Weekly Highlights Of World Events
The Klondike gold output season is estimated at 6 million dollars. Major General George M. Randall retires after reaching age limits. Wenhsien port opens to foreign trade. A new cannery and cold storage plant planned for Astoria. Raisuli band active in Morocco with governor killed. P Crowe returned to Omaha to await trial for shooting an officer. Japanese casualties total 72,450. Berkeley students battle flames to save campus. Vesuvius eruption pumps lava and ashes. Chinese merchants suspend boycotts awaiting US action on exclusion laws.
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Wenhsien
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Omaha
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Washington
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Simmons Warns Against Dishonesty in High Places
Annapolis Oct 9 J Edward Simmons president Fourth National Bank of New York attacks dishonesty in government finance and big business. He cites roman collapse French terror and Russian losses as outcomes of deceit and urges bankers to join a reform campaign while expressing cautious optimism at rising anti corruption efforts.
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Acta
J. Edward Simmons
Fourth National Bank of New York
Maryland Bankers’ Association
Republic
France
Far East
Association
Stainless
Mr. Simmons
Taft to Seek Panama Canal Control Move
Secretary Taft plans to press the transfer of full Panama canal control from the war department to the state department at the first opportunity. He intended to discuss the matter with the president at yesterday's conference, but time ran short.
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Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
War Department
State Department
Washington News Roundup of Financial, Transport and Local Developments
A state bank with 25000 capital planned at Thornton. Tacoma to host a proposed wool pullery. Seattle federal building work to resume after delays. John Quinn of Lynden sued by Whatcom County for 2 to test poll tax validity. Grading contract awarded for seven miles between Hoquiam and Humptulips. Kirkland votes 60 to 49 to become a fourth class city. Pacific Coast Lumber leaders may appeal to rail commission over car shortage. Rev David Leland Spalding, 80, dies in Spokane after long ministry in Oregon and Washington. Bellingham to get an interurban railway linking to Marietta and Liden within set years. Two weeks of rains harmed unthreshed grain in Eastern Washington, threshing delayed by weather.
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John Quinn
Lynden
Whatcom County
Japan Seen As Premier Tourist Destination After War
Ottawa reports the Japanese Empire may leverage postwar peace to boost tourism with Tokyo hosting an international exhibition idea in embryo. Tourist numbers declined during the war but have rebounded after the Russian fleet’s destruction, with Japan eyeing strong tourist revenue. Tokyo hosts a Welcome Society under influential patronage to ease travel and ensure value.
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Ottawa
Ont
Yokohama
Japan
Department of Trade and Commerce
Tokyo
Welcome Society
N P extension to Grangeville Idaho announced
It is announced from Northern Pacific general offices that the line will extend from Culdesac Idaho thirty miles southeast to Grangeville near Mount Idaho.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific General
Culdesac
Idaho
Grangeville
Mount Idaho
Greene and Gaynor Brought Back From Montreal
John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene arrived with secret service officers and marshals and head to Savannah to await trial on fraud charges related to the post office department.
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Gaynor
New York
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
Montreal
Secret Service
United States Marshals
Savannah
Post Office Department
Seattle Market Prices for Grain Live Stock and Poultry
The Seattle market shows producer prices for grains and feeds, live stock, eggs, butter, and poultry. Prices include oats 25 26 per ton, barley 22, wheat 24 25, live hens 18 3 180 per lb, hogs 6 14 6 340, lambs 3 per head, butter Washington creamery 28 0, Oregon eggs 24 250, Washington ranch 84 0.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Tariff Revision Favored by State Republicans
Massachusetts Republicans at a state convention endorse protection for American labor and industry while agreeing tariffs should be revised when public interests require. Curtis Guild Jr. is nominated for governor with Eben Draper and a full ticket. The platform commends Roosevelt and calls for stronger naval power and merchant marine growth.
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Eugene N. Foss
Eben
Draper
Hopedale
William H. Olin
Arthur B. Chapin
Holyoke
Henry E. Turner
Maiden
Dana Maloney
Greenfield
Committee On
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Congress
United States
John L. Bates
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Chicago
Russia and Britain to resume talks on Afghanistan
London Oct 9 Great Britain and Russia plan to resume negotiations over spheres of influence in Afghanistan after the Russo Japanese war interruption. An official said revival is premature but Britain has taken the initiative, hoping for amicable settlements that serve both nations.
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London
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Russia
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Thomas M Reed Pioneer Masonic Leader Dies
Olympia, Oct. 9. Thomas M Reed longtime secretary of the Masonic grand lodge in Washington state and first auditor of Washington died after a long illness at his home. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon under the auspices of the grand lodge of Masons.
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Olympia
Thomas M. Reed
Masonic Grand Lodge
Washington
Northwest
Grand Lodge of Masons
Burnside to Work on Alaskan Fire Control System
The cable ship Burnside, recently back from Alaska to Seattle, will be employed on a fire control system project at artillery posts on the Sound. After completing that task it will be laid up unless another Alaska cable break occurs.
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Washington
Burnside
Alaska
Seattle
Gothenburg saloon system proposal reaches Los Angeles
A group of 25 leading Los Angeles businessmen submit a formal proposition to replace private ownership of 200 saloons with a Gothenburg system. The plan would pay the city 18 000 annually for 200 licenses, reduce saloons to 25, acquire fixtures and goodwill, and distribute 6 percent dividends to stockholders while the rest goes to the city treasury.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Warrant Network Targets 143 Captains and Mates in Puget Sound
Federal investigators plan warrants for 143 captains and mates of Sound and ocean vessels charged with naturalization law violations. Seattle and Tacoma officers are named, with fraud alleged in obtaining American licenses via second papers after earlier declarations of U.S. residence. The scheme reportedly involved Northern Pacific Steamship Company fleets and licenses diverted through San Francisco.
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Seattle
United States
Frye
Secret Service
Tacoma
Coast
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Puget Sound
Northern Pacifico Steamship Company
Victoria
San Francisco
Canadian invasion outlined by rail extensions to border
Chicago reports the Great Northern Railway plans ten immediate extensions from main lines toward the international boundary. analyst notes imply James J. Hill aims at expanding into Canada north of North Dakota Montana and Washington. extensions include Edmore to Sarles Thorne York to Thorne Towner to Max Bass Granville to Sherwood and Thief River Falls toward Green Bush and Rogseau near the line.
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Chicago
Great Northern Railway
James J. Hill
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Hill
Canadian Pacific
Edmore
Sarles
Thorne
York
Max-Bass
Towner
Sherwood
Granville
Manitoba
Thief River Falls
Green Bush
Rogseau
Boundary Line
Government Seizes Log Booms To Stop US Exports
In Vancouver B C on October 9 the government seized six large booms of logs sold to United States mills and headed for export. The legislature bans provincial timber to the United States, demanding American manufacture in British Columbia if using BC timber. Cedar is scarce on Puget Sound while rot persists locally, and only clear cedar is used for shingle bolts. A large smuggling operation in this line is halted by the action.
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B. C
United States
British Columbia
Puget Sound
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