Taft Starts for Pacific Coast Visit Seattle Fair
President Taft begins a 13000 mile swing to the Pacific Coast returning to Washington on November 10. He will discuss tariffs corporation law irrigation and conservation along the route. Stops include Salt Lake City Seattle Tacoma Portland Sacramento and more with a special boat trip to Tacoma.
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Boston
Taft
Pacific Coast
Union
Washington
Utah
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Montana
Seattle
Exposition City
Tacoma
Portland
Sacramento
Tariff Commission Members Named by President Taft
President Taft announces Henry C. Emery Yale professor and assistant treasury secretary James B. Reynolds Boston editor and publisher of the Breeders Gazette Alvin H. Sanders Chicago office holder named to the new tariff commission. Interstate Commerce Commission to visit Pacific Coast hearings begin Seattle October 7 then Portland October 14 and San Francisco October 18 to hear complaints on alleged excessive distributive rates in the Northwest.
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Taft
Henry C. Emery
Yale
the Treasury
James B. Reynolds
Boston
The
Breeders Gazette
Alvin H. Sanders
Chicago
New Tariff Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Northwest
Oil Land Patents Under Fight In Federal Court
A federal suit in Los Angeles targets government patents to 500000 acres of oil lands in Coalinga and Midway fields valued at over 35000000 dollars. The Southern Pacific Company of California holds the lands granted to the railroad 40 years ago. Attorney T S Minot of San Francisco filed the case, with client details undisclosed though local reports tie him to J J Hill of the Great Northern Railway.
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Los Angeles
Coalinga
Midway
California
Southern Pacific Company
T. S. Minot
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Minot
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Japanese workers besiege Vancouver Consulate over U S entry
In Vancouver on September 11, several score Japanese workers who had come from the United States to work during the salmon season besieged the Japanese Consul’s office after being refused re-entry to the United States. The men have long resided and worked in the U S and some own property there.
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Vancouver
B. C
United States
Harriman Laid to Rest at Arden Estate Funeral
Edward Henry Harriman was buried in Ramapo woods on the Arden hillside after a private ceremony attended by family friends and estate managers. Railroads he organized paused for a minute in tribute as New York financiers reacted to his death and the stock market rose on the news of his passing.
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Ramapo Woods
Edward Henry Harriman
Wall Street
New York
E. H.marriman
Lovett Named Chairman of Union Pacific Board
In New York on September 13 William Rockefeller and Jacob H. Schiff were elected directors of the Union Pacific Railroad succeeding Henry H. Rogers and Fr. H. Harriman. They were named to the Executive Committee and Robert S. Lovett was elected chairman of the executive committee to succeed Mr Harriman.
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New York
William Rockefeller
Jacob H. Schiff
Union Pacific Railroad Today
Henry H. Rogers
Fr. H. Harriman
Robert S. Lovett
Harriman
Judge Hand Allows Peary Cable Accounts to Be Printed
In the U S Circuit Court Judge Hand sided with the New York Sun and New York World against the New York Times over Peary's North Pole discovery cables. The Times had sought to halt printing, but the court found the Times copyright not legally solid and dissolved the injunction.
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Hand
United States Circuit Court
Commander Peary
North Pole
New York Sun
The
New York World
New York Times
the Times
Sun and World
Peary
Times
A Y P Fair Out of Debt Ends Floating Indebtedness
The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition nears closing with all floating indebtedness paid and most bonds retired. Attendance nears 8 million this week, profits expected to cover remaining bonds, with stockholders benefiting as funds accrue. Upcoming features include Oddfellows day September 20 Taft day September 30 and Bryan day October 12.
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Wash
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oddfellows
Taft
W. J. Bryan
Taft Seeks Land Law Revisions Through Ballinger
Washington reports Secretary Ballinger will draft a congressional package to overhaul the national reclamation act public land laws and Indian affairs legislation. He studied Western operations this summer to shape proposals aimed at enabling conservationist goals with new statutory authority.
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Ballinger
Congress
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Senate
House
Norway Honors Dr. Cook on Steamer Oscar II
Dr. Cook, North Pole discoverer, was greeted as a hero in Christiansand before sailing to New York where he would land around September 21. He credited Sverdrup and his crew for steering toward the Pole and noted Peary’s anger over lacking permission. The North Pole dispute persists with calls for a scientific commission as the Arctic Club plans a Cook banquet in New York.
