Utah News Roundup From Vernal to Ogden and Provo
Provo woolen mills may reopen within a month. Logan Mayor forms a water supply committee. Fort Douglas teamster dies after horse fall. Smithfield beet growers push for higher prices amid offers of 460 to 475 per ton. Pioneer Mrs. Frances Willigis dies in Ogden. Vernal expands water mains and sewers, new sidewalks, curbing. Salt Lake relief fund appeals for cruelty prevention programs amid waterworks and fire department improvements. Greece murder acquittal for Louis Poulas case. Frederick Daniels dies after bean lodging in throat. Boy struck by freight train near schoolhouse. New federal building opens in Ogden at about 69,710. Ogden police require removal of sidewalk obstructions. Ogden cement plant advances. Vernal to get advanced amusement hall. Utah Agricultural College train tour to 18 towns. Geneva man recalled to Kansas. Thomas Stringer of Park City dies. long-time school board member. Salt Lake jury verdict favors Hippodrama defendant in 10,000 suit. Seely bill debated to tax time-usage of sheep in Utah.
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Provo
Anderson
Logan
Caudo Mogers
Fort Douglas
Smithfield
Vrances Willigis
Utah
Ogden
Trova
Salt Lake Flumance Society
Frederick Daniels
Henry
Dizabeth Daniels
North Ogden
Alonzo
John Jenson
Axtel
Federal
Ogden Y Fortland Cement Company
Brigham City
Vernal
Uitah Agricultural College
Salt Lake
Denver & Rio Grande
Eixteen
John Peterson
Geneva
Webber
Kans
Thomas M Stringer
Park City
Fla
Stringer
FBI Salt Lake
CGC
M Powell
Saltale Beach Company
Utah Wool Growers’ Association
Russian Note Demands From China Strain Ties
The Russian minister to China Morotovity delivered a note to Beijing outlining six demands tied to the 1831 treaty. Russia seeks unlimited import duties beyond a fifty mile zone, continued extraterritorial rights, mixed jurisdiction over Russians and Chinese cases, trade privileges in Mongolia and outer provinces, immediate opening of consulates at Kobdo Khami and Guchen, and rights to acquire real estate and build in Mongolian regions.
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Bt Petersburg
Russia
China
Morotovity
Mongolia
Kobdo
Khami
Guchen
Mongolian
Russian threat to invade Mongolia dominates Japanese papers
A Kama kura Maru newspaper reports extensive debate in Japanese and Chinese press over Russia's threat to occupy Kulda and to invade Mongolia in response to China delaying opening Russian consulates. The coverage condemns the potential aggression and warns of wider regional instability.
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Victoria
I. O
Kamakura Maru
Russia
China
Mongolia
Thi
Kulda
Utah Development League organizes to exploit state resources
Thirty eight Commercial clubs from across Utah attended the opening session of the Utah Development League formed to promote development and exploitation of Utah’s vast resources. The group aims to present Utah’s opportunities to attract capital and enterprise to a national and world audience.
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East Lake City
Utah
Utah Development League
Utah Fruit Growers Meet Brings Statewide Horticultural Session
The sixth annual convention of the Utah State Horticultural Society was in Brigham City for two days. Opening proceedings drew about 250 delegates with larger crowds at later sessions. Visitors were hosted by Brigham City under the Box Sider Commercial Club and the Brigham City Fruitgrowers' Association.
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Brigham
Utah State Horticultural Society
Brigham City
Box Sider Commercial Club
Miscuri Outlaw Kills Brother in Webb City Fight
Two brothers, survivors of an outlaw line, fought in Webb City Missouri at midnight Thursday. Bill Stidham killed his brother Ike after a dispute over Bills son William and Ikes wife. Ike reportedly attacked William with a penknife before Dill shot Ike and surrendered to police.
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Webb City
Oklahoma
Bill Stidham
Ike
Bills
William
Women lifted from fire at Hotel Facild in Cleveland
Women rescued from smoke filled upper floors of the Hotel Facild in Cleveland Thursday night as flames menaced the building. All victims were unconscious, but none suffered serious injuries.
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Cleveland
Curtiss Aviator Dazes Crowds by Crashing Biplane
Curtiss aviator Eugens B. steered his biplane into a post at Aviation Park in Salt Lake City to avert a larger disaster and halt the craft after a Thursday afternoon incident. The pilot saved spectators but damaged the aircraft.
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Salt Lake City
Aviation Park
Eugens B Fly
Americans Aid Insurrectos In Mexicali Clash
Americans assist insurrectos in Mexicali with volunteers arriving to supply arms and ammunition. Reports say General Berthold was sent to Los Angeles to coordinate border smuggling of rifles, while IWW members in Bert holds with Leyva share word of gun stocks in Los Angeles Portland Seattle and Spokane awaiting a chance to move them south.
