Idaho News Roundup Weaves Rail Talks and Crime Tales
Idaho reports a partial restarting of the Oregon Short Line branch trains, with plans to lift a Goose Creek reservoir project and irrigation for 40 000 acres near Oakley. County assessors tally pianos autos and county wealth, while a child nearly drowns in a flume. A spree of arrests and pardons, plus talks of coal costs and new trials, color the Idaho scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hodgin
Chicago
Paris
Goose Creek
Oakley
Blaine County
Kellogg
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining_company
Sula Tanti
Elijah,Pinkham
Albion
William Arr
Marshfield
Burley
Arr
Pinkham
Cache Valley
Oregon
Gentile Valley
Idaho
Kuna
Caldwell
P. A. Perry
Portland Whither
Ae— Ey
Love
Northwest
Idaho States Penitentiary
Hawley
Roy Armstrong
John Doe
Laramie
Wyo
Dick—_Gray
Twin Falls
Boise
William F. Kettenbach
George H. Kester
Lewiston
Neff Pratt
A. B. Murphey
Salmon
Hi Henry
Horseshoe Bend
Tragic Utah Shootings and Other 1912 Era Incidents
Reports from Utah to Oklahoma and beyond recount a series of violent events and notable incidents. Edward L. Hanks, manager of the Don Philippini band, was shot dead at Glenwood Park in Ogden by Henry Southworth over alleged wife theft. Rae Oot and Nellie Cohn, linked to underworld circles, died in Ogden after a gunfight. Secretary Fisher toured the Strawberry project with interior officials. Elsewhere, a skiff accident in Illinois claimed three young women and a pilot’s license was awarded to Miss Matilda Moisant. Police unrest in San Francisco and a mob killing near Durant, Oklahoma, highlighted national tensions. Other notes include landmark earthquakes near San Bernardino, border canal zone squatting, ship and train accidents, and political developments in Washington and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermountain
Edward L. Hanks
Don Philippini
Glenwood—park
Oxden
Utah
Henry Southworth
Farmington
Hanks
Averel Rae
Wo Atheart
Nellie Cohn
Ogden
Tom Washimi
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
Interior Department
Fisher
Department of
Tha——Interior
Alaska
Mississippi River
Right's Station
Alton
Illinois
Flora
Mary
Ella Broglie
Matilda Moisant
John B. Moisant
New Orléans
Aero Club of America
San Francisco
Memphis
Henry C. Goudenslager
Paulsboro
N. J
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Sadie Acres
Quincy
Gal
Edward Prince
Anen
Labour Revolt Grips Great Britain Over Dock Strike
Reports from Liverpool and Birkenhead describe escalating protests as dockers strike across England. Army troops fire on mobs, bayonet charges occur, fires break out, and a general strike among transport workers looms, threatening widespread rail action and nationwide disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Liverpool
England
Birkenhead
Mersey
United Kingdom
Peace as guiding US Japan relations praised in New York luncheon
Admiral Count Togo spoke in Japanese at a New York Peace Society luncheon and expressed the goal of peaceful neighborly ties with the United States. Commander Taniguichi translated the message into English, prompting applause from the assembled guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Japan
Count Togo
Japanese Society
Peace Society of
Taniguichi
Death Believes Long Suffering in Idaho Chief Justice Wife
Mrs. George I Stewart wife of Idaho Chief Justice died in Boise after nearly two years of illness. Doctors failed to diagnose her mysterious ailment after she collapsed at a dinner party on October 27, 1909. She never clearly recognized family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
George
Stewart
Miner Pummels Pastor in Goldfield Quarrel
The Rev Redding ton L Snyder ex pastor of Goldfield Presbyterian was attacked by miner Edwin Barer who struck him with a revolver butt and threatened to shoot. An officer intervened to protect Snyder after Barer provoked the assault by his reaction to Snyder being in Baker's house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield, Nev
Reddington L. Snyder
Goldfield Presbyterian Church
Edwin Barer
Snyder
Baker
Berne Conference Closes as Carnegie Foundation Backing Noted
In Bern Switzerland the conference ended with a decision to include a declaration to the world. Ravine spoke on the effort while Ravine noted hopes and the need for prosperity. The final act sent a telegram to Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Castle whose foundation funded the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Andrew Carnegié
Skibo Castle
Perce
Rail unions and Southern Pacific discuss wage and rules
At a Monday conference in San Francisco officials of Harriman Lines and Federated Shops Employees told the committee that concessions on wages or shop rules are not possible. In Oxnard California 16 year old R L Strong shot a man near Vejar station to save Deputy Sheriff S L Martin life, then fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Gailton
Columbia
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Harriman Mnes
Federated
Oxnard, Cal
R L. Strong
Vejar Station
Strong
S. L. Martin
Immigrant Man Feigns Illness to Obtain Food at Station
Boston reports Egidio Zavataro an Italian claiming Asiatic cholera at the immigration station to gain meals. In Columbus a wallpaper trust result places Paper Company of Pittsburgh in receivership after alleged activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Egidio Zavataro
Columbus
Wall Paper Trust, Paper Company of
Pittsburg
Trust
Deep Sea Monsters Reach For The Darkest Depths
Harper's Weekly reports on ocean depths of a mile or more where pressure crushes glass and twists metal. Deep sea fishes tolerate weight with porous bones and thin muscles while lighting organs and luminous scales aid in dark waters. A Monaco expedition unearthed a head‑heavy fish whose large mouth dominates its body and a pouchlike stomach swallows prey, illustrating extreme adaptations of life beneath 1,500 meters.
