Aldrich May Retire with Victory on Income Tax Bill
Washington reports Senator Aldrich plans to retire from the Senate with a victory on the tariff bill’s income tax amendment. Opponents fear the tax will die in the Senate, while Aldrich insists the tariff will yield enough revenue and any tax would require deeper duty cuts. Senate leaders forecast a June 19 vote on the tariff bill.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
House
Congress
Lottery access rules set for Coeur d Alene system
Washington officials announce registration and drawing plan for surplus lands of the Coeur d Alene Spokane and Flathead reservations under the Presidents May proclamation. Registration runs July 15 to August 5 1909 with drawings August 9 at Coeur d Alene Idaho and separate registrations in Kalispell Missoula and Spokane. In Auburn California Joe Armes is shot and killed by Alma Bell after she confesses the motive was his refusal to marry her.
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Washington, D. C
Ballinger
Coeur d’Alene
Spokane
Flathead Indian
Idaho
Flathead
Coeur d'Alene
Kalispell
Missoula
Mont
Auburn
Cal
Joe Armes
Alma Bell
Armes
Hotel for Women Only in Seattle for Exposition
Seattle plans a women only hotel for the exposition with 100 seats costing 9000 dollars funded mainly by churches women clubs and religious groups. The YWCA will run the facility already operating a women’s hotel on Queen Anne Hill. Vicksburg set for June 11 statue unveiling of General Stephen Dill Lee with attendees including former Confederate leaders.
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Seattle
Queen Ann Hill
Vicksburg
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
Stephen Dill Lee
Need More Battleships During Rose Festival Interview
Admiral Uriel Sebree, commander of the Pacific fleet, called for building three or four dreadnoughts annually. He argued a stronger navy is essential even if war with Japan is unlikely and noted ships could be landed anywhere on the West Coast. He emphasized naval power as key to peace.
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Portland, Or
Uriel Sebree
Pacific Coast
Japan
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Ancient gold embroidered apron found on 1000-year-old mummy
Seattle reports a gold thread Mason apron over a millennium old recovered with a mummy aboard Capt. E W Sprague’s last Callao voyage. Purchaser contractor sold the mummy, and scholars have yet to read all symbols. In Honolulu, Adm Harber’s squadron delays Manila departure after thefts aboard Galveston and Denver.
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Seattle
Wash
E. W. Sprague
Columbia
Callao
Honolulu
Harber
Manila
Galveston
Denver
Yokohama
Destruction of Power Plant Halts Trinidad Industry
Nearly all local industries are idle as the Southern Colorado Power Company power plant is burned after a transformer explosion. The fire destroyed the building and machinery, with losses exceeding 300000 dollars, affecting Trinidad and nearby towns.
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Trinidad
Colo
Southern Colorado Power Company
Warrants Issued in Lewiston Bank Embezzlement Case
United States commissioner’s court charges ex-bookkeeper Clarence Robnett and ex-assistant cashier J E Chapman with embezzlement from a Lewiston national bank. Robnett faces counts totaling 91375 and Chapman about 40000. Preliminary hearing set for June 21.
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Lewiston
Ida
United States Commissioner's Court
Clarence Robnet
J. E. Chapman
Robnett
Chapman
Turkey Denies Mass Killings in Asiatic Turkey
Turkish embassy emphatically rejects reports of 20 000 or 30 000 deaths in Asiatic Turkey saying official figures cap victims at about 4000. Swedish representative sent home as Peru cancels the exaquateur for consul general Luis Lemoboke amid rising unrest with Carlos Pierlon and others implicated.
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Turkey
Washington
Luis Lemoboke
Carlos Pierlon
Railroads Plead Guilty in U.S. Rebates Case
The Department of Justice reports Missouri Pacific and the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company admitted guilt for illegal rebates. They were fined 15000 dollars.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company
Shively Charges Alleged Fee Extortion in Oregon
Olympia June 8 An investigating committee reports state insurance commissioner J H Shively ran a sliding scale of fees for new companies. Firms paid from 35 to 335 dollars with the extra diverted to his purse. The panel has heard from 75 of about 300 firms and found about 8000 dollars collected. Corresponde nce canceled checks and other proof will be sent to Gov Hay.
