News of Week From All the Coast States
Chain of coastal items report Hawaii like captions with multiple California towns. Free asparagus distribution to the poor in San Francisco precedes a Mason temple dedication in Redding and a bond proposal in Vallejo. California schools plan TB lectures and a journalism reprise at Stanford. Two workers die in a vinegar plant tank accident in Watsonville. Corrosion fumes plan at Balaklala Copper Co. in Coram. Sacramento sentences a to-be-robber to Folsom. San Francisco man pleads guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. Nevada lawyer disbarment petition targets W N Schnitzer. Los Angeles protests against football resolution with dramatic exchange.
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San Francisco
Redding
Vallejo
Ucation
Oakland
Fred Hanson
Frank A. Smith
James Franklin
Solano County
Fairfield
J. J. McDonald
San Diego
Columbia
G Streets
Marco Benie
Board of Education
Alameda County Society For
Stanford University
Everett W. Smith
Forestry Service
Stanford
Watsonville
August Groenfeldt
Jones Brothers’ Vinegar Works
Groenfeldt
Roy Phillips
Groeneldt
Phillips
Farmers’ Committee
Balaklala Copper Company
Coram
Balaklala Company
Gill Faudlum
J. A. Swanson
Cabaniss
Faucham
Swanson
Carson
Nev
Nevada
State Supreme Court
W. N. Schnitzer
Reno
Schnitzer
Entire Davis family naturalized in Oakland
In Oakland Judge Wells granted naturalization papers to Samil Davis and his sons Jacob and Byam, former subjects of the Czar now loyal to Taft. Samil confessed the family sought citizenship, denying polygamy as the judge questioned them and noted the surprising turnout for citizen papers.
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Oakland
Cal
Davis
Wells
Samil Davis
Jacob
Byam
Taft
Samil
Puare
Dudge
Government Enters Real Estate Business at Parker Sale
The United States plans an auction on May 10 for Parker Arizona townlots totaling about 200. The town, founded by the government on recently opened land, includes parks schools and public buildings sites. Excursion trains will run to Parker before the sale and the operation will use standard real estate boom methods with a new railroad to Bengal on the Santa Fe line.
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Los Angeles
Sam
Parker
A. T
Bengal
Santa Fe
Will Try to Climb Mount McKinley from the Sea
The revenue cutter Tahoma sailed last week for Alaska carrying the Portland Mazama expedition of four men who will seek to climb Mount McKinley from the seaward side. They will land at Port Graham on the Kanai peninsula then proceed toward the mountain in launches. They are equipped with stores and tackle for the ascent.
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Seattle
Alaska
Portland
Teddy Roosevelt Jr. Completes Carpet Apprenticeship
Theodore Roosevelt Jr after Harvard graduation completed his apprenticeship at a local carpet plant in Thompsonville and has gone to New York. After his June marriage he will move to San Francisco to represent the carpet company at the plant where he trained.
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Thompsonville, Gunn
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Harvard
New York
San Francisco
Millinery Proposed as College Course at Missouri
Edna D. Day of the University of Missouri asks the faculty to add millinery theory and practice to the women’s curriculum next year. She argues women currently spend money rashly on hats and that millinery fits among the fine arts taught at the university.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Edna D. Day
Terrier Dies After Fight With Rooster in Alameda
Mick a terrier mascot for Sherman Street firemen died after a two round battle with a bic rooster. The rooster struck the dog’s left eye and its spur penetrated the eye causing death.
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Alameda
Mick
Sherman Street
Wright
Wealthy Waterbury Manufacturer Killed by Folding Bed in New York
William Smith, prominent Waterbury wallpaper maker, visiting New York City, died when a folding bed collapsed and suffocated him. His wife, asleep beside him, was nearly smothered by the bed clothes before aid arrived.
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New York
William Smith
Waterbury
General Miles Thrown From Horse in To tomac Park
General Nelson A. Miles was thrown from a horse at To tomac park. One arm was broken, he suffered a slight scalp wound and bruises on his shoulders and side. He sustained no internal injuries.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Totomac Park
Roosevelt May Wear Toga In Washington Rumor
In Washington and New York, speculation swirls about political strategy and public image as analysts weigh how Roosevelt might shape a message. The fragment hints at a toga remark amid campaign chatter and upcoming maneuvers by key figures in the capital.
Flood of Cash Insures Success of Exposition in 1915
San Francisco residents raised 4,089,000 in 2 hours 36 minutes at a Merchants' Exchange sale of Panama Pacific Exposition stock. Larry Harris auctioned the drive, with major subscriptions from Allied Wine Industries, Associated Oil Co, Hotel Men's Association, and others, signaling strong local finance for the project. Delegates led by Gov. Gillett headed to Washington aiming to secure 5 million dollars in support and Congress backing.
