Glavis Repeats Order to Probe Alaska Coal Lands
Louis R. Glavis testifies that in 1907 he was directed by Ballinger to investigate Alaska coal land cases, briefly noting Cunningham claims were set for patent then later revoked. He recounts a 1907 suggestion from United States Attorney Hoyt to approach Secretary Garfield directly. The session opened with Glavis answering questions while Ballinger was absent and Brandis proposed many witnesses.
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Washington
Ballinger
Glavis
United States
Hoyt
Alaska
Coulon to Defend Bantam Title Against Denning in New Orleans
Johnny Coulon the bantamweight champion will defend his title against Earl Denning of Chicago in a ten round 112 pound bout at Royal Athletic club in New Orleans tomorrow evening. The fighters met recently at Gary Indiana but police halted that bout and Denning has pursued another title try since.
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New Orleans
Royal Athletic Club
Johnny Coulon
Earl Denning
Chicago
Coulon
Dening
Gary
Ind
Denning
Heinze Case Denial Sets February Demurrer Hearing
Judge Hough denied a motion to quash indictments against Sanford Robinson Arthur P Heinze Charles H Warfield Calvin O Ger and F Augustus Heinze. He ordered arguments on five demurrers to be set for February 7. Indictments allege conspiracy to obstruct justice in removing books and papers of the United Copper company. While under subpoena.
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New York
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Sanford Robinson
Arthur P. Heinze
Charles H. Warfield
Calvin 0. Ger
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
Mrs Wright Called in Marsh Center Idaho
Nancy Adaline D Wright 63 4 1 died Sunday January 26 burial and service held in the meeting house today Funeral praises her as a good wife and mother beloved for hospitality and charity She leaves six living of eleven children Charles Wright is her husband
Seine Flood Worsens As Paris Braces For Rising Waters
The Seine’s waters rose at noon today by about an inch and a quarter per hour amid ongoing rain and falling temperatures. The city reports worsening conditions compared with yesterday as floods escalate.
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Paris
Seine
Greek worker killed crossing tracks in Kimama yard accident
Harry Tselis 26 Greek employee of Short Line on Extra Gang No 3 was killed this morning near the old car shops. He carried a pack and attempted to cross in front of switch engine 582 when struck by the engine and cars. Coroner Sprague and Undertaker Lindquist aided. body sent to Lindquist mortuary. Only witness was Richard Lang.
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Harry Tselis
Extra
Kimama
Tselis
Tunepa
North First Avenue
J. B. Slack
G. M. Alleman
Sprague
Lindquist
Salt Lake
Richard Lang
Clarence Murphey Seeks Jail Break From Idaho City Jail
A vagrant inmate, Clarence Murphey, was caught attempting to saw through a window grill with a case-knife made saw. Police placed him in solitary confinement in the drunk cell. Chief Smith weighs charging him with attempted jail break under a Idaho misdemeanor statute.
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Liberty
Clarence Murphey
Murphey
Clarence
Smith
Idaho
Targhee National Forest Divided and Expanded
The secretary of agriculture announces the division of Targhee National Forest into two units the Palisade division based at St Anthony Idaho and the northern portion overseen by David Barnett with headquarters in St Anthony The split aims to improve field supervision and service to forest users with the former south half becoming part of a new Palisade division in northeastern Idaho and western Wyoming Dan Pack former Nebo Forest supervisor in Utah leads the Palisade unit
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Secretary of Agriculture
Targhee National Forest
Palisade
Targhee Forest
Dan
Pack
Nebo Forest
Utah
St. Anthony
Idaho
David Barnett
Targhee
Idaho Farmers Institutes Set Across Southeastern Idaho
Dean Elliott of the University of Idaho schedules a series of Farmers Institutes in St. Anthony, Rigby, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Paris, Grace, McCammon, Clifton, Weston, Franklin, and Preston from February 8 through February 25. The Academy of Idaho assists, with sessions covering soil fertility, orchard care, milk production, and dry farming to educate local farmers.
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Dean Ee, Ke, Elliott
University of Idaho
Idaho
St. Anthony
Preston
Academy of Idaho
Rigby
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Paris
Grace
Gate City Considers Forming Local Baseball Club
Otis Embree seeks to rebuild Gate City team with returning veterans Fat Hicks Shine Harmon Harry Fox Al Brezee Billy Fortier Claude Bistline Shorty Dueling and Pony Embree in talks with Corbin of Nampa to join. Idaho Falls and Blackfoot plan teams. Boise Caldwell Nampa Twin Falls Pocatello Idaho Falls may join southern Idaho league. managers met in Boise but did not assemble.
