Utah county horse show in Springville planned this spring
The Springville Commercial club schedules the Utah county annual horse show to be held in Springville this spring. John Grey, accused of wrobbitte in Salt Lake City on October 12 last, has been found guilty by a jury. J. H. Keefe of Garfield suffers a crushed right foot requiring amputation after machinery accident.
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Springville
Utah County
John Grey
Wrobbitte
Finch
Salt Lake City
J. H. Keefe
Garfield
Martin Cahill
Rio Grande
Ogden
Hugh A. McMillin
Gold Circle
Nevada
Lee Guson
Samuel Werb
Dolly Dimples
L. N. Curry
Cache County
Ibex
Millard County
John Sanborn
Marion C. Gordon
Murray
Gordon
Utah
Garfield testifies on Alaska coal claims and Guggenheims options
Former interior secretary James R. Garfield concludes a dull Ballinger-Pinchot hearing segment with a sensational note. He cites an affidavit claiming no Guggenheim interest in Cunningham Alaska coal claims, while records show the Guggenheim syndicate held an option on half the Cunningham claims. Garfield says actions aimed to prevent monopolistic control of power sites and protect the public.
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Washington
James RR. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger-Pinchot
Garfield
Ballinger
Land Office
Clarence Cunningham
Guegenheims
Cunningham
Senate approves postal savings bank bill with amendments
The senate passed the postal savings bank bill by fifty to twenty two. It includes the Smoot and Borah amendments while defeating the Cummins proposal restricting wartime investments. Depositors may place one dollar or more, up to $500 total per holder, with up to $100 per month, funds to be kept in local banks under a trustees board of the postmaster general treasury secretary and attorney general. The government must pay 2 percent interest and banks must return at least 2 percent, plus a quarter percent for expenses and losses.
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Washington
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Smoot
Borah
Cummins
Secretary of the Treasury
Nationwide Strike Stir At Philadelphia as Labor Bids Support
Philadelphia saw a burst of energy in a general strike movement when the State Federation of Labor at Newcastle pledged backing for a nationwide effort if needed. Baldwin Loco Motive Works workers walked out with others, while company officials warned arbitration was over and many firms signaled a return to work as the local sympathy wave showed signs of fading.
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Philadelphia
State Federation of Labor
Newcastle
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Retailers deny price fixing in senate testimony
Washington retail meat dealers blamed farmers and packers for high meat costs while five witnesses from New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington testified. Walter Brown rejected a 10 percent rise claim, others said competition kept prices low and none admitted any price fixing among retailers or a packer conspiracy amid scarce stock explanations.
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Washington
Senate
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Walter Brown
TO RECLAIM EMPIRE Irrigation Contract Awarded in Colorado
The Colorado Southern Irrigation company announces Kennefick Quigley Russell of Kansas City has the $12,087,000 contract to build the Canon City Florence Pueblo Water system. Work starts within 60 days, employing 3,000 men to construct twelve reservoirs and 160 miles of canals. The largest dam will rise 197 feet, with capacity for 760000 acre feet to irrigate about 300000 acres in the Arkansas valley, target completion by April 1, 1912.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Southern Irrigation Company
Canon City, Florence and Pueblo Water Company
Kennefick, Quigley & Russell
Kansas City
Arkansas Valley
Government Brief Demands Sherman Act Action
Washington report notes the Topastina act of justice filed a thousand page brief with the U S Supreme Court urging the Sherman act be repealed or enforced to command public respect. The brief argues Standard Oil violated the act by dissolving as a result of 1899 corporate organization and counterpoints defense claiming no competition at that time.
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Washington
Topastina Act of Justice
Federal Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oi
Standard Oil Counsel
Miners and Operators Deadlock in Central Field
In Cincinnati Ohio coal miners and operators across Ohio Indiana and western Pennsylvania appointed committees to study points of contention. Miners warn of an inevitable strike if their demands are not met while operators insist the demands should not be granted.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Taft's Railroad Bill Amended by House Committee
Washington administration railroad bill amended by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce. The panel voted 9 to 11 to substitute the interstate commerce commission for the proposed court of commerce as the tribunal to receive petitions by railroads seeking to acquire interests in other lines.
