Idaho News Roundup From Hagerman To Boise
Idaho reports a postal savings bank opening February 20 at Hagerman and multiple raids in Twin Falls yielding bootlegger arrests. Senate confirms George L Morgan and S S Bonham as postmasters. Ada County backs a $1,000,000 bedroads bond issue. A Boise murder trial begins. Blaine County man sought for embezzlement is arrested in San Diego. House approves revenue measure setting 4 percent levy on assessed value. Public dances curtailed in South Boise. Methodist university project organizers plan Boise arrival.
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Hagerman
Twin Falls
Senate
George L Morgan
Mackay
S .S. Bonham
Wardener
Ada County
William S Clark
Joe Morris
Boise
George W Kautz
Blaine County
San Diego
Cal
Idaho
H C Coker
Poratello Commercial Club
Coker
Apite
Dado Chautauqua
Jack Downey
Salt Lake
Slick Merrill
Boise Hoth
Florence Massay
Ydaho State Grange
New Plyaouth
Pioneerville
Garden Valles
Howe
Uncle Sams
Yne
Pupiecamds Conta
Ytig
Inter Mountain
E T Baker
Moscow
Gooding
C J Sinsel
Il. L Or
South Boise
Ex ruler Eloy Alfaro lynched in Ecuador revolution turmoil
Report from Guayaquil and Quito describes a mob freeing and killing General Eloy Alfaro and other leaders including his brother General Flavio Alfaro and General Medaro Alfaro. Revolt followed the December 22 death of President Emilio Estrada and included Montero’s execution a few days earlier. Women in New Jersey petition to match with Lansing bachelors seeking brides to connect with.
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Guayaquul
Ecuador
Quito
Eloy Alfaro
Flavio Alfaro
Medaro Alfaro
Alfaros
Paez
Manuel Serrano
Seattle Wash
New Jersey
Claude Sr Gage
Lansing
Michigan
Mio Gage
Onion
Tondén Opens New Wireless Station at Aranjuez
The King of Spain with the queen and ministers opened the new Marconi Wireless station at Aranjuez sending messages to European rulers and to the Dowager Alexandra at Sandringham. The first message expressed love and respect.
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Tonden
Spain
Cierral Marconi
Aranjuez
Europe
Hony
George
Mary
Medina
Indie
Alexandra
Sandringham
Rail link ambitions tie San Francisco to Vancouver by train
New York bankers plan to extend the Harriman railroad system to Vancouver with passenger service within two years prior to the Pacific Exposition. They already operate trains from San Francisco to Portland and Seattle. Also noted, over 20 million dollars in automobiles were exported from the United States in 1911, highlighted by the Bureau of Statistics.
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San Francisco
New York
Vancowes
Rboc
British Columbia
Fortland
Seattle
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Wires Torn Down At Malad Canyon In Idaho Power Dispute
A. L. Woodhouse is under arrest after he and armed men cut high tension lines at Malad canyon twelve miles from Bliss Idaho. The sabotage disabled the Kuhn company plants serving Glenns Ferry Bliss Kinghill Mountain Home and Gooding. Beaver River Power and Light company denies involvement amid a long running rivalry with the Kuhns.
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Rowse
Idaho
Salmon Falls
Saoshone Falls
Kuhns
Malad Canyon
Bliss
Glenns Ferry
Kinghill
Mountain Home Gooding
A. L. Woodhouse
Beaver River Power and Light Company
Kuhn Company
Woodhouse
Gooding
Zug
Lincoln County
Utah
Beaver River Power Company
Beaver River
Pair of Bandits Loot Bank at Main and Seventeenth
Two unmasked men armed with revolvers entered the Hillcrest Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver. They forced Manager Steaves and a clerk into the vaults and knocked another clerk unconscious, escaping with 1998 in till money after a delayed attempt to access keys trapped inside the cage.
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Vancouver
Hillcrest
Royal Bank of Canada
Main Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Steaves
Harrison
Richmond
Harrigan
Attempt to crucify man thwarted by police in Polish Moravian sect
A new Moravian sect in Ladz Poland inspired thirty women to storm Kow laski's house and demand his crucifixion to prove their tenets. The man opposed the plan and police intervened before the act could take place.
