Pinchot Charges Ballinger in Conservation Row
Former forest chief Gifford Pinchot testifies before the investigating committee, outlining a consecutive account of his clash with Secretary Ballinger over water power policy, coal cases with Glavis, and conservation laws. He says Ballinger reversed national policy, withheld public lands protections, and deceived the president in a pivotal reply. Pinchot argues for major legal reform to safeguard public resources for all citizens.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Ballinger
Cunningham
Glavis
Forest Service
Gravis
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
George W. Pepper
Philadelphia
Chugach
Garfield
Pepper
Roosevelt
Taft
Ballinger Era Alaska Forest Battle Notions and Weather
A weather report shows rain turning to snow with colder temperatures and a low around 15 to 20 degrees. Astronomical notes list sunset at 5 45 and moon events. The political item covers Pinchot and Ballinger controversy with Alaska coal claims and testimony about land withdrawals and conservation efforts, including Garfield and Roosevelt advocacy.
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Jupiter
Mercury
Gompers Opposes Moon Bill Affects Court Injunction Power
Washington February 26 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor warned Attorney General Wickersham that outlawing or crushing the labor movement by hostile laws and court rulings could ignite another less constructive movement. He and Wickersham discussed labor legislation for two hours and Gompers pressed opposition to the Moon bill now before the House judiciary committee as pro injunction. He said the bill would grant statutory authority for injunctions, undermining Republican platform promises and echoing fights in Buck’s Stove and Range and Danbury Hatters cases.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wickersham
American Workers
Gompers
Judiciary Committee of the House
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Danbury Hatters
Roads Ordered to Give Cheaper Rate on Cattle
Washington February 26 The interstate commerce commission issued an opinion proposing territorial regroupings and rate reductions on cattle from Iowa to Chicago but did not issue a definite order. The commission withheld action for 60 days to allow railroads, primarily midwest lines to Chicago, to voluntarily implement the suggested rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Chicago
Middle West
Labor union leader arrested for inciting to riot
Philadelphia reports John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor Union, was arrested last night on incitement charges. He was arraigned today and held under a $3,000 bail as authorities say sympathizers of Carmen Can Shoot Straight as Militia were involved and the case centers on threats and unrest.
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Carmen
Philadelphia
John J. Murphy
Central Labor Union
Clay Orders End to Wagon Passenger Service
Clay termed the traction strike a memory and ordered wagons forbidden for passenger use. Wagons had flourished transporting workers who feared being stoned by strike sympathizers amid disrupted streetcar service.
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Clay
Bryan Not Again to Be a Candidate
New York dispatch reports William J. Bryan told friends in Valparaiso Chile that he does not desire or expect to be a candidate for the U S presidency again. In a separate item, two foreigners were shot by state police during a fight at the Majestic hotel in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
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Bryan
New York
Valparaiso
Chile
William J. Bryan
United States
Bethlehem
Majestic
Packers Indictments Draw Protest From Hudson Prosecutor
New York on February 26 Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county New Jersey dismisses Chicago dispatches calling the prosecutions a joke as indictments are revealed. The remarks reflect tension over the case and its timing in the packers investigation.
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New York
Chicago
Garven
Hudson County
New Jersey
Chicago men named in Jersey City meat conspiracy indictment
Indictments charge numerous Chicago figures including Ballinger ward Tilden Carton Wilson Connors Fowler Swift Bathgate Edwards Hartwell Darlington Fuller and Morris with conspiring on March 1 1908 to corner and restrict meat and poultry supply in Hudson County New Jersey to raise prices. The law allows three years in prison or a $1000 fine or both. Extradition issues loom as defendants face trial in Jersey City.
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The
National Packing Company
New Jersey
Jersey City
Hudson County
General strike threats amid Kingston streetcar dispute
John J. Murphy of the Central Labor union predicts a citywide strike tied to a Kingston streetcar tieup amid riot fears and gunfire. A warrant issues for Murphy on riot charges as police say a general strike could be ordered at a Sunday union meeting.
