NAM. HEADS BEGIN DENIAL IN LOBBY QUIZ
Washington August 6 James A Emery National Association of Manufacturers representative testified before the senate lobby committee outlining the organization s stance opposing the American Federation of Labor Mulhall claimed meetings created the Council for Industrial Defense in 1907 Emery denied meetings and said the council was formed by officials Mulhall postponed examination to Baltimore files and more letters are hoped to surface in a pending delay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
senate lobby committee
Martin M. Mulhall
Emery
Robert McCarter
association
McCarter
American Federation of Labor
Walsh
Reed
Mulhall
National Council of Industrial Defense
council
employers of labor
united labor organization
labor
James W Van Cleave
Manufacturers association
New York
Council for Industrial Defense
Van Cleave
house lobby committee
Mongay
Baltimore
Louis Setbolad
New York World
senate
City Accepts Highland Park Line for Free Rail
Seattle utilities committees agreed to take eight miles of Highland Park and Lake Burien street car line at no cost on the condition the city maintains operation. The offer comes from the line owners as of August 6.
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SEATTLE
Wash
Highland Park and Lake Burien
Lind Plans to Decline Post Offer in Mexico
New Orleans Aug 6 John Lind President Wilsons personal representative said he would not accept the ambassadorship to Mexico. He left for Galveston to board the New Hampshire and declined a permanent post after achieving his aims in the southern republic. Senate debate over Wilsons Mexico policy cited aid for Americans and property amid rising unrest. Senate questions whether Lind as envoy provides adequate protection and calls for information on constitutionalist strength and U S mediation risks.
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NEW ORLEANS
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico
Lind
Galveston
New Hampshire
Huerta
WASHINGTON
John Ling
senate
Clark
Wyoming
senate foreign relations committee
foreign relations committee
United States
Sheppard
Heneoo
Senator Clark
Evisence
American republic
Eduardo Hay
Sonora
senate foreign relating committee
Hay
ile
Truthful advertising rules in Reno’s Gazette era
The Reno Evening Gazette asserts advertisers are honest and refrain from deception. It argues ads fund future business, rely on truthful goods, and that the paper enforces high standards, praising local merchants who advertise as deserving of patronage.
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Reno Evening Gazette
BULL MOOSE DINNER PLAN FOR CONCILIATION
Chicago Aug 6 Ormady Mec Harg arrived from New York to map a reunification dinner for Republicans and progressives in the fall. He urged unity against the Democrats and blamed Wilson for policy moves while calling Theodore Roosevelt misunderstood as radical in political life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
Ormady MecHarg
New York
Mr. McHarg
Army Major Loses Court Appeal Over Promotion
Washington dispatch reports Major Beecher B. Ray lost a court contest to stop Secretary Garrison from promoting another officer over him. The district supreme court allowed executive discretion in promotions, noting personal fitness and duties of the office as decisive. The ruling cites the president may nominate another man.
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WASHINGTON
Beecher B. Ray
Garrison
army
district supreme court
Ray
war department
McReynolds
ites
Postmaster Fined Ten Dollars for Assault at Wadsworth
W C Dixon the postmaster at Olinghouse was found guilty of assault and battery on miner James Thomas by a Wadsworth jury yesterday and fined $10 which he paid. The trial in Wadsworth had District Attorney Woodburn prosecuting and Huskey for the defense. Dixon, about 70, and Thomas, 46, clashed after Thomas accused Dixon of writing salacious letters. Dixon struck Thomas with a pick handle, causing a painful but not serious wound.
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Wadsworth
W. C. Dixon
Olinghouse
James Thomas
oodburn
Huskey
Dixon
Thomaz
ham
Thomas
iThomas
Convict Thomas Brady Alias Albert Stots Escapes Reno Prison
Cards describing Thomas Brady alias Albert Stots, who escaped from the state prison Monday evening, were received by Reno police. Brady served 60 days for petty larceny in Stockton, California, and was later sent up from Lyon County for assault with a deadly weapon. He has blue eyes, chestnut gray hair, a crooked nose, a tanned complexion, and a tattooed arm. He is five feet eleven inches tall and weighs 148 pounds.
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Thomas Brady
Albert Stots
Reno
Brady
Stockton
Cal
Lyon county
Arizona Judge Chosen by President Wilson
President Wilson selected W. A. Sawter of Tucson as United States Judge for the district of Arizona after bipartisan Senate recommendation. Nomination expected to reach the Senate today amid embargo lift talks and claims of imminent Mexican stability.
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WASHINGTON
W. A. Sawter
Tucson
Wilson
United States
district of Arizona
senate
Girls Refuge Strike Teams St. Louis As Company Delays
August 6 report from St. Louis describes renewed strike actions by girl operators and maintenance workers against Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph. Indignation meeting rejects settlement terms lacking worker votes. Strikers demand amends for mistreatment of reinstatement candidates and resist returning to work until promises are honored. Seven named instances show wage cuts and reentry barriers, with training school fees requested despite prior monthly pay.
