Utah community notes big Chautauqua in Ogden and regional events
The Utah Chautauqua association plans a major event in Ogden starting Friday July 21. Reports mention haying in Coalville, a 60th anniversary homecoming for Neshi, Telluride education being reorganized in Olmstead, and record travel on the Oregon Short Line to Yellowstone. Other items note cement plant closure, tax levy in Weber County, and local incidents and plans among Salt Lake City and Ogden groups.
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Utah Chautauqua Association
Ogden
Hayling Fe
Coalville
Timothy
Neshi
Thia
Telluride Association
Olmstead
Utah
Oregon
Yellowstone Park
Park
Intermountain
Union Portland Cement Company
Devil's Slide
Weber County
William Meyers
Utah Lake Irrigation Company
Utah County Corporation
Utah Lake
Salt Lake County
Trades and Labor Assembly
Salt Lake
Ogden Canyon
F. Gordon
Terman Erickson
Joan Hojer
Hingham
Urickson
Hojer
Salt Lake Ig
Alt Lake Tabernacle
San Francisco
Joe Justine
T. Labello
Justine
Death Mine Tragedy in Pennsylvania Coal Shaft
An explosion in the Cascads Coal and Coke shaft at Sykesville lake Sunday night killed twenty one miners. Among the dead were nine Italians eight Slavs one Lithuanian and three Americans. Twenty seven men were at work. most died from the blast or deadly fire damp while trying to reach the entrance. Two sets of brothers and a father and son were among the victims.
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Bubols
Cascads Coal and Coke Company
Sykesville Lake
George
John Lock
Frank Paverick
Knox diplomacy aims to neutralize Galapagos threat
Secretary Knox pursues a del ay diplomacy plan to neutralize the Galapagos Islands and Guayaquil to secure the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. The strategy includes a $3,000,000 loan to Mevader to ensure control of the Ecuadorian railway and protect bondholders.
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Washington
State Department
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Pacific
Panama Canal
United States
Tcuador
Knox
Guayaquil
Eecuador
Ccuador
End of Congress Near as Arizona New Mexico Statehood Vote Set
Washington observers see adjournment looming after the Senate takes up the Arizona New Mexico statehood bill on the August legislative day. The Senate is expected to adjourn and the House will not push new legislation to derail the extra session plan, despite tariff revision threats from insurgents led by Cummins.
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Washington
Congress
Arizona
Senate
Cummina
House
Attorney General Rules on Dealing with Declared Illegal Combinations
Wickersham decides it is not unlawful for the United States to deal with corporations recently declared illegal combinations by the Supreme Court. He states these are illegal only in restraint of trade and that the sale of coal and gasoline to the military department is not illegal.
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Washington
Wickersham
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Military Department of the East
Ilegal
Aeronaut Collides With Street Car in Denver
Local aeronaut Cole Wayns Abbott parachuted from about 4000 feet Thursday afternoon and struck the front end of a trolley car in descent. The impact caused a panic as passengers fled, a woman fainted, and several were injured during the scramble for safety.
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Denver
Cole Wayns Abbott
Epidemic Strikes Mitchell County North Carolina
An unknown disease spreads through Mitchell County causing feverish illness and death within days. It presents as small blood spot stains on fingertips and travels through the arm to the body, baffling physicians. among the victims is Dr. E P Sisels in Asheville's North Garelna region.
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Asheville
Mitchell County
E P Sisels
Forest Fire Devastation Hits North Bay District Towns
A vast forest blaze swept 300 miles north of North Bay destroying four towns Crochrane Kelso South Porcupine and Potaville with hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Dozens of mining camps from Dome to Whitley burned as lakeshore evacuations left riversine drownings. Property losses exceed two million dollars.
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North Bay
Ont
Cochrane
Kelso
South Porcupine
Pottaville
North Ontario
Porcupine
Dome
Whitley
North Dome
Preston
East Dome
Viponce
Foley
O Brien
Philadelphia
United Porcupine
Colorado
Standard
Imperial
Forest fires in northern Ontario reach 10 000 square miles
Reports say fires sweeping 300 miles north of North Bay and 20 000 residents area left 122 dead, possibly 400, with many missing. Refugees describe scorched townships Cochrane and South Porcupine, 61st trainload of dead and injured arriving at Cobalt.
