Letters Found In Mulhall Files Rally Political Fight
Washington August 6 ex amination of Mulhall postponed as he reveals about 200 more letters from Baltimore files bearing on national politics and possible further discoveries. Emery of the National Association of Manufacturers testifies on open shop aims and the defense council. Letters show contributions and lobbying efforts to influence committees and oppose labor efforts while Mulhall asserts no meetings existed for the Council of Industrial Defense.
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Washington, D. C
Mulhall
House Lobby Committee
Baltimore
Fairchild
Stilnd
Washington
D.C
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Eantsation
McCarter
MeCarter
American Federation of Labor
Walsh
Reed
Defense Council
Emery
National Council of Industrial Defense
Employers of Labor
United Labor Organizations
van Cleave
New York
Council of Industrial Defense
House
James A Emery
Manufacturers’ Association
Buchanan
Ilinois
Concrete
Kirby
Glenn
Hlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Chiago
Illinois
M. M. Mulhall
McDorsalt
Associa
Weather Summary for Rock Island Area
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with light showers tonight or Thursday and a temperature change. Temperature at 7 am was 70 with a high of 85 yesterday and a low of 68 last night. Winds are moderate and variable, humidity around 52 percent at 7 pm and 64 percent at 7 am. Precipitation in the last 24 hours was 0.07 inch. Evening star Jupiter. morning stars Saturn Venus Mars Mercury. Auriga lies near the pole around 9 pm with Capella prominent near the Milky Way edge.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Auriga
Emery correspondence reveals feud over labor law funding
The Emery letters show a fierce clash between the Manufacturers' association and the American Federation of Labor as they maneuver to influence government agencies. A 1913 note to John Kirby Jr links the sundry civil bill, Taft's veto, and possible pro labor administration shifts, predicting a showdown on labor policy and cabinet appointments. It cites post Taft ideas about union influence and a 113 million dollar appropriation with many public figures implicated.
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Wilson
Emery
Manufacturers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Farmers’ Societies
John Kirby, Jr
Association
Taft
Department of Labor
C. W
Post
Secretary of Labor
Gopirol
Gompers
White House
Bryan
Kirby
Peorian swims ten miles in fast time
Peoria Illinois Aug 6 Malcolm J Cook swam ten miles down the Illinois river to Pekin Pekin in 3 hours 38 minutes the time was remarkable and lower than his own previous mark of 4 hours 40 minutes He used the Australian crawl and breast stroke to set the record in a long distance swim event
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Peoria
Malcom J. Cook
Illinois River
Pekin
Decisive Battle Opens at Canton China
Hong Kong reports a battle starting today at Canton between Chinese government troops and southern rebels. Two divisions of the government army attacked the east gate of the city.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Cty
Knights of Columbus to reconfirm officers at Boston convention
Boston August 6 Practically all supreme officers of the Knights of Columbus will be reelected at today's session of the annual convention They are led by James A Flaherty of Philadelphia supreme knight Also reported Springfield Illinois August 6 James Furlong 65 a veteran dry goods merchant and Civil War clerk died at his home after a weeklong illness
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Boston
Mass
Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Supreme Knight
Capital
Springfield
James Furlong
Illinois
Furlong
Champ Butler
Lind Heads to Mexico Aboard New Hampshire
Former Minnesota governor Lind sails from Galveston to Vera Cruz aboard the battleship New Hampshire as the president’s personal representative. Secretary Bryan asks Daniels to provide a battleship escort for this mission.
