Foraker Attacks Roosevelt and Taft over Hidden War Funds
Senator Foraker charged in Washington that Roosevelt and Taft illicitly diverted five million dollar war funds ten years earlier to pay private detectives investigating the Brownsville incident. He called the use of detectives atrocious and argued the 1899 contingency fund was improperly spent without detailed congressional reporting. He questioned legality and demanded proper accounting of expenditures from the war fund.
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Washington, D. C
William H. Taft
Brownsville
Joseph Benson Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Herbert J. Browne
William G. Baldwin
Roanoke
Secretary of War
Twenty-fifth Infantry
United States Army
Foraker
Appropriations Committee
Congress
War Department
Treasury Department
Wall Street Journal lists top railroad stock holders
The Wall Street Journal publishes the largest holders of railroad stock. Two J. P. Morgan & Co. clerks own up to 20.5 million in Erie common stock. E. H. Harriman, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. control 120 million of Southern Pacific, with about 359 million Unico Pacific held by the bank. Vanderbilt family holds around 34.9 million in railroad shares.
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New York
Wall Street Journal Today
J. P. Morgan & Co
Erie Common
E. H. Harriman and Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Brunswick Banks Elect Directors and Reelect Officers
The National Bank of Brunswick and Brunswick Bank & Trust Company held annual meetings. The National Bank kept its existing directors and rejected officers. Brunswick Bank & Trust cut directors from eleven to nine and reelected the current officers. Both banks report flourishing conditions and feature top local business leaders.
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Brunswick
National Bank of Brunswick
Brunswick Bank & Trust Company
The
National Bank
L. R. Akin
J. W. Bennett
E PL Coney
C. Downing
Albert Fendig
FE. H. Mason
Henry P. Talmage
New York
EB. D. Walter
J. B. Weisht
E. H. Mason
Albert Fendighier
E. D. Walter
C. H. Sheldon
Brunswick Bank and Truss Company
Aiken
F. D. M. Strachan
N. Emanuel
L. H. Haym
M. Kaiser
J. J. Lissner
C. A. Taylor
R. E. Brieséenick
George H. Smith
F. D. Aikén
F. BD
M. Strachan
Geo
H.smith
Paul EB. Twitty
Local firm lands landmark Panama pilings contract
The Améan Tie & Timber Company of this city, with New yesterday, won 4,000 pilings for Panama canal work. The Brunswick firm secured the contract after open competition, a distinction Brown quoted as a compliment to the local firm. The big shipment will be sent to Panama in several cargoes via Brunswick port.
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New Yesterday
Panama
Ishmian Canal Commission
Brunswick
S. K. Brown
We Company
Calhoun on Trial Over Railroads Bribe Proposal
Patrick Calhoun, president of United Railroads, faces trial in San Francisco for allegedly offering a bribe to ex Supervisor Nichollas to secure ordinance support for converting cable to a trolley system. The opening session included Francis Heney and his associate James Foley, with jurors questioned and one examined. A cold spell and rain were forecast as the case proceeded.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Fred. J. Nichollas
Francis J. Heney
James Foley
Heney
Bodgeuerd
Lawlor
Governor-elect Brown to visit Brunswick for barbecue
Governor-elect Brown will visit Brunswick on January 21 meeting at the depot, stay at the Oglethorpe hotel, and attend informal events. He will ride the steamer Atlantic to St Marys for a Camden county barbecue and return to Atlanta Friday night, escorted by local citizens. He aims to visit all counties before inauguration next June.
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St. Mary's
Camden County
Atlantic
Southern Railway
Oglethorpe
First Regiment
Brunswick Riflemen
St. Marys
Georgia
Camden
Atlanta
Glynn County
Officials at Oyster Roast in Brunswick Visit by Rail Officials
The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic rail road officials visiting Brunswick for two days held meetings at the Oglethorpe hotel and attended an informal oyster roast. A special A B A train carried them to Atlanta after the event as officials praised Brunswick and expressed hope for future meetings.
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Birmingham
Abrams
Brunswick
Two Cremated in Big Chicago Fire
Ten were cremated and more feared after a blaze destroyed the Hotel Astin in Chicago. An explosion in the basement enveloped the building before help arrived, as reported from Los Angeles dated January 12.
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Los Angeles
Astin
Court Takes A Recess In Glynn Superior Court
Judge Bolling Whitfield's illness and attorneys' unready cases prompted Judge Parker to recess Glynn superior court until Tuesday morning next week. Criminal business, a large docket, will be resumed then. No trials were ready yesterday. verdicts and routine matters filled time. The court may recess again until the second Monday in February after the criminal docket is addressed.
