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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
4
In Columbus on May 15 the grand jury probing legislative drafting resumed sessions and is expected to return three more indictments by Wednesday. Senate investigators faced charges of planning a whitewash and recessed until the grand jury finishes.
Indianapolis May 15 Lee Raphori attorney for the International Association of Ridge and Structural Iron Workers charged the robbery of 422 dollars from the union headquarters safe as the McNamarras were arrested. Raphart, Burns, Walter Drew of the National Erectors Association and J A C Bradford examined the safe's contents.
Representatives of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association Washington and Oregon Lumber Manufacturers Association and the Southwest Washington association met to discuss consolidation and a curtailment policy. Committees will report at another meeting while selection of a manager and central office remains unsettled. The session was described as entirely harmonious.
New York May 16 Immediate price hikes for oil and products likely after a court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil. M F Elliott chief counsel said Standard Oil would obey the decree and begin dissolution steps, while investors held back until the ruling's effects clear.
United Press reports Blanchard Oil Company representatives, unsettled by a Supreme Court ruling, urged amending the Sherman anti trust act. They proposed replacing no combination of trade should be regarded as reasonable with a stricter standard. May 16 Washington.
In Washington DC at St. Thomas Episcopal Neurgh on May 15 Miss Tovise Cromwell, daughter of Mrs Oliver Cromwell, married Walter Bo Brooks, J G Baltimore. The ceremony drew one of the season's largest weddings with notable attendees and a formal reception following.
May 15. Arrangements completed for a great peace banquet to be held next Wednesday by the New York Peace Society. Honored guest Haroun dstournelles de Constant of France will attend. Andrew Carnegie leads the list of speakers, with Dr. Nicholas Mangier president of Cohun ba Diversity, qaudk Tr. Henry Waar peke also speaking.
May 16 recap of Centralia and Pat's Pets baseball, noting Guyn missed triple play, A Anderson’s fifth inning catch, Newell's 2 for 2, Gleason’s error-free start, Stebick Handed 16 putouts, Hollis debut impressions, Brown's strong arm, and a combined team batting average of .300 across three games. Redskins of South Bend praised for notable hits, Keheley and Kraus connection, two-base screamer to deep left.
A digest covers June campaign plans to oppose Texas prohibition from Fort Worth, noting Speaker Champ Clark’s background, Arkansas Governor Donaghue’s retirement, Maine Governor Plaisted’s call for a September direct primary vote, the Socialist party's national strength, and Congressman Robert H. Dieferndfer’s unusual career from farmer to dentist, merchant, and entrepreneur with international ventures.
A long list of real estate transfers and mortgages items shows numerous buyers and sellers including RL Hershiman, Roy Scages, Frank Fronta, Anto Milus, and J L Wilson among others. Transactions cover lots, blocks, and parts in Centralia Chehalis Dobson Donahoe’s, Sunnyside, NP, Urquhart, and various add ons with values ranging from 58.44 to 4000 dollars, plus several trust, mortgage, and deed actions recorded in these Washington towns.
New York May 13 Stone walle do not a prison maker for a man named Adams serving a year on Black wells Fland. Though confined in a fancy room during incarceration he wrote short stories that attracted many magazine editors. Adams a reticent man with a Scotch background and travels, has memories of journeys and house life that elevate his tales. Three stories published and more accepted, with release next September promising opening and parses.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions May in Sedalia and a series of garbled phrases about women and a federation. Most details are unreadable, with no clear events, names, dates, or outcomes to summarize reliably. The piece lacks coherent facts to report.
Atlantic City marks the hundredth anniversary of temperance work under the Presbyterian General Assembly began in 1824. The assembly will set aside a day for observance with Presbyterian churches nationwide urged to celebrate next Sunday, recalling Dr Benjamin Rush who championed abstinence in 1785.
The 24th annual North Carolina Firemen's Association meeting opens in Charlotte with delegations from neighboring states. Business sessions start at the courthouse under President James D. McNell of Fayetteville. A parade, hose wagon races, and ladder and other prize contests follow.
Seattle teams up for Portland Rose Festival from June 6 to 10 with a special push for Seattle's Golden Potlatch float. A boat bearing Beattie and the Pot latch design will be built and displayed in Rose Festival parades. A Seattle designer was sent to craft the float.
Atlanta Ga May 16 The golf season for women heats up as East Lake hosts the first South championship tournament with 18 hole medal play qualifying this morning and a two day event continuing Saturday. Entries include top players from New Orleans Louisville Montgomery Charleston Mackin Arabs Marlville Knoxville and more.
May 11 report from Waskrgse says Dr Booker T Washington and other leaders plan to buy the Trans National and Great Northern railway at a receivership sale in Tedas on Monday find the consummation in New York. Washington denies he supports any such project.
United Press report on the Missouri Diocese annual convention opening at Christ Church Cathedral. Bishop C. S. Tutte delivers an address as sessions begin and continue through the week toward next Sunday's annual Missionary Hour meeting. Seventy-second annual diocesan gathering.
A distorted report notes Roosevelt addressing a Metropolitan Life audience in New York. The speech centers on religious harmony and social reform, stressing cooperation between church leaders and civic groups amid national concerns.
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