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Copenhagen
Christiansand
Cook
North Pole
New York
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Sverdrup
Pole
Peary
Sverprup
Norway
Arctic Club of America
Hudson-Fulton Commission
Explorers Back Peary Claim Against Cook Pole Reach
A crowd in Sydney on September 12 hears that Commander Peary has substantial evidence supporting his assertion that Dr. Cook did not reach the North Pole. Scientists and explorers present echo the view and greet the explorer.
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Sydney
N. 8
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Peary
Red Cross Appeals for Mexico Flood Relief Funds
Telegrams from Consul-General Hanna describe vast suffering in Mexican flood districts. The American National Red Cross urges donations to provide life necessities as homelessness and need rise through Fall and Winter.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Philip C. Hanna
American National Red Cross Society
Various Global Notes Highlight 1909 Headlines
Orville Wright flies at 40 mph near Berlin parade grounds and stays aloft 62 minutes. Canada’s wheat crop is pegged at 168,386,000 bushels with 149,285,000 west of the Great Lakes. Panama Canal progress reported by Col Goethals with four sections finished. Roosevelt and Fairbanks named delegates to Edinburgh missionary conference. about 1100 delegates, 500 from North America. Western Theater Managers back open booking policy for Klaw Erlanger and independents. Spain reinforces Melilla with 11,000 troops as General Marina presses toward Moorish outflanking positions. A major diamond theft in Pittsburgh valued around 100,000 dollars remains under investigation. Santa Fe withdraws a 50-hour Kansas City to Los Angeles fast train plan. Austrian maneuvers result in 19 injured and one killed after a midnight dragoon stampede caused by a heatless security drill. Washington’s stance on Peary Careful debate shifts amid controversy over Dr Cook’s discovery claim. Indictments against copper magnate F Heinze for conspiracy are dismissed.
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Panama Canal
Goethals
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Edinburgh
Scotland
Canada
Klaw & Erlanger
Shuberts
Melilla
Morocco
Marina
Guruga
Pittsburg
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Dragoons
Robert E. Peary
U.S. N
F. Heinze
Administration of Justice
United Copper Company
Hough
United States Circuit Court
New York
Markets wrap in Portland grain and farm prices
Portland markets show wheat at 87 to 95 cents for blue stem and red Russian 854c. New oats at 28 to 32 per ton and barley 26.50 to 27. Hay ranges 13 to 21 per ton across regions. Butter 33 to 36 cents, eggs 30 to 36 cents, wool 16 to 28 cents, mohair 24 to 25 cents. Potatoes 15 to 18 per ton. Continuous price listings for 1907–1909 crops across multiple districts.
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Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Curtiss Wins Grand Prize in Italian Aviation Meet
Glenn H. Curtiss, American aviator, captured the grand prize at an aviation meet in Brescia Italy. He completed 50 kilometers five laps around the course in 49 minutes 34 seconds earning $6000 from a $10000 prize.
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Italy
Glenn H. Curtiss
Rheims
Curtiss
Cut rate benefits Oregon on O R and N plans
Centralia Washington September 13 Wheat rates on the Oregon Railroad and Navigation in Oregon will be cut following a 124 percent reduction ordered for the North Pacific in Washington State Railroad Commissioner J C Lawrence predicts. He says the order applies to the Northern Pacific, but expects the O R N to match it to prevent shippers from diverting grain to cheaper routes to tidewater markets.
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Wash
Oregon
North Pacific
Washington
J. C. Lawrence
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A.Y.P. Fair
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Orville Wright
Berlin
Department of Agriculture and Statistics
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OLD Reliable
Big Oregon Nursery
Salem, Oregon
J. H. Cook
S.J. VA
N DE Grift
J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
Iyo
Deve
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Beal Grain & Milling CO
Wenatchee
Wenatchees Best
Echo Office
Tumwater Savings Bank
Leavenworth
L. Lamb, Prest
M. A. Marley
F.S. Jacobsen
the Opera
Tholin @ Smith
Inland Empire
Jericho Prover National Livestock
Wonderful
Cosgrove
Hutton
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