Mystery of Double Tragedy Deepens in Portland
Portland March 9 The mystery over the deaths of Oscar Hiett and John Dale deepens after a twenty four hour search. A third or fourth man is suspected, with robbery as a possible motive suggested by missing shotguns. Old man Dale’s role remains disputed as suspicions arise about who fired first and why.
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Portland
Oscar Hiett
John Dale
Columbia
Iic
Dale
Young Hiett
Hiett
Oregon Solons Eye Short Special Session
Balem Or March 9. Speaker McArthur and a majority of lawmakers favor a brief extra session called by Governor Benson for March 15. They expect a noon finish the next day with one full day of actual work to limit delays and avoid nonessential measures.
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Taglgaigh
Atte
Tax Commission
Multnomah
McArthur
Denson
New Street Car Fender Works Well on Willamette Street
A Springfield made street car fender was tested on Willamette Street when a heavy sand sack was placed on the track. The car approached at speed and the fender picked up the sack neatly, with the mechanism performing admirably.
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Springfield
Sveral Eugene
Willamette Street
Missouri Supreme Court Overrules Motions in Ouster Suit
The Missouri Supreme Court today overruled the motions of Standard Oil Company and Republic Oil Company for rebelling in the ouster suit and for modification of the judgment. The Waterse-Pierce Company position was well upheld, and the attorney general’s motion for absolute ouster was denied.
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Jefferson City
March
Standard Ofl Co
Indiana
Republic O11 Co
Ohio
Missouri Supreme Court
Waterse-Pierce Co
Standard Oil companies ousted from Missouri actions upheld
The Missouri courts affirmed judgments ousting Indiana and Ohio Standard Oil affiliates and granting Waters-Pierce a right to do business in Missouri. The Standard Oil Co of Indiana and Republic Oil Co face $50,000 fines each and must cease operations in the state, while Waters-Pierce paid its $50,000 fine.
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Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Waters-Pierce
Standard of New Jersey
Standard Oil Co
Republic of Co
Waters-Pierce Co
Creswell Boom Growing Apace
Creswell March 9 Creswell still booms a promotion club organized last night with 60 members L D Scarbrough elected president T A Shafer vice president and R H Parsons secretary two dollars membership fee collected from each member Mr Spencer of Myrtle Point views town and may invest to real estate renting Noland house for the summer Stratford addition nearly sold with two lots left W W Scott and daughter Merle selling property and building a bungalow more houses planned this spring and summer pending lumber supply Mr Snider of Colorado shipped a carload of stock and household all rented for the summer R H Parsons plans to put in a lumber yard at once
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Creswell
L. D. Scarbrough
T. A. Shafer
R. H. Parsons
Spencer
Myrtle Point
Henry Melton
Stratford Addition
W. W. Scott
Miss Merle
Federal Building Brick Purchased in Corvallis
Wm. Corbett sold 200000 brick for the new government building at Eugene. Government Inspector passed the shipment as satisfactory. Yard stock will be reduced to meet demand. yard crews will toil to satisfy needs while good weather allows. Corvallis Casette reports a busy period ahead for the yard and local industry.
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Wm. Corbett
Eugene
Corbett
Corvallis
Electric Bitters Endorsed by San Francisco Architect
Norman Coulter, a prominent architect in the Delbert building, San Francisco, endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic for stomach liver and kidney disorders. It is praised as the best spring medicine and a blood purifier, available for 50c at W. A. Kuykendall's.
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Norman
Coulter
Delbert
San Francisco
W. A. Kuykendall
Middle Western States Struck by Heavy Snowstorm
Topeka reports the heaviest storm of the winter with over eighteen inches at Junction City, the season’s worst. Snow also reaches Oklahoma City and Texas panhandle towns as freezing temperatures grip the region and a drenching rain falls over Arkansas.
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Middle Western
Topeka
Junction City
Oklahoma City
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Snow Keeps Kansas Roads Blocked Across Central Regions
Heavy snowfall blankets central and southern Kansas with about twelve inches, winds drift snow, interrupting traffic and halting travel across major routes.
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Wichita
Kas
Kansas
Blocked by snow storms sweep Des Moines streets
Des Moines reports one of the season's severest snow storms as March 9 blanketed the city. Trains and street cars operate with difficulty amid heavy snow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tornado Toll Rises in Brinkley Arkansas Town
Advices from Brinkley report ten white and four black killed with fifteen to twenty injured in last night’s twister. In Brinkley’s three thousand population the business district is demolished and half the homes uninhabitable. Relief trains arrived amid cut wire service and a fire that added terror before citizens contained it.
