Turbulent World News Echoes From Across Fronts
A sprawling summary reports Moroccan rebel leaders defeated and captured, battleships bombarding Crete, Japan sending bass players to America, and political shifts including Pinchot’s possible resignation. International incidents touch England, Spain, Mexico, and Crete, with notes on Taft’s Seattle trip and Oregon Trunk railroad conflict. Floods, heat, and epidemics in St Louis and Chicago accompany local political contests in San Francisco and Seattle.
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Crete
Pinchot
Balet
England
Hill backs road Oregon Trunk to Deschutes rush planned
Portland August 17 Uncertainty about the Oregon Trunk has ended with John F Stevens announcing a controlling interest in the project financed by J J Hill. Stevens says the road will be built as fast as finances allow to provide a rapid outlet for Central Oregon regardless of other transportation plans. He declines further detail but promises timely developments.
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Portland
Oregon
John F. Stevens
J. J. Hill
Stevens
Hill
San Francisco
Oregon Trunk
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress Set for Denver
Denver hosts the 12th annual Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress with an expected 6000 to 7000 delegates discussing the West’s growth. Sessions cover railroads irrigation national defense Panama canal and statehood moves for Arizona and New Mexico. Five accredited women delegates will attend from Denver Arizona and Texas.
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Denver
Ballinger
Forester Pinchot
Spokane
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Consular Service
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Congress
Empress of India Departure Prompts Far East Movements
In Victoria B C dated August 17 reports describe high military activity in Japan and Manchuria as the Empress of India departs Japan amid Japan s push to rebuild the Antung Mukden railroad. Concurrently China plans a rival line through Manchuria to connect Korea via Chien tao island and Kilin area, a dispute with Japan over ownership on the Manchurian railroad.
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Victoria
B. C
Japan
Manchuria
India
Antung-Mukden
China
Corea
Chientao
Tumen
Kilin
Arkansas sues American Book Company over fines and ouster
Newport Ark August 16 Suit filed in Jackson Circuit court by R E Jeffrey prosecuting attorney and Hal L Norwood Arkansas attorney general against the American Book company seeking fines totaling 2 000 000 and the ousting of the defendant. The state alleges the American Book company 68 publisher and distributor of school books maps etc is part of a pool or trust.
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Newport
Ark
Jackson
R. E. Jeffrey
Hal L. Norwood
Arkansas
American Book Company
Concrete Building Falls In Winnipeg Collapse
A concrete apartment block named the Brodal ben under construction in Winnipeg collapsed Saturday evening after heavy rains weakened the concrete. Four men were inside inspecting the work when the steel girders gave way. two were crushed and taken to a hospital in a dying condition.
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Winnipeg
Striking Dock Laborers Resume Work after Meeting
Fort William Ont Aug 17 The striking Canadian Pacific dock laborers about 6000 will return to work tomorrow. Mayor Peltier addressed the mass meeting urging submission of grievances to a board for arbitration.
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Fort William
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Peltier
X Ray Cures Some Leprosy Cases in Philippines
Washington reports that American health officials in the Philippines have demonstrated X ray treatment as a cure for select leprosy cases. Dr Victor Heizer says it's most effective in early stages and only for carefully chosen patients at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. Official figures show leprosy cases falling from 4,000 at American arrival to about 2,446 by March 31 1909 with fewer new cases annually.
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Washington
Victor OD. Heizer
Heiger
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Lazro Hospital
Manila
Philippines
Culien
Congress May Consider Two 140000-Ton Battleships With 14-Inch Guns
The report says Congress could be asked next winter to fund two 40,000-ton battleships each carrying 12 14 inch guns, costing about 12 million dollars per ship. The first 14 inch gun has been built at Midvale and will be tested at Indian Head, with plans to choose gun count per ship guided by performance and European naval trends.
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Washington
Congress
Midvale Works
Naval Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Newport
Massive Money Order System Grows in U S Offices
Washington reports post offices handle 860,000 money order accounts yearly with 68 million paid orders totaling 5.756 billion dollars. Auditor Chance records 140 million voucher transactions and 250 thousand paid orders daily, with 165 expert sorters, all young women, processing orders.
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Washington
Chance
Isaue
Taft approves tour programs for Minneapolis Prescott Phoenix and Augusta
Beverly Massachusetts reports that President Taft approved schedules for his tours to Minneapolis Saint Paul and Augusta Georgia. He will reach Minneapolis at 7 05 a m September 18 and depart Los Angeles at 8 p m October 12 to visit Phoenix Prescott and the Grand Canyon with Postmaster General Hitchcock accompanying him through Texas and Arizona.
