Lobby Hunters Seek the Men Higher Up
Washington June 5. Senate lobbying inquiry opens its second stage with over fifty witnesses summoned to reveal improprieties and who pulled strings behind the sugar schedule. The investigation may widen to cover all organized efforts to influence Congress, with calls to reveal lobby activity by former lawmakers and business interests.
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Hiram the
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate Lonoy
Overman
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Farmers’ Protective Organizations
Smoot
Reed
State of
Tah
Quinn Gets $5,000 Grade No. 1 Shipping Commissioner
Patrick H. Quinn of Brooklyn, a Democratic leader, was appointed Shipping Commissioner of the Port of New York by Secretary Redfield. The Brooklyn political figure and former sheriff and public official is described with a long career in business, real estate, and politics. He lives at 111 Schermerhorn Street with his wife and four children.
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Washington
Redfeld
Department of Commerce
Patrick H. Quinn
Brooklyn
New York
Frank 8. Terry
Patrick HW. Quinn
Ireland
America
Finance Department
Kihes
Dusinens, Je
Charice
1St Assembly District Memocratic Association
Kings County Democratic Chreb
Brooklyn Lodge of Elks and
Royal Arcanure Ie
Schermerhorn Street
Senate halts treaty renewal with Great Britain
Senate action on renewing the arbitration treaty with Britain stalls after objections by Senator Chamberlain over submitting the Panama Canal tolls dispute to The Hague. The Foreign Relations Committee had reported three treaties, Italy and Spain were ratified, while Great Britain faced delay amid tolls and arbitration debates led by Chamberlain and others.
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Washinain
Clamberiitt
Great Britain
Panama Canal
The
Hague
Tony
Panama
United States
Ioas
Loni
Chamberlain
Itas
Chatran
Bacon
Senate Root
German
Canal Committee
Sentenced to hospital for burglary case in New York
Judge Swann suspended Peter Roth's sentence in General Sessions and sent him to Rivers ide Hospital on North Brother Island after evidence showed he would likely die of tuberculosis if imprisoned. Roth, who had worked eighteen years, had stolen thirteen pairs of shoes from A J Hates Co, driven by drinking and another man.
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Swann
North Brother Island
Peter Roth
Roth
Riverside Hospital
Health Department
Jud Swann
Edward Ismnball
Hoth
A. J. Hates & Co
Dieft
May & Roth
Rutherford man loses leg in train accident
Tutherford New Jersey June incident at Rutherford station describes B Ketel of 47 Ridge Road slipping after alighting from a moving train. His right leg was severed under the wheels. Ketel, stepfather of Clarence Wood, was transported to General Hospital, Passaic, with internal injuries.
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Tutherford
N. J
D. B. Ketel
No. 47
Ridge Road
Tutherford Station
Ketel
Clarence Wood
Rutherford Boat Club
Hackensack River
General Hopital
Passaic
Plans heavy taxes to kill off trust dissolution debate
Attorney General warns neither Standard Oil nor American Tobacco combination dissolved. Senator Hitchcock argues a proposed tariff amendment would impose a heavy, graduated excise tax on tobacco and rivals to crush the four tobacco trusts and restore competition. The issue hinges on dissolution versus enforcement under Sherman law.
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Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Washington
Attames
Uitehenek
Nebraska
Capitol
Hitchoork
Cauons
Uitehcoek
Supreme Court
Myers
Lamllard
Tobacco Trust
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Ieterest
Davis Nominated U S Attorney for New Jersey
President Wilson sent the nomination of J Warren Davis, a Democratic leader in the New Jersey Senate, for United States Attorney for the district of New Jersey. Davis backed by Wilson, helped push anti trust bills and supported Wilson’s policies during his governorship.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
J. Warren Davis
United States
District of New Jersey
Davis
New Jersey Senate
Yale Trusteeship Contest Promises Three Candidates
Yale alumni compete for the vacant trusteeship after Taft resigned to join the faculty. Candidates include William Arthur Rogers of Buffalo, William Wallace Atterbury of Philadelphia, and Vance Criswell McCormick of Martinsburg. Election occurs next week with voting limited to alumni of five years. All three have active alumni records and have been nominated by graduates nationwide.
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New ‘Haven
Conn
Taft
Yale University Corporation of Trustee Board
Yale
Sheffield Selentide
Walliam Arthur Rogers
Buffalo
William Wallace Atterbury
Penn to Electrify Road Gains Backing Across State
Pennsylvanian rail officials move toward electrifying the main line of the Pennsylvania Rally road within years. The plan follows the Westinghouse Electric Company and a potential power plant at Gallstein. Rail authorities indicate the project will use current to operate cross switches.
