Wilson Defends Remsen Report at Denver Meeting
Wilson defends Remsen Report during a Denver Agriculture Department gathering. Officials and attendees discuss policy implications and next steps for the Remsen plan.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
13
Wilson defends Remsen Report during a Denver Agriculture Department gathering. Officials and attendees discuss policy implications and next steps for the Remsen plan.
In Denver at the annual food and dairy chiefs meeting Secretary James Wilson defended the Remsen board finding benzoate of soda in foods is not harmful while J. J. Emery of Madison challenged the report. A debate over federal versus state law continues with four Remsen board members billed to speak and a committee to report on the inquiry.
Castaways recount a harsh ordeal on a desert island, detailing scarce food and shelter as they describe their perilous survival. The account emphasizes fear, deprivation, and the struggle to endure isolation.
The Makura reports the Errol wreck off Middleton reef on June 18 leaving five survivors among twenty two. Captain Anderson and the second mate drown building a raft while the captain's wife kills her four children and then drowns herself, driven by fear of cannibalism. Four men and a boy survive in a exhausted condition after weeks without water or food.
New York August 24 Bail was furnished and accepted today for Donald L Persch Walter M Clark and Charles Katz all involved in the Windsor Trust loan disappearance Persch released on a 50000 bond Clark 20000 and Katz 28000 but only after the district attorney’s office was given the names of those who would indemnify the surety company if bonds were forfeited.
In Monroe on August 24 William Wade, a Negro from Pine Bluff, opened fire on whites and others in the principal business street after his friends were shot by police. A volley wounded 29 people, including three Black bystanders. Wade was killed by a heart shot and his body was burned after being cut down. he had bought a shotgun minutes before the attack. Three wounded, including Officer High Bigger and Deputy Sheriff T. H. Grant, faced possible death from their injuries. Wade had been traveling with several companions believed to belong to a retaliatory society.
Chicago Aug 24 The United States circuit court permanently enjoining the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing its seaboard Missouri river bureau rate in the Missouri river rate case. Judges Grossecup and Kohlsaat author a decision limiting federal control of transportation prices while Judge Baker dissents. A preliminary injunction is also granted in the Denver rate case.
Pittsburg August 24 buried their dead today and announced a truce in the car company strike hostilities. No shots, no arrests. Debs visited the docks but said the strikers’ cause was almost lost. Three more bodies were found, death toll now 11 with two others dying.
It is reported that a revolution has broken out in Northern Albine. Reinforcements under Mazi Bey have been ordered to the scene.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Twin Bridges Aug 4. Prank Schmidt was shot in the back near the hip while the shooter Ed Hoffman a secretary in a disorderly house claimed he fired while a man fled after an attempted door break in. Schmidt 25 years old lay wounded on Main Street near a saloon as Sheriff Trauffer and Virginia City authorities took Hoffman to jail.
Newport August 24 a Newport summer gathering at Marblehouse Belmont home supported by the National Woman's Suffrage Association drew about 50 attendees, mostly women. Speakers included Rev Dr Anna Howard Shaw Julia Ward Howe Mrs Belmont and Mayor Boyle. Receipts from tickets and souvenirs neared 1500 dollars for the national association. Mansion access plus tent admission cost MM shown in event details.
At Reims a high wind curtailed flights but Paulham flew 30 km in strong winds, setting a new 10 km speed record of 74.918 m per hour. Bleriot also broke a record for a six and a half mile lap while Curtiss set previous day’s best time. Latham attempted two machines before a three-round late flight.
Missoula August 24 a pistol duel over a card game in a Northern Pacific construction crew bunk car left one Japanese worker dead. The body disappeared and the killer fled. Officers searched the scene but found no trace of the slain man or the assailant. Inmates remained unaccounted for.
W Db Shaw, noted railroad man and creator of Hello Bill the Elk slogan, died in Cincinnati on August 24. His influence in branding and railway circles marked midwestern transit culture as tributes pour in from colleagues and local officials.
A strenuous trek into Montana's mountains prompted a rescue operation as hikers faced harsh terrain and fatigue. Officials coordinated with search teams to locate the group and ensure safety.
A Montana newspaper recounts a two day visit by five U S senate irrigation committee members to the St Marys diversion site near Columbia Falls on August 24. They inspect dam sites, lakes, and proposed canal routes, discuss treaties with Canada, and note water supply implications for Milk river farms and 160000 acres potential. Senator Flint tests a horse while others suffer sunburn and cold camping conditions.
In a storm at the entrance to Montevideo harbor the Argentine excursion steamer Colombia and the North German Lloyd Schlesien collided. The Colombia sank quickly with 150 to 200 dead or missing, many passengers being women and children. Rescue was hindered by high seas and wreckage. The Schlesien sustained minor damage and was detained by authorities.
In New York on August 24 directors of Union Pacific announced a quarterly 2% dividend on common stock and a semiannual 2% dividend on preferred stock. Southern Pacific directors declared a quarterly 14s per cent dividend on common stock, with meetings held prior to E H Harrimans arrival aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm III.
Portland authorities report a premature dynamite blast at the Pacific Coast Construction company camp near Milwaukee Oregon this evening. Two men were killed and two others were seriously injured as rock and debris buried a worker whose body had not been recovered. names of the deceased and injured were not released.
Cheyenne Aug 24 Posey Ryan ranchman and Indian fighter convicted of second degree murder for shooting his wife and daughter in a crowded case March 17 was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary Henry Allen the negro who killed Til Ashford a politician in a quarrel over a dog received the same sentence.
The foreign office in St. Petersburg reports that the dangerous period in the Greece Turkey Crete dispute is over. Constantinople informed ambassadors that the Turkish minister at Athens will not be recalled.
In Seattle at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition southerners from across the Northwest gathered for Dixie day with state banners, cotton flags, speeches by J E Chilberg and Florida Governor A W Gilchrist, and receptions hosted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Governor Hay of Washington participated, and a carload of San Juan watermelons was given at the California building.
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