Mulhall Letters Threaten to Shake Democratic Camp
A series of sensational letters sent by Martin M Mulhall lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers claim to show stronger influence over Democratic leaders than under Republicans These documents join ongoing probes into paid press bureaus and lobby activities as Senate investigators prepare July hearings and potential court action to cross examine Mulhall.
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National Association of Manufacturers
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White House
Association
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Wilson
Washington
Overman
Vaid
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New York
Seite
Senata Reed
Labor Chiefs Back in Washington After Bramble Row
John Kirby Jr former president of the National Association of Manufacturers and colleagues denied Brandenburg ever worked for the group. They faced a Senate lobbyists inquiry, planned to investigate capital labor links in Australia, and canceled plans to sail. A signed statement blamed Mulhall for attacks and defended the association's lawfulness and loyalty to public duty.
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Manufacturers’ Association
Senate
Kirby
Parry
Ventura
Australia
Baltimore
Hotels Struggle With New Excise Rules For Women Patrons
Hotels and restaurants in Washington face a new excise law limiting liquor sales to women who order meals and allowing extended hours to 1 am, though many establishments resist late service citing propriety and confusion over meals. The first arrest under the law targeted Clarence Wilson for intoxication on New York Avenue, with ongoing prosecutions planned by the city.
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Excise Board
President Wilson Quietly Takes 72 Hour Bay Holiday
President Wilson sails down the Chesapeake aboard the Mayflower for a three day holiday with his physician as a sole companion. No wireless contact expected, officials unaware of exact location, flag at the ministries confirms his presence, and he intends to join the Gettysburg reunion after the break.
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Sacrat
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
White House
Gary T. Giaysen
Minstries
Synad
Navy Officers Named in Listing of Commanders
Captains Templin M Potts Washington I Chambers John G Quinby John M Ellicott Chester M Kuepper Clarence M Stone Albert L Norton Arthur B Hoff George G Mitchell Lieut Comdr John L Sticht Lieut Comdr Richard Doudas Lieut Comdr Charles P Burt Charles T Wade Lieut Edison Scranton are listed as senior officers and lieutenants in the naval roster. Their ranks span captains to lieutenants, reflecting a hierarchical chain of command within the fleet.
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Washington I. Chambers
John G. Quinby
John M. Ellicott
Chester M. Kuepper
Clarence M. Stone
Albert L. Norton
Arthur B. Hoff
George G. Mitchell
John L. Sticht
Richard 5. Doudas
Charles P. Burt
Charles T. Wade
Edison E. Scranton
Chester M. Knepper
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
Washington
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Paducah
R. L
R. S. Douglas
Glacier
Pacific Station
C. P. Burt
Newport News
C. T. Wade
New Jersey
B. Scranton
Oregon
Plucking Board Retires 14 Navy Officers
Fourteen naval officers selected by the plucking board including Captains Potts Chambers Quinby Ellicott and Knepper and numerous commanders are retired with three quarters pay. Secretary Daniels explains the process noting new law requires retirements in current ranks and that some requested voluntary retirement was approved.
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Louisiana
Washington I. Chambers
Washington
Navy Aviation Corps
John G. Quinby
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
John M. Ellicott
Maryland
Pacific
Potts
C. C. Marsh
A. H. Davis
H. C. Kuenzli
F. W. Sawyer
J. 8. Thompson
B. B. McCormick
D. H. W Allen
E. L. Bissett
Daniels
Navy Department
Board of Selection For
White House
Annapolis
Congress
John D s Stable Burned at Pocantico Hills
Fire destroyed the stables on the John D Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Hills Terrytown New York July 1 property loss about 15000 dollars twelve horses and twenty carriages saved garage destroyed caretaker and John D Rockefeller Jr assisted firefighters from nearby Cleveland estate source says the stables burned last night and firemen fought the flames
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John, D Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
More Pay at Navy Yard Increases for All Employes
Secretary Daniels promises wage boards representation for navy yard workers and indicates a coast yard wage rise. An eight per cent move becomes effective at Washington yesterday. A July 9 conference of yard commandants is planned with a Mayflower inspection tour to Norfolk Philadelphia New York Boston Portsmouth Newport New London and Frenchman’s Bay Maine lasting two weeks.
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Washington Navy Yard
Padgett
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Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Portsmouth
Newport
New London
Frenchman's Bay
Maine
Brunswick Deputy Collector Change Sparks Protest
Secretary McAdoo revoked Eugene R. Belcher’s designation as deputy customs collector in charge of Brunswick port after protests from Brunswick citizens and Senator Hoke Smith. L. P. Johnson named as deputy collector amid local objections over Belcher being Black.
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Eugene R. Belcher
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Belcher
L. P. Johnson
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Goeden Wedding Honeymoon Marks Golden Celebration
Mr and Mrs John W Gibson observed their golden wedding yesterday by starting a long postponed honeymoon tour of eastern summer resorts from Norfolk Virginia to Bar Harbor Maine The couple now in their eighties were married long ago while Mr Gibson worked as a government painter at the White House and prior years hardships paused their original wedding trip
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John W. Gibson
Norfolk
Bar Harbor
Gibson
White House
Mohave Desert Goes Dry Across Mojave County
San Bernardino July 1 The Mohave Desert has gone dry for the first time in its history with saloons closed along a 200 mile sandy stretch. Needles remains the only town keeping licenses renewed before county supervisors imposed the new rule. The hottest day of the year brought 120 degree readings as the dry order took effect.
