Current Events of the Week in Condensed Form
A roundup of notable incidents from the era includes dancing masters in Chicago abolishing rag-time, rebels hijacking a railway train in Mexico, a New York naval review drowning, thousands of strikebreakers at Utah mines, a gasoline explosion in Oxnard killing a woman and three children, and Major General Wood asserting three coast posts. Also reported are Balkan reform failures, heavy casualties in Turkish Montenegrin clashes, sailors rescuing comrades, a Cuban bank messenger arrested for a $20,000 theft, a near collision during a New York harbor naval parade, Roosevelt wounded in Milwaukee, Turkey delaying peace talks with Italy, Harold Perkins connection to the Harvest Trust, the Chinese revolution anniversary, lighter westward travel records, Utah copper resuming under guards, lifeboat seat tickets on a Japanese liner, Captain Hanks’s death, and women applicants for Portland jail matron posts.
Portland Markets Report on Grain, Fruits, and Livestock Prices
A Portland market list shows Wheat-Track between 78 and 83 cents, Barley-Feed around 24 to 27 dollars per ton, Corn at 38 to 39 dollars per ton, and various hay oats and vegetables with unit prices. Fresh fruits and onions sell by the box or sack, with eggs, butter, pork, veal, poultry, hops, wool, and cattle priced across multiple grades and weights.
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Oregon
Burbanks
Roosevelt Resting Quietly After Milwaukee Shooting
Chicago reports Colonel Roosevelt waking after 2 AM with pulse near normal and temperature steady. Earlier, after a Milwaukee shooting, doctors noted nervous strain but said he rested well, with tetanus antitoxin given and slight temperature rise afterward.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Taft Reviews Big Fleet In Hudson Pageant
The Atlantic fleet marched past President Taft on Tuesday in a two hour review. The procession included ships from the Ar kansas to submarines, with the Connecticut firing the first gun near the Mayflower. Tens of thousands lined the Hudson shore while several thousand more watched from excursion steamers. The torpedo boat Craven bumped a lighter but sustained only minor damage.
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New York
Arkansas
Wyoming
Taft
Meyer
Oxterhaus
Connecticut
Hudson
Craven
Robbers Shoot Up Car In South Portland Streetcar Hold Up
Two masked robbers held up a southbound streetcar at Third and Hall in South Portland. Two men were shot and two bystanders hurt slightly. a woman was badly bruised and shocked. One suspect fled downtown, confessed to part of the crime, a second accomplice held. Police pursued suspects near the South Portland Ghetto and near the South Portland bridge under bright illumination.
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Portland
South Portland
Third
Hall
Striking Greek and Austrian workers block Steptoe smelter
In Ely New Mexico two hundred incoming workers were met by fifty Greek and Austrian strikers with revolvers and clubs, driven away. Strikers picketed the outside stalls and stopped all access while three hundred fifty inside keep furnaces going. Sheriff Crane and deputies seek to restore order as most American smelter workers join the strike.
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Ely
N. M
Steptoe
McGill
Crane
Body of Roosevelt guide found near Elk Creek headwaters
The body of How ard Carpenter, once Colonel Roosevelt's guide in Gunnison country, was found at Elk Creek headwaters 70 miles west of Gunnigan after a two week search. Authorities believe he was attacked by a wounded bear and dragged into the thicket.
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Cebella
Colo
Howard Carpenter
Roosevelt
Gunnison Country
Elk Creek
Gunnigan
Strikebreakers Guarded as Miners Block Train Entry
Denver guards prevented Western Federation of Miners members from boarding a car carrying strikebreakers from the East bound for Bingham Utah. Union Pacific train No. 108 was delayed about 20 minutes due to the disturbance.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Bingham
Utah
Union Pacific
Taft Urges Farm Credits Plan For Lower Costs
President Taft advocates radical legislation to aid farmers and consumers by creating a cooperative credit system. He says uniform state laws and access to world money centers would lower production costs and boost productivity, addressing the high cost of living. He invites state governors to a December conference in Washington.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Europe
Washington
Montenegrins Press Battle Across Turko Montenegrin frontier
Montenegrin forces push along the Turko Montenegrin frontier capturing the Turkish fort Rogame near Tussi and tightening grip on Detchitech mountain. Hospitals overflow with wounded as King Nicholas visits the casualties and praises his troops. General Martinovitch pursues Tarboch fortress stronghold near Scutari.
