Broad Week in Review of Conflicts and Maritime News
A digest of rapid-fire items: liquor wars in Illinois, Tacoma at La Guayara Venezuela, Borah on the money panic, a San Francisco Chinese woman facing deportation, miners warned from Alaska, two train robbers in Helena, a loss of an arm from X rays, and remarks by Congressman Humphrey on ship subsidies. Also reports of a Grand Pacific fire, a record sightseer fleet in San Francisco, typhoid cases, graft rumors in Chicago, Asiatic labor debates, anti trust amendments, coast travel price cuts, and other national and international items shaping the week.
Canton Protests Japanese Demands Over Tateu Maru Surrender
In Canton on March 24 anger rose over the government yielding to Japan in the Tateu Maru affair. Self Government groups held mass indignation meetings with 50,000 attendees. Speakers denounced Japan as a 12 year old sparked enthusiasm and shoppers burned Japanese goods in a large bonfire.
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Canton
Marsh
Self Government Society
Jaice
Yuan Shi Kai
Foreign Affairs
Unemployment in New York Exceeds Past Levels
New York reports indicate over one million unemployed nationwide with more than 600000 in cities and about 600000 in nonmetropolitan areas. Labor leaders estimate detailed jobless counts across trades from carpenters to steamfitters, projecting widespread hardship amid the economic downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Commission rules ocean transport not under ICC authority
The Interstate Commerce Commission today ruled in the Cosmopolitan Importing Company case that it has no jurisdiction over oceanic transportation. The decision, authored by Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, sides with the defendants and against the complainant, a Philadelphia organization chartered in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cosmopolitan Importing Company
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Burg- American Packet Company
Lloyd Steamship Comany
Wilcon
Hull) Lines
Commission
Franklin K. Lane
Robbers Take $47,000 From Two-Horse Rig Near Rawhide
In Reno Nevada March 24 three heavily armed men overpowered Edward Hoffman and an accomplice two miles from Rawhide. They threw them to the ground and fled in the victims two horse rig with gold and bank notes totaling about 47000. The money was sent to the Coalition Mining company at Rawhide to pay miners and cover a property payment. Posses are pursuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Edward Hoffman
Rawhide
Coalition Mining Company
Coalition Company
Marine Casualties Reported Off New World Coast
A Boston report states about 350 lives were lost in marine disasters during the fall and winter. Among the dead are 261 crewmen from ten French St Pierre fishing fleet vessels wrecked near the Grand Banks. About 25 Newfoundland fishermen perished in the storms.
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Boston
New
British North America
St. Pierre
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Collision sinks steamer near Hakodate
A 900 ton Matau Maru of the Yuosen Kaisha line collided with the 696 ton Hideyoshi Maru two miles off Todohokke near Hakodate at 2:30 this morning. Authorities report hundreds of lives lost and a squad of rescue ships dispatched to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Yuosen Kaisha Line
Todohokke
Hakodate
Oregon State News Highlights Fleet Visit and Hood River Meeting
Portland to San Francisco special fare planned to welcome Admiral Evans squadron with a $25 round trip and ten day limit. Dates depend on fleet movements and both Portland and state inquiries push for access to the Pacific coast visit. Hood River Horticultural Society held a long meeting stressing high quality fruit and future crop prospects with discussion on pruning and market demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Admiral Evans
Golden Gate
Harriman
Oregon PLC
Pacific Coast
Sa Pacifico
Scott
Hood River
H. Sproat
Apple-Growers’ Union
Farmers seek wheat belt train for Umatilla county
Pendleton reports a successful run of the summer fallow train by the O R & N through the Palouse wheat belt. About six agricultural experts lectured on dry farming, anti summer fallowing and deep plowing. Local farmers benefited and want more on these farming lines to conserve soil and profit.
