International News of the Week Hints From Berlin to Boston
Seventeen nations represented in the Berlin based international insurance commission. J H Hannan of Malden elected president of the International Association of Ticket Agents. Cambridge eight defeats Harvard in Putney boat race before a crowd of about a hundred thousand. Francis Xavier Wernz elected general of the Society of Jesus succeeding Father Martin who died last May. Justice informs that Marshal Daniels has arrested thirty Arizona residents, mostly Mexicans, for alleged insurrection. Oregon Electric Line tests Salem to Chemawa segment. Armored squadron sails from Newport to the Asiatic station under Rear Admiral Willard H Brownson. Hamburg American liner to Belfast will be the twelfth 20,000 ton plus steamer built since 1900. six under British flag, four German, two American ships.
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Francis Xavier Wernz
Society
Congregation of the Company of Jesus
Father Martin
Belfast
Minnesota
Martial Law Declared in Cuban Provinces
President Palma decrees suspension of constitutional guarantees in Pinar del Rio Havana and Santa Clara provinces and imposes martial law with immediate effect. A second decree bars pardons for rebels and orders arrests, targeting Liberal leaders including Alfredo Zayas and lawmakers Villuendas Berger Verona Delagada. Veterans commission denounces move and hints at joining insurgents.
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Havana
Palma
Pinar del Rio
Santa Carra
Alfredo Zayas
Liberal Party
Florencio Villuendas
Berger
Verona
Congress
Senor Delagada
Veterans’ Peace Commission
Menocal
Senor Sanguilly
Collazo
Lawyer says Roosevelt spelling order may be illegal
Washington reports a local lawyer argues that Roosevelt's spelling order could violate law. He cites a multi decade Congress joint resolution adopting Webster's unabridged dictionary as government standard and a subsequent Supreme Court ruling affirming the act. Officials review records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Mutineers Trial Opens at Kronstadt
The Kronstadt trial begins for 200 mutineers including Onipko the peasant leader. A thousand witnesses are to be called.
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Kronstadt
Onipko
Prison Mutiny Kills Director In Warsaw
Six soldiers in the Warsaw prison mutinied on Sept 10 killed the director and freed 56 revolutionary agitators, according to reports from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Spokane Hosts Osteopaths Convention and Regional Gatherings
Osteopaths of Washington held a convention in Spokane last week. Seattle to host next annual Photographers’ Association of the Pacific Northwest meeting. Capt. Amundsen honored in Seattle upon arrival from Arctic voyage. Salvation Army Northern Pacific Province congress slated for Seattle in October. Frank T. Post buys old smelter site on Spokane river. Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers sue railroads. hearing set Sept 19 before the ICC in Chicago with three Coast representatives.
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Seattle
The
Photographers’ Association of the
Pacific Northwest
Northern Pacific Province of the Salvation Army
Otober
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Frank T.post
Spokane River
Spokane
Graves
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Coast Association
Commission
Massacre of Jews Resumed in Russia After Siedlce Report
Telegram from Siedlce says fighting and bombardment resumed in St Petersburg area after Gov Engelke demanded Jewish Self-defense members. Jews resist surrender, artillery joins battle, widespread pillage, food and water shortages. Source notes at least 100 dead in Warsaw street incidents.
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St. Petersburg
Siedlce
Engelke
Poulace
Jewish Self-defense Association
Warsaw
Threats tied to Sevastopol regiment and fleet moods
Sevastopol reports threats against Col. Dumbadze and his regiment with a warning to kill progressive leaders if harm comes to the colonel. Admiral Skrydlioff expresses concern over the fleet sailors' attitude.
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Sevastopol
Col. Dumbadze
Admiral Skrydloff
Harriman Visits St Paul for Brief Conference
E. H. Harriman president of the Union Pacific railroad spent a few hours in St Paul last week. He reportedly conferred with J. J. Hill, though the subject of the meeting could not be learned.
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St. Paul
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Salmon ova loss at Bon Accord hatcheries after floods
Vancouver reports a serious loss as freshets washed away 6,000,000 salmon ova at Bon Accord hatcheries during recent heavy rains. All the fish cans were destroyed by the floodwaters.
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Vancouver
B. C
Bon Accord
Seattle Market Report Prices For Farm Goods
Market snapshot shows f o b Seattle round lots with changes, listing grains oats barley wheat and feeds, hay eggs poultry wool live stock wheat by class, oats price ranges, butter and eggs for Washington sources, and dressed poultry prices for turkeys chickens ducks geese. Includes region names Eastern Western Washington Puget Sound.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Washington Ranch
Army encampment at Tacoma to close September 15
Gen Funston ordered the Camp Tacoma encampment closed by September 15 after sufficient drills. Troops will be sent home by rail rather than hiking, with expectations for annual maneuver camps at American Lake and a potential new army post nearby. Next summer could see 10 000 to 12 000 troops and expanded maneuvers across all service branches.
