Taft Declares War on Republican Insurgents
Washington, Jan 5. The Taft administration announces war on Republican insurgents in Congress opposed to the administration's program. The clash aims to deny patronage to anti Taft lawmakers, with leadership and morale in Congress already mobilizing for a prolonged political battle ahead of the 1912 convention.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Cummins
Des Moines
Bristow
la Follette
Clapp
House
Taft
Irrigation Bond Issue Backed by Taft and Borah Plan
President Taft told Senator Borah he will use all influence to fund federal reclamation projects through a 30 million dollar irrigation bond plan. He supports Borah’s bill though may substitute certificates with bond-like guarantees to expedite water for settlers on Gunnison Sun River Shoshoni and others.
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Washington
Taft
Reclamation Service
Gunnison
Colo. Sun River
Mont
Shoshoni
Wyoming
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Kirkpatrick Recovering After Major Operation
Salt Lake City report states A C Kirkpatrick of Pocatello left Holy Cross hospital today after a serious operation performed by Dr. H N Mayo on December 22. He plans to leave hospital next week.
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Kirkpatrick
Salt Lake City
Holy Cross Hospital
H. N. Mayo
Pocatello
Taft Delays Interstate Commerce Message To Friday
Taft will send the combined special message on interstate commerce and anti trust laws to Congress Friday after more time is needed for distribution. The attorney general report on Glavis charges against Secretary Bal linger will be sent to Congress tomorrow rather than Friday.
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Taft
Washington
White House
Tafts
Congress
Glavis
Ballinger
Shippers Seek New Rules On Unclaimed Shipments
Chicago January hearing opens as Illinois railroad and warehouse commission considers a rule to require railroads to notify shippers when a shipment is unclaimed. Merchants argue unclaimed goods are often sold for freight without consignors knowing delivery did not occur.
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Chicago
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Negroes to Hang In Kansas City Court Sentence
Judge Ralph Latshaw ordered George Reynolds and John Williams to be hanged on February 5 for assaulting Mrs. W. F. Jackson. The two defendants, both described as negroes, were found guilty last night and their two lawyers refused to file an appeal.
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Kansas City
Ralph Latshaw
George Reynolds
John Williams
W. F. Jackson
Virginia State Horticultural Society Opens Annual Meeting
Winchester Virginia January 5 The fourteenth annual meeting of the Virginia State Horticultural Society began here today and will continue over tomorrow. The program features speakers from the United States Department of Agriculture and from state agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
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Winchester
Virginia State Horticultural Society
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Meeting of Fruit Growers Opens Idaho Horticultural Session
Idaho hosts the annual meeting of the Idaho State Horticultural association in Nampa with a three day program of papers addresses and discussions. Noted speakers include S A Beach W S Thornber Ed Ball Charles A Cole Elias Nelson E H Twight C H Shattuck and J S Jones. The opening attendance is described as large and representative.
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Nampa
Idaho
Idaho State Horticultural Association
S. A. Beach
Iowa Agricultural College
W. 8
Thornber
Washington Agricultural College
E. D. Ball
Utah Agricultural College
Charles A. Cole
Oregon Agricultural College
Elias Nelson
Caldwell
H. Twight
Lewiston
C. H. Shattuck
J. 8. Jones
Idaho Agricultural College
Arrests Cloud Great Northern Pass Fraud Probe
Minneapolis detectives pursue widespread pass fraud on the Great Northern Railroad. The probe targets free transportation abuses for laborers and possible involvement of employment agents. A. Toscas, an overseer of Greek workers, is jailed in Grand Forks on pass-sale charges.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern
A. Toscas
Grand Forks
St. Paul
McEwan
Mesaba
Minnesota
Superior
Middle Western Storm Disrupts Rail Lines and Gas Supply
Rail schedules across western Missouri Kansas and much of Oklahoma were disrupted by sleet and damaged telegraph and telephone wires. Natural gas supplies remained weak in Kansas City Topeka and Wichita causing continued hardship.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas Cities
Knoxville Poultry Show Opens At Armory Hall
The Knoxville Poultry association opened its annual exhibition in Armory hall Knoxville Tenn today and will run through the week. This year’s show is one of the best in the association’s history with prize-winning birds from many southern states on display.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville Poultry Association
Armory Hall
Ene
Asation
South
Miss Adams Under Knife in Chicago Operation
Miss Jane Adams head of Hull House and settlement worker underwent surgery in Chicago today for complications from an unsuccessful appendectomy performed twelve years ago. She was pronounced out of danger after the operation.
