Ballinger Called? Secret Session Hears Prosecution Push
Washington March 26 The investigation debated calling Secretary Ballinger to testify as Glavis ally Bran delly sought to prove accusations against Ballinger. The committee postponed at a secret session while Morgan Gugeenheim Alaskan syndicate figures Stephen Birch and John Steele testified on control over shipping lines railroads fishing and canning industries copper and gold mining in Alaska and large spending.
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Washington
Touts Brandelly
Glavis
Ballinger
Jawyer
bin
Vertrees
Stephen PD. Birch
Morgan Gugeenheim Alaskan
John N. Steele
Morgan
Birch
Steele
Alaska
Alaska Coal Controversy Tests Morgan-Guggenheim Claim
The Ballinger-Pinchot investigation hears testimony on the Cunningham claims and Morgan-Guggenheim option, with questions about eventual control of Alaska’s coal, transportation, and mineral output. Attorneys prepare to outline the prosecution case and expected defenses, while Ballinger’s role remains central to the proceeding.
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Guggenheim Telia
Cunningham Land Deals
opon
Cunningham
Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate
Birch
Alaska
Fire Traps Women in Mish Furniture Factory
Chicago on March 26 reports twelve women and three men escaped a devastating fire at the Mish Furniture Co. store on Nineteenth and Wabash, with a $250,000 loss estimated. A third story jumper died at St Luke's Hospital. Emma Lych tenstein, twenty, a filing clerk, perished from internal injuries after leaping from a window. Dr. William J. Kinsley aided a rescued woman and suffered minor burns.
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Chicago
Mish Furniture company
Nineteenth street
Wabash pasar
William J. Kinsley
St. Luke's hospital
Kinsley
Emma Lychtenstein
Canary Commits Death By Hanging In Cage At Home
A canary owned by Miss Pennie Toadvine in Pocomoke City Maryland deliberately hanged itself at the top of its cage after several prior escape attempts. The bird, a prized singer, repeatedly wedged its head between bars and dropped, and despite opening the cage door the bird refused to leave. It was not discovered in time on its final attempt.
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Pocomoké City
Pennie
Toadvine
Hanging of Two Colored Men in Birmingham Sheriff Hurt
Sheriff cuts trap as two colored men Joe Rogera and Jim Powell are hanged in Birmingham for murdering a colored merchant at Eusley. The execution proceeds despite the sheriff's injuries, while a man named Hinton accidentally cuts his father during lever severing.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe Rogera
Jim Powell
Eusley
Hinton
Prince Ito's Assassin Pays Penalty in Asia
Inchan Angan, a Korean who killed Prince Ito, former Japanese resident general of Korea, was executed at Port Arthur after the March 28 incident in Harbin Manchuria. The report notes the punishment and location as recorded in the March dispatches.
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Prince Ito
Harbin
Manchuria
In- chan Angan
Korea
Port Arthur
Mount Etna Eruption Sparks Four New Craters and Lava Flood
The Etna region reports four newly opened craters at Capellazzo and nearby, forming a lava river that devastates surrounding districts. Thousands flee as molten lava destroys homes and farmland. soldiers aid evacuations while engineers attempt to divert the flow amid toxic fumes.
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Tasca Arena
Ita
Castellazio
Rene
Borreis
Apve
ifa
leva
Ketchel receipt of $20,000 guarantee for film deal
The article notes Ketchel securing a $20,000 guarantee and related terms for a boxing or film engagement. Mentions weight, savings, and multiple raids, with scattered references to San Francisco and a champion status. Overall, it presents negotiation details and financial assurances around Ketchel.
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sanone
Le Lee ford
Ban ‘Princieco
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