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Beverly
Mass
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Augusta
Taft
Phoenix
Prescott
Ariz
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Hitchcock
Texas
Arizona
Probe Alaska coal land frauds reported by Interior officials
Washington reports from Denver say a Seattle hearing next month will reveal proof of large coal land frauds in Alaska. About 700 entries covering 112000 acres with valuable veins were suspended over three years. Lands valued at about 200 million dollars at a base of one cent per ton. Further hearings planned in western cities yet unnamed.
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Washington
Interior Department
Denver
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Ballinger
Dennet
Silence at Interior contrasts with forestry bureau bustle
Washington observers note a sharp quiet at the Interior department while the forestry bureau buzzes with activity. Assistant Secretary Pierce, serving as acting Interior head, avoids commenting on misadministration charges against Secretary Ballinger raised by Chief Forester Pinchot. Acting Commissioner Swarts of the general land office shows the same reticence.
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Washington
Interior Department
Forestry Bureau
Pierce
Ballinger
Forester
Pinchot
Swarts
General Land Office
Barrett Leaves Washington for Trans Miss Mississippi congress trip
Washington August 18 Director Barrett of the international bureau of American republics traveled to Denver for the Trans-Mississippi congress. He will be joined by General Carlos Garcia Velez Cuban minister to the United States. They may visit Seattle San Francisco and Portland on official business for the expos.
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John Barrett
Washington
Director Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Denver
Carlos Garcia Velez
United States
Seattle
San Francisco
Portland
Coal Output Falls as 1908 Outlook Sours
The national low mood from 1907 into 1908 sharply reduced U.S. coal production. The Geological Survey reports 1908 output at 415,842,698 short tons with a spot value of 582,314,117 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
Britain loses grip on empire as McClure warns of German threat
Colonel S. S. McClure of McClure's Magazine says Britain faces momentary danger from Germany and could yield real imperial seat of authority to Washington. He cites Lord Rosebery on if England and America had not separated in 1776 and compares present tension to two neighboring farmers, one a prizefighter.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
British Empire
Germany
United States
Washington
McClure
America
England
Lord Roseberry
British Isles
Mr. McClure
Youths Plead Guilty to $7000 Santa Clara Robbery
Two Sunyvale youths captured by Sheriff Langford on robbery charges confessed to planning a series of bank heists. They described targeting banks in Oakland and Santa Clara, detailing a machine purchase and an implied next big robbery if the first had succeeded.
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Santa Clara Cal
Sunnyvale
First Nations Bank
Oakland
Santa Clara
Carr
First National Bank
Trains Crash Near Husted Leaves Many Dead
A head on collision on the Denver & Rio Grande near Husted 13 miles north of Colorado Springs at 10 25 Saturday morning kills ten and injures about 40 to 50 others. East bound No 8 and west bound No 1 caused wreckage with three engines in ditches and several coaches badly damaged due to possible order misunderstandings or misreading a switch engine.
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Colorado Springs
Denver & Rio Grande
Husted
Medals of Honor Awarded to Seven for Philippine and Cuban Actions
Washington announces that five officers and two enlisted men were awarded the Medal of Honor by the War Department for gallant conduct under fire in the Philippines or Cuba. The honorees include Majors James Church and Paul Straub of the Medical Corps, Lieutenants George Shaw and Charles Beckman of the Twenty-seventh Infantry, Lieutenant Charles E Kilbourne of the Signal Corps, and Privates H T R Quinn and Seth Ewald.
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Washington
Philippines
Cuba
War Department
James Church
Paul Straub
Medical Corps
George Shaw
Charles Beckman
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Charles E. Kilbourne
Signal Corps
H. T. R. Quinn
Seth Ewald
Death of Brigadier General Edwin F. Townsend
Brigadier General Edwin F. Townsend U S A retired died in Washington from apoplexy. Born in New York in 1838 he graduated from West Point in 1852 in the same class as Generals Hood McPherson and Howard. He won promotion to major for gallantry in the Civil War.
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Washington
Edwin F. Townsend
New York
West Point
Hood
McPherson
Howard
Tieton Land to Be Opened in Washington
The acting secretary of the interior vacated the withdrawal order for the Yakima Tieton project lands and restored about 3000 acres to the public domain in the North Yakima district. These lands may be settled on and entered starting November 9 and December 9 respectively.
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Tieton
Washington
Interior
Yakima
North Yakima
Wyoming Quarantine Enforces Lip and Leg Disease Blocks
Washington announces a quarantine on August 12 in Wyoming counties Fremont Natrona Converse Weston Crook Sheridan Johnson and Big Horn due to lip and leg disease in sheep. The action targets preventing spread of necrobacillosis among flocks.
