Former Chief Millikin testifies before grand jury in protection probe
Former Police Chief Paul Millikin, deposed in a grand jury inquiry into alleged protection payments from saloonkeepers gamblers and resort owners, entered the jury room with a small package. Witness Louis Nathan also testified as the probe widened. Charles Tudor anger over treatment in the room drew attention amid broader discussions of blackmail and related investigations.
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Paul Millikin
James Mulligan
Louis Nathan
Charles E. Tudor
Grand Jury
Russia
Fricke
Tudor
Hunt
Ike Martin
Jack Martin
Abe Martin
Chester Park
Luke Lilly
Bernard Sicking
Henry Meader
John Devere
Emma Harris
Lou Newton
Don-Aikin
Millikin
James J. Casey
R. T. McComas
Bell Telephone Company
Who's who in the new Congress as fight for staff positions intensifies
Washington reports indicate the Democrats control the next Congress, with Champ Clark as speaker and Wallace Bassford named private secretary. Key patronage posts include Clerk at 6500, Sergeant at arms 6500, Doorkeeper 5000, Parliamentarian 3600 plus 1000 for precedents, Journal clerk 4000, Reading clerks 4000 each, and postmaster roles filled by various former members and candidates from several states.
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Wallace D. Bassford
Missouri
J. White Busby
Chicago
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Stokes Jackson
Indiana
Democratic State Committee
South Carolina
Alabama
Ohio
Georgia
Strikes Quiet as Queen & Crescent Faces Traffic Standstill
The Queen and Crescent Railway amid a firemen strike reports about 150 out of work and 200 needed to run trains between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. Detectives and guards accompany strikebreakers as armed guards ride passenger and freight engines. Traffic is largely halted with few trains moving and yard operations nearly idle.
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Chattanooga
Powell
Ludlow
Teat
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
L. E. Smith
Inciuide
Erlanger
Danville
Compromise Hinted in Potash Controversy
Washington reports suggest the American reply to Germany over the potash dispute could lead to an amicable settlement. Officials deny any tension between governments while signaling room for adjustment. A settlement is expected to involve private sector mediation without public details.
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Washington
State Department
Enter- Wes Voi Vec
Sisters inherit estate from Anne Bishop of Oxford
Special Dispatch reports that in Hamilton on March 106 the late Anne Bishop of Oxford left all property to her two sisters for life with remainder to Ruth and ce after their deaths. Miss Bishop was secretary to the board of Miami University.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Anne Bishop
Oxford
Isle of Pines
Ruth Bishop
Miss Bishop
This
Miami University
Wisconsin Powder Mill Wreck Sparks Ban Effort
Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin residents push to ban the Dupont powder works after a fatal explosion injuring Engineer Flynn and killing F S Thompson. Coroner opens hearings as experts cite heating and friction in glazing machinery as the cause.
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Wis
Dupont
Pdnder
Kedésha
Wisconsin
F. S. Thompson
Thompson
Joseph Flynn
Flynn
A. J. Lowe
H. A. King
King
Brady
Elderly groom weds younger society girl in Line Fork marriage
In Sergent Kentucky on March 10 special edition reports 80 year old pioneer Allen Q Riddle marrying 28 year old Curtie Sturgill after a brief courtship. The couple plans a honeymoon through Washington New York Baltimore and other eastern cities.
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United Today
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Here
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Curtie ‘Sturgill
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York
Baltimore
Pythians in Alabama Ordered to Drop Name and Emblems
The chancery court in Montgomery upholds a bill by the white Knights of Pythias of Alabama ordering about 15 000 to 20 000 black Pythians to discontinue use of the Pythian name emblems banners and rituals, affecting chapters across Europe Asia Africa and the Americas.
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Africa
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Smith Attacks Huffman as Ohio Legislature Debates Probe
Hamilton Ohio March 10 Representative Culla J Smith returns from Columbus railing at Senator Huffman and other reactionary lawmakers for hindering progressive bills He says he has not declared a stance on the Cincinnati probe or on unseating legislators until all evidence is in The denial follows reports that pressures mounted to unseat recalcitrants from Butler and Cuyahoga counties.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Culla J. Smith
Columbus
Huffman
Smith
Cincinnati
C. J. Smith
Butler County
Cuyehoga County
Southern Commercial Congress
Congress
Man Shot by Two Bandits Near Fort Mitchell Ky
William Evans, 24, of Highland Park near Fort Mitchell, was shot in the abdomen by two bandits who demanded cash and held him up then fled after rifling his pockets. He was returning home from church with the Tranter family when ambushed, found on a loner road, and later taken home. A posse searched the area, but no suspects were located.
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Highland Park
Fort Mitchell
Evans
James Tranter
Tranter
W. Ellis
Firemen Bring In Negro Replacements Amid Strike
Thirty negro firemen of the Alabama and Great Southern railroad were brought to Chattanooga to man the Queen and Crescent trains as far as possible. All trains run on time with no white firemen on the Oakdale division and no violence reported.
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Queen & Crescent
Oakdale
Four Officials Removed From Cleveland Customs Office
Washington March 10 Charles F Leach collector of customs at Cleveland Joseph T Ball his special deputy Miss Rosan New a clerk and William J Corns an examiner were removed from office by orders of President Taft and Treasury Department followed a long investigation by a special committee of customs officials reporting irregularities in administration and misconduct Chance named deputy collector at Cleveland will assume control until a new collector is appointed.
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Washington
Charles F. Leach
Cleveland
Joseph T. Ball
Rosan New
William J. Corns
Leach
Taft
Treasury Department
Ww. S. Chance
Millionaire promoter Hillman guilty of fraud
Clarence D. Hillman, a millionaire townsite promoter, was found guilty in federal court on thirteen counts of the sixth indictment charging a felony. The jury acquitted him on the first five indictments alleging misdemeanors.
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Seattle
Wash
Clarence D.hillman
Approval of Commission Government in Birmingham
Colonel Roosevelt praised Birmingham for adopting a commission form of government while warning residents after addressing citizens about the system. He urged belief in the short ballot, efficiency, and responsibility, and cautioned that the new form could mispromise good advice. Roosevelt planned to spend the fore.
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Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Tcoletet Fook Roosevelt
Plans to Invade Mexico Outlined by Wood and Roosevelt
War maps pin the route to the City of Mexico with the aim to pacify Mexico quickly. General Leonard Wood and officers study routes from Juarez Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and Laredo to Mexico City. The plan calls for seizing three Mexican rail lines and moving troops toward Mexico City.
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Mexico
Texas
Carter
Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Ciudad Porfiro Diaz
Eagle Pass
Laredo
México
Chihuahua
Taft Urges Broad South Support For National Unity
President Taft addressed the Southern Commercial Congress in Atlanta urging young Southern men to set aside narrow partisanship and engage in national issues. He praised Congress for useful legislation including tax and court reforms, embassy construction, and Panama Canal financing, while defending the treaty process and U S strategic plans in the Americas.
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Tat
Southern Commercial Congress
New South
Taft
Invasion drill under way at Galveston coast
Galveston Texas March 10 with one third of the brigade here and two thirds en route from Newport News the army conducts an invasion drill on the coast as part of a war game scenario.
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Galveston
Tex
Newport News
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