McDermott Aide Faces Impeachment Probe Over Loan Fund
Congressional hearing details new charges against Rep James T McDermott as I H McMichael testifies he and pawnbrokers funneled funds to defeat the loan bill Burnstine admits a $700 contribution from a $3500 fund with Horning and Heidenheimer. McDermott sits stolidly, plans to testify, while attorneys and brokers dispute timelines and motives.
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McMichael
Abraham Burnstine
Martin Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Burnstine
Dill
George D. Horning
Isaac Heidenheimer
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Heidenheimer
New York
Easby-Smith
Mulhall
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House
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Chesapeake Beach
Baltimore
Henry
Davis
Tucker
Kenyon & Macfarland
Burantine
Hornung
Immanuel Steinem
Steinem
Heldenheimer
Armed truce in New York governor fight ends in standoff
Albany Aug 16 A Sunday armistice persists in the Sulzer Glynn governorship dispute as both leaders sign papers while court options loom. Sulzer deplores Glynn's refusal to go to court. Glynn suppresses the idea of a clash over the executive suite and seals.
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Glynn
Sylzer
New York
Archibald R. Watson
New York City
Patrick A. Whitney
Corrections
Connecticut
William Sulzer
Whitney
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Watson
Sulzer impeachment defense cites Big Four plot involving Mrs Sulzer
Albany Aug 16 The Sulzer defense charges a Wall Street Tammany Hall plot aimed at entangling the governor. They claim Mrs Sulzer was tipped by Horgan while Sulzer campaigned and used campaign funds to buy Big Four stock to rehabilitate the family purse. They allege bank records were stolen to thwart proof as Sarecky could testify.
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Willam Suizer
Washington Post
Albany
Wall Street
Tammany Hall
Sulzer
Matthew T. Horgan
Charles F. Murphy
Trig
Louis A. Sarecky
Germany Likely to Skip Panama Exposition in 1915
Berlin aug 16 German government declines to participate in the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco in 1915 stating no perceived benefits for Germany. A semiofficial note adds Germany will be representatively seen at the Panama Canal opening ceremony. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports the invitation was declined after an inquiry showed a business majority saw no advantage in representation.
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Agrarian League
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The
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United States
Huerta balks Lind reports progress in talks to Mexico
Substantial progress is claimed by U S officials in John Lind s mission to Mexico City as secrecy surrounds the talks Germany opposes participation in Panama expo and Ambassador Wilson faces criticism while a young man is killed by a train in Huntington W Va and notices urge further inquiry into Mexican conditions by the Senate foreign relations committee
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Mexico
Mexico City
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Huerta
State Department
Mr. Lind
Lind
United States
Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Frank Oxley
Bycamers
Lincoln County
Chesapeake and Ohio
Senate committee debates border inquiry and deportation bill
The committee will take up the border question next session. A Democratic senator said Republicans would be added to align the special committee with other panels, under friends of the President. Debates over deporting aliens in the Americas face strong opposition as a breach of longstanding asylum policy.
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Fez
Mretins
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WANTS D C SENATORS NEED FEDERAL AMENDMENT
District delegates seek full representation in Congress beginning with a House delegate. A civic association plans an amendment to the Constitution to seat two senators and possibly representatives for the District of Columbia. The Poindexter measure is praised as a path to modern election law guiding future district elections.
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Territories
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Washington
District Delegate Association
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Boston
United States
Socialist Speaker Beaten at Logan West Virginia
John Brown of Charleston alleged strike agitator was attacked by a crowd while trying to speak in Logan. He was not allowed to address the gathering and suffered considerable injuries in the melee. Local reports describe the incident as part of broader labor tensions in the region.
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Washington Post
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Syndicates Form to Build America's Cup Defenders
New York reports three syndicates to build next year’s cup defenders led by Cornelius Vanderbilt George M Pynchon and A Cochran. Vanderbilt owns Avdora Pynchon owns Italena Cochran sailed Westward and Cochran likely to hire William Gardner as designer. Boston Philadelphia and possibly Chicago expected to enter trial races with Philadelphia led by E Walter Clark of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club.
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New York Yacht Club
Corneliua Vanderbilt
George M. Pynchon
A. Cochran
Vanderbilt
Pynchon
Cochran
N. G. Herreshof
William Gardner
Addison G. Hanan
Josephine
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
E. Walter Clark
Philadelphia-Corinthian Yacht Club
Irolita
Elena
Si Thomas
Sir Thomas
Rival Pharaohs Builders Tower of Logs in Sitgreaves Highlight
A Sitgreaves National Forest report praises a log built lookout tower rising 15 feet, crafted entirely by rangers without hoisting gear. The onsite timber came from the forest, and the structure will monitor for forest fires, with officials likening it to ancient wonders. The feat drew high commendation from Chief Forester Graves.
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Hae
Graves
Forest Service
Sitgreaves National Forest
Arisona
Forest-Service
Sam
Congress Condensed Tariff Debate and Miscellaneous Proceedings
Consideration of the tariff bill continued with Republican amendments to raise rates on fish straw apples and other fruits defeated. Foreign relations discussed minor Mexican issues. The President was authorized to appoint delegates to the International Statistical Institute. California wine protests were heard by the Finance Committee. Senate adjourned at 5:68 p.m. House not in session. Lobby committee continued examining I. H. McMichael and later pawnbrokers.
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