Utah State News Summary: Utah developments and incidents
Samuel Nelson appointed postmaster at Santaquin. Seven hundred workers added to Murray smelter payroll. Soldier Summit post office established with Annie Cleary as postmaster. Senator Smoot proposes fish culture station in Utah. Sandy hosts farmers institute with strong turnout. Provo to send 40 to 50 delegates to Denver apple show. Sandy real estate boom linked to Utah Light and Railway expansion. Logan bank doubles capital to 100000, likely local distribution. Ogden rooming house assault leaves owner seriously wounded. Salt Lake robbers nabbed swiftly after theft. Humane officer enforces proper horse shoes. Hatchtown reservoir purchase proposed for 165000. Howell Snowden in Brigham City to be extradited to Denver. Co operative creamery plan eyed in Wayne Piute counties. Fisher Harolh fund boosted to aid widow. Sugar alliance denial and anti trust stance voiced. William W. Rives dies from street car injury. Utah candy factories report capital 794260 and output 1454196 with 881 workers. J Peery buys 10240 acres for summer sheep range. Tuberculosis tests to start on cattle in Weber county. Samuel Newhouse pays 30000 for farm to reach Lusitania in New York City.
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Samuel Nelson
Santaquin
Utah
Murray
Soldier Summit
Annie Cleary
Senator Smoot
Farmers’ Institute
Sandy
Provo
Denver
Utah Light and Railway Company
First National Bank of
Logan
Ogden
Thomas Fletcher
J. B. Abel
K. W. Head
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Hatchtown
Garfield County
Juab
Plate Land Board
Howell Snowden
United States Mail
Brigham City
Evier
Wayne
Piute
Fisher
Harolh
Sugar Trust
William W. Rives
Haines
J. Peery
Union Pacific Railroad Company
South Fork Canyon
Europe
Mr. Newhouse
Paris
Tragedy of the Lake Captains Crew in Starboard Fire
Early Thursday the steamer Clarion burned near Point Pelee in Lake Erie. Two crewmen died and thirteen others, including Captain E J Bell of Ogdensburg New York, were unaccounted for after twelve men entered a life boat and did not reappear. Six crew members were rescued by the steamer L C Hanna and Brother. Survivors say a crewman fell overboard while boarding, the mate froze to death, and a failed attempt to reach another life boat followed.
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Cleveland
Clarion
Point Pelee
Lake Erie
L. C. Hanna
Brother
Fay
E. J. Bell
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Plague Conditions Reported On Pacific Coast
The surgeon general reports no human plague cases in San Francisco in 1909 and only four rat plague cases. San Francisco sanitation is improving due to service inspections while rats and ground squirrels undergo control efforts. In India plague declined. the 1909 fiscal year shows 168,403 cases versus 730,720 in the prior year and over 1,022,000 in 1907.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Contra Costa County
Cal
India
Ireland to Get Home Rule at Liberal Monster Meeting
At Albert Hall Friday night Prime Minister Asquith outlined Liberal policy promising self government for Ireland if returned to power. The audience, all men, roared with enthusiasm as suffragettes were barred to avoid demonstrations.
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London
Albert Hall
Herbert Henry Asquith
House of Lords
Liberal Party
Ireland
Controversy Over Dr Cook Lawyer's Withdrawn Service
New York reports that Dr Frederick A Cook's attorney Henry Wellington Wack has severed relations with his client. Wack will not confirm withdrawal, but a source says he urged Cook to seek new legal counsel as of November 30. Wack doubts Cook's whereabouts and suggests he may be abroad or in seclusion.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Henry Wellington Wack
Wack
Dr. Cook
Mr. Wack
United States and Germany Vie For Second in Naval Race
The 1909 navy year book shows the United States and Germany close for second place. US has 45 battleships and armored cruisers totaling 659,241 tons while Germany has 46 ships totaling 785,687 tons. Germany leads in torpedo destroyers with ninety seven to the US thirty six and in large guns 208 to 180.
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Washington
Pittman Palliter
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
United States
Germany
Zelaya Defends Presidency in AP Interview
Nicaragua's president criticizes United States policy, offers to submit charges to a self chosen investigative committee, and claims coercion harms his nation. He cites Isidore Sézéra and Secretary Knox as points of contention while defending actions against Grace and Cannon as proper and not his initiative.
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Managua
Zelaya
Associated Press
United States
Knox
Otter
Isidore Sézéra
Nicaragua
Miitary
Federation to Support Switchmen in Strike
The American Federation of Labor will back railroad switchmen on strike in the northwest to the extent of its powers. Samuel Gompers announced after a talk with Frank Hawley president of the Switchmen's union. If officials refuse to concede, trouble may spread to other major railway organizations.
