Sixty-First Congress Opens in Washington Amid Memorials
Washington December 6 crowds fill galleries as the Sixty-first Congress convenes for its regular session. Senate and House leaders plan preliminary conferences. deaths of Senator Johnson and Representatives Lassiter and DeArmond prompt adjournments. Democratic caucus to name a new minority leader with speculation on Money and Bacon.
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Washington
Capitol
Johnson
North Dakota
Lassiter
Virginia
DeArmond
Missouri
Dee. G
Culbertson
Money
Bacon
Aviator Dies Instantly After Rotor Explodes
Dee M. Fernandez, an aviator, was instantly killed when a rotor exploded during a maneuver at an estimated 1650 feet. His plane crumpled and plunged to the earth.
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Nice
Dee
M. Fernandez
Two Mile Limit Case Goes to Jury in Godfrey vs Servel
District Judge Budge and a jury hear the damage suit W P Godfrey sues Xavier Servel alleging a violation of the two mile limit law. The panel includes A A Allen W J Thomas C W Rosdahl and others. The trial may finish today with Sullivan murder case to follow. Other cases discussed include Winschell vs Henley and Purkey vs Oregon Short Line, both dismissed at plaintiff costs.
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Budge
W. P. Godfrey
Xavier Servel
A. A. Allen
W. J. Thomas
C. W. Rosdahl
L. D. Foster
Harlow Hoopes
Don Brandt
Andrew Anderson
Bert Evans
L. C. Warner
C. B. Hancock
Jesse Hobson
T. R. Vestal
Standrod & Terrell
George E. Gray
J. H. Devine
Sullivan
Utah Association of Credit Men
George Salverson
Winschell
Henley
Railroads announce unrestricted freight to northwest
New York transit officers report bulletins from Great Northern and Northern Pacific that all freight to the northwest is being accepted without restrictions. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines say their entire system is clear and taking freight for all points including St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth.
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Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Northwest
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Trial for murder in Newark husband contractor case
Mrs Mary J Wilhelm testified today in Newark on the murder charge of her husband Frank Wilhelm wealthy contractor. Nicholas Sica remains separately indicted and to stand trial.
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Newark
N. J
Dee. G
Mary J. Wilhelm
Frank Wilhelm
Nicholas Sica
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
A forecast calls for clear to fair skies tonight with a cold air mass dropping temperatures. Tuesday is expected to remain dry with continued chilly conditions and light winds.
Conductors Order Orders Strike Action Across Railways
President Sheperd of the Order of Railway Conductors arrived in St Paul from Cedar Rapids and after talks with four national officers ordered all union conductors to strike in response to a non union switchman case. The move was repeated today for the Great Northern Railway.
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St. Paul
Sheperd
Order of Railway Conductors
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Great Northerp
St. Paul Coal Company
Cherry
Ill
Barling
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Y M C A Membership Banquet Sets Celebration
The Y M C A holds its third monthly membership banquet on Wednesday evening December 8 at 7 o clock in the association building. Membership Secretary Ludwig urges all attendees to notify his office by tomorrow night. The local association has hit the 1000 member goal, with 260 new members added in November and all are eligible for banquet seats.
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Ludwig
Wheat Market Closes Higher in Chicago Trade
December wheat finished at 1.0714 dollars in Chicago bids today, as traders noted cautious demand and steady supply concerns ahead of year end.
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Chicago
Idaho Pure Food Laws Tied to Western Unity
Idaho state pure food commissioner James H. Wallis chairs a Salt Lake meeting that formed the Western association of Pure Food Commissioners with ten states including Oregon Washington California Nevada Montana Colorado Wyoming Nebraska Utah Idaho. A Boise convention in April 1910 aims to enact uniform laws so western officials can better enforce standards. The move grew from issues across state lines that hindered enforcement under differing rules.