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Pendleton
O. R. & N. Company
Palouse
Umatilla County
Umatil
O. R
Expect Big Freshman Class at University of Oregon
University of Oregon in Eugene expects its entering freshman class next fall to be the largest in history. Registrar Tiffany reports over 50 registrations already received, indicating growth beyond prior years. Officials project about 250 new students, with current enrollment at 418 and total including law, medical, and music departments rising to 710.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Oregon
Tiffany
Albany man convicted of deer meat violation in game law case
Albany George W. Fisher proprietor of the Brownsville glove factory was convicted in the State Circuit Court of having fresh deer meat in his possession on December 12 after the open deer season had closed. Judge Bennett directed a guilty verdict. Fisher was fined $100 and costs and will appeal to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
George W. Fisher
Brownsville
Bennett
Fisher
State Supreme Court
Plaster Cast of Big Meteor Arrives at University of Oregon
The University of Oregon receives a plaster cast of the 1905 Oregon City meteor in the Condon museum. The gift from Willamette Steel & Iron Co of Portland, cast by the Smithsonian Institute, reproduces the original meteor and rests on land owned by the donor company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Condon Museum
Oregon City
Willamette Steel & Iron Company
Portland
Smithsonian Institute
Assessable Property Increased in Clatsop County 1908 Roll
Astorila Assessor Cornelius reports Portland Land Office patents issued during the year ending March 1 for 7555.91 acres in Clatsop County. The land will be included in the 1908 assessment roll now being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astorila
Cornelius
Portland Land Office
Clatsop County
Smaller Apples Dominate Hood River Market Says Davidson
Hood River buyers heard H. F. Davidson argue that smaller apples outsell large ones. He noted sizes 96 to 128 bring the highest prices and are most desired, with few exceptions among varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood River
H. F. Davidson
Railroads Cut Grain Sack Rates From Pacific Ports
Farmers hail a 40 cent per hundred reduction on grain bags from Portland Tacoma and Seattle by Northern Pacific and O R N railroads. The cut represents about 35 percent off the previous rate and promises cheaper shipment costs for wheat and other grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
New Sheep Commissioner Named by Salem Governor
Governor Chamberlain appoints A L Mackintosh of Paulina as sheep commissioner for the Second district to succeed Thomas Boylan, whose term expired March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Chamberlain
Bs Gees
A. L. Mackintosh
Paulna
Thomas Boylan
University quiz culture spreads among Oregon faculty
The University of Oregon notes a growing practice of monthly quizzes across subjects. With about a month into the second semester, students feel similar stress levels to exam time, though quizzes permit more tests per day than traditional examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Throttle University Referendum Draws Carnegie Inquiry
A Carnegie Foundation letter to University of Oregon President Campbell requests all valuable data on the protest against university appropriation. President Pritchett notes this is the first case of its kind and will study the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Eugene
Campbell
Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
New York
Pritcher
Rapid Warm Rains Melt Mountain Snow Across Umatilla Basin
Pendleton reports warm rains followed by a chinook wind speeding snowmelt on the mountains. The Umatilla River rises higher than any time this year but remains far from danger. Farmers welcome the rainfall as the season has been exceptionally wet.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Portland Market Prices Roundup for Wheat Fruits and Vegetables
Market prices from Portland show wheat at 80 to 84 cents, barley at 26 to 28.30 dollars per ton, and millstuffs with bran 26 to 30 per ton. Fresh produce lists values for apples, cranberries, artichokes, beans, cabbage, and a wide range of vegetables with varied per unit costs.
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Oregon
Oregons
Portland
Feans
America
Committee Votes to Forfeit Western Railroad Lands
The House committee on public lands advanced a resolution to sue for recovery of title to 2 million acres of Oregon and California Railroad lands in California and Oregon. The lands were granted to the Oregon and California Railroad Company in the 1860s with sale to settlers at not more than 2.50 per acre. The committee action follows E. H. Harriman's refusal to sell remaining lands and supports bringing suit to recover title for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Oregon
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Central Pacific
E. H. Harriman
United States
Committee On Public Lands
House
Senate
Oring
Western Railroad
Ttme
Oregon & California Railroad
Irrigation Congress
Sacrmento
Fulton
Public Lands Committee
Mondel
Roosevelt's New Legislative Program Outlined
President Roosevelt plans a congressional message this week detailing a broad program. Proposals include tariff revision after March 4, 1909, an amended Sherman act to favor labor and capital combinations, curb injunctions in labor disputes, plus an employers' liability bill and Aldrich financial bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Aldrich Financial
