Lawler Apologizes in Pinchot Ballinger Probe Clash
Assistant Attorney General Oscar Lawler testified amid a tense Ballinger Pinchot inquiry, denying he was aided in preparing the memorandum. He asserted he drafted the document alone, defended its confidentiality, and clashed with Brandeis over claims of impropriety, as talks revealed private correspondence and staged testimony details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Pinchot
Followers
Bellinger
Ballinger
Genarel Oscar Lawler
Lawier
Brandeis
Lawler
Mamorandum
Glevis
Prederick M Kerby
Department
Bald Lawler
Curr
Yeaven
Vir Lawler
Cress
Brandes
Haltinger
Lawler Sud Pe
Cnmitter
MAL
Waah
Fem
Beverly
Korby
Massey
Battinger
Streid
Mr Lawler
Afr Lawler Smate
Champions of Conservation
Bavinger
White House
Ron "Thomson
Jost Spring
Simmer
Kerby
Thomson
Tha Reclamation
Sen
Congress adjourns amid rail and telegraph bill wrangle
Congress debates a reliread bill with Cummins and Bristow. a $9900 annual expense allowance for court of commerce members is struck out and pay parity pursued with the circuit court. Amendments target railroad valuation and telecom sanctions under interstate commerce. sessions, interviews, and caucus plans continue with adjournment until noon today.
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Gilgurnson
Senatora Cummins Cupp
Bristow
Court of Commerce
Segerd
Circuit Court
Cooliog
Interstets
District in Congress House introduces appropriation request
Mr Qicott introduces a bill to appropriate 41800 to erect a monument at Arlington over Rear Admiral Charles Witken’s grave. Senate and House conferees near agreement on a 230000 appropriation to improve the Anacostia River.
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HOUSE
BHI
Qicott
Arlington
Charles Witken
Senate
Anacostia River
Ballinger and Thomson tied to Alaska trip and reform plans
The record shows Ballinger discussing a 192 with George W Perkins to study a mineral lands railway in Alaska with Thorman later abandoning the trip to attend Spokane. Letters mention Ballinger’s push for a Reclamation Service reorganization and a possible offer to Thomson by Sept 1.
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Brandeis
Pinchott
Ballinger
Newell
Thomson
Lotters
Alaska
Thorson
George W Perkins
P Morgan & Co
Thamaan
Perkins
Spokane
Campaign Speeches Rally in House Amid Tariff Debate
Lawmakers fired campaign rhetoric in the House with Representative Underwood blasting Taft and Tawney over publicity on corporation tax collection and the tariff board, while Representative Barnhart assailed the House organization and Cantonism. Campbell defended Payne tariff law as Kelfer urged a Panama Canal neutrality pact as foreign affairs committee signals a favorable report.
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Nelson
Cannon
Xiao
Inter State and Foreign Commerce
Gammer
New Jersey
Howse
House
Underwood
Alamada
Democratic
Taft
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
Tariff Board
Barnhart
Indiana
Campbell
Kansas
Kelfer
Oho
Panama Canal
Foreign Affairs Committee
Col Kilbourne Dead After Sudden Indigestion Attack
Lieut Col Henry Sayles Kilbourns A A retired died within minutes during a conversation in his Kenesaw apartment Monday morning after an attack of acute indigestion. A Wisconsin born surgeon who served from 1870s and lived in the capital, he will be interred privately after 10 o'clock services at Gantera undertaking, 174 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
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Kenesaw
Henry Sayles
Col Kilbourne
Wisconsin
New York State
District of Columbia
Gantera Undertaking Establishment
Pennsylvanie Avenue
Wage settlements touch Vanderbilts big rail system
New York May 7 wage agreements reach all Vanderbiltnes. Announcement states the Baltimore and Ohio rate has been awarded to trainmen and conductors on the Big Four Lake Erie and Western Chicago Indiana and Southern. Similar settlements already reported on the New York Central and on Lake Shore Michigan Southern and Michigan Central west of Buffalo.
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New York
Baltimore
Lake Shora
Michigan
Two Men Shot in Riot at Cordage Plant
Two men were fatally shot in a riot between strikers and employees of the Cordage plant of the American Manufacturing Company in Willaimsburg. Rank Peicke was shot in the left breast and Pater Nosel suffered wounds in the head and neck. Two arrests were made.
