Ogden and Utah News Summary From The Vernal Express
Local notes include Mugham town board setting a fall contract and Ogden free from millpox for the month. Ogden chamber plans a county city joint prison exercise site. Douglas fir seedlings planted in Cottonwood Canyon near completion. Murray demonstrates cranberry land use and marsh reclamation aims. Murray sanctions prize fighting. Kaysville alfalfa fields reveal weevil. Rattlesnake bite near Ogden. victim recovering. Utah enforces new child labor and nine hour women laws statewide. Frice citizens authorize 15000 bond for a public park. waterworks and fights funding discussed. Denver Rio Grande engine sparks cause a $500 fire. Hay rescue operations amid pasture losses. State quarantine laws sent to local health boards. Plan to form National City from parts of New Plymouth denied. Kaysville clubs seek county mill tax for building. Legislation updates include Toone as deputy in immigration bureau. Old Ogden freight house site to host a new coach shop for the Southern Pacific. Mayfield men return with three bears after sheep camp losses. Millard county homestead opening attracts 39 people, 12,500 acres sold. Colton and Tucker petition for town amid liquor question denial. Salt Lake County to vote June 27 on wet or dry status outside towns.
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Mugham
Ogden
Ogden Chamber of Commerce
Cottonwood Canyon
Murray
Kaysville
Burt Werrlelk
Utah
State Bureau of Information
atHatics
Frice
Denver & Rio Grande
Ben Cox
Bord
New Pooels
Topela
National City
Ntarriman
O Aly
Joseph and
Mart Mortensen
Mayfielt
Federal Land Office
Salt Lake
Millard County
Colton
Tucker
Spanish Tork Canyon
Galton
Salt Lake County
De La Barra Chosen as Head of Government Until Election
Mexico City Diaz resigns after long rule as president. Deputies accept the resignation with 167 in favor and two abstentions. Francisco Leon de la Barra named provisional president as Mexico awaits a general election while de la Barra is supported nationwide.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
Eiveryone
Benito Juarez
Juarez
Concepcion del Valles
Ramon Corral
France
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Washington
de la Haina
Don Francisco Leon de la Barra
Diaz shows health improvement amid Mexican revolution
Reports state General Diaz has no fever and can walk at home reflecting marked improvement. Meanwhile supporters claim the election will place Francisco I Madero in the presidential chair and the revolution’s triumph is complete as Madeists declare the people’s ability to govern themselves proven.
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Francisco I Madero
Diaz
Diaz Flees Mexico City for Vera Cruz and Spain
Porfirio Diaz secretly left Mexico City at 2 a m with a small trusted group to board a ship in Vera Cruz for Spain. Loud celebrations greeted the new president Francisco Leandro Madero as Diaz departed to avoid disruption along the route.
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Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Vera Crus
Spain
Thancisco Leandea IA Barra
Vera Cruz
Girdle World Wireless Link Connected From Glace Bay
A historic wireless experiment linked Glace Bay to Dakar via Paris in fifty minutes. The transcontinental chain will connect British dependencies with seventy to eighty new stations planned to encircle the globe.
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Glace Bay
Gay
Dakar
Attica
Messige
Jiffel
Paris
Heat Wave Breaks Records Across Regions
Weather reports indicate a Friday of extreme heat in the East and central regions with temperatures rising above 94 across the Mississippi Valley. Meanwhile a snowstorm affected parts of Utah and Wyoming as the cold front moved in from the West.
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Washington
Interior
Utah
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Warped Rail Blamed for Erie Passenger Train Wreck
A warped rail caused by intense heat derailed two cars of a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton passenger train near Erie, injuring two trainmen and several passengers though no serious injuries were reported.
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Detroit
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Erie
Helena Minister Attacked Near North Rodney Street
Rev Dr HB GB Fairchild pastor of St Pauls Methodist Episcopal church was assaulted and possibly fatally injured by two men on North Rodney street Friday night He had been lured from home on the pretense he was wanted to perform a marriage ceremony.
Prosecution Looms Against Standard Oil Chiefs
Washington speakers warn that criminal action could target John D Rockefeller William Rockefeller John D Archbold and other Standard Oil leaders if the Department of Justice machinery is activated by Democratic senators indicating possible federal action against the oil firm.
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Washington
John D Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
John D Archbold
Department of Justice
Six Babies Die in Fire at Dreamland on Coney Island
A Friday blaze at Dreamland, the largest Coney Island amusement park, killed six babies at the in cubator hospital charity facility inside the park. The fire gutted portions of the park as investigators began work and officials urged calm for families affected by the tragedy.
