Resignation of U S Attorney Over White Slavery Probes
John L. McNab the U S attorney for the Northern District of California resigns to President Wilson citing pressure from Attorney General McReynolds to delay prosecutions of Drew Caminetti and Maury Diggs in the Western Fuel Company white slave conspiracy case. He accuses Washington of yielding to influence and says he cannot continue as a mere automaton while indictments await action and grand juries’ findings may be nullified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
John L. McNab
United States
California
Wilson
Washington
McNab
James C. McInreynolds
Drew Caminetti
Caminetti
Maury Diggs
Western Fuel Company
Federal Grand Jury
Department of Justice
D. C
E Western Fuel Directors
J. C. Wilson Stock Brokers
Department
Wires McReynolds
Weather Forecast for Texas from Washington Bulletin
Weather Washington D C June 21 Forecast Eastern Texas Generally fair Sunday and Monday Western Texas Fair Sunday except showers in extreme west portion Monday fair Coastal plains and elevated areas not specified But the report highlights a dry pattern with isolated showers in far west Monday confines the forecast to Texas regions and dates.
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Washington
D. C
Texas
Regional Weather Summary Observes City Readings
Observations across major cities note temperatures ranging from 62 to 96 with conditions including cloudy clear and rain likely. Winds vary from north to southeast at around 10 to 16 miles per hour as Saturday highs precede Sunday rain in several locations.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Beeville Rescues Missing Corpus Christi Girl
Mary Olsovsky, 12, who vanished Friday noon triggering an 86 hour search by Corpus Christi officers and volunteers, was found this afternoon in Beeville after wandering streets, riding a train, and going to her grandmother’s home. She was returned to Corpus Christi tonight.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Mary Olsovsky
Beevlle
Beeville
New Paving Plan Urged For Passage
A San Antonio front foot assessment plan for street improvement is urged by Mayor Brown and a citizens committee. The June 30 election will decide adoption, with the city and abutting property owners each paying one third and the city covering intersections. The proposal is framed as fair, aiming to fund paving and widening while distributing benefits between public and property owners.
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Brown
San Antonio
Texas
el Paso
Two Reported Killed in Automobile Crash Near Boerne
A report says W. M. Lunn of Sour Lake and Track Foreman Earl of the Fredericksburg Railroad were killed when their car overturned near Boerne at an early hour. Foster Crane, road contractor, was severely injured. R A Love, president, had no details to confirm. The men were en route to San Antonio to meet Love.
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W. M. Lunn
Sour Lake
Earl
Fredericksburg Railroad
Boerne
Foster Crane
R. A. Love
Love
San Antonio
Texas Life Insurance Firms Invest Millions in State
Texas life insurance companies active in 1913 report total investments in Texas of 19,236,231 with 15,109,397 in real estate mortgages, 1,680,312 in bonds, and 2,466,522 loaned to policy holders. By 1908 investments were 7,182,915 and by 1912 11,225,768 with 7,423,224 in mortgages. reserves stood at 5,782,826 as of December 31, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Texas Life Insurance
Texas Companies
Coal Strike Seen Inevitable in West Virginia Mines
Bridgeport Conn June 21 A. R. Watkins on return from Charleston WV declared a 20 000 miner strike in the Paint and Cabin Creek and New River districts would be declared next Monday or Tuesday. The strike would follow operators failing to honor agreements reached when the strike was settled at Governor Hatfield s solicitation.
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Bridgeport
Paint and Cabin Creek
New River
West Virginia
A. R. Watkins
United Mine Workers
Charleston
W. Va
Hatfield
Firemen Battle Ant Invasion At Burleson Street Home
Fire Company No 10 fought an army of red flying ants at Adolph Dulling’s home 1105 Burleson Street. Assistant Chief Hovey directed hose lines to flood roof and walls, burning sulphur candles failed to deter the pests. Ants entered rooms, stinging fighters and delaying family’s return despite hours of effort through Saturday morning. The origin of the swarm remains undetermined, Dulling suspects a Southern Pacific freight train nearby.
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Adolph Duliig
Burleson Street
Hovey
Mr. Dulling
Southern Pacific
Accuses Husband of Causing Death in Fire
In Vandalia, Missouri, Mrs. John Nicholson, 80, and adopted son Howard, 9, died from burns after a fire in their bed. The husband, jailed in Mexico, is charged with setting the blaze. witnesses testified she said he poured gasoline on the bed and lit it. He claims a coal oil lamp exploded and started the fire.
