Receipt for record 1.26 trillion dollars in U S Treasury
Lee McClung as treasury treasurer gives a receipt to Charles H. Treat for 1 260 134 946 8823 dollars reported as the largest financial transaction in history The receipt acknowledges money and securities in the office as of November 1 and follows a change in treasurers with a supervising committee overseeing counting of cash and securities
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Washington
Associated Press
Lee McClung
United States
Charles H. Treat
Treasury
Arthur T. Brice
McClung
E. B. Dasham
A. T. Huntington
Girl Acts to Save Sister as Brother-in-Law Shoots
In Pittsburg Pa on January 8 Miss Lena Lear 21 was fatally wounded when her brother in law Henry Roth shot at her wife and then killed himself. Miss Lear stepped in front of her sister and took three bullets to save her life.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Lena Lear
Henry Roth
Roth
Indictment Hinted In Warriner Case Involving Higher Up
Prosector Hunt eyes a major indictment likely to accuse a hidden figure “higher up” in the Warriner defalcation. Edgar Street Cooke, already jailed on bond, may testify and name the responsible party. Efforts to reach Big Four director M F Ingalls failed as inquiry proceeds.
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Warriner
Queen City
Hunt
Edgar Street Cooke
Cooke
Square Myers
Darby Gued
Cincinnati
M. EF. Ingalls
Big Four Road
San
Mr. Ingalls
Wool men oppose tariff tinkering at convention
The 46th annual National Wool Growers meeting in Ogden Utah adopts resolutions condemning tariff tinkering and forest service practices. They oppose amending Schedule K Fayne Aldrich tariff law and seek equal management input for forest reserves. Officers elected include Fred W Gooding A K Knoltin J A Delfelder. George Walker to be secretary by committee approval.
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Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Forest Service Administration
Forestry Service
J. Arthur Eddy
Denver
Portland
Ore
Association
Fred W. Gooding
Shostone
Idaho
A. K. Knoltin
Chicago
J. A. Delfelder
Walton
Wye
Gooding
George 8
Walker
Zelaya Exhibits Telegrams On Pardons In Nicaragua Case
In Mexico City on January 8 1909 Jose Santos Zelaya published telegrams from American victims of Nicaraguan martial law to justify his denial of pardons for Cannon and Groce. The messages plead clemency and profess guilt while urging Zelaya to spare their lives. Groce and Cannon appeal to Zelaya as a Mason and through familiar terms.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Cannon
Grace
Jose Santos Zelaya
Zelaya
Madriz
Nicaragua
United States
el Castillo
J. Santos Zelaya
Campo de Marte
Republic
Juan J. Estrada
Leroy Cannon
Don J. Santos Zelaya
Mason
L. W. Groce
FE Castillo
Campo Dé Marte
Leonardo W. Groce
Groce
Guilty verdict for minister in abduction case
The Rev. W M Stuckey, former Williamsburg clergy member, found guilty by a Ottawa Kansas jury on two counts of abducting a 16 year old parishioner Lorena Sutherland. Penalty ranges from one to five years on each count. Verdict delivered after about thirty minutes. Sentence deferred for appeal consideration.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Ottawa
Kan
WM. Stuckey
Williamsburg
Lorena Sutherland
Stuckey
Fourteen Hurt as Union Pacific Passenger Jumps
Ellis Kan Jan 8 Associated Press report says Union Pacific Passenger No. 101 derailed west of Ellis when the engine and six cars left the rails after a jump. Seven passengers two mail clerks and five dining car employees were injured but none seriously.