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American Manufacturing Company
Willameburg
Rank Peicke
Pater Nosel
Comet Foretells King Edward Death Myth and Memory
Historic beliefs link royal deaths to comets. The article surveys how bright comets, including Halley’s, have been viewed as omens of rulers’ deaths from Charlemagne to Napoleon and Garfield, tying King Edward’s demise to the present sighting and discussing widespread superstition in Britain and its colonies.
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Ates
Hing
Republican Party
Beatie
Thor
Democrata
Great Britain
Herrouda
Jamaica
Bahamas
Trinidad
British Honduras
British Guiana
Edward
England
Halley
Matilde
Wiliam ‘the Conqueror
Bayeux
Normandy
Harold
Sines
J Halsey
Bruce
Charlemagne
Europe
Plutarch
Casgar
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Caesar
Calpurnia
Shakespeare
Insurgent Senate Rift Over Railroad Bill Shapes Drama
Insurgents who were not invited to the White House conference vow to go their own way amid friction over remarks by the President and organization senators. Regulars seek Democrat support to move the Statehood bill, while talks with Aldrich and Bailey, Hughes, and Hacon strain over capitalizaton and rates. A key outcome is the removal of a $4000 annual expense for the new court, aligning salaries with circuit judges.
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Senate
White House
Republic
Republican Party
Orgamentln
Aldrich
Insurgenta Beng
Bailey, Hughes and Hacon
Simmons
Dixon
House
le Folletts
Congress
Commerce Court
Memhbara
Taft Seeks Fortified Panama Canal Policy
President Taft addressed the House Foreign Relations subcommittee on fortifying the Panama Canal. He favors ample fortifications but doubts massive seacoast defenses are needed now, suggesting initial police-like protection may suffice. He discussed Rep. Keller’s resolution opposing fortifications and commented on the Bartholdt universal peace bill.
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House Committee On Foreign Relations
Taft
Panama Canal
Kelfer
Ohio
House
Lafts
Messrs
Foster
Bennet
Garner
Raising of Maine Costly Checks Demand for Funds
War costs to recover the wreck of the Maine in Havana harbor may reach half a million dollars. A $100,000 appropriation passed Congress and awaits President approval. Secretary Dickinson noted a letter from Chief Engineer Marshall indicating the work cannot be done for $160,000. Marshall proposed a cofferdam and pumping to lift bodies and inspect the hull. Dickinson offered no recommendation.
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Marshall
War Department
Maine
Havana Harbor
Congress
Dickinson
House
Army
Hull
Dickin
Son Tuakes
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrived Knrosely and More
Ocean liner movements list arrivals and arrivals times from New York and European ports. Several ships including C F Teiges, Noordam, Mauretania, Wilhelm der Große, and Cr𝒂mrug sailings bound for Rotterdam Southampton Naples and New York are noted with docking estimates around Wednesday noon or 12 3 pm.
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Silverpool
Mauretania
New York
Copenhign
C F Tleiges
Halley's Comet Seen In 1835 Prompts Public Panic
Beginning tomorrow observers will view Halley's comet in the western sky after sunset under clear conditions. The piece recounts historic fears of comet Earth collisions, noting figures like Laplace and Lalande, Arago, and Pickering, and cites estimates of collision frequencies while highlighting public anxiety over Halley’s approach in 1835.
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Lalande
Udel
Haight
Himalayas
Alps
Rocky Mountains
Europa
Europe
Arago
Jrade
Arrago
Rabinet
William H Pickering
Harvard University
Halley
Holley
Associated Literary Prev
Lille of Tomorrow
Comet Sparks Calm Panic as City Reacts to Sky Event
In New York on May 17 a well dressed woman demanded to see the mayor claiming the comet foretold doom and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for sanity evaluation. Rev Dr William Cook urged a proclamation warning of end times while tenor Alessandro Bonci spoke of unsettled nerves but noted no danger per scientists.
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Waldeman Kaempffert
Mare
Earth
Venus
Halley
Sawea
Adenife
Whiston
Newton
Oxford
Laplace
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Wiliam Cook
Philadelphia
Biy Hall
Spesker
Alessandro Bonci
Dutepe
Bonci
Army Orders for Promotions and Holds of Absence
Army orders list officers from various branches with one month to two months leave or duty transfers effective July 17. Capt Augustus Warteld and Capt Charles Morton receive one month absences. First Lieut Henry Bonneir and others rotate to different stations including Nepal Corps, Signal Corps, and Field Artillery. Retirements, reassignment for hospital and medical corps, and movements to Columbia and Vancouver barracks are noted, with reporting requirements to commandants and the surgeon general.
