Brief News of the Past Week Afield and Abroad
A digest of national and international items including Harvard's Eliot named president emeritus with $500,000, antitrust action against American Sugar Refining, Leon Ling's capture in Mexico, fake mining statements from a Los Angeles man, suffragette protests, police crackdowns, San Francisco politics, Portland tunnel project, Philadelphia politician Tarael W. Durham dies, Tonopah’s rail facilities burned, smuggled opium found in San Francisco, von Buelow to resign, British-flag circuses in Winnipeg, clocks set back in Cincinnati, Pittsburg streetcar strike, Roosevelt weight gain, Castro in Spain, Cardinal Satolli illness, Hawaii Japanese strike talks, anti-housefly campaign, leprosy in Cuba, Corea prospects under Japanese rule, Chicago bank deposits peak, divorce granted to Mrs. Katherine Gould, California heat distress, Fernie strike settled, a New York streetcar man’s skin darkening, Voliva deposed, Ballinger Western irrigation tour, Standard Oil price cut, Abdul Hamid funds in Germany.
Balloons Parties Escape Destructive Storm Above 10 000 Feet
John Berry winner of the Indianapolis distance cup and M A Heimann rode the balloon Melba into a 60 mile gale and thunderstorm. The bag split and the balloon acted like a parachute before they landed safely. Berry recalled the black cloud and freezing, near death experience.
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St. Louis
John Berry
M. A. Heimann
Berry
Hermann
Melba
Bes
Five Men Scalded On Hull Torpedo Boat Near Alcatraz
Five sailors on torpedo boat Hull were badly burned when a boiler tube failed off Alcatraz. Fireman B P King was severely injured, others including J M Roberts Francis Crawford John R Carter Newton Carish suffered serious burns but are expected to survive as the vessel headed to Sausalito for repairs. Steam filled the boiler room as a second tube burst and King reached the deck with help from crew.
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San Francisco
B. P. King
J. M. Roberts
Francis Crawford
John R. Carter
Newton Carish
Sausalito
Seattle
Alcatraz Island
King
Flood of telegrams sways senators on tax bill protests
In Washington telegrams flood in opposing the corporation tax bill. From building and loan firms to many corporations, senators receive 12 to 60 messages, some totaling up to 100. Several lawmakers doubt the administration’s plan as talks of dropping the corporate tax surface and reinstating the inheritance tax in conference.
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Washington
Congress
House
Umatilla Growers Plan Wheat Hold and New Electric Line
Umatilla County farmers vote to hold this year's wheat for at least one dollar per bushel and study building an electric line from Thorne Hollow across the wheat belt to the Columbia River. A committee will report in two weeks on right of way and organizing a company to build the road, with financial help arrangements for farmers needing liquidity.
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Pendleton
Thorne Hollow
Umatilla
Columbia River
Union
Cold Springs
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East
Eliot
Harvard
Aemrican Sugar Refining Company
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
New York
Mexico
Los Angeles
Heney
Harriman Lines
Portland
Bank
Columb
Tarael W. Durham
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Li Ching Hau
Li Hung Chang
Mexico City
Tonopah & Goldfield
Tonopah
Nev
von Buelow
Germany
Winnipeg
Great Britain
United States
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Roosevelt
White House
Castro
Spain
Cardinal Satolli
Cuba
Fairbanks
Corea
California
Falk
Missouri
F. A. Cook
Polw
Hawaii
Frear
Morocco
Chicago
Katherine Gould
Atlantic States
Fernie, B.C., Com District
Voliva
Dowie
Zion City
Ballinger
Standard Oil
Abdul Hamid
Imperial Bank of Germany
Busine
Remington Works
Clobe
Ullen
Remington Typewriter
Ilion
Alton
Ill
Tere
Reading
Reading Iron Company
State OF
Oregon
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Fred E. Erickson
Salem
McAlexander
Erickson
Wallowa
Joseph
la Grande
Elgin
Baker City
Cove
W. R. Campbell
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
Sherman County
Wasco County
Gilliam County
Morrow
Mesford
Medford
Fred H. Hopkins
Downing & Hopkins
Edwin B. Lomme
Bozeman
Mont
J. W. Myers
A. Conroy Theiro
Maralefield
Young Men's Commercial Club
Roseburg
Douglas County
Albany
C. H. Stewart
Sixth
Ferry Streets
Whitman
Jesa Tea Moody
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Agricultural Department
Hawley
Secretary of Agriculture
Northwest
G. Harold Powell
Powell
Salem Fruit Union
Kansas City
The
Fruit Union
C. L. Dick
Willamette Valley
J. H. Ackerman
North Bend Mill
Sord Marshfield
Nelson Lumber Company
North Bend Lumber Company
Captain Nelson
Neon Lumber Company
Forest Grove
Portland Markets
Oregon Ranch
China
Columbia Land Co
R. Wood
Frank Sloan
Portland, Ore
Pendleton, Ore
Echo, Ore
Louis Scholl Jr
Bridge St
Echo, Or
Henrietta Milling & Grain Co
Henrietta Milling & Grain
Echo, Oregon
C. R. Bonney & Sons
Mell Norman
Prop
Bath
Mullin & Stewart
Gilbert
Eener and
Rere
Erreen Bacasane
Basket Nase Works
Bank of Echo
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