Utah News Roundup Highlights January Dividends and Local Incidents
January dividends across Utah mines totaled 430000 dollars. In Lea a rabbit hunt injured James Pace with a shot to the nose. Salt Lake building bids due within sixty days. Frederick Warde to lecture for the Press club. Salt Lake hotel and restaurant workers seek arbitration. A Salt Lake police chief buys boxing gloves for force training. George Wilkineon injured at Ontario mine Park City. Paul Tarpey elected Stanford junior baseball captain. Utah millers win higher Oregon wheat tariff relief and flour price rise. Richfield racing club efforts bear fruit. Monroe races anticipated. Ice prospects look strong with large harvests. Gold camps Gold Mountain and Stateline show growth. Al Henry jailed in San Francisco for embezzlement. trial in Utah. Richfield bir mness in March with auxiliary kangaroo court. Sandy aims to lure the Consolidated Railway to extend to central Sandy. Wayne county snow improves roads. water outlook favorable. County officers urged to print stat data forms. cost concerns. Cronk heirs claim to large Welland government trust. Watkins missing at Gold Mountain. presumed snowbound. Parowan to Buckhorn Springs men frozen feet. Cache Valley farmers form association in Logan. Sapaish Fork shifts from prohibition. city okays alcohol regulation. Shaw sworn in as Secretary of Treasury replacing Gage with remarks from officials. Dust explosion at Yondo mines Mexico kills 106 miners with no survivors. mine No 6 blast ends in gas pocket ignition.
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Utah
Lea
Wweek
James Pace
Salt Lake
Siflton
Manly
George Wilkineon
Ontario
Park City
Paul Tarpey
Stanford University
Oregon
Richfield Horsemen
Monroe
Ita
Gold Mountain
Stateline
Tts
al Henry
Ora E. Krupp
Krupp
San Francisco
Richfield
Ward
Sandy
Consolidated Railway & Power Company
Murray
Wayne County
Breeden
William B Cronk
Utah Light & Power Company
Salt Lake City
Welland
Chaucey M Depew
William Uatkins
Judge Advocate Lemly Replies to Schley’s Appeal
Summary of a long official reply criticizing Admiral Schley for shifting ground, disobedience of orders, and alleged misrepresentations about the Santiago campaign. Also mentions Governor Yan Sant opposing railroad consolidation and a Montana prize fight where a mother wins a child’s stake.
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Lemly
Schley
Inona
Admiral Schley
Long
Admiral Behley
Key West
Santiago
Sampson
Brooklyn
Fire Nearly Destroys Clancy Montana Railroad Town
A blaze in Clancy Montana, ten miles south of Helena, started in Peter Leary’s hall where a Saturday dance was held. Losses total about 14000 with 8000 insured. Albany hotel owned by Leary, its bar and hall, and several businesses, including Ryan’s store and Gordon’s lodging house, suffered damage. Firefighter Jerry Ellis was overcome by heat and may die.
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Clancy
Montana
Ilelena
Peter Leary
Albany
Leary
Hie Caloon
Hall
James Ryan
Martin Gordon
John Harb
Montana Lumbermen Reject Labor Union Pledge
Western Montana lumber companies controlling tens of millions of feet annually form anorganization and vow not to recognize labor unions. Winter strikes led to a union with several thousand members setting wages at 2.50 for nine hours, up from a prior two dollars for ten hours.
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Montana
1500 Recruits Sail for Kiatus and Manila Transport
The transport Thomas sailed Saturday for Manila with 1,500 recruits and many passengers. The Grant will sail February 7 carrying more recruits. Rosecrans left Manila January 24 with eight officers and 475 enlisted men. The Twenty second Infantry left Manila Saturday. the Twentieth infantry moves February 16. The Seventeenth infantry second battalion remains in Manila until the Twenty second Infantry arrives from San Francisco.
