Ballinger Pinchot Inquiry Nearing End
The Ballinger Pinchot investigation nears its end as Brandeis and Vantrees wind down witness examina tions. Key admissions involve Lawler’s old grudge against Glavis and Gov ernment prosecutions in California. Perkins testifies of a plan to keep Newell in office with Garfield and Pinchot present.
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Associated Press
Dispatch
Washington
Brandeis
Vantrees
Ballinger
Root
Hague Arbitration Tribunal
Oscar Lawler
Interior Department
Lawler
Glavis
Land Office
Calieoria
United States
Calmao
Glagis
Oakland
Bennett
Forest Service
Gravis
Perkins
Chicago
F. H. Newell
The
Reclamation Service
R. H. Thomson
Seattle
Newell
Gifford Pinchot
Garfield
West Mentor
Pinchot
Thomas R. Shipp
Conservation Society
Nine Crowned Heads Bow Above King George's Table
London dispatch reports nine crowned heads and several heirs dined at Buckingham Palace for King Edward VII’s funeral. Emperors and kings met Queen Alexandra, Westminster Hall was thronged, and a vast crowd viewed the lying in state as soldiers bivouacked in parks.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Buckingham Palace
George
Edward
Grey
Sir Edward Grey
Foreign Office
William I
Germany
King George
Alexandra
Westminster Hall
Edward VII
Catafalque
Aldershot
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Dry Goods Men Form Fight Against Freight Rate Rise
The National Wholesale Dry Goods association with $400,000,000 capitalization joined the freight rate resistance. Chicago leaders John V. Farwell and Jim Simpson along with George H. Patridge P. C. Byrne and Hugh McKittrick were named to act for the association in the effort based in Chicago on May 19.
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National Wholesale Dry Goods Association
John V. Farwell
Chicago
George H. Patridge
Minneapolis
P. C. Byrne
Omaha
Jim Simpson
Hugh McKittrick
St. Louis
Tail of Halley’s Comet Linked to Sun Spectrum Mystery
At Yerkes Observatory on May 19 scientists reported a broad spectrum extending beside the sun, seen after Halley’s comet tail appeared in the east. Professors Frost and Barnard expressed astonishment, while Frost suggested a possible comet connection. the phenomenon lasted under half an hour as observers sought verification.
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Associated Press
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Halley
E. B. Frost
E. EB. Barnard
Frost
Trum
Charges men slain to save expense in steel plants
Washington May 19 steel firms in Pennsylvania labeled human slaughter houses and hospitals’ willful murder alleged to save costs by using dead workers over cripples. Arthur E Holder told a Senate committee about claims from labor reps during the Pressed Steel Car strike and promised to provide sources. Senator Borah sought a report on wages and hours in iron and steel, but the measure was laid on the table.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee On Public Health
Department of Labor and Health
Arthur E. Holder
American Federation of Labor
Holder
Ohio
Smoot
Owen
National League of Medical Freedom
Borah
Department of Commerce and Labor
Iron and Steel Industry
Stanley Charges Shambles of Greed Claim Many Victims
In the House Mr. Stanley of Kentucky denounces mining greed saying 200 to 500 percent more miners are killed here than abroad. He cites 1,000,000 miners, coal waste of 250,000,000 tons, and pledges a $50,000 vote to add to $100,000 for miner safety programs.
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Stanley
Washington
Associated Press
Mr. Stanley
Kentucky
United States
72 000 Miners Idle in Illinois Coal Fields
Peoria Illinois May 18 Associated Press 72 000 miners in Illinois will remain idle for an indefinite period after the special committee of miners and operators ended negotiations tonight. President John H Walker of the United Mineworkers of Illinois says a settlement seems unlikely until late next fall possibly not until the snow flies.
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Peoria
Ill
Associated Press
Illinois
John H. Walker
United Mineworkers
Llinoiy
White slave agent may get 5 years
Belle Moore, a mulatto and former Radcliffe graduate, was found guilty in New York of selling two women into lives of shame. The maximum penalty is five years and a $1000 fine with sentencing set for May 26.
