Riggs Bank Case Sparks Courtroom Flags and Subpoenas
In a crowded Washington courtroom the Riggs Bank perjury case advanced with the defense pressing why Comptroller John Skelton Williams failed to appear. Hogan argued over subpoenas and access to a confidential bank examiner report while noting Williams’s absence overshadowed by a tense session of briefings and motions.
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United States
Archer
Ran
Riggs Bank Equity
Baling
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Johaann
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I Asa
Over
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Led Into Garden of Eden, Then Deserted, She Says
Laura Johnson of Minneapolis sues Rev. Charles Chase Wilson pastor of Church of Our Saviour Roslindale for breach of promise in Federal court seeking 20000. She alleges Wilson repeatedly made advances and embraced her while she was a University of Vermont student.
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Washington Post
Boston
Charles Chase Wilson
Church of Our Saviour
Roslindale
Garden of Eden
Mise
Laura Louise Johnson
Minneapolis
Wilson
Miss Johnson
National baby week showcases camp inspections and talks
A long, varied report describes baby week activities at the National Service School Chevy Chase with 42 signaling students and 35 knitters under Red Cross direction. Inspections of nurseries and infant welfare stations occurred, with lectures by Dr Louise Taylor Jones and Dr Joseph S Wail on infant care, shoes, and disease prevention. Motion pictures, demonstrations, plays, and portable exhibits complemented events, while lectures by Drexel Biddle and Judge Ballou addressed preparedness and Swiss military systems. Public gatherings and father’s day promotions extended to Mount Pleasant and Virginia Avenue playgrounds with theater showings and talks by health officials.
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Drexel Biddle
Ballou
Red Cross
Alexander Sharp
Sophy Casey
Caroline Lampson
American Red Cross
Frank Smith
A A. Fenland
Arlington
B. J. Bealin
Washington Diet Kitchen Association
Miss Reinhardt
Kensington
Louige Taylor Jones
Joseph S. Wail
Louis M. Strobel
Motion Pictures
Avenue Grand Theater
Happyland
Hastern
Woodward and Lothrop’s
Noel House
Herrmann’s
Grace L. Anderson
Wilson Normal School
Central Exhibit
Alberta
Helen Plummer
Joseph Michaelson
Edward Galligher
May Leeamitner
Ethel Cozlin
Royal Steadman
Katherine Conway
Hida’ Young
Sidney Ballou
Mias Pax
Br. E. A. Grosvenor
Amberat College
Anna J. George
Nsuglag Putnam Birle
Mount Pleasant
Fourtaenth Street
Park Road
Virginia Avenue
Eleventh Street
Howard
Truxton
W. C. Rucker
United States Public Health Service
Court to Read Equity Case Papers in Open Session
The court and prosecution grant that papers shown are for proving their submission in last year’s equity case, not as factual evidence. Mr Laskey and Mr Archer read the long answer from the Comptroller’s perspective, adjournments follow for luncheon and later reconvening.
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Equity
Archer
Laskey
Mr. Archer
William J. Flather
G. E. Gregory
City National Bank
New York
Gregory
Williams
District Supreme Court
District Bar
Chesapeake Beach
Riggs Equity
McAdoo
Burka
Old Guard for Peace and New York Rail Wars
New York moves to end horse cars as storage batteries replace them on main streets. Baltimore dispatch notes Maryland Democrats back Wilson, nominate Lewis for Senate, and list delegates to the Chicago convention with a unit vote for Wilson's renomination. District decisions praise peace policy and endorse preparedness.
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New York
Wilson
Baltimore
Maryland
St Louis
David Lewis
United States
John Walter Smith
Blair Lee
F.C Harrington
Albert C Ritchie
William Cabell Bruce
J F C Talbott
Jere H ' Wheelwright
J Hubert Wade
Democratic Party
Overtures From Progressive Leaders Move Toward Peace
New York May 11 The old guard fenders of New York State back Elihu Root’s candidacy but show willingness to meet Progressives halfway to peace. Perkins and the Progressive executive committee send overtures while Barnes and allies still back Root. They may accept Hughes if needed. Tariff remains a focal point, with Republicans pressing protection and warning of a postwar panic unless tariffs shield business.
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Washington Post
New York
New York City
Hughes
I A. R. Peacock
New York Railways Company
Public Service Commission
Progressive Executive Committee
Perkins
New York State
Elihu Root
George W. Perkins
Justia Hughes
Old Guard
Mr. Root
Mr. Roosevelt
Root
Barnes
Ford Headquarters Planned in New York to Back Ford
Special to The Washington Post reports that a political headquarters to back Henry Ford for president will be opened in New York by the Patriotic Peace Society. The move stirred both Republican and Democratic headquarters as word circulated that the Ford plant on Long Island might issue a forthcoming statement.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Ford
Patriotic Peace Society
Ford
Long Island
Tomorr
Missouri Delegation Vote Projection For Chicago Ballot
J J Babler national committeeman elect from Missouri estimates Missouri will vote Hughes six Root five Weeks fourteen Fairbanks twelve on the first Chicago ballot with possible one or two shifts as Weeks and Fairbanks lean. Former Gov Goldsborough concedes Dr Joseph I France nomination for U S Senate and tells supervisors to stop recounts in certain districts from the recent primary.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
J. J. Babler
Missouri
Chicago
Hughes
Root
Weeks
Fairbanks
Baltimore
P. la. Goldsborough
Joseph I. France
United
Cartain
Bankhead Triumphs in Alabama Elections
Montgomery May 11 returns nearly complete show D Smith elected national committeeman and all representatives returned to Congress. Burnett won hard fought race. Bankhead defeats Hobson in the Tenth district. Delegates at large elected are Denson White Rushton and Carmichael.
