Pinchot Defends Against Abbott Charges in Alaska Records Disappearance
Gifford Pinchot issues a statement denying Miss Abbott's charges while linking records on Guggenheim activities in Alaska to disappearances from War Department files. He ties the matter to the Controller Bay map and the "Dick to Dick" letters, alleging predated surveys and government interference in the Alaska ventures.
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Duggenheim
Alaska
War Department
Ngton
Gifford Pinsay
M.e
Guggenheim
Pinchot
Beduis Gick
Investi Be Lng
Ogham
Cunningham Coal Land
Aexa
Richard A. Ballinger
Pincbles Forester
Cer
Leber
J. B. Cavanaugh
Tha “Ng
Iusinge
Dear Dick
Controller Bay
Abbott
Wade
Ashington
Ryan Ave
Stimson
Eedings Abbott
Ir Department
Consay
Amt
Mr. Oliver
St. Ryan
Richard Aa
Taft
P Taft
Mr. Pinchot
Miss Abbott
Endorsement of Dr Wiley by Alabama Oyster Commission
At a July meeting the Alabama oyster commission unanimously endorsed Dr Harvey W Wiley for the pure food problem. The commission president was to wire President Taft with the message that Dr Wiley would be exonerated.
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A.a
Alabama Oyster Commission
Harvey W. Wiley
Taft
Dr. Wiley
Senator Luke Lea's Wife Fights for Life in Transcontinental Pullman
Mrs. Luke Lea, wife of Tennessee Senator Luke Lea, is critically ill with pneumonia after Deer Park illness. A hospital Pullman travels from Deer Park to Chicago then Denver, with Senator Lea and nurse Cora Shackleford aboard, aiding her as doctors call her chance life.
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Washington
Chicago
Denver
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Lea
Deer Park
Going After Scalp Of Wickersham
Washington July 15 Attorney General Wickersham replies to charges he let the statute of limitations expire in Alaska crimes. He says action may still be taken and the coal bidders case is under investigation. The Hazey case is considered barred. Delegate Wickersham files records stating Secretary Dickinson received the same evidence and accuses Katalla Company of a $3000 bribe to a deputy district attorney.
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Washington
Wickersham
Alaska
Hazey
Dickinson
Judiciary Committee
Atorney
United States
Katalla Company
Guggenheim Responds To Wickersham Alaska Charge
S R Guggenheim, a top officer in the Alaska development group, defends the firm in Elberton New Jersey. He says he was surprised by the Wickersham affidavit and questions the charges, asserting his innocence and backing from J P Morgan.
Death of Capt Davis in Reems creek area
Capt J N Davis a well known resident of Reems creek died at his home near Weaverville at age 87. Funeral services will be held and interment at Long's chapel tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock.
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Asheville
J. N. Davis
Reems Creek
Weaverville
Long’s Chapel
Taft faces wool tariff clash after La Follette bill push
Washington officials say Senators Smoot Crane and Williams forecast a party combined path to pass the La Follette wool tariff revision, with the House already favoring a different measure. Taft would likely veto the bill, defending his stance against non investigative revisions. Regular Republicans may try a counter bill but have slim chances.
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Washington
Smoot
Crane
Williams
Taft
Congress
Senate
House
LaFollette
Tariff Board
Little Joe Brown I must be Urged
The Journal reports former Governor Joseph M. Brown will not seek the Georgia governorship to replace retiring Governor Smith unless clearly supported by an overwhelming majority of the people. The note suggests influential efforts to portray Brown as the preferred candidate despite past opposition.
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Atlanta
The
Journal Today
Formor
Joseph M. Brown
Smith
Georgia
Brown
First Case of Asiatic Cholera in New York
New York on July 15 reports the first native Asiatic cholera case of the season, Patrick Bushing a night watchman at Swinburne Island quarantine station dies, while several detained immigrants and two suspects also died after exposure during observation.
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New York
Patrick Bushing
Swinburne Island
Bushing
New Interpole Interurban Car Arrives for Weaverville Line
The Asheville and East Tennessee Railroad received a new interpole interurban electric car ordered earlier for the Weaverville line. Officers expect it to be in operation tomorrow afternoon. The car arrived on a flat and will be moved to company sheds from Craggy over the Craggy branch of the Southern Railway.
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Asheville
Interpole Interurban
Asheville and East Tennessee Railroad
Weaverville
Southern Railway
Chicago Doctor Sees Aura Leave Dying Patient
Dr Patrick S O Donnell X ray expert claims he observed the aura depart from the body of a Mercy hospital charity patient as death occurred The demonstration used a chemical screen and films to reveal a halo of light surrounding the body He plans to test animals next to see if they share the aura in life and at death
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Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Patrick S. O’donnell
O’donnell
Hey Worth
O'Donnell
Congress on Saturday Deliberations Move Before Recess
Washington July 15 The senate was not in session today The house met after a three day recess Representative Macon balked at immediate consideration of the conference report on the urgency deficiency bill and it was laid over Kinkead New Jersey proposed a special committee to probe the meat packing trust Cox urged Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Wilson to send all Dr Wiley case records to the house Adjournment extended to Wednesday to dodge voting on the 45000000 pension bill
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Washington
Senate
House
Macon
Kinkead
New Jersey
Meat Packing Trust
Cox
Wickersham
Wilson
Dr. Wiley
Dead Front Fighting Now Number 195
In Puebla Mexico the Covadonga fight between rurales and Maderists near the Covadonga textile factory escalated as striking workers looted private houses. Four Germans were killed, three men and one woman, during outlawry before the combatants joined the Maderists.
