Salt Lake area notes and incidents from Utah news
Local items report Murray amending health rules on cigarette papers and prohibitions, Galli son’s death at Wasatch County girls home, Dallas Bateman injured by a horse in Sandy, J B Kirkman’s body returned for burial, land office canceling coal entries in Cano County, Oregon Short Line double tracking near Farmington to Ogden, Higgs and Walton sentenced for robbing a Salt Lake bank, Jewish colonization plan for 8,000 acres, Wasatch County dairying prospects, new 100 passenger car on Oregon Short Line, Provo tax levy set for 1912, Arthur Binn’s accidental fall, Broadway rider Tie killed in a mine shaft, Lehi franchise to drain land for irrigation, danger at a Salt Lake Spanish festival, dozens of teachers visiting Utah Chautauqua, Ogden operetta Bol Peep planned for fundraising, Sanpete water improvements, dry farming survey plans in Topolo and Juab counties.
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Murray City
Ciearette
J. B. Kirkman
Itawallan Islands
Salt Lake
Balt Lake
Oregon
Farmington
Ogden
George H. Higgs
Shafer
Arthur
Walton
Topela Commercial Bank
Plute
State Land Board
Wasatch County
Carlos Lambert
State Dairy and Food Bureau
Cache Valley
Cache Junction
Preston
Logan
Provo City
Millaon
Arthur Binn
Mime
Sureka
Crva
W Ross
C Wart
Lehl
Woeka
American York
Saltah
Jose Mello
Utah
Weber County
Sanpete County
I. J. Briggs
If L Shantz
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Topolo
Juah
British House Discusses Moroccan Crisis Provokes Tense Atmosphere
Premier Asquith tells Commons to avoid detailing Moroccan causes as it may spur recrimination. Government backs Lloyd George’s stance urging Germany to abandon bluff. War risks rise as German papers push for conflict and pacification hopes fade.
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London
Asquth
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Germany
War Sa
Lloyds
Morocco
Victory for insurgents seals wool tariff revision
In a senate coalition with Democrats the insurgent Republicans passed a modified La Follette wool tariff bill. La Follette dropped the raw wool duty from 40 to 35 ad valorem to win support, set to about 78 cents per pound versus 11 under the old law. The tally was 48 to 32 with 35 Democrats and 13 insurgent Republicans voting yes.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
Confirms Father's Confession In Senate Inquiry
Herschel Ifolstiaw of Iuka Mississippi testified before the Lorimer committee that his father former State Senator D W Ifolstiaw received 2500 from a man who offered payment to vote for Lorimer for the U S Senate The testimony supports the long noted confession in the scandal.
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Washington
D W. Ifolstiaw
Loriner
United States Senate
Herschel
Ifolstiaw
Iuka IH
Senate
Lorimer Committee
Kidnapped San Francisco Girl Rescued from Mountain Retreat
Whitson, an eight year old school girl abducted from her mother's home in the city by white slavers, has been rescued from a Santa Cruz mountains retreat. The state Bureau of Criminal Identification head EY IW Doe Pue reports arrests of several white men connected to the case.
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San Franccisco
Elen Whitson
Santa Gceus Mountains
EY IW
Doe Pue
Invasion Feared by Portuguese Lisbon
The monarchist invasion from the north was expected daily but has not yet materialized. Provisional administration and financial interests remain in suspense, unsure of when the projected counter revolution will begin.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vorrec
Convicts Strike Try For Liberty North Of Ogden
Convicts Gust Dores and Paul Van Houghton employed on the roadway ten miles north of Ogden attempted to escape Thursday afternoon but were recaptured about nine o clock at night. Van Houghton is serving a fifteen year term and Dores ten years. Agricultural Entries on Coal Lands Senator Warren introduced a bill to extend the provisions of the act permitting agricultural entries on coal lands to include state selections school indemnity and other lieu lands granted to states.
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Salt Lake City
Gust Dores
Paul van Houghton
Ogden
van Houghton
Dores
Washington
Senator Warren
Salem Ordered To Hayti In Response To Cabinet Sits
Washington reports say Hayti prompted the cabinet to act and Sunday saw swift scout cruiser Salem given orders to proceed to Hayt waters joining the Chester. A five ship squadron including the Des Moines Petroul and Peoria will protect American interests and people if chaos erupts.
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Washington
Hayti
Salem
Hayden Waters
Chester
Hayt
Des Moines
Petio
Peoria
Fifteen Die in Collision Near Grindstone Maine
A head on crash between a crowded excursion train and a regular passenger train on the Bangor & Aroostook line near Grindstone Maine killed at least fifteen people. About 150 excursion riders suffered injuries or worse as the heavier regular train plowed through the cars.
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Bangor
van Buren
Grindstone
Bangor & Aroostoox
Expect Veto of Tariff Measures in Taft Era
Washington reports the Democratic Insurgent Republican coalition gains in tariff revision with hopes for a conference compromise on a wool bill a farmers free list bill and possibly a cotton bill with steel sugar and other schedules. Indications strengthen that President Taft will veto tariff legislation before the tariff board report due in December.
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Washington
Taft
Tariff Board
Justice Dept Plans Prosecution of Monopolies
New York. The department of justice intends immediate prosecution of all trusts or monopolies not dissolving or obeying the Sherman law as interpreted in the Standard Oil, Tobacco and Powder trust cases. Attorney General Wickersham confirms the statement.
