New Tack in Ballinger Inquiry Probed in Congress
Washington May 13. Charges of bad faith against President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham arose in the house as Harrison withdrew a resolution seeking the original memorandum on the Gravis charges. The Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry shifted to water power site restorations, with Pepper pressing Ballinger to admit limited study of reclamation and defending Newell of the reclamation service.
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Ballinger
aAttorney Pepper
Newell
Wickersham
Lawlor
Washington
Taft
House
Harrison
New York
Brandeis
Washington, D. C
Pepper
Pinchot
Reclamation Service
Ballinger-Pinchot
Oscar Lawlor
Interior Department
Gravis
Glavis
Interor Department
H. H. Schwartz
General Land Office
Mr. Ballinger
Wisconsin
Forest Service
Coulter
Davie
Miners Entombed as Wellington Mine Is Sealed
In White Haven England on May 13 the 137 miners trapped in the Wellington coal mine were left to their fate as the mine was sealed to smother fires in the lower workings. Following unsuccessful rescue efforts yesterday, all hope was abandoned.
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White Haven
Eng
Wellington
Hanged Man Pleads At End Of The Rope
Walla Walla Washington May 14 The thirteenth hanging at the state penitentiary proved the most gruesome yet Richard Quinn dropped through the trap at 5 02 pm and pleaded to be drawn up and dropped again for twenty minutes He refused a priest and finally died at 6 22 after strangling following the brutal execution for murdering his wife in Everett Washington.
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Grewsome
Walla Walla
Richard Quinn
Wallia Walla Penitentiary
Quinn
Everett
Washington
Augustus Heinze Acquitted Of Bank Misuse Charges
New York May 13 Frederick Augustus Heinze was acquitted at 9 50 last night of misapplication of Mercantile National Bank funds while president in 1907 and cleared of over certification of 22 checks for Otto Heinze Co. The government failed to show illegal financing during the panic three years ago. The transactions were ruled legal despite prosecutors calling him a gambler with millions. Stanchfield defended, Wise denounced the defendant in lengthy summations.
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New York
Frederick Augustus Heinge
Mercantile National Bank
Hils Brother
Otto Heinze & Co
Heinze
John B. Stanchfield
United States
Henry A. Wise
Heinze Faces New Prosecution After Bank Case
New York prosecutor Wise said the Heinze brothers are not finished. F Augustus Heinze and Otto were acquitted last night of violating federal banking laws, but Wise plans to pursue charges that they spirited away United Copper books. Heinze vowed to return to Montana to develop copper mines, claiming legal costs and lost value total five million dollars.
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New York
Wise
F. Augustus Heinze
Heinze
Otto
United Copper Company
Wall Street
Montana
Hundred Are Thrown Into Great Salt Lake Collision at Saltair
More than 100 people including two women fell 12 feet when the Saltair hippodrome stairway collapsed as the Thompson Sullivan fight ended. Rescue workers pulled victims from five feet of briny water. injuries included a broken leg and arm for Murray fire chief Don Gallagher and two broken legs for Miss May Clark. Several were reported missing but later accounted for.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Saltair
United States
Issager
High School Students Die in Paper Mill Dam Boat Tragedy
Ten Huntington Mills students set out at noon to row two boats. When one boat leaked the girls moved to safety but the second craft sank. Eight youths perished, six girls and two boys, as one rescuer died trying to save Iris Davenport. All bodies were recovered.
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Koonsville
Roy Bodeon
Fairmoont
Huntington Public School
Boxe
Bodeon
Minnich
Miss Davenport
Grappling Partiee
Mayor Busse Bars Decoration Day Wrestling Show
Chicago on May 13 1920 mayor Busse announced he would not permit the Gotech Zbysche wrestling tour to stage a match on Decoration Day and ordered police to arrest promoters if they tried. Decoration Day is sacred to fallen heroes and the city will not tolerate desecration.