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Thomas
Manila
Grant
Rosecracs
Twenty-second Infantry
Twentieth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
Twenty Second Infantry
San Tiansciaco
Wart Tax Reductions Aiming at Largest National Cut
The joint reports on the bill to reduce war revenue taxes near completion. Chairman Paynes majority view signals agreement on the measure. The bill centers on reducing taxes and is described as the largest tax cut in the nation’s history.
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Paynes
Cattlemen to Meet in Denver for West-Wide Convention
The American Cattle Growers Association will convene in Denver on March 4 to discuss the land leasing bill and other cattle industry topics. Membership comes via individual dues of 5 dollars with a limited program emphasizing open debate and papers by leading western cattlemen.
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American Cattle Growers’ Association
West
Denver
Congress
Prisoners Escape from County Jail in Littsburg
Two condemned inmates Doan geon and Reape escaped from the county jail in Littsburg Pennsylvania after overpowering guards at 4 a.m. They used saws to cut cell bars from adjoining second range cells and appeared to have outside help as they fled armed. One guard was struck and another injured slightly in the breakout.
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Leoward
John Biddle
Littsburg
Thomas D Khaney
Mount Washington
Shafer Freed After Time Served in Butte Trial
Joseph Shafer, a mulatto, who killed John Fawkings in 1897, is released after four years and seven months in the county jail at Butte with forty months on death sentence. County Attorney Green moved to dismiss the charge in Judge McClernan's court since all witnesses are dead or gone.
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Butte
Joseph Shafer
John Fawkings
Green
McClernan
Shafer
Dr Wiley Testifies on Sugar Beet and Cane Industry
Dr H W Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, testified before the ways and means committee on the Cuban reciprocity question. He outlined sugar production from beets and cane, showing beets dominates modern output, especially in Europe, while cane remains essential for certain uses in America. He argued beet sugar will not replace cane entirely due to unique cane applications.
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H W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Ways and Means
Fiom Beets
Europe
America
Wiley
France Faces Population Decline Commission Opens Inquiry
Premier Waldeck Rousseau chaired the parliamentary commission on depopulation of France. He said fifty years of statistics show too few births and too many deaths, with infant mortality a key target. The government plans to use the commission’s work to guide future legislation.
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France
M Waldeck Rousseau
Egid
Boston Banker Shoots Himself Amid Financial Reverses
Schonfield a partner at Schoafield Whieler Co bankers and brokers in Boston faced reverses from risky ventures. He shot himself at his Newtonville home Wednesday. Mr Whicher, remaining partner, said affairs are in flux and exact condition will take days to determine.
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Lane
Schonfield
Aenor
Schoafield, Whieler & Co
Bankers and Brokers
Boston
Newtonville
Whicher
Schoefield
Schoefield, Whitcher & Co
Substitute bill on canal routes in Senate action
Before adjournment Senator Spooner introduced a substitute for the Nicaragua canal bill authorizing the president to choose between Panama and Nicaragua routes. The measure covers acquiring the Panama Canal Company of France properties, a ten mile Colombian strip, and canal size for largest ships with cost limits of 135 million or 2100 million depending on route chosen. An immediate 10 million appropriation is provided in either case.
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Senate
Spooner
United States
Panama
Nicaragua
Panama Canal Company
France
Ile
Republic of Columbia
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Nicosragua Canal
Colombia
Old Sea Captain Backs Nicaragua Route for Canal
Captain J S Bryan testified before a Senate subcommittee on Inter Oceanic Canals favoring the Nicaragua route for the proposed canal. He cited climate and feasibility and criticized the Panama plan for lacking suitable harbors at the Atlantic end and for requiring ships to sail far out to sea during storms. He noted calm conditions at the Pacific harbor and said two miles of tow would be needed.
