Mulhall Lobbying Allegations Spark Congressional Probes
Col Martin Mulhall's charges that he was a paid Washington lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers trigger calls in Congress for a special investigation. Lawmakers including Rep Swager Brierley and Sen Overman seek inquiries while Mulhall testifies to Senate panels and defense pours in from Emery and McDermott.
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New York Times
Washington
New York World
Chicage ‘Tribune
Martin M. Mulhall
Baltimore
National Association of Manufacturers
Swager Brierley
Kentucky
House
Col. Mulhall
Mulhaill
Senate
Mulhall
Senator Overman
Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Congress
James ‘Jt. McDermott
Tilinois
Chicago
Harold McCormick
Champ Clark
Missouri
Henry A Cooper
Wisconsin
Cannon
Richard Barthalidi
Biepours
James A. Emery
Association
John Kirby, Jr
St. Francis
San Francisco
Emery
Mr. Sherley
House of Representatives
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Clark
Mulhall Accusations Tie to National Manufacturers Group
Ex-Congressman James E. Watson of Indiana and John Kirby Jr. figure in Mulhall’s charges linking officials to the National Association of Manufacturers. Watson disputes ties and notes he helped Mullhall seek reinstatement, while Kirby’s connection is denied and denounced by The Times in San Francisco. Watson confirms term ended March 4, 1909, and says he aided in opposing tariff provisions via the association only during a brief period.
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Mr. Gary
Col. Mulhall
John Smith
Bill Jones
Mulhall
Arles R. Schirm
Congress
Baltimore City
Molders’ Association
National Republican Committee
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Woodstock College
National Manufacturers’ Association
P. C. Gavan
Father Gavan
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Ths Times
San Francisco
New York
Cleveland
James E. Watson
Indiana
Jamess. Sherman
Watson
Mr. Watson
the Times
Rushville
Ind
Ashington
Taft
State Central Committee
National Association
John Kirby
Indiana Times
Alleged Gompers Bribery Plot Revealed in 1907 Interview
The Times recounts Col Mulhall’s claim that Samuel Gompers faced a bribery scheme by the National Association of Manufacturers. Brandenburg, a magazine writer now in Sing Sing, described a plan to have Gompers lead anti socialist lectures with guaranteed income, and to trap him for documentation. Gompers and others dismissed the tale as manufactured attempts to undermine organized labor.
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Col. Mulhall
Samuel Gompers
Mulhall
Washington
TIMES
Broughton Brandenburg
Sing Sing
Brandenburg
Gompers
Manufacturers Association
Mr. Gompers
National Association of Manufacturers
Ang Senseried
Sane Mitchell
Federation
Era
Ernest Bohm
Sumtent Federated Union
A Eee Pe
Tha EF Brandenburg
X. Ent
Crap Gompers
Iter
Mutshkali
Norfolk
Bennet Explains Lunch Ties to Mulhall Campaign
Danbury clergyman and national manufacturers figure in a lobbying case stirred by Col. Mulhall. The Times reports Bennet’s denial of campaign influence and details a 1909 luncheon at the Machinery Club with attendees including Otto Barnard Prendergast and John Mitchel.
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Bennet
Col. Mulhall
Washington
Mr. Gompers
Congress
Barnard
Prendergast
Mitchel
H. C. Meserve
First Congregational Church
Danbury
Conn
Mulhall
A. P. Nevins
Association
Mulhall linked to major manufacturing fights and divorce case
Washington notes Col Mulhall tied to the National Association of Manufacturers fight against labor, the Bucks Stove and Range Company dispute, and contempt actions in the Gompers era. The article recalls his 1908 Payne Committee incident and a 1910 Baltimore inquiry, ending with Mrs Elizabeth Mulhall winning absolute divorce and alimony in March.
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New York Times
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
J. W. van Cleave
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Col. Mulhall
Capitol
On Cleave
Bucks Stove and Range Company of
Bucks Stove and Range Company
Amercan Federation|s
Concepn
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
American Federationist
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Bell
Federation
Payne Committee
H. E. Miles
Racine
Wis
Miles
Champ Clark
Sper
House
J. . van Cleave
Parry
Rofe
D. H. Pa
Indianapolis
Clark
Martin M. Mulhall
van Cleave
Mr. Cleave
Baltimore
David E. Dick
Maryland
Charles Terry
Business Men's Association of
William F. Stone
Taft
Col. Stone
Union League Club
Senate
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth Mulhall
Penn
Industrial Troubles Ease for 1200 Workers Say Expert
The speaker notes extended efforts since 1909 to aid manufacturers and workers. In two weeks the consultant has resolved a dilemma affecting more than 1,200 men, helping stabilize the local industrial situation and promote prosperity.
Husband loses rings during wife’s operation in New York
Mr and Mrs Graham B Grosveno of Houston arrived in New York for an operation on Mrs Grosvenor. He attached twin diamond engagement and gold wedding rings to his watch fob, then lost them outside Flower Hospital during the procedure. A general alarm was issued after he reported the disappearance.
