Utah Construction Low Bid On Snake River Dam
The Utah Construction Company of Salt Lake City won the low bid for the American Falls dam project with 1 281 600 dollars, though 186 600 dollars over the estimate. The executive board approved the bid, which awaits Washington final approval by Dr Elwood Mead and Dr Hubert Work. Engineers praised the bid and process following bid opening.
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Tribune
Utah Construction Company
Salt Lake
Snake River
American Falls
Washington
Elwood Mead
Hubert Work
Secretary of the Interior
Salt Lake Company
I. W. Walters
Reclamation Service
A. F. Banks
Idaho House Journal Sees Wide Range of Bills Filed
Boise January 23 AP In house bill 60 Baxter of Camas seeks standardizing primary election locations using one edge set. Bennett act punishes disclosing telephonic messages without consent. New sanitary code targets restaurants and cafe dining rooms with fines or jail. Several measures overhaul state court filing fees and veterinary license timing. Richmond reintroduces Umatilla hydro act recognition. Progressives gain two committee advances. Senate adjourns to 10 tomorrow.
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Baxter
Camas
Bennett
Senate
Cof
Freemont County
State Department of Blc Welfare
Byiley
Benewah
Richmond
Idaho
Umatilla Rapids
Gardner
Agricultural Committee
Elmore
Brains and Evolution Debate on Intellectual Supremacy
London January 23 AP A noted topologist Sir Arthur Keith argues in a Westminster Gazette interview that future humans may not be super intellectual beings but robust, animallike creatures. He says excessive intellect brings more pain than pleasure and that brain size has diminished over time as problems were solved for earlier generations.
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Westminster Gazette
Arthur
Ocen
Old Sol Private Eclipse Show Draws Scientists Plans
Observers will study the solar eclipse with a Yale Swarthmore group and Columbia images as preparations proceed at Williams and Yerkes. Einstein tests may occur mainly in the east with weather aiding stations in New York or Connecticut.
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Williams Bey
Wis
Division of Labor
Edwin B. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
New York
Connecticut
Swarthmore College
Yale Observatory
New Haven
Cong
Columbia University
Campaign expense measure calls for quarterly reports
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts introduced a bill requiring political committees to file quarterly campaign contribution reports and pre election statements. The measure would mandate full reports from Senate and House candidates with itemized contributions and expenditures and promises. Spending caps set at 10 000 dollars for senators and 2 500 dollars for representatives.
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Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Dogs Barking Warns of Fire Saves Rosenberg Family
Whining and barking by the collie named Laddie alerted nine members of the Bel Rosenberg family in Omaha Nebraska early this morning. The dog’s cries woke Chester Rosenberg who roused the household as a fire sparked from a vacant building next door. Residents fled in their night attire as flames spread to the Ressanere home.
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Omaha
Neb
Bel Rosenberg
Chester Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Chester
Ressanere
Reichstag approves government plan with 246 to 160 vote
Berlin January 29 AP report states the Reichstag backed the government's Father plan by 246 to 160. Chancellor Luther’s proposal also passed with 248 to 180 in a separate vote, marking solid support for the regime’s policy package.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Luther
Opium Conference Ends in Smashup
Geneva January 23. A private meeting between United States Representative Stephen G Porter and Viscount Cecil of Great Britain failed to avert a breakdown in the opium conference. Porter warned he would return to the United States if conditions did not change, saying continued presence would imperil the Hague opium convention.
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Geneva
Stephen G. Porter
United States
Viscount Cecil
Great Britain
Porter
Lord Cecil
Far East
China
Closing Arguments in Forbes Case
Chicago AP reports closing arguments began in the Forbes veterans bureau conspiracy trial. One prosecution witness, A A Sprague, testified about plans to speed up work on the Livermore California hospital and an expense account for Charles Cramer. Ralph Potter opened for the government with no defense rebuttal.
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Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau
A. A. Sprague
Public Works
Sprague
American Legion ‘National Rehabilitation Committee
Charles R. Forbes
Livermore
Calif
Charles Cramer
New York City
New Jersey
Washington
Ralph Potter
Germans Sent Up By Belgian Court
A Belgium court martial condemned German sergeant Muller to death for killing a Belgian workman on August 20, 1914. Colonel Hulsen and Captain Leipzig received 20 years hard labor for arson. Major Freislicher at Bruges was sentenced to hard labor for life for firing on civilians.
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Namur
Belgium
Muller
Hulsen
Leipzig
Bruges
Freislicher
Secretary Wilbur and daughter in collision near Washington
Secretary Wilbur and his daughter Edna narrowly escaped injury when their car collided with another at a street intersection in Washington. The secretary's car was damaged but all occupants escaped unhurt.
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Washington
Wilbur
Edna
Irish Bill Defeated in House Vote on Minister Appointment
Washington January 33 AP reports an appropriation bill amendment proposing appointment of a minister to the Irish one state was rejected today in the page.
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Washington
Proposes Raise in Cabinet Salaries
Washington reports Rep Tanentellee Fish of New York has introduced a bill to raise cabinet members salaries to 17 500 dollars from 12 000. He argues cabinet officials must entertain and maintain finances without resigning to cover costs.
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Washington
Persident
Tanentellee Fish Publican
New York
Confirmation of Stone Nomination Deferred by Senate
Washington reports that Attorney General Stone’s nomination to the Supreme Court associate justice post is being delayed in the Senate for further inquiry into his prior role for the Morgan estate executors. Senators Overman Heflin and others press for delay while administration leaders expect early confirmation.
