No Evasion in Controversy Swings to Joint Congressional Inquiry
The Ballinger controversy prompts a plan to create a six member joint Senate-House committee under a joint resolution. The probe would cover Ballinger conduct at the land office and interior department and be backed by full legal power once signed by the president. President Taft and Rep John Dalzell indicate the move aims to avoid a weak inquiry and ensure a thorough truth finding.
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Washington
Land Office
Ballinger
Ballinges Windot
Tati
Representativeohn Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
General Land Office
Interior Department
Interior Ballinger
Taft
Congress
United States
Dalsell
Cannon
Committee On Rules
Murder Trial in Progress in Vanderburg Circuit Court
Evansville Indiana December 29 Christian Vogt stands trial for the October 30 saloon murder of Louis Fox in Wade sville. Change of venue due to local sentiment. about 200 witnesses will need a week to finish the proceedings. Important witnesses missing in Shelbyville leading to dismissal of murder charge against Emanuel Jackson for the killing of Luther Marshall on Wednesday.
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Evansville
Ind
Christian Vogt
Vanderburg
Louis Fox
Wadesville
Vogt
Posey County
Shelbyville
Emanuel Jackson
Jackson
Luther Marshall
Plea for Bob White Amid Snowy Quail Crisis
State Game Commissioner J A Wheeler urges sportsmen and rural residents to provide artificial feed for quail as deep snow blocks natural food. Reports from Springfield and Richmond indicate hundreds of quail may have died from starvation while farmers in Wayne County offer supplementary grain.
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Springfield
J. A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Minister Wu Leaves for Europe from New York
New York December 29 Doctor Wu Ting Fang departed for Europe aboard the Lusitania with his wife and relatives. He plans travel in England Germany France and Italy and will not reach China until next March. Chan Yin Tang succeeds him as minister to the United States arriving in Washington via San Francisco.
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New York
Wu Ting Fang
Europe
Lusitania
China
England
Germany
France
Italy
Dr. Wu
Chan Yin Tang
Washington
San Francisco
Montana lawmakers clash on stone for Capitol wings
In Helena on December 29 the Montana legislature in extra session failed to agree on using Montana stone versus Hedford Indiana stone for the Capitol wings. The Senate backed Indiana stone while the House rejected it, and Rep Maginnis of Butte proposed a $100,000 granite appropriation. The Senate would adjourn only if the House consented as required by the constitution.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Capitol
Senate
Indiana
House
Maginnis
Butte
Fate of Crew Unknown on Wrecked Schooner Nettie Champion
A three masted schooner Nettie Champion sailing from Norfolk to New York with lumber on December 22 was sighted waterlogged and abandoned thirty five miles southeast of Cape Henry. The crew led by Captain Liesd, about five men, are missing and fate unknown.
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Norfolk
Nettie Champion
New York
Cape Henry
Liesd
Wallace Statue Arrives in Washington for Jan. 11 Unveiling
The statue of General Lew Wallace arrived from Paris and is being laid in the pedestal of Indiana limestone in statuary hall. It will be set up in the hall this week ahead of the January 11 unveiling ceremony.
Indiana Teachers Gather For 56th annual Meet In Indianapolis
Hundreds of Indiana school teachers arrive in Indianapolis for the fifty sixth Indiana State Teachers association session opening at Tomlinson Hall. State Superintendent Robert J. Arey forecasts a strong program with notable figures like Bishop Joseph M. Francis Governor Marshall and Lealie Shaw slated to appear. Prof Aley delivers his inaugural address at the Tomlinson Hall session.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Tomlinson Hall
Claypool Hotel
Robert J. Arey
the Treasury
Roosvelt
John Gunekel
Toledo
Aley
George W. Benton
Pirate
Shortridge High School
Christmas Whisk Sales Break Records Across Indiana
In Evansville on December 29 wholesalers report record whisk sales across thirty seven wholesale houses. Stores sold out and clerks worked debt limits, drivers overtime as over 600 workers filled orders. Bottling and packaging operations employed fifty women for two weeks before Christmas for shipment to dry counties in Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Evansville
Ind
Christin Suicaiote
Tennessee
Kentucky
Desperate Plight Ends With Self Inflicted Wound
In Brownstown Indiana on December 29 Lafayette Querre a 51 year old hunter and trapper was found near the White River camp badly wounded and nearly dead from cold and hunger. He had accidentally shot himself in the left leg above the knee with a shotgun and lay five days without fuel or food.
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Brownstown
Ind
Lafayette Querre
White River
Here
Nurse Fends Off Hatpin Attack on Main Street
Miss Anna Riess trained nurse was attacked by a stranger on Main Street Evansville late at night while en route to a sick family. The assailant tried to pull her into an alley but she fought back with a hatpin and escaped. An express messenger pursued the attacker for several blocks.
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Evansville
Ind
Main Street
Anna Riess
Windy blast kills four at Centralia mine
In Centralia two miles south of town, a windy shot in mine No 5 caused a deadly explosion near the cage landing at the 700 foot level. Four shot firers, described as foreigners, were killed. The blast tore the track and seriously damaged the workings.
