Ballinger Exonerated and Pinchot Condemned
Chicago dispatch reports a majority joint committee finding exonerating Secretary Ballinger over five months of Interior and forestry probes. The same majority condemns Pinchot Garfield and Gravis, with a minority claiming Ballinger guilt. A Kansas City note says no conclusions yet and cites a Minneapolis meeting set for Sept. 5.
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Chicago
Minority Report
Ballinger
Garfield
Gravis
Chicago Tribune Today
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Joint Congressional Committee
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Forestry
Department of Agriculture
Forester Pinchot
J. R. Garfield
Louis Gravis
Cuuningham
Reclamation Service
James R. Garfield
Nelson
James
Madison
Kansas City
F. M. Madison
Associated Press
Dodge City
Kas
Minneapolis
Kentucky Floods Do Big Damage
Louisville reports fresh storms across Kentucky caused widespread crop damage and toppled vegetation. Heavy rains and hail sent streams over banks, with crop losses estimated at fifty percent and one death reported.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Omnipotent Oom Pierre Bernard Faces Trial in New York
Pierre A. Bernard head of a cult based in a West Seventy Fourth Street dwelling faces trial in General Sessions. Police raided his luxuriously furnished quarters and found several respectable girls and women under his influence. He is charged with abducting a girl from Portland Oregon.
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New York
Pierre A. Bernard
Court of General Sessions
Bernard
West Seventy-fourth Street
Apestte
Portland
Oregon
Big Regatta Under Way At Put-in-Bay
Put-in-Bay Ohio hosts the Interlake Yachting Association regatta opening with a catboat and 14-foot skiff race on a triangular course this afternoon. A strong entry list and polished program promise top competition all week.
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Put-In-Bay
Interlake Yachting Association
Taft appoints Henderson M Somerville as head of U.S. general appraisers
President Taft names Henderson M. Somerville of New York to lead the board of United States general appraisers. Somerville has served for years as the chief merchandise appraiser in New York.
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Washington
Taft
Henderson M. Somerville
New York
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Somerville
Crippen Headed for United States on Kroonland
Scotland Yard theorizes Dr Hawley Crippen and Ethel Levene may ride the steamer Kroonland bound for New York after leaving Dover July 9 the day the pair vanished. The ship is due tomorrow and an inquest into Belle Elmore's death began in Dover but adjourned for one month.
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London
Scotland Yard
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Levene
New York
Dover
Belle Elmore
Crippen
Fear of Barcelona riot as anniversary nears
Anxiety rises in Barcelona as the July 27, 1909 riot anniversary approaches. Carlists and Republicans hold opposing meetings while workers threaten a general strike. General Weyler orders troops to critical points to crush any outbreak and churches and convents are fitted with steel doors.
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Barcelona
Weyler
Catalonia
Trainmen Strike May Be Averted In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 18 a three hour meeting between Pennsylvania Railroad General Manager Meyers and conductors and trainmen on lines east of Pittsburgh cleared up misunderstandings. W. G. Lee, president of the Trainmen's union, said concessions may have been discussed and that the sub committee will likely meet Meyers this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Meyers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
W. G. Lee
Trainmen’s Union
Taft Off on Sea Voyage to Bar Harbor
President Taft sails from Burgess Point aboard the U S S Mayflower with Mrs Taft Miss Helen Taft and several guests for a Maine coast voyage. Stops include Biddeford Pool and Casco Bay with a return to Beverly planned by July 29.
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Burgess Point
Mass
Snowden
President Taft
Maine
Taft
Helen Taft
Charley Taft
Horace D. Taft
Charles D. Norton
A. W. Butt
Bar Harbor
Biddeford Pool
Casco Bay
Beverly
Stockgrowers Meet Opens in Grand Junction Colorado
A two days' convention of the Colorado Stockgrowers association opened in Grand Junction with President W. A. Gillespey presiding. Delegates aim to discuss proposed state and national legislation affecting stock growing, including a state bureau of animal industry, expanded agricultural college work, extermination of predators, and cattle scabies regulations.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado Stockgrowers’ Association
W. A. Gillespey
Quebec Open Tennis Championships Start in Montreal
Montreal crowds gathered as the annual Quebec Championship began on Mount Royal courts. Nine events are set for the week, led by the all comers' singles for provincial supremacy, followed by the ladies' singles and the men's doubles.
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Montreal
Mount Royal
Ottawa Club Eleven Opens Eastern Tour In Baltimore
International cricket in Baltimore today drew British Americans and cricket fans to the local grounds for what promises to be a highly anticipated match. The Ottawa Cricket Club's eleven began its eastern states tour with this city appearance.
