Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry opens with Glavis testimony
The Ballinger Pinchot congressional committee began public sessions as Louis R. Glavis testified. Brandeis outlined charges that Ballinger improperly influenced Alaska coal land cases and the Cunningham claims, with Democrats pressing for specific accusations and documents as sessions resume Friday.
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Ballinger
Glavis
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
R. A. Ballinger
Wilson Coal Company
Lewis County
Wash
Mr. Brandeis
Brandeis
Land Office
Alaska
Cunningham
Juneau
Olmsted
Hough Quashes Libel Case Against Pulitzer World
The U S district court in New York quashed the federal libel indictment against The World publisher Joseph Pulitzer and others. Judge Hough ruled the charging statute lacked authority and jurisdiction. Prosecutors and Roosevelt aides labeled the decision a press freedom victory.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
the Press Publishing Company
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
United States District Court
Hough
Delaney Nicol
New York City
Orange County
Conduct of Madriz Not In Line With Claims
Dispatches from Managua indicate President Madriz uses oppressive measures to stamp out opposition. Seven more arrests were reported and the imprisonment of conservative citizens in Nicaragua continues despite protestations to the contrary.
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Madriz
Washington
Associated Press
State Department
Managua
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Britons Propose Four New Dreadnaughts In Estimates
In Portsmouth naval circles it is understood the next British naval estimates will fund four dreadnaughts, two armored cruisers, eight small cruisers, twenty four torpedo boat destroyers, ten submarines and five thousand extra sailors.
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Portsmouth
England
Associated Press
Nationwide Federal Meat Inquiry Expands Across States
Chicago January 26 The government investigation into the beef trust will be nationwide. Charles C. Snow of the National Packing Co. testified as subpoenas issued for Armour Morris and Swift officials. Dozens of packing firms were named as documents shown to the grand jury. Witnesses were questioned in secret sessions with six weeks planned for the probe.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Beef Trust
Federal
Grand Jury
Charles C. Snow
National Packing Company
G. H. Hammond & Co
Michigan
G. H. Hammond, & Co
Illinois
Hammond Beef Company
Hammond Packing Company
Elm Wade Ellis heads to Chicago for grand jury cases against beef packers
Wade H. Ellis, assistant to the attorney general, left for Chicago to aid local officials in proceedings before the federal grand jury related to cases against the beef packers.
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Washington
Associated Press
Wade H. Ellis
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
United Mineworkers Vow Solid Stand If Any Miner Quits
At Indianapolis a delegates convention closed debate on a potential bituminous coal strike. Leaders pledged a 10 percent wage rise and a unified contract, with all districts striking together if one district walks. Talks on the overall wage deal begin next week in Toledo for Western Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. current contract expires March 31. The convention also approved relief gifts totaling 4,000 to various unions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mineworkers of America
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Garment Makers of
St. Louis
Association of Iron, Steel and Tinworkers
Switchmen’s Union
Floods Hold Paris in Terror as City Faces Water Crisis
Paris endures a massive flood as the Seine rises threatening the Louvre and a key sewer. Masons race to build barriers while gas mains ignite in darkness. Prolonged disaster deters aid and reports from the provinces show rising water and food shortages ahead of a feared toll.
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Paris
Louvre
Sculpture
Bercy
Seine
Rhone
Soane
Saint Laurent
Conflans-Sur-Marne
Sevres
Per's
Seine River
Guggenheims Plan Control Of All Copper
Preliminary steps toward a merger of major US copper producers into one giant corporation were reported. Anaconda Copper Mining Co plans a March 23 stockholders meeting to raise capital from 30 million to 150 million to acquire Butte district properties.
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ORK
Jam
Wall Street
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Mont
Butte
Amalgamated Copper Company
Anaconda Copper Company
Boston
Montana
Washoe
Trenton
North Butte and Butte Coalition
Guggenheim, Haggin
United States
Telegram of Infatuated Woman Basis of a Trial
A Telegram exchange centered on a woman described as infatuated is presented as a key factor in a court trial. The document, labeled Lady Michelham, underscores alleged motives and social intrigue affecting the proceedings.