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Wyoming
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Fremont
Natrona
Converse
Weston, Crooke
Sheridan
Johnson and Big Horn
Seismograph Reports Slight Tremor in Washington
The weather bureau seismograph in Washington recorded a slight earth tremor at 2 22 PM but observers judged it not to be a true earthquake.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Philippine Bonds Sold in Washington Auction
Bids opened at the bureau of insular affairs for 1.5 million dollars of 4 percent Philippine public works bonds. The issue completes the unsold balance of a 5 million dollar authorization by Congress last amended February 6, 1905.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Congress
Taft appoints McConnell to land fraud investigation post
Washington August 17 By direct order of President Taft ex Governor J W McConnell of Idaho is named to a key permanent position connected with Idaho land fraud investigations The post pays 2500 dollars annually Jesa McConnell the father in law of Senator Borah Idaho
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Taft
McConnell
Washington
J. W. McConnell
Idaho
Jesa McConnell
Senator Borah
New United States Marshal Named for Arizona
The president appointed Charles A. Overlock of Arizona as United States marshal for the territory. The retirement of B. F. Daniels, who has served in the post the last few years, marks the passing of another of Roosevelt's Rough Riders from office.
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Arizona
Beverley
Mass
Charles A. Overlock
United States
B. F. Daniels
Mr. Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Americans to Join Hankow Railway Loan Effort
State Department reports Pekin news that Americans will participate in the Hankow railway loan endeavor. Washington notes the move as a favorable development in foreign relations.
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State Department
Washington
Pekin
Shackleton to Lecture Tour to Pay Expedition Debts
Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton plans a lecture tour in the United States and Canada starting in March 1910 to raise funds for debts totaling $70,000 from his Antarctic expedition. The revenue will go to debt repayment, not into his own pocket, with the Daily Express criticizing Britain’s government for not contributing.
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London
Ernest H. Shackleton
United States
Canada
Daily Express
Shackleton
Smallpox Measures In Chile Halt Public Contact And Funerals
In Santiago on August 16 authorities report 348 smallpox cases in the laza retto. Strict rules bar infected individuals from public coaches and ban exposing smallpox corpses in churches for funerals. The accommodation board also uncovers illegal land deals tied to a Japanese colony and forbids their sale.
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Chile
Santiago
Earthquake Devastates Omi Province In Japan
Reports from Tokio on August 16 describe a severe earthquake harming Omi province. Four hundred houses collapsed and communications are severed, making casualty numbers uncertain.
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Japan
Tokio
Omi
Heat Sends Ten to Death as Frontier Suffers Heatwave
Unusually high temperatures reaching 110 degrees reported by the weather bureau caused at least ten fatalities and numerous prostrations across the Southwest. Kansas City and Wellington note extreme heat with 102 to 106 degrees and widespread corn damage while factories run at night to meet demand for ice and supplies.
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Kansas City
Government Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Southwest
Plains
Union
Wellington
Kan
Topeka
Earthquake Toll Rises Across Central Japan
Reports from Aug 17 say the Central Japan quake left at least 30 dead with 82 injured. Over 360 buildings collapsed or ruined, many temples, while 1,000 more were severely damaged. Asaka in Gifu bore the worst impact as the Hida river banks broke and villagers fled to higher ground. Intermittent shocks continued into Sunday with Ibuki collapsing west of Gifu and minor damage near Nagoya and surrounding areas.
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Tokio
Japan
Asaka
Gifu
Hida
Ibuki
Nagoya
Canada Can Feed Britain Harvest Forecast
From Manitoba to British Columbia the harvest is expected to be the greatest in the Canadian West. Farmers gather a heavy hay crop while grain harvests will be general later in the month. A Grand Trunk Pacific line from Winnipeg to Edmonton is said to link wheat lands capable of feeding Britain and Ireland if needed.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific
Edmonton
Great Britain and Ireland
Fighting resumes at Melilla as Spanish forces attack
Madrid reports renewed clashes between Moors and Spaniards at Melilla. General Marina presses the assault after a week of Moorish defense and the arrival of munitions and French field guns aiding the garrison.
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Madrid
Melilla
Marina
Yuma Faces Worst Rain Flood Since 1891
Aug 17 report from Yuma Arizona describes a catastrophic rainstorm flooding downtown. The flood, likened to the 1891 disaster, forced dozens of families to evacuate, as waters rose past window sills and overwhelmed poorer neighborhoods.
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Yuma
fAriz
Sperm Whale Harvested by Vancouver Island Whalers
Victoria reports the Tees arrived from the west coast with news that a sperm whale was caught by buroquot whalers last week. The catch yielded 68 barrels of oil, the first such haul since last year.
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Tees
Vancouver Island
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