Prosperity Ahead in Detroit as Industry Hopes Rise
Detroit manufacturers report rising business activity expected before summer end. Several plants plan to hire more workers and boost output as Ford, Packard, and Hupp expand production. Bankers say cheap money aids enterprise, with September often a pickup period.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Journal
Congress
Washington
A. H. Templeton
Morgan & Wright Co
Dodge Brothers
Ford Motor Co
Hupp
Packard Company
Templeton
Frank L. Klingensmith
Alvin Macauley
Packard Motor Co
Kenna
Peoples’ State Bank
Pioneer lumberman George H. Emerson dies in Seattle
George H. Emerson of Hoquiam prominent Grays Harbor lumberman and financier died at Providence hospital Seattle Sunday afternoon at 70. He founded the first Grays Harbor sawmill and laid out Hoquiam. led Harbor Land, Lamb Timber, and other firms. declined a governorship bid. active Republican leader. He passed after diabetes followed dental extraction complications.
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George H. Emerson
Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Providence Hospital
Seattle
Lizzie D. Emerson
Frank H. Lamb
Mr. Emerson
Washington
Emerson
Chester
N. H
Chelsea
Mass
Massachusetts Volunteers
Plains
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Nicaraugua
Gardner, Or
Northwestern Lumber Company
Grays Harbor Company
Hoquiam Water Company
First National Bank
Lumbermen’s Indemnity Insurance Company
Metropolitan Bank
Metropolitan Building Company of
Rainier Club
Inness
Dogs of War Threaten the Peace of All Europe
A Los Angeles Times excerpt reports France and Germany severing diplomatic ties with Austria, Russia, Serbia, and Montenegro in escalating tensions. Italy declares neutrality while mobilization begins in Britain and other powers prep for possible war. Belgium refuses German troop passage, and British Foreign Secretary Grey signals staying within obligations, hinting at public opinion driving war.
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Italy
Great Britain
Austria
Germany
Russia
Servia
Montenegro
France
Paris
Belgium
Edward Grey
House of Commons
England
Superior Court Sustains Wilies Mill Assessments
Judge Irwin upholds Grays Harbor mill assessments on depreciable values rather than selling values. The ruling covers nine mills with all assessments upheld except logs in the booms of Bay City Lumber Co. and Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co.
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Montesano
Irwin
Grays Harbor
Bay City Lumber Co
Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co
Senate must act on trust bills in present session
President Wilson refused Republican senators request to postpone anti trust legislation due to wartime business risk. Senators Gallinger Smooth and Brandagee pressed for delay but Wilson insisted final action occur this session and warned against uncertainty. Representative Underwood urged absent members to return for quorum and business. Judge Davies returned home from Black Diamond after visiting son Arthur.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
Congress
Gallinger
Smooth
Brandagee
White House
Representative Underwood
House
Judge Davies
Black Diamond, Wash
Arthur Davies
Panic and political clash over 1907 crisis and 1914 outlook
The article argues Republicans aided by Theodore Roosevelt seek to induce a business panic for political gain while contrasting 1907 turmoil under Aldrich with the current prosperity under Wilson. It cites Aldrich’s 1908 Senate speech on the 1907 panic, bank suspensions, and widespread economic disruption, and notes calls for currency reform resisted by Cannon and Aldrich machines.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wilson
Wall Street
Aldrich
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
White House
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
John D. Rockefeller
Washington Post
America
Europe
Economist
House
Aldrich-Vree
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Olympic Monument
Sam
Geo. H. Emerson
P. M. Warburg
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Pach Bros
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Vienna
Belgrade
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London
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