Resignation, tariff shifts, and labor upheavals across Washington
The report cites John L. McNab's resignation to President Wilson amid charges about delays by Attorney General McReynolds. It notes Secretary Bryan backing currency reform, tariff revisions adding iron and cattle to free list while raising cotton goods rates, and a civil appropriation bill restricting anti union prosecutions. It mentions the Pujo inquiry savings, Gompers appeals, a 10 000 garment workers strike threat in Cincinnati, and Swanson announcing Valley Forge monument unveiling by Margaret Wilson.
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United States
John L. McNab
San Francisco
Wilson
McReynolds
White House
Senate
Democrats
Simons
Finance Committee
Washington
Margaret Wilson
Valley Forge
New Jersey
Sulzer accuses Murphy of trying to ruin him in Tammany clash
Governor Sulzer details a bitter break with Tammany leader Charles F Murphy alleging attempts to sway his actions on legislation appointments and removals. The report also notes reorganizing Waters-Pierce Oil, Rothschild investment, ICC rate inquiry, and other national items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
Sulzer
New York
Tammany
Murphy
Third International Road Congress Opens in London
The London session chair is held by Chancellor Lloyd George as the third International Road Congress opens. Deputy Atencio of Buenos Aires signals parliamentary action on the beef trust while Anglo American meat firms warn they may suspend London service. Wiesbaden and Bauer of Frankfurt suspend with liabilities of 4.5 million dollars and assets of 3.75 million. Maurice Prevost of Paris reports a 217 mile flight at 117 mph with a second circular course run of 80.5 miles at 111.5 mph. British cabinet members are pressed to defend honesty in parliament over American Marconi shares as Isaacs and Lloyd George explain their dealings.
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Atencio
Buenos Ayres
Chamber of Deputies
London
Maurice Prevost
Paris
France
Prevost
Rufus Isaacs
David Lloyd George
Marconi
President Wilson urges currency reform and free enterprise
President Wilson calls Congress to enact a new banking and currency system to free business from tariffs and empower individual initiative. He argues for public control of banking, mobilized reserves, and credit access to prevent monopolies and sustain rapid economic expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
The
Passion for the Parlor in Home Hygiene
Prof H R Kenwood argues at the Royal Sanitary Institute that the home shapes health. He advises simple cleansings using damp methods, movable furnishings, and daylight to curb germs and tuberculosis, condemning the parlor fetish and urging healthier, brighter homes.
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Royal Sanitary Institute
H. R Kenwood
Bedfordshire
London Daily Telegraph
Neese
Preservation urged for Waterloo battlefield and landmarks
A Boston Transcript report warns Waterloo terrain faces destruction as tramcars cafes and rebuilt structures encroach on Hougemont and La Haye Sainte. British observer suggests Belgian English cooperation to preserve topography as Gettysburg has been saved, though costly.
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Waterloo
Gettysburg
England
la Hale Sainte
Hougemont
Imperial Guard
Boston Transcript
To Train Porch Vines
A simple labor saving device for porch vines uses a 1 inch by 6 foot wooden strip with screw eyes at both ends. Install two walls high on the porch, tie strings to the strip, lift and hook over the eyes, then peg the lower string ends to the ground to train the vines.
Pardon Board Considers Hinshaw Parole Request
State board of pardons may recommend clemency for William E. Hinshaw the former preacher jailed for wife murder in Hendricks county seventeen years ago. Governor Ralston remains reticent as the board weighs a parole or pardon ahead of a June report.
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Pardon Board
William E. Hinshaw
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Ralston
State Board of Pardons
State House
State Board
Hinshaw
A. D. Thomas
Marshall
Thomas
Indiana
Winchester
Hendricks County
Durbin
Griffin Fire Wipes Out $25,000 In Griffin Illinois
A blaze five miles north of Griffin on the Illinois Central railroad caused $25,000 damage. It started in the James Price elevator and spread to J W Fisher and Menzies Cox ice house. James Price suffered $16,000 loss, J W Fisher $15,900, and Menzies-Cox $300. only the Price firm had insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Griffin
James
James Price
J. W. Fisher
Menzies-Cox
Price
Robbers Enter East Hardware Store In Professional Heist
Robbers entered the East hardware store at 930 Main street and took 26 from the cash register plus hardware valued at 80. They gained entry through a cellarway and used a spring wagon to haul heavier items. The theft was not discovered until the owner opened for business. Police suspect professional actors.