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Baltimore
Ottawa Cricket Club
Hawley Accepts Democratic Nomination for Idaho Governor
J H Hawley declares it his duty to accept the Democratic nomination and quit legal practice to serve as governor if elected. M Alexander hints at filing for governor, delaying public avowal amid nomination paper expectations. President signs land proclamation, restoring grazing and agricultural lands in Idaho and Wyoming while dividing Targhee and Palisade forests.
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W. A. Coughanour
Payette
J. H. Hawley
Boise
Alexander
M. Alexander
Rigby
Secretary of State
Washington, D. C
Idaho
Wyoming
Targhee National Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
Oregon Short Line
Henry’s Lake
Rea’s Park
Hesse
South Fork
Snake River
Targhee
Palisade
Teton River
St. Anthony
Palisade Forest
Secretary of the Interior
Lost River Man Killed in Runaway
G. W. Reilly of Daniels & Fisher in Denver reports a fatal runaway near Moore Thursday evening. Fred Willis, manager of Coumerihl Hart company, was thrown from a hay load and died from injuries. Willis was buried at Blackfoot by the Modern Woodmen.
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G. W. Reilly
Daniels & Fisher Company
Denver
Mackay
Moore
Fred Willis
Coumerihl-Hart Company
Willis
Blackfoot
South Carolina Baptists Meet at Furman University
The annual session of the South Carolina Baptist assembly opened at Furman University Greenville on July 18 and runs through the week. Eminent divines educators and Baptist leaders from the south are scheduled as speakers forecasting a highly successful and instructive gathering in South Carolina.
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South Carolina Baptists
Greenville
8. D
South Carolina Baptist Assembly
Furman University
South
South Carolina
Cannon Recovers From Prostration During Campaign Trail
Emporia July 18 Joseph J Cannon awoke refreshed after a rest and prepared for a strenuous day of campaigning. The weather is cool and another heat episode in Winsfield is not expected. He plans to stay in-state until Marion Tuesday night speech.
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Emporia
Joseph J. Cannon
Winsfield
Cannon
Marion
Grand jury convenes to probe Etherington lynching case
In Newark on July 18 a special grand jury convened to investigate the lynching of Carl Etherington, the anti-salon detective. The panel's formation follows calls for accountability in the suspected mob action.
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Newark
Carl Etherington
Former Pocatello man dies by own action in Salt Lake
William Rampton cashier and stepson of Colonel C A Birch, living at the Casa Contentia near West Temple, Salt Lake, shot himself with a .38 revolver after a birthday celebration. He had recently returned from the Philippines and suffered heat-related distress earlier in the day. Police investigated with Sheriff Sharp and Dr H B Kirtley confirming suicide. Rampton leaves a mother, two brothers, a sister, and had ties to Pocatello Idaho and the Spanish American War Veterans.
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Casa Contentia
Salt Lake
William M. Ilts
Coldftel C
Rampton
Bireh
Birch
Muriel Lieberman
Chicago
D. Lieberman
Road House
Emile Girard
Burt Rampton
William Rampton
William
Burt
Sheriff's Office
Joseph C. Sharp
Jack Corlins
Andrew Smith
H. BK. Kirtley
Colonel Birch
Sheriff Sharp
Kirtley
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Bishop
Pocatello
Birth
Philippines
Wagon Overturns Wounding Miss Higley Near Camp Brady
Miss DeWitt Higley sister of Tailor Higley of Weeter Lumber was badly hurt in a mountain wagon overturn while returning from a picnic near Cusick Indian creek above Camp Brady. The neck yoke broke causing the wreck. she was treated at Camp Brady and later taken home by Dr. Wright. Authorities report likely no broken bones.
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DeWitt Higley
Higley
Weeter Lumber Company
Cusick
Indian Creek
Camp Brady
Miss Higley
Northwestern tennis title at Minnetonka tourney opener
The Minnetonka Yacht Club tennis committee has completed arrangements for the greatest attendance of players at the nineteenth north western tennis tournament. The event, at Deephaven, runs through singles and doubles championships and opened today with preliminary rounds.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnetonka Yacht Club
Deephaven
Filipino interior secretary escapes assassination in Palawan
Dean C. WORCESTER, American secretary of the interior for the Philippines, was attacked by renegade Moros on Palawan. His bodyguard shot the assailants, killing three. Worcester escaped unharmed, and the incident prompted official statements.
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Manila
Dean C. Worcester
Philippines
Palawan
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United States
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hawley
Targhee National Or
Henry Lake
Rea's Park
Alice Vandergrift
Northwestern
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