Ballinger fires Glavis over Alaska land claims
Washington dispatch reports President Taft and Secretary Ballinger spar over the Cunningham coal land cases. Ballinger orders Glavis dismissed for unjustly impeaching superiors while Taft exonerates Ballinger and affirms administrative policy on land restoration and water power.
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Washington
Ballinger
L. R. Glavis
General Land Office
Taft
Albany
Cunningham Alaska Coal Land
Gilavis
Alaska
Ll. R. Gravis
Glavis
Glavia
National Irrigation Congress
Pinchot
Forestry Department
Interior Department
Forest fires sweep through Hinlcombe canyon near Oxnard
Two raging forest fires in the Oxnard mountains converge on Hinlcombe canyon while Bardsdale oil wells burn in the path. Exhausted firefighters struggle to contain the flames as scores are overcome and receive medical attention.
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Oxnard
Hinlcombe Canyon
Bardsdale
Woman Arrested in Murder of Husband in Nanaimo
Nanaimo September 16 A widow was jailed today after an inquest into the death of Gu a Carlaon murdered at home Monday night in a suspected robbery. The body’s position and surrounding circumstances pointed to the wife, though she maintains a straightforward story.
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Nanaimo
Gua Carlaon
Conservation Support Cited by Interior Secretary
A historic note quotes Secretary of the Interior Richard R. Ballinger praising conservation stance. The message, signed “W. H. Tapt,” emphasizes government backing for preservation efforts.
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W. H Tapt
Richard R. Batinger
Secretary of the Interior
Washington, D.C
Baron Uchida Is New Japanese Ambassador
Tokio announces Baron Yasuya Uchida as successor to Baron Takahira as Japanese ambassador to the United States. Uchida, formerly minister to China, is a leading diplomat. Mrs. Uchida is Bryn Mawr educated and has spent much of her life in America.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Baron Yasuya Uchida
Austria
Baron Takahira
United States
Takahira
Japan
Baron Uchida
Ching
Uchida
Bryn Mawr
America
Ketchel Langford Bout Declared Off by City Authorities
In New York on September 16 authorities cancelled the Ketchel Langford fight set for tomorrow night after a conference with District Attorney Jerome Police Commissioner Baker and Sheriff Forey following a telegram from Governor Hughes. They ruled the event would violate the law as it would attract other thin club members.
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New York
Mint
Jerome
Baker
Forey
Hughes
Governor Johnson Is Slightly Improved
Rochester Minn September 14 Governor Johnson shows slight improvement though still in critical condition. He underwent yesterday surgery for intestinal trouble and rested this afternoon but continues to suffer gaseous pains and discomfort.
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Rochester
Minn
Johnson
Flour Dips Sixty Cents Per Barrel Here
In Walla Walla on September 16 flour prices fell from six dollars to five forty per barrel, a sixty cent drop. Retailers announced the reductions and expected further declines.
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Walla Walla
Major E A McFatridge Offered Yakima Agent Post
Major E A McFatridge formerly in charge of the Umatilla agency is offered the Yakima reservation agent position with a higher salary of 1600 per year, but he is engaged in business and cannot accept. The offer is viewed as vindication of his past conduct and aligns with the commissioner Valentine’s praise.
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Yakima Reservation
E. A. McFatridge
Umatilla
McFatridge
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Valentine
Yakima
Simcoe School
Umain
Eleven Die as Amplalia Steamship Wreck Off Cape Point
Capetown report says eleven persons drowned when the Amplalia grounded on rocks near Cape Point in dense fog. Four boats with passengers are missing. five women and six men survived, others landed safely after separate boats were lost in the fog. The Amplalia is feared total loss.
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Capetown
Amplalia
Cape Pernt
Umplalia
Adjutant General Ortis Hamilton Granted Continuance
Olympia Sept 16 Judge Mitchell granted a continuance until the November term on the case of Ortis Hamilton former adjutant general of the Washington militia accused of embezzling 37000 state funds. Hamilton remains in jail unable to furnish bond as attorneys seek more time to examine records.
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Olympia
Ortis Hamilton
Washington
Mitchell
Hamilton
Harriman Will Probate Leaves All to Wife Mary
The will of E. H. Harriman probated today leaves all real and personal property to his wife Mary. Dated June 8, 1903, the will names Mary Harriman as executrix. In San Diego California on September 16 a separate report notes one life lost and numerous cattle perished as fires burned across San Diego County.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Mary
San Diego
Calif
San Diego County
Receiver Appointed for Pilot Rock Telephone Co
The Interstate Telephone Company known as Pilot Rock Telephone is in receivership after a second suit by American National Bank. Judge Bean appointed W. L. Thompson as receiver as notes totaling about $1000 and several smaller claims overwhelmed the company. The plant serves Pilot Rock and nearby areas south to the springs and Camas prairie.
