Ballinger Pinchot inquiry clash over Alaska coal claims
Louis R. Glavis testified before the joint congressional committee about Ballinger and the Cunningham Alaska coal land claims. He accused Ballinger of conspiracy and described efforts to hinder the investigation, while Nelson pressed for direct answers amid heated exchanges.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Louis R. Glavis
Joint Congressional Committee
Ballinger-Pivelut
Ballinger
Lauchlin
California
Green
Alaska
Taft
Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot
Louis Glavig
Senate
Glavis
Pinchot
Bat
Brandeis
Philadelphia
Senate Committee
Avis
Cunthingham Journal
Nelson
Jth
Dennett
Fas
Gifford Pinchot
Finchot
Jerome
New York
Siare
Interes
Madison
Pierce
Mim Gravis
Henry M. Hoyt
Porto Rico
Henry M .Hoyt
Department of State
Hoyt
Cunningham
Department of Justs
Wickersham
Cabiinet
Ballinger T
Secretary of the Interior
Pinchot Wa i
Gilavis
James
Kentucky
Vommi
Glavis Gaid
American Conservation Association
Gifford, Pinchot
Bound and Cremated Murder in Cincinnati Home
Mrs. Alice Van Zandt was found dead and burned in her kitchen beside a gas stove. Police say kerosene saturated clothing and a torn curtain suggest murder. husband Jesse Van Zandt is held for questioning after a brief statement. Neighbors smelled smoke, fire department found the body burned almost to a crisp. Children were nearby as police investigate potential suffocation and strangulation with the binding curtain.
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Ascuea Press
Cincinnati
Alice van Zandt
Jesse van Zandt
Packers Store Pork Amid Meat Boycott Effects
An article notes pork price declines of three cents in twenty four hours. Wholesale dealers store pork in ice warehouses amid anti meat boycott pressures. A 5 000 meatless menus distribution is promised for twelve cents per day. Boston NoMeat club plans a January 20 meeting at Faneuil Hall to press price reductions. Essex Trades Council in Newark votes abstention from meat as prices stay high.
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Pittsburg
Form -Meat Club
Boston
Mass
Faneuil Ball
Boston NoMeat Club
New York
New Jersey
Essex Trades Council
iThe
Newark
Senator Jeff Davis Meets President Taft in White House Visit
Washington January 29 Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas paid his first visit to the White House today. The senator said he had never met President Taft before and added I like him he is no fine man.
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Glavis
Neilson
Land Office
Washington
Nelson
Green Group
Laugter
Representative Madison
McLachlan
California
Ballinger
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Ksenator
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
White House
President Taft
Black Hand Leader Sentenced to Sixteen Years
Fourteen Sicilian defendants in a federal trial were found guilty in Toledo. Salvatore Lima, described as the moving spirit, received a sixteen year sentence while Agostini, Mincenzo Arrigo and Salvatore Lima's brother faced separate outcomes. Some defendants were granted new trials and others released on recognizance as the case highlighted a major crackdown on the Black Hand conspiracy.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Salvatore Lima
Agostini Mincenzo
Arrigg
Ad. Salvatore
Tothe
Leavenworth
Kas
Elmira
Lima
Tay- Hop
Sebastian Lima
Ignoffo
Martist
Rizzo
Vincenzo Arrigo
Antonio Vicario
Fort Leavenworth
Enue
Vicario
Antonio Lima
Salvatore
Sebastian
Giuseppe Nuzzo
Cleveland
Italy
Keene Subpoenaed Over Coal Stock Crash Ties
New York authorities locate James Keene at his hotel and issue a subpoena seeking his appearance before a U S commissioner to explain connections with the Hocking Coal stock dealings. Piers and stations were mobilized to locate Keene for the Monday hearing on the Columbus and Hocking Coal crisis.
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Associated Press
New York
Keene
Eto
United States
Alexander
Bev
Hocking
James Ke Keene
Wall Streets
Pear
Columbus
Hocking Coal and Iron
Stock Exchange
Eight Die As Express Train Derailed Near London
Eight killed and twenty injured in a Brighton to London express wreck at Steady West station. The locomotive left the rails at forty miles an hour, flinging the two front cars across the platform while the Pullman car vaulted into the air and crashed down. The remaining coaches were shattered.
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Isy “Associated Plans
London
Brighton
Steady West
National Co-Operative Shirt Waist and Neck Wear Co Opens
The National Co-Operative Shirt Waist and Neck Wear Company was incorporated in Trenton with authorized capital of 100000 dollars and par value of one dollar per share. It aims to aid shirtwaist strikers in New York and Philadelphia and will have support from wealthy New York women.
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Associated Press
Trenton
National Co-Operative Shirt Walst and Neck Wear Company
Ti Ja
New York
Philadelphia
Judge Lovett Comments on Government Suit News
In New York on January 2, Judge Lovett and other Har riman company representatives declined to comment on the federal government's decision to proceed with the suit against Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems. It was warned the defendants will open their case in this city on February 5 with many witnesses and substantial evidence.
