Seattle Fair Opens On Time At Alaska-Yukon Exposition
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opened on schedule with completed buildings and grassy grounds. President Taft activated the fair at noon Pacific Time using a telegrapher’s key fashioned from Klondike gold. A parade of US troops and Japanese ships greeted officials before a full day of concerts, speeches, and the first dirigible flight.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast
Taft
Klondike
Eldorado
Exposition Grounds
United States Army
Court of Honor
Innes
Bish
Chilberg
United States
White House
A.Y.P
Washington State
Taft Dedicates Gettysburg Regular Army Monument
In Gettysburg on May 31 President Taft dedicated a monument to the regular army dead of Gettysburg, unveiled by Miss Helen Taft, honoring those who died so the nation might live. The service recalled Lincoln’s vow that their sacrifice was not in vain.
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Gettysburg
Lincoln
William H. Taft
Helen Taft
Jefferson Davis
Taft
Hodgenville
Monument to Gettysburg martyrs marks regular forces losses
A monument 85 feet high, near the high water mark of the battle, honors the regular artillery, cavalry, and infantry at Gettysburg. It sits on a granite terrace just south of the battle line. Washington notes two upcoming astronomical sights this month a total lunar eclipse tomorrow and a June 17 total solar eclipse, with the next U S total solar eclipse visible from Oregon to Florida on June 8 1918.
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Gettysburg
Washington
North Pole
Oregon
Florida
Tornado Hits Zephyr Texas Killing Dozens
A violent tornado struck Zephyr Texas at 1 AM Sunday causing extensive ruin. The death toll stands at 32 with about 50 seriously or fatally injured. Rescue teams search the debris amid widespread destruction.
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Brownwood
Tex
Zephyr
Georgia Strike Ends as Firemen Return to Work
The Georgia Railroad strike is settled with firemen resuming duties. A negro fireman operated the first post strike train from Augusta while white firemen regain seniority and discharged Brotherhood men are reinstated. The Interstate Commerce Commission and federal labor officials announced the settlement.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Augusta
Brotherhood
Martin Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
Suit Aims to Restore Mineral Lands in Northern Pacific Grant
Helena Mont June 1 The United States court action filed by District Attorney Freeman on behalf of the government seeks to recover all lands within the Northern Pacific railroad grant that are mineralized. The precise total is undetermined but mining men estimate it covers a large area.
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Chicago
United States
Syms
Legislature Bans Gold Leases Limiting Children in Apartments
Springfield dispatch reports the legislature passed a bill prohibiting gold leases that restrict children in apartment houses and the governor plans to sign the measure.
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Springfield
Ill
Tariff raises on barley oysters and potatoes debated
Government measures lift barley from 25 to 30 cents per bushel and raise potatoes to 45 cents. Oysters in the shell go to 25 cents per pound, hops face staged increases, and smelt is taxed a cent per pound. Public memorials mark Memorial Day with Taft attending.
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Washington
Beveridge
Root
House
Committee On Finance
Senate
Herman Klaber
Portland
E. C. Horst
San Francisco
Senate Committee
United States
Senator Piles
Bacon
New York
Flint
California
Britain and United States eye naval understanding
Britain seeks a two power naval understanding with the United States through Ambassador Bryce in Washington. Premier Asquith hints at a possible Pacific naval arrangement in exchange for Atlantic assurances, amid concerns over Japan’s renewal of the Anglo Japanese alliance.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Bryce
Washington
Asquith
Pacific
America
Atlantic
Japan
Women Follow Patten in Wheat Market Craze
Chicago reports show women joining the rush for easy money as grain prices surge from James A. Patten’s wheat deal. Across Chicago and nearby towns they track discreet trades formerly the domain of men, using market moves after racetrack gambling closed.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Markets Report From Portland and Seattle Prices
Portland prices show wheat varieties from Club to Valley ranging 1.15 to 1.80 per unit with oats at 39 to 40 and hay prices from fancy Willamette Valley at 16. Eastern Oregon mixed at 16 to 17 and alfalfa 14. Butter ranges 18 to 29 cents with Eggs at 24 to 25 cents. Seattle quotes Bluestem wheat 1.30 to 1.35, oats at 41, barley 34, hay mainly 12 to 21 per ton, butter 19 to 30 cents, and potatoes White River 35 to 88 per ton.
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Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
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J. E. Chilberg
F. W. Kester
Olympia
University of Washington
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Portland Exposition
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N. P. Land
Silas H. Reid
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Alaska
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Reid
Alaska Central Railroad
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Eng
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Grand Lodge of England
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MacArthur
Leonard Wood
Military Department of the East
Gulf Points
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The
United States Guard
Pacific Ocean
Laurier
Ottawa
Wilfred Laurier
Lady Laurier
Liberal Party
Leavenworth
Garret
Debord & McCoy
Harrington
Leavenworth Mer. Co
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Patten
Indianapolis
Delavan Smith
Chas. R. Williams
Indianapolis News
Panama Canal Zone
United States District Court
District of Columbia
Count Zeppelin
Berlin
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
Leavenworth, Washington
L. Lamb, Prest
M. A
Marey
F.S, Jacobsen, V. P. & Sec
S.J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
Blue Stem Beal Grain & Milling CO
Wenatchee Wash
Wenatchees
Wenatchee
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