Roosevelt Orders Five Named to Reform Government Offices
President Roosevelt appoints a five member committee led by Charles H. Keep to study improved methods of conducting public business across departments. The panel will seek economies and uniform practices, curb excessive letter writing, and push accountability for property while consulting the War and Navy departments on eliminating bureaucratic inefficiencies.
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Washington
Charles H. Keep
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Frank H. Hitchcock
Lawrence O. Murray
Commerce and Labor
James R. Garfield
Gifford Pinchett
Forester
Department of Agriculture
Army
Navy
War Department
Navy Department
Schwab to Head New Steel Combine
Pittsburg June 19 Charles M Schwab will head a new steel and coal combination aiming to rival United States Steel. Nucleus is Bethlehem Steel with plans to absorb ten plants and about 200000 acres of coal lands and extensive railways. Charter to be New Jersey, decision pending on existing or new corporation. New Assistant Secretary of Interior Jesse Wilson appointed after Melville W Miller resigns.
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Pittsburg
Charles M. Schwab
United State Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
New Jersey
Washington
Melville W. Miller
Department of the Interior
The
Miller
Jesse Wilson
Indiana
Ind
Jesse
Gothenburg system plans eyed for Los Angeles saloons
Organisers outline a benevolent corporation takeover to curb the 200 saloons to 75, close residences districts outlets, and replace them with coffee clubs. Expected revenue to city about 186000 yearly, profits capped at 6 percent of invested capital, beer and light wines only in mills and factories districts, profits above 210000 funneled to public improvements, and compensation for saloon fixtures and goodwill.
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A‘ 4
Los Angeles
Gothenburg
Corporation
Peace Conference Set for Washington D C
Washington June 16 America announces Washington will host the peace talks between Russia and Japan. Secretary Loeb read a typed notice at the White House stating Washington is the selected venue after both governments preferred The Hague and Chefoo or Paris could not be agreed upon. A later note says plenipotentiaries may adjourn to a cooler summer resort if Washington proves uncomfortably hot.
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Washington
America
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Loeb
White House
Chefoo
Paris
Hague
Guilty of Land Frauds Involving Timber Claims
F M Barrett and F W Bone, leading Wheaton Minnesota merchants, pleaded guilty in a federal court to conspiring to defraud the government by persuading Italians to take timber claims near Kalispell Montana. They were sentenced to one year in a U S penitentiary and fined $1000. Judge Hanford denounced the moral taint. a cousin, a Maine supreme court judge, furnished a letter. H J Shout and G Brokaw of Spokane refused to plead. Shout case may be dismissed.
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Barrett
Supreme Court of Maine
H. J. Shout
G. Brokaw
Spokane
Shout
Swedish Labor Unions Back Norway's Liberty Stand
Stockholm June 15 Swedish labor unions vow to refuse arms and back Norway in its bid for liberty The Social Democratic proclamation says upper class and reactionary papers seek to stir arms against Norway and warns of nationwide strikes if the rikdag pushes dissolution of the union Their call urges workers to express their views at public meetings
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Stockholm
Rikadag
Norway
Sweden
Social Democratic Party
Rikedag
William Wants Conference on Eastern Affairs
London report from June 19 says Emperor sound powers seek to convene an international conference to address Eastern affairs. Daily Mail Paris correspondent notes interest from major powers in arranging talks to influence developments in the region.
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London
Ae Daily Mail
Paris
Mead names two new railroad commissioners for state board
Governor Mead announced the appointment of John S. McMillin of Roche Harbor and John C. Lawrence of Whitman County to the state railroad commission. H. A. Fairchild of Bellingham is named, completing the board with plans to meet in Olympia June 31 to organize.
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Bellingham
A. E. Mead
Masonic Grand Lodge
State Railroad Commission
John 8. McMillin
Roode Harbor
John C. Lawrence
Garfield
Whitman County
H. A. Fairchild
Olympia
Mead
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
McMillin
Lawrence
Eastern Way
Fairchild
Roche Harbor
Frank C. Teck
King
Clallam
Skagit County
Normal
Washington Promotion Society Formed at Exposition
In Portland Oregon on June 16 county commissioners and exhibitors at the county booth organized the Washington Promotion Society. The aim is to foster cordial relations among counties and promote state interests. Officers include Elmer E. Johnston of Spokane as chairman of the executive committee. The society plans a badge for all Washington visitors to the exposition.
