Collier-Warren Article Sparks National Debate on Graft
The piece accuses Warren and associates of using state lands and federal appointments to shield wrongdoing. It claims Willis Van Devanter and others benefited from political cronyism, influencing Supreme Court and Interior Department roles, and links these acts to larger Senate power over federal judges. It cites Union Pacific frauds and profiles of named figures in a broad critique of government corruption.
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Weit
Warren
State Commissioner of Lands
Wyoming
Connolly
Senate Appropriations Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
National Capital
Senator Clark
Judiciary Committee
Willis Vandevanter
Vandevanter
Union Pacific
Craud
Interior Department
Washington
van Devanter
Interior Te Penasst
John W. Lacey
Elgcth Circuit
Federal
Senate
Penrose
Archbald
Court of Commerce
Republic
United States
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Taf
Clad Hendrix Shuts Down Pirates In Tight Classic
Claude Hendrix, ex Indian, silences Pirates in the second game by holding them to three safeties. The Cubs' strong pitching wins 6 to 2 in game one. Pirates edge Cubs 1 to 0 in another clash, with Ed Ruelbach and Lew Richie each taking turns on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hendrix
Chicago
Pittsburg
Biz Ed Ruelbach
Cubs
Sells-Floto Circus Cuts Prices and Doubles Attendance
Five years after predicting prizes would rise, the Sells-Floto circus cut admission to 26 cents, a move critics doubted. The policy boosted attendance more than double, with a daily operating cost above $3,000. Tickets admit full show access with a single price, and no special accommodation wagons are used. General admission tickets honored for matinee or evening shows.
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Sells- Floto Circus
Statons
Circus Biside W
Familiar Species Name Mystery in Exploration Tale
Amateur explorer asks for the species name in a fragmentary field report. The guide identifies the name as Smith, while referencing investigation at a place likely titled tovisvitle Courter touenal, suggesting a hunting or natural history expedition with uncertain OCR wording.
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Ja Smith
Touenal
Very Best to Be Had Guaranteed for One Year
A fragment notes a claim that items are the very best available and come with a one year guarantee. The text also mentions a window or opening related to the offer, but details are unclear.
Treatments of catarrh remedies in early notices
A reader discusses Pe-ru-na and Katar-no remedies for catarrh noting both have helped many. The revised Po-ru-na suits constipation linked cases while Ka-tar-no fares better when bowels are regular. The Katar-no Company of Columbus Ohio offers the revised Po-ru-na at drug stores and Katar-no upon request.
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Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
New Canal Rumor Not Believed by Officials
Washington officials dismissed a London report that an Anglo French syndicate planned a canal through Central America to rival the Panama Canal. They said no negotiations with Nicaragua were under way and warned the story misrepresents Nicaragua’s unstable position amid revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Central America
Panama Canal
State Department
Europe
Nicaragua
Aristocrats of Rome Thrust Into Prison
Rome, Sept 3. Prolonged sensation as two leading Rome society figures Count Balzacappa and Count Barbiellini and five accomplices are arrested for alleged trafficking in counterfeit bank notes and government stock certificates. The group is said to be connected to a wide crime network. All deny guilt and are placed in Regina spell jail.
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Rombe
Ieaders
Rome Society
Balzacappa
Barbiellini
Reginaspell
Raisers Pay Record Price for Female Fox at Hughes
Berowman of Borrowman & Son paid a record $1200 for a female fox at Henry L. Moreland's Hughes farm in Wisconsin. Moreland shipped the fox by express for about $20 in charges. Three years earlier Moreland trapped three black foxes and plans to breed, improving a kennel to pursue favorable results this year.
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Tron River
Wis
Berowman
Borrowman & Son
Dlack
Ontario
Canada
Henry L. Moreland
Hughes
Moreland
Express
Beldl
Httle
Fines Totaled 610 for Foreign-Owned Vessel Passengers
The United States Interior Secretary Walter L. Fisher paid 610 in fines before boarding the Japanese carrier Chiuro at Honolulu. The penalties stem from federal law charging per passenger aboard foreign-owned vessels docking at American ports.
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San Francisco
United States
Walter L. Fisher
Honolulu
Pies That Built a New England Bakery Empire
In New Haven fifty years ago H H Olde faced ruin. His wife began baking pies and bought orders, then he sold door to door to expand. The business grew to a large bakery employing hundreds, spreading to other cities and earning fame as a pioneering pie bakery in New England.
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H. HW. Oa
New Haven
Conn
New England
Tmach
Mr. Olds
Mr. Olde
Olds
Ple Bakery
Masonic Play Set at Temple on Septembers Evening
A Masonic notice announces a play titled An Eighteen Centure All at 8 pm on Wednesday September 4 in the Masonic Temple with examinations at 6 30 and free admission. Harry EB Crain chairs the committee issuing the notice.
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Masonic Temple
Railways of Great Britain Carry 1.326 Billion Passengers
London Sept 3 government report shows Great Britain railways carried 1,326,317,000 non-committing passengers in the last year, up 19,588,000 from 1910. Freight and passenger receipts totaled 570,964,000 with 307,976,000 from freight. Gross receipts rose 16,933,000 over 1910.
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London
Great Britain
Railroad workers dominate small North B village staffing
In North B village Wisconsin the clerk and two saloonkeepers are the only non railroad employees, making officer recruitment hard without railroad involvement. The attorney general ruled the anti pass law allows railroad men elected to use passes when performing duties for the railroad, not for personal use.
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Madison
Wis
North B
Wood pleads not guilty in dynamite conspiracy case
President Wood of the American Woolen company pleaded not guilty in the superior court in Boston to an indictment accusing him of conspiring to distribute dynamite in Lawrence during the textile strike last winter. He posted a bond of $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence
Amundson Near South Pole Point, Commission Finds
In Chr stiana Norway Sept 3 the royal commission reviewing Roald Amundsen records and proofs reports near certainty he stood within a quarter mile of the actual South Pole. The inquiry notes his data and survey support the conclusion and says the North Pole will be Amundsen’s next quest.
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Christiana
Norway
Roald Amundson
South Pole
Mirvey
South Polar
North Pole
Amind- Sen
Russian Princess in Paris Hospital Mind Gone
A demented woman driving to a police station claimed to be Princess Natalie Troubetskoy of Russia. She remembers only her name, cannot recall origin or friends, is well dressed with no money or documents. The Russian embassy has not located her contacts. police suspect a cousin by marriage of Princess Troubetskoy.
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Paris
Natalie Troubetskoy
Russia
Princess Troubetskoy
Amelie Rives
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