Mulhall Testimony Complications In Senate Probe
Senate lobby committee finished Mulhall's examination as a former lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers. He failed to explain a congressional blacklist and swore the Federation of Labor did not seek his letters. House plans a broad follow up focusing on current and former members, plus letters identified in bulk.
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Senate
Federation of Labor
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Garrett
House Committee
Mulhall
Senate Committee
Mulhall Westerna
National Association of
National Council For Industrial Defense
Mulcall
Emery
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Plana
Congresses
Congress
James E. Watson
Indiana
Simpler Impeachment Bill Proposed in House
Representative Hull of Tennessee introduces a constitutional amendment to abolish any inferior U S court and remove a judge by resolution with two thirds approval in both houses. He argues impeachment is complex and costly and urges a simplified substitute.
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Hull
Tennessee
Congress
United States
Georgia firm seeks curb contract inquiry over bids
Representative Howard of Georgia introduced a resolution directing district commissioners to send full details to the House on the street curbing contract awarded June 71 1913 The measure claims Stone Mountain Granite Company was discriminated against and that the contract went to North Carolina Granite Corporation The Georgia bid allegedly stood about 30 percent lower than the other bid, with the contract value near 125 000 dollars.
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Howard
Georgia
House
Stone Mountain Granite Company
North Carona Granite Corporation
Georgia Company
North Carolina
Postal Service Race Segregation Inquiry Proposed by Senator Clapp
A Senate post office committee inquiry would study race segregation of postal service workers if a resolution by Senator Clapp were adopted. The measure cites an order for segregation as issued from an unknown source and estimates a $160,000 yearly government cost with no justification.
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Senate Post Office Committee
Clapp
Senate
Senate committee postpones action on Smith cotton future bill
The Senate agriculture committee delayed consideration of the Smith cotton future bill until next week after subcommittee amendments. The bill requires deliveries to be of the same grade as sold, while producers seek a margin of two grades. In a separate note, Lynn, Massachusetts post office will be restored to its historic status as an independent office by Postmaster General Burleson after consolidation with Boston.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture
Lynn
Mass
Boston
Hitcchcock
Burleson
Powers testifies of 50000 dollar bribe offer in Western Fuel case
David G Powers, former Western Fuel employee and government witness, said at a San Francisco conference with the special counsel that he was offered 50000 to disappear. He named approvers and provided offer phrases as prosecutors pursue Western Fuel indictments for defrauding the government of customs dues by manipulating weighing sheets. The men allegedly warned him to take the money and flee, with escalating offers up to 350000 if needed. Indictments have sparked fresh charges of corrupt influence amid prior accusations of pressure on trial timing by officials.
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San Francisco
Western Fuel Company
David G. Powers
Powers
John McNab
United States
Wilson
McReynolds
Opposition to U S Protectorate in Nicaragua Draws Liberal Backing
In Washington, liberal party representatives in Nicaragua protest a U S plan for a protectorate. A preliminary treaty draft to grant exclusive canal rights and a Gulf of Fonseca naval base faces Senate scrutiny. Opponents warn it departs from long standing U S foreign policy and sovereignty in Central America.
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Senate
Wilson
Bryan
Nicaragua
Liberal Party
Senate Committees On Foreign Relations
United States
Bacon
Tie
Gulf of Fonseca
Pacific Coast
Corn Island
Atlantic
Washington
Francisco Altschul
Altschul
Panama Canal
Costa Rica
Merry
Honduras
Salvador
Fonseca
Central America
United States Senate
Senate Committee
Borah, Clarke
Arkansas
Wiliams
Senate seeks Rock Creek bridge plans and bids decision
On motion by Senator Gallinger the Senate adopted a resolution directing the commissioners to report as soon as practicable on the Rock Creek bridge at Q street. They must say if new plans should be drawn for new bids or if modifying existing plans can meet the appropriation without harming the structure. All bids exceeded the appropriation.
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Gallinger
Senate
Rock Creek
Q Street
Murray Seeks Coal Inquiry In Monopolies Probe
Representative Murray of Massachusetts proposed a resolution calling for facts from the Departments of Commerce and Labor and the Interstate Commerce Commission on ownership of anthracite lands by railroads and production costs. Murray argues the department files would reveal a near complete monopoly.
