Michigan Senator Says White House Lobbying Taint
Senator Townsend of Michigan alleges the White House efforts on the Underwood tariff measure amount to lobbying of an insidious character. He claims presidential influence and party power pressured senators to vote for the bill, while Reed pressed for facts on patronage used to sway votes. Continued on Page Five.
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Financial fraud case links bankers and missing securities
Pestered solons and bank officials faced restitution talks over missing securities tied to the Mercantile Union Trust Company. Suspected by investigators, the case centers on a mail of fraud where funds and securities vanished after an alleged scheme to retrieve property. Advertisements later appeared seeking the return of the securities, as negotiations continued.
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Walter F Shounin
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Merchante Union Trust Company
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Etitutien
Otha
New York
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Senator Stephenson surprises lobby probe with wealth tale
Senator Stephenson testifies before the lobby probe committee detailing statements about wealth. The hearing centers on campaign finances and potential conflicts of interest as committee members press for clarification and documentation.
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Matrimonial Chains Snap Jere Knode Cooke to Marry Affinity
New York date June 7 Jere Kode Cooke, once a Connecticut minister, now a painter and decorator, learns his wife has a Hartford divorce and telephones Floretta Whaley, with whom he eloped years ago, to marry immediately after their lawyer confirms freedom. They have lived as Belcom with two children in Washington freight quarters for months.
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Woman in disguise foiled by railroad police in freight car
In Cumberland Maryland a society woman from St Louis posing as a laborer aboard a freight train was detected as she reached her destination. Railroad police spotted her attempt to travel undetected, ending her plan to travel to New York with a $5,000 bet.
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Arbitration and Japan Britain treaties risk Senate vote
Washington reports indicate Jane Tate shows grave likelihood that the arbitration treaty with Great Britain will fail to ratify or be amended to provoke English disapproval. In contrast a renewal of the limited arbitration treaty with Japan, set to expire in September, gains interest with Senator Chamberlain rallying support. Democratic lawmakers including O Gorman Newlands Lewis Pomerene Crawford and Works back the shift.
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Japanese Question Shapes U S Policy In Senate Debate
Senator Chamberlain echoed concerns over treaty obligations harming U S domestic affairs as Japan tension rises. He cited public claims that the treaty bans not compel arbitration over canal tolls while Earl Girey’s interview is cited. Attention turns to Secretary Bryan’s peace plan and its reception abroad as a potential remedy.
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Pardoned man freed after twelve years in Ohio prison
Ury, a prior picture dealer, was pardoned by Governor Cox after serving twelve years for the several murders in a Cleveland area home invasion. The board found his alibi credible, overturning the state’s lengthy case. The convicted men were linked by the widow’s testimony and later disguises.
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Mount Vernon Editor Named to Succeed Crawford
Governor Cox announces appointments to state offices in Adams and Defiance counties. Emery W. Lattanner is elevated from assistant to superintendent of banks at 5000 dollars yearly. John Miller is reappointed as superintendent of public works at 4000 dollars yearly. Frank Harper becomes supervisor of public printing in Knox county. Defenbaugh and Zuber are named to roles in public safety and printing.
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John W. Zuber
Paulding
A. Crawford
Dame County
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Tha Llarmon
Pairfield
Frank Harper
Edier
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Defiance County
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Lattanner
Hicksville
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Idle Works
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Marshal Zoherte
Socialist editor Scott sentenced for inciting hostility
Alexander Scott, editor of the Weekly Leave, convicted of inciting hostility against the government. Judge Klewert sentenced him in Pascale county court to up to one year in state prison with hard labor and a $250 fine. Indictment based on articles published in the paper. Writ of error filed. bail set at $4,000.
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Unto Ohio War Veteran Demands Back Pay from War Claim
Former Governor Judson Harmon seeks 19 dollars from the state as compensation for Civil War service as a squirrel hunter. He asserts he served with the Buckeye defenders who rushed to the Ohio River at Cincinnati to counter a threatened raid by General Kirby Smith that never occurred.
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Farewell events greet new Japan ambassador Guthrie
A large gathering in Pittsburg bid farewell to W Guthrie the newly appointed US ambassador to Japan while Viscount Chinda the Japanese ambassador thanked President Wilson for the diplomatic choice. Bryan and other dignitaries spoke of friendly ties as Chinda delivered a special address. Vernon reports a June jewel heist with two burglars blowing the Gem post office safe and escaping with 1100 in stamps.
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