Gallinger Bill Debate Dominates Senate Address to Trust in Transport
In Washington the postoffice appropriation bill of 257 million was passed by the House with a rural carrier salary fix at 1000 dollars a year. Senate debate centered on Lodge backing the Gallinger ocean mail subsidy and denouncing foreign shipper combines that control freight rates and discriminate against American exporters. Both houses will continue in session.
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Washington, D. C
House
District of Columbia
Senate
De“pew
United States
Smoot
Senator Lodge
Pacific
Lodge
Gallinger
America
Martine Nears State Senate Victory in New Jersey
WRENTON Jan 24 The Democratic primary nominee James E Martine led in separate ballots in both houses with 40 votes near a majority and expected to win on the joint ballot. Opponent James Smith Jr. conceded by closing his headquarters and leaving for home.
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Wrenton
James E. Martine
Wilson
Martine
James Smith,Jr
Hillman in Seattle Bribery Contempt Hearing
Evi dence of an attempted wholesale corruption of federal jurors was shown in a contempt hearing for C. D. Hillman a Seattle real estate dealer and millionaire facing mails fraud charges. Detectives E. D. Kirk and W. J. Webb were accused of trying to bribe jurors and pleaded not guilty.
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Seattle
Wash
Federal District Court
C. D. Hillman
E. D. Kirk
W. J. Webb
Hillman
Vermillion County Bribing Scandal Developments
Vermillion County Bribing Scandal advances noted in Danville Illinois as Grand Jury foreman Woodyard complains Sheriff Shepard delays subpoenas and Sheriff promises faster service. The court may adjust guards and corroborative testimony emerges surrounding a city attorney confession amid murder case linkages.
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Danville
Ill
Vermillion County
Grand Jury
Woodyard
Shepard
Jones
Fred Wutrich
Practical courses attract Yakima students at W S C
Yakima valley students enroll in short courses at Washington State College. Horticulture includes Russell Bush Knute Harkema of Granger Altin Druse William Irish Nelson Galloway Jerome Matterson William McClintock all of North Yakima and Jones Ryan of Wapato Domestic Science Maude Pryor of North Yakima Dairying and poultry Elizabeth Burlingame of North Yakima Coal and metal mining Harry Snively of North Yakima.
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Yakima Valley
Washington State College
Russell Bush
Knute Harkema
Granger
Altin Druse
William Irish
Nelson Galloway
Jerome Matterson
William McClintock
North Yakima
Jones Ryan
Wapato
Maude Pryor
Elizabeth Burlingame
Harry Snively
Ballinger Put Up 10 Ballinger The Court of Appeals May Not Review Case
Hope of enacting legislation to provide for review of the Cunningham cases by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has been abandoned. Responsibility for deciding the legality of Cunningham claims on Alaskan coal lands likely rests with Secretary of the Interior Ballinger and Commissioner Dennett. Bills were introduced in both houses of Congress to transfer files to the appeals court, but no action has been taken.
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District Court of Appeals
Washington, D. C
Cunningham
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Dennet
General Land Office
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Congress
House
Phillips, Novelist, Shot by Fan Dies in New York
David Graham Phillips died after six bullet wounds from Fitzhugh Goldsborough an eccentric musician. He fought bravely for life as his sister and brother and doctors watched at his bedside. The immediate cause was hemorrhage of the right lung and his death came at 11 80 oclock.
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New York
David Graham Phillips
Fitzhugh Goldsborough
Yeterday
Phillip
Phillips
New York backs Panama exposition support for San Francisco
In Albany on January 24 the New York Senate voted 40 to 6 and the Assembly approved unanimously a concurrent resolution urging the state’s congressional delegation to back San Francisco’s claim for the 1915 Panama Exposition.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Senate
House
San Francisco
Trading on Our Fruit Reputation Raises Yakima Deception Concerns
W J Aumiller returned from the sound country with two samples alleged to be Yakima apples. In Index near Seattle a hotel table displayed fruit falsely labeled as Yakima product. Aumiller learned a Seattle commission firm sold 15 boxes at 1.25 per box. The apples bore only D R marks and resembled stunted mossy fruit.