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Belle Moore
Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Rockefeller Grand Jury
Aleck Anderson
Harry Levenson
Levenson
Frances M. Foster
Boston
Radcliffe College
Ao Je Moore
Alice Milton
Belle Wood
Seattle
Frances Foster
Radcliffe
Miller
Frankie Fuller
Legal bid to halt Kanawha and Michigan Railway transfer
Attorneys Untermyer Wade Ellis and Challen Ellis filed to stop a transfer of ownership of the Kanawha and Michigan Railway from minority stockholders. They sought to move the case from federal to state court and urged ouster actions against Hocking Valley, Chesapeake & Ohio, Lake Shore, and Nickel Plate. A map was presented aiming to show New York Central control of competing lines and a sale seen as a continuation of old trunk line fraud.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Columbus
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Wade H. Ellis
Challen B. Ellis
Cincinnati
United States
Sater
Kanawha & Michigan Railway Company
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Kanawha & Michigan
Mon Pleas Court
Hocking’ Valley Railway
Chesapeake’ & Ohio
Hocking and
Chesapeake & Ohio
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
New York Central Lines
Hocking Cup of Railways
Pape Circuit Court
Regulars Call Caucus on Postal Bank Bill Next Week
The Republican House caucus on the postal savings bank bill is set for next Wednesday night. Dwight of New York leads a petition drive, with Ohio signatories strong and about fifty names needed. Illinois Republicans also plan to participate in Speaker Cannon's room discussions.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
House
Dwight
New York
Ohio
Committee On Post Offices
Post Roads
Illinois
Cannon
Sugar Trial Reveals Weight Scam on Sugar Docks
In New York a 997 pound scale model was shown to jurors in the sugar trust case. The demonstration claims holes in stanchions and hidden springs allowed the beam to fake lighter weights. Prosecutors target Charles R Heike and five former employees. Schwerdtfeger admits signing a forgery affidavit.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
United States Circuit Court
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
Sugar Trust
Treasury Department
Heike
Charles R Heike
Albert Lambert
Post Office Department
Lambert
Richard Parr
Frederick Schwerdtfeger
Schwerdtfeger
Escape Chain Gang Members Drown in New River
Thomas Zamby of Montreal Canada and Guy Brown of Evansville Indiana died in Hin latterton West Virginia after escaping a chain gang and attempting to swim the New River. They had been sentenced for trespass and were submerged while fleeing.
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New River
Charleston
Associated ,Press
Thomas Zamby
Montreal
Canada
Guy Brown
Evansville
Ind
Hinton
Frenchman Flies Biplane 30 Miles at High Speed
M. Scheurt flew a biplane from Mourmelon le Grand to Chalons sur Marne and back, totaling about thirty miles at a speed of forty six and one half miles an hour, in this Associated Press report from May 19.
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Mourmelon
Ohio Astronomers Fail To See Halley Transit
The University of Ohio astronomical expedition at Waialua could not observe Halley's transit due to clouds all day. The team led by Press, Coddington, and Lord reported no usable observations as weather obscured the sun.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
University of Ohio
Coddington
Lord
Waialua
Halley
Steamer J Marhoffer Burned at Sea Off Oregon Coast
SAN FRANCISCO May 19 The steamer J Marhoffer which left San Francisco for Portland on May 14 burned at sea twenty miles north of Newport Oregon Captain Wellander of the US life saving station reports that nineteen persons from the burned vessel including the captain and his wife have landed safely in their boats.
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J. Marhoffer
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Newport
Wellander
United States Afe Saving Station
Grilled 52 Hours Then Hangs Self
In Chicago on May 19 Stephen Zacak, 24, after fifty two hours of almost nonstop questioning without sleep, confessed to killing a policeman. He then hanged himself with a handkerchief in his cell at the stockyards station. The slain patrolman died while resisting robbers looting a freight car. The prolonged interrogation sparked debate over police methods.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Stephen Zacak
Stockyards
Zacak
Bride's Groom Arrested After Texas Check Forgery
Morris Chisholm twenty two was arrested in Indianapolis after forging a sixty dollar check drawn on Canadian Texas bank for funds to marry in Cincinnati. Detectives Gerber and Larsh took him from his bride on May 19 and sent word to Canadian Texas confirming the custody. He confessed according to the detectives following his marriage on March 2.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Texas
Cincinnati
Morris Chisholm
Parkman Street
Canadian
Tex
Benedict
Chisholm
Gerber
Larsh
First National Bank
Young Chisholm
Jas Aes
Pig
Chisholm Receives License to Wed Teresa Gaughan
On March 2 the court granted William Chisholm a license to wed Teresa Gaughan who listed her residence as Hotel Honing. The record confirms a marriage license was issued to the couple.
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Chisholm
Teresa Gaughan
Hotel Honing
Longworth Defends the Tariff Law and Calls for Insurgents
Representative Longworth of Ohio urged prompt action on the proposed tariff board and defended the Payne bill claiming it does not raise prices. He argued for flexible duties, American wage protection, and equitable profit division, inviting insurgents to return to the Republican fold.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Longworth
Ohio
Payne
United States
Underwood
Alabama
House
Congress
Tariff Board
Tariff Commission
Missouri
Republican Party
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Wade Ellis
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Roosevelt
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Cal
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Mr. Underwood
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