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Ellis
Kan
Associated Press
Union Pacific
Steamer Arizona Enters Chicago Harbor After Night of Ice Clashes
The Goodrich line steamer Arizona, with twenty passengers aboard, fought ice floes all night on the lake and was brought into Chicago harbor after its engine cylinder heads blew out.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Arizona
Goodrich Line
Cruiser Sinks Tug During Docking at Philadelphia Yard
At the Philadelphia navy yard the cruiser Chicago rammed and sank a tug while assisting docking. Captain Casey and the tug’s engineer were knocked down but rescued along with crew by government tugs Samoset and Modoc. The cruiser sustained no damage.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Chicago
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Casey
Samoset
Modoc
Mrs Cohen to Sue Grandpa Burst Over Roberta Elopement
Mrs Ferdinand Cohen, wife of a hotel waiter missing since the Roberta Delanon affair, plans a $50,000 suit against Robert Buist as guardian of the minor heiress. Attorney Harry J Scott will file next week, citing alleged alienation of affections and letters supporting the claim.
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de Janon
Associated Press Dispatch
Philadelphia
Ferdinand Cohen
Roberta Delanon
Robert Buist
Scott
Buist
Coroner Denies Link to Missing Heiress Roberta De Janon
Coroner Rogers states he did not identify the Benwood train victim as Roberta De Janon and notes he has no jurisdiction there. He says the killed girl is an unknown Syrian, at least 21, while De Janon is 16. county officials investigate the rumor’s source.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Associated Press
Rogers
Benwood
Roberta de Janon
Philadelphia
Roberta .de Janon
Beatty Probe Committee Faces Internal Differences
The Beatty probe panel may clash as members meet Wednesday over Governor Harmon’s books in the fire marshal matter. Senator Beatty aims to develop new facts for the attorney general while avoiding rehashing old Harmon investigations. Officials question scope and potential political motives as Treasurer Creamer resists handing over state property. The Beatty group will convene by the chairman’s call no later than Wednesday.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Harrison
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Beatty
Harmon
Treasury
Beatt Robels
Denman
Creamer
Beatty Committee
Representative Winters
Mr. Winters
Ruggles-Gale Company
Beatty Probers
Ice Gorge Breaks in Ohio River Near Louisville
An ice gorge above Louisville broke at 4 PM, threatening a six to eight foot rise. Barges and rivercraft were lashed to shore, while three steamers Transit Fulton and Sprague stood ready to assist if moorings fail. Damages in the harbor could reach up to $1,000,000 depending on the rise and gorge break.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Louisville
Fulton
Sprague
Madison
Grassy Flat
Railroad Loses Suit Special Dispatch to Tribune
In Hamilton Ohio a jury awarded Jonas Strunk $1,143 against Ohio Electric Railway for injuries after suing for $5,000. Mrs Elizabeth Mai sues C H and D Railroad for $10,000 following her husband John Malone's death caused by a C H & D engine in the city on November 4.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Wickersham Letter Theft Traced to Special Investigator
New York January 8 Special investigator Thomas P. Reilly of the Interstate Commerce Commission is jailed at the Tombs charged with taking and publishing a private letter from U S attorney general George W Wickersham to Henry A Wise. The letter appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine and other documents from the Sugar Refining Co. files were also copied or disappeared. The indictment cites taking and publishing letters without authority with alleged theft dated July 1 1909.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Thomas P. Reilly
Interstate Commerce Commission
George W. Wickersham
United States Attorney General
Henry A. Wise
United States District Attorney
Federal Grand Jury
Wise
Reilly
Wickersham
District Attorney's Office
Do. R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
John B. Parsons
Theodore Havemeyer
Abel I. Smith
Mr. Wickersham
Europe
Heike-Parsons
Federal
Henry L. Stimson
Stimeon
New York Central
Rock Island
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Central Vermont
Western Transit Company
Cosmopolitan
New Customs Court Names Two Members Chief Justice Prospects
A. C. Coxe of Utica New York a United States circuit judge in the Second Circuit will be the chief justice of the new customs court. Judge Coxe nephew of Roscoe Conkling admitted to the bar in 1868 on the federal bench since 1882. Judge Hunt district judge for Montana was Taft Yale classmate.