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Chicago
Busse
Will Investigate Sinking of City of Saltillo
Federal inquiry will begin as soon as the crew of the sunk packet City of Saltillo reaches St. Louis. The Mississippi River disaster at Glen Park, Missouri, last night caused 12 deaths after the gang plank tilted and passengers and crew were swept overboard.
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St. Louis
Saltillo
Glen Park
Pleads for Hyde Life as Trial Closes
Kaneis City May 13 A dramatic closing argument urged by Attorney Brewster claimed Hyde’s life wife and unborn child depended on the jury. Prosecutor Conkling faced tears as the defense pressed for acquittal amid ten pending indictments. Hyde rejected superstition saying Friday the 13th would not bring bad luck. Mrs Hyde teeters near collapse as the case likely rests with jurors tonight.
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Jory
Mrs. Hyde
Kaneis City
Hyde
Brewster
Conkling
Man Arrested For Wife Murder In Santa Anna Calif
Frank Skelly a contractor and lumberman was arrested after coroner inquest testimony alleging he murdered his wife by pouring gasoline and lighting a flame. Neighbors and mother in law testified a dying statement and rumors spurred the investigation. Skelly was arrested while being treated for burns from the same fire.
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Santa Anna
Calif
Frank Skelly
T. J. Towe
Skelly
Lewis
Thompson Knocks Out Sullivan At Saltair In Ninth
Sullivan of Fall River Mass fought the lightweights Thompson of Sycamore Illinois at Saltair Salt Lake City. The fourth meeting ended in the ninth round with a knockout by Thompson after Sullivan led in the first round and Thompson controlled the rest.
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Sullivan
Salt Lake
Utah
Johnny” Thompson
Sycamore
Ill
Pete Sullivan
Fall River
Mase
Saltair
Thompson
Will Try Democratic Leader Browne in Bribery Trial
Chicago May 13 District Attorney Wyman announced plans to bring Lee Owell Browne democratic leader of the Illinois house to trial on bribery charges tied to the election of United States Senator Lorimer Browne faces indictment in connection with the controversial Lorimer election and the case has stirred political tension in Illinois government.
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Chicago
Wyman
Lee Owell Browne
Illinois House
United States
Lorimers
Pendleton High 10 Debates for State Supremacy Again
Pendleton High School's debating team will represent eastern Oregon and the Columbia River district in the state supremacy contest. After defeating eastern rivals and seeing Hood River Newburg Tillamook concede, Pendleton now faces Eugene for the state title. The final debate at Eugene will address whether Oregon should adopt a plan of guaranty bank deposits. Principal A C Hampton earns credit for training, while Eugene High's George Hug and Hampton were university contemporaries.
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Pendleton High School
Eastern
Oregon
Columbia River
Columbia River District
Hood River
Newburg
Tillamook
Pendleton
Eugene
A. C. Hampton
George Hug
Eugene High
Pendleton High
University of Oregon
Attempted Bribe of Juror in Morris Trial Shocks Portland
District Attorney Cameron and deputies opened an inquiry after juror Barton claimed a stranger offered 1500 dollars to hang the Morris jury. Barton, who sat on the embezzlement case involving Oregon Trust notes, declined the bribe and notified Cameron. Private detective Howard Guilford was arrested and confessed, linking several local lawyers to a broader bribery scheme across Oregon Trust cases.
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Portland
Ore
Cameron
Barton
W. Cooper Morris
Morris
Oregon Trust & Sayings Company
Howard Guilford
Oregon Trust
Explosion at Casparix Stone plant injures Logansport residents
A massive blast at the Casparix Stone company magazine in Trimmer Indiana near Logansport blew apart 300 pounds of powder. About 20 residents were injured as houses were damaged and the shock was felt miles away. The magazine chief John Elroy is missing and presumed killed.
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Logansport
Ind
Casparix Stone Company
Trimmer
Here
John Elroy
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Central America Area
A seismograph in Cleveland recorded a heavy earthquake shock today just after 2 PM lasting minutes. Believed to have originated in Costa Rica, the quake was stronger than the Cartago disaster. In Spokane, Gonzales College noted slight quakes around midnight, likely originating south about three thousand miles, with danger to Central America regions.
