Salt Lake City to Host Pinkerton Agency Office
Utah state news reports creation of a Pinkerton detective office in Salt Lake City. Others note annexation of Sugar House to Rollo Cooper, a boy who fractured his left foot after a fall from an inked locomotive, and a host of local incidents and developments across the state.
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Pinkerton
Salt Lake City
Sugar House
Rollo Cooper
State Fish and Game
Utah
Salt Lake
William McIntyre
Ogden
A. J. Newlan
New York
East Lake City
James O'Really
Bingham New Haven
Davis County
Clearfield
Syracuse
Ife
Wille R. Smith
Utah Construction Company
Haines
United States Post Office Department
Nevada
Idaho
France
Salt Lake County
Ft Ie
W. A. McEnery
San Francisco
Clyde Fields
John
Pearnt Anion
Milligan
Old City
Avalanche Engulfs Track Crew Near Rogers Pass
Fifty workers clearing Canadian Pacific tracks in Rogers Pass are buried by an avalanche. fourteen injured sent to hospital. A larger slide swept them into a canyon as they toiled near a snowshed at the Selkirk summit. mostly white men, with Japanese also among the deceased. Conductor Buckley and engineer Phillips head the work train.
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Vancouver
B. C
Rogers Pass
Selkirk Range
Rogers’ Pass
Selkirks
Buckley
Phillips
Postal Savings Bank Bill Passes Senate With Amendments
The Senate approved the postal savings bank bill by 50 to 22 after including the Smoot and Borah amendments. Cummings proposed limits on wartime investments were defeated 18 to 40. The bill authorizes post offices to accept deposits of one dollar or more, placing funds with local banks under a trustees board led by the postmaster general, the treasury secretary, and the attorney general. Each depositor may have up to 600 dollars. no more than 100 dollars may be deposited monthly. Government pays 2 percent interest. banks must pay at least 2 percent, with an extra quarter percent to cover expenses and losses.
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Washington
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Smoot
Senator Borah
Cummings
Secretary of the Treasury
Scandal in High Life In Kansas City Banker's Assault
Millionaire banker Jere F. Lillis was found at home after an early Sunday arrival. John P. Cudahy, Chicago packer heir to Michael Cudahy, is accused of assault and disturbing the peace. Lillis hospitalized in critical condition with knife wounds to face and limbs. Cudahy held on bond but fled.
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Kansas City
Jere F. Lillis
John P. Cudahy
Mchael Cudahy
Chicago
Tlama
St. Mark's Hospital
Enginemen and Firemen Demand Wage Increase
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen of thirty two eastern railroads have submitted to the General Managers Association a formal wage increase demand. The request mirrors the prior December filing by the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and seeks higher pay and changes in working conditions.
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New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Eaginemen
General Managers Association
Sinilar
Brotherhood of
United States Seeks Trade Harmony With Canada
The U S government opened talks with Canada on Saturday to avert a trade war. Charles M Pepper and Henry C Emery travel to Ottawa to meet Dominion officials and pursue closer ties and a friendlier bilateral relationship.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Charles M. Pepper
Bureau of Trade Relations
State Department
Henry C. Emery
Tariff Board
Ottawa
Labor War Grips Philadelphia As Mass Strike Montages
Fifty thousand to seventy six thousand union workers walk out at midnight to force arbitration with Philadelphia Rapid Transit. Rioting leaves two shot, hotel and taxi services crippled as unions rally nationwide moral support while authorities bolster patrols and emergency transport.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Elity
Peary Proofs Spark House Naval Affairs Subcommittee Row
Washington report on Friday shows two National Geographic Society members presenting Peary proofs to urge a Congress reward. The subcommittee refused to receive them in confidence and warned that any reward bill will be pigeonholed unless Peary proofs satisfy lawmakers.
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Washington
Peary
North Pole
House Committee On Naval Affairs
National Geographical Society
Congress
Illinois GOP editors back Cannon for congress in Danville
Twenty Republican editors from Illinois eighteenth district met in Danville to endorse Speaker Cannon, urge his candidacy, praise his policies, approve the Payne Aldrich bill and pay high tribute to President Taft and Governor Deneen.
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Danville
Ill
Illinois
Cannon
Congress
Payne-Aldrich
Taft
Deneen
Insurance boom fuels large new company promotions
New York reports a surge in insurance promotion with schemes under way since January 1 totaling 35.69 million dollars for fire insurance, 20.875 million for casualty and health lines, and 7.87 million for life insurance, indicating unprecedented capital plans across firms.
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New York
Louie James Dies After Curtain Call Heart Failure
Helena Montana actor Louie James dies Sunday morning after heart failure Saturday evening just before Henry the Eighth. Body to be shipped to Kansas City. The company will reband and Mrs James will return to Kansas City.
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Helena
Mont
Louis James
Henry the Eighth
Kansas City
James
Estrada Defeated Guerilla Warfare Fears Rise in Nicaragua
The insurgent movement led by General Estrada against the Nicaraguan government is described as practically crushed. Provisional leaders plan guerrilla resistance, hoping U.S. intervention to resolve the disturbed republican affairs as Madriz’s government weakens. Estrada vows to withdraw into the bush and oppose Madrid’s advance.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
General Estrada
United States
Madriz
Estrada
Managua
Powder Magazine Blows Up at Mexican Mine
An explosion at a powder magazine on the 1100-foot level of the Mexican mine, part of the Treadwell group on Douglas Island, killed 23 miners and seriously injured eight others. The blast occurred as workers waited to enter the chip on shift change, with 275 pounds of powder detonating nearby and many victims located at the landing.
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Juneau
Alaska
Treadwell Gold Properties
Douglas Island
Taft hosts dance with Speaker Canon in White House
In Washington a lively reception followed by a staged dance in the East Room as Speaker Canon and President Taft engaged in a playful test of dancing skill. The event, during a dinner honoring "Uncle Joe," drew over fifty guests who applauded as both leaders showed equal footing.
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Washington
Canon
Taft
White House
Joe
House of Representatives
Doctor Convicted of Manslaughter in Detroit Case
Dr. George A. Fritch was found guilty of manslaughter in Detroit Michigan for the death last summer of Maybell Millman of Aon Arbor. He was jailed pending a possible stay of proceedings. The jury deliberated fifty minutes before ruling Millman died during or while Dr. Fritch performed a criminal operation.
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Detroit
Mich
George A. Fritch
Maybell Millman
Aon Abor
Terrific thunderstorm sparks deadly snowslide
Slow progress marks Chico avalanche relief as two trains were swept into Death canyon in a fierce storm. Coroner J C Snyder estimates over a hundred dead. Ed Clark recalls the night of rescue with Americans working by lantern light to free passengers and motors amid snapped trees and collapsing slopes.
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Wellington
Wash
Death Canyon
Rotary Prawa
Menu
Poth
J. C. Snyder
King County
Ed Clark
Charlie Anderson
High Meat Prices Rise Worldwide Says Report
Washington reports show meat prices climbing across major consuming and producing regions. Australia New Zealand Argentina Canada and the United States lead exports while United Kingdom Germany and others import most. Fresh meat rises lag salted meats as chilling freezing and transport costs drop.
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Washington
Steat Prits
Department of Commenrcd and Labor
Australia
New Zealand
Argentine
Canada
United States
United Jingidoi
Germany
Vesuvius Again Active Near Naples
Vesuvius has suddenly become active with continuous eruptions for twenty four hours. Red hot stones and ashes are ejected as internal detonations occur. Several fissures opened and gas and lava stream from them in great quantities.
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Naples
Vesuvius
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