Midvale considers water system and local developments
Utah state news notes Midvale votes on a future water system and Sandy hosts the next Municipal League convention after beating Mt Pleasant and Manti in Logan. Other items cover Provo woolen mill reopening efforts, a $10,000 bond issue for Price’s electric plant, canal water rights north of Richfield, and local crime and industry updates.
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Midvale
Municipal League
Sandy
Mt Pleasant
Manti
Logan
Scott Lynn
Salt Lake City
Annapolis
Utah
Manufacturers Association of Utah
Provo Woolen Mills
Price
Paris Flood Crisis Deepens Despite Shelters and Aid
Paris faces worsening floods with officials expecting a turn for the better as waters recede. Soldiers and volunteers reinforce dikes, while convents and public buildings become makeshift hospitals. Refugees surge to Charenton with 38,000 arriving, and many districts remain submerged.
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Paris
Falllferes
Briand
Charenton
Calais
M. Barthou
Avenue d’Antin
England
Holland
Denmark
Austria
France
Convention Closes as Good Roads Meet Wraps Up
Salt Lake City hosts the second annual Intermountain Good Roads convention which ends Friday afternoon. The Utah Good Roads association remains active as part of the Interstate group. Upcoming sessions are planned for Ogden July 5-6 and Catallo Idaho in 1911, with officers listed for both associations.
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George Biidenbecker
Lemay
Southern Pacific
Murray
Juab County
George Radcliffe
Charles Murphy
Salt Lake City
Radcliffe
Murphy
Ogden
Frank Sprague
William Morgan
Sprague
Morgan
Utah Packing and Provision Company
Omaha
Freedman
Joe Arnone
Stalian
Pueblo
Mattie B. Murray
Arnone
State Mental Hospital
A. E. Davis
Salt Lake Street
Davis
William Naughton
Lemay, On January 17, Must Answer To the District Court
Union
Harriman
Good Roads Advocates
Intermountain Good Roads Association
Utah Good Roads Association
Interstate Association
Pocatello
Idaho
William Spry
James E. Jennings
Er UN Sherman
Twin Falls
A. Kendall
Rock Springs
Wyo
John Dern
Tragic Wagon Plunge Near Blanco Canyon
Mrs. R Break, widow, and her 1 year old child were killed when a wagon toppled into Blanco Canyon near Ploydada Texas after frightened horses reared the wagon over the cliff. A hot stove overturned and a gasoline can exploded, engulfing the wreckage in flames.
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Dalhart
Tex
Blanco Canyon
Plans for Postal Savings Depositories
Washington reports a postal savings bank bill drafted by Senators Carter Dolliver and Owen to create a system of postal savings depositories under a trustee board. Any person 10 years or older may open an account from 1 to 100 dollars monthly limits. balances capped at 500 dollars plus interest. Deposits earn 2 percent interest yearly and funds are held in supervised banks with a 10 percent reserve.
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Washington
Postal Savings Bank
Carter, Dolliver and Owen
Committee On
Post Offices and
Senate
Carter
Secretary of the Treasury
Postal Savings Banks
Chicago graft scandal indicts nine city officials
A Chicago grand jury indicted Paul Redieske a resigned deputy commissioner of public works Michael H McGovern a wealthy contractor and nine McGovern officials on conspiracy to defraud the city of 254000. The case centers on a shale rock scheme alleged to involve about 45.
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Chicago
Paul Redieske
Public Works
Michael H. McGovern
McGovern
Washington House Debates Tariff And Appropriation Bills
An animated debate in the House centers on the Payne Aldrich tariff with Representative Boutell defending it as satisfactory to the nation and the South. The Senate receives the postal savings bill and sends it to committee. A bill passes describing unabsorbed Indian lands in South Dakota.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Boutell
Timers
Senate
South Dakota
Gold Standard Bond Bill Introduced in Washington
Representative Payne of New York introduces a bill to issue United States bonds payable in gold coin of present standard value, with the treasury endorsing the measure. The bill allows denominations set by the secretary of the treasury and aims for quick House passage.
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Washington
United States
Representative Payne
New York
House Committee On
Treasury Department
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Son Confesses to Fratricide in North Dakota Farmhouse
Minot resident Charles Moline, 23, admitted Thursday that he killed his father Frank Moline last Friday. He claimed his divorced mother feared his remarriage and potential loss of property to a second wife, and said he planned to murder both his father and the woman.
