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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1913

Page

7

Seek to Intimidate Resents Being Stared At McClave Charges Former Agent of Manufacturers With Perjury

Senate lobby investigation hearings reveal Startin Mulhall accusing Atherton Brownell and Samuel Gompers of a 1907 18 bribery scheme to sway labor leaders for the National Association of Manufacturers. McClave counters Mulhall with perjury claims while detailing campaign funding disputes and Mulhall’s alleged manipulation of headquarters and expenses.

M. Mulhall Senate Samuel Gompers National Association of Manufacturers Gompers Atherton Brownell New York Mulhall Mcclave Paterson McClare Republican National Committee Manufacturers’ Association Hughes Federation of Labor

Playmates Scatter Flowers at Sophie Birch's Bier

A Washington NE child Sophie Martha Birch seven was fatally struck by an automobile Thursday. Playmates gathered white rose garlands at her bier on Seventh Street NE as mourners watched. Funeral set for Monday at St Joseph's Church with high mass, burial at Fox Creek Cemetery beside grandparents. Coroner exonerates two drivers lacking licenses.

Sophie Martha Barth Hoat Seventh Street Angelus St. Joseph's Church Wesley Birch Birch William Gude Washington St. Joseph4 Catholic Church Second Ygnating Fealy Kuila Soome Fock Creek N. Bb. Ward Thomas Maher Lcense J

Russia to buy Pullman home for embassy in Washington

Rumors say the Russian government will appropriate funds for a permanent embassy residence in Washington. George Bakhmeteff and staff learned of the plan at Newport while away from the city. Earlier talks centered on a Pullman property on the Avenue of the Presidents, but lack of funds stalled any offer. Mrs John Hays Hammond bought the house, now planned as her residence. No final decision or site was settled, awaiting Ambassadors return to Washington.

Washington Indiana Mulhall James E. Watson M. Bakhmeteff Newport George Bakhmeteff St. Petersburg Pullman John Hays Hammond Bakhmeteff

Sheehy Named to District Excise Board in Place of Colpoyee

President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Joseph C. Sheehy to be a member of the District excise board, replacing John B. Colpoyee who withdrew. Lord and Smith back Sheehy as acceptable. Sheehy a Washington native educated in public schools. former member of Baker Sheehy Hogan firm. Lord's critics and his reply circulate as review proceeds. action likely within a week.

Sheehy J. B. Colpoye Lord Wilson Senate Joseph C. Sheehy Washington District Excise Board John B. Colpoyee Colpoya Frekk B. Lord Robert B. Smith Frank B. Lord Excise Board Mr. Lord Andlzaloan League Deak White House Frealdant

Did his chickens suffer in a huckster's wagon

Patrick Warn a huckster faces a police court trial today for crudity to animals over a wagon tied string of live chickens by their feet to the roof. James B. Thomas of the Washington Humane Society helped arrest him after complaints.

Patrick Warn Florida Avenue James B. Thomas Washington Humane Society Warn John P Heap The Society

Massacre at Seres Told in Greek Dispatches

Cable dispatches from Athens recount brutal Bulgarian sacking of Seres. Archbishop Constantine of Melenik is bayoneted, a grand master dies of heart failure, and sacred valuables are looted. Bodies are dumped in a ditch while witnesses photograph the carnage. Greek forces accused of shelling a Demir Hissar hospital, despite a Red Cross flag, and of killing patients and residents.

Seres Archbishop Ferdinand Pangeon Athens Congressional Investigating Committee Sereshi Constantine of Melenik Demi-Hissar Malenik Thomas Perenchaldarnia Iknéel Patachaidarnias Sura Sofia Bulgaria Demir-Hinsar Red Cross Kilkish

Massacre Report At Xanthi Suppresses All Communications

A sensational dispatch from Satoniki reports Xanthi, with about 26 000 Greeks and 70 foreigners including Americans and Finglish, totally destroyed by Bulgarian troops and comitadjis. Runners say all inhabitants were butchered as they tried to flee, though some claim Eariana vows to respect no flag.

Satoniki Washington Post Kanthi Finglish Xanthi Comitadjis Eariana

Fall Paralyzes H Maas After Car Alight on Connecticut Ave

Herbert Maas 22 a real estate operator of 1024 Seventeenth Street NW was knocked senseless when he fell from a car on Connecticut avenue and HK street NW. He regained consciousness but couldn't move his right arm or leg. Dr Boyce and an Emergency Hospital ambulance treated him and found spinal pressure producing partial paralysis. Maas remained in a hospital cot with a hope of gradual recovery in days ahead.

