Utah State News Roundup Highlights Utah Developments
A wide array of Utah items includes block system launch on the Oregon Short Line, Jacobson’s brain injury after streetcar crash, G A R parade day proposal, a fatal self-inflicted gunshot in Uintah, teacher examinations dates, Ogden yard work postponements, no more bicycle races in Ogden, fair show features, and formation of moving pictures venture in East Lake City. Also notes Salt Lake City safe robbery trial, Inland Empire fair plans, and irrigation congress planning with about 100 delegates and wage changes for Ogden post office staff.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Oregon Ghort Line
Jacob Jacobson
Murray
William Spry
John Ingo
Bingham
Logan
Provo
Mand
Parriman
East Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
William Ford
Midvale
Ford
Isabelle Jackson
M. R. Jackson
Sandy and
Wandamere Park
Postofice
Ogden Postofice
Utah
National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Spry
Mexico Struck by Major Earthquake Across Central Region
Reports recount a large earthquake that rattled Central Mexico from Querato to Oaxaca, killing at least fourteen and injuring many more. Acapulco and Chilpancingo were partly destroyed while Mexico City saw limited damage. Observers note Mexico City sits on old lake bed cushioning shocks.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Querato
Oaxaca
Acapulco
Chilpancingo
Popovatapetl
Observatory
National Palace
San Francisco
Guerrero
Chilipa
el Paso
Tex
Acapuleco
Baseball leader Harry Pulliam dies by self-inflicted gunshot
Harry Clay Pulliam, president of the National League, died Thursday morning from a self-inflicted bullet. Officials say prolonged overwork and health decline led to a personal crisis, as he shot himself in his hotel room, the bullet entering the right temple and exiting the left.
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New York
Harry Clay Pulliam
National League of Baseball Clubs
Pulliam
Disastrous Iowa Storm Destroys Crops Near Huron and Armour
A gale of sixty miles per hour with hail and rain struck Huron Armour and nearby Friday afternoon. It laid waste a two to five mile strip, destroying small buildings and leveling hundreds of acres of wheat and oats. Near Armour the storm reached three miles wide and threatened the region about harvest time.
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Bronx City
Iowa
Huron
Armourami
Plece
Armour
Fire in Japan Leaves Osaka Devastated and Homeless
Osaka faces a massive disaster after a Saturday fire that burned for over twenty five hours. Thousands are homeless and hungry while relief efforts by city authorities prove insufficient. Up to twenty thousand buildings were destroyed and hundreds are injured as areas from Osaka to Kobe suffer extensive damage.
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Osaka
Japan
Kobe
Revolution Crushed as Barcelona Forces Suppress Uprising
Madrid reports cavalry entered St Martin square in Barcelona driving rebel bands from the area. Artillery fire caused heavy losses and survivors surrendered. Few scattered revolutionaries remain near Barcelona villages as Premier Maura confirms reinforcements will finish the suppression.
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Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
St. Martin Square
Barcelonia
Maura
Rush for Spokane area homesteads draws 9500 names
Spokane Washington reports that nine thousand five hundred applicants will be drawn from a flood of applications for home steads on the Spokane Flathead and Coeur d Alene Indian reservations. Superintendent James Witen says ninety nine in thirty will not be numbered, as land limits cannot accommodate more than about three times the number of viable locations.
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Spokane
Wash
Flathead
Coeur d'Alene
James Witen
Land Department
Mrs Parker Winfield Kerr Dies in Libertyville Car Crash
Mrs Parker Winfield Kerr of Chicago was killed when the automobile she rode in overturned in a ditch near Libertyville Illinois. The car jumped and turned turtle as it left the road. she died ten minutes later.
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Chicago
Parker Winfield Kerr
Libertyville
Nordica Weds New York Banker in London Ceremony
American opera star Madame Lillian Nordica married George W. Young a New York banker on Thursday at King's Weigh House church Grosvenor square London. The ceremony was private with a small group of friends present.
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London
Lillian Nordica
George W. Young
New York
King’s Weigh House Church
Grosvenor Square
Wright Breaks All Records at Fort Myer Flight
President Taft witnesses the aviators landing as Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright fly a ten mile cross country course at Fort Myer. Lieutenant Benjamin Foulers accompanies the pilots while the machine exceeds government speed requirements and sets new records.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Benjamin D. Foulers
Army Signal Corps
Taft
Fort Myer
Committee Scores Thomas At Industrial School
Salt Lake City special committee reports to the governor on conditions at the state Industrial School. It finds Thomas acted with severe treatment but not intentional cruelty, recommends an educator trained for juvenile correction, notes such prep is needed, and suggests Thomas may have done as well as possible without proper training while finding repeated failure to follow board instructions justified the inquiry.
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Salt Lake City
State Industrial School
Thomas
Board of Trustees
Philippine Bond Issue To Be Floated By War Department
The War Department will float Philippine public improvement bonds totaling 1,000,000 with 4 percent interest. Bids open at 2 p.m. on August 17, redeemable in ten years and payable in thirty. bonds are tax exempt and accepted at par as security for public money deposits.
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Washington
War Department
United States
House Adopts the Tariff Bill After Heated Vote
The House approved the conference report on the tariff bill by 195 to 183 after an eleven hour session amid intense heat. Twenty Republicans voted against, and two Democrats supported it. Speaker Payne led a celebratory crowd as opponents accused the bill of failing to lower tariffs, especially on pulp and print paper.
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Washington
House
Payne
Capitol
Ohio
Clark
Mann
Imnols
Canada
Taft Pleased With Tariff Bill Yet Hopes for Broad Support
President Taft said he was pleased with the tariff bill as agreed but not entirely satisfied with all provisions. He noted many parts he wished to influence and said he would be glad to sign and defend the measure in its final form if it pleased all interests.
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Washington
Taft
Moors Defeat Spanish Forces Outside Melilla
Official dispatches report a disastrous July 27 battle outside Melilla with Moorish tribesmen routing the Spanish main force. Spanish casualties near 3,000 plus additional wounded at advance posts. Fighting continued under the city walls as communications were cut. Melilla swarms with wounded.
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Madrid
Melilla
Soldiers applauded as fires rage across Barcelona crowds
From Monday to Wednesday up to fifteen convents burned, lighting the sea and spreading terror. Civil guards and police faced jeers while food and cigars were offered to soldiers who refused to flee. Crowds hailed the army with cries against the war office as women cheered and hugged soldiers and their horses.
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Barcelona
War Office
Settlement Near in Light Washington on Tahoe Water Use
After years of negotiations between the government and Truckee Electric Co over storage water from Lake Tahoe for the Truckee Carson irrigation project a settlement is believed imminent. A contract for water use has been drawn up and only technical items remain before signature by the interior secretary.
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Washington
Truckee Electric Company
Lake Tahoe
Truckee- Carson
Nevada
Secretary of the Interior
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Garland Globe
J. A. Wixom
Garland
Utah State News
Thornwell Anderson
Uintah Reservation
D. Pidge Produce Company
Utah State Retail Merchants Association
Utah State Manufacturers Association
Chilparcingo
Nordica
Wright
Utah State Industrial School
Moura
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