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Anderson
East Hardware
Main Street
Miner Lawrence Nabbar ta Shoots Self in Despair
Brazil June 14 Italian miner Lawrence Nab barta of Perth committed suicide by tying a string to a shotgun trigger and placing his foot in the loop. He blew the top of his head off, leaving a fifteen year old son in Terre Haute. Despondency cited.
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Brazil
Lawrence Nabbarta
Perth
Terre Haute
Death in Fort Wayne Jail Cell After Drunkenness Sentence
Andrew Jackson a robust man from Haverstraw New York dropped dead in a Fort Wayne police station jail cell moments after being sentenced for drunkenness. Death is believed to have resulted from heart disease aggravated by liquor.
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Fort Wayne
Andrew Jackson
Haverstraw
N. Y
City Official Ends Life In Garrett Hardware Store
Fort Wayne June 24 Trace Little hardware merchant and city treasurer of Garrett Dekalb county died by self inflicted gunshot at his business. He was fifty eight and the death is attributed to despondency over failing health. Little left his books balanced as city treasurer.
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Fort Wayne
Trace Little
Garrett
Dekalb County
Little
Lawrenceburg Native Picked for Exposition Post
Dr. R. M. Woodward, once of Lawrenceburg, is named to head the emergency hospital department at the 1915 Universal Exposition while continuing as surgeon at the United States Marine Hospital in San Francisco California.
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Lawrenceburg
R. M. Woodward
United States Marine Hospital
San Francisco
Cal
State official releases bass in White River
Louis J. Amos of the state game and fish commission released one thousand small mouth black bass into White river at Columbus. Within ten days he plans to release nine thousand more in nearby streams.
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Columbus
Louis J. Amos
Office of
The
State Game and Fish Commissioner
White River
Indiana county contracts revoked by court after insane bid
Fort Wayne reports William Busching won several gravel road contracts at very low bids but claimed insanity at the time. The circuit court ruled the bids invalid finding he was insane when made and remains of unsound mind. Busching plans to appeal. Other notes cover a suicide in Heltonville, four heat deaths in Calumet region, a run away accident in Lebanon, and a Lynnville fire causing $25,000 loss with little insurance.
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Fort Wayne
William Busching
Busching
Hammond
Calumet
Paul Damme
Louis Pataie
Indiana Harbor Canal
Martin Stanley
Gary
John Berran
Calumet River
Booneville
Tevault
Lynnville
Tevault & Sons
Jacob F. Rickrich
John Sertel
Quicksand Deaths and Suicides Reported in Various Towns
In Terre Haute William Dever died after quicksand trapped him as others pulled with a rope. at Lebanon Vern Witt drowned in a gravel pit while bathing. In South Bend Mary Burdick attempted suicide multiple times but survived with medical help. Marion’s F W Darby drank carbolic acid then died. Gary resident Thomas Porter faced mistaken identity regarding federal jobs. In Princeton Dr Olive Taylor strangled herself at her sister’s home amid heat and business worries.
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Lebanon
Vern Witt
Memphis
Tenn
Whitestown
Marion Cline
Charles Glover
Indianapolis
Marion Automobile Company
Witt
Harvey Cline
Princeton
Olive Taylor
John H. Ashmead
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Pujo Money Trust
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Swanson
American Association of Medical Milk Commissioners
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William C. Barrow
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Guthrie, Okla
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Searcy
American Federation of Labor
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Hubert Moore
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State Court of Appeals
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Henry Flaspeller
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Louis M. Denison
George Brew
Herbert
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Calgary
Luther McCarty
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Gettysburg Battlefield
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St. Francis of Assisi Church
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Wiesbaden & Bauer
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Germany
Solurge Ag Ig Rindes
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Bedford
Marie Dulin
George Carson
Heltonville
Jasper Cain
Blanche Hardesty
Ida Wright
William Dever
Shirksville
South Bend
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Marion
F. W. Darby
Richland Township
Grant County
Darby
J. Ham Lewis
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Cleveland
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