Ballinger Vindicated by President Taft in Alaska Land Case
President Taft exonerates Secretary Ballinger in the Cunningham coal land claims matter. The full letter states Glavis presented only suspicions without substantial evidence, clearing Ballinger and criticizing the baseless charges while stressing Cabinet integrity and duty.
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Ll. T. Glavie
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Cunningham Cent Tand Clarres
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Munningham
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Department
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Troosevelt
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Clavis
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Dennett
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Dilavie
General Land Offier
Taft Upheld Delrbiary Conduct Of The Office
President Taft rejects allegations of lack of sympathy with Roosevelt era conservation policy finding the charge baseless. The controversy centers on the administration's stewardship of natural resources and public lands amid political debate.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Controversy Over Glavis and Water Power Claims Recalled
President rebuts Governor Pardee and others on the Glavis affair amid irrigation power claims. The letter accuses officials of bias and missteps in handling evidence and suggests removal actions. Roosevelt era tensions color ongoing disputes over department integrity.
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Pardee
Water Power Trust
Trike Renewed in Pressed Steel Car Work
Four thousand men walk out at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Shoenville in a renewed strike after a week old talks and nine lives lost in the dispute. Company officials announce plan to discharge imported workers to resume business and keep operations running.
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Morning Journal
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Shoenville
Busic Nux
Land withdrawals prompt charges over water power sites
A heated irrigation convention debate accuses the interior department of favoring private water power companies by restoring and withdrawing lands for settlement. Officials argue the circulation misrepresents actions from January 1900 during the Inez administration, noting prior withdrawals of 1.5 million acres to conserve water power locations.
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Spokane
Pardee
California
Water Power Trust
Claver Ne
Montana
Inez
Governor Johnson Near Death From Operation
The report from St Marys hospital states Governor Johnson underwent an operation for an intestinal abscess today. A bulletin says he has taken a turn for the better with improving pulse and breath, but remains under care and slightly weak. Doctors express hope he can be allowed to rest and sleep soon as his condition stabilizes.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Ct. F. McNevin
Johnson Hae
Delos
Governor Johnson in Critical Condition After Illness
St Paul Minn report says Governor Johnson suffered a severe spell at 8 30 pm and was said to rally. William Mayo, private secretary to the governor, telephoned tonight to state the governor's pulse was around 140 and temperature 46 degrees with a cautious outlook for recovery over several days.
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St. Paul
Minn
William Mayo
Johnnson
Frenchman Reviews Career of Fulton
An elaborate Paris review cites Robert Fulton’s own words and credits Marquis Jouffray de Lyons 1748 experiments as the real inspiration behind the steamboat. It claims France honors Fulton with a tribute from the institute and fleet as an American achievement pervading old world and new.
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Robert Fulton
France
Fulton
Marquis Joufliay
Lyons
America
Institute
M. A Monterguell Page
Napoleon
England
Amere
Henson recounts Peary Arctic Pole ascent claim
Matthew Henson, Peary’s African American lieutenant, describes the 1909 expedition that reached the North Pole with four Eskimos and a flag-raising, noting the two igloos built, the diary kept, and the flag’s position shifted 150 yards from an initial point during the final observations.
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Cape Ray N
North Pole
Matthew Henson
Robert KE Peary
Peary
Hletson
Arctics
Henson
Greenland
Far North
Neon
The
Ole
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Minyvels
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Parthett
Bartlett
Great Britain
Cape Columbia
Reet
Arctic
Tragic quarrel ends in murder at fashionable Chicago apartment
In a chic Chicago residence district Mrs. Julius Tripp and sister-in-law Mrs. Jacob Silvers fought with a revolver and knives. Mrs. Tripp died in the hallway while Mrs. Silvers died later in a bedroom. Eight shells were found, bullets pierced Tripp and Silvers, no knife found. Domestic dispute over household duties and inheritance sparked the deadly confrontation.
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Silvere
Silvers
Shve
Mob hunts fugitives after jail escape in Angleton
In Angleton Texas a posse stalks three escapees from Angele jail after Tut Harden was fatally wounded in a prior brush with the prisoners and Armour Muleson was killed while approaching a relative’s home. The search continues as members vow punishment.
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Tut’ Harden
Posse
Armour Mulesen
Taft Tour Kicks Off Amid Large Crowds and Cheerful Spirit
President Taft begins a west and south tour at Boston, with stops in Worcester, Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany, and Syracuse. Crowds greet him at every station while Governor Hughes joins the journey and lauds the president’s plans. Taft marks his fifty second birthday and travels on a cautious, slow schedule aboard the Mayflower with security measures in place.
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Massachusetts
Taft
Worcester
Springfield
Pittsfield
New York
Albany
Hughes
Syracuse
Governor Hughes
West
Wis
New York Central Lines
Sherman
Uilen
Mer Sherman
Wounded tigress on the loose in Marseilles
A royal Hengul tigress escaped from a cruiser yesterday and was tracked to a construction excavation in Marseilles. Lion tamer Hendrickson tried to smoke out and shoot the animal, firing 81 shots into its side, but the wounded tigress fled, leaving a blood trail and another hiding place.
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Marceilles
Hendrickson
Chinese Students Heading to America for Education
Forty seven Chinese students have been accepted to study in the United States under Boxer Indemnity funds returned to China. They passed the medical exam and will depart tomorrow under the supervision of Yonge Kai Son, a Yale graduate.
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Peking
United States
China
America
Yonge Kai Son
Yale
Taft Joins Governor Hughes on Albany Platform
President Taft spent a brief stop in Albany with Governor Hughes aboard the presidential train. Taft praised Hughes for support on the platform and said he values a united effort. He noted past campaigns and declared Hughes a reliable ally.
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Albany
Taft
Hughes
Massachusetts
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