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Camp
Tacoma
Funston
War Department
Washington
Division
Secretary of War
Army
Department
American Lake
California
Government to Build Hatchery on Afognak Island
Washington report by George M. Bowers notes total fish output from bureau hatcheries reached 1,939,854,609 for the year, with Pacific salmon cultivation expanding. He cites 1,400 bushels of salmon eggs hatched on Western streams, and announces a new Alaska hatchery near southeastern coast, with Afognak chosen for another facility funded by appropriation.
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Washington
George M. Bowers
United States Commissioner of Fisheries
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Commission
Bowers
Bureau
Alaska
Afognak
Nelson suggests US buys Gjoa to sail Pacific route
Sept 10. The Kysten notes Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota has proposed the US government purchase the steamer Sea, which just completed a Northwest Passage voyage, so she may be the first vessel to traverse the Panama Canal and be the only ship to sail around North America.
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Christiania
Kysten
United States
Onator
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Sea
Northwest Passage
Panama Canal
North America
Mass Meeting Backs Socialists and Rail Boycott
Citizens at the Hongo theater adopted resolutions in support of the socialists and the proposed boycott of street railways. Rumors say an attempt may be made to burn the street railway’s property.
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Tokyo
Hongo Theater
Roosevelt and Prosperity Keynote in G O P Campaign Text
New York Sept 10 a Republican congressional campaign book titled Roosevelt and Prosperity serves as a pocket companion for spellbinders. It pairs pages on Roosevelt and his speeches with a prosperity record attributed to the Republican administration. Speaker Cannon contributes much of the volume while Bryan quotes illustrate Democratic outcomes.
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New York
Roosevelt
Sherman
Congressional Campaign Committee
Cannon
W. J. Bryan
Irrigation Congress Adopts Resolutions in Boise
The fourteenth National Irrigation Congress closed in Boise with plans to hold the next meeting at Sacramento and to elect officers led by Gov. George E. Chamberlain as president. Resolutions praise federal reclamation work, weather service, and dry farming, urge publicity funding, and protest Philippine sugar concessions to aid arid American beet growers.
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Boise
Idaho
Fourteenth National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento
Cal
George E. Chamberlain
Oregon
John Henry Smith
Salt Lake City
H. B. Maxons
Reno
Nev
George W. Barstow
Texas
D. H. Anderson
Chcago
Congress
Federal Reclamation Service
National Weather Bureau
Federal Agricultural Department
Irrigation Congress
Federal Forest Service
Senate
Federal Department of Agriculture
Commttee
Philippines
America
Tropics
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Washington Democratic State Convention Date Delayed to September 26
Seattle announces the Washington Democratic state convention will be held in Armory hall on September 26. The date was moved from September 24 to allow delegates from Eastern Washington to attend, with reduced railroad rates available on request to local agents.
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Seattle
Washington
Armory Hall
Spokane
Gompers Denies AFL Fund Targeting Littlefield
Livingston Me Sept 10 President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor declared the report that AFL members were assessed to bankroll a campaign against Congressman Littlefield of this district was false.
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Livingston, Me
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Littlefield
Aberdeen Bank Ad Offers Exchange and Discount Services
Aberdeen advertises general banking services including foreign and domestic exchanges, tax payments for non residents, and discounting mill paper. Office hours are 9 to 3 on weekdays, 2 on Saturday, with evening hours 7 to 8.
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International Insurance Commission
Berlin
J. H. Hannan
Malden, Mass
International Association of Ticket Agents
Cambridge
Harvard
Putney
Department of Justice
Daniels
Arizona
Oregon Electric Company
Salem
Portland
Chemawa
Newport
R. I
Asiatic
Willard H. Brownson
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington News
Walla Walla
Capt
Amundson
Russia
Harriman
Hill
Seattle Market Report
Afognak Island
Nelson
Gjoa
Japan
Gompers
Franscomtingatal Ache Company
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Harper Rye
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
Ninemire
A. E. Hoefer
Sec. & Treas
Butchers and Packers
Ninemire Packing Co
Montesano
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke CO
General Insurance Agents
MacLafferty & Sons
Heron
Aluse
Adu
C.O.D
Express
Oper
Cue ‘Soniye Ieee
Eas Pane
Head Cycle Company
Dept. “Jl
Ill
Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
E. J. Bradley
State Bank
N. E
H Streets
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