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Associated Press
New York
Lovett
Harriman Roads
Unions-Pacific
Southern Pacific Systems
Carnation Day Marked in Canton for McKinley Birthday
In Canton Ohio on January 29 thousands celebrate Carnation Day anniversary of William McKinley born sixty seven years ago. Floral tributes laid at his monument with ex Secretary of the Treasury George B Cortelyou sending a wreath annually since McKinley’s death.
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Associated Press
Canton
William McKintey
McKinley
the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
Poisoning of Sw ope prompts demand for inquiry
Fragmentary text suggests a poisoning case involving a person named Swope. The article indicates calls for an inquiry and mentions medical experts, reviewers, and unidentified local names. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Poison Found in Livers of Victims in Chicago Case
The text notes a partial chemical report from Chicago. The poison was detected in the livers of the dead men, not in their stomachs, suggesting a specific path of exposure or method.
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Tate
Chicago
Chemists Finish Work On Swope Estate
Associated Press reports chemists completed the examination of the organs of Colonel Swope and his nephew Chrisman and sent a report to J. G. Paxton the Kansas City executor. Paxton had no definite plan for the next move and could not say when he would start for Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Colonel Swope
Chrisman
J. G. Faxton
Kansas City
Swope
Paxton
Petition drive seeks pardon for Banker Morse in Taft era
Agents canvass Washington on January 26 seeking subscriptions to a large petition presented to President Taft. The plea asks for clemency for Banker Morse who has begun a fifteen year sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary.
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Reany
Washington, D. C
Taft
Banker Morse
Atlanta
Paddle Your Own Canoe by Rector J W Greenwood
Index shows a mix of features including a short story by H Fashions and a Washington Letter. Highlights mention French floods, a congressional comment, Ellie Bean Morris sentenced, a high school commencement, and The Sunshine Club by Lieut Watrous.
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Washington
Polletse
Ellie Bean Morris
Sunshine Club
Lieut. Watrous
Col Hicks in Washington with Hicks brothers
Col Jonn Pipe of Oshkosh and his brother Henry C Hicks of St Paul visit Washington for a few days on their southern trip. The note mentions many people attend church to hear sermons and find wisdom.
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Washington, D.C
Col
Jonnpipe
Oshkosh
Henry C. Hicks
St. Paul
Washington
H. C. Stevene
Debate Over Rules Change in House Sparks Caucus Talk
Washington January 29 The GOP contemplates revising House rules and enlarging the rules committee with Speaker Cannon as chair. A Fowler proposal to broaden the committee and strip the speaker of membership fuels discussion as insurgents seek to gauge sentiment and push reform amid statehood debates and constitutional questions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Cannon
Fowler
Arizona
Genegar
Paris Flood Report Warns of Further Structural Collapse
Paris dispatch notes the Marne and Yonne rivers retreating after a heavy inundation while the Seine stands at record heights. Authorities fear further building damage as subsidence could weaken foundations and cause collapses across the city.
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Associated ‘Press
Paris
Marne
Yonne
Hood
Pont Royal
Tome Tome
Victor -Eastmartiel
Prasnt Fallieres
France
Mine Workers Chief Faces Convention Rift Over Picks
President Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers faces a split at the national convention in Indianapolis as anti-Lewis delegates demand a reconsideration of a vote on his leadership. The uproar follows an adjournment and intensified chaos during today’s session.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Th. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Local Franchise Asked for Milwaukee Car Route
Rockford interurban company files petition with Milwaukee council to acquire franchise for streetcar service. Plan covers route along South Main to West Milwaukee street and terminal of the present line. Janesville line sale largely held by interurban stockholders amid expected smooth approval.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Janesville
Rockford
Nter-Urban Company
Janesville Street Railway Company
South Main Street
Mibwaukee Street
Janesville City
Biternurban Company
Nations Entitled to Minimum Tariff Under Payne Aldrich Act
Washington January 29 The government issued a proclamation declaring that Denmark the Netherlands Norway Sweden Belgium Egypt Persia and Portugal do not unduly discriminate against the United States and are therefore entitled to the minimum tariff rate set by the Payne Aldrich act.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Exident
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Egypt
Persia
Portugal
United States
Peoria National Hotel Fire Wipes Out Largest Inn
Fire at the National hotel in Peoria, the city’s largest inn, rages with little hope of saving the structure. The blaze reported Jan 2 as authorities and onlookers assess the extensive damage. C W Rowron, superintendent of the state reformatory at Green Bay, was an Oshkosh visitor on Wednesday.
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National
Associated Press
Peoria
Til
National Hotel
C. W. Rowron
Istate Reformatory
Green Bay
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Wisconsin
John. Callahan
Menasha
Paria
Emily, E. Lewin, Appleton
Ik M. Beeman
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L. W. Brooks
Manitoweer
Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
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Parlin
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Brooks
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Beeman
Alice, van Zandt
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Paya Viait
Ohio
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Charles Amicon
Commission
Marion
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Wwere
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Oldfield
Seek Keene
New Shirtwaist and
Newlowent Company
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President McKintey
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Thomas H. Swope
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