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Graham B. Grosveno
Houston
Texas
New York
Grosvenor
Key
Plaza
Flower Hospital
William Tod Helmuth
East Sixty-seventh Street
Boy Dies After Athletic Strain At New Haven School
John J. Martin, 16, a high school student and captain elect, died at home after two months illness following intense swimming and basketball activity. The death follows his heart condition linked to athletic exertion and a season ended with his team’s close.
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New York Times
New Haven
John J. Martin
Connolly Faces Grand Jury Probe in Halloran Suit
District Attorney Smith renews the John Doe proceedings before the Queens County Grand Jury amid a Halloran suit accusing Borough President Maurice B. Connolly of alienation of affections. Private investigations, subpoenas, and potential political intrigue swirl around the case as observers expect a surprising development at the court-house.
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Mathew 3. Smith
John Doe
Queens County Grand Jury
Maurice B. Connolly
Aloysius G. Halloran
Sarah G. Halloran
Connolly
Smith
Humphrey
Halloran
Joe Cassidy
Cassidy
Charles Pope Caldwell
Sulzer
Albany
Robert Price Bell
Court House
John Doe” Proceedings of Lastday. It Is Rumored That Gov
Queens
Helen
Babylon
Long Island
Aloysius G. Halleran
Flushing
Albert M. Yager
William Rasquin, Jr
Halleran
Yager
Reno Divorce Mills Shutdown on Eve of New Law
Reno, June 2. After twelve o’clock to morrow night the Reno divorce bureau ends. The six months residence rule ends with it, as Nevada’s amended law requires a year’s residence before filing for divorce, effective January 1, 1914. Lawyers fear the collapse of Reno’s famed divorce trade and its long standing “divorce colony.”
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New York Times
Reno
Nevada
Guard in Court Over Camp Cash Scheme
David Chiavin an agent and treasurer of a Williamsburg Manufacturing Company faced two petty theft charges after two canvassers employed by the firm collected deposits from $10 to $75 each and turned in nightly receipts totaling about $2,000. Bail set at $1,007 as investigators report similar problems in related camps in Allentown and elsewhere.
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David Chiavin
Broadsway
Williamsburg
Dodd
Pany
Allentown
Penn
Milhollande Paterson to Face Jury Trial in New Jersey
Miss Milhollande Paterson of New Jersey is to be tried before Judge xfene tomorrow morning on a charge connected to a silk strike speech. The defense will include several known lawyers, among them two New York bar members Miss Jessie Ashley and Miss Milholland. A foreign jury was requested by Miss Flynn, with members drawn from Jersey residents framed around an alleged incitement urging violence.
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Miss Ann
Explosion at Brooklyn Navy Yard Blows Roof Off Building
An explosion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard damaged the 65-3 structure sealing off a section of the site. Watchmen sounded alarms while Marines and Navy Yard Fire Patrol fought the blaze near an oil house storing alcohol and paint. Fire control occurred after about an hour. The cause remains undetermined.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
William Smi
Navy Yard
McDonald
Big China Trade Compact Emerges in U S Barron Leaay Reveals
Kansas City reports detail a vast joint venture linking American capital with Chinese reform groups to control Chinese trade. Baron Charles Etti Leaay, finance official for reform, describes a three-part syndicate with Chinese guilds, reform organization, and an industrial exploitation arm led by Charles G. Dawes and eighteen other financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Kansas City
Charles Etti Leaay
Chinese Reform Cration
Tharon
China
Wilson
Charles G. Dawes
Membe
Police order curbs on skirts in Louisville
In Louisville on June 29 the chief of police announced a policy targeting skirts that reveal ankles. He warned that any woman seen in public wearing such attire would face arrest. No arrests were made and the younger crowd watched to see how leaders enforce the order.
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New York Times
Louisville
Lindsey
Lety
Summer Underwear Wholesale Sale Inheritance
Beginning this morning an exceptional sale offers summer underwear from a maker who closed out his entire stock at a substantial loss. The buyer passes the savings to customers with striking figures and urges shoppers not to overlook this sale for top value on summer undergarments.
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Col
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International Harvester Company
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Hughes
Clyde Tavenner
Manufacturers’ Association
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McInerney
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Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
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Bates
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Cooper
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Richard Bartholdt
Committee On Labor
Washingon
Webb
North Carolina
Ares
Daniel Davenport
Gallinger
Hampshire
J. J. Gardner
Atlantic City
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Europe
James A. Gary
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Atlantic City Trains
Pennsylvania
Hudson Terminal
Newark
Pennsylvania Station
R. R
Gary
Church Street
Supreme Court
Barry
A. B. Lee
White Plains
William S. Bennet
Machinery Club
Otto T. Nnard
John Purroy Mitchel
Annet
Dr. Meserve
Father Kennedy
Father Shanley
Aii
Mrs. Meserve
Shanley
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