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Bombay
India
Prince of
Monaco
Morocco
Harper’s Weekly
No Time to Scold
A western physician and his wife left two children Ernest and Alice ages nine and eleven with servants while they weekended away. Returning at 11 30 pm to a one and a half hour late train they found the children alone at the depot. Alice cried Hurry up mother Don't stop to talk. The taxi's up to 7 60 already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Alice
Fitnest
Alize
Harper's Magazine
Bernhardt Praises Reno Audiences in Intimate Interview
The Gallant Correspondent reports Mme Sarah Bernhardt lauded Reno spectators as the most brilliant and intelligent. She recalled a meeting between acts with a male admirer who boasted of eight correspondents covering her tours and joked about age and scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Reno
Mme. Bernhardt
Baseball Banquet Quip Sparks Yale Mention in Pittsburg
John J McGraw at a Pittsburg banquet derides a baseball man for ignorance. He jokes about a Yale player described by a woman who cannot recall whether a foul tip or a high fly is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J McGraw
Pittsburg
Yale
Production Seeks Finished Manuscript Promptly
A quarrel about timing ends with the producer urging the author to bring the completed manuscript. The exchange hints at backstage tension and looming deadlines for the play.
Morton's Gap Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy
Mrs. Ollie Wooparts of Morton's Gap Kentucky reports two years of backache and female disorders. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills she says her health improved, she no longer aches, and can do all housework.
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Morton's Gap
Kentucky
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Ollie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
L Mass
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Paris Post
Idaho State News
Ethel Barrymore
Russell Griswold-Colt
Florence Hopwood
Minneapolis
Charlea G. Gates
John W. Gates
Tilgham
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cruce
Arerat
Brentwood
Chino Copper Company
Hurley
N. M
Naos
Flamenco
Perico
Culebra
Pacific
Panama Canal
Engraving Department
hoursvilis—Herald
San Bernardino
Cal
Canal Zone
Zachariah Walker
Coatesville
Edward Rice
Worth Iron Mills
Pennsylvania
Newton
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Army of the Philippines
Detroit
Manila
P. I
James J. Jeffries
Jumeau
Seattle
Jem
Yukon Territory
Washington
Taft
Senate Committee
Joint High Commission
St. Louis
Hitchcock
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Senate
William Lorimer
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
House
Bailey
Texas
National Monetaryommission
Union of South Africa
Liverpost-on
Sune
Francisco de la Barra
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
British India
Bulgaria
Pater of
Servia
Dublin Criminal Lunatic Asylum
Oliver. Goritz
J Wresimon
Corin
Fugsimon
Quito
Iloy ‘Alfaro
Legation
Churchill
House—Of—Commons
House of Commons
Italy
London
Dominion
Winnipose
Admiral Togo
Miner
Peate
Wall Paper Trust
Deep Sea
Lydia E. Pinknam
Igmemores
Uhereat
Prarie Ao Russet Aera Rel
Ray Bee
PRA Na Io
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany 8&T
Cambridge
Masse
Carter
Carters
Union Kansas City
Missouri
Kieler
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Thompson
Howard E. Burton
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