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Murray
Massachusetts
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Turning Out Lights on Dancers at Mountain Dance
A Washington Post report recalls how gray haired South Carolina matrons chaperoning a mountain resort dance ended the event after disapproving of the turkey trot. The lights were extinguished following a hurried discussion as the new dance frightened the elder guests.
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South Carolina
Washington Post Satuda
Warnard
Silent On The Tariff Reveals Sparse Manufacturer Replies
Senate finance committee questions to 2,500 manufacturers drew only 68 replies. La Follette, originator of the inquiry, says information is scant on production costs and effects of tariff revisions. Debates touch granite duties, wool protections, and possible factory moves abroad. Catron warns against free wool and warns of sheep industry collapse without consolidation.
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la Follette
Catron
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Wisconsin
United States
Gas Company Takeover Bill Seeks Government Ownership
Pennsylvania representative Rothermel reintroduces measures to condemn and transfer Washington and Georgetown gasworks to federal control. Proposals urge District Utilities Commission to handle condemnation with two appropriations totaling 7.4 million to reimburse stockholders, split between federal and District funds. Bills sent to District Committee.
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Utilities Commission
Roth 2Rmel
Pennsylvania
Washington Gaslight Company
Georgetown Gaslight Company
Pennsylvanian
District Public Utilities Commission
Washington
Georgetown
United States
Lightning Ignites Big Fire at Lumber Pile
Lightning struck a lumber pile owned by Municipal Realty Company at Deanwood Washington DC destroying lumber valued at 35000 dollars. No water mains in the area and a chemical engine was powerless as heavy rain prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby homes.
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Municipal Realty Company
Deanwood
D. C
Bankers Win Point on Currency and Tariff Debate
Representative Neeley and Representative Mondell urged immediate currency and tariff amendments to aid moving crops in the South and West and to push the measure through the Senate by night session if needed. They proposed investigations into Secretary McAdoo’s claim that New York bankers were depressing government 3 percent bonds to influence currency action.
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Senate
Neeley
House Banking Committee
Mondell
McAdoo
New York
Bankers of District Discuss McAdoo Plan
Washington bankers reluctant to discuss publicly the Treasury Secretary McAdoo proposal to distribute 25 million to 50 million among banks in the South West and other regions for crop moving. They favor relief to ease seasonal stringency and credit access for farmers, noting primed commercial paper could be accepted alongside official securities. They claim the plan would allow small agricultural communities to access Federal relief directly rather than via monetary centers.
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Washigton
Democratic Party
McAdoo
Indian to be U. S. Register Senate Informed
Senate sources say Adam E. Patterson will be withdrawn as register of the Treasury and replaced by an Oklahoma Indian nominated by Senator Gore. The move sparks the first Democratic revolt against the new administration. Critics warn of harmful effects on the colored race in the South. Separately, Paul A. Jones’s rejection as Coffeyville postmaster signals Senate unity in confirming or rejecting presidential nominees.
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Senate
Dhat
Gore
Adam E. Patterson
Treasury
Patterson
Paul A. Jones
Coffeyville
Kans
Thompson
Auto Enockes Three To Street In Rain Crash
Merne Simpkins a 28 year old State Department clerk his wife and her sister Miss Gladys Quiley 20 were struck by a slowly moving automobile at Fourteenth and I streets northwest. The younger woman suffered a sprained wrist the sister minor bruises and Simpkins a bruised hand. Elmer E. Browne the contractor who drove the car took them home after treatment.
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Fourteenth and I
Merne Simpkins
State, Department
Gladys Quiley
W Street
Simpkins
Elmer EK
Complaints Of Well In City Editor Post
A reader criticizes the health board for destroying public wells and highlights a remaining Maryland Avenue and D Street northeast well noted for iron mineral saturation. The writer attributes harm to old mineral school physicians and cites July 2, 1213 as the date.
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Health Board
Maryland Avenue
D Atreet
Death claims two men in Fairfax County home tragedy
Tilman Holland a 410 pound Black man died yesterday at his Woodlawn Virginia home from a paralytic stroke. His longtime friend Andrew Jackson aged 70 who lived nearby died a few moments later from paralysis after reacting to the event.