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Augustus D
Charles
Morton Prymaster
Henry & KC
Wibor
Heaton Seventh Cavalry
John A Brockitlan
Al7th
Nepal
Firat
George C Lare
Signal Corps
Acguston
Warfeld
Eirth
Aldavillerr
Mounted Berries
Ifth Field Artillery
Dwyer
Narragansett
Tay
Heory
Mediea Corps
Corre Mas
Davison
Corlinio Military Academy
Artingion
Tex
WAT
William F Gerla
Iowa Park
Paducah
Henry H Sheen
Kamae City
Willem A. Duncan
Medes Corps
Geeral
Francisco Cal
Walter Reed General Hospital
Wil
Vancouver Barracks
Etter
Department of the Columbia
James W. Phalen
Columbus Barracks
Albert Love Mediest
Surgeon General of
the Army
Victor
Vaughan Medical
Eras Nagteal
George DB
Duncan
Walter Reed
Hospitel
Ice plant funding eyed for Navy building
Treasury asks Congress to appropriate 200 for an ice making plant in the State War and Navy building. The note cites rising ice costs at Inland Cal and other departments, with expected savings paying back in three years. Army and Navy vessel movements include ships from Newport to Lumpkinsville and Vicksburg routes.
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Secretary of the Treasury
War
Navy
Camar
W J Manion
Naval Hovpttel
Ynland
Paliadelphia
Navy Leads in Warship Displacement Despite Britain Edge
The Navy Yearbook shows the United States ahead in completed warship displacement, behind Britain in total ships. Including ships provided for but not yet completed, the United States ranks sixth in number. Britain and the US lead in dreadnought tonnage with Britain at 73,700 tons and the United States at 72,000 tons, followed by Germany, Japan, and France in various totals. Overall numbers project Britain with 49 completed and provided warships totaling 210,87 tons, the United States with 379 warcraft and 24994 tons displacement, and Germany with 283 ships. France, Japan, Russia, and Italy follow with varied totals.
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
Pitman Puisifer
Navy
Gerweny
Fepan
Japan
Aussia
Italy
Tony Dig
Jao
France
Russia
Hocking Valley Receiver Appointment Sought in Ohio Case
Judge Dustin of the buckeye court post poned common pleas action and named John M Sheets and Henry J Booth as receivers for the Hocking Valley Railway Company in Columbus. The order bars a proposed retirement of 15 million in preferred stock and affects a 725 thousand bond issue as the case proceeds in Franklin County.
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Springfald
Ohio
CW Dustin
Breuk Court
B . Kinkead
Franklin County
Columbus
John M. Sheets
Henry J Booth
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Dustin
Kinkead
Hocking ‘Valley Company
Wave & Superced
Three Die In Tenement Fire Incendiary Suspected
Early today in an East Side tenement a blaze claimed three lives and left two others critically burned. Victims include Vincent de Binso and his wife Clara, and their nine year old daughter whose name is not clear. Two sons, ages two and eleven, are also reported as likely dead. The fire is suspected to be incendiary.
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New York
East Side
Vincent de Binso
Clara
Temes
Tony
American officers accused by Toulon fishermen
The Toulon fishermen claim officers and men of the cruiser New York beat them aboard as they tried to transfer passengers and collect fares. Consular agent Mansfield was notified as police report to maritime prefect passed to the New York’s commander. Authorities press fishermen to withdraw the complaint. The cruiser officers refuse to comment.
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Toulon
Crower
New York
Hana of
Kansans Not Insurgents Say Kansas Holds Regular Views
Ewing Herbert editor of the Hiawatha World from Filawatha argues Kansans are regular, not insurgent, while noting some farmers and politicians misrepresent the state. He says Kansans oppose price manipulation and warn against insurgent rhetoric spreading from New York and Pennsylvania.
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Kansas
New York
Pennsylvania
Ewing Herbert
Hiawatha World of
Filawatha
Sunflower State
Herbert
Bristow
New Willard
Massachusetts
Fey
Stricken in car in East Orange NJ dies at hospital
Lemia B Gilles, president of two New Jersey manufacturing companies, suffered apoplexy while driving down a steep hill in East Orange. He fell across the steering wheel as the car sped on with two men racing to help. He was rushed to a hospital where he died.
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New York
Lemia B Gilles Ple
2 Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
Auto Mobile
East Orange
Gilleapie
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Weahington
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Alhambra Theater
Pic Senge Oe Biman
William Airey
Moses’ Sale of
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