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San Francisco
Nadi
Jetty
Merchants’ Exchange
Vars
Fiseamg Heights
Sierra
Panama
Larry” Harris
Willam B. Bourn
Bourn
Allied Wine Industries
Associated Oil Co
Hotel Men's Association
Ihe
Gov «Nor Gillett
Washington
Congress
Finance Committee
Potatoes so cheap farmers use them as fertilizer
Tacoma reports record low potato prices with best graded stock selling as low as 5 dollars per ton and re handled stock at 7 dollars. farmers rot surplus tubers in pits and even dynamite in gates is used to spread them as fertilizer while new California potatoes arrive by steamer reducing demand for native stock.
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Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Skagit County
California
No Crime for a Wife To Hold Up and Rob Husband
A court discharged the wife in a case where she and her brother aided in taking £11 from her husband, claiming the husband squandered wages and failed to provide for her support. The judge ruled a wife may hold up a husband when his spending leaves her without means.
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Guitav H. Dy Kolhy
de Rkolky
Dexethy
Secretary Ballinger Vows No Resignation Amid Controversy
Secretary Ballinger declares he has no intention of quitting his job as the eight four law constitutional dispute unfolds. The statement follows reports of pressure and calls for resignation amid executive and court actions, with Ballinger defending his position and stressing allegiance to Taft's administration.
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Washington
Taft
Ballinger
Court of Appeals
Waterloo barber shop ordinance protects patrons and forbids common abuses
Waterloo Nebraska city council passed and mayor signed an ordinance restricting barbers hours for onions, prohibits placing fingers in customers mouths, ban gossip, tobacco use, and forcing neck shaving or hair singeing. Violations incur at least a 35 fine and arrest.
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Waterloo
Rockefeller Angry Over Lack of Enthusiasm for Philanthropy Plan
New York report states John D. Rockefeller, frustrated by delays and tepid reception to his proposed vast philanthropic foundation, plans to drop the federal incorporation bill introduced by Senator Gallinger. Rockefeller’s attorney Star J. Murphy signals displeasure, with a possible shift to a state charter, likely New York.
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New York
John D. Rockefelter
Senator Gallinger
Star J. Murphy
Rockefeller
New Edition of Text Book in California Schools
State Superintendent states grammar school pupils need not buy the new geographies unless desired. Changes will occur but those with old editions can keep using them. The new book costs 64 cents to pupils and dealers pay 58 cents in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California
Local Officials Repress Looters in Shanghai and Changsha
Government authorities in Shanghai pursue strict reprisals against looters in Changsha with mistreatment and executions reported. Opposition from the local gentry to foreign business resumption persists. The Standard Oil Company remains barred from opening offices in the city.
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Shanghai
China
Changsha
Standard Oi Company
Alaska Gold Camps Active Seattle Prospectors Open Markets
Alaska business men who arrived in Seattle from Valdez say the newly discovered fields spark a strong outlook. Stampedes to the gold camps revive activity in Fairbanks and prompt reopenings after two years of downturn, signaling a potential prosperous season.
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Seattle
Alaska
Valdez
Fairbanks
Memorial Fountain Dedicated at Colusa
The Boggs memorial fountain honoring the late Senator John Barys was dedicated last Saturday at Princeton in Colusa County near the Barys mansion. The ceremony included a drum corps parade and a wrestling show as part of the dedication events.
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Colusa
Boggs
John Barys
Princeton
Barys
Cuban Conspirators Roundup Strikes Havana
Cuban authorities nabbed Evarisio Betoroz and 22 others accused of planning a rebellion against the government. Evidence showed extensive preparations for a May uprising.
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Havana
Aucvnet
Evarisio Betoroz
Nore
Anther Runsre
Aeronaut Recovers From Narrow Paris Escape
Paris reports a dramatic incident as Emile the bonnet piloted an aeroplane that collapsed midflight. The unnamed aeronaut narrowly avoided serious danger when wind and jammed airship parts caused a harrowing escape during the flight last week.
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Paris
Roosevelt
Emile
Bonnet
World News Briefs Range From Weddings to Politics
A millennium of short items reports Harris Hyatt’s wedding excitement ending in death, Natchez’s 120-year-old Ed Keaton vows natural death after a rattlesnake bite, Changsha rioting tensions ease, funds for a Chicago exposition building, a fall injures Edward Payson Weston who resumes walking, Changsha foreigner safety urges, Nina Auths’s schoolroom suicide, a Peking palace bombing killed aides, Williams files 12 volumes in a merger suit, US Canadian pulp policy unchanged, and Lord Roseberry’s Neil Gow wins the 2000 guineas on Maher’s ride.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Harris Hyatt
Milford
Natchez
Ed Keaton
Changsha
Chine
Chang
Geystnor
Chicago
Au Exposition
Madison Square Garden
New York
Troy
N. Y
Edward Payson Weston
Castleton
Weston
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United States District Court
United States Circuit
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State Department
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