McNab resigns over DOJ pressures in Diggs Caminetti cases
San Francisco filed report states United States District Attorney John L. McNab sent a telegram to President Wilson resigning, accusing the Department of Justice of yielding to influence that harms prosecutions. He cites delays in Diggs Caminetti white slave cases and Western Fuel Company indictments, and notes witnesses tampering and boastful relatives.
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Thns
Elopers
Digga
Caminetti
Washington
San Francisco
United States
McReynolds
John L. McNab
Wilson
McNab
Diggs-Caminetti
Western Fuel Company
Fuel Company
Western Fuel
Two Shot by Unknown Man in Pennsylvania Porch Incident
In Houston Pennsylvania Burgess le E Welch and guest Miss Helen Hemphill were wounded on a Welch porch as a shooter unknown to the party fired twice. Welch received a temple blow and Hemphill was hit in the leg. Neither injury is fatal. An anti illegal liquor edict is suspected motive. police hunt the shooter.
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Burgess
Pennsylvania
Washington Post
Washington
Houston
Burgess le E Welch
Helen Hemphill
Welohk
Miss Wilson Appointed to New Prison Reform Commission
Albany June 11 Governor Sulzer appointed Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, as a member of a commission on prison reform in New York. The appointment adds a presidential connection to the reform effort and signals high-level interest in penitentiary policy.
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Margaret
New York
Tragic rifle accident ends visit from Georgia boy
A Takoma Park picnic turned fatal when 10 year old Monte Jones of Columbus Georgia was accidentally shot in the brain by a .22 rifle held by his friend Earl Alisa of Washington. Monte died at Emergency Hospital after being unconscious since the afternoon incident.
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Earl Alisa
Columbus
Monte Jones
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
Allen
Joneses
Ehum
Jones
Thin
Washington
Fifteenth
Hi Streets
Sherif Winston
R. D. Lillie
Maple Avenue
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Lillies
Lillie
Mr. Jones
LilHe
Mr Allen
Young Allen
Young Monte
Fart
Frances
Monte the Jeneses
Julia
Central Bank Plan Outlined By American Bankers Association
New York June 21 The American Bankers Association currency commission outlined reform ideas to Senate subcommittees and endorsed a central banking institution under government control. It favored an elastic currency with a strong gold reserve and opposed bond secured issues, proposing regional reserve associations or a central body to prevent political influence.
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Central Reserve Association
New York
American Bankers’ Association
Currency Commission
Committee On Banking and Currency of
United States Senate
Atlantic City
N. J
National Monetary Some Mission
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Washington
Wilson
Commission
Senate
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of France
United States Treasury
Wilson Lost In Auto While Returning From McAdoo McCormack Nuptials
President Wilson and party rode to Baltimore for a wedding, but two miles north of the city they lost the correct route. A Catonsville family helped guide them, warning chauffeurs of the muddy hills. The motorcade paused under a covered bridge before continuing to the White House in heavy rain. In Hyattsville the machine misrouted amid street closures and improvements, taking about twenty minutes to pass through the town.
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President Wilson
Frank Primrose
Catonsville
Primrose
United States
Joe
Warfieid
Rimrose
Secret Service
White House
Hyattsville
Wilson
Baltimore
Relston and
Warren Avenues
Franklin Street
Washington- Baltimore
Avon Street
Avon Avenue
Garfield Avenue
Arundel Avenue
Xanders Famous Virginia Clarets For Sangarees and Punches 87th
Train schedule blurb lists Xanders Famous Virginia Clarets for Sangarees and Punches 87th. Mentions return options to Baltimore and Ohio KR with Jive Mtr Jay numbers 1 and 2 valid for return until July 9. Contact Agk agenta for particulars.
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Enhe Onek
Teturn
Fattimere
Ohio
HO H
Baltimore
Ohie
Atlantic Seashore
Xander
Baltimore and Ohio
Agk
Agenta
Niagara Falls
Baltimore and
Bette
Union Station
Washington
Modern Corps and Pullman
Philadelphia
Falla
Endorsement of Currency Plan and Reserve Opinion
The passage discusses lawful money, reserve percentages, and potential tax penalties for reserve deficiencies. It notes that the National Monetary Commission endorsed the January 1912 currency recommendations and that opinions were sought on modifications. The stance favors discretion for reserve management and potential tax-based correction if reserves fall below a threshold.
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Central
Regional Reserve Association
National Monetary Commission
Commission
Congress
Fatal Shock From Puddle In Front Of Butcher Shop
A horse hitched to William Mueller's delivery wagon at 606 Coney Island Avenue was killed when a steam shovel's boom touching a trolley wire diverted current into a puddle where the horse stood. The electric contact caused a short circuit and the animal died as water carried the current from the shovel to the horse.
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Brooklyn
William Mueller
Coney Island Avenue
Tawner
Coney Island
1500 Miles of Fog Delays George Washington at Sea
The steamship George Washington arrived in Plymouth from New York after 1500 miles of fog, moving at reduced speed for 30 hours. Paris passengers will land at Cherbourg Sunday morning. Also aboard the Koenig Albert from New York were Tipton Sinclair and his bride, daughter of Judge Kimbrough of Greenwood MA, met by Sinclair’s 11-year-old son. The couple will go to Bremen.
