New Currency Plan Aims to Back Notes and Deposits
Washington January 9 a House banking and currency sub committee reports a plan to retire national bank bonds and replace them with general asset backed notes. Redemptions cities will be set, banks form seven member boards, and a national guarantee fund of 500 million dollars created to insure deposits and notes. Banks deposit funds to qualify for guaranteed credit notes with 2 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury National Bank
National Bank
Board of Managers
United States
National Guarantee Fund
Tunnel Opens for Traffic Between Manhattan and Brooklyn
The first of the river tunnels linking Manhattan with Brooklyn and New Jersey opened for traffic last night. The initial passenger train left Bowling Green station and ran through the steel tube to Brooklyn, seen as a major step toward solving New Yorks transportation problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Bowling Green
Interborough Subway
Land fraud cases move to Portland presided by Hunt
United States Judge William H. Hunt will leave Helena on Saturday for Portland where he has been ordered by the Department of Justice to preside over land fraud cases to be brought up early next week Francia J Heney will prosecute the cases Judge Dietrich of the Idaho district will come to Helena to preside during Hunt's absence
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Helena
Mont
United States
William H. Hunt
Portland
Department of Justice
Francia J. Heney
Dietrich
Idaho District
Hunt
Battleships Pass Pernambuco En Route To Rio Janeiro
The American battleship fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Evans was sighted passing Pernambuco port at noon on its way to Rio Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Pernambuco
Evans
Rio Janeiro
Verdict voids Schmitz extortion conviction in San Francisco
The District Court reverses the trial verdict and discharges ex mayor Schmitz on four extortion indictments, invalidating Ruef's plea and threatening to derail bribery and graft cases. The ruling casts doubt on the fairness of the original trial and delays further prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
District Court of
Abraham Ruef
Lehmitz
Schmitz
Raef
Board of Police Commissioners
Frank H. Dunne
Ruef
Supreme Court
White Star Lowers Second And Third Class Fares
The White Star line reduced second class fares from English ports to New York by six to seven fifty dollars and third class by four to five dollars. The cut aims to counter traffic shifts caused by Lusitania and Mauretania and Cunard’s rate policy. Cunard said it would meet the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
White Star Line
New York
Boston
Lusitania
Mauretania
Cunard Company
Loeb to Enter New Work Amid DC Streetcar Consolidation
Washington reports Rep Smith of Michigan chairing a District of Columbia inquiry into streetcar lines. He says a consolidation of DC streetcar companies is planned and that William Loeb Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, will take an active management role. The probe seeks authority to build new routes.
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Loeb
Washington
Representative Smith
Michigan
House Committee On
District of Columbia
William Loeb
Roosevelt
Smith
Fire disaster in Canton claims 800 lives
Mail advices from South China report a disastrous fire at Canton where 800 people perished in a restaurant blaze. A cinematograph exhibition drew crowds at a wedding feast, causing panic as the building collapsed after the film ignited, trapping many inside.
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Victoria
B. C
South China
Canton
California
Greene and Gaynor Sentenced to Prison in Savannah Land Embezzlement
Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor were moved from Macon to Atlanta to begin four year sentences for embezzling government lands tied to Savannah harbor work. They had waited in jail for a Supreme Court appeal.