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New York
Department of Justice
Standard Oil, Tobacco and Powder Trust
Wickersham
Tracton Engineer Killed as Boiler Explodes at Algona
Leonard Hart, a traction engineer near Algona, warns the boiler will explode. The threshing machine boiler bursts, tearing his body to fragments and fatally wounding Frank Meyers. Halifax, NS reports: the steamer John Irwin sinks after hitting a rock. William McLeod survives by washing ashore at Liscomb.
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Algona
Iowa
Leonard Hart
Frank Meyers
Halifax
John Irwin
Teaver Harbor
William McLeod
Liscomb
Here
Spoils System Charge Hits Senate Payroll Increase
Washington Senator Kern of Indiana assailed a Senate resolution to add sixteen messengers to the payroll on Friday calling the Senate plagued by a spoils system ran mad. The remark underscored partisan tension over staffing and patronage.
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Senate
Washington
Kern
Indiana
Taft denounces fabrication about Alaska land deal
President Taft informs the senate he accepts responsibility for opening 12800 acres of the Chu gach national forest reserve in Alaska. He calls the “Controller way affair” a wicked fabrication and says Richard & Ryan and the Controller Bay & Navigation company have no proven ties to the matter.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Chugach National Forest
Alaska
Charles P. Taft
Richard
Trust dissolving threat pushes electrical trust to settle
Washington reports the attorney general’s vow to prosecute any trust with a solid case has triggered a move by the electrical trust to settle out of court. Wade N Eis, representing the Department of Justice, has conveyed that the trustees see no escape if pursued in federal court and propose a deal to dissolve the trust and operate as individual entities.
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Wii
Washington
Electrical Trust
Wade N Eis
Department of Justice
It Ia
Department
Department of Justce
Henwood Sentenced for Second Degree Murder in Copeland Killing
Henwood, convicted of murder in the second degree for killing George E Copeland and firing at 8 L Von Phul, was sentenced Thursday to life imprisonment after his bid for a new trial was denied. He accused the judge in a speech claiming he was railroaded.
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Denver
Frank Ho Henwood
George E Copeland
von Phul
St Louis
Lfe
Henwool
Fourteen Story Building Project For Salt Lake City
The M I Walker Terry Co is incorporated in Salt Lake City with capital of 1,000,000 to erect a skyscraper on the northeast corner of Main and Second South streets. The building will house Walker Brothers Bankers on the ground floor and rise ten to fourteen stories with a tower, aiming to be the highest in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
M I Walker Terry Co
Walker Brothers
Main
Second South
Niobe Rescued After Hole Opens in Hull at Sea
Halifax report says the Canadian cruiser Niobe listed after a gaping hole opened her hull while five tense hours on a sea ledge ten miles offshore. Wireless operator stayed at his post signaling for help as pumps fought in fog and heavy seas. tugs and steamers arrived to aid the stranded vessel and its several hundred crew.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Niche
Tariff Up To Taft In Congress Standoff
Democratic insurgents in the Senate and House press for tariff revision while President Taft vows to veto any tariff bill before the tariff board report in December. Democrats weigh whether Taft may approve a revised wool bill despite official veto threats.
Mob Destroys Trolley Car After Child’s Death Riot
A mob of about two thousand gathered outside a New York home after Morris Goldberg a seven day fasted infant was fatally struck by a trolley. They seized the motorman and conductor placed them on tracks and were about to run the car down when a lone officer halted the plan. The Goldberg family of nine had been starving, the incident sparked by the child’s death.
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New York
Morris Goldberg
Mreserver
Goldberg
Woman Contractor Holds Idaho Northern Extension Contract
Mrs. W. I. Smith holds a contract to build a northward extension of the Idaho Northern railway from Emmett to Smith's Perry. The main contract for the fifty eight mile extension is held by Utah Construction Company with subcontracts to Mia Smith for three miles of grading above Horseshoe Bend Idaho.
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East Lake City
W. I. Smith
Idaho Northern Railway
Emmett
Smith
Perry
Utah Construction Company
Mia Smith
Horseshoe Bend
Idaho
Firemen Hurt as Brockton Blaze Destroys Market Structures
Thirty five firemen were injured while fighting a Sunday blaze that destroyed the public market building on Main Street, the Woolworth building, and two tenements in Brockton Massachusetts. The fire, the worst in the city’s history, caused an estimated loss of about 210060 dollars.
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Brockton
Mass
Publc Market
Main Street
Woolworth Company
Storm Claims Eleven Lives Off New England Coast
Grim reports from Boston describe the West Indian hurricane sweeping the coast Friday. Eleven lives are known lost as fishing and coasting craft along with yachts were wrecked or disabled.
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Boston
New England
Record Breaking Flour Orders In Seattle Mills
Seattle millers report record breaking flour orders for September and October deliveries. One mill has Chinese orders for 100000 sacks of bluestem cutoff while others run at full capacity.
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Seattle
Wah
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Recepes Froi
Nein
Creview
Crista
Tts
Paal Geldel
Hartford
Wyrugh
Controller Bay
Henwood
Ofp Shoals
Haroor
Congress
House
White House
Clark
Woman
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