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George Washington
Washington Post
Plymouth
Hagland
New York
Paris
Cherbourg
Beard
Koenig Albert
Tipton Sinclair
Judge Kimbrough
Greenwood
Mass
Sinclair
David
Germany
Sinclairs
Bremen
Lynch as Pastor Pleads Amid Mob Lynching
Americus Georgia June 2 William Redging a negro who shot Chief of Police William C Barrow as he was being taken to prison was recaptured and lynched by a mob of about 400. The crowd dragged him from the jail hanged him to a street corner and riddled the body with bullets. Barrow was badly wounded and fired at Redding. a bystander was hit. The mob overpowered deputies and strung Redding up then fired at the swinging body before dispersing. Barrow has led the police for 25 years.
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Americus
William Redging
William C. Barrow
Redding
Barrow
La&te
Bombs Kill Dozens as Masson Aerial Attack Rages
In a chaotic struggle near Guaymas and Ortiz, French aviator Didier Masson led bombs against federals, killing 53 in a strike that followed heavy fighting as gunboats were forced to sea. Reports say rebels, led by Gen Ojeda, tightened a surrounding hold with supplies cut and water scarce.
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Matamoros
Maston
United States
Aurelio Blanquet
Monterey
Golondrinas
Neuvo Laredo
San Louis Potos
Venegas
Saltillo
Coahuila
Gustavo Maas
Tellez
Villalama
Nuevo Leon
Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas
Lampasos
Matamoran
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Bagdad
Rio Grande
Dsem
Matamoras
Nogales
Ariz
Constitutionalista
Ortiz
Santa Rosa
Guaymac
Col. Alvarado
Col Barron
Sulzer recounts conflict with Murphy and Tammany plot
Governor William Sulzer details his break with Tammany chief Charles Murphy in Albany, saying he refused Murphy's orders on patronage and Stilwell, and chose to fight. He recounts past Vermont perjury charges, the estate dispute of John Anderson, and his resolve to resign or resist. The interview frames a long, personal battle with the Tammany machine.
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Murphy
Stilwell
Prouty
Vermont
Albany
William Sulzer
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Garry
Tammany
John Anderson
Tobacco King
Sulzer
Tammany Organization
Willam Sulzer
George M. Curtis
Bethel, Vt
Felix McCloskey
Maggie Watson
Frank Plumley
United States
Plumley
Gov. Sulzer
Curtis
John Charles Anderson
Militant suffragettes torch labs and church lofts
Night of arson by suffragette arson squads hit St Andrews Gatty marine laboratory and the Church of St John at Southend. Fire fends damaged the lab with instruments, fire noted in the church loft. An embankment breach attempt near Yardley could flood a valley. Hunger-strike release of Misa Lennox noted. Scotland Yard attacked by militants and Philadelphia protest persists with Mrs Helen Greely defiant.
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London
St. Andrews
Scotland
Southend
Thames
Gatty Marine Laboratory
Yardley
Worcestershire
Laura Geraldine Lennox
Central Criminal Court
Miss Lennox
Scotland Yard
Gertrude Shaw
Misa Shaw
Women's Social and Political Union
Emmeline Pankhurat
Philadelphia
Helen Hoy Greely
College of Equal Suffrage League of New York
National Woman Suffrage Associaton of America
Suard
Mrs Greely
Blood price sets at thirty five dollars a quart in New York
In New York on June 21 a placard at the West Side Young Men's Christian Association shows blood donors offering a full quart at 35 dollars for a transfusion. A Western college graduate with near perfect blood is the successful applicant. his name is kept confidential.
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New York
West Side
Young Men's Christian Association
Western College
Great Race 10 runners drive crowds on Hudson regatta
A nerve‑straining spectacle drew about 60 000 spectators as the Great Race 10 event on the Hudson featured Yale and Ithaca crews in decisive races. Courtney’s men clinched varsity four and freshman events while Syracuse showed strong form, Columbia led early but Orange and Cornell challenged, and Washington and Wisconsin delivered magnificent sport under perfect weather.
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Courtney
Hudson
Syracuse
Columbia
Orange
Cornell
Washington
Wisconsin
Regatta Surprise as Syracuse Beats Cornell in Four Mile Varsity Race
At Poughkeepsie on June 21 the intercollegiate regatta produced a dramatic four mile varsity race. Syracuse edged Cornell by a narrow margin as Washington and Wisconsin followed, with Columbia fifth and Pennsylvania at the rear. The 60,000 spectators saw a dramatic finish with Syracuse clocking 19m 28.58s, Cornell 19m 29.00s, Washington 19m 31.00s, Wisconsin 19m 34.00s, Columbia 19m 39.50s, and Pennsylvania 20m 11.25s.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
United States
Cornell
Syracuse
University of Wisconsin
Washington
Wisconsin
Columbia
Pennsylvania
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United States District Court
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