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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
1
In Wallace Idaho at 11 30 this morning the credentials committee unseated anti Dubois delegates and placed Fred T Dubois in control. Anti Dubois faction left to hold a separate convention with Judge C O Stockslager as temporary chair, adjourned until seven this evening and redrafted representation.
At Wallace Idaho August convention a fierce battle over Ada county’s seating ended with the regular Ada delegates seated despite threats of a walkout. Factions led by Nugent and Dubois clashed amid anti Mormon and prohibition plank talk while Bear Lake Bingham Fremont Oneida delegates were seated.
Three more informations filed against A M Stangle and Henry J Frey of Cold Storage Meat Co a s city. They were charged with grand larceny for slaughtering six head of cattle without clear title. Arraigned yesterday waived examination and bound over to district court in 2000 total bond each. Stangle posted bond. Frey confined.
Fighting in Tabriz enters its 35th day with about 700 casualties from mortars and shrapnel. Looting hits residences and hundreds of shops, losses near a million dollars as constitutional progressives and reactionaries battle for city wards while the people signal support for the Shah.
A battery of quick-firing guns was sent from Teheran to Tabriz as the Shah increases military strength. New units are being formed in Teheran to bolster the defense and strategic position.
Fred Dorr, NYSE member and head of Pacific coast brokerages, faced a warrant for embezzling 100 shares of Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul stock worth 14000 dollars. Arrest efforts spanned from San Francisco to Los Angeles with Dorr evading capture before joining his attorney in Santa Barbara.
Special Agent J H McDowell of the Treasury Department travels from Washington DC to locate a federal building site. He will visit Walla Walla La Grande Pendleton before arriving in Pocatello, where local property owners await his appearance.
The international congress of historical sciences begins in Berlin with scholars from around the world attending. Ambassador David Jayne Hill of the United States delivers the opening address.
Miss Edith Berryman and her companion Miss Curtis visit the city today to see the big show with Miss Berryman's brother Charley Berryman the traveling man.
Deputy assessor F. H. Reddish traveled from Lund to meet County Assessor L. B. Case and view the circus this morning.
In Winnipeg on August 6, the Canadian Pacific Railway hires Japanese workers to replace strikers in western shops. Japanese crews will handle wipers and minor repairs under instruction while tensions among enginemen firemen conductors ease. Four days may see a total railway tie up as crews refuse mail runs until trains pass inspection.
In Midway Woodford county a fire believed incendiary destroyed the Greenbaum distillery bonded warehouse holding 47 500 barrels of whiskey. The blaze also burned negro colleges the Southern Railway trestle and two county bridges threatening Midway. Property loss exceeds 300 000 dollars and government whiskey loss around 2 500 000 dollars as burning liquor ran into a stream.
Formal ratifications of a new trade mark and copyright treaty between Japan and the United States were exchanged in Tokio on August 6. Officials from both governments completed the exchange, strengthening intellectual property protections.
McCammon hosts Soda Springs in a 15 inning battle at McCammon last Sunday. The McCammon boys led until the ninth when Soda tied the score, final 10 to 7 in favor of McCammon. Chittick pitched for McCammon Harmon for Soda with next game set at Twin Falls.
Lincoln reports that W. J. Bryan will spend three days in Chicago starting August 22 as part of his self directed campaign effort. He will meet with Democratic leaders including Chairman Mack to confer and advise, and he is set to deliver a Des Moines speech on August 21 addressing the tariff issue.
Mrs Henry A Mullen, long ill at Pocatello General Hospital, is now convalescent and plans to move home within a few days.
The Barnum & Bailey show lands in Pocatello on Ninth Avenue and East Center Street with a grand parade of horses riders animals and floats. Elephants number 29 led by trainers headline a thrilling program including the double automobile loop the loop. The baby elephant born March 4 at Woonsocket weighs 200 pounds and drinks 16 quarts of pasteurized milk daily.
The Pocatello Eagles will host about two hundred visiting game birds from across the country on Sunday afternoon. They arrive on an eleven Pullman train en route to Seattle and are greeted at the depot by Gate City West. Welcome addresses will be given by A. R. Higson C. A. Boyd James H. Brady and A. J. Pierce. Arthur Cohn and ten local Eagles will join the visitors for the aerie meet and a luncheon will be served.
Cardinal Gibbons became ill at Castle Gandolfo and was driven to Rome where he has taken to bed. His temperature stood at 101 degrees.
Midwife Mrs Scadden reports the delivery at the Martin residence on North Harrison Avenue of a ten pound baby girl yesterday at 3 30 in the afternoon.
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