Utah News Roundup Faces of Death and Trials Across State
Wm F Sloan dies from injuries in a Winnemucca rail accident Mark Harmer a Springville leader dies from typhoid fever A butcher Morris Dryefuss found dead in Fingham Deaths include Ole Okerlund and John Kothiaftis acquitted for a murder linked to Getis tragedy Beet crop strong with 2330000 distributed to growers Salt Lake City plans a wireless club Post office robberies net under $60 plus a streetcar heist Suspected flax movement meets with farmers and swindles strike Salt Lake women duped by inferior lance goods Fire destroys four Elsinore houses and typhoid patient endures cold while frost bites victims Foresters start poisoning coyotes on the Utah reservation Officials note the Japanese commercial commission visit and a local Beets and sugar production thrive and flax industry efforts proceed in the state.
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Wm. F. Sloan
Fall Lake
Winnemucca
Nevada
Mark Harmer
Springville
Morris Dryefuss
Fingham
Ilver
Lehi
Salt Lake City
Chester
Allied Store
Eugene Roberts
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Warm Springs
Salt Lake
Commercial Commission of Japan
John Kothiaftis
Peter Getis
Bingham
Ole Okerlund
Loa
Mr. Okerlund
Utah
Plains
Frisco
Ben Sparks
Ephrsim
Elsinore
Sevier
Sanpete
Utah Flax Growing & Milling Company
Andreas Roumeliotis
Gus Getis
John Kothiattis
Sleep Meant Death Idaho Lad Held Prisoner by Finn Fugitives Shot
A 17-year-old boy escaped after a Finnish captor who had held him at the Garrett ranch in Boise, Idaho, was shot by a posse. The desperado, who had threatened the boy, was shot while refusing to surrender and died two hours later on the way to Nampa. The body was riddled with bullets and his identity remained unknown. The captive said the man confessed to wounding Officer Fleming at Nampa earlier.
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Boise
Idaho
Desperado
Harry Garrett
Garrett Ranch
Nampa
Garrett Boy
Officer Fleming
Fleming
New Trial Ordered in Sherman Act Case Against UP Entities
United States appeals court in St Paul set aside the verdict against Union Pacific Coal Union Pacific railway Oregon Short Line railway James M Moore and Everett Buckingham ordering a new trial. Judge Sanborn found no substantial evidence of any two defendants forming a combination to refuse sale or transport coal to Sharp. Previous conviction carried fines of 1000 dollars for Buckingham and 3000 dollars for the other defendants plus costs.
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Sharp
Buckingham
Teacher In Public School Becomes Delusional In Class
In Denver a woman teacher in the public schools, names withheld, suddenly became insane during a lesson and began to disrobe before students. Dr. Pearl E Wheeler, city school nurse, entered the room and helped summon help. She was taken to a hospital where her condition was improving.
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Denver
Pearl E. Wheeler
T 4A
Woman witnesses Perry murderer's hanging in Oklahoma
Mrs. Isaac Fell of Caldwell, Kansas, said she felt satisfied after witnessing the execution of Henry Armstrong, who killed her husband in Perry months earlier. The sheriff allowed her to attend the hanging after debate with legal advisers.
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Perry
Okla
Isaac Fell
Caldwell
Kan
Henry Armstrong
Fell
Armstrong
Gould and Vanderbilt Getting Friendly
Cornelius Vanderbilt was invited by George J Gould to join the Missouri Pacific Railway board and executive committee. Vanderbilt accepted, seen in Wall Street as a sign of closer Gould and Vanderbilt cooperation and possible railroad world developments.
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Gould
Vanderbilt
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Wall Street
Goulds
Vanderbilts
Woten Author Dead In New York At 63
Richard Watson Gilder editor in chief of Century Magazine since its 1881 founding died unexpectedly Thursday night from angina at his sister Mrs Schuyler Van Rennselaer home. He was a noted author and lecturer widely known in literary circles.
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New York
Richard Watson Gilder
The
Century Magazine
Pinchot denies ultimatum story in feud with Ballinger
Washington. Gifford Pinchot, chief forester, dismissed reports that he sent a letter to the president threatening to resign if Secretary Ballinger remained in the cabinet. Pinchot said he is proceeding with his work and the president expressed satisfaction with his efforts after Ballinger’s White House visit.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
White House
Ballinger-Pinchot
Sioux Indians to relocate to Nicaragua colony
Boston reports the Sioux remnant will form a colony in Nicaragua to escape disease. Chief Little Bilson sails from Poston aboard the EEsparata to receive deeds to 16,000 acres granted by Nicaragua for the settlement. Backing comes from F. S. Dellenbaugh of the American Geographical Society and wealthy New York donors. Migration expected to start in January.
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Boston
Nicaragua
Little Bilson
Poston
F. 8
Dellenbaugh
American Geographical Society
New
Mitchell Stands Firm at AFL Convention Speech
Toronto report shows John Mitchell, AFL officer under contempt sentence, delivering a dramatic address at the convention. He asserted his commitment to constitutional rights despite consequences, stating he would champion them while at liberty.
