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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
4
Washington reports indicate conferees spent almost a week on the hide duty issue and warned of leather goods concessions if hides go free. The agreement sets coal at 45 cents a ton, print paper at 3.75, iron ore 15 cents a ton, oil free, lumber 1.25 to 1.50 per thousand feet, and gloves and hosiery with modest rises.
In Washington on July 26 the conflict between the interior department and the forest service escalates as Secretary Ballinger opens lands withdrawn on Chief Forester Pinchot’s advice. The lands include water sources and power sites likely to benefit major water trusts across Oregon Washington and California.
The San Francisco Traffic Bureau met to plan intervenor status for the ICC rehearing of the Spokane and Reno cases. If Spokane wins and Reno adopts its provisions, Nevada trade could be disrupted and Reno may become a distribution hub with support from Portland Seattle Tacoma and Los Angeles robbers. Demand Truth of Sutton's Death at Annapolis hearing prompts mother’s lawyers to seek naval court review if conflicting Marine officer testimony is upheld.
Six persons were killed and thirty six injured when a Wabash passenger train plunged into the Missouri River thirty miles east of Kansas City. Flooded waters had undermined the roadbed for days, and fifty feet of track collapsed beneath the train Saturday night.
Tacoma July 26 John Ryan saw a broken rail on the Northern Pacific near Thorpe Saturday and waited three hours to flag a freight train. Road officials offered him 1.50 for his time and work.
Aoki home in Kellydale near Seattle reports a daughter born to Mrs. Gunfiro Aoki, formerly Helen Emory, daughter of Archdeacon John Emory of California. The couple married in Seattle last March after California marriage attempts, lived in Dunlap, then Kellydale, with the husband not working and their means status noted.
In Chicago a gathering of church and government leaders along with social elites will coordinate efforts at the Vienna conference on October 3 4 and 5 to combat the widespread barter in young girls for immoral purposes.
Mark Twain will serve as pilot aboard the boat carrying President Taft from St Louis to New Orleans. The invitation to Clemens was extended as in past river journeys when a sitting president travels by river, with Clemens usually invited by the committee in charge.
Philadelphia reports the battleship Michigan, back from a trial trip, achieved a record speed of just over 19 knots per hour for a vessel of its type, signaling notable performance gains.
Reports to the Isthmian Canal Commission in Washington indicate satisfactory canal construction progress along the line. Less than 100 million cubic yards of earth remain to be moved, and Colonel Goethals predicts the waterway will be ready for ship transit by January 1, 1915.
Wheat and oats quotes across regions show new crop values and spot prices. Hay prices vary by region with Timothy and alfalfa listed. butter eggs and wool mohair quotes are included. potatoes priced per pound in White River area.
Madrid July 26 reports fierce revolutionary propaganda among troops and strict telegram censorship. King Alfonso is denounced as under English clerical influence and has canceled his Cowes visit. Attacks target his punishment of cousin Don Alfonso Bourbon over a royal marriage.
Four teenage burglars aged 14 to 17 ran a modern wireless aided gang from a deserted shack. Arthur Smith, 17, led the operation and ran the main wireless station, with four other stations keeping members informed of moves by wireless.
At Ferrol on July 26 King Alfonso arrived to officiate the keel laying of the first battleship of Spain’s renewed navy. The ceremony marks the start of the new force as the king presides over the event.
A roundup of brief items includes rumors Baron Uchida may replace Takahira as U S ambassador, Italian press on Southern states industrial concerns, and varied tidbits from aviation feats to colonial charity dances. Also noted are a 108 year old Waterloo orderly’s death, Kilpatrick arrival from the Philippines, and hurricane tolls in Texas with $1 million in damage.
Washington notes that when Congress reconvenes in December a special committee may be appointed to investigate Henry Heney. The inquiry would cover his employment as a special prosecutor for the Department of Justice and the compensation he received under DOJ direction.
A southbound Big Four passenger train wreck at Zionsville Indiana injured forty two people. All but 76 passengers who were taken to hospitals in Indianapolis were able to continue to their destinations.
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