Washington's deadlock over Ballinger Pinchot dispute deepens
Washington January news reports the crisis within the Republican Party as the Ballinger Pinchot feud threatens party unity and may prolong conflict in Congress. Senators weigh preserving party harmony versus challenging interior and forest service investigations under Jones Humphrey, with control of committee appointments and Speaker Cannon's stance central to the debate. Continued on Page Two.
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Taft
Congress
Cannon
Washington
United States
Pinchot
Messrs. Balsinger
Secretary of the Interior
Forest Service
Interior Department
Jones- Humphrey
Senate
House
Senate Committee On Public Landa
Senate Committees On
Public Landa
Hermann Faces Federal Jury In Oregon Land Fraud Probe
Binger Hermann former Oregon congressman and ex commissioner of the general land office faces trial in U S district court on a conspiracy to defraud the government in land deals. The 1905 indictment names Mitchell Jones Sorenson and others. testimony depicts a plan to set aside 200000 acres of forest reserve and swap school lands for timber lands. trial delayed for years with involvement by Francis Heney and other officials.
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Hermann
Oregon
General Land Office
Portland
Ore
Binger Hermann
Congress
Land Office
United States District Court
John H. Mitchell
United States
Franklin Pierce
Willard N. Jones
George Sorenson
H. A. Smith
Mays Jones
Sorensen
Mitchell
Smith
Francis J. Heney
Mays
Jones
Sorenson
Ormsby
S. B. Ormsby
Ryan
Francis J. Henay
John McCourt
Tracy G. Brecker
A. 8. Worthington
Washington, D.C
John M. Gearin
Train Derails Near Cross Keys Georgia After Broken Rail
A Southern Railway passenger train No. 35 derailed near Cross Keys Georgia just south of Atlanta after a broken rail. Two coaches and two sleeping cars left the track with several passengers slightly injured including J C Hughes of Shelby North Carolina, J C Blassengame of Richmond Virginia, 8bourg Buford Georgia, J C Wilkes of Lowell Massachusetts, and a Chinese national passenger from Atlanta.
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Southern
Croga Keys
Atlanta
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Southern Railway
Cross Keys
J. C. Hughes
Shelby
N. C
J. C. Blassengame
Richmond
Bourg
Buford
J.C. Wilkes
Lowell, Mass
Jos Chal
Chinaman
Atlanta, Ga
Snead Again Missing in St. Catharines
Fletcher W. Snead husband of Ocey Snead the bath tob victim has not been seen here since Friday. No one knows where he has gone. Early last week Detective Hargon representing Prosecutor Mott of New Jersey had a talk with Snead but he declared that a positive identification was all that he wanted.
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Snead
St. Catherines
Ont
Fletcher W. Snead
Ocey Snead
Hargon
Mott
New Jersey
Murder at Second Street Bridge Nearly Kills Fireman
Dan Matthews, a fireman for the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, was found mangled near the Central Railway at the Second Street bridge in Macon Georgia. He said four black men robbed and attacked him, then forced him onto the tracks where he was run over. Police search for the alleged assailants continues as Matthews, severely injured, remains hospitalized. The victim is Asa Matthews Jr. of Elm Street, and the community demands swift arrest.
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Brown
Macon
Dan Matthews
Georgia Southern
Florida Railway
Central Railway
Second Street
Big Black
Neerdes
Thea
Pas Senger
Atlanta
Matthews
City
Oliphant
Champ Drew
Elderlk
Salty Fila Ler
Matthewa
Hestoes
Asa Matthews
Elm Street
Hemphill Leaves News and Courier for Times-Dispatch
Major K G Hemphill veteran editor of The Charleston News and Courier is leaving Richmond to take the editorship of The Times-Dispatch. His new duties begin about February 18 and he will devote full time to his new role.
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Richmond
K. G. Hemphil
Charleston
9. C
Leopard Attack Fails To Endanger Woman
In New York a trained leopard named Clayton attacked Mrs. Pauling Russelle in private training quarters. The beast tore her badly before her assistant grabbed the leopard by its tail and escaped with the trainer to safety. Recovery is uncertain.