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Centralia
Here
Seven children perish in Sykesville fire. Rose Hill wiped out
A terse telegramic update reports seven children burned to death in a fire that destroyed the Bronsky home at Sykesville Pennsylvania. Rose Hill North Carolina is described as completely destroyed by flames erasing thirty one business houses and most dwellings.
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Steven Bronsky
Sykesville
Homer Davenport
San Diego
Cal
Rose Hill
N. C
Mississippi State Board of Health
Russia
Sagand
United States
Japan
Indianapolis Central Labor Union
Philippines
Nicaragua
Insurgents
Madrid
Orange-J Dd
Lafayette Police Nab Fur Thieves After Transit Truck Find
Lafayette Indiana police arrested William Sullivan Grover Kiser Marcus Tyler John Sullivan Stephen Sullivan and Lewis Kiser after a trunk of stolen furs was found on a Chicago bound train and a warehouse burglary chain linked to a ring that had robbed Spector and Sadoc and Oscar Winski. The suspects confessed to multiple fur thefts across Indiana and a Terre Haute origin was noted.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Spector & Sadoc
Oscar Winski
Chicago
Monon
William Sullivan
Grover Kiser
Kiser
Marcus Tyler
Tyler
John Sullivan
Stephen Sullivan
Lewis Kiser
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Willam Sullivan
Timber wolves attack farmer and team near Montgomery
A pack of eight timber wolves attacked Henry Lund while he drove through the woods near Montgomery Illinois. The wolves bit the horses and leaped at the sleigh before Lund fought back with a heavy whip and the exhausted horses carried him to safety as the wolves fled.
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Montgomery
Henry Lund
Lund
Quarrel Over Whisky Ends in Fatal Shot in Illinois
In Robinson Illinois two friends Sam Pemberton and Sam Goff quarreled over a gallon of whisky at Goffs home eighteen miles southwest of Robinson. Pemberton was shot and killed instantly. The dispute began as a jest before turning deadly.
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Robinson, Ill
Sam Pemberton
Sam Goff
Goff
Robinson
Stock Flurry Inquiry Probes Rock Island Trades
New York December 29 The stock exchange committee reports progress in examining the Rock Island market anomaly. Brokers’ interrelations appear normal while customer complaints over execution are unresolved. D G Reid remains silent as Wall Street regains its composure.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Rock Island
Rock 'Sland
London
Union Pacific
Wall Street
D. G. Reid
Watkins Loses Recount Bid in Newcastle Election Case
Judge Sparks dismisses James I. Watkins recount suit over the December 12 special mayoral election. Watkins fails to show grounds for action and costs are against him. An appeal to the appellate court is granted.
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Newcastle
Ind
Sparks
The
Bush Circuit Court
James I
Watkins
Cook Rumor Ties Doctor to Detroit Visit
London Ont dispatch says Dr. Frederick A. Cook passed through London on the Toronto line en route to Detroit with a grip bearing his name. Despite a watched city, no sighting in Detroit is confirmed, though a Jackson cousin claims knowledge of his location. A Daily Mail note adds Cook’s polar records may soon move from the university to the police criminal museum.
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Detroit
London
Ont
Frederick A. Cook
Jackson
Mich
London Dispatch
F. A. Cook
City
Toronto
Cook
Copeshages
The
Daily Mail
University
Criminal Museum
Police
Bitter Deaths Not Due to Murder In Washington Ind
In Washington Indiana on December 29 the deaths of Rev William Winter Ritter and his wife were initially linked to robbery and homicide. Latest findings suggest natural causes and a possible stroke for Ritter with the wife’s exhaustion after a spell. No foul play or missing items were found.
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Washington
Ind
William Winter
Ritter
Christian Church
Elnora
Milford Ketchem
Ritters
Burns City
Mrs. Ritter
Requisition For Women In Extradition Case
Governor Fort signs extradition requisition for Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and Mary W. Snead. They face murder charges alongside Virginia O. Wardlaw for Ocey Senad’s death. Detective to transport to Newark after Governor Hughes signs warrant.
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Trenton
N. J
Fort
Hughes
Caroline B. Martin
Mary W. Snead
Virginia O. Wardlaw
Ocey Senad
Mott
Newark
Father jailed before wedding for pre celebration spree
Wilkenbarrde Pennsylvania December 29. John Bilroy was jailed by Mayor Kniffen at his wife's and children's request until after his daughter's wedding. He had been drinking heavily and celebrating the nuptials in advance for several days.
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Wilkenbarrde
John Bilroy
Kniffen
Kellner Family Seeks Help From Mas ons Across North America
In Louisville on December 29 the Kellner family mails circulars to the secretary of every grand lodge of Masons in the United States and Canada. They request Masonry to help locate Alma, the little daughter who disappeared from home three weeks ago.
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Masons
Louisville
Kellner
Alma
Grand Lodge of Masons
United States
Canada
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