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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1911

Page

2

Nations push toward statehood and political shifts in Washington

The house passed the joint resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to immediate statehood with constitutions pending a voter decision. Senate inquiries probe Standard Oil, while Frye retires due to ill health after 41 years. Roosevelt faces criticism on arbitration and Taft expands park and forest designations.

Washington Arizona New Mexico House Standard Oil Company Supreme Court Senate Pomerene Frye Congress Maine Wilson Department of Agriculture Sinaloa Andrew Carnegie Scotland Lorimer Pachuca Christian Herald Taft Theodore Roosevelt John W. Foster Interstate Commerce Commission Alaska Gideons Omaha New York City Mexico City Diaz Grace Dexter Bryan W. J. Bryan Richard Hargreaves Lincoln Texas Railroad Commission Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Louis D. Brandeis Post Office Department Szechnyi Gladys Vanderbilt Budapest Trans- Mississippi Commercial Congress Kansas City Oklahoma City Towa City United States Annie Parros Pittsburg Colorado National Park Mesa County Colo Anthony Howard Hunkle Hot Springs United Presbyterian Men’s Movement First Presbyterian Church Zelda M. Striker Sadaske Fujita Dolphin J. M. Parks Los Angeles Iron Workers' Union Bart J. Connors Los Angeles Hall of Records Bureau of Corporations United States Steel Corporation Beverly W. Dunn Southern Railway Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen The Geographical Survey Chicago Harney National Forest South Dakota Black Hills Forest

Interurban Expansion Near Newton and Colfax

The Interurban Company of Des Moines plans to extend its electric line by leasing the 14 mile stretch from Colfax to Newton, linking Des Moines with Jasper County. Federal court statements say $15,000 yearly rent supports a $250,000 valuation for the move.

The Interurban Company of Des Moines Ft. D. D. M. & Southern Colfax Newton Iowa Jasper County Newton & Northwestern Homer A. Loring Boston Mass Loring Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company Goddard Des Moines Junction

Iowa Officials Face Costs From Muscatine Guard Action

The Iowa attorney general says taxpayers bear most costs from last month’s national guard call to quell Muscatine disorders linked to button manufacturers. About $10,000 will be paid, with Muscatine County only covering local-guard expenses. Additional items include investigations at Ames against Prof. Holden, health inspections of railroad labor housing, and new insurance company admissions.

Eppenbach Solon Charles B. Chenowith New Hall Benton County C. L. Johnson Belle Plaine John Hart Floris Washington Colfax Archie Sabin Marengo Leo Kelly Cedar River Harry Cross Mount Vernon Henry B. Rose Des Moines Soldiers’ Home Fifth Iowa Infantry Frank Dick Quincy Iowa Mondamin United Commercial Travelers Clinton Marshal Weedman Dows T. P. Joslin Mortimer C. Mumma State University John M. Murray Ottumwa Knight Templar Houston Tex Wapello County Louisa Holland Mount Pleasant Kentucky Iown Henry County Frances Shedak Oxford Junction Wallis Hall G. A. R. Hall Shahan Grinnell Emil Youngsted Thomas Phipps Council of Walnut Street Iowa City United States War Department John Jacob Astor Iowa National Guard San Antonio E. C. Worthington Guy S. Brewer Frank Murphy Sioux City Vern Hale Fort Dodge Captain Lang Muscatine Senator Gore Oklahoma Frederick Cook Clear Lake Chautauqua W. J. Bryan Forest City Taft Cummins R. R. McBride Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association Edward S. Harlan Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, Atlantic Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway Company W. R. Green John P. Miller Shiit Scott County Davenport Dallas Center Adel Mill Company Iowa Association of Trained Nurses Waterloo Beet Sugar Company Waverly Vineco Marengo Anamosa Paul Stepkevich Centerville Hunter M. J. McLaughlin C. M St. P St. Paul Fulton Yards Rebepah Marble Rock Ray C. A. Randall Lake Mills Loyal Labor League County Recorder Freeman R. Conaway Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs Boone Federation Dean Reynolds D. C. Reynolds Elliott Red Oak Smith McPherson Federal Kansas City Grain Company Interstate Grain Company of Minneapolis Incorporated Secretary of State General Assembly Guy E. Logan Muscatine County State Board of Education P. G. Holden State Agricultural College Ames Idaho Holden F E. R. Moore Linn County Moore Sumner State Board of Health van Duyn

Bonds and politics mix as world news dominates agenda

The week brings reports of Panama bond bids totaling 50 million dollars at 3 percent, Taft's pardon denial for Walsh and Morse, and MacVeagh accused over a creosote duty. International and domestic tensions unfold with Mexican governorship rivalries, insurrectos, and church union debates.

Postal Savings Bank Panama Mexico City Taft Walsh Morse MacVeagh Carnegie Endowment Fund For International Peace William Carren St. Louis Root Root To the Reciprocity Agreement Was Opposed As Likely To Be Fatal. Insurrectos la Follette Lorimer Senate Reformed Church General Synod of The Reformed Church of the United Europe Billy” Slitt Ilinois Miss Elkins Young Hitt Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Union Pacific Railroad Kuhn, Loeb & Co Baring Brothers & Co Union Pacific Company Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections Martin Show Incane Neglum Lincoln Neb Charles Brookman Wickersham Eait New York Berteaux Monis Paris Hermosillo Mexico

Contempt charges may be revived in Gom pers case

Morley moved the second reading of the veto bill in the house of lords while imperial observers note unsettled political moves. The accession of a new Abyssinian emperor was announced prematurely as factions maneuver.

Gompers Morrison Mitchell Morley House of Lords Abyssinia Nebraska Arizona New Mexico Taft Cummins Diaz Mexico Congress Treasury Curtis London Laurier

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