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Washington
Administration
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Commerce
Street Car Hit by Freight Train in Los Angeles
A Pacific Electric Oak Knoll street car carrying theatergoers was struck from behind by a freight train on the Salt Lake Route at Aliso street. The impact toppled the car, threw passengers from seats and windows, and left thirty six injured with some in fatal danger.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Electric System
Salt Lake
Aliso Street
Earthquake Felt Across California With Shaking North South
A sharp quake struck at 10 55 PM Thursday with long, distinct motion lasting about one and a half seconds. Chabot Observatory Oakland notes vibrations north to south. It was felt from Modesto to Watsonville, with crockery broken in Watsonville and the line running north from Monterey through Watsonville Santa Cruz and San Jose hit hard, and Santa Rosa also reported it.
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San Francisco
Chabot
Oakland
Modesto
Watsonville
Monterey
Santa Cruz
San Jose
Santa Rosa
Frisco Set for Jeffries Johnson Fight on July Fourth
San Francisco dispatch reports Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason confirming the Jeffries Johnson bout will occur July 4 in an arena inside the California Jockey Club race track at Emeryville, Alameda County, just across the bay from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Tex” Rickard
Jack Gleason
Jeffries- Johnson
California Jockey Club
Emeryville
Aneda County
Bay
Wizard of Billiard Table Dead Denver
Jacob Schaefer former national billiard champion died at his Denver home at 11:15 PM Tuesday from tuberculosis. He was 55 and had held all major billiards titles, defeating many great players including French experts.
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Denver
Jacob Schaefer
Schaefer
Gneaux
A Fool and a Pistol in Nephi Utah
Edwin Bigler, returning from Juab, fired at the Juab Development ranch house. A bullet exploded after hitting a knot, striking a young Orgill. Ivy from Scipio tackled Bigler and beat him. Orgill’s recovery status is uncertain.
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Nephi
Utah
Juab
Edwin Bigler
Juab Development Company
Orgill
Ivy
Scipio
Bigler
Patten Driven from Manchester Cotton Exchange by Mob
Chicago speculator James R. Patten faced a hostile reception on the Manchester cotton exchange floor. He was ejected amid hissing and threatening shouts, pursued through streets by a mob, and escorted by police to safety before boarding a train to Liverpool.
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London
James R. Patten
Chicago
Cotton Exchange
Manchester
Exchange
Patten
Liverpool
Oregon Timber Conspiracy Case Seizes Local Officials
Portland officials and several Oregon Lumber Company and Sumpter Valley Railroad Company executives are charged in a wide scale conspiracy to defraud the United States of timber lands. Utah magnate David Eccles, termed a lumberman and sugar king, and various executives face federal indictment and arrest in Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
United States
David Eeeles
Utah
Traction Maguiate
Oregon
Frank M. Shurtliff
Fred M. Anderson
William Green
Baker City
Grant
Geddes
Joseph Barton
James Smurthwaite
Oregon Lumber Company
Sumpter Valley Railroad Company
Eccles
Garfield Lied Denial Sparks Water Users Protest
Boise Idaho. The Payette Boise Water Users Association representing settlers on a government irrigation project wired the Ways and Means Committee in Washington denying former Secretary Garfield's claim that the government warned settlers against moving onto public lands before water delivery. They also alerted Senator Borah to the action.
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Boise
Idaho
Garfield
Ballinger-Pinchot
Washington
Setters
Garfeld
Payette-Boise Water Users’ Association
Ways and Means Committee
House
Borah
Cunningham Attacks Glavis In Alaska Patent Case
Cleveland reporter describes a sharp exchange in a United States inquiry led by Commissioner William J. McGee. Clarence Cunningham accused Louis R. Glavis of trapping him into signing an affidavit under false pretenses. He claimed Glavis pretended to seek patent clearances while aiming to label Cunningham entries as fraudulent.
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Cleveland, O
Louis R. Glavis
Clarence Cunningham
United States
William J. McGee
Alaska
Cunningham
Met the Men Half Way
Baltimore labor mediation ends a potential strike on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Commissioner of Labor Neils secured a settlement with concessions from both sides. Details were not disclosed but both parties reached a middle ground on all disputed matters.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Neils
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