Contempt Fight Over Building Bureau Books at Hearing
The committee seized the documents after Penny refused to allow examination at will. Penny and Conboy challenged the proceedings as unconstitutional as Justice Hotchkiss ordered show cause why restraint should not be issued. Penny, head of the Builders Supply Bureau, faced contempt charges as Untermyer pressed questions on prices and records. The bureau, dating to 1918, faced scrutiny over price lists and governance amid potential grand jury action.
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Conboy
Lockwood
Cowboy
Hho
Justice Hotchkiss
Condoy
Penny
Philbrick
Masons
Susi 114Th Mond Hill
Asu
Candee, Smith
Untermyer
Combinatia Tre
W. York
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Counse
Bureau
C of
New York
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T. Hettzick
Peatiy
Urother
Buteai
Ing
Untermyesta
Steen
Association
Era Wise
Cornelius A. McGuire
Joseph M. Philbrick
Trimsures
Dealey
Organimati
Magra Cor
Trent
Ulata A
Dwainrs
Tos Wasoetation
Treat
Untermy
Four of 20 Builders Escaped Indictment
Twenty members of the Employit Metallic Furling and Lathing Association appeared before Judge Maiqueen Sixtuen. Each was held on $1,000 bail on charges of willfully destroying records from a special meeting. The indictment alleges the group met October 8 and destroyed minutes of an April 24 meeting to thwart a pending inquiry by the Lockwood Legislative Committee.
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Maiqueen Sixtuen
Lockwood
Lockwood Committee
T Jer
Kellemere
Ostaher
Ing
Ter Wool Committee
Weralgnod
Terday
Arthur Eld
Backer Accused As Go-Between In $25,000 Levy
The state opened its case against builder George S Tecker at a Manhattan Supreme Court session accusing perjury as the Levy trial proceeds. Prosecution seeks to prove Braker arranged payments after a $15,000 first installment and that several named individuals participated in related negotiations and witness arrangements.
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Backer
George S. Tecker
Genn
Severn Witmegnes
Ui State
Bucker
Timoty
Buckner
Ie Atte
Riesverstary
Rober
Beindell
Tram Iphraim & Levy
Dlomm
Ding
Meg Braker
Copeland Warns of Socialist Threat From Housing Shortage
Detroit dispatch cites Copeland stating that housing shortages in major cities threaten health and morals, risk fueling socialism as the U S government faces a mounting home deficit. Health officials from New York and other large cities warn the shortage imperils future tal health and public welfare.
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Detroit
Mich
Ney Vines
United ‘States
New York
Curtal
Copeland
Captain and Wife Dead on Beach Near Seattle
The wreck of the W. Wl. Pireie is reported. Captain Jet fen and his wife and infant Mary Peter are found dead on a beach near Johnson. A baby was missing. searchers, including Jensen and Molmann, brought news and scattered bodies for verification.
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Washington State
Seattle
Pireie
Captu Jet Fen
Mary Peter
Pe Johison
Advicus
Leslye
May
Washington
Tieon
Wwe
Lands Charge Is Vengeance Testimony Plays Out
Testimony outlines bribery scheme connected to Levy contract on Seventh Avenue building. Buckner and Hacker identified two men as nameless associates while witnesses describe payments in installments through Backer and transactions at Henry Street. Lockwood confirms legislative authority to question witnesses. Mooney cross examines to challenge contradictions.
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Mutt
Buckner
Hacker
Havng
Brindell
Ming and Thin
Spindel
Pat
Watke
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Vaid
Lacy
Aio
West
Rcond
Trent
Backer
Henry Stocar
Nally
Seeinng Levy
Senate
Charles C. Lockwoord
Lockwood
Bisha
Mooney
10 Wood
Buckes
Turmoil and Confession Tie to Mexican Leader Madero Case
Guatemala City reports former general Francisco Cardenas testified in a revelation tied to the murder of President Francisco Madero. Cardenas described payments and a plot involving key figures, including alleged promises to cover government contracts, with testimony referencing past covert activity and a 1915 confession.
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Guatemala
Francisco Cardenas
Vruncisco Madero
Cardenas
Tan
Madero
Bolling
Mexico
Nestor
Denies Graft Claims Involving Mr Sande and Fees
A contested inquiry alleges Mr Sande received payments in a case tied to FAO activities and a push to halt proceedings. The witness Benjamin Fuller and others link testimony to a 1918 mortgage matter and later financial moves, while Mr Sande denies any wrongdoing or cooperation with other firms. The record cites a barrage of anonymous letters and threats surrounding the probe.
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Sucs
Benjamin I Fuller
Bank graft inquiry sheds light on Sands case
Reading from testimony, investigators discuss the Shippir bank collapse, deposits of about 3 000 dollars, and transfers to other banks. Evidence ties Sands to alleged bribes and a broader scheme involving Downey Shipbuilding, with Bolling and McCann cited in an escalating political-financial controversy.
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Tothal
Saphee
A. F
Bolling
York
Sands
Bank of the
Ball
Presid
Conmiercial
Natistal
Sandy
McCant
Tan
Inuther
Washington
McCann
Downey Shipbuilding Corporaton
Allet
Willard
Bol
Fim Af F A. Gontelly & Co
Mr. Bolling
St. Was
de Presilwit
Wolling
Wien Cote
Chai Waleray
Wal Y
Niemsicht Attacks Anti Immigrant Speech in Boston Club
Tokio paper reports Niemsicht denounces a Miesevelt Club speech by Senator Henry Cehot Tadge criticizing an allied white alliance idea. It claims Lodge warned against Asiatic immigration and portrays Japanese as a threat. calls for white supremacy and racial segregation.
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Tokio
Niemsicht
Miesevelt Club
Boston
United 4
Henry Cehot Tadge
Lodge
United
McCormick Denies Europe Visit Amid League of Nations Talk
United States Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois arrived in London from the United States and dismissed reports he was touring Europe to gauge support for a new League of Nations. He stated his trip had no political purpose and denied any mission to Paris Rome Prague Warsaw and Berlin.
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Bruken
Pirrie
Sandy Ant
Santa Rita
United States
Botater
Bolling
M & Cunts
McCormick
Europe
Harding
London
Medill McCormick
Minners
Unites
Pari
Rome
Prague
Warday
Nerun
Unclear OCR snippet on accidents and thefts
Fragmentary text reports multiple accidents with casualties and a note on mobiler and vehicle incidents. Mentions thieves attempting operations and dangerous throughfares. Names, dates, and places are unreadable in the OCR.
Jury convicts in Mercer Court over theft and extortion
In Trenton Mercer County Court a jury finds a defendant guilty after sampling whiskey connected to a local warehouse theft and extortion scheme. The trial, held at the Cane Court, centered on stolen wine and an exhibit of a pink item, with the court noting the verdicts were delivered amid a crowd enjoying apples served by CHILDS.
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Trenton
Mercer Cane Court
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Building Corporation
John Cranu
Durney Corporation
Wallace Downey
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Otee
Stayer
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Hany Tuly
Duembep
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Ams
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R. WB. Bolling
Mr. and
Mrs. Sands
HM Gidding & Pa
Maus Electric Plant
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HneDauc & Brow
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Orkmet
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