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Yakima Valley
W. J. Aumiller
Sound Country
Index
Seattle
Yakima
Sound
Aumiller
Fruit Trade Urges Faster Rail Service From Yakima
J. Nicholls of London urges North Yakima growers and merchants to press railways for quicker, cheaper transport of apples to distant markets. He notes current 14 day transit to New York and calls for 4 day service to Europe, arguing better handling will sustain prices and boost market development.
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North
Yakima
Yakima Valley
J. Nicholl
Nicholls
Prosser
Washington Horticultural Association
East
Europe
North Yakima
New York
J. Nicholls
California pledges no money for Panama exposition
In Sacramento on January 24 resolutions were passed unanimously by both senate and assembly pledging to ask no material aid from Congress for the 1915 Panama Exposition to be held in San Francisco.
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Sacramento
Cal
Congress
California
San Francisco
Senate
Assembly
Fear Outbreak Fears After Battles Off Chinese Coast
Cables from Mankow report no new disorders after yesterday’s clash between English and German marines and Chinese natives but warn of a possible fresh outbreak.
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London
Foreign Office
Mankow
China
California suffrage bill defeated in senate
Senator Sanford's bill to allow a vote by women on suffrage was defeated in the senate by 21 to 15. Suffrage leaders said more than thirty votes are assured for Senator Bell's constitutional amendment granting women the vote.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Sanford
Senate
Bell
New Counters Set For Yakima National Bank
Yakima National Bank will install new counters over Saturday and Sunday after banking hours. The transformation will create a markedly larger office when it opens Monday morning, with rear partitions removed and Avault completed. Bank officers and patrons will have more room for business.
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Yakima National Bank
Avautt
Yakima National
Pierce County's Two Candidates
Special to the Herald from Tacoma Washington January 24 Ellis chairman of the charter committee for Tacoma’s commission form of government is the unanimous choice of Pierce County bar for supreme judge if Governor Hay appoints a Democrat to succeed Judge Rudkin Ellis a leading local lawyer is in the firm of Ellis Fletcher and Evans If the governor prefers a Republican the bar backs Superior Judge W O Chapman
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Herald
Tacoma
Wash
Ellis
Commission
Pierce County
Rudkin
Hay
Ellis, Fletcher and Evans
Indian Saluskin Bleeds 10 Death
George Saluskin, a 40 year old Indian man near Wapato on the reservation, bled to death at his home after a nosebleed could not be stopped. He had been fishing earlier and died from exhaustion in bed. Friends went to North Yakima to arrange a coffin at Shaw & Sons, to bury him in the reservation Indian cemetery. He was a descendant of the Yakima grand chiefs, well known among both Indians and whites.
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George Saluskin
Wapato
North Yakima
Shaw & Sons
Saluskin
We-ow-wicht
Yakimas
Arrest Warrants Issued for Local Justices
North Yakima Justice Heman D. Hunt and Police Judge Bounds were subpoenaed as witnesses in a Ellensburg superior court case but failed to appear. Judge Kauffman issued bench warrants. Hunt surrendered by train to explain the absence, while Bounds remains at large.
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Heman D. Hunt
Bounds
North
Yakima
Kauffman
Ellensburg
Hunt
Rightmire
Kittitas
Justice Bounds
Fattest Man Schmidt Dies in San Francisco
San Francisco man Herbert Schmidt who weighed 475 pounds and was regarded as California's fattest man died on January 24 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Herman Schmidt
California
Schmidt
Old Gentleman Buys Auto in Selah Advertisement Tale
An elderly man in Selah sees a Herald ad promising a car for eighty dollars. He purchases the auto and learns to drive, now riding through Selah daily.
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Selah
Transfers Push Yakima County Toward Million Dollar Month
County auditor filings from the month to January 24 total 81422.35 with several large transfers. Seven actions on Tuesday ranged from 3000 to 12000 dollars, including Tennant & Miles transfers to Edmund G. Tennant and notable parcels in Sunnyside canal Yakima Heights Nob Hill and Grandview.