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Podgoritza
Tuish
Detchitech
Schipchinck Hill
Tushi
Martinovitch
Tarboch
Scutari
Rogame
Tussi
Nicholas
Champion Submarine of Navy Badly Wrecked
The submarine F-1 ran aground near Watzonville after a six hour struggle by 13 crewmen. Two seamen, T. J. Turbett of Newark and G. A. Schroeder of Minneapolis, drowned when swept from the deck as the vessel tore from its moorings at daybreak. Extent of damage to the vessel was not yet known.
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Watzonville
Csal
T. J. Turbett
Newark
N. J
G. A. Schroeder
Minneapolis
Cigarettes Sold to Girls Landmark Arrest in Redlands
William Titus was arrested in Redlands California for selling cigarettes to three girls aged 12 to 18. He pleaded guilty before Justice Mcliver and was fined 80 dollars. The arrest marks a first result of a campaign to curb tobacco sales to minors.
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Redlands
Cal
William Titus
Justice Mcliver
Titus
Governor Grants Reprieves to Four Executions in Phoenix
Governor Hunt reprieved William Campbell Eduardo Perez N B Chavez and Miguel Peralta who were to be hanged Friday in Phoenix. He urged the legislature to act at the next session to abolish capital punishment.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Hunt
William Campbell
Eduardo Perez
N. B. Chavez
Miguel Peralta
Astor Estate Advances Inheritance Tax Payment
Albany New York State Comptroller Lohmer received a 3 150 000 check in payment of the advance inheritance tax on the estate of the late Colonel John Jacob Astor who died in the Titanic disaster.
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Albany
N.Y
Lohmer
John Jacob Astor
Jury finds fraud in Tacoma entailing fines and prison
The Federal court jury convicted John H. Bullock and Charles E. Houston of conspiracy to defraud the government after an 18 hour deliberation. Sentencing is set for November 9 with potential penalties up to two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. The trio allegedly conspired to inflate coal prices for Alaskan forts, defrauding government contracts by about $50,000.
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Tacoma
John H. Bullock
Charles EB. Houston
United States
H. Pilea
Cushman
Bullock
Houston
Department of Justice
John J. Leanon Company
Pacific Coast Company
D. J. Jarvis
Alaskan
B. D. Townsend
Big Canal Liner Ready for Service Minnesotan Completed
The Minnesotan, first of eight big freight and passenger liners ordered by American-Hawaiian Steamship, is completed and ready for service in Seattle. Launched June 8, builders trial Sept 10, it carries 460 tons dead weight, 415 ft 2 in length, 53 ft 6 in beam, 28 ft draft, and 12 knots. The order for eight ships marks an unprecedented move in American shipbuilding aimed at Panama Canal traffic. The ships mirror Kentuckian and Georgian and will operate New York to San Francisco, Hawaii, Portland, and Puget Sound via the canal.
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Seattle
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Minnesotan
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrow Point
Panama Canal
Kentuckian
New York
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Portland
Puget Sound
Wild Dog Pack Raids Farms Near Thermalito
In Oroville California a pack of 20 wild dogs led by a large collie terrorizes farms near Thermalito with daily raids. Despite attempts to kill them only one was captured. The marauders trace to 1907 floods when Feather River waters forced tame dogs onto driftwood islands and they later refused to return to domestication.
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Oroville
Cal
Thermalito
Feather River
Britain Considers Panama Canal Bill Views in Cabinet
Sir Edward Grey said the cabinet is examining the Panama Canal bill and the Crown's legal advisers' views. He replied to Arthur Lee that postponing representations until after the U.S. presidential election would require considerable time and is not dependent on U.S. internal affairs.
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London
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Arthur Lee
Great Britain
United States
Political Parties Weigh Hat Passing Legalities This Week
Party leaders in New York will consult attorneys to examine the legality of passing the hat at political meetings without recording contributor names. The issue is alleged to violate state election laws. The practice originated with the Socialist movement.
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New York
San Francisco Official Nabbed for Opium Trafficking Scam
William H. Hoburg an assistant weigher at the Port of San Francisco was trapped by customs officials in the act of taking 1000 from a Chinese man as payment for 60 opium tins filled with axle grease. He confessed to routinely filling five tael opium tins with axle grease and selling them to Chinese as contraband opium.
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San Francisco
William H. Hoburg
Priceless Rubens Holy Family Found in New York
Antwerp dealer H. Van Slochem reports the purchase of a fully authenticated Rubens Holy Family painting. Authorities deem the work priceless and of supreme artistic value.
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Antwerp
H. van Slochem
New York
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