Pinchot Attacks Ballinger as Senate Probe Continues
Former United States forester Gifford Pinchot testifies in Washington amid a heated congressional inquiry into Ballinger. He accuses Ballinger of reversing Roosevelt conservation policies, aiding monopolistic power, and making false explanations to the President. The testimony also addresses Cunningham coal cases and Glavia charges.
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Washington, D. C
Gifford Pinchot
Chief Forester
Congressional
Ballinger
Cunningham Coal
Glavia
Honeymoon of Steen Dny s Full of Peril
Emma F Bailey filed for divorce from Harry Bailey after a sixteen day marriage in which she alleges he choked and beat her. She says he threw chinaware at her and later broke up all the furniture after she escaped. The couple wed Sept 22, 1907.
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Emma F. Bailey
Harry Bailey
Bailey
Defeated Candidates Eat and Hold Talkfest
The candidates for the board of directors of the commercial club met Saturday to discuss campaign expenses and advertising in connection with the race. Lunch was served while both victorious and defeated candidates attended and cleared debris after an enthusiastic club gathering.
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The
Commercial Club
Acton man Art 15 candidate for First District
Mias F. Stuart of Acton seeks the Democratic nomination for county commissioner in the First district. He is a former early sixties incumbent and a farm owner. The notice notes his local ties and prior public service.
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Mias F. Stuart
Acton
Pri- la
Stuart
Ini
Secretary Sims Sees South as the New West
Fred A. Sims secretary of state returned Saturday after a southern trip noting boomers and capital moving southward while growth thrives in all directions. He observed substantial progress in several states and communities and described widespread prosperity.
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Fred A. Sims
Insurance men feed at Claypool hotel dinner
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York hosted a Saturday noon dinner at the Claypool hotel for its Indiana field staff. State Auditor J. C. Einheimer and Insurance Department head C. W. Neal attended as guests and participated in the event.
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The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York
Claypool
Indiana
J. C. Einheimer
C. W. Neal
Insurance Ee
Stetnia
Wanquet
Fela
March Trials Set for Gall and Marker Brothers
Trials for Paul Gall of Indianapolis and the Marker brothers of Tipton on banking law violations open before Judge Anderson on March 7. Gall faces embezzlement-linked charges with testimony expected from Max P. Emmerich, now serving five years at Fort Leavenworth. Emmerich’s self admission may bias the case.
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Paul Gall
Indianapolis
W. H. Marker
Noah Marker
Tipton
Anderson
Max P. Emmerich
Capital National Bank
Emmerich
Ft. Leavenworth
Gall
Newton W. Harding
Jesse LaFollette
Indiana University
Marker Brothers
William H. Marker
Charles H. Miller
Clarence Nichols
Land broker sues for 26000 over Texas land buyers contract
James H. O'Donnell sues Adolph C. Swanson and Edward F. Rowson claiming 26000 due as commission from a contract to furnish emigrants from Indiana to Texas. He alleges a contract to pay 2 per acre on land sales generated by him, with a 96000 balance disputed.
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James H. O’donnell
Adolph C. Swanson
Edward F. Rowson
Indiana
Texas
Mr. O'Donnell
Fire damages roof of Henry Cochran home
A Friday afternoon blaze on 820 North Illinois Street destroyed the roof and damaged the interior of Henry Cochran's residence. Loss is listed at 31,000. Fire reportedly started from an unknown cause after smoke appeared from a moving van near Morris and Dakota streets. investigators could not identify the owners of the furniture or wagon involved.
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Henry Cochran
N. Ilinois Street
Morris
Dakota Streets
Demurrer Arguments In Pennsy Case At Richmond Indiana
In Richmond Indiana the Pennsylvania Railroad challenges an Indiana Railroad Commission order to lay an interchanging track between defendant lines and the Big Four. Arguments to the demurrer were heard in circuit court with Charles E. Shively for the commission and 8. O. Pickens for the railroad.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Indiana Railroad Commission
Richmond
Ind
Charles E. Shively
8. O. Pickens
Man given prison term for saloon burglary
Grant Sugg was sentenced to two to 14 years after pleading guilty in criminal court to housebreaking at Samuel Faber’s saloon 609 McCarty Street. He allegedly entered the saloon through the front door later stealing a basket of bottled goods on January 36.