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Washington, D. C
Lind
Minnesota
Mexico
Galveston
Texas
Vera Cruz
New Hampshire
Bryan
Daniels
Nation
Eduardo Hay
Constitutionalists
Sonora
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Huerta
Will sue to get U S tax on oleo
Washington, D. C., Aug. 6 Suits to recover $800,000 of federal oleomargarine taxes will be begun soon in Chicago against prominent peers and other oleomargarine manufacturers. Commissioner Osborn said he will ask Attorney General McReynolds to proceed per Chicago grand jury recommendations criticizing prior treasury actions and probing color vs uncolored oleomargarine tax claims. The suits target C. H. Hammond Company Friedman Manufacturing Company Moxley and Company Armour and Company and several smaller Chicago-area firms. Criminal prosecutions had not been decided.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Internal Revenue
Osborn
McReynolds
Grand
Treasury Department
C. H. Hammond Company
Friedman Manufactory Company
Moxley and Company
Armour and Company
Man Kills Sweetheart in Crowded Chicago Office
James Hedman, an Excelsior Letter shop employee, shot and seriously wounded Miss Maisy Begg, a stenographer, in a downtown Chicago office building and then killed himself as crowds filled the halls. Hedman reportedly loved Begg and acted from jealousy.
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Chicagoan
Chicago
James Hedman
Excelsior Letter Shop
Maisy Begg
Hedman
Begg
Receiver sought for Michigan Buggy Co in Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids Mich Aug 6 An application was filed in federal court seeking the appointment of a receiver for the Michigan Buggy Co of Kalamazoo. The action implicates about 3 000 000 dollars and concerns the Michigan 40 automobile built by the company.
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Grand Rapide, Mich
Michigan Buggy Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
Reducing Military in Copper Region Ill News
Calumet Michigan August 6 plan to cut military force in copper strike district. Soldiers with highest home needs to return first and provisional units to be organized as ranks thin. Sheriff Cruse given power to form armed deputies. recall of troops awaited by Governor Ferris in Lansing with possible order within 24 hours.
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Calumet
Mich
Abbey
Houghton
Cruse Carte Blanche
Lauriam
Jones
Lansing
Ferris
Copper Country
Peace Pact in Balkans Ends Meeting in Bucharest
Delegates from Serbia Greece Montenegro Romania and Bulgaria concluded a peace pact today in Bucharest after a meeting aimed at stabilizing the Balkan region. The agreement signals a regional effort to reduce tensions and promote cooperation among the five nations.
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Bucharest
Serbia
Greece
Montenegro
Rauimania
Bulgaria
Two Robbers Loot Mail Car On L N Train
Birmingham reporters describe a Northbound Louisville and Nashville passenger train robbery from New Orleans. Two unidentified white men boarded at Calera and seized registered mail, handcuffed clerks George Hoover and E G York, bound chief clerk Harry Everett with twine, and fired a shot that missed. The thieves fled at Fourteenth Street in Birmingham after a 33 mile haul.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
George Hoover
E. G. York
Harry Everett
Calera
Everett
Fourteenth Street
Girl Locked in Closet Released After 72 Hours
East Chicago Indiana reports Annie Newman a year old girl was locked in a vacant house closet during a hide and seek game. After nearly 72 hours without food she was found by a real estate agent and is critically weak with fears of death.
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Chicago
Ind
Annie Newman
Held on dogs evidence Henry Thorington charged with murder
Kirksville Mo Aug 6 Henry Thorington once rejected suitor of Mrs Ivy Chevalier was formally charged with murdering her and her 12 year old daughter Ella early Monday morning The accusation followed bloodhounds trailing from the Chevalier home to Thoringtons lodging after scent was given by a club involved in the murders Thorington nearly collapsed in jail at Macon Mo as Sheriff Willis rushed him by car to avert mob violence.
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Henry Thorington
Kirksville
Ivy Chevalier
Ella
Weatherby
Chevalier
Thorington
Macon
Willis
Pearl worth $2,000 sold for $20 in misjudgment
Lansing Iowa Aug 6 John Wendt the clamper who yesterday found a 50 grain pearl in the Mississippi sold it to a Chicago buyer for $20, though experts say its value is probably $2,000.
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Lansing
Iowa
John Wendt
Mississippi
Chicago
Republicans and Bull Moose Unite in Chicago Mass Meeting
O McHarg arrived from New York to meet Republican and progressive leaders in Chicago. They plan a monster mass meeting early this winter to unite Republicans and Bull Moosers against the Democratic Party.
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Chicago
Ill
O. McHarg
New York
McHarg
Chinese Exhibit Cut At Panama-Pacific Fair
Pekin reports financial difficulties prevent full Chinese exhibit funding for the Panama-Pacific exposition. Finance Minister Sophie expects to raise about half a million, though many lawmakers oppose the move.
