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![2 million 500 thousand Americans signed a petition asking that Lt. [...]oven Griffis be pardoned from a prison term in Germany. Petition was presented to [...] Otto Wiedfeldt](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvMi1taWxsaW9uLTUwMC10aG91c2FuZC1hbWVyaWNhbnMtc2lnbmVkLWEtcGV0aXRpb24tYXNraW5nLXRoYXQtbHQtb3Zlbi1ncmlmZmlzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/231/jpg "2 million 500 thousand Americans signed a petition asking that Lt. [...]oven Griffis be pardoned from a prison term in Germany. Petition was presented to [...] Otto Wiedfeldt")
![[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvaGFycnktc2lsdmVyc3RlaW4tbmV3c2JveS03MDMtdy02dGgtc3QtNy15ZWFycy1vbGQtc2VsbHMtcGFwZXJzLXNlbGxpbmctMy1tb250aHMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/34/webp "[Harry Silverstein, Newsboy, 703 W. 6th St., 7 years old. Sells papers, (selling 3 months average earnings 25 cents per week). Father working Morocco Mills, earns $18 weekly. Boy's earnings not needed at home. Don't smoke. Visits saloons. Works 8 hours per day. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
![[Group at White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvZ3JvdXAtYXQtd2hpdGUtaG91c2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy0xMTktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Group at White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![[...] to having violated a federal statute [...]ffering an affront to a foreign [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvdG8taGF2aW5nLXZpb2xhdGVkLWEtZmVkZXJhbC1zdGF0dXRlLWZmZXJpbmctYW4tYWZmcm9udC10by1hLWZvcmVpZ24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[...] to having violated a federal statute [...]ffering an affront to a foreign [...]")
![Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, (left) German a[...] the United States with Assistant Secretary of State [...] Wright, presents his letter of recall to President Co[...] leaving for Germany](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvZHItb3R0by13aWVkZmVsZHQtbGVmdC1nZXJtYW4tYS10aGUtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy13aXRoLWFzc2lzdGFudC1zZWNyZXRhcnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, (left) German a[...] the United States with Assistant Secretary of State [...] Wright, presents his letter of recall to President Co[...] leaving for Germany")
![[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to Washington to present a petition to Congress Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted containing more than 500,000 signatures.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvc3VmZnJhZ2UtZW52b3lzLWZyb20tc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby1ncmVldGVkLWluLW5ldy1qZXJzZXktb24tdGhlaXItd2F5LXRvLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to Washington to present a petition to Congress Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted containing more than 500,000 signatures.]")