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Grant Sugg
Sugg
Samuel Faber
McCarty Street
New Auto Company Starts in Indianapolis
The Topps Auto Hood company, formed in Indianapolis with 25000 dollars in capital stock, announces new auto ventures. Details are incomplete due to fragmented text.
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NEW Auto Company
Indianapolis
Topps Auto Hood Company
South Dakota Republicans Unite Behind Cannonism Opposition
In Huron on February 26, the progressive wing of South Dakota Republicans named R. C. Richards their campaign chair for the June primary. The platform denounces Speaker Cannon and Aldrich, pledges loyalty to Roosevelt principles, and calls for tariff reform, corruption act amendments, and anti pay-for-votes provisions. Governor Vessey to lead party on this platform.
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Huron
Republican Party of
South Dakota
R. C. Richards
Gov. Vessey
Republican Party
Richards
E. L. Senn
Taft
Roosevelt
Cannon
House
Aldrich
Senate
Tariff Commission
Maj Robbins Seeks Recorder Post in Local Race
Maj W B Robbins has announced his bid to become recorder in the upcoming local election. He campaigns on experience and a promise of efficient public records management.
Union Boss Murphy Arrest Sparks City Hall Siege
Philadelphia authorities placed City Hall under heavy guard after John J. Murphy president of the Central Labor union was arrested on inciting a riot charges. He posted $1,500 bail to appear for a hearing, later set at $2,000, and was released after bond. Crowds alarmed the city as police fortified entrances and dispatched reserves to the hall.
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John J. Murphy
The
Central Labor Union
Philadelphia
Murphy
City Hall
Pinkerton and Scanlon
Central Station
Arch Street
J. Burwood Daly
Gorman
C. Q Pratt
Carmen
Convicted Negro Shot to Death by White Mob in Oklahoma
In Isabel, Oklahoma, February 2, Thomas Brown, a Black man who had confessed to killing R. H. Luttrell, was seized from a deputy sheriff and shot to death by a mob. The incident, witnessed by residents, followed his life-term sentence for the murder.
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Oklahoma C?pty
Okla
Thomas Brown
Isabel
Brown
R. H. Luttrell
Patrolman 3 Found Drunk At Wis Home
Theodore Chamness, a patrolman, was found seriously ill and intoxicated at his home on Senate avenue. Sergeants Ray and Police Surgeon Hayes responded, Chamness had returned home, but his badge was removed. He must answer to the Board of Safety.
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Theodore Chamness
Sixteenth Streets
Sergt. Ray
Hayes
Chamness
Senate Avenue
Board of Safety
Belmont Gets License To Wed Miss Robinson
New York on February 6 reports August Belmont widower and Eleanor Elize Robinson spinster obtained marriage license yesterday. Belmont, a financier, will marry Miss Robinson, a stage actress born in Wyean England, with her age given as 21.
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New York
August Belmont
Eleanor Elize Rob Nm
Highwaysman Attack on Hartsock Seen as Daring Case
Louis Smith hospital bound after being shot near the right eye with a bullet lodged behind the eye near the brain. Doctors warn of fatal complications but note possible recovery, while detectives pursue leads including Louis Sreeman and a man with light hair described by witnesses. The Emerson case is tied to two white men seen near Vermont and West streets by Mrs. Drucella Washington, influencing belief in a hold up. Frank L. Hartsock was robbed at his Miami Street doorstep, with the assault continuing into Friday night.
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Cambridge
Boston
Dresser
Coleman
Cambridge Bank
New England
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Louis Smith
Smith
Deaconess Hospital
Louis Sreeman
Dalton Street
Breeman
S. Meridian
Simon and
Asch
Breeman Freeman
Willam Maschmeyer
Meridian Street
McCarty
Meridian Streets
Neo Wers
Marschmeyer
Raynes
Maschimeyer
Emerson
John B. Emerson
Drucella Washington
Toledo Street
Vermont
West Streets
West Street
Mr. Emerson
Blackford Street
M. E
Frank L. Hartsock
Miami Street
Hartsock
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B. C
Nile
Secretary of the Interior
Cunningham
Enemy OF Conservation
United States Forester
the Interior
National City Bank of
George W. Coleman
Steen Dnys
Sims
South
Insurance Company
Gail
Argue Demurrer
Pennsy
Cse
Major Robbins
W. B. Robbins
UNION
Bond
Wis
Belmont
WEO
Miss Robinson
Polige Eek Uofegt
IK Smith Case
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