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Mexicali
Mexico
Berthold
Los Angeles
Industrial Workers of the World
Bertholds
American Legion
Leyva
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Vega's Army Dispersed After Mexicali Fight
A desperate retreat from Mexicali leaves Governor Vega with a shrunken force. He arrived at Las Juntas badly wounded and near fatally injured, carried on an improvised couch after a retreat through the desert. Five soldiers remain of about 200, with couriers seeking surgeons at Ensenada.
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San Diego
Cal
Mexicali
Vega
Las Juntas
Campo
Ensenada
Canadians Resent Talk of Annexation In Ottawa
Ottawa reports growing Canadian resentment over annexation talk from opposition outlets. Some government backers warn such rhetoric could threaten the current reciprocity debate in Parliament. Liberal leaders reportedly await Wilfrid Laurier’s early next week statement to counter the idea of U.S. annexation.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Taft
McCall
Washington
Dominion
Wilfrid Laurier
United States
Indicted Election Inspector Charged With Voting Blockade
In Muskogee Oklahoma J H Talbot an election inspector was arrested Friday on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he barred a Negro voter under the grandfather clause from the last election. Twelve other election officials were indicted in the case. Pope Pius Regains Health in Rome. Pope Pius has practically recovered from influenza though his doctor Dr Petacci advised bed rest for a few days.
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Muskogee
Okla
J. H. Talbot
Pope Pius
Rome
Petacci
Home Rule Debate Opens Asquith Defends Ireland Plan
Premier Asquith reiterated that after the veto bill is disposed of the government will pursue full self government for Ireland. Nationalist MPs across the Irish Channel join in the preliminary House of Commons clash over the home rule amendment to the address as Tony Malcolm led Croydon Conservatives in pushing the motion. The statement was met with much cheering in the lower house.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Ireland
Tony Malcolm
Croydon
Stop Filibustering Tactics May Be Halted From Gulf Ports
Investigation opened by the Department of Justice in Washington focuses on a December 22 departure from New Orleans of the steamer Hornet used in the Honduran revolution. Drew Linard, former consul at Ceiba, Honduras, was detained as he prepared to board the vessel for Puerto Cortez.
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New Orleans
United States
Gulf
Federal
Strang
Hornet
Department of Justice
Washington
Drew Linard
Wos
Celba
Honduras
Casa
Puerto Cortez
Macon Attacks Peary In Naval Bill Debate
In the general debate on the naval appropriation bill in the House on Thursday, Macon of Arkansas attacked Captain Iebert B. Peary, labeling him a fakir and saying he should be driven from the naval service. Peary’s supporters quickly challenged the remarks as unjust and offensive, and Representative Moore of Pennsylvania forced his way to the floor to reply.
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Macon
Peary
Washington
Arkansas
Iebert B. Peary
Moore
Pennsylvania
Ife
Mr. Macon
Arizona Statehood Delayed by Election Certification and Constitution
Delegate Ralph Cameron states Washington statehood for Arizona is blocked this session for two reasons. First the February 9 election returns cannot be canvassed and certified in time for congressional action. Second Congress opposes the constitution as drawn.
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Washington
Arizona
Congress
Ralph Cameron
Western Fruit Jobbers approve officers at seventh annual convention
The Western Fruit Jobbers association concluded its seventh annual convention in Sacramento California on January 17 1912 with election of officers and board members Roylance William M N of Provo Utah was reelected treasurer and St Louis chosen as the site for next year’s gathering.
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Sacramento
Cal
Choiece
St Louais
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
William MN
Roylance
Provo
Utah
Young Gates Stricken on Eastbound Train
Charles Gates son of John W Gates the steel magnate of Newark and Chicago was stricken with blood poisoning at Yuma Arizona while traveling east from California. A special train was immediately made up to expedite his journey to the east for medical care.
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Young Gates
el Paso
Texas
Charles Gates
John W. Gates
Newark
Chicago
Yuma
Ariz
California
Practical Joker Aimed to Astonish Wife with Frozen Eggs
A London Tit Bits tale describes a man who bought eggs from Australia to surprise his wife. He blasted a wall with an egg dent, pocketed more eggs, and returned home to dish up dinner, only to find the eggs thawed and the prank ruined.
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Australia
London
Croker Voices Skepticism On Sere Planes At New York Dinner
Richard Croker criticizes sere planes at a New York dinner calling them unsafe and unstable. He jokes with a Londoner about his son using a fiving machine, noting the boy’s awkward mobility.
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Richard Croker
New York
Grape Nuts Turns Life Around for New Jersey Woman
A New Brunswick woman with gastritis found relief after switching to Grape Nuts cereal helped by a stomach specialist. She says the change improved digestion, restored weight, and allowed her to return to clerical work with a clear mind. The Ad cites Postum Co as sponsor.
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New Brunswick
Ife
Postum'Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellyilie
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