Connecticut Avenue HK Street Herbert Maas Seventeenth Street Maas Boyce

Federal impersonation law linked to congressmen case

Snowden Marshall, U S district attorney in New York, said the federal statute against impersonating a U S officer applies to impersonations of representatives. He declined to say whether the New York grand jury, which reported Thursday, indicted anyone as a result of its probe into telephone impersonations of members of Congress.

Snowden Marshall United States New York Marshall

Senate advances mediation board appointments amid delay

The Senate yesterday sent nominations for the assistant mediator G W Wo Han ger and others to a 24 hour waiting period before confirmation. Judge Chambers announced the board will meet at 10 o clock to organize and plan travel to New York. Judge Knapp is in the Commerce Court, Louis I. Post is in Boston.

G W Wo Hanger Senate Chambers New York Martin A Knapp Commerce Court the Ory Louis I. Post Labo Boston Mr. Post

Wilson Names Post on Mediation Board Faces Senate Snag

Washington report says Louis F Post, Chicago’s noted single texer, is named to the new mediation and conciliation board, but the appointment is illegal as not Senate confirmed. President Wilson expected to name a replacement at once, while arbitration for the Eastern railroad strike proceeds with a special board and limited mediation involvement.

Wilson Washington Post Chicago Inter Ocean Osweld F. Schuette Washington Louis F. Post Texer Eastern Railroad Post Department of Labor Senate Fost Sénate United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation Boyt Bird Doment Wilson i William B. Chambers Martin A. Knapp Commerce Court Mr. Post Illinois

Strike on B and O Machinists in Imminent Crisis

Baltimore July 18 The 1500 plus machinists in the Baltimore and Ohio system face an imminent strike. Secretary of Labor Wilson has stepped in seeking a conference with railroad officials to resolve wage and shop condition demands. The union cites nine hour day as accepted by the company but wage increases rejected, risking a full industrial clash if terms fail.

Wilson Baltimore Baltimere Ohio Machinists’ Executive Board Road Baltimore and Ohio Machinists’ Union Ee Nee

Pardoned Occoquan sentinel resists escaped prisoner

Benjamin Bell, an Occoquan inmate serving 11 months and 26 days, captured a white prisoner armed with a knife during an attempted escape at Brightwood. He was later pardoned by President Wilson on Supt Whitaker's recommendation for his courage while guarding the stockade. Bell had been arrested in Brightwood for robbery after the incident.

Brightwood Whitaker Benjamin Bell Occoquan Wilson Supt Whitaker Bell i Bell Brightwood House Brightwoood Bell

Navy issues general order on aeroplane division duties

Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelts order assigns cognizance of naval aeroplanes parts to the Bureau of Construction and Repair for structure foundations control stabilizing devices hulls and floats. The power plant design and repair fall to the Bureau of Steam Engineering while the Bureau of Ordnance handles defensive gear bombs torpedoes range finders and related instruments.

Rooseveit Bureau of Construction and Repair Bureau of Steam Engineering Bureau of Ordnance

Milano off to prison with twenty five convicts

Milano the Italian shoemaker who murdered Harry Elton Smith is en route to Stillwater Minnesota to serve life imprisonment in the federal penitentiary. He escaped the gallows after the Justice Department recommendation and a clemency petition to President Wilson contends he was insane at the time of the crime. The group includes three women headed for Lansing Kansas female prison.

Stillwater Minn Yong Milano Itt Harry Elton Smith Milano Department of Justice Wilson Attornneys J.F. Kelly D. W. Baker Italan Brst Wieen Lansing Kans

Phagan Murder Inquiry Returns Fulton Grand Jury Action

Atlanta July 18 a special Fulton county grand jury was convened for next Monday to consider charges against James Conley a negro sweeper at the National Pencil Company's factory in the Mary Phagan case. Foreman W D Beattie announced the call after Solicitor Hugh Dorsey refused action on affidavits accusing Conley. The trial of Lee M Frank factory superintendent on the factory murder charges is set for July.

Atlanta Fulton County Grand Jury James Conley National Peneil Company Mary Pheasan W. D. Beattie Hugh Dorsey Conley Lee M. Frank

Militia to Enter Army Under New Service Law

War Department and National Guard Association officials agreed on a general outline for a bill to place the organized militia under federal pay and transfer its officers and men into the regular army for instant use abroad. The measure envisions government compensation for militiamen and a formal integration into national defense forces.

War Department The National Guard Association

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