Ohio River Improvement Budget Downstream Plan
Washington January 28 report shows Ohio river expenditure at four million dollars with total waterways funding of 30 to 35 million. Six dams proposed on the Ohio with Louisville and Henderson Ky sites and four above Cincinnati. Hearings closed as Lyman Cooley outlined Mississippi plans.
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Commercial. Tribune
Munsey Building
Washington
Ohio
National Waterways Association
House
Senate
D. &. Alexander
Louisville
Henderson
Cincinnati
Lyman §. Cooley
Mississippi
Black Hand Case Taken to Jury in Toledo Court
Fourteen Sicilian defendants accused of belonging to a black hand organization were sent to the jury in Toledo. The judge instructed separate verdicts for each defendant after a trial that began January 18.
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Toledo
Toledo, CO
Associated Press
Paulhan Charges Wrights Are the Real Infringers
New York January 28 Associated Press counsel for Louis Paulhan contends the Wright brothers are pirates of machines invented and patented by others and seeks to block further exhibitions. The injunction hearing was adjourned as Paulhan travels from Los Angeles to New York.
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New York
Associated Press
Wright Brothers
Louis Paulhan
Wrights
Paulhan
Los Angeles
Passes Away in the West A Panama Canal Official Dies
Obituary notes the death of Jackson Smith once a Panama canal commission appointee and prominent railroad man. Born 1862 in South Carolina, he held key roles with Atlantic Coast Line, Richmond & Danville, Louisville & Nashville and L and N in Cincinnati before joining Panama Isthmus work. He died of heart disease in Portland Oregon while serving as Oregon Trunkline vice president. Survived by a New York City brother Henry Smith. wife predeceased.
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Jackson Smith
Theodore Roosevelt
Board of Commissioners
Panama Canal
Cincinnati
Portland
Ore
Oregon Trunkine
Smith
South Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilmington
N. C
Richmond
Knoxville
Tenn
Queen City Club
New York City
Black Hand Leader Sentenced to 25 Years
Raffaelo Pisano, Brooklyn Black Hand boss, receives a twenty five year term at Sing Sing for attempted murder. Judge Fawcett declares life sentences should apply to such Black Hand offenses and warns other convicted members. Pisano aided Pasquale Albano in the Nov 2 attack on Giuseppe Cacace on Conover Street.
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Associated Press
Dispatch
New York
Raffaelo Pisano
Black Hand Society
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Fawcett
Pasquale Albano
Giuseppe Cacace
Bobsled Hit by Express. Twenty Children Escape
A bobsled carrying twenty school children was struck by a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern passenger train on North Main Street in Andover Ohio. The impact lifted the sleigh over two feet onto the locomotive pilot before the passengers were brushed off by a nearby engine. No injuries were fatal or serious.
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North Main Street
Taft Resolves to Press Merger Suit Against Railroad Firms
The president will pursue the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger case to dissolution. Attorney General Wickersham submits a long report backing action. Government testimony is in. defense resumes in April. The matter may go to the expediting court and ultimately the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Union and
Southern Pacific Railroad
Judge Lovett
Harriman
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New England
Massachusetts
Wickersham
Pacific Railroad
Taft
Northern
Salt Lake City
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Martial Officers Cleared in Nicaragua
Managua January 28. The Mesaya court acquitted General Medina Prosecuting Attorney Salomon Selva and other members of the court martial of responsibility for the alleged illegal conviction and execution of the Americans Groce and Cannon.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Associated Press
Court of Mesaya
Knights of Pythias Insurance Dept Moves to Indianapolis
The Knights of Pythias insurance department will relocate from Chicago to Indianapolis, announced today by Harry Wade grand keeper of records and seats for Indiana. The move follows department reorganizations and aims to consolidate offices in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Press
the Knights of Pythias
Chicago
Harry Wade
Indiana
Five Indictments for Sheriff Van Gunten in Forgery Case
Lima Ohio January 28 Associated Press reports the grand jury returned five indictments against Sheriff Henry Van Gunten. The charges allege forgery related to prisoners board bills rendered to the county commissioners.
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Lima, O
Associated Press
Henry van Gunten
Prisoners’ Board
Ellis Pleads For Pledges At Taft Campaign Banquet
Wade Ellis, assistant to the attorney general, urged Ohio Republicans at the Tippecanoe club McKinley day banquet to stand with Taft. He defended law enforcement, praised Taft’s vetoes and proposals, and warned against insurgents. Speakers included former Gov Herrick and Judge Schauck.
