Plotters Trailed to Home Colony
Disclosures place Home Colony near Tacoma as the residence of M. A. Schmidt and David Caplan before the Los Angeles Times bombing. James B. McNamara visited the settlement, while Caplan and associates were watched by William J. Burns and Jay Fox. Tillman details a vigil, meetings with Oscar Engvall, and Caplan and Fox studying explosives in 1910.
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Tacoma
Wash
Home Colony
Joe’s Bay
Los Angeles Times
M. A. Schmidt
David Caplan
Jas. B. McNamara
Caplan
William J. Burns
Jay Fox
Agitator
J. M. Tillman
Burns
Oscar Engvall
Fox
Tillman
Los Angeles
Engvall
Co-Operative Colony
Insurgents Take Roosevelts Friends to Tell Ohioans
In Columbus Ohio John D Fackler of the Ohio Progressive League organized a speaking tour to persuade Ohio Republicans Theodore Roosevelt will not seek the 1912 presidential nomination. Participants include U S Senator Moses EB Clapp Gifford Pinchot James R Garfield and Louis D Brandeis.
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Columbus
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
John D. Fackler
Ohio Progressive League
United States
Moses EB. Clapp
Minnesota
Gifford Pinchot
James R. Garfield
Cleveland
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Portland Boxing Figure Shot by Ex-Wife's Husband in Alley
In Portland Oregon the well known pugilist and horse trainer known as Mysterious Billy Smith was shot while walking with his ex wife. Albert B Loomis captain of the riverboat Weown shot him and likely fatally wounded him.
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Portland
Ore
Billy” Smith
Pacific Coast
Albert B. Loomis
Weown
Smith
Growers Indorse Tariff At Woolgrowers Meeting
Prominent speakers at the National Woolgrowers Association convention strongly endorse a high protective tariff on wool denouncing tariff reformers led by Congressman Underwood. They oppose moving wool to the free list and insist tariff bases on scoured wool costing 51 cents per pound to produce in the United States and 16 cents abroad.
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Omaha
National Woolgrowers’ Association
Congressman Underwood
America
Mexico City Plot to Assassinate Madero Frustrated
Authorities say a conspiracy to assassinate President Madero and proclaim a provisional presidency was thwarted at the last moment. General Higinco Aguilar General Meiton Hurtado and about twenty conspirators were arrested in the Federal army as arrests halted the plan before General Reyes arrived to assume office.
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Mexico City
Madero
General Reyes
Higinco Aguilar
Meioton Hurtado
Federal Army
Double pension possible under 1911 law in Washington
Assistant Attorney General Kelleran writes that a worker with permanent partial disability and temporary total disability may receive both. The opinion to the Industrial Insurance Commission notes the law covers two distinct disabilities from one injury, granting a pension for permanent loss and monthly compensation for the temporary incapacity.
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Olympia
Wash
Kelleran
Industrial Insurance Commission
Washington Brieflets Highlights From State Events
The tenth annual Y M C A convention opens in Ellensburg while Seattle hosts an informal press club welcome. Australian prize students tour Seattle as Charles Butts wins a Centralia post office contract. Freight rates are discussed in Olympia and a convict remains at large in Meskill quarry. Puget Sound salmon pack sets a 1911 record of 1,625,000 cases. A Seattle company seeks to form a large coal and lime operation. Whitman College abolishes intercollegiate baseball and possibly basketball. Public inspectors critique South Bend governance. Henry J. Pierce plans a major Oregon Washington mill merger financed by a New York bank. Spokane Portland Seattle Plantation Co files for 1.5 million dollars capital to manage real estate and plantations. Attorney General Tanner travels to argue a case before the U S Supreme Court. North Head to host a powerful wireless plant enabling 6000 mile aerial messages. Vancouver faces criticism for lax local improvements oversight. Tacoma man S Bidman succumbs to religious hysteria causing a house and shop riot. Puyallup Valley to host a short course farmers school with lectures beginning late January.
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Washington Y. M. C
Ellensburg
Seattle Press Club
Seattle
Charles Butts
Centralia
State Public Service Commission
Olympia
Edward Brown
Meskill
Puget Sound
Crawford
Colonial Oil Company
Whitman College
Associated Students
Bureau of Inspection
South Bend
Pacific County
Henry J. Pierce
Spokane
Oregon
Washington
Tidewater
New York
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
W. V. Tanner
D. C
United States Supreme Court
Washington Railroad Commission
Northern Pacific
North Head
Pacific Coast
United States
Orient
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
South America
Washington Notes on Taft Aides and Senate Tariff Clash
In Washington Christmas signals a political lull as Congress nears adjournment. Taft sends tariff and economy messages while a Russia US relations note colors the scene. Talks on trusts, Sherman act reforms, and looming public works bills shape near term policy battles. Captain Grahame Johnson’s transfer and Helen Taft’s rumored betrothal also surface in capital society chatter.
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House
Senate
Leonard Wood
Paff
Washington
Grahame Johnson
Taft
Helen Taft
Philippines
Marble and granite sale offers rare opportunity for tombstones
The firm advertises heavy stock from Northwest Sweden Scotch and Vermont granite and marble. They promise free engraving and urge quick action to buy from a large selection at favorable values.
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Amnou
Colums
Daily Press
Ephet
Alwys
Various Farm Remedies and Markets Sketches in St Paul
Conditions found on the average farm favor egg production with a cost per dozen about 8 cents. The champion wolfhound of Ireland sold in New York for 7500 dollars. A warn-off about investment scams accompanies remarks on turkeys cattle and land irrigation values. A health note from Dr Evans sets winter home temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees. The Western Governors’ special train returned to St Paul after a 3400 mile tour with seven governors aboard and ten returning residents.
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Evans
Chicago
United States
St. Paul
Oddie
Nevada
Deneen
Illinois
Harmon
Ohio
Markets Report From Portland and Inland Areas
Wheat and barley prices mix across regions with Bluestem at 81c to 82c and red Russian around 77c to 78c. Oats near 30 to 31 dollars per ton, hay at 16 dollars per ton, butter around 38 to 39 cents, eggs from 37 to 50 cents, wool and mohair quoted in regional ranges. The Public Service Board has been operating east of the mountains in and about Spokane this week.
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Portland
Timothy
Public Service Board
Spokane
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Roosevelt
T. R
Growers
Indorse
Vancouver
State Bureau of Inspection
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Puyallup Valley
Puyallup
Congress
Washington, D. C
Economy and Efficiency Commission
Tariff Board
Russia
Poent Taft
St. Knox
Sulzer
Supreme Court
Treasury
Public Buildings Committee
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Knox
Dante
Milano
Italy
National Board of Censorship
East
California
Lynden
Lynden Theatre
Washington Oxypathor Company
Northwestern
Granite Works
Marble
W. P. Bergin
Prof. Bellingham
Whatcom Dye Works
J. J. Vaughan
Elk St. Bellingham
Fetrigg
Ireland
England
Willamette Valley
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