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Portland
Homish County Booth
Washington Promotion Society
Spokane
Elmer E. Johnston
Washington
Prof Oliver studies Whatcom soil for possible station
Prof G W Oliver of the agriculture department inspected bulk farms in Whatcom county at the Chamber of Commerce request. He says hyacinths and tulips grow larger and more prolific here than elsewhere, and growers in the industry consider the soil and climate favorable for development.
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Oliver
Whatcom County
Bellingham
G. W. Oliver
Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Zion City bid for Tamaulipas ranch to found tropical colony
Mexico City on June 19 reports Gladstone Dowie and Jorge Barnes from Chicago are leaving to complete the purchase of the Gonsales ranch, 1,000,000 acres in Tamaulipas, to establish a tropical Zion City.
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Mexico City
Gladstone , Dowie
Jorge Barnes
Chicago
Zion City
Gonsales Ranch
Tamaulipas
Grand Lodge Adjourns After Masonry Third Degree
Bellingham June 15 The second day of the Masonic grand lodge session featured routine business and the conferring of the third degree on a class including Governor A B Mead of Washington. A banquet followed at I O O F hall Spokane was chosen for the next meeting. Past Grand Master Taylor presented three gavels carved from timber from Marietta Ohio. Bellingham June 16 The fortieth eighth annual grand lodge session closed with officer elections and installations. New officers include Grand Master Abraham L Miller Vancouver Deputy Grand Master E F Waggoner Spokane Senior Grand Warden Ralph C MadAllister Seattle Junior Grand Warden Roy A Grove Tacoma Grand Treasurer Nathan S Porter Olympia Grand Secretary Thomas M Reed Olympia.
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Gov. Mead
Bellingham
Masonic Grand Lodge
A. B. Mead
State of
Washington
I. O. O. F. Hall
Spokane
Spokane Masons
Taylor
Grand Lodge
First Lodge
Alleghenies
Marietta
Ohio
Grand Lodge of Masons
Abraham L. Miller
Vancouver
E. F. Waggoner
Ralph C. MadAllister
Seattle
Royal A. Grove
Tacoma
Nathan 8. Porter
Olympia
Thomas M. Reed
Wheat harvest in Kansas advances early this year
Kansas reports an unusually swift wheat harvest due to recent warm weather. In many areas cutting has begun and officials expect field operations to be underway across the state within two or three days, shortening the typical harvest window significantly.
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Topeka
Kan
Jane
Kansas
Oregon Building Dedicated at Lewis and Clark Expo
Portland reports the formal dedication of Oregon state building and nine exhibit palaces at the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. A second section quotes Rev N M Waters on ignorance as a source of suffering, touching on law, sanitation, husbandry, irrigation, and medicine.
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Oregon
Portland, Or
State
State of
Rev
N. M. Waters
Congregationalist
Brooklyn
N. Y
Irrigation Produces Sweets Beet Sugar From Prairie Beets
A detailed 19th century description of beet sugar production in the American West emphasizes irrigation in Colorado and other states, farming steps from ground preparation to planting, irrigation, and repeated washing to extract sugar, followed by pressing, clarifying, boiling, and centrifuging to yield syrup and sugar. It notes the role of sun, large factories, and cattle feed byproducts.
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Wisconsin
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Beet Sugar Factories Describe Processes At Rocky Ford
The article details beet cultivation and factory operations from planting to sugar refining. It covers cultivating tools, beet lifting, washing, cutting, diffusion, sugar crystallization, molasses handling, and quality testing. Rocky Ford Colorado hosts a major 1100 ton-per-day facility, with continuous operation and safety gaps for accidents or cleanup.
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NEW Steel Combine
William
R. R. Commission
John S. McMitten
Whitmen County
Olympic
New Normal Trustee
Promotion Society For
Washington State
New Zion
Mexico
Hansas
Everett Record
Everett
B. E. Padgett
A. Wharton
Superior Court
Everett Herald
Olympia Recorder
Delaney
Episcopal Diocese of
E. Wistar Morris
F. E. Lloyd
Uniontown
New York
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
Common Pointe
Pacifica Coast
Taft
Hay
Victoria
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Port Arthur
Kazan
An‘gare
Rocky Ford
William Sport
Nicholas
Rocky Ford Beet Sugar Factory
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