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Tilman Holland
Woodlawn
Fairfax County
Andrew Jackson
Holland
Corn Growers from Thirty States Meet in Washington
Thirty state and district agents and corn club directors arrived in Washington to report on past year's work and discuss plans to broaden crop cultivation methods. Bradford Knapp leads the department group as participants from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and more attend a week long conference at the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Bega’ Corn Club
South
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bradford Knapp
W. F. Proctor
J L. Quicksall
H. H. Wiliamson
Texas
W. D. Bentley
Oklahoma
C. W. Watson
W. F. Haden
W .S. Jermgan
Arkansas
Maron Snowden
Tt. M Calhoun
E. S. Richardson
Louisiana
Wilson
A Cobb
Missisippi
B. L. Moss
JT Watt
A D Whitehead
L. N. Duncan
Alabama
H. D Tate
J. R. Vewell
Tennessee
J. Phil Campbell
Georgia
I L. Watson
J J Vernon
Florida
W W Long
W H Barton
South Carolina
R Hudson
J +E .Browne
A KK Robertson
Orth Carolina
T . Sandy
Virgina Earl
West Virginia
Fred Mutchler
Kentucky
Augustus Stapler
Marland
Armory for District National Guard Revived in Congress
Representative Dyer of St. Louis revived in Congress a plan to build a Washington armory for the District National Guard. The bill would authorize 1.75 million dollars for a classic structure on government land to house two infantry regiments a cavalry troop coast artillery units engineers signals hospital and brigade staff with a 243 by 360 foot drill hall. Local officers and guardsmen hailed the project saying it would yield a large well equipped militia and protect government property.
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St. Louis
District of Columbia
Congress
Washington
District National Guard
Senate
House
Senate Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
B Street
Twelfth Street
Fourteenth Street
Coast Artillery
Engineers
Signal Corps
Omcers
Washington Goon
United States
District Guard
Charles Hourand
Harry Coone
Ordnance
Mal
xModggon
G. L. Tait
Land Frauds Warn Public of West Railroad Schemes
Assistant Attorney General issued a warning against wholesale frauds in settling railroad lands in Oregon and California. About 2,000,000 acres are tied up awaiting Supreme Court ruling as land forfeiture actions proceed. The Southern Pacific Railroad warns it will not accept money or issue preference rights to the property during litigation.
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Knaevel Esterday
Oregon
California
United States Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Railroad
PAY RESTORED TO SAILORS OF AMERICAN NAVY
Foreign-born sailors in the American navy regain the extra pay they surrendered after a ruling limited eligibility to naturalized citizens. Comptroller of the Treasury Downes announced the order will apply only to future enlistments.
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Turis
Lightning wrecks Dyott monoplane in Hempstead storm
George M Dyott abandoned a flight from Hempstead Long Island to Washington after a severe storm wrecked the hangar and damaged his monoplane. A helper was stunned as the tent and monoplane were blown by wind. Dyott later moved from Brighton Beach to Asbury Park and then to New Jersey, narrowly missing a spectator as his craft plunged onto a beach.
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George Dyott
Hempstead
L. I
Washington
Asbury Park
George M Dyott
Long Island
Bbit
Dyott
Brighton Beach
Hospital orderlies hurt in runaway wagon near Walter Reed
John Mullin a 46 year old and Joseph Mitterbran a 40 year old orderlies were injured yesterday when a team they were driving on Georgia avenue near the Walter Reed Hospital bolted. They were pitched from the wagon and knocked senseless. Attendants hitched an ambulance and carried them to the hospital with severe bruises. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria arrived in Paris from Stondon on their way back to Spain this evening.
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John Mullin
Joseph Mitterbran
Walter Reed Hospital
Georgia Avenue
Mullin
Hilderbran
King Alfonso
Paris
Queen Victoria
Stondon
Spain
Airplane Fire Quenched By Pilot Over Chicago
Chicago August 1 World news item reports W C Robinson Chicago piloting a monoplane that caught fire at about 4000 feet due to a blown fuse. He extinguished flames with a hand extinguisher during descent and landed safely.
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Chicago
W C Robinson
Robinson
Pro Rates Crop Fund Averts Stringency in Agriculture
Treasury Secretary McAdoo plans to distribute 325 million to 50 million in government funds to southern and western agricultural regions. He seeks inputs on section needs to ensure timely bank deposits for crop movements, while allowing prime commercial paper as security marks a first government market participation. Wall Street gains on the news amid dull trading. bonds fluctuated as the Crocker Land expedition sails from St John’s to Crocker Land aboard the Birnk with the MacMillan party.
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United States
McAdoo
Treasury
Theecretary
Wall Street
New York
Treasury Department
Canadian Pacific
Mexico
Atchison
Seaboard
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