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Toronto
Ont
Mexico City Sees New Presidential Candidate
Attorney Herberto Barron, former deputy and Reyes ally, arrives in New York and is proclaimed a Democratic presidential candidate in red posters across homes and billboards in Mexico City. The surprise move by a Circle of Friends alumnus stirs excitement as crowds discuss the development.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Herberto Barron
Chamber of Deputies
General Reyes
New York
Barron
Democratic Party
Circle of Friends
Opium Barter Report From Mindanao Palm Island Trade
W B Lyon, a horticulturist returning from Mindanao, reports that Sarangani natives trade young girls for opium on Palm Island. Government cutters visit the district but lack sufficient facilities to suppress the traffic in South Mindanao.
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Manila
Sarangani
Mindanao
W. B. Lyon
AT and T Controls Western Union in Groundbreaking Merger
Announcement from Boston and confirmation in New York reveal American Telephone and Telegraph Company has absorbed Western Union Telegraph, a Gould family property for generations. The deal closes Tuesday with potential future inclusion of Mackay-controlled Postal Telegraph, though officials say Postal remains independent.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
New York
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
Jay Gould
Gould
Mackay Companies
Postal Telegraph Company
The
Postal
Waste Must Be Stopped Says Garfield at Convention
James Garfield, former secretary of the interior, warned at a joint convention of the National Municipal League and the American Civic Association that national welfare depends on conserving natural resources. He criticized short sighted usage and called for urgent action to inventory resources to prevent depletion.
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Cincinnati
National Municipal League
The
American Civic Association
James ‘2. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Cherry Illinois mine disaster ends hope for survivors
Despair grips Cherry as fire that killed 300 Ives in the St Paul coal mine is stopped. Rescue teams retrieved the dead from fire ruined tunnels on Friday while aid pours into survivors' homes. Officials fear no one remains alive.
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Cherry
St. Paul
Charity
John Medaris Dies After Green's Fork Centennial
John Fletcher Medaris of Green's Fork near Richmond Indiana died late Tuesday after a centennial birthday celebration. He had expressed a wish to live for the town wide program which 250 relatives and the entire community attended. The death occurred at the close of the event and followed a near collapse earlier in the day.
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Richmond
Ind
John Fletcher Medaris
Green's Fork
Here
Medaris
Five Year Arctic Voyage Planned by Amundsen
Captain Roald Amundsen announces an oceanographic expedition for Norway beginning next July from Christiania in the Fram. The voyage, likely five years, is to explore uncharted regions and establish a Norwegian presence in Arctic science.
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New York
Raold Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Co Penagen
America
Christiania
Nansen
Fram
United States Demands Upright Deeds in Central America
Washington reports the government tires of Central American rulers' highhanded methods and would support the overthrow of President Zelaya. A dispatch to Bluefields Steamship asks protection from insurgent interference and a note to Nicaragua’s chargé d’affaires demands an explanation for the execution of two Americans, Leonard Grace and Leroy Cannon. Taft refuses recognition of Isidore Hazera until concerns are addressed.
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Zelaya
Washington
Bluefields Steamship Company
State Department
Senor Felipe Rodriguez
Legation
Leonard Grace
Leroy Cannon
Taft
Isidore Hazera
Alsop claim against Chile nears critical stage
The Alsop claim for over a million dollars, pending thirty five years, reaches a turning point as American minister to Chile Dawson departs for Washington with Pierpont In charge. If Chile rejects settlement or protocol for Fingue court reference within days, the Santiago legation may close and archives transfer to the American consul for safekeeping.
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Washington
Chile
Dawson
Pierpont
Legation
Santiago
Cruse
Twin Falls County votes to close saloons in Idaho
Twin Falls Idaho residents approved a local option election to remove saloons. The result affects Twin Falls and towns including Buhl Filer Kimberly Hansen Murtagh Rock Creek Milner Moravia Butte Riseworth and Gaseleford as all bars are forced out of business by the vote.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Buhl
Filer
Kimberly
Hansen
Murtagh
Rock Creek
Milner
Moravia
Butte
Riseworth
Gaseleford
Ballinger Denies Fraud Claims About Interior Dept
Secretary Ballinger rejects magazine charges about misconduct in the Interior Department. He says he never advised ordered or lent support to any effort to perpetuate a government fraud and asserts the accusations are false and disingenuous to those who investigated the facts.
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Washington
Ballinger
Interior Department
Hunters Kill Sleeping Man in Buena Vista Discovery
Raphael Pano a section hand was killed Wednesday night by hunters who used an outbuilding door as a target. His body was found several hours later and the hunters identity had not been learned at the time of the report.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Raphael Pano
Pano
Cleveland Syrians Organize to Fight Citizenship Exclusion
In Cleveland Ohio a wealthy Syrian community, the nation’s second largest Syrian colony, forms to contest exclusion from citizenship under the Chinese exclusion act. They argue Syrians are the purest Caucasian branch and seek equal rights amid immigration policy debates.
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Cleveland, O
Syria
Cleveland
Sheriff vacancy declared over Cairo lynching incident
Gov. Deneen declares the office of sheriff in Alexander county vacant after Sheriff Frank E. Davis failed to prevent an attack that led to the lynching of William James, a Black man, and Henry Salzner, a white man, at Cairo, Illinois on November 11.
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Springfield
Deneen
Alexander County
Frank E. Davis
William James
Henry Salzner
Cairo, Ill
Speaker defends House rules at Chicago address
Joseph G. Cagnon speaker of the house of representatives denied being a czar and defended current house rules in a Thursday night Chicago speech amid critics.
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Chicago
Joseph G. Cagnon
House of Representatives
House
Czaria
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