California’s record season of dried and canned fruits
California ships 11,500 carloads of dried fruits and 10,000 canned fruit and vegetable cars, totaling about 6.5 million cases. Prunes lead at 100,000 tons, with raisins 70,000 and peaches 30,000, valuing dried fruits around 18 million dollars and canned products about 15 million. California products reach all U.S. towns and major markets abroad, boosting the state’s image and food reputation globally.
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San Francisco
California
Lewis E. Stanton
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Stanton
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Pay Too Small Says Forest Fire Brigade
In Monrovia on September 11 a group of over 100 forest fire fighters complained they were underpaid. Seventy were paid by James Quiggle at twenty five cents per hour for field work and travel, while the law limits payments to actual time worked in the hills.
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Monrovia
James Quiggle
United States Forestry Service
American Fiber Reed Seeks 200000 Stock Sale
New York report notes Leslie M. Shaw heading the board as the American Fiber Reed company offers 200000 dollars of stock to the public. The firm defends its use of convict labor paid 52 cents daily, claiming no strike risk, versus rivals paying 2 dollars daily and facing strike danger. Eight hundred prisoners in Maine Kentucky and Illinois are under eight year contracts.
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New York
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Maine
Kentucky
Illinois
Russian Invents New Musical Instrument
St Petersburg Sept 10 Professor van Glehn of the Moscow Conservatory has devised a new orchestral instrument named the tenor violin. It extends an octave below the viola and promises to add genuine value to music by improving string quartet sonority and depth.
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ST. Petersburg
van Glehn
Moscow Conservatory of Music
von Glehn
World warns Panama U.S. tolls not to be arbi trated
London reports British govt denies pushing Hague arbitration on the canal toll bill. Washington asserts the United States will not submit Panama toll questions to the Hague, calling it a matter for U.S. sole handling and noting British demand would complicate diplomacy. The piece outlines tensions between Britain and the United States over free tolls and canal control.
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United States
London
Hague
Privy Council
Great Britain
Washington
Panama Canal
Hague Court For Arbitration
State Department
Uncle Sam
International Tribune
Hague Court
England
America
Wilson
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Santa Clara Prunes Expected Crop Reaches Hundred Million Pounds
San Jose report estimates Santa Clara valley prune production at about 100 million pounds this year with some forecasts as high as 112 million. Last year yielded 120 million at record prices, and this year’s crop should exceed the normal 99 million by at least 10 million, weather conditions possibly lifting the total slightly.
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San Jose
Santa Clara Valley
Mountain of Jade Found by Alaska Prospector Koen
Walter Koen reports the discovery of a jade mountain at the head of the Kobuk River in Alaska after twenty years of wilderness prospecting. He brings out two tons of green and black jade claiming it rivals the best jade from Japan and New Zealand.
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Tacoma
Kobuk River
Arctic
Alaska
Walter Koen
Even Surgery Must Bow to the Fashion
In Philadelphia on September 11 a renowned German hospital surgeon performed an appendectomy with an unusually low incision to accommodate a young wealthy patient’s fashion. He said the move aimed to avoid a visible scar as styles favor ultra low bodices. The operation was successful in every respect.
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Philadelphia
German Hospital
Men of Submarine Face Death at 283 Feet
San Francisco report notes submarine F-1 under Lieut. James B. Howell and a 23 man crew descended to 283 feet, beating the prior 250 foot record. The six hour dive exposed hull strain as 125 pounds of pressure caused water to seep through joints and the shell to flex, lifting the deck.
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San Francisco
James B. Howell
Chicago Adds 62 216 People In One Year To Population
Chicago’s 1912 13 population reaches 2 326 400 per Chicago Directory company figures an increase of 62 216 over the prior year. The piece notes extreme name variety and oddities within the directory along with counts of animals and ecclesiastical titles.
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Chicago
Chicago Directory Company
Akron
Ohio
Jacksonville
Fla
Portland
Paris
London
New York City
E. J. Dillon
Bronx
Manhattan
Charles Rabel
West Jackson Boulevard
John Zzudia
Andruseskiewiesz
Diamantoupoulos
Darolombopoulos
Jasztrzembowski
Bretescheneranyder
Chjunkjezwich
Chrzaszasz
Przopyssny
B. Franklin Clink
Three Aviators Die In Two Separate Crashes
London reports Captain Hamilton and Lieutenant Stuart of the Royal Flying Corps died after their monoplane buckled during maneuvers and crushed them upon impact. Munich also records Lieutenant Steeger killed when his aircraft fell 500 feet as the motor failed and the plane inverted.
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London
Hamilton
Stuart
Royal Flying Corps
Munich
Germany
Steeger
Kaiser’s Keen Eye on Canal Chances
Germany plans a major push to win South American trade as the Panama Canal opens. Kaiser supports a lavish 1915 San Francisco exposition display and an advertising drive. The North German Lloyd line launches four cargo ships for South American trade.
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Berlin
Germany
Panama Canal
Hamburg
Lloyd Steamship Company
United States
Latin America
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Nicklin
California Fruit
Forest Fire Brigade
ISON
Panama
Santa Clara Prunes
Kaiser
CANAL
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