Utah State News Highlights from Ogden and Across Utah
The second annual Utah State Firemen convention met in Ogden with over fifty delegates. Oto Odama a Japanese worker in Ogden was severely injured by a traveling crane. Logan faces a November 2 special election on prohibition. Freight depot material shipments for the Harriman lines to Ogden will begin within a month. Walter Moore found dead in Logan jail after drunkenness. Salt Lake City to host a new school for the blind with equipment ordered. Utah county taxes total 367201. Provo 101896 and Lehi 41093. Lehi to be dry from 1910. City ordinances penalize sales of intoxicants even for medicine or mechanics. Utah Federation of Labor approves health resolutions in Ogden. Utah county teachers Institute opens at Geneva resort. Block signal system installed on the Oregon Short Line. Salt Lake to Ogden, and Ogden to Cache Junction. Hotel contracts for $1,247,000 for Deseret News site in Salt Lake City. John Helladay dies at 80 in Santaquin after cattle-thief activity era. Grim find in Murray as a skeleton is unearthed while plowing. Utah cement output in 1908 jumps to 469,427 barrels from 21,123 in 1907. Salt Lake & Ogden Railroad seeks permission to run steam trains via Lincoln Avenue before electrification. Mrs. Savina S. Southwick dies in Lehi from heart failure. Judge blocks plea for Nick Vacos in murder case. trial likely. Interior secretary withholds land selections in Green River area. A strange disease hits Morgan County horses, six Croydon deaths in a week.
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Oto Odama
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Omer Call
Utah
Willard
Logan
Harriman
Walter Moore
City
Salt Lake City
Utah County
Provo
Lehi
Ciay
Utah State Federation of Labor
Utah County Teachers Institute
Geneva Resort
Oregon
Cache Junction
Mammoth New Hotel
Deseret News
John Helladay
Santaquin
D. B. Jones
Murray
Jones
Bionte
Haines
Salt Lake
Savina S. Southwick
Nick Vacos
Vacos
Secretary of the Interior
Green River Coun
Green River
Morgan County
Croydon
Three Weirs Arrested in West Death Case
A Nevada grand jury investigates the death of Charles Todd found in a well near Bristol. Julius Weir Sr Kate Weir and Julius Weir Jr were arrested on suspicion of murder after Todd’s body showed a fractured skull. Todd had $160 last seen, but only loose change found on discovery.
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Moche
Nevada
Charles Todd
Pioche
Julius Weir
Bristol
Kate Weir
Todd
Juline Weir
Beresford urges imperial defense and sea supremacy
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, veteran of the British navy, spoke at a Lawyers' Club luncheon hosted by the Pilgrims of the United States. He warned the European situation is red headed and urged Britain to pursue a grand imperial defense to maintain sea supremacy and deter war among English speaking nations.
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New York
Lord Charles Beresford
Lawyers’ Club
Pilgrims of the
United States
Lord Beresford
Great Britain
Western Farmers Prosperous
Secretary of agriculture James Wilson reports on western farm prosperity noting farmers are debt free with paid farms fences and machinery. He cites high east coast wages and western investments in luxuries such as autos while avoiding eastern securities. He says western crops remain strong and that eastern markets pose risk to investment decisions.
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Washington
Queen Elizabeth
James Wilson
New Zealand Premier Ward Arrives En Route to Suva
Joseph Ward premier of New Zealand arrives in Honolulu on the Makura and will proceed to Suva to meet the British cruiser Challenger before heading to Auckland. He discusses plans to build a Dreadnaught and add cruisers torpedo boats and submarines, boosting Britain's Pacific naval strength.
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Honolulu
Joseph Ward
New Zealand
Suva
Fiji Islands
Challenger
Auckland
Frew Ward
China Station
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
United States
Train Robbery Near Malta Rocks Leadville Route
Five men attempted a daring hold up four miles west of Malta, Colorado on the Denver and Rio Grande No. 5. The express car was dynamited but no loot was recovered. Robbers boarded engines No. 6, forced engineers to the express car, blew the door open, then fled after a volley of shots. Sheriff Campbell led a posse toward the scene. rumors say a large sum was in the safe.
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Leadville
Colo
Malta
Smith
Campbell
Ballinger Pinchot dispute moves forward in Washington
Expressions of opinion among insiders say the Ballinger Pinchot matter has only begun. Glavis charges are expected to be disclosed via a congressional inquiry or other means. Pinchot supporters claim he forced restoration of water power site withdrawals in the public domain, once by Roosevelt and halted by Ballinger. Taft faced criticism for not commenting on Frank Pierce’s Interior decision, which Pinchot partisans say would have allowed coal region consolidation in Alaska. The attorney general overruled that decision, shifting interior policy.