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Evexrapn
Rene Rrimane
Mittabureh
Pennsylvania Rally Road
Pennsylvania
Wireless Operators Promise No Strike Amid Coastal Services
Jon Hot eon Keorpai Metheny of the Marconi company said yesterday that no strike is expected among Wireless operators in the Atlantis and Cult Service. He noted operators were satisfied with their treatment after recent shortages, despite some afiliations shifting to the Industrial Workers of the World. The San Pranetvor meeting revealed fears of a general strike, but company officials asserted service would not be affected.
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Congress
Cumming
Smoot
Williams
Goff
West Virginia
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Sherman
Ilinois
C. Faulkner
United States
Colin Livingstone
W. J. Strassburger
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Paul J. Christian
Louisiana Sugar Growers
Arthur B. Hayes
Jon Hot
Keorpai Metheny
Marconi Company
Atlantis
Abe
San Pranetvor
Collmereral
Collmereral Telegrapbers’ Unton
America
Industrial Workers of
Ie World
En Fire Atlantic Service
Dr Carrel Orr for France and Belgian violinist return
A fragmentary report notes Dr Carrel Orr leaving for France to join the Institute for Medical Research, planning summer experiments in Paris. Belgian violinist Bertin Vraye returns home after a concert tour in the United States. Duchess ide Chauines, Theodore Ff Shonte’s daughter, travels with her young son and sister near Marie Mr. Rhonte remains at the pier with family.
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Rears
Marre
France
Maid
Paris
Bertin
Bue
Marie
Rhonte
New York Attorney General Criticizes Home Rule Provisions
In Binghamton on June 6 Attorney General Carmody addressed the mayors conference noting the Home Rule law limits city powers. He argued charter amendments require Legislature consent and that cities cannot freely tax borrow or contract debts without constitutional changes. Other speakers warned against loose interpretations as calls for constitutional amendment gain support.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Mayors’ State Conference
Carmouly
Nith
Curemody
Lawrence Taser
Citizens Crew
New York City
Billy
William He Eerwards
New York
Women's Masterpat League
Elitc
William Pod
Governor Sulzer backs broad home rule amendment seek
In a telegram to the Mayor tonight Governor Sulzer argues that if the general home rule law does not fully meet fundamental needs he favors amending the general law rather than relying on special laws. The message mentions pes and Nelson P. Lewi chief engineer of the New York City Board of Estimate among others.
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Pes
New York
Nelson P. Lewi
New York City Board of Estimate
Sulzer
Suffragists Stir Queens At Large Meeting
A mass meeting under the Women s Political Union drew over two thousand people before the Queens County Courthouse in Long Island City. Veterans of local politics called it the biggest such gathering in years. Nora Blatch de Forest presided with speakers Bestrice Brown Minn Atlee Winslow Katherine Ferrell May Godard Elizabeth McNally and Elizabeth O Callan. The event featured moving pictures of suffragists marching in New York last month and refreshments were served to the crowd.
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Women's Political Union
Queens County
Long Island City
Oldtimers
Nora Blatch de Forest
Bestrice Brown
Minn Atlee Winslow
Katherine Ferrell
May ©. Godard
Elizabeth McNally
Elizabeth O'Callan
New York
East Siders to Honor McAneny at June Dinner
East Side committee of merchants professionals and social workers plans a June 1 dinner at Clinton Hall Tapth to show appreciation for Mr McAneny. Speakers include Miss Lillian Wald Henry Morgenthau Ray Ingersoll Louis Lande and Dr Paul Abelson.
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Erie
McAneny
Clinton Hall
Lillian D. Wald
Henry Morgenthau
Ray
Fhond
Ingersoll
Louis Lande
Paul Abelvon
Power lines plan to run electric trains near Pittsburgh
fragmentary OCR notes show a discussion of powering electric trains near Pittsburgh with a proposal to use electricity later in the project. The text references lighting and a company maneuver but lacks full details or names.
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Pittsburgh
Harvard Law at 18: Dual Degrees By Telegraph
Adolph Jorte Jr, slated to turn eighteen days before starting Harvard Law School, will receive both BA and MA this year, making him the youngest entrant since Cottage Mather. His father is a national newspaper printer and a Tulane professor. Jorte passed Harvard exams at thirteen and studied while married at fourteen.
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the Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Adolph 4
Jorte, Jr
Soen
Harvard Law School
Harvard
Herb
Tultscoll
Cottag Mather
Pageant Struggle Over Child Performers At Madison Square Garden
The strike pageant committee at Madison Square Garden faces legal limits on child performers. New York officials and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children require advance filing, and a proposal to involve about three hundred children is under debate with advocates arguing for and against the plan.
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Madison Square Garden
Paterson
New York
Industrial Workers of the
el Vorke
Thie
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