Taft backs bonds for inland waterways at Deep Waterways
President Taft voiced strong support for bond issues to develop the nations inland waterways at the Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterways Convention in New Orleans. Governors from 21 states expressed hearty sympathy as Taft noted no river navigation progress in 40 to 45 years and urged feasible projects including the Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Taft
Kavanaugh
Gov. Sanders
Louisiana
Mr. Taft
Mississippi
Premier Moret Orders Suspension of Court Martial Cases
Barcelona on October 31 reports Premier Moret telegraphing to halt all court martial proceedings until examined by the government.
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Barcelona
Moret
New Mail Service On G N Passenger Trains
Spokane reports that starting today the Great Northern will place United States mail boxes on Oriental Limited trains 1 and 2 for passenger convenience. Letters may be mailed on board and collected periodically by train staff, then handed to the postal clerk in charge of the mail car. This marks an innovation on western transcontinental lines.
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Spokane
Great Northern Railroad
United States
Steamship line to Puget Sound opens around the Horn
The San Mateo sails from Puget Sound to New York and Philadelphia carrying a full cargo of canned salmon. Shipping interests expect a traffic link to grow ahead of the Panama Canal opening and faster routes to compete with railroads. Local protests oppose foreign coal vessels used by the navy returning to loading ports. A fast steamer charter to move wines and spirits to California arrives before the reciprocity treaty takes effect.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
San Mateo
Panama Canal
San Diego
Cal
Atlantic
Tehauntepec
California
Desertions Rise on Western Front Says German Paper
The Kreuzzeitung reports growing desertions from the army on the western frontier. It notes an epidemic of desertion in garrisons of Upper Alsace as soldiers flee in increasing numbers.
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Berlin
Kreuzzeitung
Upper
Alsace
Detroit Honors Ferrer With Calls for Spain Officials’ Condemnation
Resolutions praising Prof. Ferrer and denouncing Spain’s execution officials were adopted for a mass meeting at Turner Hall. Prof. Bohn of the University of Michigan delivered the principal address.
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Ferrer
Spain
Turner
Hall Yeasterday
Bohn
University of Michigan
Vast Silverside Run Prompts Grays Harbor Alert
A week of exceptional silverside salmon runs floods Grays Harbor, prompting officials to monitor fisheries and shore activities as fishermen report abundant catches. Regional items note political petitions, railroad moves, water issues, and local industry developments across Washington towns.
Vancouver Socialists Back Prohibition Move
Short news notes report Vancouver Washington Socialists endorsing prohibition. Other items include Albany Oregon fruit acreage purchase, high apple prize, irrigation project progress, a dog bone graft saving a leg, many Chinese students heading to US universities, a Rhine edict unearthed, tariff talk in Seattle, a living man found after presumed death, railway wage talk, a deadly Oregon Short Line accident, Patten’s cotton profits, Bert Gamble composer, Johnson Jeffries boxing pact, Indian model farms, and a US gunboat gift cup for China and Japan.
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Joseph Riley
San Francisco
United States
Rhine Countries
Learned
University of Pennsylvania
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U. S
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Deadwood
Woodmen of the World
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Trainmen and Conductors Association
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Oregon
Wyoming
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Bert Gamble
Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
New York
Jack Johnson
James J. Jeffries
Indian Bureau
Albany
Philippines
Orient
China
Japan
Markets Report From Portland Wheat Prices and Hay Rates
Portland market notes show wheat prices for 1909 crops at club 92c bluestem 1.02 red Russian 90c. barley 26 per ton. oats 28 28.50 per ton. hay timothy Willamette Valley 14 17 per ton Eastern Oregon 18 20 alfalfa 15 clover 14. Butter extra 36c fancy 33 36c store 22 24c. Eggs ranch candled 34 35c. Hops by crop 1909 24 26c 1908 20c 1907 12c. Wool Eastern Oregon 16 23c lb Mohair 24c. Wheat bluestem 1.03 club 92c. Oats new 26 28 per ton. Barley new 26.50 27 per ton. Hay Eastern Washington timothy 18 20 Puget Sound hay 13 14 alfalfa 16 per ton. Butter Washington creamery 39c ranch 20 21c. Eggs selected local 42 44c. Potatoes 12 16 per ton.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
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