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Memphis
Brinkley
Tornado Devastates Brinkley Causing Massive Damage
A tornado swept Brinkley last night killing thirty people and injuring between fifteen and forty. Over one million dollars in property damage reported as nine of ten residences destroyed and the business district ruined.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Brinkley
Brinkley Tornado Survivors Reach Wheatley After Night Horror
Wheatley Arkansas March 9 residents of Brinkley Ark devastated by a tornado last night are arriving seeking help and shelter. Officials report widespread damage and ongoing relief efforts as communities mobilize. Local stores churches and schools open as volunteers aid the injured and collect supplies for evacuees.
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Wheatley, Ark
Brinkley, Ark
Brinkley Death Toll Rises to Fourteen From Tornado
Memphis reports the known dead at Brinkley have reached fourteen after a mass citizen meeting. A telegram to Governor Brough at Little Rock urged immediate arrival to take charge. The governor will leave for Brinkley. Reports say fifteen whites and over a dozen blacks died, with 50 to 100 injured. Bodies of many Negroes were found as the wreckage was processed.
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Memphis
Brinkley
Eaghey
Little Rock
More railroad lines head toward Oregon country
St Paul March 9 report says Canadian Pacific and Soo railroad will soon run trains into Portland Oregon. The plan hinges on an arrangement with Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company to use its tracks from Spokane to Portland. If carried out, CP may extend from Seattle toward Tacoma and Vancouver, reaching Bay Area lines and competing for coast business.
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Canadian Pacific
Spokane
Portland
Soo Line
Asa
Am Paellie
Tacoma
Vancouver
Seattle
Merth Coast
Suffragists in New York Newspaper Row
New York march 9 a band of agitated suffragists invaded the downtown District at 2 30 attracting attention of Tribune staffers in Park Row speeches began a crowd gathered and listened as campaign torches lit the Walton display bore a message about Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho and a question why not New York
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New York
Gegapg
Jong Park Row
WAR Se
Tribune
Walton
Prescott named secretary to Oregon senator Bourne
Prescott of the Portland Oregonian will depart around the 15th for Washington DC to become private secretary to United States Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr. of Oregon, succeeding John C Young. He was appointed to Oregon's state board of higher curricula by Governor Chamberlain, a body created to study duplicated programs at Oregon University and Oregon Agricultural College.
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A. W. Prescott
Arrivals of Mrs C V Intow and Son in Eugene
Mrs C V Intow and her son from Ash fend arrived in Eugene last night confirming travel plans and family visit.
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Mre. C. V
Confederate General Evare Led Army of Tennessee Veteran Unit
Prominent Confederate figure General Clement A. Evare of Georgia chaired the Army of Tennessee unit within the United Confederate Veterans. His leadership and wartime service highlighted the veterans organization and its historical role in preserving Confederate memory and heritage.
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Clement A. Evare
Georgia
Army of Tennessee
Department of the United Confederate
London Apple Scarcity Reports Boost Odd Stock
The Covent Garden market report dated February 19 notes lighter supplies across regions and a shift toward improved inquiry for better stock. A marked scarcity of first close box fruit from California and Oregon persists, with many traders holding long-accumulated stocks.
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London
W. Dennis & Sons
Covent Garden
California
Oregon
Electric Railway Construction Progress Report
J O Storey president and A Welch vice president of the Portland Eugene and Eastern rail way are in the city to oversee summer extension work toward Springfield. Thirty men are laying rails and cars may run to the river opposite Springfield by April first with a trestle waiting station for passengers. Welch plans to consult L N Roney about using temporary falsework as a foot bridge and discusses extending the line to College Hill with local interests.
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J. O. Storey
A. Welch
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway
Welch
Springfield
County Road
L. N. Roney
Willamette Street
College Hill
Messrs
Storey
Work Starts On Big Feed Barn In Salem
White and Celecbee of Salem leased the Rostein lot at East Ninth and Pearl streets to erect a large feed barn. Residents objected and the matter was brought to the city council. Although fire limits ordinance not yet passed, sentiment favored action and a vote is expected soon. Preliminary work began with excavating and lumber for the 135 by 125 foot structure fronting East Ninth Street. Authorities halted work when challenged.
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White & Celecbee
Salem
Rostein
East Ninth and
Perel Streets
Ord
White
A. L. Ogw
4Th Street
Telaya calls conference to arrange Central American peace
Mexico City report says President Telaya of Nicaragua convened a conference with Honduras Guatemala El Salvador and Costa Rica to seek permanent peace. The meeting is planned aboard a warship of the American Pacific squadron at Amapala, with official word not yet released.
