Midvale to form volunteer fire department and town bond projects
Utah news briefs report Midvale adopting a volunteer fire department and Price voting bonds for a Westing plant. Other items note a two year sentence for burglarizing a Denver Rio Grande box car, a successful fish hatchery project near Provo, and a state horticultural convention in Salt Lake City.
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Midvale
Price
Denver & Riohrande
Lytle
Mounds
Southfork
Provo Canyon
State Horticultural Society
Salt Lake City
Inet
Southern Pacific
William HM. Bancroft
Oregon Short Line
George Johnston
Luna Theatre
Potter's Feld
Mary Kroll
Rudolph A. Kroll
Lemay
Tooele
Carnegie
Dominico Albanese
Lewis
Salt Lake
Rosa Paula
Brigham City
Provo
Utah Conservation Commission
William J. Rowe
Utah
A. R. Hunt
Collinston
Oregon
Emery
Emery County
Pioneer Fruit Company of
California
Retail Clerks’ Association of
Yucatan Struck Iceberg Sinks in Lynn Strait Alaska
Alaska steamship Yucatan with sixty five passengers hit an iceberg in Lynn Strait near Chichagof Island at 9 30 am and sank in eight minutes. Everyone survived as passengers and crew camped on Chichagof Island until the Georgia rescued them, with food bedding and mail taken ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Valdez
Seattle
Iceberg
Ley Strait
Chichagof Island
Georgia
Gypsim
Chiagof Island
Yucatan
United States Mail
Bloodshed Follows Attempted Lynching in Cairo
Early Thursday a mob seeking to lynch a black suspect clashed with twenty deputies guarding the jail. Several were shot as the mob tried to rush the jail. injuries range from two to eleven. Three black prisoners are held, including John Pratt on purse snatching charges tied to Miss Annie Pelley’s murder case. The unrest traces to Pelley’s death in November and the James hanging in the public square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catro
John Pratt
Cairo
Annie Pelley
Will James
Alexander
James
Davia
Ballinger Withdraws Large Coal Land Allocations
Secretary Ballinger of the Interior temporarily withdraws from coal entry 2,068,432 acres and from all dispositions 127,122 acres. About 46,431 acres restored to settlement while geological survey data prompt a detailed field examination of coal deposits in Wyoming and Montana with 1,208,206 acres and 860,286 acres withdrawn respectively and pending review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ballinger
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Wyoming
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Thursaday
Conentry
Doughnuts Made With Machine Oil Sickens Fifty in Laurel
A mix up in oil delivery left a hardware dealer at Laurel supplying machine oil instead of cooking oil. Fifty people, including entire families, became violently ill after eating the doughnuts made with the contaminated oil. Doctors struggled to save the affected.
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Laurel
Brakeman Frozen to Death near Amarillo
Rock Island brakeman B. P. Green was found dead in snow fifty miles north of the area after attempting to walk to a station to catch a train for Amarillo. Conductor W. R. Breeding of the work train is believed missing as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
B. P. Green
Rock Island
Here
Green
W. R. Breeding
Supreme Court Rules Custody Remains With Mother in Can Not Deed Away Children
South Carolina supreme court grants habeas corpus to Mrs. BK. R. Tillman Jr. restoring two daughters Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman from custody of Senator and Mrs. B. R. Calltman. The deed of transfer by B. R. Tillman Jr. declared invalid under state and federal constitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Douglas
F. W. Pickens
South Carolina
Lucy Holcombe Pickens
Benjamin R. Tilman, Jr
Senator Tillman
Tillman
Washington
Trenton
S. C
Fruitmen's Convention Opens in Salt Lake City
The State Horticultural society convenes for a two day session in Armory hall starting Tuesday with three sessions on opening day. Delegates receive a welcome from Governor William Spry. President Moroni Mortensen delivers the annual address and J G Duffin of Provo responds to the governor.
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Salt Lake City
State Horticultural Society
Armory Hall
William Spry
Moroni Mortensen
J. G Duffin
Provo
Track Walker Lewis Sacrificed to Save Passenger Train
John J. Lewis of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation gave his life Sunday to avert a collision near Starbuck Washington. He spotted a landslide on the track and ran to warn the approaching No. 4 passenger train on A curve. The engine struck him but the train was stopped within feet of the slide.
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Walla Walla
Wash
John
Lewis
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Railroad
Starbuck
Murderer Captured After Streamlined Escape Near Globe
Arizona ex convict Hansen, who killed two men whose testimony had convicted him, was captured Wednesday in the mountains near Globe. Chief Chilehauna oversaw the operation.
