Spotlight on Harmon spotlight on harm on Morgan inquiry
A Columbus dispatch notes Governor Harmon faces scrutiny over a public utilities bill and a long delayed probe into state offices. It describes Senate Beatty investigations and ties to J Pierpont Morgan interests, alleging payments to Harmon while serving as receiver.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Frank Woods
Medina
House
Public Utilities
General Assembly
Senate
Harmon
Walter A. Alsdorf
Licking County
Beatty
J. Pierpont Morgan Company
Treasury
Congress Denounced by Independent Tobacco Men
The annual meeting of independent tobacco manufacturers in Washington denounces Congress for rising tobacco taxes and warns of ruin for independents. President Hughes Campbell of Richmond cites a nine to two cent profit gap and urges a year of grace and a delay before the new tax takes effect. Officers elected include W F Axton, W T Reed, and J A Bloch. Burley market activity rises as Virginia West Virginia shipments arrive and more stock heads to tomorrow’s sale.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Congress
Hughes Campbell
Richmond
Tobacco Trust
Campbell
Bureau of Corporations
W. F. Axton
Louisville
Kentucky
W. T
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Pledge Draft Planned for Burley Tobacco Pool of 1910
Lexington reports the district Burley Tobacco board authorizes the executive committee to draft and print a 1910 pooling pledge and to plan securing pledges. The plan supports Lawson’s idea to form a company to buy pooled tobacco, with a 10 percent pledge fund and potential market for the entire crop.
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Lexington
Associated Press
District Board of
Burley Tobacco Society
Lloyd
Lawson
le Bus
Burley Society
Richmond Virginia Burley Tobacco Market Strong on Heavy Week
Cold weather kept Virginia tobacco growers from marketing as receipts stayed low in Richmond. Burley sales topped 100 000 pounds with Davenport's and Shockoe CrewsShaw's reporting large lots. Local manufacturers back Richmond as a major Burley market, paying premiums to keep pounds in state.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Virginia
Carolinas
John A. Hutcheson
Davenport
Dock
Shockoe
Louisville
Cincinnati
Paulhan Sets Altitude Record in Farman Biplane in Los Angeles
French aviator Louis Paulhan shattered altitude records in a Farman biplane over Los Angeles. Officials cite a height around 4 000 to 5 000 feet with the instrument peaking at 4 600 feet and a recorded 50 minutes 46 seconds aloft. Glenn Curtiss had held the speed lead earlier as spectators watched a dramatic aviation display in the California sky.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Paulhan
Farman
Hubert Latham
Mourmelon
France
Paulhan
Glenn Curtis
Longworth Defends Payne Law at Boot and Shoe Banquet
Congressmen Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati defended the Payne tariff at the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association banquet in New York. He argued the Payne law is better than the Dingley bill and has reduced duties on daily life articles, drawing steady attention during his hour long address.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Hotel Astor
Longworth
Taft appoints Graves and Potter as U S foresters
President Taft names Henry R Graves director of the Yale Forest School and associate forester Albert F Potter to succeed Gifford Pinchot and Overton Price respectively. Graves, Yale graduate 1892, to begin Feb 1. Potter, California native, has long overseen grazing privileges.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Taft
Henry
Graves
Division of
Pinchot
Yale
Europe
Black Hills
Potter
Overton W. Price
California
West
Taft Invited To Join Society of the Mayflower
Former Supreme Court Justice Brown headed a committee that met at the White House to invite President Taft to join the Society of the Mayflower. Taft was told he is eligible as a lineal descendant of the Pilgrim forefathers and he said he would reply to the society later.
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Washington
Associated Press
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
White House
Taft
Society of the Mayflower
Arkansas Governor Refuses Pardon for W. Y. Ellis
Governor Donaghy refuses to grant a pardon to W. Y. Ellis of Pine Bluff who killed N. P. Willis of Indianapolis in a local courtroom last summer. The statement was issued in Little Rock.
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Arkansas
Ellis
Little Rock
Ark
Associated Press
Donaghy Uonight
W. Y. Ellis
Pine Bluff
N. P. Willis
Indianapolis
Ind
White Slavery Bill and New Mexican Statehood in House
Washington dispatch notes the House split on Senate amendments to the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry resolution and sent it to conference. The Bennett Sabath white slave bill passed, while a rival bill's author failed to derail it. The House debated postmaster pay claims from 1864 to 1874 and considered statehood for New Mexico and Arizona with Hamilton predicting quick passage. The naval committee discussed powder procurement amid Dupont concerns as Army and Navy officials testified.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
New Mexico
Arizona
Hamilton
Dupont *Powder Company
Powder Trust
House Naval Committee
Army
Navy
Powder Company
E. G. Buckner
French Aviator Louis Paulhan Breaks World Altitude Record
Louis Paulhan soars in an aircraft to set a new world altitude record. The feat is witnessed by spectators as he climbs to unprecedented heights, marking a milestone in aviation history.
Thirty-One Lost In Wreck Of The Czarina
The Southern Pacific steamer Czarina leaving Marshfield for San Francisco wrecks on Coos bay bar in heavy seas. Thirty-one aboard feared dead. only a few crew clinging to the wreck as darkness falls. Chief details note nine officers and twenty-one men aboard. K. H. Kentzell rescued and injured.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Marshfield
Ore
Southern Pacific
Czarina
San Francisco
Coos Bay Bar
C. J. Millis
Steamship Company
K. H. Kentzell
Kentucky Senate Session Shows Calm Tone Amid Tense Power Plays
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 12 the state senate opened calmly though undercurrents of conflict remain. Insurgent Democrats accepted amended rules limiting the lieutenant governor’s committee assignments and allowing appeals to the senate for reassignments. A two thirds vote remains required to move unfavorably reported measures out of a committee, a rule seen as affecting the county unit measure. Continued coverage indicates ongoing maneuvering.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
State Senate
Tam
Senate
Friends of the County Unit
Beatty probes cost of living moves in Ohio senate
Senator Richard Beatty of Bowling Green introduced a Beatty probe resolution to appoint a joint legislative committee to investigate rising living costs and propose remedial legislation. Governor Harmon quickly followed with a supporting message, signaling a confrontation over the investigation scope and timing.
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Senate
Beatty
Ohio
Harmon
Commercial Tribune Bureau
Harrison Bupa
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Richard Beatty
Bowling Green
John R. Malloy
Helman Poison Case Cleared in Terre Haute
Chief of Police telegraphed New Orleans to release Miss Effie Sellsberry and Henry Cochran. Authorities tied to the death of W. H. Neiderhel man, a Terre Haute jeweler found dead in a hotel. Chemical analysis showed poisoning occurred shortly after ingestion. letters claimed the Sellsberry girl poisoned him.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Ind
Katch
New Orleans
Effie Sellsberry
Henry Cochran
W. H. Neiderhelman
Helman
Sellsberry
Chicago
Deneen Defies Mob With State Guard at Vienna
Governor Deneen stood firm against a lynch mob in Vienna NL vowing not to remove three jailed African American suspects. Illinois militia units and special deputies arrived to safeguard the prisoners while an inquest into the white carrier Allen Clark’s death is set for tomorrow. Major Baumgarten leads the Fifth Infantry contingent from Danville as units stabilise the town.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Deneen
Paris
Allen Clark
Hosea
Harry Taborn
Alexander Jenkins
Illinois Militia
Baumgarten
Fifth Infantry
Danville
John B. Mathis
Mount Vernon
Castro
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