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Greene
Gaynor
Macon
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Atlanta
Fendera Penitentiary
Savanna Harbor
United States Supreme Court
Kla math Packing & Commercial Co forms in Merrill Oregon
The Kla math Packing and Commercial Company, with $500000 capital, plans to pack and ship meats at Merrill on ten acres near Lost River. It aims to slaughter and process cattle and hogs locally to avoid long drives and market shrinkage, offering farmers both direct profits and wholesale profits, with by products to follow next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Klamath Packing & Commercial Company, Incorporated
Front Street
Lost River
Montague
Sacramento
Oakland
WARFARE ON SCALE AT MARION COUNTY MEETING
About 200 Marion and Polk county growers heard County Fruit Inspector E C Armstrong discuss San Jose scale. The talk urged frequent talks and demonstrations in the Willamette valley to rapidly control the pest and warned many growers still fail to recognize it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
San Jose
Marion County
E. C. Armstrong
Marion County Horticultural Society
Marion
Polk
Willamette Valley
Oregon Borax Project Advances at Alkali Lake
The Oregon Borax company led by Joseph Gaston of Portland began developing soda and borax deposits at Alkali lake near the Harney county line. Lumber for permanent buildings has been ordered and Superintendent Zell Young plus carpenters are on site. Sheet iron for boiling and settling tanks is en route from California to be shipped via the Reno Alturas narrow gauge line for assembly on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Borax
Burns
Oregon Borax Company
Joseph Gaston
Portland
Alkali Lake
Lake County
Harney County
Gray's Butte
Zell Young
California
Reno
Alturas
Sugar beet district grows rapidly near Klamath Falls
Analysis by C O Townsend of the Department of Agriculture shows the Klamath Falls area producing 8,385 pounds of beets from a quarter acre patch. The three beets sampled yielded nearly 17 tons per acre, signaling the basin's emergence as a leading sugar beet region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath Fallse
Klamath Basin
C. O. Townsend
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Klamath Faille
New Library Building Opens and Heating Cutover
During the holidays the University of Oregon moved recitation rooms from Villard hall to the new library building. Occupancy was delayed due to no funding for heat, solved by redirecting heat from Villard hall to the library via shared pipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
University
Villard Hall
Reclamation Survey Teams Map Next Year Work
The reclamation service has several surveying parties laying out next year's work on the Klamath project. One party is on the second unit in the Olene district while Engineer Bargent directs a force on the extension of the Keno canal paralleling the Klamath River to the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klamath
Hides prices tumble in Eastern Oregon market
After eight weeks of record highs, hide prices in Eastern Oregon fall sharply. Dry hides drop from 18 cents to 9 cents per pound and green hides fall to 4 cents, signaling a major market reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Oregon
Fulton Files His Petition for Senate Nomination
Balem C. W. Fulton has filed a petition to seek the Republican nomination for United States senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Balem
C. W. Fulton
United States
Dallas Nears Cannery With Local Fruit Growers
A Dallas horticultural committee approved plans to form a cannery cooperative inviting farmers fruit growers and merchants to invest. The project aims to use area crops within five miles to supply a Dallas cannery, which would shift processing from Salem and Newberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
The
Horticultural Society
Salem
Newberg
Mount Royal Steamer Safe After Atlantic Trial to Queenstown
The Canadian Pacific Mount Royal reached Queenstown today after a perilous voyage from Antwerp via the British coast. On board were 300 Hungarian emigrants and about 100 crew who endured violent gales and boiler trouble before steering in alone, reporting crew and passengers well amid one of the worst Atlantic weather spells in years.
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Eowatown
Mount Royal
Queenstown
Lizard
Atlantic
Bermuda
Antwerp
St. Johns
N. B
Old Head
Kinsale
Beet
Irish
Many Counties Represented at University of Oregon
The University of Oregon in Eugene reports 400 students in university departments excluding music, the largest college rank enrollment in Oregon. About 70 percent earn their own way, with representation from Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler, and Yamhill counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Register
Oregon
Baker
Clackamas
Clateop
Columbia
Coos
Corry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Jackson
Josephine
Klamath
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tilamock
Umatilla
Union
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
Five-Year-Old Holstein Makes Big Milk Profit at OAC
Oregon Agricultural College Corvallis reports a five-year-old Holstein produced 13 744 pounds of milk in the year ending December 31 with butter fat 446.55 pounds and 520.97 pounds of butter selling for 170 dollars. Feed cost 40 dollars left a net profit of 130 dollars despite ordinary rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallie
No Delegate to Dry Farming Congress in Salt Lake City
Portland Oregon is the only semi arid state without an official delegate to the Trane Miegouri by Farming congress. The second session will be in Salt Lake City January 23 26. Manager Tom Richardson of the Commercial club pursues Eastern Oregon representation. The Oregon Development league will credential any state citizen who attends.
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Portland
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Tom Richardson
Commercial Club
Oregon Development League
Milton ranch sale tops regional deals at 25 562.50 dollars
Henry L. Frazier of Milton sells his ranch 246 acres near Milton including the residence to William H. Harder for 25 562.50 dollars. The deal is among the largest individual transactions in the area for months.