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Bako
Pethdrom Hansen
Arizona
Globesg Ariz
Chilehauna
Prank of Drunken Man Sparks Beaumont Fire
A drunken patron in Beaumont Texas dropped a lighted match into gasoline causing a fire that destroyed a block of frame buildings valued at 60000 dollars. The man was arrested.
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Beaumont
Texas
Meat Trust To Be Tried In New Jersey Grand Jury Indictment
New York Prosecutor Garvan said the Hudson county grand jury in New Jersey has instructed him to draft an indictment against the National Packing company and its directors. He cited evidence of long cold storage and suggested a conspiracy in restraint of trade as the likely charge. The indictment, already expected, would rest on minutes of the National Packing company reviewed by the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Garvan
Hudson County Grand Jury
New Jersey
National Packing Company
Fnally
Solving Cost of Living in New Orleans Mutual Co-op Discussed
A New Orleans meeting outlined a proposal to grant a charter to Consumers' Household Supply company with $50,000 capital to buy a farm and supply shareholders with life essentials. Initial offerings include vegetables poultry and eggs with plans for dairy and cattle. The operation will be strictly mutual with minimal profit to cover expenses. If successful it could expand to serve thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Terrors of tenements in New York fire danger
Lawrence Veiller of the Charity Organization Society reports over a million New York tenement residents lack bathing facilities. He notes paralleled congestion with 10 000 discredited tenements and 100 000 rooms without windows. He cites 120 000 law violations and three million people living in fire danger buildings.
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New York
Lawrence Veiller
Charity Organization Society
Mr. Weiller
Intimidated Witness in Idaho Timber Lands Trial
Boise case involves Wil lam F. Kettenbach George Kester and William Dwyer accused of defrauding the government of Idaho timber lands. Attorney Tannahill accuses government counsel of coercing witness Guy Wilson in chambers to induce false testimony, while Wilson denies planning any intimidation.
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Boise
Idaho
Tannahill
Willam F. Kettenbach
George Kester
William Dwyer
Tannahsil
Guy 1. Wilson
Wilson
Nilmidatym
Taft press urges swift action on pledges and bills
President Taft told senators Carter Borah and Beveridge at the White House to push measures to redeem party pledges while the House handles appropriations. He showed impatience with progress on administration bills, especially the postal savings bank bill, and urged faster action to expedite matters. He was assured by the senators they will strive for quicker progress.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Wite House
House
Carter
Borah
Beveridge
Capitol
Postal Savings Bank
Turmoil Hits Butte Mines and Smelters
In Butte nearly all major mines except six have closed as engineers demand higher control. Washoe smelter at Anaconda cut workers Thursday amid preparations for a shutdown. If Amalgamated properties cannot restart, smelters will close and Clark smelter suspension will push small mines to shut down.
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Clark
Strange Fatality Haunts Capitol Scandal Figures
Harrisburg reports John K. E. Stott secretary to the board of public grounds and buildings was found dead in his Harrisburg home bathroom. He is the sixth man connected to the capital contracts case to die, with heart trouble cited as the cause.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
John KE. Stott
Stott
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Bar of Justice
Amateurs Find Mrs Gunness in LaPorte Case
La Porte sheriff says Mrs Sophia Hopkins near Bellingham Washington is not Mrs Belle Gunness owner of the La Porte murder farm. Sheriff Antiss telegraphed from Everett Washington that the woman identified by amateurs as Mrs Gunness is not her.
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la Porte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Antiss
Everett
Wash
Gunness
Sophia Hopkins
Bellingham
Haskins Expelled From Exchange Over Coal Firm Collapse
Henry 8 Haskins a board member of Lathrop Haskins Co was ruled ineligible for reinstatement on the New York Stock Exchange after the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron pool fiasco. As the only firm member with a seat his exclusion effectively expels the firm from the exchange.
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New York
Henry 8. Haskins
Stock Exchange
of Lathrop, Haskins & Co
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Pool
Haskins
Bids for Arizona Strip Await Statehood Amendment
Bids for the Arizona Strip to join Arizona were made via an amendment to the statehood bill in the Senate. Senator Smoot presented the proposal proposing annexation of that portion of Arizona north and west of the Colorado River to Utah. The request has been made previously but failed to gain approval.
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Washington
Utah
Arizona
Senate
Smoot
Colorado River
Taft Rules Whisky Is Whisky In Liquor Debate
Regulations set by the board of food and drugs inspection of the agriculture department declare that whisky is whisky whether blended or straight. The rules were completed by Wednesday and approved.
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Washington
Taft
Board of Food and Drugs Inspection
Department of Agriculture
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Garland Globe
Garland
Utah State News
George Chashington
Fruitmen’s Convention
Butte
Mrs. Gunness
Arizona Strip
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