Casey to File Several Suits in Graft Case
Inspector Casey plans slander suits against numerous warga critics connected to the graft probe. He claims false accusations harmed his reputation after a months long investigation into saloons and alleged handbook gambling.
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Casey
James
James Mulligan
L. A. Watson
Cincinnati Vigilance Society
J. Paul Daly
Ias Casey
Mulligan
Inspector Casey
Cogan & Williams
Harding and Todd Agree That Canal System Is Bad
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Salem Ohio Sept 28 Senator David Todd Republican candidate for re election savagely attacked Ohio canal system during Canfield fair as Harding introduced him with a nonpartisan address Todd repeated Harding critique that canals should be sold leased or rehabilitated noting costs since 1826 total 42000800 miles reduced and only eleven operating He also touted arbitration workers compensation act and state depository law crediting Republicans for reforms and funding while criticizing graft
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Commercial Tribune
Salem
David Todd
Mahoning County
Ohio
Canfield Fair
Todd
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Mansfield
Canfield
Alliance
East Liverpool
Distress Signal at Burley Tobacco Society Sparks Board Wrangles
In Lexington Kentucky the Burley Tobacco Society faces deep dissension as the district board fails to amend the pooling contract. The 1909 crop of 120 million pounds is to be sold now with the 1910 pool uncertain amid political involvement by LeBus faction.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco Society
District Board
Fayette County
Burley
To Bs
Willoly
Burley Society
LeBustie
Congress
J. Campbell Cantrill
Cantrill
Clarence LeBus
LeBus
Shekels
Dix reports undercurrent favoring Shepard in Democratic race
Rochester N Y September 28 The Democratic state ticket head not yet chosen but party chairman John A Dix notes delegates drift toward Edward M Shepard. He cites an undercurrent favoring Shepard while denying a Sugar Trust link involving Shepard and Root backed by Stimson.
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Rochester
N. Y
John A. Dix
State Committee
Edward M. Shepard
Mr. Dix
Shepard
John Parsons
Root
Mr. Shepard
Mr. Parsons
Senator Holtslaw Tells of 2500 Payment for Lorimer Vote
Chicago Sept 28 State Senator D W Holtslaw of Iuka Ill testified before the Lorimer investigation committee that after voting for Senator Lorimer he received 2500 dollars. He said he was told there was 2500 in it for him by Senator John Broderick outside the St Nicholas hotel in Springfield and that he counted the money in Broderick's office in Chicago June 16 1909. He said he intended to vote for Lorimer regardless and could not confirm any other claim.
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Poppe
Eichelberger
Cal Crim
William Jackson
Schnucks
John Calnan
John Sweeney
Louis Houillion
Conrad Ruhfers
Thomas Wimsey
Richard Reed
Frank Hall
Lew Bell
Joseph Schaefer
John Pflug
Hueftlein
George Kincaid
George Keatting
James Allen
Edward Burkholz
Henry McQueston
William Hill
Louis Harnold
D. Gramma
Allen Tola
Inspector Casty
Small Harry Meyer
Chicago
D. W.holtslaw
Iuka
Ill
William Lorimer
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Lorimer
United States
Ilinois
Austrian
Holtslaw
John Broderick
St. Nicholas Hotel
Springfield
Sid
Holslaw
Broderick
Senator Frazier
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Senator Root
Committee On Permanent Organization
Roosevelt
Gleason
Elihu Root
Rooseveltt
Root
Untead
Ollie James
Gibraltar
Thomas H. Paynter
Big Ollie
John Brown's Sister Martha Davis Dies at 78
Mrs. Martha Davis, 78, the sole surviving sister of abolitionist John Brown, died today in Bendon near Traverse City Michigan.
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Traverse City
Mich
Martha Davis
John Brown
Bendon
Government Job Goes to Cleveland
The government appointment awarded to Frederick A. Cleveland names Cleveland as the recipient. The brief notice confirms the transfer of a government post and identifies the new appointee.
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Cleveland
Taft names New Yorker to head federal efficiency drive
President Taft appoints Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland director of New Yorks municipal research bureau to lead a federal staff of experts. Each cabinet officer will hire three specialists to study department performance and promote economy without firing existing workers.
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Washington
Taft
Frederick A. Cleveland
Bureau of Municipal Research of
New York
Cleveland
Stimson the Noted Prosecutor A Roosevelt Protégé
Henry Lewis Stimson rose to prominence as U S district attorney for the Southern District of New York after his 1906 appointment by Theodore Roosevelt He secured fines exceeding 400000 in sugar trust cases and won all appeals before the Supreme Court He also defeated ICC questions against Harriman and won a fraud case against American Sugar Refining recovering over 2000000 in duties Born September 21 1867 in New York he studied at home prep then Harvard Law School He joined Root Clark in New York and married Mabel Wellington White in 1898 He held memberships in several clubs and served as a trooper in Squadron A of the New York National Guard.
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New York
Henry Lewis Stimson
United States
Southern District of
Theodora Roosevelt
New York Central
Howard H. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stimson
American Sugar Refining Company
Mr. Stimson
Bagot
Harvard Law School
New York City
Root & Clark
Hblidy Root
Mabel Wellington White
Charles Atwood White
New Haven
Conn
Century Association
The
University Club
Union League Club
Boone and Crockett Club
Squadron A
New York National Guard
Roosevelt Forces Sweep New York Progressive Ticket
At Saratoga the Republican convention nominated Henry L. Stimson for governor with Roosevelt leading the drive. The state ticket followed, Bennet contested briefly, and James S. Wadsworth Jr. retired as speaker. Root named permanent chairman, platform adoption marked Roosevelt victory over the old guard.
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James S. Wadsworth, Jr
Assembly
Wadsworth
Roosevelt
Sherman
Old Guard
Stimson
Bennet
Monroe
Dunn
Albany
Jamey Ban
New York
William L. Ward
Westchester County
McCreary enters governor race roils Kentucky politics
Louisville rumors swirl as John H. Whallen shifts support to McCreary in Lexington. The plan allegedly aims to draw votes from Big Ollie James and boost Mayor Head's gubernatorial bid, with Whallen’s endorsement hinting at a broader double cross amid Kentucky Democratic contests.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
John H. Whallen
McCreary
Lexington
William O. Head
Double Cross
Head
Ben Johnson
United States
Kentucky
Bardstown
Badsing Held to Grand Jury Over Arsenic Deaths
Karl A. Badsing was held to the grand jury on a murder charge after arsenic was found in the body of his wife Mabelle T. Badsing, exhumed for chemical analysis. The former wife’s body has also been exhumed for examination as the probe continues in Chicago.
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Badsing
Chicago
Karl A. Badsing
Mabelle T. Badsing
Ostermann links Rawn to car repair fraud scheme
Ostermann testified in the Illinois Central car repair conspiracy case that former IC vice president Ira G. Rawn earned 15 dollars per car repaired from the Ostermann Manufacturing company profits. He described transfers and stock movements involving Rawn and Ostermann officials, noting a $10,500 payment by Ostermann to Rawn.
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Chicago
Henry C. Ostermann
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Illinois
Central Railroad
Bruggemeyer
Ostermann
Frank B. Harriman
Charles L. Ewing
John M. Taylor
Ilinois Central
Ira G. Rawn
Winetka
Rawn
Illinois Central Road
Illinois Central
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