy $75 in Auto Ordinance Case
William Callery a Princeton student and son of the Pittsburgh Street Railway President was fined 75 dollars by Magistrate Corrigan in West Side Court for driving a car with a woman passenger on Broadway at over 30 mph. Several other auto violators were fined in various courts for smoke from cars and license violations.
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William Callery
Princeton
Pittsburgh Street Railway Company
Corrigan
West Side
Guldirman
Callery
Broadway
Morrisania
Long Island
Bea Leach
Watchmen Plan Strike Over Hours And Wages
The Watchmen's Protective Union, formed for construction site guards, voted at the Labor Temple on East Eighty fourth Street to strike on July 1 at 4 A M. demanding 12 dollars weekly and eight hour day shifts from 7 A M to 5 P M with 5 P M to 7 A M for night duty. Members would bond 1000 dollars and the union would cover losses or thefts of tools and materials. Current pay is 8 to 9 dollars weekly.
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Watchmen’s Protective Union
Labor Temple
East Eighty-fourth Street
Arskines Injured When Car Hits Telegraph Pole
Alexander Arskine and his daughter Ethel, residents of Philadelphia, were severely hurt in a car crash on the Metuchen Road near New Brunswick. Miss Arskine, driving, lost steering control and their vehicle struck a telegraph pole, hurling them through the windshield before being taken to Wells Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Alexander Arskine
Ethel
Philadelphia
Metuchen Road
Here
Wells Memorial Hospital
Arskine
Mayor Gaynor Reforms Police to Cut Arrests in New York
In a 1913 letter to reformer John C Collins Mayor Gaynor says arrests in New York City were reduced by over 100000 yearly by gradual changes. He compares teaching police to arrest only when necessary to guiding 10000 officers with a spoon and stresses patience and steady reform to avoid breeding criminal behavior.
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New York Times
New Haven
Metropolis
Gaynor
John Co. Collins
City of New York
Mayor's Office
Collins
New York
Costello Favored in Thirty Mile Brighton Cycle Race
The thirty mile championship at the Brighton Motor drome features ten starters led by Mike Costello. Opponents include Johnny Coz Hartley Thomas Martin Kessler Jen Krebs Ray Weditz Billy Vanderburg and Paul Obne. Costello is the defending Lam champion and favorite for the race.
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Costello
Brighton
Mike Costello
Johnny Coz
Hartley Thomas
Martin Kessler
Jen Krebs
Ray Weditz
Billy Vanderburg
Paul Obne
A Shepherd Check Suit Event Inspires Lasting Joy
A Shepherd Check Suit stands as the event described with its tailored finish bringing permanent joy. Its lean line and soft roll lapels are noted for blithe appeal, with every ounce of rng discarded for sleek presentation.
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Boy
Cuartis
Demarest Lawson
125Th Street Station
Miss Wilkins
Silk
Hae GY
Fitz Gerald
S.e.cor
Times Square
Grand Central
Pennsylvania
Webster B. Marie
Broadway. Cor
McCall Murphy
the Waldorf
Ward E. McCall
Pit Service Commission
Charlies F. Murphy
Democratic Club
McCall
West Eighty-sixth Street
New York ‘Times
Weber and Heilbroner
Weber Ey Heilbroner
Iisendee
SPOON
Saks Shepherd
Style
Saks & Broadway
34Th Street
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