Labor Pushes Cabinet Seat For Department Of Labor
At the AFL executive council closing session it was decided to urge the House Committee on Labor to pass the bill creating a department of labor with a cabinet member as head. A broad push for abolition of child labor laws in states will follow. A protest memorial will be sent to organized labor and the public, prepared by President Gompers Secretary Morrison and Vice President O Con nell. The council did not learn if the bill of grievances to Vice President Fairbanks was taken to the Senate judiciary committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
House Committee On Labor
Department of Labor
Congress
Organized Labor
Gompers
Morrison
O’ Connell
Fairbanks
Senate
Committee On
Judiciary
Judge Dunne Dismisses Extortion Indictments in Schmits Case
In San Francisco on March 23 Judge Dunne dismissed the four remaining extortion indictments against E E Schmits and suggested submitting the case to another grand jury. He said Theodore V Halsey will be tried for bribery as soon as the court can schedule it. Henry Act, attorney for Abraham Ruel, was told by Judge Lawlor to provide a complete affidavit showing in the immunity contract hearing by next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dunne
E. E. Schmits
Theodore V. Halsey
Henry Act
Abraham Ruel
Lawlor
Senator Lamb Reports Prisoner Hung by Wrists in Ohio Penitentiary
Senator Lamb of Toledo created a sensation in Columbus by describing a prisoner hanging by his wrists at the Ohio penitentiary. He said guards kept him from viewing and that the inmate had been suspended since Thursday, receiving only bread and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senator Lamb
Toledo
Ohio Penitentiary
Tillman Seriously Ill In Renton Home
A United States senator, reported in Renton Washington, is seriously ill at his home due to a nervous attack. Physicians have attributed the condition to medical penance and stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman
Colombia
United States
Benator
Renton
American Battle Fleet to Visit Japan in 1908 Tour
The American battleship fleet plans a voyage to Yokohama with stops at Hawaii Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila and Yokohama as the likely itinerary. China may be invited but most other invites will be declined with coaling no longer needed at Yokohama allowing extended festivities. Japan views the invitation as a sign of cordial U.S. relations and the trip mirrors a transatlantic distance.
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Weshingery
Japan
Betteream
F Root
Baron Takahira
China
Atlantic Seaboard
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Manila
Yokohama
Philippines
Buez
Anila
United States
New York
Europe
Ruef seeks bail relief in San Francisco on 116 charges
Abe Ruef, facing 116 counts, argues for lower bail citing 37 counts totaling 370000 and excessive bail on the rest. In court on a writ of habeas corpus, Heney asserts Ruef’s wealth and a conspiracy to export him. He cites attempted kidnappings of Gallagher and Lonergan as links to the case. Murphy notes at current pace it would take 116 years to try all charges, a conviction on few could mean life in prison.
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San Francisco
Abe Ruel
Ruef
Heney
James L. Gallagher
Lonergan
Tirey L. Ford
Murphy
Land Open for Settlement in Oregon Blue Mountain Lands
By authority of the interior secretary, 131 643 acres excluded from the Blue Mountain forest reserve Oregon open to settlement June 1 1908 if not withdrawn reserved or appropriated but not to entry until July 1 1908 at Burns La Grande and The Dalles land offices. Sixty days notice by newspaper publication near the lands is authorized.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
Oregon
United States Land Offices
Burns, la Grande
The
Dalles
Ship Conqueror Commissioned in San Francisco
The Salvation ship Conqueror was commissioned at 3 PM in San Francisco with Mayor Taylor presiding. Built by the Salvation Army, the vessel serves as a counter attraction to gin mills for men of Admiral Evans' fleet. reading matter offered at a nominal cost.
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Conqueror
San Francisco
Salvation Ship
Taylor
Salvation Army
New Battleship New Hampshire Commissioned at Philadelphia
The battleship New Hampshire was placed in commission at the Philadelphia navy yard with Iain Cameron McK Winslow in charge. The ship is expected to be ready for sea in about a month.
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Philadelphia
New Hampshire
Iain Cameron McK. Winslow
Island Navy Yard
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Borah
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Humphrey
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Chicago
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Hearst
Independence League
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Shanghai
United States Steel Corporation
Leo Tolstoi
Yasnaya Polana
Rue
Burns
Abraham Hummel
Wilhelmina Crawford
Lowell, Maso
James Butler
Benicia Barracks
Scheuttler
Beloit
Wis
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Midway Islands
Evans
Port Au Prine
Haiti
Viscount Aoki
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Sperry
Pomona Fort Rosas
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la Follette
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Fleet
LABOR
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Ruel
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