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Mohave Desert
Needles
Mohave Country
Brave Men on Bench At Maryland Bar Meeting
Cape May July 1 the eighteenth annual Maryland Bar Association opened at the Hotel Cape May Chief Judge A Hunter Boyd of the Maryland court of appeals warned that a coward on the bench is a dangerous public official and urged a fearless judiciary He noted no widespread corruption among judges and the session featured formal reports David J Lewis of Maryland spoke on the barrel nest and tomorrow A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania will discuss proposed federal income tax laws.
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N. J
Maryland Bar Association
A. Hunter Boyd
Maryland Court of Appeals
Death Probe to Continue in Miss Wainwright Case
Salisbury July 1 Special to The Washington Post investigation into the death of Miss Florence Wainwright a Home Gas Company bookkeeper on June 2 will persist despite the arrest of Harold W Smith Sas company manager on felonious homicide charges Local authorities believe another person may be implicated and will trace leads Smith released on bail went about his duties claiming to have told the jury all he knows State's Attorney George Bell considered a grand jury session while transcripts move to the attorney general and judge for possible immediate action Also Berwyn Maryland resident Cernelius Giles was injured by a premature dynamite blast while digging postholes and was taken to Emergency Hospital after medical transport
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Salisbury
Florence Wainwright
Home Gas Company
Harold W. Smith
Sas Company
Harold Smith
Grand Jury
Miss Wainwright
J State
George Bell
Smith
Poe
Stanford
Cleveland Adopts Home Rule Charter
Cleveland voters approve a home rule charter drafted by a fifteen member commission. The charter shifts most municipal control to the mayor and council, with the only elective officers defined by the charter. The action was taken on July 1 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Governor Sulzer Sued in Breach of Promise Case
Miss Mignon Hopkins of Philadelphia sues William Sulzer of New York in a breach of promise suit filed in common pleas court. An order of arrest was refused after capias applications, and Sulzer called the allegations an “other story started by my enemies.”
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Mignon Hopkins
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
William Sulzer
Prothonotary of Common Pleas
Gov
Wiliam Sulzer
Ogo
Sulzer
Fll
New York City
Hopkins
Gov. Sulzer
Sackville Denies Allegations in Scott Will Case
London July 1 Lady Sackville and family deny claims by Sir John Murray Scott relatives that they influenced his will or estranged him from kin. Sir Edward Carson urged no coercion in will drawing. Lady Sackville described Sir John Murray Scott as almost his late friend and testified about past advances by Walter Scott.
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Sackville
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Lady Sackville
Sirohn
Washington
Olympia Horse Show ends with American wins at London
The Olympia International Horse Show in London closes as American exhibitors shine. Judge W H Moore of New York takes two trophies including The Hague Challenge Cup with Lady Seaton, plus the forest King trophy for ponies over four hands. Moore shows thirty horses and earns seventeen firsts, several seconds and thirds.
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Olympia
W H Moore
New York
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Forest King
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Horse show results at the Gold Challenge Cup event
Jim the coaching Corinthian and the In traitional Gold Challenge cup for park hams lawmard B McLean of Washington exhibited for the last time. He won seven seconds. Sumner Draper of Boston showed five horses and won three seconds and three thirds.
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Corinthian
Park Hams Lawmard B McLean
Washington
Sumner Draper
Boston
Bride Dead Husband Held In Baltimore Slaying Case
In Baltimore a young wife Agnes Siejack, eighteen, was found dead in her bedroom. Her husband Stevan Siejack is held as a suspect. The coroner notes possible strangulation and the presence of poison as a factor, with autopsy pending to determine if death was self inflicted or murder.
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Stevan Siejack
Thema
Girl Drinks Acid and Dies in Fauquier County Home
Miss Erthal Robertson of Fauquier county committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid at her father's Warrenton home. Found in bed by her parents with an empty five ounce bottle labeled carbolic acid. Survived by her parents and several sisters and brothers.
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Warrenton
Erthal Robertson
J T Robertson
Fauquier County
Gettysburg Commemoration Brings Northern Southern Veterans Together
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania in July 1 9 0 0 veterans from both sides gathered for the semicentennial exercises. Gen Bennett H Young led the Confederate veterans and praised Northern soldiers while Union leaders and Gov Tener attended. A rebel yell and large crowds underscored the partisan tension and shared reunion spirit.
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Juarez
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The
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Gen Young
Servian Troops Advance Threats Over Bulgarian Indemnity
Balkan tension spikes as Servian forces push toward Istrip and Kobane amid war talk. A government cabinet meeting reports energetic hostilities along the frontier and reports of captured Bulgarian officers and soldiers. Bulgaria accuses Serbia of attacks on the entire line while Russia’s arbitration offers surface amid no formal war declaration.
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Istrip
Kobane
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
M_ Protics
Skupshtina
London
Balkan
Veterans Defy Sun as Crowd Packs Big Tent
A crowd gathers in the shade as temperatures hit 102 degrees. General Young, commander of United Confederate Veterans, is greeted with cheers. The old fighters show signs of exhaustion but few collapse. Pickett’s men assemble at the site where their charge began.
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Leon Sue
Gen. Young
United Confederate Veterans
Pickett
Desperate Mexican Women Die by Own Action amid Durango Siege
Reports from Durango after rebel occupation describe mass suicides by forty women from the better class. Rebels looted and burned the business district, with foreign flags disrespected. Some American citizens were wounded and a Englishman killed. German women reportedly endured abuses. Mexico plans a government column to retake Durango, while Villa forces conduct assaults near Juarez. Col. Medina leads 200 to 400 men to aid Villa, as federal troops fortify Juarez with trenches and barbed wire.
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Ariz
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Agua Prieta
Villa
Juarez
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