Lady Michelham Faces London Telegram Case This Week
Lady Michelham, wife of a newly created peer, will be tried in London this week for sending a telegram that allegedly endangered the home of Arthur Cohn, a wealthy stock broker who was her secret object of affection. The case centers on romance and high society.
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London
Arthur Cohn
Lady Michelham
Death Toll in Spanish River Wreck Mounts
Five more bodies were recovered from the Canadian Pacific railway wreck on the Spanish River, including Daniel Morrison and J cant of Rhinelander Wisconsin. Miss Morrison remains missing. The death list stands at forty nine with inquiries suggesting the total may reach fifty seven.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Associated Press
Daniel Morrison
J. Cant
Rhinelander
Wis
Canadian Pacific Railway
Spanish River
Dr Wiley Returns Jewels to Dora Pedder
Pittsburg reports that Dr C C Wiley the Thaw alienist settled a larceny case by returning $1400 worth of jewels loaned two years ago by Miss Dora Pedder, ending the dispute before a hearing.
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Dora Pedder
Pittsburg
Associated Press
C. C. Wiley
Death of Harry Bell Herald Editor Amid Gas Asphyxiation
Harry H. Bell of the editorial staff at The New York Herald was asphyxiated by gas today in his home. Bell, born in Louisville in 1865, spent twenty years with the Courier Journal and moved north three years ago before joining The Herald last June.
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New York
Associated Press
Harry H. Bell
New York Herald
Mr. Bell
Louisville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Herald
Police Right on the Job Foils Alley Robbery Attempt
C W Cooper of Cherokee Kentucky was lured into an alley by three youths and slugged while trying to obtain a thirst parlor location. Police Curran and West intervened. one suspect escaped after eight shots fired. Joseph Graney of East Bourne Terrace was captured. a loaded revolver, keys, counterfeit coin and foreign currency found. Cooper’s companion Levi Mills remained at the Columbia hotel. The third assailant’s identity and the robbers’ escapee details remain under investigation.
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Longworth
C. W. Cooper
Cherokee
Cooper
Curran
West
Joseph Graney
East Bourne Terrace
Harry Daugherty
Fowler Seeks Rule Committee Reorganization to Oust Cannon
Representative Fowler of New Jersey proposes a resolution to reconstitute the rules committee and remove Speaker Cannon from it. The plan would create a five member added panel and make the committee six Republicans and three Democrats, with a new chairman elected from its members.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Fowler
New Jersey
House
Rules Committee
Cannon
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
Republican Party
Champ Clark
Representative Norris
Nebraska
Insurgent Republicans Move To Force Taft Programme Action
Wall Falls in high wind wrecking a building adjoining. Fire complicates rescue work. Injured rushed to hospital by auto. one dead from injuries. Insurgent leaders claim plan to back Taft continues with Ohio New York and South Dakota delegations leaning Taft.
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Washington
Taft
Herman F. Goebel
Cincinnati
Goebel
Ohio
New York
South Dakota
Tragic West Fourth Street Warehouse Collapse Kills One
Firefighters race to reach six people buried in the debris after the Freiberg whisky warehouse wall collapsed at 428 West Fourth Street. Joseph Cassanella dies at City Hospital. Alma Ray, Mrs Julia Bennett, Emma McCray, Sam Hudson, and Joseph Branagan are rescued or unaccounted with injuries varying from fractures to shock. Initial rescue efforts locate four women first, with men pulled from rubble hours later as authorities assess building damage and prior fire losses.
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Alma Ray
Julia Bennett
Lessie
Emma Mc
Cray
Freiberg
West Fourth Street
Joseph Cassenalla
Emma McCray
Joseph Cassanella
Sam Hudson
Joseph Branagan
Charles Brookes
Grand Central Depot
Brookes
Branagan
Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
Federal financial bills referenced in Bond issue notes
MacVeagh outlines needed changes to Illinois Panema bond issue as part of federal measures to modify U S bonds and certificates of indebtedness. The report indicates continuation on page 2.
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Panama
Washington
United States
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