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Cleveland
Wade Bilis
The
United States
Tippecanoe Club
Taft
Ohio
Taft Seeks Harmony Amid House Faction Strife
Washington January 28. President Taft meets with Rep Dwight of New York Rep Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Rep Boutell of Illinois to discuss curbing insurgency and preserving the rules committee. Taft aims to push party pledges and harmonize factions without becoming involved in the dispute over Flower's resolution.
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Washington
Associated Press
Dwight
New York
House of Representatives
Dalzll
Pennsylvania
Boutell
Ilinois
White House
Committee On Rules
Taft
Republican Party
Scrugham Not Beyond Reach
Albany Jan 28 The court of appeals holds that service of papers on George R Scrugham while he was in New York to defend a criminal action in 1907 was proper. Scrugham was arrested at a legislative hearing on April 30 1907 and later acquitted of conspiracy then served with NetoGraph Manufacturing Co civil suit papers the day after his acquittal.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
George R. Scrugham
Ohio
Scrugham
Guggenheims
Cunningham
Brandeis
Schwartz
Daniel Guggenheim
Christy Wife in New York as Divorce Case Proceeds
Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy who lost her suit at Zanesville yesterday is now in New York. Divorce proceedings against her husband are expected.
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Howard Chandler Christy
Zanesville
New York
Convict Escapes During Wife's Funeral in Gallipolis
Francis Goddard, a convicted murderer held in Point Pleasant jail, attended his wife's funeral in Gallipolis, Ohio, and seized the opportunity to escape from guards while outside. He was convicted in the Levisay murder case and faced transfer or recapture.
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Gallipolis, C
Associated Press
Francis Goddard
Goddard
William Levisay
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Paris Flood Devastates Quarter Amid Rising Waters
Paris reports a record flood with the Seine crest looming as water covers nine square miles. Bridges, sewers, and underground rivers overflow. authorities and volunteers hurry to build barriers and shelters for the displaced.
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Seine
Paris
Eleventh Arrondissement
Quai de Bercy
Quai de la Rapee
Place de la Nation
Place de la Bastile
Place du Chatelet
Quai Des Celestins
Quai Henry IV
Ile St. Louis
Ile de la Cite
Notre Dame
Tuileries Garden
Louvre
Museum
Place de la Concorde
Christie custody decision favors father in famous case
Probate Judge H C Smith awarded Natalie Christy to her father Howard Chandler Christy after habeas corpus proceedings. The court limited permanent removal from the Duncan Falls home and allowed maternal visitation with proper conduct. Mrs Christy vowed to seek divorce in New York after the ruling.
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Natalie
Howard Chandler Christy
New York
Associated Press
Zanesville
Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry hears Glavis on Ballinger talks
In the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry Louis R. Glavis testifies about interviews with Secretary Ballinger revealing pressure on Alaska land cases and Alaska coal claims. The session includes a journal entry linking Senator Heyburn to Cunningham work and mentions Guggenheim connections.
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James
Kentucky
Commission
Glavis
Ballinger
Alaska
American Conservation Association
Gifford Pinchot
Thomas R. Shipp
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Bureau of Forestry
Pinchot
The
Conservation Association
Ballifiger
Land Office
Cunningham Alaska Claims
Cunningham
W. B. Heyburn
Idaho
Swope Finding Held a Secret in Poison Probe
In Kansas City Missouri on January 28 physicians who examined Colonel Thomas H. Swope's stomach for poison reported to Swope attorneys in Chicago. The full nature of the findings remains undisclosed to others. John G. Paxton was notified and may travel to Chicago to obtain the official report.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Kansas
City
Thomas H. Swope
Chicago
Henry L. Jost
John G. Paxton
Independence
Paxton
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Ohio Valley Association
National Waterways Convention
Railways and Canals Committee
J.warren Keifer
Miami and Erie Canal
Lake Michigan
Lake Ewie
Barnhart
Hopper
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Keifer
Miami and Erie
Mann
Andover
Lake Shore
Michigan
Southern Pas
Pythians
Insurance Department
Lima
Ellis
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, C
la Folett
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Ellis
Sugar Trust
Standard Oil
American Tobaco
E Walsh
Morse
Dingley
Congress
Herrick
Supreme Court
John A. Schauck
McKinley
J. F. Burke
Pittsburg
Gerard M. Dahl
Executive
Law
Strick
Ena
Place de L’opera
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Fallierés
Briand
Red Cross
Zanesville, C
H. C. Smith
Christy Case
Mrs. Howard
Chandley Christy
Habeas Cor
Christy
Duncan
Sion
Mrs. Christy
Pinchot Organization
Senator Heyburn
Solon
Lost Journal
Ballinger-Pinchot
Louis R. Glavis
Secretary of the Interior
Cummingham
Gravis
Oregon
Brande
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