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Olympia
Wash
George Lee
J. H. Shively
State Insurance Commissioner
Achively
Schively
Arctic hunt planned for Alaska and Siberia aboard Transit
Dr Hans von Kadich and Leo Mahler of Vienna travel to Vancouver to prepare the steamer Transit chartered by Rudolph von Guttman for a four month Arctic hunt starting July 1. Duplicates will go to the Smithsonian. objective is new specimens for the trophy room.
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Seattle
Hans von Kadich
Leo Mahler
Vienna
Vancouver
B. C
Rudolph R. von Guttman
Alaska
Siberia
North
Herr von Guttman
Smithsonian Institute
Railroad blocks gateway injunction halting interstate rate order
A U S circuit court granted a temporary injunction on behalf of the Northern Pacific railroad preventing the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing an order requiring through and joint rates with Harriman lines to Seattle via Portland. The order would have taken effect July 1. Chicago plans a subway system costing 100 to 112 million dollars to move 529 000 to 606 000 passengers per hour. Spokane bans automatic lawn sprinklers to conserve water amid a looming famine.
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St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
Northern Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
Harriman Lines
Seattle
Portland
Chicago
Spokane
Wash
Short News Notes From Across the Nation
A butcher in Somerville Massachusetts killed five and wounded four others in a sudden attack. Chas Lummis of Los Angeles proposes pure food labels for library books and will flag tainted works. Ellis Island immigrant commissioner Williams calls for tougher alien examinations. Lewiston Idaho reports its highest water in 15 years. Ballinger designates large land areas in New Mexico and Montana under homestead provisions. Lions disrupt a St Charles Missouri carnival and are driven away. McCloud California militia in control as strikers resist. Caterpillar plague prompts Victoria British Columbia fire crews to fight with chemicals. Texas wheat contracts rise to 1.35 dollars or more. Glick convicted in Wilmington Delaware for government property trespass and soliciting federal employee contributions. fined 800 dollars. Harry K Thaw to stay in Matteawan asylum per appellate ruling. Western Canada reports timber fires. Saskatchewan river district fire along Prince Albert line extends 100 miles with feared losses. Philadelphia streetcar strike settled at 22 cents an hour and 10 hour day. Moores of Oregon blind asylum in Washington studying Kendall Green methods. Albert T Patrick habeas corpus denied by supreme court. Idaho lawyer Judge Stewart Denning dies in Moscow. Riverside California police arrest Mexican confession in Annie Poltera murder. Russian budget restored for four battleships, 1.7 million dollars approved.
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St. Charles
McCloud
Cal
Victoria
B. C
Texas
United States
Wilmington
Del
A. G. Glick
Glick
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Western Canada
Prince Albert
Canadian Northern Railway
Saskatchewan River
Philadelphia
E. T. Moores
Oregon State Blind Asylum
Salem
Washington, D. C
Kendall Green
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing Prison
W. M. Rice
Stewart Denning
Idaho
Moscow
Riverside
Annie Poltera
Russian Council
Douma
Portland Markets Report Shows Wide Range in Grains and Produce
Wheat prices across clubs and varieties range from $1.15 to $1.35 per bushel with Bluestem at $1.30 to $1.35. Oats listed at $39 to $41 per ton, barley at $34, hay prices vary by region up to $18 per ton, and butter and eggs quoted with multiple regional pricing. Potatoes list White River at $38 to 40 per ton and Yakima at $40 to 42 per ton.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
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Autocrat
Admiral Sebree
Lewiston Institution
Railroads
Oklahoma
el Reno
Okla
John Embry
Kansas City
John Murphy
Somerville
Mass
Chas. Lummis
Los Angeles
William Williams
United State Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
New Mexico
Montana
Leavenworth
Garret
Debord & McCoy
Harrington Wash
Harringtons Best
Harrington
The
Leavenworth Mer. Co
Peach Blossom Newssen
Tenuinedd
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
L. Lamb, Prest
M. A
Marley
F.S, Jacobsen, V. P. & Sec
S. J. Vai Contractor
S.J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
Blue Stem Beal Grain & Milling CO
Wenatchee Wash
Wennatchees Best
Wenatchee
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