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Bolling Whitfield
Parker
Glynn Superior Court
Another Bad Mine Horror in Huntington Region
A second explosion at Lick Branch coal mines in Huntington West Virginia today killed between fifty and one hundred miners. The mine had been reopened after inspectors declared it safe following the December twenty eighth disaster, with many workers American. A new shaft began operations just before the blast.
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Huntington
W. Va
Lick Pranch
Wife and Husband In a Death Fight
In Oxford Frank Donnelly killed his wife and wounded himself before going to Hamilton Ohio. Donnelly later told a Hamilton officer that his wife had sent for him and when he entered she tried to shoot him. he took the revolver and shot her and himself, then walked to Mercer hospital. His wife was found dead at their Oxford home by their son Paul.
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Frank Donnelly
Oxford
J. D. Marshall
Mercer Hospital
Paul
Donnelly
Cameron
Hamilton
Moving Picture Matinee For Little Orphans At Grand
The Grand presents a children’s moving picture show this afternoon from 2 30 to 5 o clock curated by manager Mr Finney through Rev C P Thornton. A share of Wednesday matinee proceeds benefits Mumford Industrial Home in Macon with broader public support encouraged.
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C. P. Thornton
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Turks Accept Austro Hungarian Indemnity to Avert War
Constantinople reports the Turkish government accepts a 10.8 million dollar indemnity from Austria Hungary for the annexations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, removing any chance of war.
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Constantinople
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A Hundred Possums for Big Taft Banquet
A carload of Worth county possums arrived in Atlanta to be served at the chamber of commerce banquet for President elect Taft. A special decorated car carried about 100 possums as delegates, led by Judge Frank Park, to ensure they reached the event in good condition.
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Worth County
Chamber of Commerce
Taft
Frank Park
Worth
Rescue saved a three year old girl in Sicily ruins
In Resgzio Sicily on January 12 two firemen were pulled from debris and a three year old girl was found alive, uninjured, and well.
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Resgzio
Sicily
Prominent Attorney Morrison Dies in Chicago
Chicago reports the death of Richard W. Morrison an assistant state attorney during Jacob K. Kern's administration from pneumonia and complications.
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Chicago
Richard W. Morrison
Jacob K. Kern
Tennessee Senate Backs Statewide Prohibition By 29 43
Tennessee Senate approves statewide prohibition by a 29 to 43 vote. The bill sets the law to take effect next December, with Governor Patterson’s supporters defeated. Expected to pass the House and make Tennessee a dry state joining Mississippi Alabama Georgia and parts of the Carolinas Florida.
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Tenn
Senate
Tennessee
Patterson
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
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South Carolina
Louisiana
Florida
Charges allege Chicago police chief attempt to kidnap
Chicago reports charges that Elmira New York Chief of Police Cassady is trying to kidnap Frederick H Richardson who is wanted for alleged embezzlement of 25000 dollars. The case was presented to Municipal Judge Hume and remained unresolved.
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Chicago
Cassady
Elmira
N. Y
Fredk. H. Richardson
Hume
North Carolina Abolishes Hanging for Electrocution Change
A new North Carolina law replaces hanging with electric chair for capital crimes. The decree moves executions to the state penitentiary in Raleigh and abolishes county seat hangings. The switch aims to standardize capital punishment after years of advocacy.
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Raleigh
N . Jan
North Carolina
Thornton Hains Trial Opens With Defense Summary
In Flushing New York on January 12 John McIntyre summed up the defense in the Thornton Jenkins Hains trial. Hains and his brother Captain Hains face charges related to the death of William E. Annis. The prosecution will close its case Thursday and jury deliberations follow. The crowded court heard defense claim of a Bayside Yacht Club conspiracy.
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Johnl McIntyre
Thornt Jenkins Hains
Captain Hains
William E. Annis
Metyre
Bayside Yacht Club
President's Order Sparks Naval Debates Over Shore Duty
Washington dated January 12 reports President orders withdrawing marines from ships and assigning shore duty. A sub-committee of naval affairs endorses nullifying proposed law reassigning a marine force afloat, calling for strenuous efforts to counter the move.
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Singapore War Briefs From December to January
Fragmentary text mentions a liner Pélynesion sailing December 20 and January 13, reporting on actions near Singapore and a Dutch steamer sinking. The readable lines are incomplete and do not provide a clear event or outcome.
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Pélynesion
Marcember
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