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Montgomery
Ala
Show & D Smith
Congress
Burnett
Bankhead
Hobson
Denson
White
Rushton
Carmichael
End Episcopal Session Indorses Immigrant and Colored Work
Eight deputies chosen for the Episcopal Church general convention at the Washington diocese meeting at Emmanuel Church Anacostia. Resolutions praised Bishop Harding on immigration and colored work, supported a clergy pension plan, urged parish gifts, and endorsed creating a migration board with a secretary to manage its machinery as a civic duty and church obligation.
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The
Episcopal Church
Diocese of Washington
Emmanuel Church
Anacostia
R. H. McKim
C. Ernest Smith
Co. R. Stetson
Robert Talbot
Browne
J. Adams
W C Hives
H. L. Rust
G. F. Dudley
C. H. Buck
J. W. Austin
Rn. H. McKim
William Lewin
J. H. Gordon
W. C. Riven
Harding
Hishop Lawrence
Washington
Board of Missions
Penalia
Board of Immigration
Mistake in Bridge Bill Delays Aqueduct Construction Approval
An error found in the War Department review of the aqueduct bridge bill will require congressional correction. The clerks failed to revise section numbers, misaligning funding and rail use provisions. The President may return the bill to the House for a corrective action or a supplemental resolution.
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Aqueduct
War Department
Congress
Clerka
Senate
Intervention May Follow Break Up of Conference
Frairs warn the split could force heavy fighting in Mexico with cavalry from New York Illinois and Ohio needed for mounts while infantry and coast artillery already on the border may be pressed into service. Secretary Baker dodges timing on calling up state national guards as trials and others prepare for immediate service. Generals say militia organization plans are in place and recent Washington conferences settled how the guard will operate. Separately Washington Chapter banking elections chose Neuhauser Bringer Petit Ehninger Pardoe Beau mat Boyer Fugett Haynes Pollock and Wampler for officer and board roles with a Guizaca on negotiable instruments presented at the session.
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Mexico
Carranza
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Baker
Funaton
Illinois National Guard Cavalry
Division of Militia Affairs
National Guard
Washington
American Institute of Banking
R. J. Neuhauser
Munsey
Trust Company
Po A Bringer
F Petit
Merchants’ Bank
Ehninger
National Capital Bank
W. H. Pardoe
National Savings and Trust Company
Charlies Beaumat
Riggs
Charles D. Boyer
Federal National Bank
John A. Fugett
American Security and Trust Company
Harry V Haynes
RigKs
Burdett Kelly
Comptroller of Currency’s Office
R EK. Pollock
Home Savings Bank
T. Morris Wampler
United States
Chihuahua
Obregan
Replicata
Juarez
Marathon
Tex
U. S
Army Surgeons Recalled For Possible Mexican Border Duty
Twelve army surgeons stationed in Washington and on leave were ordered to be ready to leave tomorrow. Destination not specified. They may join troops in Mexico or care for militia along Texas New Mexico and Arizona border districts, where surgeons are reported scarce.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York Herald
Washington
Mexico
Milittia
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Fire at jeering Mexicans in Chihuahua district
El Paso reports provost guard soldiers firing over the heads of a small Mexican crowd in Chihuahua, as 30 men and boys hurled stones and derisive remarks. After an order to disperse, the fire was opened and the crowd scattered with no injuries reported.
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el Paso
Chihuahua
Obregon presses U.S. troop withdrawal amid frontier talks
Gen Obregon and Gen Funston met in El Paso with Mexican undersecretary Amador and Gen Scott’s aide Michie. After hours of discussions, they suspended talks to report to their governments, stressing no rupture in friendship. U.S. forces in Chihuahua remain inactive. Border tensions persist with bandits crossing into Texas and attacks on U.S. messengers.
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Obregon
Funston
Gen. Funston
Gan. Funston
Robert H. Lee Michie
Gen. Scott
A. Obregon
Frederick Funston
American Women Targeted in Market Egging Incident
In Chihuahua City on May 10 American women visiting the municipal market were egged by market vendors and clerks. Police arrived, learned of the attack, and made no arrests, saying the act was justified.
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Byreelal
Washington Post
Chihuahua City
Mex
HK Paso
Goethals to Quit June as Canal Zone Governor General
Special Cable reports Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals announced he would resign June 1 as governor general of the Canal Zone. Panama, May 11. The resignation follows a long tenure overseeing canal operations and administration.
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Washington Post
Panama
George W. Goethala
Jone 1
The
Canal Zone
Wreck of hydroplane near Mount Vernon hurts crew and observers
A hydroaeroplane crash near Hunting Creek injures two men from the U S bureau of fisheries and several others. MacCauley and Utter are badly bruised and sent to Alexandria Hospital. Dudley returns to Washington too weak to speak. Investigators from Newport News will inspect the wreck at Fort Washington to determine the crash cause.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Bryans Point
Good
Krantz
MacCauley
Utter
Dudley
Alexandria
Turner
Martin D. Delany
Washington
Washinngton
Wetherall
Fort Weashington
Hunting Creek
Mount Vernon
Samuel Johnson
John Miller
Thomas 8. Baldwin
theAtlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
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Baldwin
Vernon
Fort Washington
Russia
Curtisa
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