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Gate City
Otis Embree
Pocatello
Fat’’ Hicks
Shine’? Harmon
Harry Fox
al Brez
Jack Neve
Sunnyland
Jim Martin
Grove City
Boise
Caldwell
Nampa
Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
Awful Death of Widow and Child in Canyon Wagon
Dalhart Texas January 28 forced backward in a small wagon over a precipice and rolled to the bottom of Blanco canyon under horses and a load of household goods burned to a crisp with the widow and child perishing in the fire
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Dalhart
Texas
Blanco Canyon
Tragic Canyon Crash Claims Widow and Child
In Florada near the Little Plains, Mrs. S. R. Break and her one year old child perished when an overturned stove ignited gasoline, igniting a fire that consumed the home and a team of horses. Mrs. Break lost control as wagon animals reared and backed the wagon over a canyon brink.
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S. R. Break
Little Plains
Florada
Wheat Market Ends Lower in Chicago Trade
January wheat closed at 1.12 dollars per bushel in Chicago trading on January 28, marking a modest decline for the session amid market watch.
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Chicago
Commercial hotel changes hands in Pocatello
Colonel E. N. Strong of New York buys the Commercial hotel from Otis E. Embree and will take formal charge with his son F. M. Strong on the first of next month. Embree and Harry McDonald will focus on the Orpheum theatre, while Strong praises Pocatello as Idaho’s finest town with a bright future.
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E. N. Strong
New York
East Center Street
Otis E. Embree
Colonel Strong
F. M. Strong
Mr. Embree
Harry McDonald
Orpheum
West Center Street
First National Bank
Tribune
Pocatello
Unionists gain ground as Asquith tours France
London reports Unionists credited with four additional gains in the race for a new parliament. Premier Asquith began an unexpected trip to France for a few days to assess the political situation and possible implications for the Liberal led government.
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London
Asquith
France
Court acquits Me Saya court martial members in Grace and Cannon case
A Managua court acquits General Medi na Prosecuting Attorney Salomon Selvia and other court martial members of responsibility for the alleged conviction and executions of the Americans Grace and Cannon.
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Managua
Mesaya
Medina
Salomon Selvia
Grace
Cannon
Higson Buys Local Shoe Store In Pocatello
City Councilman Henry K. Higson purchased Fred Weidemann's shoe store at West Clark Street and North Main. Higson will take charge and expand stock to include a full dry goods line. He is a longtime local businessman formerly with Blythe & Fargo.
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Henry K. Higson
Fred Weidemann
West Clark Street
North Main
Higson
Weidemann
Pocatello
Big Blythe & Fargo Department Store
Short Line Bucks Snow on Branch
High winds and drifting snow in Idaho hamper Oregon Short Line operations. A rotary snow plow left Pocatello to clear the line between St. Anthony and Marysville, blocked since Tuesday. An initial derailment slowed the train which later stalled near Chester before reaching Marysville.
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Idaho
Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
St. Anthony
Marysville
Chester
Tri state highway plan urged at good roads meeting
Idaho delegate J Benjamin Hall presented a resolution at Salt Lake January 28 seeking federal and state action to lay out and construct a Tri state Highway linking Wyoming Utah and Idaho. The plan envisions connecting state capitals and building a transcontinental route extending toward Portland and Seattle with support from Governor Brady and Peter G Johnston.
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Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Salt Lake
J. Benjamin Hall
Twin Falls
William Spry
Intermountain
Denver
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Oregon
Washington
Middle West
Portland
Seattle
KE. R. Sherman
Gem State
Guv. Brady
Peter G. Johnston
Blackfoot
Miraculous Escape in Hanover Train Crash
A bob sled carrying twenty school children on North Main Street was struck by a Lakeshore Michigan Southern passenger train and dragged two hundred feet on the locomotive pilot before being brushed away by a standing engine. None of the children was killed and none believed seriously hurt.
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Hanover
Ohio
Lakeshort
Michigan Southern
North Main Street
Heated hearing over magazine postal rate edits
Washington January 28. House committees on post roads and post offices clashed with magazine publishers at a hearing. Editors and publishers traded words over editorials protesting higher postal rates for magazines, with graft robber and treason terms reported in the exchanges.
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Washington
House
Trolley Magnate Dead
Jackson Smith, vice president of the Oregon Trunk railway, dies in Portland from a recurrent malaria attack contracted months ago in Panama.
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Portland
Jackson Smith
Oregon Trunk Railway
Panama
Mondell bill would open coal lands for entry nationwide
Washington January 28 The house committee on public lands voted to report favorably the Mondell bill admitting entry to surface coal lands in the United States. The measure affects about 30 000 acres in Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico North Dakota Oregon Washington and Idaho.
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Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Mondell
United States
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Idaho
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Pinchot-Ballinger
Alaska Coal Land
Pinchot
Johnny
Heinze Case
Lindquist’s
Targhee National Forest Divided
Dean Elliot
State University
Philadelphia
Roberta B. de Janon
Ferdinand Cohen
Miss de Japon
Robert Buisf
Cohen
Boston
Gnally
New Hands
Hoss and
Hoss
H. K. Higson
Fourth Ward
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