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Toronto
Ontario
North Bay
Cochrane
Cobalt
Train Wreck Near Edmonton Wounds Ten
A Canadian Pacific Edmonton express derailed one mile south of Pono kao injuring ten people seriously and injuring five others slightly, with rescue operations underway and care provided to the injured.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Pacific
Edmonton Express
Ponokao
Wickersham Faces Impeachment Inquiry Over Alaska Case
Washington nerve center reacts as Delegate Wickersham of Alaska urges impeachment of Attorney General Wickersham for alleged corruption in Alaska justice administration. The House Judiciary Committee favors a resolution demanding documents affidavits and testimony concerning a 1908 affidavit by H J Douglas of the Alaska syndicate and an alleged act by Captain ODH Jarvis.
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Washington
Delagata Wickersham
Alaska
Wickersham
House Committee On Judiciary
H. J. Douglas
OD H Jarvis
Notable Fraud Case Ties to Seattle Death Before Wickersham Pace
A fragmented report alleges key individuals including John J. Lesnor Coal officials conspired in coal contract fraud. It claims a government plot to defraud occurred through connivance, with a death by suicide in Seattle on June 2, just after the Wickersham resolution's introduction. The attorney general's office allegedly delayed action beyond the statute of limitations.
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Government Revenue Cater Service
Seattle
Wickersham
John H Bullock
John J. Lesnor Coal Company
Attorney Generals Office
McNamara Murder Trial Set for October 1911
In Los Angeles on October 1 1910 John J McNamara and his brother James faced murder charges over the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times. A trial date was set for October 11 1911 marking a year and ten days since the deadly blast that claimed twenty one lives.
Beef Supply Short Tightens Export Policy
J Ogden Armour warned American beef packers must export to Argentina to preserve their hold on beef shipments. Armour arrived Friday from Europe to discuss the matter and reinforce the need for continued Argentine exports.
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New York
Argentina
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
Europe
Insurgent Ticket Dominates National Education Association
The National Education Association elected Milwaukee’s Superintendent Carroll Gardner Pearse as president, Katharine Meka of New York as treasurer, and installed all insurgent slate candidates. Insurgents also tabled amendments, gaining a majority on the executive committee and influencing trustees votes, with progressive efforts limited for now. The group claimed substantial wins despite opposition from moderates and a push for statehood for New Mexico.
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San Francisco
Carroll Gardner Pearse
Milwaukee
National Education Association
Misa Kathering
Meka
New York
Teams T
New Mexico
Public Lands Convention Called for Denver in September
Governor Shaffroth issues call for a public lands convention in Denver September 28 29 and 30 each participating state must command at least 1 000 000 acres of public land. States listed include Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Idaho Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Utah Washington Wyoming and Alaska. The central issue is whether public domain lands should stay under federal control and leased for revenue, with administration from Washington.
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Denver
Shaffroth
Arizona
Arkinsas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Alaska
Treasury
Evelyn Lee Found Guilty in Abduction Case
Evelyn Arthur Lee founder of the Absolute Life cult was found guilty of abducting Mildred Bridges, a 17 year old follower. The jury, after forty five minutes and a single ballot, also convicted of contributing to juvenile delinquency, carrying penalties up to ten years in prison.
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Chicago
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Absolute Life Cult
Mildred Bridges
Spanish Festival at Saltair Promises Western thrill
A Spanish festival at Saltair beach starts Saturday July 22 and runs through the next week. The event features twenty bull fighters from Mexico and twenty Spanish fighting bulls. The Hippodrome seats over 10 000 and is decked in Spanish colors with a Mexican band. Excursions from across the Intermountain region are planned as big crowds are expected for Utah’s first event of this kind.
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Salt Lake City
Saltair Beach
Mexico
Salt Lake
Saltair
Spain
Utah
Ady
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Vernal Sixpress Publishing Co
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Galapagos Island
Panama Canal Entrance
Congress Wii
Garelna
Porcupine District
Statute of Limitation
George W. Wickersham
Yigtlay
Olb Giard
Public Lands Convention
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