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New York
Coney Island
Denver Crash Kills Driver in Memorial Day Practice
In Memorial Day 200 mile race practice near Sable Colorado two cars left the three mile course at the same point in opposite directions and toppled. Driver Robert S. Dean of Detroit was crushed to death under one car. Injured are Otto Manelite of Denver with broken ribs and internal injuries Lea Bert Roberts of Denver badly bruised and Jarry Bell of Denver with a head injury.
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Denver
Sable
Roberts v. Dean
Detroit
Otto TL Manelite
Lea Bert Roberts
Jarry Bell
Taft Denies Pardon for Morse and Walsh in Banking Case
President Taft refused clemency for Charles W Morse of New York and John R Walsh of Chicago, the era’s top bankers convicted under federal banking laws. He also declined any other executive clemency, reaffirming strict application of the banking statutes to the wealthy. The Walsh record cited "normal turpitude" and dangerous conduct justifying the law’s reach.
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Washington
Taft
Charles W Morse
New York
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Girl Rescued After Desert Ordeal Near Mojave
Maria Terrani, an Italian immigrant, wandered the Mojave Desert for almost two days with no food or water. She fled a Santa Fe train near Barstow, seeking to escape imagined danger in New York bound journeys, and was rescued near San Francisco by a search party. She was nearly dead when found.
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San Francisco
Mojave
Maria Terrani
New York
Santa Fe
Barstow
Boise Telephone Firms Plan Union
Boise negotiations advance toward uniting the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone and the Independent Telephone companies. A similar consolidation has occurred in Northwestern cities recently.
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Boise
Idaho
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Independent Telephone Company
Delaware to be largest ship at coronation naval review
Reginald McKenna the first lord of the admiralty told the House of Commons that the United States battleship Delaware will be the largest vessel at the coronation naval review, surpassing Britain's Neptune.
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London
House of Commons
Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
United States
Delaware
Great Britain
Idaho Sheepmen Sell Wool at Ontario Sale
The Intermountain region opened the year with a wool sale in Ontario Idaho where 260000 pounds of fine Merino wool were sold at prices from 125 to 86 cents per pound.
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Noise
Idaho
Ontario
Tornado Hits Llu Kills Two Boys Damages Property
A tornado ten miles south of here at 1 pm Sunday killed Clyde Sikers 14 and Prank Woodley 15 and caused thousands in damage. Twenty spectators at a ball game were injured as the grandstand was lifted by wind and hurled onto players seeking shelter.
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Dianite City
Sidney Marauss
Granite City
Jetsons
Diaz Repulsed Rebels in Vera Cruz Engagement
General Diaz personally commanded federal troops near Vera Cruz to repulse a large rebel force as they attacked trains near Tepeyahualco. About twenty rebels were killed and many wounded as federals landed and fired rapidly, Diaz advancing from a special car to aid defenders.
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Vera Cruz
Diaz
Mexico
Mexico City
Tepeyahualco
Dtar
Retiett
Plot Against Madero Taps Monterey Arrest In Mexico City Attempt
A telegram from Madero's military adviser cites a counter revolution aimed at removing Madero from power in Mexico. Daniel Devilliers of Mealon City was arrested in Monterey by a detective who traced him from El Paso. The plot allegedly involved money payments to Madero's military leaders and spurred a ten day detective stakeout.
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TI Paso
Francisco Madero
Mexico City
Tim
Daniel Devilliers
Mealon City
Taunt
Maderos
Monterey
Sioux
el Paso
Nadero
Madero
Marooned by Blizzard Party Traversing to Utah
A group led by Cole Robert E. Yens Ernest Lyons and John Baker with their wives eleven children and four teams were stranded for three days and nights in a Marshall Pass blizzard on the continental divide. They started from Granite Oklahoma two months ago seeking a land route to Utah without food or shelter during the ordeal.
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Grand Junction
Cole
Robert E. Yens
Ernest Lyons
John Baker
Marshall Pass
Continental Divide
Granite
Okla
Utah
Homesick Italian Ends Life in San Francisco
A man of Italian origin, homesick for Tuscany, hanged himself from a tree limb on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco after a fire cleared the area. He used a red belt brought from Tuscany as the noose, committing the act on Sunday morning.
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San
War Department Plans Woolen Uniforms for Army
The War Department, seeking economy, will clothe soldiers in olive drab woolen uniforms instead of worsted. Woolen manufacturers nationwide are invited to submit samples of affordable woolen clothing for the army.
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Washington
War Department
Department
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