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Pekin
Sophie
Brand Whitlock May Get European Post
Washington D C Aug 6 William Price of Danville Kentucky was chosen for minister to Panama The name Brand Whitlock of Toledo was brought forward today as a likely appointee to an European post Washington D C Aug 6 The president nominated Preston McGoodwin of Oklahoma to be minister to Venezuela
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Sourse
Washington, D
Mexico
Senate
Clark
Wyoming
America
Senate of Foreign Relations Committee
Hostil Ha
Washington, D. C
William Price
Danville
Panama
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Preston McGoodwin
Oklahoma
Venezuela
President reaffirms currency plan for extra session
Washington August 6 The president spoke with various callers and made clear he will press to have the currency bill passed at the extra session. He affirmed commitment to the program and to congressional action.
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Washingon
D. C
Motordome Owner Held to Grand Jury
Cincinnati August 6 Manager W Eberhardt of the Lagoon Motor dome where ten people died last week in a motorcycle accident was held to the grand jury on an involuntary manslaughter charge.
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Motordome
Cincinnati
W. Eberhardt
The
Lagoon Motordome
Féir
Grand Jury
Ed Walsh Leaves For Arm Specialist In Youngstown
Ed Walsh star pitcher of the Chicago Americans, whose arm has been sore since spring, left Chicago to visit a Youngstown specialist for examination to decide if his career as a twirler is over. His last appearance was July 19 in Chicago, when he retired after two innings against Philadelphia. If unable to pitch, he plans to try as an outfielder.
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Chicago
Ed Walsh
Chicago Americans
Youngstown
Ohio
Philadelphia
Major Ray Denied Injunction Over Army Pay Corps Promotion
Major Beecher B. Rays bid for an injunction blocking a promotion in the army pay corps was denied by the district supreme court. The ruling says fitness for office lies with executive or administrative officials, not the judiciary, despite Rays seniority. The decision could impact future officer appointments in the army and navy.
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Washington, D. C
Beecher B. Ray
Garrison
Army Pay Corps
District Supreme Court
Ray
War Department
Congressional Committee
McReynolds
Mc Reynolds
International Medical Congress Opened in London
Prince Arthur of Connaught opened the International Medical Congress at Great Albert Hall before about 10 000 attendees. Credentials were checked to keep out suffragists as police guarded the venue while protesters marched with billboards questioning doctors on women’s torture.
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London
International Medical Congress
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Great Albert Hall
German ordnance corps officers convicted of betraying secrets
Berlin Aug. 6 Light sentences were imposed on German ordnance corps officers found guilty by court martial of betraying military secrets to Krupps. Lieutenant Tillan received two months in prison, Schleuder and Hinst four months each, Hoge forty three days. The first three lose their commissions while Hoge keeps a military post.
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Berlin
German Ordnance Corps
Krupps
Tillan
Schleuder
Hinst
Hoge
Johnson County fair barns burned in Iowa
In City, Iowa, Aug 6 fire destroyed the Johnson County fair grounds barns causing about 1000 dollars in damage. Firemen nearby could not stop the blaze that consumed cattle sheep and hog barns while horse barns were damaged. Incendiary origin suspected though sparks from a nearby engine were also considered. The loss strains the Johnson County Agricultural and Mechanical association which is in debt.
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Town City
Iowa
Johnson County Fair Grounds
Johnson County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Strike Spreads as Duluth Docks Affected by Labor Action
The Duluth strike spreads from Allouez docks at Superior to Missabe and Northern docks as the day shift quits. Estimates place the number out at 400 to 600 with no formal demands presented yet.
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Duluth
Minn
Allouez
Superior
Missabe
Northern
Cloudburst Floods Shoshone With Heavy Damage
A mountain cloudburst hit Shoshone Wyoming early today flooding streets and flooding every cellar. Two houses were destroyed by lightning and there is extensive property damage. No deaths reported as Main Street saw water two feet deep.
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Wyo
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