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ST. LOUIS
Southewestern Telephone and Telegraph company
south exchange
Saskatchewan 1913 grain crop estimates released
Regina reports the Saskatchewan department of agriculture's forecast two weeks before harvest. Wheat 126,557,014 bushels. oats 121,435,630. barley 137,897. flax 13,539,918. total grain crop 270,670,459 bushels.
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REGINA
Sask
Saskatchewan department of agriculture
Negro janitor finds Marshall's purse and gains $5
Washington reports Vice President Marshall smiled at his desk as $35 tucked in his pocketbook and a $5 bill burned a hole in Billy Walker's overalls. The purse dropped from the chair, was noticed by a janitor when cleaning, and the story notes the janitor received six dollars.
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WASHINGTON
Marshall
Billy Walker
senate
die
New Venire Possible In Diggs Caminetti Trial
In San Francisco on August 6, Matt I. Sullivan predicted a speedy jury. Eleven jurors were in the box with one excused for indigestion and another challenged. A fourth salesman was dismissed for prejudice, leaving two unexamined from the original venire as both sides held challenges. The court refused Saturday or Monday sessions, signaling a possible new venire and a delay before evidence.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Matt I. Sullivan
Diggs-Caminett
Diggs
Caminetti
Van Fleet
Digga
Initiation at Moose Lodge Ends in Tragedy
In Birmingham Alabama on August 6 the magneto used in a branding stunt during the initiation of Christopher Gustin and Donald Kenny into the local Moose lodge produced 2000 volts, deemed enough to kill a man. Mat Stratford, the electrician who sold the magneto, testified that the initiation was crude cruelty at the inquest.
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BIRMINGHAM
Als
Christopher Gustin
Donald Kenny
Loyal Order of Moose
Mat Stratford
Hawthorne Parole Refused in Atlanta Case
Hawthorne and Dr. William J. Morton of Boston were denied parole by the justice department in Washington. They were convicted of using mats to defraud and must serve their federal prison terms, though good behavior could lead to release in October.
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ATLANTA
Aus
department of justice
Washington
Julian Hawthorne
William J. Morton
Boston
hare
federal board of prisons
Hawthorne
Morton
Cloudburst Causes Damage in Shoshone and Surrounding Areas
A cloudburst over Shoshone Wye and Aust caused street flooding and property damage. Two houses were destroyed by flooding, no loss of life reported. A cellar flooded and water reached two feet in the main street. Two railroad bridges were washed away in the disaster.
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Wye
Aust
Lippitt Opposes Cotton Schedule In Senate Debate
Rhode Island senator Lippitt denounced the cotton schedule as biased toward southern made necessities and against New England luxuries. He proposed a Dingley bill substitute setting duties near 20 percent, aiming to raise the average to about 30.4 percent versus the pending bill’s 7 to 20 percent.
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WIASHINGTON
senate
Senator Lippitt
Rhode Island
New England
Dingley
Ambassador's Berlin Residences Rent Exceeds Salary
Berlin dispatch reports United States Ambassador James W. Gerard and family will return to the U S on Amerika after selecting two Berlin houses for a residence Each rental runs about 29000 dollars annually surpassing the ambassador's salary by 1500 dollars Also notes Chicago butter storage and a Seattle military luncheon trip.
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BERLIN
James W. Gerard
United States
Germany
Anto Sigray
Hamburg
Amerika
Gerard
Tiergarten
Native California Woman Loses Ballot in Supreme Court Ruling
San Francisco August 6 The California supreme court ruled against Mrs. Hthel C McKenzie a native Californian who married a Scotch singer and thus became a British subject siding with the San Francisco election commission. The case tests the voting rights of women who marry foreign nationals and the court upheld the commission finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALIFORNIA
SCOT
SAN FRANCISCO
state supreme court
Hthel C. McKenzie
New Nevada rail line eyed to open Washoe lands
San Francisco August 6 A new railroad would reach from Reynard Nevada north into Surprise Valley in Modoc County linking Cedarville Eagleville Lake City Modoc and Fort Bidwell. The line would cut across northern Washoe County enabling irrigation and cultivation of vast tracts. Salt Lake capitalists back an 806000 capitalization for the project and an irrigation scheme involving 64000 acres.
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SAN FRANCISCO
California
Salt Lake City
Reynard
Nev
Western Pacific
Surprise valley
Modoc county
Salt Lake
Cedarville
Eagleville
Lake City Modoc
Fort Bidwell
Inc
Washoe county
Pyramid lake
lme
N.C. O railway
Reno
Senate Debates Tariff Bill and Mexico Policy Clash
Senate resumed general debate on a tariff bill as Senator Lippitt attacked the cotton schedule and offered a substitute. Senator Clark of Wyoming urged action over Wilson’s Mexico policy and moved for an investigative resolution. Lobby committee heard from James A. Emery of the National Association of Manufacturers about Mulhall lobbying. Foreign relations panel heard Eduardo Hay on the Mexican situation. House not in session. lobby panel excused Mulhall until Monday and heard Louise Seibold briefly.
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Lippitt
Clark
Wyoming
Wilson
John Ling
Mexico
Americana
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Mulhall
Eduardo Hay
House
Martin M. Mulhall
Louise Seibold
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