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Cleveland
Costa Rica
Cartago
Gonzales College
Spokane
Wash
Central America
Telegraph Lines Go Down in Costa Rica May 13
Telegraph lines into the interior of Costa Rica were put out of commission suddenly today regional authorities fear another disastrous earthquake has struck the district and caused broad devastation.
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Port Limon
Costa Rica
Earthquakes Shake Redlands and San Bernardino Area
A tremor struck Redlands with a several second tremor causing no damage. Earlier, San Bernardino reported a slight quake last night with no damage noted. Local authorities appeared untroubled by the events.
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California
San Bernardino
Cal
Redlands
Coast Line Rising Claims Pacific Quake Cause
University of Washington geologist Professor Henry Landis says recent Pacific coast earthquakes from Alaska to Central America result from gradual coast line uplift ongoing for centuries. St Louis seismograph records a 63 second shock likely from the Central or South American west coast.
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Central America
California
Washington
Coast Line
University Washington
Henry Landis
West
Pacific Coast
Alaska
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Boy's Father Plans Defense After Seattle Duel
Seattle, May 13. C B Bussell, father of Wallace A Bussell, 23, who single handedly attacked and killed Joseph Bonner, manager of the Monte Carlo saloon and gambling house, said he will clear his son of responsibility for his acts. Bussell, a Seattle landowner, had feared a violent outburst and planned sending him to central Oregon in two weeks for rough outdoor life to improve his mental condition.
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Seattle
C. B. Bussell
Wallace A. Bussell
Joseph Bonner
Monte Carlo
Wallace
Oregon
Stanford Track Team Headed East After Champaign Meet
Four Stanford athletes were selected to travel to the eastern colleges after the conference meet at Champaign Illinois to face Yale Harvard Cornell Princeton Columbia and Pennsylvania. Captain Leland Scott who recently broke the world pole vault record will lead Coleman Reed and Lee in the sprint events and the mile.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Stanford University
Champaign
Atlantic Coast
Leland Scott
Coleman
Reed
Lee
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Hill Enjoys Oregon Sightseeing More Than Expected
President Louis W. Hill expresses a strong appreciation for Oregon as he continues his travels. He notes the state’s scenery and opportunities, signaling favorable impressions from his prospective visits and business interests.
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Louis W. Hill
Oregon
Concerts Arranged as Pendleton Dropping Fourth of July
The Pendleton board plans three months of open air concerts by a 15 piece United Orchestra under Frank Carruth with weekly programs at the fair pavilion. Funding will be shared by the Commercial club and Ladies' Civic club. They also decide to skip a local Fourth of July celebration this year and encourage residents to attend nearby towns’ events.
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Board of Managers
United Orchestra
Frank Carruth
Ladies’ Civic Club
Will Ingram
Commercial Association
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Caledonian
Athena
Weston
Charles Bond
Clarence Bishop
F E. B. Aldrich
W. L. Thompson
Association
Dan P. Smythe
Roosevelt Will Study Social Conditions Here
Berlin May 13 Colonel Roosevelt plans to study social conditions upon his return to the United States. He visited model tenements for the poor and old people's homes and noted his intent to extend similar studies to England. His voice showed improvement today.
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Berlin
Germany
Roosevelt
United States
England
Conlon Defeats McGovern in Ten Rounds
Johnny Coulon of Chicago, bantamweight champion, outpointed Phil McGovern in ten fast rounds at Madison Athletic Club. McGovern floored Coulon in the third with a right hand but Coulon recovered and finished strongly, clearly the better fighter.
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Conlon
New York
Johnny Coulon
Chicago
Phil McGovern
Terry
Madison Athletic Club
McGovern
Vanderbilt to greet Roosevelt on June 17 in New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman of the reception committee, received a telegram from Colonel Roosevelt stating he would arrive in New York on Saturday June 17 despite the death of King Edward. definite plans for Roosevelt's welcome will be made.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Roosevelt
King Edward
Vanderbilt
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Helnae
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