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Interstate Telephone Company
Pilot Rock Company
Americaun National Bank
Fee & Slater
Bean
W. L. Thompson
Sme Bank
Pilot Rock
Ling
Springs
Camas Prairie Coun
Bloody double murder ends with self-inflicted death
In Chicago on September 11 Mrs. Jacob Silvers shot and killed her sister in law Mrs. Julius Tripp and then died by suicide after a hospital stay. Ten bullet wounds and a knife wound were found on Mrs. Tripp. Police doubt a third person was present. A quarrel over household duties is suspected to have sparked the tragedy.
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Jacob Silvers
Julius Tripp
Chicago
Quarrel
New York
Tripp
Silvers
Boy Commits Murder To Go To Prison
In Ko diak Alaska a fourteen year old native boy shot and killed an Indian. At inquest he said he shot to see the man fall. Authorities believe the boy murdered the Indian after a letter from a friend in Washington state’s McNeil Island penitentiary described prison life, suggesting the motive was to go to prison.
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Seward
Alaska
Kodiak
Washington State Penitentiary
McNeil's Island
Taft and Cannon Face Possible Rift Over Currency
Washington reports say Taft through his western tour speeches is watched to see if he parts ways with Speaker Cannon. Officials fear currency policy may drive a rupture between president and speaker, making the currency issue pivotal for the next Congress.
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Washington
Taft
Cannon
Idahoans Celebrate at the Exposition
About 500 Idahoans gathered at the exposition to celebrate Idaho day in Seattle. Governor Brady and his staff arrived last night and led the central exercises at the state building on the exposition grounds.
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Seattle
Idaho
Brady
State Building
Exposition Grounds
Taft Receives Western Welcome in Windy City
In Chicago Taft was greeted by a vast crowd at La Salle street station with a campus wide ovation as 200000 schoolchildren sang Columbia. An automobile parade through Washington Park followed before a luncheon at the Congress Hotel and visits to the Art Institute and a Cubs Giants game, ending with a banquet in the evening before midnight departure.
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Chicago
Taft
la Salle Street
Washington Park
Columbia
Congress Hotel
Art Institute
Taft Is Given Warm Reception in Chicago
President Taft arrived in Chicago to a citywide welcome with hundreds of thousands of people, including many school children. Schools closed for the day as Taft reviewed the crowds, then visited the Commercial Club, the Art Institute plans, a Cubs Giants game, a Hamilton Club dinner, and a ball at the Auditorium hosted by the American Bankers Association convention.
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Chicago
Art Institute
Cubs
Giants
Annex
Hamilton Club
Auditorium Theatre
Taft
American Bankers’Association
Black Hand Suspect Questioned in Sweat Box
Utica police plunge Michael Rizzo an Italian into the third degree over the abducted and murdered children Teresa Percopi and Freddie Infusino. He once lodged with the Percopia family and will be shown to possible witness Fannie Infusino who was wounded by the kidnapper.
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Utica
Teresa Percopi
Freddie Infusino
Michael Rizzo
Percopia
Fannie Infusino
Wealthy Chicago woman dies in Paris hospital
Cablegrams report Mrs. Nelson Morris widow of a Chicago packer died in a Paris hospital from injuries in a car accident that left her husband badly mangled. She controlled a twenty million dollar estate and leaves two sons and two daughters racing to Paris.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
Chicago Packer
Paris Hospital
Paris
Pendleton Grand Jury Hears Local Option Violations
A Umatilla grand jury hearings reveal many witnesses summoned to testify on local option law violations. District Attorney Phelps quietly observes, with several traveling men and prominent citizens among those examined. Indictments expected later, but unlikely in this first batch.
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BAAN
Umatilla
Pendleton
Phelps
Geome
W. A. Hardy
Seattle
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Balliner
Gravis
Cunningham Coal
Actio
Cunningham Group
Jus
Tce
Department
L. R. Gravis
Spokane
Pardee
California
Waterpower Trust
Montana
Ketchel-Langford
M Fatridge
Adjutant General
Harriman
Pile Rock
Boy
Windy City
Auditorium Annex
Ness
Hardy
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