Engineer Tout Hurt at Dubois
Sir Tout an engineer helping clear a line north of Idaho Falls was severely but not seriously injured at Dubois Monday morning when a steam hose between the engine and the tank burst at the coupling. A fragment struck his face, he was rushed to Idaho Falls for treatment and later returned to his home at Pocatello.
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Sir Tout
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Mr. Tout
Bridges
Pocatello
Wool Growers to Review Warehouse System Progress
Ogden Utah Jan 5 The National Wool Growers association opens its annual convention with a report on the warehouse scheme. Millions of pounds of wool have been stored in Chicago to help growers hold out for better prices. A second warehouse may be proposed for Omaha or another western site.
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Ogden
Utah
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Chicago
Omaha
Eastern Ontario Dairy Men Meet for 33rd Convention
Belleville Ontario January 5 members of the Eastern Ontario Dairy men association, one of the largest in America, gather for their thirty third annual convention. Three days of discussions on dairy farm questions open under President John R. Dargavel. Tomorrow focuses on cheese and butter makers and Friday trends to farming and dairying debates.
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Belleville
Ont
Eastern Ontario Dairymen’s Association
America
John R. Dargavel
New York Horticulturists Open Annual Fruit Growers Meet
Rochester hosts the opening of the New York State Fruit Growers Association annual meeting with a large attendance. The forenoon session features officer reports and an elaborate fruit exhibit from the Geneva experimental station and Cornell University Agricultural College.
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Rochester
New York State Fruit Growers’ Association
Geneva
Agricultural College
Cornell University
Orders to close Butte mines held in abeyance
Great Falls union votes 510 to 37 backing a hold on closing. Butte mines of Amalgamated Co were ordered closed but suspended for a day or two at the request of the Great Falls Mill and Smelter Men’s union. A massive meeting in Butte is planned to decide whether to reopen or sustain a shutdown affecting thousands in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls.
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Butte
Great Falls
Montana
Western Federation of Miners
Amalgamated Company
Mill and Smelter Men’s Union of
Western Fedration of
Butte Miners’ Union
Boston & Montana
Anaconda
Busy Winter for Fleet Heads to Guantanamo
The Atlantic fleet in New York overhauls white duck uniforms as it prepares to sail under Admiral Schroeder to Guantanamo. After coal at the Cuban base, ships will conduct standardization trials target practice speed contests and winter maneuvers before likely returning to northern waters by May 1.
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New York
West Indies
North River
Schroeder
Guananamo
Cuban
Navy Yards
Work for Bay State Legislators
Boston Massachusetts January 5 1910 legislature convenes with aims to tackle street railway and railroad issues. Temperance forces renew district option debates and liquor legislation while organized labor pushes for an eight hour public works bill vetoed by Governor Draper last year.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Stree
Organized Labor
Draper
Heaney to Conduct Prosecution in Oregon Land Fraud Trials
Portland reports the start of the Oregon land fraud trials with Francis J. He ney as special prosecutor for the interior department and a team of agents and secret service operatives. Binger Hermann, former congressman and commissioner of the general land office, is expected among the first defendants.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Land
Francis J. Heney
Department of the Interior
Secret Service
Binger Hermann
Congress
General Land, ‘Office
Quarantine Regulations Move to Prevent Smallpox Epidemic
The Health Department considers quarantine measures in Pocatello as eight cases of smallpox and scarlet fever trigger official warnings. City physician Wright meets Mayor Church to urge prompt action. ordinances require reporting, restrict movement, prohibit removing infected clothing, and bar exposed individuals from public spaces with fines up to one hundred dollars.
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Health Department
Pocatello
W. A. Wright
D. W. Church
Board of Health
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Albert
Belgium
Edward
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Tout Hurt
Ontario
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