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Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot
Glavis
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
Roosevelt
Ballinger
Taft
Frank Pierce
Department of the Interior
Pinchot
Alaska
Interior Department
Idaho at the Fair Celebrates Idaho Day Exposition
Idaho Gov James H Brady visited Seattle with staff Caldwell band and Idaho delegates to Houston Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. The third Brady trip celebrated Idaho profits from the exposition. Principal exercises in Idaho building featured an overture by the Caldwell band and a welcome by Director General Nadeau. Brady gave the address of the day and Judge Forney presided. An informal reception followed at the Idaho building.
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Seattle
James H. Brady
Idaho
Caldwell Band
Brady
Nadeau
Judge Forney
Gov. Brady
Idaho Building
Taft Urges Labor Rights and Court Reform in Chicago Address
President Taft defended labor's right to organize and pledged to push congressional legislation on injunctions. He called for improvements in criminal and civil court procedures and proposed a federal commission to study delays, urging states to follow with remedial laws. The speech, given at Orchestra hall, followed a public reception and a ball game win by the New York Nationals over Chicago.
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Chicago
Taft
Orchestra Hall
Congress
Mr. Taft
South Park
Commercial Club
New York Nationals
Prohibition Opponents Plan Statewide Taxpayer League
An Ida based group allied with business leaders plans a statewide taxpayer league to defeat a state-wide prohibition law. The movement aims to form leagues in every county and convene a state meeting, operating as a business and taxpayer body while avoiding saloon operators and politics unless needed.
Child Testifies in Murder Trial in Defense of Father
A 12 year old daughter testified in Los Angeles on behalf of her father Harper F. Bennett, real estate man on trial for murder. She said her mother allegedly poisoned beer drunk by Bennett and his wife, and noted threats of suicide.
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Los Angeles
Harper FE
Bennett
WE Wise
Gorve—retentionel—estipony
Littte
Protects American Lines Washington
Acting Secretary McHarg of the Department of Commerce and Labor directs that Chinese immigration from the Orient via Canada be inspected at Vancouver Washington. Land border ports remain open for Orient Chinese and for non Orient entrants from Canada. Notice will be sent to Canadian Pacific to modify the 1908 agreement to preserve American transportation business.
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Washington
McHarg
Department of Commerce and Labor
Orient
Canada
Vancouver
Wash
GRAFT CHARGES IN CHICAGO JURY DRAWING SCHEME
Bench warrants were issued Saturday by Judge Jesse A Bald for John J Holland secretary of Cook county jury commission Nichol and Martin secretary to Alderman Ken na and Willis J Rayburn real estate man. They are charged with conspiring to draw grand juror names contrary to law amid scrutiny of inspector McCann graft case.
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Chicago
Jesse A. Bald
Circuit Court
John J. Holland
Cook County Jury Commission
Nichol & Martin
Kenna
First
Willis J. Rayburn
McCann
State Attorney's Office
Detective Slain in Des Moines Shootout with Suspect
In a running battle Sunday night, Detective Frank Delmer was shot and killed by John Schmelzer who was wounded twice but expected to recover. Schmelzer, terrorizing the area near his home, eluded officers for hours before cornered and firing at Delmer. Detective Ross then shot Schmelzer.
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Des Moines
John Schmelzer
Frank Delmer
Schmzer
Schmelzer
Delmer
Ross
Nurse Dies in Hospital Fire in Redding
Mrs J B Harding a nurse died in a fire that destroyed St. Caroline hospital in Redding California at 3 o clock Sunday morning. Matron Constance Rainsberry and assistant Miss Bertha Lampkin aided in rescue. seven patients were saved. Harding did not escape from her room.
Aged Woman Killed by Train in Fresno Fire Fallout
Mrs. Anna Huber 86, grieving over a home fire wreckage at Craycroft, stepped in front of a moving Southern Pacific train and was fatally struck. Investigators note the death follows the earlier house fire and loss of belongings.
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Fresno
Cal
Anna Huber
Southern Pacific
Craycroft Crossing
Flood Suffering in Mexican Flood Areas Urges Prompt Aid
Washington reports the flood sufferers from the terrorico states in Mexico remain destitute and in need of immediate help. United States Consul Hanna at Monterey telegraphs the state department describing dire conditions and urging prompt action with shelled corn rice beans clothing shoes and lightweight bedding as the needed supplies, not perishables.
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Washington
Ter Rorico
Mexico
United States
Hanna
Monterey
State Department
American Surgeons Best, New York
Dr Louis Livingstone Seaman, American delegate to the International Medical Congress at Budapest, arrived on the Cam pania from Liverpool and praised America's lead in surgery and medicine shown by testimony and exhibits at the congress.
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New York
Louis Livingstone Seaman
Budapest
Campania
Liverpool
America
Seaman
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