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A. C. Coxe
Utica
N. Y
United States
Custom Court
Coxe
Roscoe Conkling
Hunt
District of Montana
President Taft
Yale
Ohio Dam Urged Near Henderson
The House rivers and harbors committee heard delegates from Owensboro Kentucky Henderson Kentucky and Evansville Indiana seeking federal funds for a dam across the Ohio near Henderson. General Marshall proposed dredging instead of locks and dams but later agreed to modify the plan to include a dam at Henderson.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Owensboro
Henderson
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Longworth
Vance
Cincinnati
Alexander
Marshal
Lower
General Marshall
Businessman A. F. Shriver Found Dead in Hills near Charleston
A. F. Shriver, a prominent Charleston area businessman, was found fatally shot in a hillside area near the town. He had been missing since December 3 and is believed to have died by suicide amid worry over his wife's illness. A revolver lay beside him.
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Charleston
W. Va
Associated Press
A. F. Shriver
Hlls
Shriver
Grosvenor Named Chickamauga Park Chairman
President Taft selected former Ohio congressman Charles H. Grosvenor to chair the Chickamauga park commission with a $3,000 yearly salary. The appointment was announced from Washington on January 8.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Jan
Taft
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Chickamauga Park
Insurgents clash as senate probes Ballinger Pinchot
Washington readers follow a heated Senate Public Lands committee action on a joint inquiry into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. The panel rejects a Newlands amendment to let the House appoint its own six members, signaling a protracted clash between Senate regulars and insurgents over control of the investigation.
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Public Lands Committee
Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry Board
Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
House
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Ballinger Pinchot
Senate Committee
Newlands
Senate
Heyburn
Pinchot
Jones-Humphrey
Committee On Public Lands
Joint Committee
Ck Tan
Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Norris
Nebraska
Ballinger
Pin
House Debates Army Bill As Speeches Dominate Session
The House spent its entire session on the army appropriation bill, with Rep Hull defending a 95 212 718 budget for 1911 and other members delivering wide ranging remarks on tariffs waterways and policy. Rep Payne of New York sat observing as Rep Henry of Texas denounced the Payne Aldrich tariff as a sham and the House adjourned after five hours with no opposition to the bill.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
House
Hull
Iowa
Committee On
Oldfield
Arkansas
Smith
California
Goulden
New York
Henry
Texas
Payne
Representative Hall
Army
Navy
United States
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Indians Decline Suffrage Petition to Congress
Fifteen thousand full blood Redskins from Creek Chickasaw Choctaw and Cherokee tribes petition Congress and the president to withhold citizenship on grounds of unreadiness for US rights. Baufaula Harjo leads the delegation arguing tribesmen lack education and training compared to African Americans before gaining citizenship.
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Redskins S.destep
Washington
Congress
United States
Baufaula Harjo
Four Mothers
Joint
Council of the
Four Tribes
Meyer Fails to Convince Naval Committee on Reform Plan
Secretary Meyer of the navy did not win over the house committee on naval affairs with his radical reorganization proposal. After four hours of testimony, committee members still sought clarity and favored neither the Meyer nor the Newberry plan. A final decision may come next week after further inquiry.
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Washington
Associated Press
Meyer
The
Navy
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Newberry
Sulzer Proposes Federal Road Financing Plan
Representative Sulzer of New York introduces a bill to loan states up to 1,000,000 annually for highway construction. The Post Office Department would supervise the project and rural carriers would use the finished roads for free mail delivery.
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Sulzer
Washington
New York
United States
Congress
Post Office Department
Congressman Adair Proposes Committee To Look Into Conditions
Representative Adair introduces a measure in Washington January 8 asking for a new committee to investigate and report on current social and economic conditions. No other details are provided in the fragment.
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Adair
Washington
Associated Press
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Fred
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Harmony Organization
Railroad
Ohio Electric Company
Wickersham- Wise
Cell of
Root
Messrs. Bowers, Wilburn & Guthrie
Messrs
Parsons
Kissell
Harned
Grand Jury
Mr. Ellis
Customs Court
William H. Hunt
Ohio Dam
Grosvenor
Bartholdt
Misssouri
Humphrey
Kustermann
Wisconsin
Secretary of Navy
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