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New York
Clayton
Morgan Empire Made by Mergers Elevates Financier
A 19th century financial portrait outlines J Pierpont Morgan expanding control to about 3 billion dollars through the merger of Guaranty Trust with Morgan and Fitch Avenue Trusts. It lists Morgan’s direct stakes in Equitable Life, United States Steel, General Electric and others totaling 2.77 billion, with indirect influence bringing total resources to roughly 3 billion. The piece credits a string of consolidations for Morgan’s rise to the era’s dominant financier.
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Guaranty-Trust Company
Morgan and Fitch Avenue ‘Trust
Equitable
Guaranty Trust Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ich Morgan
Equitable Life Assuance Secret
First National Rand
United
Pierpont Morgan
Thomas ¥. Ryan
Harriman
Ghillally Frost Company
Guaranty
Morton Trust Company
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
Ryeat
Wall Street Lqt
Money Trust
J. Bierpont Morgan
Kimbler kills wife children then takes own life
Ballinger Texas January 9 F B Kimbler a prominent farmer killed his wife and two children with a hatchet then mortally wounded his niece and killed himself by slashing his throat. He had been ill and rose to prepare breakfast before carrying out the brutal acts. The 6-year-old boy was killed instantly while the girl and niece survived with doubtful prospects.
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Kimbler
Ballinger
Texas
F. B. Kimbler
Bia
Upton
Man Kills Wife Then Self in Jealousy Case at Lehignioo
In Lehignioo Pennsylvania a 56 year old man William Ganpen shot his wife and then killed himself on the way to Sunday school. The crime is attributed to jealousy as the motive. The wife and son were wounded in the incident and are not expected to recover.
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Lehignioo
Jonwaryi
William Ganpen
Aged woman from Chicago evicted in Cartersville
In Cartersville Georgia on January 9 an elderly woman identified as Mrs M Porter, a self styled physician and writer, was removed from a residence and sent to the Western and Atlantic station by Chief W B Puckett and a bail. She had come to die in Cartersville and claimed she had arranged to stay until death with cemetery ready. She said she would notify a physician in the city and has relatives in Chicago. It is believed she then left by the southbound Western and Atlantic train toward Acworth where she has friends.
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Cartersville
M. & Porter
Esa
Atlantic
W. B. Puckett
Gartersville
Chicago
Porter
Carteraville
G Bail
Abe
Philadelphia
Thia State
Gdor
Gla
Hantle
Acworth
Vulgar and Successful Woman Better Than Unsuccessful Lady
New York January. Mrs T P OConnor, wife of a well known Irish member of parliament, argues that a suffragist persuades while a suffragette acts. She supports persuasion first but notes England has tried gentle methods with little result. She contends it is better to be vulgar and successful than an unsuccessful lady.
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New York
T. P. Oconnor
Pankhurst
England
White Man's Vice Under Southern Prohibition
New York report on Dr. Qsepr Haywood remarks during a January program about prohibition. He questions its effectiveness in reducing drunkenness among African Americans, noting little evidence of drinking among them while praising Southern reformers for moral aims and social improvement. He argues the law protects the negro but is administered by those who claim the right to violate it.
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New York
Qsepr ‘Haywood
Haywood
Br. Haywood
Mo Lnson
South
Collier
Council
Mr. Collier
David M. Vining
Stavenott
Questions to Be Answered About Stockade Investigation
A local investigation committee weighing charges against Col lier and stockade staff plans to report next Monday. Key questions cover sanitation, food, cruelty, punishment methods, worker conditions, and whether Collier bears responsibility for mismanagement. The panel aims to frame findings for council.
Weather Prophecy Forecast From Various Regions
Washington reports a weather forecast for Georgia to Texas noting fair skies, moderate to strong winds, and rising temperatures Monday and Tuesday. Northwest winds dominate in many areas with fair conditions in Georgia Virginia Florida and neighboring states.
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Georgia
Virginia
Catalina
South Carolina
Boeida
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
Okshoma
Arkaness
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
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Fitzgerald
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Forestry Service
Hemphill
News and Courier
J. Pierpont. Morgan
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