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Minot
N. D
Charles Moline
Frank Moline
Moline
Good Roads Enthusiasts Convene Across Utah Idaho Wyoming
About 75 supporters from Utah Idaho and Wyoming gathered in Salt Lake City for the second annual Good Roads convention. The first day advanced road aims including a plan to build 20 miles yearly in Utah and a Tri State highway connecting Cheyenne Salt Lake City and Boise. Governor Spry attended and urged better roads as delegates debated organization and future business with lively discussions. The second day featured three papers and continued engagement among county and state delegates.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Intermountain
Salt Lake
Arizona
William Spry
Robert C. Skelton
Twin Falls
Inquiry begins in Ballinger-Pinchot hearings with Glavis on stand
Washington report notes the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry opened with Louis R. Glavis detailing charges against former official R. A. Ballinger. Allegations include early legal work related to the Wilson Coal company lands in Lewis County and alleged failure to investigate Cunningham coal land claims in Alaska before Ballinger’s 1907 tenure as land office commissioner.
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Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot
Louis R. Glavis
Ballinger
Glavis
R. A. Ballinger
Wilson Coal Company
Lewis County
Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Indictment Against New York World Quashed
The indictment against Press Publishing Company publishers of the New York World charging Joseph Pulitzer and others with criminal libel against Theodore Roosevelt Taft and others was quashed by Judge Hough in U S district court. The statute was deemed insufficient and the court lacked jurisdiction.
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New York
The
Press Publishing Company
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
Theodore Roosevelt
President Taft
United States District Court
Hough
Balloon crossing of the Atlantic planned in May
A May attempt to fly a balloon across the Atlantic is sponsored by New York and Berlin financiers. The dirigible under construction in Germany will carry 60 000 cubic feet of gas and two fifty horse power motors. It is set to depart Berlin on May 15 aiming for Vancouver, Canada as the final destination.
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New York
Atlantic
Berlin
Germany
Vancouver
B. C
Royalty Offer on Alaska Coal Lands Sparks Senate Interest
John E. Ballaine of Seattle proposes to the Senate Territories Committee a royalty of 5 per ton on coal from 5,000 acres in Katalla and Matanuska Alaska. He claims the royalty could yield up to 4 000 000 dollars per hundred acres for the government, just before the Bal linger Pinchott inquiry begins.
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Washington
Alaska
Ballinger-Pinchott
John E. Ballaine
Seattle
Senate Committee On Territories
Beveridge
Indiana
Katalla
Matanuska
Ballaine
Taft Denies Crusade Against Unlawful Combinations
President Taft rejected rumors of a broad anti trust crusade. He said no new statement had been issued by the attorney general or White House and that prosecutions under the anti trust law would follow the plan already outlined in the January 7, 1910 message.
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Washington
Taft
Attorney General's Office
White House
Utah Copper Wins Court Victory Over Merger Plans
New York reports Utah Copper secured a ruling in Trenton New Jersey as two United States court judges dissolved an injunction against their merger with Bingham properties. Col onel B A Wall and C W Graham secured the injunction. Shareholders voted to take over Boston Consolidated at one Utah share for two and a half Boston shares. Nearly one million Nevada Consolidated shares, totaling two million capitalization, show intent to swap for Utah Copper at two and a quarter Nevada shares for each Utah.
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New York
Utah Copper
Trenton
N. J
United States Court
Bingham Properties
B A. Wall
C. W. Graham
Boston Consolidated
Utah
Boston
Nevada Consolidated
Nevada
Trade fears prompt U S chamber appeals to recede in tariff clash
Washington alarmed by the tariff dispute with Germany prompts appeals from chambers of commerce and boards of trade to the national board of trade. Resolutions urge the state department to back off the demand that American beef and cattle be admitted to Germany. Home consumption rises, reducing any German market advantage.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
National Board of Trade
State Department
Railways Cut Freight to Goldfield in Break on Rates
Goldfield ore shipments will see lower costs as Reno lines and rivals implement reductions from February 8. All ore valued between $20 and $50 will be hauled 60 cents per ton cheaper, while ore up to $20 per ton to Colorado points drops 50 cents per ton, easing the burden on mining firms shipping low grade ore.
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Reno
Nev
Goldfield
Utah
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Indian Officer Slain in Calcutta Courtroom
Shamru Silema wa police officer who exposed the Midna pur Bengal bomb conspiracy was shot dead in the high court on Monday. The assassin fled into the street and was pursued by mounted police. he threw a bomb at them, drew a pistol but was swiftly overpowered.
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Calcutta
British India
Shamru Silema Wa
Midnapur
Bengal
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Utah State News
State Canal
Richfield
State Land Board
Twenty-fifth Street
George Butler
Butler
Ogden and
Plans Postal Bank
First Clases
Hie
Freedom OF the Press
Panama
Ballinger Pinchott
Crusader
Wall
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