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Capital Evening News
Idaho
James H. Wallis
Salt Lake
Western Association of Pure Food Commissioners
Association
Oregon
Washington
California
Nevada
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Utah
Boise
Aisadvantage
Governor Brady Flies Home to Inspect Idaho Power Plant
Idaho Governor James H. Brady, visiting his home town of Pocatello from Boise, plans rest and business. He tours Idaho Consolidated Power and discusses state progress, water projects, land development, and the impact on local growth and the Short Line railroad. Brady weighs re election but focuses on private affairs during this visit.
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James H. Brady
Boise
Idaho Consolidated Power Company
Tribune
Idaho
Land Board
Land Department
Pocatello
Gate City
Brady
Rose-Huedee
Port Hall
Blackfoot
Calhoun Trial Resumes Over Trolley Franchises
San Francisco court resumes the second trial of Patrick Calhoun charged with offering a supervisor a bribe to secure an overhead trolley franchise for the United Railroads during Mayor Eugene Schmitz's administration.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Board of Supervisors
Eugene Schmitz
United Railroads
Traces of poison in Erder's vitals
In St Louis Dr Loren B Doxey husband of Dora E Doxey is kept as an inquest witness after the death of William J Erder alleged to be caused by arsenic Mrs Doxey faces charges while Dr Warren reports eleven analyses show 582 grains of white arsenic in Erder's body Embalming fluid previously found free of arsenic according to the first report
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St. Louis
Loren B. Doxey
Dora E. Doxey
William J. Erder
Rear End Collision at Inkom Blocks Traffic
Twelve freight cars derailed after a rear end collision at 2 55 p m near Inkom. Engineer Holden and Fireman Kunz suffered painful but not serious injuries and were treated at the city hospital. A board of inquiry will investigate the cause, with signals or frozen air suspected. traffic cleared by 2 30 a m, extensive property damage and wrecked engine 2292.
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Inkom
Trafe
Holden
Kunz
W. A. Wright
Extra
Pesher
Wright
Bunker
Kurz
Pocatello
Coldest Los Angeles Day in 32 Years
Yesterday brought the coldest temperature in thirty two years to Los Angeles at 41 degrees. Orchard owners fought frost with smudge fires across many sections. Four inches of snow fell last night at Globe Arizona and throughout the Gila valley, a region that rarely sees snow.
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Los Angeles
Dee
el Paso
Globe
Arizona
Gila Valley
Sweetser predicts big improvements for Pocatello
Lieutenant Governor L H Sweetser visits Burley and reiterates his 11 November forecast. He cites Harriman lines head Judge Lovett's plan to invest two and a half million dollars in U S L improvements, including a new depot, shop enlargement, subway and viaduct crossings, and yard changes for Pocatello.
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L. H. Sweetser
Burley
Gate City
Borley
Salt Lake
Pocatello
Harriman
Idaho
Supreme Court Denies Morse Certiorari Request
The Supreme Court today denied Charles W. Morse of New York a writ of certiorari, leaving in place his fifteen year prison sentence. The decision was announced in Washington on December 6.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles W. Morse
New York
Morse
Elks Hold Annual Memorial Services in Club Rooms
Elks gathers last night conducted memorial services with eulogies by H. H. Whittlesey and Dr. C. B. Steely. Music by Samms' orchestra and Mendelssohn quartet accompanied soloists. Chaplain F. M. Sprague led benediction. obituaries listed W. H. King F. W. Gurney and Rolland W. Holmes.
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Steely and
Whittlesey
Pab
Silent River
Steely
H. H. Whittlesey
C. B. Steely
Chopin
Samms’ Orchestra
Jesus
Mendelssohn Quartette
Edwin Edgley
Barton Edwards
Willard Lund
Will T. Walker
Samms
W. H. King
F. W. Gurney
Rolland W. Holmes
Postals See Large Rise in Receipts in Pocatello
Post office receipts in Pocatello show a massive October rise over 1908 by 2914 percent. November sales of stamps and stamped paper total 2162.28, up 60 percent from November 1908, about 801.09 dollars.
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Pocatello
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J. H. Wallis
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