Ballinger Pinchot Inquiry Divides Congress This Week
Washington reports that a revised Jones resolution will let the house name its half of the inquiry committee to probe the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. A caucus Wednesday will decide plans for insurgents and regular Republicans. If enacted the inquiry should begin by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
House
Jones
Ballinger-Pinchot
Committee On Inquiry
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Congress
Cannon
Leutenants
Dwight
Nelson
Minnesota
Joint Committee On Inquiry
Root
Sutherland
Utah
Flint
California
Paynter
Kentucky
Hughes
Colorado
Representaive Dalzell
Pennsylvania
McCall
Massachusetts
Stevens
Martin
South Dakota
Shirley
Moon
Tennessee
Clark
Missouri
Leopard Attack Ends in Tragedy at Cage Drill
Mrs Pauline Russell, trainer for a leopard act, was knocked down and fatally injured when Clayton the leopard leaped from his perch. Assistant Harry Hendrickson and officer William Dwyer aided her as the animal mauled her throat. She is hospitalized at Bellevue in serious condition.
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New York
Clayton
Hubers’ Museum
Pauline Russell
Bellevue Hospital
Harry Hendrickson
Frenchy
Mrs. Russelle
Hendrickson
Leopard
Mrs.Russelle
Bers
William G. Dwyer
Dwyer
Burke
Bellevue
Russelle
Ice Gorges Reported Across Indiana and Kentucky
Evansville Indiana reports new ice gorges at Troy Indiana, Carrsville Kentucky, and a point between Cannelton Indiana and Hawesville Kentucky. The Carrsville gorge spans seven to eight miles.
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Evansville
Ind
Troy
Carrsville
Cannelton
Hawesville
Langley doubts Panama Canal finish by 1915 cost figures cited
Representative John W. Langley arrives from the canal zone and warns the Panama Canal may cost $600,000,000 with about $5 per person for all Americans. He notes only 6,000 of 40,000 workers are American and questions the project’s worth amid delays from rainy seasons.
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New York
Panama Canal
United States
John W. Langley
Congress
Kentucky
Canal Zone
Colon
Knife Blade Removed From Man's Nose After 22 Years
El Paso Texas January 10 A Southern Pacific roundhouse foreman E P Stegall of Valentine had a two inch knife blade removed from his nose by a surgeon after he had carried it for 22 years. He had come to El Paso for catarrh treatment.
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el Paso
Tex
E. P Stegall
Southern Pacific Railroad
Valentine
Stegall
Youth Kills Two Robbers in Post Office Struggle
In Tallahassee on January 10 a 17 year old youth named Paul Sauls left to watch the post office fought two safeblowers. He shot and killed both men and was slightly wounded. The two robbers bodies remain unidentified.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Paul Sauls
Rescue on the Charles River Ends Fatal Threat
Harvard 1910 classmates Kenneth Lindsey and John T. Nightingale performed a daring late night rescue after finding Timothy Lynch of South Boston drowning in the Charles River. They pulled him from about fifty feet from shore, saving his life.
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Boston
Charles River
Kenneth Lindsey
John T. Nightingale
Harvard
Nithingale
Timothy Lynch
South Boston
Widow Griggs backs Melintosh in Georgia race
Mrs. Griggs widow of the late Congressman Griggs announces she desires Albany Herald editor N. H. Melintosh be elected to succeed her husband. Editor McIntosh likely to run. Indications point to six candidates in the race in Atlanta Georgia.
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Atlanta
Griggs
N. H. Melintosh
The
Albany Herald
McIntosh
Bathers Brave Irregular Wave Dare In January Chill
In Atlantic City on January 10 a trio of bathers a man and a woman and another man plunged into the icy sea then hurried to the bath houses. Their bold dip provided the promenade with a winter thrill and a tale of pluck.
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Atlantic City
N. J
No Race Death By Own Action in Wilkes-Barre
Peter S Peterman sixty one years old learned that his sixty ninth grandchild was born. He married in 1864 and fathered eleven children. ten survive with families and one child has fifteen offspring.