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Puebla
Ovadonga
Juan Hill
Covadonga
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Little Rock Citywide
121 typhoid cases reported in Little Rock with many convalescing. Water in public cisterns near city park contains typhoid bacteria prompting park cistern closures. Experts to inspect sanitary conditions and determine epidemic cause, with focus on park area and sanitation lapses.
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Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Donaghue
Washington
W. H. Frost
United States Army
National Capital
Taylor
Hoffman
Board of Health
Senators Visit Fairmont for Wat son Weekend
Senator Clarence W. Watson hosts six U S senators at Fairmont West Virginia from July 15 to 16. The program includes a public exhibition of Watson show horses and a lawn banquet on the Watson home estate with Democratic West Virginia legislators present. Attending senators include Chamberlain Overman Johnson Bailey Kern and Taylor.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Clarence W. Watson
United States Senate
West Virginia
United States
Messrs. Chamberlain
Overman
Johnson
Bailey
Kern
Taylor
Weather Forecast for Sunday and Monday
Washington reports thundershowers across North Carolina and South Carolina on Sunday and likely Monday. Local forecasts indicate unsettled conditions with potential storms moving through the region.
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Washington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Nine Lives Lost in San Juan River Collision
Nine lives were lost when the river boats Diamante and Irma collided on the San Juan river near the Nicaragua Costa Rica boundary. The Diamante captain was reportedly intoxicated, causing the wreck and the Irma sinking, with initial reports noting fifty deaths.
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New Orleans
Diamante
Irma
San Juan River
Bluefields
Nicaragua
San Juan
Costa Rica
Gov Hoke Smith Refuses to Resign as Georgia Governor
Atlanta July 15 Gov Hoke Smith will not resign to join the U S Senate despite editorials calling for his departure. He cites the Senate's view of Terrell as junior senator and precedents allowing him to stay. He has given no indication of resigning before the end of the current legislative session.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
Stovall
Thomas E. Watson
United States
Gov. Smith
United States Senate
Terrell
Georgia
General Assembly
Doomed Woman May Go Free After Death Sentence Commuted
Angelina Napolitano in Sault Ste Marie jail learns her death sentence for her husband Peter Napolitano’s Easter murder has been commuted to life imprisonment. She fainted from shock and then prayed as the news sank in, while another prisoner relayed the message through a cell floor hole.
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Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Angelina Neapolitano
Peter Napolitano
Prominent Couple Weds in Durham
In Durham on July 15 Miss Annie Hamilton of Raleigh and Thomas Bruner son of the late secretary of agriculture were married at the First Presbyterian parsonage with Rev. E R Leyburn officiating. Attendants Miss Kathleen Bernard and Arthur Holding helped. The couple then traveled to Greensboro and on to Biscoe where Bruner has a cotton mill job.
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Durham
Annie Hamiltion
Raleigh
Thomas Bruner
Department of Agriculture
First Presbyterian Parsonage
E. R. Leyburn
Kathleen Bernard
Arthur Holding
Greensboro
Biscoe
Bruner
Resolution to Publish Wiley Complaint Records in Probe
Washington July 15 Representative Cox prepares a resolution requesting all complaints against Dr Harvey Wiley since his 1908 appointment as chief of the bureau of chemistry The Moss committee will collect the records and may hear Wiley Wilson and Wickersham early next week as part of a broader inquiry into alleged political interests and a potential conspiracy against Wiley The Agriculture Department awaits defense letters from Wiley Bigelow and Krebler before forwarding to the president
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Washington
Harvey ‘W. Wiley
Representative Cox
Indiana
Departments of Agriculture and Justice
Wiley
Bureau of Chemisty
Moss
Department of Agriculture
Cox
Dr. Wiley
Department of Justice
Wilson
Wickersham
Agricultural Department
Public Service
Department of Agricultural Today
Only One Small Change in 1911 Football Rules
Chicago on July 15 reports that Walter Camp announces a minor rule change for 1911. The penalty for an uncompleted forward pass will be lightened, returning the ball to the original spot where it was put in play rather than where it left the passer’s hand.
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Chicago
Walter Camp
Yale
Camp
Madden Confronted On Lewis Publishing Case At Hearing
Representative Austin accuses Edwin C. Madden of disloyalty to the post office department during Madden’s testimony for the Lewis Publishing Company of St Louis. The firm challenged denial of second class mail privileges from years ago as Madden appears before the House committee on expenditures.
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Madden
Washington
Department
Lewis
Representative Austin
Tennessee
Edwin C. Madden
House Committee On Expenditures
Post Office Department
Lewis Publishing Company
St. Louis
Lewis Company
Austin
Detective Burns Remains in Europe
Indianapolis July 15. Counsel for Detective William J. Burns, held on a $10,000 bond for allegedly kidnapping John J. McNamara last April, asked to postpone today’s hearing until September as Burns returns from England. Judge Markey refused bond forfeiture but ordered reports in a few days on Burns’s return and appearance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William J. Burns
John J. McNamara
Burns
England
Markey
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Ir. Gifford Pinchot
Ington
MR. Luke Lea
Mr. Guggenheim
S. R. Guggenheim
Great Corporation
Elberon
N. J
J. P. Morgan
Capt Davis
Morocco
Joe Brown
Senator Watson
the Weather Forecast
Detective Burns
Europe
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