Ballinger Defends Himself Before Pinchot Panel
Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger angrily denied any wrongdoing and called L. R. Glavis a liar as he testified before the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee. He defended his record and cited Theodore Roosevelt’s praise of his work as commissioner of the land office.
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Glavis
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Ballinger- Pinchot
L. R. Glavis
Theodore Roosevelt
the Land Office
Ballinger Defends Conduct on Cunningham Coal Case
Ballinger defends his conduct in the Cunningham coal cases and says he would take the same action now with the same record before him. He denies misrepresenting to the President that the reclamation service urged restoring waterpower sites withdrawn by Garfield. The committee rejected Brandeis requests to force Wickersham to produce papers, Madison alone dissenting.
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Land Office
Ballinger
Reclamation Service
Newell
Davis
Garfield
Madison
Brandeis
Wickersham
Taft railroad bill faces insurgent revolt and possible collapse
Senate insurgents near victory threaten to strip the Presidents railroad reform of its key provisions on traffic agreements and mergers. Only the court of commerce remains in doubt, and even that may not pass. House and Senate differences loom large, with conference likely to derail the bill. The House Public Lands Committee approves a bill allowing presidential withdrawals of public lands for study and classification. Treasury official Norton asserts no law exists to punish subtreasuries for looting public funds. McCredie’s Oregon Washington boundary bill gets House Judiciary Committee support after hearings. House approves a Senate resolution seeking War Department info on land sales or leases in the Philippine Islands.
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Senate
Cummins
Court of Commerce
House
Charles D. Norton
the Treasury
House Committee On Expenditures
Treasury Department
United States
McCredie
Judiciary Committee
Oregon
Washington
Columbia River
Ruth Bryan Leavitt weds Reginald Owen of Royal Engineers
Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, married Reginald Owen on Tuesday. Her ex husband, Mr. Leavitt, announces intent to seek custody of the Leavitt children.
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William Jennings Bryan
Reginald Owen
British Royal Engineers
Leavitt
Lands Opened in Four Indian Reservations for Homesteading
Washington May 2 unallotted lands in Standing Rock Cheyenne River Flathead and Coeur d Alene reservations opened to homestead entry. About 2,100,000 acres restored to public domain.
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Washington
Standing Rock
North
South Dakota
Cheyenne River
Flathead
Montana
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Will Nagel Save or Kill Seals
Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor is weighing Alaska seal herd conservation under congressional discretion. The question is whether a yearly slaughter limit will be set or sealing will pause for a period. The North American Commercial Company lease for seal harvest expired May 1 after 20 years of exclusive rights.
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Washington
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
North American Commercial Company
Senate Creates Bureau of Mines in Interior Department
The Senate amended and passed a bill to establish a Bureau of Mines within the Interior Department. It will assume mining work previously handled by the Geological Survey and will investigate the causes of mine explosions.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Bureau
Oregon Ballot Expands with 25 to 30 Measures
Salem Oregon May 2 report says voters face a large ballot in the November 8 general election with full state district and county tickets plus 25 to 30 initiative and referendum measures.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Road Extension Begins on Payette Valley Line
PAYETTE Idaho May 2 Construction work started this morning on the 22 mile extension of the Payette Valley Railroad from New Plymouth to Emmett to join the steel two ends of rich Payette Valley.
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Payette Valley
New Plymouth
Emmett
Mothers Day Proclaimed by Governor May 8 1910
Governor Hay issues a proclamation designating Sunday May 8 1910 as Mothers Day and requests observance throughout the state.
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Olympia
Hay
Market Roundup: Grains Butter Eggs and Hops Prices
Portland markets report wheat prices for Bluestem Club and Red Russian, oats per ton, barley per ton, and hay values for Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon. Butter bids include Extra and Fancy, eggs candled at ranch levels, hops for 1909 crop, wool prices in Eastern Oregon, mohair, and potatoes described as demoralized.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington Creamery
Illinois Lawmaker Confesses to $2000 Bribe Tied to Lorimer Seat
Chicago May 2 Charles A White Democratic Illinois legislator admits taking $1000 in greenbacks from Lee Browne and $900 later as his share in a legislative corruption fund to vote for William Lorimer for the United States Senate. State's Attorney Wayman and grand juries plan further inquiry into down state lawmakers and capital deals.
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Chicago
Chas. A. White
Illinois
William Lorimer
United Stated
Senate
White
Lee Browne
Griggs House
Browne
Wayman
O’fallon
United States
Cook County
Sangamon
Springfield
Edmund Burke
Lee O'Neill Browne
Ottawa
Lorimer
Governors Seek $5 Million for Panama Pacific Exposition
Governor Gillett and eleven California leaders traveled in a private car with a banner labeling it the boosters’ coach for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. They went to Washington to urge the federal government to contribute $5,000,000 to the fair’s fundraising effort.
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San Francisco
Gillett
California
Washington
Ex-Haitian Leader Nord Alexis Dies in Kingston
Nord Alexis former president of Hayti died in Kingston Jamaica today after a brief illness. His health had collapsed after the upheavals of the past year and a half following his deposition and exile. He had been a refugee since the 1908 revolution and owned substantial property in Kingston.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Nord Alexis
Hayti
Two Held as Cracksmen in Express Office Robbery
NAMPA Idaho May 2 Chief of Police Meellie Maloney turned over to the sheriff of Shoshone County two men wanted at Wendell Idaho for blowing up a safe in the American Express office on the night of April 26.
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Nampa
Ida
Three Governors Urge Sale Of Walla Walla Reserve
Telegrams from Oregon Washington and Idaho governors urged a favorable report on Jones bill authorizing sale of the Walla Walla military reservation to Whitman College.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
House Military Committee
Walla Walla Military Reservation
Whitman College
Noted Rear-Admiral Dies
Rear-Admiral Philip Hichborn, U. S. N., retired, died at his Washington home tonight at age 71 after a two month illness from arterial sclerosis.
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Washington
Philip Hichborn
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