Billings Chosen President of New Charities Commission
Dr. Frank Billings was selected president of the new state charities commission in Chicago. William C Graves was named executive secretary and tasked with drafting a plan to organize branches extending to the seventeen state institutions and all counties. Other members include Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, Dr. John T. McAnally, John M. Rapp, and John B. Harris.
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Chicago
Frank Billings
New Charities Commission
William C Graves
Billings
Emil G. Hirsch
John T. McAnally
Carbondale
John M. Rapp
Fairfield
John B. Harris
Champaign
Wraps Are Baby's Shroud
Hammond Indiana January 10 Mrs Edward Schoen released the wraps from her baby girl during revival at Griffith street church south of the city and found the infant dead. While Mrs Schoen and her daughter Henrietta rode to the church in a sleigh the child cried and Mrs Schoen is believed to have accidentally smothered the child.
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Hammond
Ind
Griffith Street
Edward Schoen
Pinchot Plans Public Statement After Taft Letter
Washington on January 10 reports Gifford Pinchot intended to publish a response to a Friday night letter from President Taft. It was announced he had not finished the statement and likely would not release it for two or three days.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Markets Report From Chicago Grain and Livestock Market
Estimated receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep show activity today and tomorrow. Hogs range 8.20 to 8.70 with lighter bids for mixed packers and heavy shipping grades. cattle and sheep figures show steady to higher values across beves cows and heifers Texas steers stockers and Western cattle. Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company Chicago.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Market steady at early prices for livestock
Market reports show bulk cattle from 8 45 to 8 65, light cattle 8 30 to 8 50, roughs 8 25 to 8 50, with cattle steady to 10 lower and sheep steady. Buyers note supply steady as markets move cautiously on light and rough categories.
Local Market Prices Report From Washington City
Prevailing market prices list items such as flour per sack, bran and shorts per hundred, corn meal and buckwheat per ten pounds, butter and other staples. Numerous OCR garbles obscure some entries but key prices show flour 1.60 to 1.70 and buckwheat 0.60 per ten pounds with other commodities noted in rough figures.
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Apshek
John A. Babcock Case at North American Live Stock
Case involving John A. Babcock at North American Live Stock Commission Company U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois proceeds through court. Proceedings center on stock commission dealings and associated record keeping with local observers noting potential discrepancies.
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North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
Missouri Governor Distrusts Hookworm Study Debate
A report from New York details Missouri Governor Hadley’s refusal to name a Missouri delegate to a Atlanta convention examining hookworm research funded by John D. Rockefeller. The account cites A Courtney and British officials discussing hookworm impact on Ceylon coolies, linking disease to filth and poor nutrition, with cases of anemia and parasite entry through bare feet.
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Ceylon
Atlanta
New York
Ley
Missouri
Joh D. Rockefelers
St. Louis
A. Courtney
United States
San
Courtney
Hadley
White Thornton
Record Cold Sweeps Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh January 10 1919 Western Pennsylvania shivers under a historic cold spell with temperatures dropping to 20 below zero at Buffalo Mills and 17 below at Worthington. The extreme conditions mark the coldest weather in the region in decades.
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Pittsburg
Western
Ensylvania
Buffalo Mills
Worthington
Weather Warmth Rises With Temperatures Up Today
The forecast calls for a warm trend as temperatures rise today and continue into tomorrow. Humid air remains, with light winds and a slight chance of afternoon showers across coastal towns.
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Pauline Russelle
Commerce Board
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Committee On Commerce
James R. Mann
Linois
Messrs
Cockrell
Langley
E. P. Stegall
T. Lynch
Husband
Peterman
William C. Graves
Commission
Pinchot
Forester
Grain Market
Jose
Washington City
Reister & Son
John A. Babcock
U. S
Chicago, Ill
Boes
H. Hadley
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