Current Events of the Week Condensed Highlights
Aunt Delia Torrey to visit the president. Chinese rebels defeat Imperial forces killing over 400. Gold-bearing lodge found near Raymond Washington and a heavy stampede. Portland merchant fined for false advertising. Chinese in Portland cut queues after a spellbinder appeal. Salem saloons drop union cards and reject wage rise for bartenders. Darrow indicted in Los Angeles on jury bribery charges. Central America trade being gobbled by Europeans while American merchants sleep. Troops quell strike riots in Lawrence Massachusetts. one woman killed. Duke of Fife dies after shipwreck exposure in Aswan Egypt. Runaway trolley crash in St Paul injures 20. Guinea pig found alive 16 days after Equitable fire. Woman arrested at Coeur d Alene showered with rice to hide situation. Tariff lines drawn in Congress. Parker criticizes Roosevelt over court distrust. Woman’s Good Roads congress in Tacoma. Packing house trial margin sheets shown to defendants.
Commodity Prices And Livestock Market Report
A list of 1911 era price quotes for Wheat, Millstuffs, Barley, Corn, Oats, Hay, Potatoes, Vegetables, Fruits, Butter, Eggs, Pork, Veal, Poultry, Hops, Wool, Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep. Entries include Bluestem wheat at 854c, bran at $23 per ton, whole barley at $40 per ton, New corn at $34, No.1 white oats at $32, No.1 Eastern Oregon timothy hay at $17.18, Rome beauty apples at $2.50 per box, Oregon creamery butter at 36c, eggs at 80 31c per dozen, hogs at 6.40–6.60, cattle steers at $5.85–6.10, and lambs at $5.5–6.0 per hundred weight, among many other item prices.
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Oregon
Valley
Burbanks
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Oregon Creamery
Army post closings mark shift to concentrated forces
Secretary Stimson, after a staff report, calls for immediate abandonment of 16 to 18 army posts to reduce extravagance and inefficiency from scattered deployment. Posts listed include Apache Arizona and Jay New York, with Fort Apache and others under review for potential consolidation and strategic realignment toward foreign garrisons.
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Washington, D. C
Stimson
General Staff
Apache
Arizona
Boise Barracks
Idaho
Brady
Michigan
Clark
Texas
Gay
Wright
Washington
Jay
New York
Lincoln
North Dakota
Logan
H. Roots
Arkansas
McIntosh
McKenzie
Wyoming
Madison Barracks
Meade
South Dakota
Niagara
Ontario
Wayne
Whipple Barracks
William Henry Harrison
Montana
Yellowstone
Fort Apache
Fort Jay
Congress
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Plattsburg Barracks
Robinson
Nebraska
Missoula
Colorado
Douglas
Utah
D. A. Russell
United
Mobile force to defend eight strategic U S points
The plan proposes organizing a mobile force after hostilities begin to accompany the army. This force would be distributed among about eight great strategic points in the United States rather than being scattered in forty nine locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Flyers Win Big Money at Domingues Field Meet
The Third international aviation meet at Domingues field concluded after nine days of flying with about $30,000 in prizes. Lincoln Beachy and Phil Parmalee topped the winners, Weldon B. Cooke of Oakland earned endurance honors, and Farnum T. Fish of Los Angeles placed second. Beachey staged spectacular stunts while Blanche Stuart Scott, the lone woman aviator, participated in a moving picture sequence and unique aerial feats. The meet set a record for fancy flying with three figure eights in 1205 1 2 seconds. The event highlighted night flying and the potential military use of aircraft to Army and Navy officials.
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Los Angeles
Domingues Field
Lincoln Beachy
Phil
Parmalee
Weldon B. Cooke
Oakland
Farnum T. Fish
Beachey
Blanche Stuart Scott
United States Army
Navy
Labor denounces Haywood as enemy of organized labor
Denver trades and labor assembly denounces William D. Haywood ex secretary of the Western Federation of Miners as a traitor to labor. The resolution cites Haywood statements attacking the American Federation of Labor for its stance on the McNamaras after their guilty pleas in the Los Angeles dynamiting case.
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Denver
William D. Haywood
Western Foderation of
Lawrence
Maas
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
Haywood
American Federation of Labor
McNamaras
Los Angeles
Thirty Indictments Expected in Indianapolis Case
The federal grand jury probing the dynamiting conspiracy prepares for what may be its last week. Reportedly at least 30 indictments have been drawn. District Attorney Miller says indictments, if issued, will remain secret until arrests are made.
Bank Robbery in Vancouver Raises Bank Loss
Two unmasked holdup men robbed the Hillcrest Royal Bank of Canada branch and escaped with 4000 dollars rather than the initially reported 109 dollars. Had the robbery occurred a day earlier, 15000 dollars would have been at risk before transfers to the main bank.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hillcrest
Royal Bank of Canada
Wu Ting Fang threatens renewed hostilities in China
The Pekin government seeks an armistice extension while Wu Ting Fang in Shanghai telegraphs a threat to resume war unless abdication occurs. Yuan’s forces grow to 7,000 with 3,000 more arriving in Pekin. Tish Lang, formerTar tar-general at Nanking, flees Pekin and may head for Tien Tein.
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
Tish Lang
Nanking
Yuan
Tien Tein
Wabash Receivers Seek Five Million Dollar Certificate Issue
In New York Frederick Delano president and one of the receivers of the Wabash railroad arranged for a five million dollar issue of receiver’s certificates for improvements. Simultaneously the independent committee of the road’s refunding and extension bondholders announced they would finance the improvements and pursue immediate foreclosure of the mortgage.
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New York
Frederick Delano
Wabash Railroad
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Raymond
Wash
Portland
Portland, Or
Salem, Or
Clarences. Darrow
Central America
Mass
Duke of Fife
Royal House of England
Assowan
Egypt
St. Paul
Equitable
New York City
Coeur d'Alene
Rice
Tacoma
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Woman's Good Roads Congress
Combine
Portland Markets
Clarence S. Darrow
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles Times
Flyers
Labor
Iwike
Como In
Superior
Steve
Range
HALY
Ial
Bridge & Beach
Hanna Independence
Polk County
Dallas Lumber and Logging Co
Dallas
Independence, Ore
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