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Milton
Henry L. Frazier
Haw
Willian H. Harder
Frasier
Franzier
Portland Markets Prices For Butter Poultry Vegetables And More
Market report from Portland lists butter creamery at 85c per pound, veal by weight ranges, poultry prices for hens chickens turkeys and geese, eggs at 30 to 82 4c a dozen, pork cuts, wheat and oats prices, barley and corn quotes, hay and various feeds, fruit and vegetable prices including apples peaches pears cranberries turnips beans cabbage celery onions and more, with ranges for weight and quality noted. Included are potatoes delivered Portland and eastern Oregon prices, plus hay and miscellaneous grains.
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Oregon
Portland
Hope
Mohal
Symes seeks higher bond in Standard Oil appeal
District Attorney Edward M. Symes filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals arguing Standard Oil of Indiana holds assets exceeding 27 million and seeks increased supersedeas bonds. The government contends bond should cover the full value subject to execution, citing alleged company profits of 23 million over three years and 10.5 million in 2006.
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Chicago
Edward M. Symes
United States Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Ind
Plunge Off Bridge Tragedy Hits Southern Line
A Collver Special excursion train from Cleveland to Florida plunged through a Copper Mine Creek trestle west of Atlanta. Three dead, two fatally injured, and about 80 seriously hurt as relief trains reach the scene with victims including Engineer James Edwards and Mia Emil Hoover. Florence A Debraker, Mose Baldwin and others were among the injured rushed to hospitals.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Cleveland
Collver
Florida Pelnta
James Edwards
Emil Hoover
Columbus
Ohio
Florence A. Rtdebaker
Schnapp
Mose Baldwin
Government land fraud suits begin in Denver federal court
Nearly a dozen indictments charging timber coal and other land frauds are revived as the government opens suits in Denver Federal Court. If successful the thousands of acres valued in the millions will revert to public domain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jan
R. EK. Lewin
Takahira Named Japanese Ambassador to Italy
The Foreign Office admits the selection of Baron Takahira to succeed Viscount Aoki in Washington has been decided. The Associated Press reports that instructions have been sent to the Japanese chargé d’affaires in Washington to announce the nomination to the U.S. State Department.
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Tokio
Baron Takahira
Italy
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Foreign Office
Associated Pre
State Department
Baron Tira
Ontario Votes on Local Option Resulting In Mixed Rulings
Ontario votes on local option across small towns villages and townships. Returns from 68 jurisdictions show defeat in 87 places and approval in 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Toronto
Ont
Iit
Washington Faces Strained Ties as Japan Tensions Rise
Anxious exchanges between the United States and Japan reveal strain over immigration and labor controls. Secretary Root reports efforts to secure assurances while Congress weighs stricter measures. The situation heightens concerns amid naval posture shifts and diplomatic warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
United Staty
Jy Ag
Department of
O'Brien
Root
Count Hayaeki
Roothaa
Anere
Brien
Jte
Paellie
Estimates Too Low On Panama Canal Costs In 1905
A dearth of accurate figures from 1905 shows minority consulting engineers doubted the cost of building the canal. They warned expenses would exceed initial estimates by millions for sanitation, improvement, relocation, and rail costs funded by Panama authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ite
Colon
Panama
Rent Strikes Stir New York City Amid Tense Deadlock
On the East Side rent protests escalate with both sides claiming gains and losses. The talks stall as residents and landlords clash over housing costs and living conditions, signaling a pivotal moment in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
Cattleman Guilty in Land Fraud Conspiracy Case
Convicted Omaha cattleman found guilty of conspiring with others to obtain land fraudulently in a government land dispute. Jury verdict cited as influencing clemency considerations. case connected to North Platte area and former soldiers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iNegal
Omaha
North Platte Forest
Troops Withdrawn Before Muncie Induction Move
A military order directs return of troops to their companies before the Muncie event. The withdrawal affects railway cars and equipment, with schedule implications for transport and mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Janda Toral McKee
Mnllinie Powytreed
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Court of Appeals
China
New Klamath
Marion County Fruitmen
Fruitmen
Big Milton Ranch
Portland Markets
Standard Oil
Takahira
Man
Mus
Coolle Irma
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