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Mexico City
Telaya
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
Costa Rica
Central America
Amapala
State department not advised of President Ze aya action
Washington March 9. The state department reports no advice received of the president's action as cited in Ze aya dispatches. No further official confirmation or details were provided by the department.
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Washidon
State Department
Zeaya
Johnson Ready to Fight Any Man in the World
Victoria dispatch notes heavyweight champion Jack Johnson ready to meet Jim Jeffries or any challenger. He will travel to Chicago then Galveston to see his mother before possibly heading to England for a theatrical engagement.
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AK Johnson
Victoria
Jack Johnson
Australia
Jim Jeffries
Johnson
Chicago
Galveston
England
Promoter Hinton Mowan Helper Dies by Own Action
Washington reports the death by suicide of Hinton Mowan Helper, former United States consul at Buenos Aires, who sought to build an international railroad linking commerce across Central and South America. His widow and children reside in Chicago.
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Washington
Central and
South America
Hinton Mowan Helper
United States States
Buenos Ayres
Chicago
Brewers Aim to Halt Prohibition at Wisconsin Convention
Milwaukee March 9. The Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Brewers association opened their annual convention in Milwaukee with talks on curbing prohibition sentiment and raising saloon morals. Much routine business will be tackled, with sessions likely to continue tomorrow.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Brewers’ Association
Engine Explosion Kills Two Near Farrow
In Nelson British Columbia a Canadian Pacific freight engine exploded at midnight near Farrow. Brakeman Donald McQuarrie died in hospital from scalding injuries. Fireman Francis Glover was seriously hurt. The engine, attached to a freight train, stood by a tank taking water. no cause is given.
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Nelson
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Farrow
Donald McQuarrie
Francis Glover
Two-Cent Railroad Fare Bill Defeated in Senate
Topeka March 9 The Kansas senate adopted the railroad committee report on the two cent fare bill recommending that it not be passed, ending the two cent fare legislation of the Kansas legislature.
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Topeka
Senate
Railroad Committee
Kanane
Fertilizer sale offer from Chemical Works for 30 days
The Chemical Works announces a 30 day sale of lawn and garden fertilizers including rose and houseplant blends. Packages start at five pounds at 2 cents per pound with 10 percent off for 160 pounds or more. Goods analyzed at Corvallis College and delivered free. Orders via Warnock Bros. or factory. Neets foot oil also advertised.
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Corvallis College
Warnock Bros
Eighth
Park Ats
If You Knew The Texas Wonder Cure
A vintage patent remedy advertisement touts the Texas Wonder bottle as a cure for kidney and bladder issues and rheumatic trouble. It promotes a two months treatment sold by O. J. Hull and by mail order with a request to send for a stamp.
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Texas
O. J. Hull
Hendricks Chambers McKenzie Power Site Planned
The Hagten's bridge area on the McKenzie river near Eugene will host a new power project by Hendricks Chambers and partners. Incorporators Daywitt Bristow F L Chambers and Ray Goodrich file Kacou Light Power Co with $300 000 capital to build a dam and generate about 2000 horsepower. The firm aims to supply electrical power to the community and may later include a large sawmill in Eugene. work is set to begin early next spring.
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T. G. Hendricks
F. Chambers
Hagten’s Bridge
McKenzie River
Aunat
Eugene
Kacou
McKengle
Horce Power
Bank Robber Sought After California Hold Up
Los Angeles report says the Fra¢ National Bank of Monrovia was robbed on December 14 last of 29700. A suspect is under surveillance in Omaha after a long chase across western states. A confederate is said to be in Los Angeles. The Omaha man allegedly lost most of the money gambling and extravagance.
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Los Angeles
Fra¢ National Bank
Monrovie
Cal
Omaha
Idaho Solons End 36 Hour Legislative Session
Boise Idaho March The Idaho legislature adjourned at midnight after an almost continuous session for 36 hours. The clocks were stopped in the house and senate shortly before midnight on Saturday. The major measures included the county local option law a new primary law and an employer liability bill.
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Boise
Idaho
Miss Grace Lampshire Sells Land in Eugene Addition
Miss Grace Lampshire lists a 85 acre tract in the Biairtreet addition to Eugene for 700 dollars. The same acre previously sold for 400 dollars about a year and a half ago.
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Grace Lampshire
Biairtreet
Eugene
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