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Ladz
Russian Poland
Kowlaski
Steel Makers Are Scored By Government Report
A sweeping investigation across nearly all U S steel plants finds major corporations using cruel labor practices. The report accuses the industry of replacing skilled artisans with unskilled workers paid 14 cents an hour and forced to work up to 24 hours straight. It notes 18 hour shifts are common and many workers log 84 hours weekly, with tens of thousands enduring six day weeks in May 1910.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Senate
Fund Spending Reveals Lavish Lake Champlain Celebration
Washington records disclose a $20,000 fund used for government participation in the Lake Champlain celebration. Vouchers show meals at $10 per cover, 50 cent luncheons, cocktails, travel, and gifts including a bouquet for the Canadian postmaster general’s wife. Secretary Knox testified under subpoena, presenting vouchers detailing the expenditures.
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Washington
Canada
Lake Champlain
wWnox
House Committee On
Denver-John Stackhouse Faces Cruelty Charge
Fed family meal allegedly fed to the family dog leads to arrest for cruelty. Stackhouse admits guilt and believes any extenuating arguments hold no weight against the beauty of his two daughters as he resigns to his fate.
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Denver
John Stackhouse
Relative of Lincoln Bride in New York
Mrs Belle Vedder Fleming aged nine, daughter of Indiana Hanks whose mother was Nancy Hanks Lincoln's sister, wed Brigadier General David Stewart Gordon USA retired, aged 79, on Saturday in New York.
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New York
Belle Vedder Fleming
Indiana Hanks
Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
David Stewart Gordon USA
Salt Lake Retail Giants Move To New Downtown Center
Keith O'Brien and the Auerbach companies will leave Main Street and relocate to Third South and State streets. The Paris Millinery company also moves from Main Street to Third South, making that area a busy shopping center in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Keith O'Brien
Auerbach
Main Street
Third South
State Streets
Paris Millinery Company
Billy Delaney Dies in Oakland Noted Boxing Trainer
Billy Delaney a renowned boxing trainer died at his Oakland home after months of illness. The sudden decline followed a severe cold contracted on a visit to the East last year and the immediate cause was liver disorder. He was NS years old and survived by a wife and two sisters, the latter residing in New York state.
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Oakland, Cal
William
Billy) Delaney
East
New York State
Western Travelers' Protective Association forms in Portland
Traveling men in Portland organize the Western Travelers' Protective Association to abolish tipping of servants and push hotel sanitary improvements in small towns, aiming to improve conditions and standards across the region.
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Portland
Ore
Western Travelers’ Protective Association
Coffin Plate Among Confiscated Relics in Chicago Cocaine Dive
Police seized a queer collection in a cocaine dive run by Eugene Huston the drug king of Chicago. A silver coffin plate inscribed At Rest and old violins along with bits of valuable jewelry showed the lengths addicts will go to obtain cocaine.
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Chicago
Eugene Huston
Narrow Escape as Shubert Theater Fire Destroys Interior
Fire gutted the Shubert theater interior at 321 South Main Street Friday morning. Mr and Mrs E A Baker and five children aged up to 13 hid on the second story and barely escaped as the building burned and two theater circles collapsed, leaving the family unharmed but shaken.
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Salt Lake City
Shubert Theater
South Main Street
E A. Baker
Iowa Republicans Back Taft in First District Conference
In Ottumwa, Iowa the Sixth Congressional district Republicans adopted resolutions pledging support to President Taft. The meeting kicks off a series of Iowa conferences aimed at securing Taft delegates to the national Republican convention.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Taft
Beering Discovery in San Francisco Clerk Case
George A Terry a former clerk of the National Banking Corporation testified to the superior court on Saturday that he drank 100 quarts of beer within six hours after pleading guilty to stealing $12,000.
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San Francisco
George
A_ Terry
National Banking Corporation
Thompson returns to home amid bigamy charge in Chicago
Chicago report states William H Thompson of North Lincoln avenue was greeted by two wives a daughter two policemen and a reporter on his return Saturday. He had expected only one wife. After an arrest on bigamy Thompson admitted he had married four women.
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Chicago
William H Thompson
North Lincoln Avenue
Thompson
Defense counsel argues retailers blamed for beef prices at trial
In Chicago on Saturday defense counsel contends retailers largely bear responsibility for high dressed beef prices during the packers trial. The argument centers on retail margins and market dynamics as factors in pricing.
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Chicago
Morrow Indicted in Husband Murder Case
Chicago grand jury returns an indictment charging Mrs. Rene Morrow with the murder of her husband, inventor Charles B. Morrow, whose body was found December 28 on the rear porch of their home.
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Chicago
Rene Morrow
Charles B. Morrow
Arrest Made in Reno for Killing Suspect
Reno police arrested a man believed to be Cooney Ellis, wanted for the killing of Bad Tonkey near Gerlach on January 23. Posses had pursued him for several days before the arrest at Hazen.
