Police Probe Delay and Rosenthal Suit Move Forward
Prosecuting Attorney Whitman doubts reports of Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie’s captures. Aldermanic police scandal probe postponed due to no quorum. Lawyers seek $100,000 damages for Mrs. Herman Rosenthal against Becker. Becker murder case adjourned to September 3 by supreme court order.
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United Press
New York
Whitman
Gyp
Blood
Lefty
Louie
Suly
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Rosenthal
Investigation Set for September Thirty Four
Chairman Clipp announced that Standard Oil and preconvention campaign investigations would resume about September 30 and be exhaustive. Notable witnesses expected include Hearst Roosevelt Cortelyou Loeb See Knox Flinn of Pittsburg and various senators and representatives.
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United Press
Washington
Clipp
Standard Oil
Hearst
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Loeb
See
Knox
Flinn
Pittsburg
Arkansas Speakers for Wilson
Congressmen will assist the national campaign routed by the Congressional Committee. Joe T. Robinson travels October to Massachusetts Indiana Wisconsin and Oregon speaking in Boston Indianapolis Milwaukee Portland and Seattle. Senator Jeff Davis also campaigns. Clark at French Lick may be heard.
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Little Rock
Congress
Congressional Committee
Joe T. Robinson
Massachusets
Indiana
Wisconsin
Oregon
Boston
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Portland
Seattle
Jeff Davis
Clark
French Lick
Darrow Trial Set for October Thirty-First
Los Angeles August 27 The trial of Attorney Darrow on the second indictment alleging bribery of juror Robert Bain is set for October 31. All twelve Los Angeles Superior Court judges refused to serve in the case, requiring selection of a special trial judge from outside the county.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Darrow
Robert Bain
McNamara
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
Weather forecast for the week across the United States
The Weather Bureau predicts warm conditions east of the Mississippi for most of the coming week with a cooler spell spreading from the Northwestern States to the Eastern and Southern States later. The first half should be generally fair in the East and South with unsettled rain in the West and Rocky Mountain regions. The second half shows showers expanding from the central valleys to the East and Gulf States.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Weather Bureau
Middle West
Rocky Mountain Region
Great Central Valleys
West Gulf States
Arkansas Tax Commission Sets Railroad Assessments
In Little Rock on August 27 the Arkansas Tax Commission reviewed next year’s railroad assessments. Rock Island and all its branches are valued at 10,876,500 dollars, a very small increase from last year, with returns accepted. The Kansas City Southern lines including Arkansas Western and Texarkana Fort Smith total 4,417,421 dollars.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Tax Commission
Rock Island
Kansas City Southern
Arkansas Western
Texarkana & Fort Smith
Southern Petroleum Company of Pine Bluff Incorporated
The Southern Petroleum Company of Pine Bluff has been incorporated with a capital stock of 50000 to prospect for oil. Officers listed are PF G Smart president, George 8 Linn vice president, H B Strange secretary-treasurer. The Worden-Allen Co of Wilmington Delaware enters Arkansas with 100000 capital. The Robbins Bros Co of Piggott has surrendered its charter.
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Little Rock
Southern Petroleum Company of
Pine Bluff
G. Smart
George 8. Linn
H. B. Strange
Worden-Allen Co
Wilmington
Del
Robbins Bros. Co
Piggott
Prominent Senator Seeks More Material Against Roosevelt
Senator Penrose plans further testimony to attack Roosevelt after the committee's adjournment. He claims witnesses will allege Flinn offered him one million dollars for a senate seat and promises more sensational disclosures. Chairman Clapp also left to pursue leads. In unrelated items, a drug store advertises Gimuther’s candies and mentions Amendment 9 13 pushing a 60 day legislative adjournment.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Penrose
Flinn
Senate
Clapp
Taft seeks to bar Roosevelt electors in Nebraska ballots
Taft managers in Nebraska announce plans to enjoin Roosevelt electors from the Republican ticket. They will seek state court relief first and, if denied, take the case to the United States Supreme Court in Washington.
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United Press
Lincoln
Neb
Roosevelt
Taft
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Washington
Burns hired by Rockefeller to battle blackmailers
John D. Rockefeller engages William J. Burns, famed McNamara detective, to drive blackmailers from the Pocantico Hills estate. Report from United Press notes the security move amid ongoing investigative activity.
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Uy United Press
New York
William J. Burns
McNamara
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Washington Exits Abandon City Quiet Until Congress Reopens
Washington, Aug. 27. Today was Exodus Day as thousands of home-going officials, freed by Congress adjournment, clogged outgoing farms. The capital will stay comparatively deserted until December 3 when Congress reconvenes.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt appeals to Hearst for aid in locating letter
Roosevelt asks William Hearst for information on when he allegedly wrote Congressman Sibley about Standard Oil contributions. He says he cannot recall writing such a letter. The report notes a fruitless search of Roosevelt's later files.
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United Press
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
William R. Hearst
Sibley
Standard Oil
Prominent Men Invited to Deep Waters Program in Little Rock
President B. Gregg of the Chamber of Commerce, backed by Gov. Donaghey, extends invitations to a host of U S leaders to attend the National Deep-water Association program in Little Rock September 24 to 26. Figures named include Gen Luke Wright Grey H S Hadley Champ Clark and Taft Wilson invitations noted.
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Little Rock
B. Gregg
Chamber of Commerce
Donaghey
United States
National
National Bar Association Delivers Address at Convention
The National Bar Association met in Milwaukee with President Steven Gregory denouncing political abuses and urging women to demand the ballot. He criticized judges and highlighted the Lorimer affair as a example of erosion of representative government. A battle over William Lewis’s membership as attorney general under Wickersham looms as members oppose judicial reform.
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Milwauker
Wis
National Bar Association
Steven Gregory
Lorimer
Justice Wright
Gompers Cage
William
Lewis
Wickersham
Suffragists Check Babies in Columbus Rally
In Columbus on August 27 women suffragists checked their babies so they could march in a large suffrage parade. On Tuesday the men will vote on the constitutional suffrage amendment.
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Uy United Press
Columbus, O
Taft Receives Prank During Mevers Mass Visit
President Taft arrived in Mevery Mass at 8 am to a big reception. A practical joker placed a torpedo on the railroad track causing a scare. Taft will travel to Columbus Ohio tomorrow for the centennial celebration.
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Ty United Press
Meverly
Mass
Taft
Columbus
Absconding banker waives extradition in New York hearing
John Black, the alleged absconding Kilene Kansas banker reportedly $40 000 short in his account, waived extradition today and will return with Kansas officers to his home as his wife sobbed in court during the proceedings.
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New York
John Black
Kilene
Kansas
Portrait of General Albert Pike for Arkansas History Commission
Wm. Besser of Lexington Kentucky has completed a large portrait of General Albert Pike for the Arkansas History Commission. Col C C B Rosenbaum, who knew Pike, calls it faithful. Besser is a Munich and Paris trained artist, a native of Kentucky.
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Litle Rock
Wm. Besser
Lexington
Arkansas History Commision
Albert Pike
CC. B. Rosenbaum
Pike
Akenessa
Besser
Royal Art Institute of
Munich
Paris
Kentucky
Tax collection push aims to fill coffers before millennium
In Arkansas efforts to raise revenue target taxes from insurance companies and other corporations in sufficient amounts to strengthen state coffers. The article argues the millennium will arrive only after these funds are secured.
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Arkansas
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