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Stone
Supreme Court
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Overman
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Heflin
Alabama
James A. Owenby
Colorado
Owenby
Delaware
Morgan
Heflin Robably
Flso
Montana
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Borah
Wheeler
District of Columbia
Senator Walsh
Walsh
Gordon Campbell
Warren Resigns as Michigan Sugar Chief in Detroit
Charles B. Warren of Detroit resigns as president and director of the Michigan Sugar company. He was nominated by President Coolidge to be attorney general. William Wallace of Saginaw succeeds him as president and director.
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Saginaw, Mich
Charles B. Warren
Detroit
Coolidge
Michigan Sugar Company
William Wallace
Saginaw
Lisbon Chamber Votes Confidence in Government Margin
Lisbon January 23 AP the chamber of deputies backed the government by a large majority with 50 voting for the measure. Royalists nationalists and some Democratic members abstained from the vote.
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Lisbon
Chamber of Deputies
Effort to topple Berlin cabinet fails in no confidence vote
Berlin January 23 A bid to overthrow the cabinet led by Herr Voubraun failed as the motion of no confidence drew 221 votes for and 221 against. The Prussian constitution requires 225 votes to defeat the government, so the regime survived the challenge.
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Berlin
Sian
Herr Voubraun
Snook Prepares Improvements at Atlanta Federal Prison
John Snook, set to become warden next week, plans to start a new inmate industry and improve overcrowded housing as steps to upgrade conditions at the Atlanta federal prison.
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Atlanta
John Snook
House Passes Sabotage Act In Hot Fight
Boise January 23 House bill 11 strengthening the criminal sabotage law passed the Idaho House 36 to 26 amid a heated debate. Lawmakers split over lumber interests and a Supreme Court decision cited by opponents. Other measures debated included ending a 250 dollar mining exhibit appropriation and repealing the soldier settlement act with 100000 returned to the general fund.
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Boise
House
Labor
Senate
Taylor
Kootenai
Supreme Court
Riger
Moody
Wolfe
Latah
Pond
Bannock
Smith
Clearwater
Kiger
State House
Thoreson and Anderson
Baxter
Hall
Brotherhood runs non union mines in West Virginia and Kentucky
Officials of the Coal River collieries, owned by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, met with an AFL committee in Cleveland to address labor tensions. Miners say four mines in West Virginia and Kentucky operate with non union workers, while the company argues the union wage scale in West Virginia is too high to compete with nearby non union mines.
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Coal River
Comany
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Federation of Labor
West Virginia
Kentucky
Hold up in Troutdale Ends With Wounding Suspect
William Still robbed a Troutdale pool hall with 21 patrons at gunpoint but was spotted by a passerby who alerted authorities. A responding officer shot Still in the hip as he fled. police say he has tied to about a dozen robberies nearby and to the Estacada State Bank.
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Portland
Ore
William Still
Troutdale
Here
Estacada State Ank
Boulder canyon dam urged for Imperial valley needs
Commissioner Mead of the reclamation bureau told the Senate reclamation committee that building a dam in the Colorado river at Boulder canyon is imperative for Imperial valley residents. The Johnson-Swing bill was cited as the proposal under review.
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Washington
Colorado River
Boulder Canyon
Imperial Valley
Senate Reclamation Committee
Mead
Reclamation Bureau
O Leary Proved Good Gambler
James Patrick O Leary known as Big Jim dies at his Chicago home. A famed versatile gambler and philanthropist, associates say he would bet on anything on any side for any amount. He once lost a 200000 dollar wager predicting May would have twenty rainy days.
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Chicago
James Patrick O’leary
O'Leary
Big Jim
Interior Makes Award Public
Washington January 23 AP A contract for construction of the American Falls dam in Idaho City is the lowest bid among four offers.
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Washington, Jar
American Falls
Idaho City
Tax on Mines for Production Bill Proposed in Idaho
Boise Jan 23 Mining men in Idaho show interest in a Progressive tax plan that would levy four percent of the gross value of all ore produced in the state. Senate Bill No 28 by Reineke of Canyon County outlines records and annual reporting to the state Board of Equalization and repeals conflicting acts.
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Tribune
Boise
Idaho
Reineke
Canyon County
Enry Samuels
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
One Communist Killed in Sofia Printing Raid
One communist was killed and three policemen wounded in a raid on a Sofia printing shop from which a secret journal was issued yesterday.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Truce Declared in Shanghai District Fight
General La Yung Hsiang and General Abiee Taek in Shanghai district end five week clash for the area with a declared truce over the Chinese New Year.
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Shanghai
la Yung Hsiang
Chekiang
Abi Eee Taek
Bidding Firms Named for Joh Dam Construction
Bids for the dam project were submitted by Utah Construction Co Salt Lake City $1231600 Atkison & Atkison Portland Ore $1319235 Strange & McGuire Idaho Falls Idaho $1354000 James Heyworth Chicago Ill $1380000 The dam will irrigate lands along the Snake River across multiple counties boosting farming towns from Power to Monroe and increase regional prosperity as materials and route plans are finalized.
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Utah Construction Co
Salt Lake
Atkison & Atkison
Portland
Strange & McGuire
Idaho Falls
James
Heyworth
Chicago
Snake River
Power
Bingham, Bannock
Bonneville Ccounties
Snake
Igo
Soldier
Aberdeen
Fingal
Strong
Sterling
Field
Pingree
Virden
Rockfor Army
Tilen
Taylor
Bannock
Stoker
Gardner
Peterson
Basalt
Batise
Firth
Monroe
American Falls
Reservoir District Board
Reclamation Service
Rail Interest to be Reduced by Government Bill
Washington authorities report the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved a bill to cut interest rates on government railroad advances. The plan sets the rate not above four and a half percent and will be adjusted to within a quarter of one percent of government borrowing costs. Hearings indicated the change aims to avoid financial strain while preserving service continuity.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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State Commerce Commission
Service de Canena
Appeimion
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