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J. S Bryan
Senate Committee On Inter
Pacific
Secretary Root Commutes Sentence in Filipino Killing Case
Secretary Root acts on Lieutenant Preston Brown second infantry sentenced by court martial to dismissal He finds Brown shot a native Filipino after an American failed to save a drowning man He concludes the act was excusable under the circumstances and recommends commutation Brown loses thirty five paces in grade and forfeits half pay for nine months
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Root Tueaday
Preston Brown
Second Infantry
Crown
Root
Brown
Nebraska Senator Seeks Public Land Leasing Bill
Senator Millard of Nebraska introduced a bill in the Senate to lease public lands across Arizona California Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Utah Washington and Wyoming. The measure proposes a uniform rental of 2 cents per acre per year for ten years, with early termination if land transfers to private ownership under U S land laws.
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Millard
Nebraska
Aizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kanass
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
United States
Best Known Resident of Manitou Dies After Fever
Mia Parker aged 2 in Manitou Calo died after a scratch on a finger from a wire caused blood poisoning. She was warmed at a stove when injured and ignored the wound until severe pain and swelling set in. The infection spread to her hand and arm before death.
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Mia Parker
Manitou
Calo
Es Stove
Week in Congress highlights training ship Vermont inquiry
The House adopted a resolution seeking documents on the old training ship Vermont and passed a bill mandating compulsory attendance of witnesses before land office registrars and receivers. A $100000 bill to establish homes for dependent children failed, the House adjourned to Wednesday. Senate advanced a bill to grant a right of way to Clearwater Valley Tailroad through Nez Perces lands in Idaho. Commerce bill stalled and Philippine tariff debate resumed.
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Vermont
Wits Newes
Reg
Stera
General Land Offices
Wedonoaday, Henate~a
Clearwater Valley Tailread Company
Nez Perces
Tdahe
Department of Commerce
Nelson Bill Creates Department of Commerce and Labor
Senate passes a bill to form a new Department of Commerce and Labor with four secretaries and a cabinet member. It transfers bureaus including life saving, lighthouse, marina hospital, steamboat inspection, and immigration, plus fisheries and Chinese exclusion matters, from other departments and adds a consular commerce jurisdiction.
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Nelson
Department of Commerce
Senate
Ona
Department of Commerce and Labor
Gto
Bureau of Manufactures
Light House
Marina Hospital
Steamboatfuapoction Keryce
Bureau of Navigation, Shipping and Immigration
Fisheries
Treasury Department
Fib Commission
Census Bureau
Department 9
Consular Service
Colmerce
Permanent Census Bureau creation bill advances in House
January 30 actions include a bill to create a permanent Census Bureau with a temporary staff converted on July 1 1922 and eligible for transfer or retention. It also funds a 1005 manufacturing venture and collects special statistics. A miners rights bill requires mine owners to provide ample air in deep mines. A constitutional amendment on presidential succession was approved after routine business. Several appropriations and land grants passed for memorial parks public buildings and soldiers homes.
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House
Friends of the Civil Service Law
Rolla
Permanento
Biowrath
United States
Hoar
Fredericksburg
National Battlefells Memorial Park
Virginia
San Francisco
Hutte Mont
Evanston Wye
Wreight Wieck on the Rio Grande Fatal Train Wreck
Three men from Grand Junction die when two freight trains collide near Cisco Utah. Westbound No 17 is struck by an eastbound extra at 4:45 am. Injuries include three ribs sprained for conductor Raglan and engineer Buckley. Ireman Tuskey survives by leaping clear.
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Rio Grande Western Railway
Cisco
Utah
Ingineer Coppeck
Raglund
Wu Tuskey
Hi D Webster
Grand Junction
Cole
Ora Webster
Wm Tuskey
Daniel Buckley
Trakeman
John Raglan
A. Tuskey
Ireman
Day for Epic Poems Delivers Witty Quip by Read
While in Washington on legal business a young woman praised Thomas Brackett Read for clever talk. Read responded with a playful quip noting this is his day for composing epic poems.
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Thomas Brackett
Washington
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