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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1910
Page
1
Warren National Bank of Warren Pa advertises small and large accounts with 4 percent interest on savings. It emphasizes safety, discipline, and business understanding, inviting customers to open accounts and establish banking relationships with courteous service.
Forty two states have appointed conservation commissions, Pinchot and Taft urged action. At the National Conference, Pinchot received an ovation as he defended broad reforms, urging Congress to move quickly on proposed measures to save nation’s resources and curb resource monopolies. The talk emphasized presidents urging prompt enactment, with Dryden criticizing irregular enforcement and calling for uniform laws.
Secretary Ballinger replies to charges by Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska denying any fault. He asserts he did not show favoritism in appointing his nephew, explains Wright’s demotion was due to reorganization to place a more active man in duties, citing Wright’s advanced age and poor health. Ballinger notes Ballinger was appointed by Roosevelt and that Wright was not personally acquainted with many clerks. The statements defend the changes as necessary and misinterpretations of the commission’s restructuring.
Brazilian ambassador to the United States, Senor Nabuco, died suddenly at the embassy in Washington after apoplexy. He was 61, a widow with two sons and two daughters surviving. Nabuco had been ambassador since May 24, 1905, after four years as Brazilian minister. President Taft and others expressed condolences.
Jules M Waterbury was convicted in a Washington court of obtaining money by false pretenses from Senator Barrows Representatives Hull and Bartholdt and others. He posed as an agent of a prominent catalog and obtained funds claiming a scheme involving photographs and a plan to publish a biography. Bond set at 95,000 pending further motion for a new trial.
Washington January 18 sources report House committee inquiries into extravagance and favoritism in the Interior Department. Rep Hitchcock accuses Secretary Ballinger of demoting Judge Wright from 2000 to 1400 and creating posts to favor Ballinger kin. He cites nepotism, inflated salaries, and new duties to aid a Ballinger retirement plan.
London voters shift power as Liberals and allies gain seats in Mondays general election. Unionists suffer despite large total vote. Liberals 74 Laborites 16 Nationalists 18 plus Socialists, creating a potential ministry majority. Ministers expect a solid working majority of about 100.
A distorted dispatch from Indianapolis reports the Northern Indian Democrats oppose Governor Marshall and back Mayor Gaynor as the party’s next national candidate. The Jackson club of Lafayette Indiana plans a Gaynor banquet to boost his Damorratte bid, while Young Bruce Benson’s Butler faction supports him.
Testimony centers on Clark’s alleged claim for more than $30,000 tied to the Chanler boom for the Democratic nomination. Witnesses discuss Manning’s influence, notes, and settlements with Chanter and others, including alleged payments to Manning’s creditors and Edwards’s testimony about writings for Bryan supporters.
In New York on June 18, a milk inquiry hearing before Referee W A Brown continued with Special Attorney John B Coleman. Three witnesses were called and all agreed milk prices are high, but none could explain the raise. Farmer Warry Well testified he produced 44,000 quarts of milk in the test year and noted dependence on the Consolidated Exchange of Bordene for buying and selling prices. William A Lawrence of Chester admitted he is a buyer not a producer and paid prices set by the Consolidated Exchange, not Bordent.
Reports say promoter Tex Rickard will push Salt Lake City out of the Jeffries Johnson bout. Utah Governor Spry declares he will not permit the match in Utah, with tensions rising between Rickard and Gleason over management. A contract was signed for the Moyole track arena at Saltair for the July 4 event, planning to remodel for fifty thousand spectators.
A vegetarian club forms in Cleveland with 460 superintendents and 21 prominent firms endorsing an eight day meat abstention. About 80,000 workers, including 7,000 under managers, pledge to avoid meat for a month, an agreement reached at a citywide meeting of supervisors and foremen.
Mondville Pa Jan 18 after Kase ter Brooks general store robbery two youths Norman Blakeslee eighteen and Walter Buttrey twenty were captured Sunday morning. They entered Geneva store held Brooks at gunpoint demanded about twenty dollars. A posse pursued them along the railroad track. they fled to a swamp and were later captured in a farm yard. The stolen money was recovered.
On John D Rockefellers request Sheriff Scarp of White Plains appointed seven men as deputy sheriffs to guard the Rockefeller estate in Powantico Hills. The guard, comprised largely of longtime Secret Service men, is restricted to the Rockefeller premises and armed officers assess visitors.
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