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Mexico
John Nicholson
Howard
Vandalia
Nicholson
Bessie
W. W. Bland
J. H. Hollingsworth
J. O. Terrell
Rockefeller Buys 400 Sheep For Lawn Care
Tarrytown New York June 21 Rockefeller plans to economize on lawn care by buying 400 Southdown sheep. The sheep arrived at Pocantico Hills and are grazing on his estate to cut costs compared with motor lawn mowers.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Southdown
Pocantico Hills
Mail fraud arrests target Eye Institute of Science and partners
Deputy marshals arrested Dr John L Cornish FE Virgil Neal and William E Scott of New York and Thomas F Adkin Charles A Clark K Leeming and John S Read on charges of fraudulent use of the mails. The case involves the Eye Institute of Science the Cartilage Company and the Okola laboratories as post office inspectors pursued evidence gathered over a year.
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Rochester
N. Y
United States
John L. Cornish
Virgil Neal
Lamont Sage
William E. Scott
New York
Thomas F. Adkin
Charles A. Clark
K. Leeming
John S. Read
Eye Institute of Science
Cartilage Company
Okola Laboratories
Post Office
Thanks His Rescuers Dies In Quicksand
Terre Haute Ind June 21 William Dover of Shirksville died as water and quicksand surrounded him while digging a well at thirty feet He called for help as his helper and three others tried to save him but were unable Dover sent farewell messages to relatives before being swallowed by the sand
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Dover
Shirksville
Dover
Texas Court dismisses Roscher habeas corpus case
In Austin this afternoon the Court of Criminal Appeals received a motion to dismiss the habeas corpus application for W. C. Roscher of Travis county. Filed by his attorneys Senator T. H. McGregor and Judge A. S. Fisher, the action concerns the constitutionality of a liquor law provision allowing the comptroller to forfeit a liquor license.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Drying Cartridges Blows Stove. Fatal Exposures Reported
In Cleveland today A G Hull of North Dover placed a box of cartridges on top of a stove to dry them. He lies in the morgue while Mrs Hull remains in a hospital bed dying. The blast shattered the stove and caused the casualties.
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Cleveland, O
A. G. Hull
North Dover
Hull
Plans Test Suit In Austin On Rail Rates Change
Information from the railroad commission shows the interstate tariffs amendment, discontinuing railroads absorbing loading charges at the Gulf at Galveston, will take effect July 22. Texas Terminal Railway did not file the rate until June 21, as 30 days notice is required. The commission is gathering data to support a test suit to decide if the shipments are state or inter-state.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Galveston
Texas Terminal Railway Company
Beeville Light Plant Sold for 110000
Mrs. Cora Ogden Wilson of San Antonio sold the Beeville Electric Light and Ice plant and water works system to T. W. Robertson, via A. H. Murrie, for 110000. The sale concluded yesterday after a month of negotiations. Wilson owned the Beeville property about ten years and it increased in value under her management.
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Cora Ogden Wilson
San Antonio
T. W. Robertson
A. H. Murrie
Beeville
Nepotism Questioned in School Board Vote
The attorney general's department holds that electing a teacher who is a first cousin of a trustee's wife would violate the nepotism law. It also says the related trustee must not vote for the teacher, and no trustee may cast such a vote.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Captain Demands British Rail Guarantee in Mexico
Mexico City June 21. British minister protested to the Mexican government over the security of the English railroad between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Huerta replied he was taking energetic steps to prevent isolation of the capital, a pledge the British found unsatisfactory. The matter was reported to the British legation in Washington.
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Huerta
Washington
Washington Legation
Aviator Bombards Warships in Mexican Bay
Didier Masson French aviator with Sonora Constitutionalists demonstrated air power at Ortiz battle 60 miles south of Hermosillo. He flew over Guaymas bay dropping bombs on gunboats Guerrero and Tampico forcing retreat and then targeted trenches where 52 Federals lay dead before the Constitutionalists captured the position.
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Masson
Guaymas
Didier Masson
Sonora
Ortiz
Hermosillo
Bay of
Guerrero
Tampico
Federal Army
Ojeda
Obregon routs Ojeda's army at Ortiz
Complete victory for the Constitutionalists after a six day battle at Ortiz Sonora is claimed by the Douglas junta. General Alfaro Obregon surrounded and routed the Federal army under General Pedro Ojeda. Losses reported near 2000. Masson and his aeroplane dropped bombs on Federal entrenchments. One bomb Friday claimed to have killed 52 Federals. Two hundred Federal and insurgent deaths noted.
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Obregon
Ojeda
Ortiz
Douglas Junta
Douglas, Ariz
Sonora
Pasqueira
Alfaro Obregon
Pedro Ojeda
Masson
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M’ Reynolds
U. S
San Francisco Wires
BIG Fuel Company
Fages
James C. McReynolds
Citizens’ Committee
Thi
Executive Board of Miners' Union Returns From
John D
Oll King
von Haute
W. C. Roscher
Ohio
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
The
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