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Reno
Nev
Hazen
Rene
Cooney Ellis
Bad Tonkey
Gerlach
Cathedral Memorial for General Gordon Consecrated
In memory of Gordon Hartum the new cathedral here, erected as a memorial to General Charles Gordon, who was killed when the city was captured by the Mahdists, was consecrated on Friday.
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Hartum
Charles Gordon
Steamer Santa Ana Wrecked Near Karta Bay Alaska
The Alaskan Steamship Company wooden steamer Santa Ana ran ashore at Karta Bay Alaska. All nine passengers were rescued by a launch.
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Seattle
Alaskan Steamship Company
Karta Bay
Alaska
Rancher Killed After Train Collision Near St Joseph
Victor Johnson a 60 year old St Joseph rancher was struck by a train on the Salt Lake and Ogden line near No 29 bound for Ogden. He died within an hour from his injuries.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake & Ogden
St. Joseph
Victor Johnson
St Joseph
Uamberger
Ogden
Nurse Edith Marvel Found Dead in Philadelphia Home
Police investigate the death of Edith Marvel a 28 year old trained nurse found with a bullet to the head in her Philadelphia residence. The case is treated as a potential homicide while detectives question acquaintances and review the scene for leads.
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Milton Nicholson
Caldwell
Idaho
Fremont County
Philadelphia
Edith Marvel
Land Sold in Saskatchewan to British Syndicate
One hundred thousand acres of unimproved farm land in Humboldt Sask were sold for 1,652,000 dollars to a British syndicate. The deal plans to colonize the area with English or Scotch farmers, according to officials.
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Humboldt, Sask
Resume Dynamite Probe Near End in Indianapolis
The federal grand jury probing the dynamite conspiracy began its final week as of Monday in Indianapolis Indiana. By Friday officials expect indictments to be ready for consideration. In California Champ Clark gains early support for the Democratic presidential nomination from local party organizers in San Francisco.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Shuster Heads to London for British Persian Dinner
Shuster, once Persian government treasurer general, left for London Sunday where the British Persian committee will host a dinner. In San Francisco Samuel R. Timothy, the chauffeur who shot John J Moore in a duel, was arrested and charged with Moore's murder. Funeral services for James T. Harahan, former president of the Illinois Central railroad, will be held in Memphis after a wreck near Kimble, Illinois.
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Paris
W Morgin Shuster
London
San Francisco
Samuel R. Timothy
John J Moore
Moore
Memphis
James T. Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad
Kim- Foun
LIS Co Rte
Ionian Earthquake Causes Fewer Deaths Than Feared
In Greece the Ionian island quake caused structural damage at Cep halonia with several buildings destroyed. Eight people are reported to have perished or are missing, while reports stress lower casualty figures than initial estimates.
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Athens
Greece
Ionian Islands
Cephalonia
Governor vetoes measure sparks Idaho legislative clash
In Boise the governor vetoed the special relief revenue bill amid party strife as Republicans and Democrats struggle over tax reform. The deadlock prompts talk of an extra session and calls to adjourn only after enacting key legislation amid debates on education consolidation and state finances.
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Boise
Idaho
James H Hawley
Senate
Universit of Idaho
Ture
Roi
House of Representatives
Potts and St Clair
Repulicans
Poole
Kerns
House
Borah
Davis
Morgan
Watterson Again Raps Wilson in Political Rift
Washington Colonel Henry Watterson accuses Governor Woodrow Wilson of lying and vows to prove a charged dispute over policy as tensions rise. In Trenton Kellogg and Emery deny Minnesota group’s government dissolution allegations and accuse others of restraining competition amid a steel trust conflict. Three children die in a Spartanburg fire. Walter Gibbs residence near Camp Bobella destroyed early Monday. a fourth child injured. In Arabia the British fleet asks government to dispatch a warship to Hodeida amid Italian threats to bombard the town. Red Cross activity noted with minor operational details.
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Washington
Henry Watterson
Woodrow Wilson
Watterson
Wilson
New Jersey
Utake
Trenton
N.J
Kellogg and
Eméry
Minnesota
Land and Iron Mining
Steel Corporation
Spartanburg
S. C
Stroyed
Walter
Gibsé
Camp Bobella
Monds 3 Mts
Wyren Perin
Arabia
Co of
Hodeida
Somstine
Minoris
Tecely
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Methodist University
King
Harriman
Knox
Lincoln
Billy Delaney
Butler
Curtis Hale
Clayton
Gordon
California
San Frantisco
Champ Clark
Shuster
Harahan
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