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Tennant & Miles
Edmund G. Tennant
Charles A. Munson
Charles C. Winger
W. M
Sunnyside Canal
H. C. Lambach
John C. Kleber
Rick Beck
Lydia D. Sprague
Harry W. Sprague
BB. G. Peck
Yakima Heights
Nob Hill
Charles Amundson
Grandview
EB. G. Turner
W. M. Consideration
W. F. Meloy
North Yakima
Manley Meloy
Joel Meloy
Austin G. Eden
A. C. Schmidt
F. C. West
Ellen R
Kent
Albert H. Ready
Sunnyside
Haystack Fire Destroys On Reservation West Of Toppenish
A large haystack blaze on the reservation west of Toppenish lit the southern sky last night. A telephone search failed to locate the flames, but a telegraphic report from Toppenish placed the fire about two miles west of town.
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Toppenish
McCurdy Plans Key West to Havana Air Flight
All arrangements are set for J. A. D. McCurdy to fly from Key West to Havana at seven tomorrow morning weather permitting. He will be accompanied by four torpedo boats along the route.
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Key West
Florida
J. A. D. McCurdy
Havana
Windup of Schenck Trial Sees Woman Break Down
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 24 Laura Schenck sobbed during her attorney's opening as prosecutors argued. She wept when her two children were mentioned and jurors and spectators cried. the case will go to the jury tomorrow afternoon amidst crowd betting on the verdict.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Schenck
O'Brien
Collision damages Tasso steamer in Goodwin sands clash
The American liner Tasso arrived in Dover severely damaged after a collision off Goodwin sands with the Hamburg American liner President Lincoln. The Lincoln helped tow the Tasso into port for safety.
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Dover
Eng
Goodwin Sands
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Apples Heading East From Yakima Warehouses
New activity in fruit trade as inquiries rise in North Yakima. Last week the Horticultural Union shipped seven carloads of Yakima orchard fruit, six east and one west, with other warehouses also distributing stock. About 100 carloads are stored currently.
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North
Yakima
Horticultural Union
Partnership Dissolved in North Yakima Real Estate Firm
Tennant and Miles, one of the oldest North Yakima real estate firms, dissolves partnership effective year start. Edmund G. Tennant remains in control as Miles retires for health and rest. A long conveyance list records transfers to Tennant including numerous tracts in North Yakima with contracts pending, plus canal company stock and suburban lots.
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Tennant
Fairview
Tennant and
Miles
City of
North Yakima
Ker
Nob Hill
Township 14
W. M
W. M. Fast
The
Yakima Valley Canal Company
EB. W. M
Americanized motives spark deadly North Bend family shooting
Seattle reporters recount John Drost’s confession after he killed his father Peter Drost and wounded a sister at North Bend. The youth, 13, said he was glad his father was dead and cited American justice as justification. He claimed Dutch ties and a visit by Tadema influenced the act.
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Seattle
Wash
John Prost
Peter Drost
North Bend
Holland
Drost
Trouble onces More in Light Growers Meet Preview
The 1910 peach crop nationwide proved enormous with projections for the North Yakima region. The Horticultural Union plans its February 11 meeting at 10 AM in court house offices to discuss the Northwestern Fruit Exchange and peach markets. Carload tallies show Washington and California leading shipments with prices around 80 cents a box, up from 75 cents prior year.
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The
Horticultural Union
Court House
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Prosser
Union
H. M. Gilbert
Ray Paddock
Yakima
Texas
Georgia
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Erie Islands
Connecticut
Arkansas
Missouri
Colorado
Utah
Washington
California
Oregon
Idaho
Michigan
West Virginia
Old Virginia
Tammany Pressures Sheehan Over Friday Victory
In Albany on January 24 the daily ballot showed no change in leading candidates. Tammany Hall reportedly warned Sheehan that if he fails to reach the required vote to win by Friday, they will seek another candidate.
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Tammany
Sheehan
Albany
Fatal Powder Explosion Kills Miner’s Family in Roslyn
In Roslyn Washington January 84 Matt Harrison and four of his children died and a fifth child perished after a 25 pound powder can exploded in the Harrison home kitchen. Mrs Harrison suffered burns but is expected to recover. The blast occurred as Harrison filled the can while his wife and the children watched. A spark from the stove ignited the powder causing fatal burns across the household. The children ranged from an infant to eight years old.
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Roslyn
Matt Harrison
Harrison
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