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Kensington
John J. Murphy
Central Labor Union
Murphy
Director of Public Safety
Lew Wallace Eulogized In Capitol Statues Event
Washington February 26. Eulogies on Lew Wallace filled the house as Indiana presented its statue in statuary hall. Garven warned of forthcoming grand jury evidence against indicted beef trust figures. New Jersey prosecutors seek to nullify the National Packing company charter amid conspiracy indictments against six firms and 21 directors in Jersey City Hoboken and Bayonne.
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Capital
Washington
Lew Wallace
Indiana
Wallace
Garven
New Jersey
Charter
New York
National Packing Company
Hudson County
Jersey City
Ogden Armour
A. Watson Armour
Arthur Meeker
Edward Morris
Louis F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Post Office Bill Dominates Congress Day
In Washington on February 25 the Senate backed postal savings banks and paid 287000 for letter carrier extra service while clearing bills. The House debated post office policy with Claude Kitchin mocking insurgents and many speeches urging free delivery extension. adjourned at six.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma Savings Bank
Monda House
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Cannon
Expenses of U S Grow Faster Than Population and Wealth
Special Correspondence of The Argus reports that Congress may appropriate over 1.10 billion for government expenses, the largest in U S history. Fiscal year 1908 shows spending surpassing receipts by about 45 million, leaving a general fund balance near 82 million. Per capita costs rose to 12.40, with expenditures up 60 percent since 1900 and over 100 percent since 1890, amid Republican excess and renewed spending.
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Argus
Washington
Congress
Cleveland
Republican Party
Kansas court denies mob chance in triple murder plea
Gus Thomas, alias Ed Young, a Negro, confessed the murders of William Volk and his wife and child and another Negro. He was secretly arraigned, sentenced to life imprisonment, and sent to the penitentiary in Girard Kansas on February 26.
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Kansas
Girard
Kan
Gus Thomas
Ed Young
William Volk
Bowling Begins Tonight At 10th International Tourney
Milwaukee and Detroit host a 10th annual international bowling tournament starting tonight with Governor Wagner and Mayor Breitmeyer delivering welcomes. Mayor Bryson of Indianapolis will respond as congress president. Five-man Detroit teams start tonight and Sunday as more than 3,500 bowlers enter before March 15.
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Milwaukee
Detroit
Mich
American Bowling Congress
Wagner
Philip Breitmeyer
Robert Bryson
Indianapolis
Congress
Battery car in service to replace horse vehicles in New York
The first of a series of storage battery surface cars began operation yesterday as a permanent unit of the Third Avenue Railway Company. The five ton car carries batteries under the seats, weighs far less than a modern trolley, and aims to supplant horse drawn cars in New York. Adjutant General Dickson is ill in Springfield, Illinois, after appendicitis. He was in command of Illinois National Guard troops at Cairo last week and was brought to Springfield hospital.
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New York
Third Avenue Railway Company
Dickson
Springfield
Frank S. Dickson
Illinois National Guard
Cairo
Hog futures soar to new peak in Chicago trade
Live hogs sold at 99.70 and May pork futures at 124.30, the highest since the Civil War era, eclipsing prior records set during Armour’s corner in 1887 and marking the peak price reached here outside a brief Civil War period.
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Chicago
Armour Corner
Woman of 35 Arraigned in Monroe City Murder Case
Kirksville Missouri February 26 Mrs Alma Proctor Vaughn was arrested on a murder warrant in the death of her husband Professor John T Vaughn an American history instructor at the state normal school Vaughn died in convulsions after taking strychnine The coroner's jury and exhumation results point to poisoning Mrs Vaughn a niece of Dr Proctor bank president faced a 1st degree murder charge and was released on twenty five thousand dollar bond Dr J R Hull the family physician was also questioned in the wider case.
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Kirksville
Alma Proctor Vaughn
John T. Vaughn
Vaughn
J. R Hull
Monrme City
Ated
Ponsoning
Mendelssohn
State Normal School
MM John R. Kirk
Kirk
The
State Normal
Monroe City
Proctor
Rerger
Schweitzer
Missouri State University
Paris
Hall
Macomb
Dows
Hull
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James M. Sheridan
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Seattle
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Jones
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South America
Jersey Beef Grand Jury
Forester
Congressional Committee
Ula
U.S
Wits
Kirksville, Mo
Mia. Alme
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