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Cincinnati
Federation of Labor
Northwest
Samuel Gompers
Frank Hawley
American Switchmen’s Union
Eld
Plan Tariff Reform Aims General Duties on Raw Materials
London reports a Birmingham Daily Post outline of Unionist tariff reform plans for after elections. It proposes a simple general tariff with duties on non raw materials to raise revenue and aid home industry while aiding colonies, with rates 6, 10, and 15 percent for stages of manufacturing. Revenue projected at 16 to 20 million pounds, with maximum duties delayed two years for trade negotiations.
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London
Birmingham Daily Post
Joseph Chamberlain
Germany
United States
Flood of Bills Prompts Broad Senate Action
Washington reporters note a flood of more than 350 bills and resolutions introduced by senators on Friday signaling legislative activity. Many were aims from the last congress and are unlikely to advance this session, with pensions often blocked by general law. A notable proposal by Senator Rayner would authorize the president to seize President Zelaya as a criminal for the murder of two Americans in Nicaragua, framed as a war crime under civilized code.
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Washington
Rayner
United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Central American colonies denounce Taft policy at Mexico City gathering
Fifty members from Central American colonies met in Mexico City at a private residence and adopted resolutions denouncing President Taft and Secretary Knox over U S actions toward Nicaragua. Speakers criticized American policy. supporters of Zelaya and other Nicaraguan candidates attended. An organization was formed.
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Mexico City
Central American Republic
Taft
Knox
United States
Nicaragua
Zelaya
French Investors Fully Held United States Steel Shares
It was announced Friday that 100000 shares of United States Steel common stock, bought by a French banker syndicate last spring, were fully taken up. Most shares were placed with small French investors and the stock was not listed on the Paris bourse.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Paris
Battleships Georgia and Nebraska collide off Virginia capes
Battleships Georgia and Nebraska collided during tactical exercises off the Virginia capes. No serious damage occurred and both ships returned to Hangton Roads with the fleet. Both vessels were strained but operational following the incident.
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Washington
Georgia
Nebraska
Virginia Capes
Hangpton Roads
Rivera
Increase in Bank Deposits and Loans in U S National Banks
A Friday statement from the comptroller of the currency shows a rise in individual deposits by 400 million dollars and in loans and discounts by 308 million. Total resources increased by 394 million with national banks in the United States comparing November 16 figures to those from November 27, 1908.
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Washington
Comptroller
United States
Congress Will Act On President's Annual and Special Messages
Washington plans appropriation bills before holiday adjournment. Two factions divide on broad general legislation versus limited action after the tariff bill, with efforts expected to carry into effect presidential recommendations. Railroads, conservation policy, postal savings, merchant marines and bond issues dominate debate, while antitrust action awaits Supreme Court rulings on Sherman law.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Four men burned to death at roofing plant fire
In Pittsburg four men, sleeping at the McClintock and Irvine roofing plant, were trapped when a tar vat valve opened and flames engulfed the area. Three died, a fourth escaped but severely burned as the fire neared the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
McClintock & Irvine Company
Paroled Lunatic Accused of Murder in Illinois Farmhouse
Chicago reports Lawrence Ebrhart, 25, accused of shooting his brother Joseph, 28, in a Manhattan village farmhouse near Joliet. Police say he was released recently from a Kane County insane asylum as cured, with the family nearby in the next room during the dining room shooting.
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Chicago
Lawrence Tebrhart
Joseph
Manhattan
Joliet
Polce
Kankakee Insane Asylum
Labouchere Sees Lords Doomed But Opposes Uplifted Chamber
In London Henry Labouchere declares in an interview that an elective upper house modeled on the United States Senate is possible but dangerous. He argues the hereditary Lords are doomed yet rejects a chamber with supreme governing power.
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London
Henry ~ Labouchere
Senate
House of Lords
Picture Transmitted by Light Waves
Paris two Frenchmen named Bignoux and Fournier have perfected a device to transmit pictures by light waves over wires enabling visual and audio communication. An 8000 candlepower light is projected on the subject by a mirror, using sixty four wires for transmission.
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Paris
1 Bignoux
Fournier
Women Write Book Aimed at Freeing Poland
Mrs Benjamin Shears of Scranton and Miss Angela Reeves of Nanticoke have arrived in Dresden from Warsaw with data for a history of Poland. They seek to build sympathy for the Polish cause through their forthcoming book and plan to begin writing in Dresden.
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Dresden
Benjamin Shears
Scranton
Angela Reeves
Nanticoke
Warsaw
Poland
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