New York City Aghast at Revelations Rivaling Lexow Era
City residents react with shock as fresh investigations reveal corruption and graft. Officials vow probes, while citizens demand accountability and reforms in the wake of the scandals.
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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
3
City residents react with shock as fresh investigations reveal corruption and graft. Officials vow probes, while citizens demand accountability and reforms in the wake of the scandals.
New York reports indicate a sweeping police graft investigation may expose gamblers, disorderly houses, and sex workers coerced to pay for protection. An unnamed high ranking officer, caught with the goods, claims immunity in exchange for testimony, while the scandal unfolds with persistent circumstantial detail.
A New York dispatch reports a French scientist Prof. Nacisse Alfred Helouls arrives with vanadium research aimed at curing tuberculosis and other bacterial diseases. He plans to visit Cambridge Springs to meet US and Canadian physicians, presenting European results and his metallurgical findings on vanadium’s oxygen affinity and therapeutic potential.
United States District Attorney Kenyon will file a suit demanding the dissolution of the sugar trust once Attorney General Wickersham authorizes. Reports from the Department of Justice indicate Wickersham is in New York ready to order the action.
In San Francisco on September 17 Mayor McCarthy charged corruption in the police force leading to the resignation of Chief Martin. The mayor said action would be taken next week.
Beverly Massachusetts September 19 It is lively at Burgess Point today in anticipation of President Taft's departure Sunday night on a two weeks journey mostly to Cincinnati and Washington.
John Redmond and his followers plan a visit to America to raise funds. The article notes a scheduled event with potential financial motives and confirms the key participants and目的.
Liverpool Sept 17 John Redmond Irish national leader and lieutenants from parliament sail for another raid on American pocketbooks and to win Irish American support. The party splits at Buffalo with Redmond to manage the middle states Devlin the south Boyle the west and O Connor the east and Canada. They expect results.
New York surveyor and port collector urges rigid prosecution to curb smuggling by wealthy, prominent individuals. He advocates prison sentences for rich women awaiting trial, not merely fines, to stop the practice before practice of stealing can be halted.
In the Outlook, Mrs. Newell Dwight Hillis argues that wealth and leisure push women toward divorce, but data from 1887 to 1906 show higher divorce ratios in the North Central states than in the North Atlantic, challenging the idle society theory. The piece weighs education against domestic training for girls and cautions that newspaper stories overstate society divorce petitions.
Dr. Cook delivers the state food and drug commissioner annual report for the year ending June 30 1910 to Governor Vassey. The 153 page document urges three new laws including a Publicity Law a Clean Food law and a Net Weight Law. It calls for higher appropriations to enforce laws and details lab analyses showing 77 percent of foods passing and 23 percent illegal while drugs show only 107 of 276 passing. Several par les were prosecuted for adulterated foods and drugs.
Milwaukee date report says ten injured when Archie Hexsey lost control of his aeroplane at the state fair. The machine swooped into the crowd. all victims are reportedly recovering nicely today.
Republican campaign was opened formally in Kenton with Warren C. Harding and James Wilson as principal speakers. Harding spoke against Governor Harmon seeking re election while Wilson shared honors in delivering the opening address to politicians from across the state.
Spearfish resident Miss Marjorie Turner and her friend Miss Martha Kjellhberg from Chicago rode the Burling ton to view canyon scenery. Milea Turner returned by train this morning while Miss Kjellhberg resumed stage work, marking her first coach trip.
Chicago investors claim the Ozark summit near Windsor Park Arkansas as a summer retreat. Frank Coates of Chicago discovered the 2500 foot peak and spearheaded a settlement with Chicago St Louis and Fort Smith families. About 35000 dollars has funded golf grounds clubhouse and rustic luxury in a region still rustic. The Windsor Park colony includes Mrs W J Echols Fort Reynolds Charles B Eads Joseph Reynolds and Joseph Cummings among early investors.
New York financier Adolph Rothbarth blamed the money craze for his downfall after exploiting banks by borrowing 250000 on the mere mention of a foreign firm. He said today he would not accept help from friends.
Parla Sept 17 France offers fifty million dollars to flood proof the Seine. A commission was sent to Roen to study river harbor improvements, signaling a major infrastructure effort amid concern over flood risks.
A Pekin dispatch reports the final revised New Testament and the first Old Testament book Psalms of David are now in print in Chinese. Translators meet at Chefu for special work steady toward a complete Chinese Bible by about 1915, funded by the Bible Society of the World.
Fred A. Baker of Washington urged Indian superintendents that within a century Indians will be assimilated by white people. He noted some tribes in remote areas may remain, but most will blend with Caucasians, with rapid amalgamation seen in Oklahoma among the Five Civilized Tribes. He rejected the idea that the population is shrinking, though tuberculosis remains a threat.
Sioux City Tribune examines divorce timing and the idea that early marital strife gives way to harmony after getting acquainted. Data show most divorces occur within the first five years, with separations often preceding the divorce by one to two years.
In Bassorra, Asiatic Turkey, a fierce tribal clash erupted between rival groups. Reports describe intense fighting and casualties as factions vie for control, drawing regional attention.
Milan, Sept. 17. A Constantinople dispatch reports two thousand Arabs killed and wounded in a clash between Bassarrah tribes. Details of the slaughter are not available.
New Kirk Oklahoma September 17 Walter Cassidy aged 17 was arrested today on suspicion of assaulting 13 year old Alice Shepherd and attacking her father and uncle yesterday morning. The father died last night and the arrest followed after the uncle named Cassidy in a moment of consciousness as the assailant. Public unrest ran high.
In Syracuse Roosevelt replies to western critics of his new nationalism. He says the issue must be clearly joined before the people, asserting the country depends on the principles of new nationalism for a true republic and democracy. He links critics to Justice Harlan, who voiced similar views on Supreme Court decisions.
Big Horn County Register reports Jess Slaughter from Lodge Grass aided by Frank Heinrich's ranch crew killed a bear with a jack knife after wounding it with a rock. Slaughter also finished a second bear after it fled up a tree. The tale, told by John Seaman and others from Shell creek, is claimed authentic by those in the mountains.
Bartracting Seeds at Fox Park Wyoming will become a permanent gathering and extracting point for seeds from spruce and pine. The forestry bureau has already secured about 15 tons of cones for processing.
In Laramie Wyoming on September 17, forest rangers and guards under Supervisor Lovejoy have been made deputy wardens with power to arrest violators of state game laws. Lovejoy seeks cooperation with the federal Bureau of Fisheries to stock about ten lakes in the Snow Range mountains.
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