Taft weighs veto as railroad bill nears passage
President Taft, in St Louis, signals possible veto when Congress finishes an emasculated railroad bill. He declines to discuss specifics, vows careful review, and will decide based on the final shape. He also urges immediate action on conservation and authority to withdraw lands for power and related needs.
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St. Louis
Congress
Taft
Farmers’ Union
Concerna Congress
United States
Senate adopts new form banning book making
Albany New York May 4 following a conference with Governor Hughes Senator Newcombe succeeds in having the senate strike out his amendment to the Shaw Perking and oral book making bill. The measure then passes in a form prohibiting book making with or without writing.
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Albany
N. J
Hughes
Newcombe
Senate
Chambers to Erect New Two Story Block at Sixth Street
F L Chambers plans a 45 by 80 foot two story business block at the corner of Sixth and Willamette. The lower floor will house a mercantile store by an Eugene man, with the upper floor as offices or lodging rooms. The white pressed brick front will differ from the adjacent building. A party wall agreement with Hampton allows Chambers to use half of the shared wall, and the contract requires completion before August 1.
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Hampton Department
Sixth
Willamette
Treetas
F. L. Chewber
Chambers
Eugene
Hampton
Agitation Continues in Chinese Province Hankow
Report from Hankow dated May 4 notes ongoing agitation in a Chinese province with persistent unrest and public disorder. Details remain sparse as authorities monitor demonstrations and uncertain conditions unfold.
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Chinese Province
Mass Meeting Monday Night at Commercial Club
A mass meeting is planned for Monday night in the Commercial Club room to discuss the census situation. Residents of Eugene are urged to attend to help ensure everyone is counted, as reports show many have not yet been enumerated and action is needed to avoid a disappointing result.
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Commercial Club
Eugene
Guard Office
Klamath County Votes to Move Courthouse to Hot Spring Addition
A countywide straw vote in Klamath County favored relocating the courthouse to the Hot Spring addition. Total ballots 1103 with 598 for move and 506 to stay, a 92 plurality. In Klamath Falls 814 ballots yielded 620 moving and 394 opposing. Petitions seek a permanent injunction against the county court action per the vote.
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Klamath County
Aote
Klamath Falls
Natives claim border agitation as 2000 Hunanese cross into Hupoh
Report from Klangsi notes 2000 Hunanese crossed from Hunan into Hupoh reaching Tyah. Authorities declare the situation serious as regional unrest grows.
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Klangsi
Hunan
Hupoh
Tyah
Lorimer bribery case eyed as grand jury weighs charges
Chicago reports States Attorney Wayman, after trips to St Louis and Southern Illinois, has found important evidence in the Lorimer bribery case. He will call two Democratic legislators as witnesses. Former senator Mason asserts many seats were bought, detailing views on direct election.
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Chicago
States
John Wayman
St. Louis
Ilinois
United States
William Lorimer
Wayman
Roosevelt Arrives in Norway to Enthusiastic Welcome
Colonel Roosevelt and party reached Christiania by train from Copenhagen. Large crowds greeted them at every stop as King Haakon and Queen Maud formally welcomed the visitors. The royal meeting was cordial with cheers in the streets and flags displayed. Roosevelt will stay until Friday morning before moving on to Stockholm.
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Christiania
Norway
Roosevelt
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Haakon
Queen Maud
Nominations for Officers of University Student Body
Nominations for university student body officers have been named. President candidates are Calvin Sweek Cecil Espy Percy Collier. Vice president George White Verne Gillis. Secretary Edith Woodcock and Mary DeBar. Executive committee nominees Sam Davidson Chas Koyle Phil Browrell Raphael Geisler. Athletic council nominees Hawkine Chuck Taylor Gabrielton Ford Henkle Brick Cockerline. Emerald editor William A Lowell Ralph Moores. Emerald business managers J L Caufield C A Osterholm. Assistant business managers Phil Brownell Phil Hammond. Monthly editor Dean Collins Olive Donnell. Assistant editors Alma Payton Lucile Abrams Clarence Walls Fen Waite Mike Wright. Monthly manager Ted Williams. Assistant manager Lee Huggins.
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Calvin Sweek
Cecil Espy
Percy Collier
George White
Verne Gillis
Edith Woodcock
Mary DeBar
Sam Davidson
Chas Koyle
Phil Browrell
Raphael Geisler
Hawkine
Chuck” Taylor
Gabrielton
Ford Henkle
Oregon Emerald
William A. Lowell
Ralph Moores
Emerald
J. L. Caufield
C. A. Osterholm
Phil Brownell
Phil Hammond
Dean Collins
Olive Donnell
Monthly
Alma Payton
Lucile Abrams
Clarence Walls
Fen Waite
Mice Wright
Ted Willame
Lee Huggins
Illfated Maine to be raised and buried at Arlington
Washington May 4 after twelve years the ill fated battleship Maine is to be removed from Havasu harbor and the bodies of those who perished with her interred in Arlington national cemetery. A bill for removal and burial, already passed by the house, today passed the senate.
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Washington
Maine
Havasu Harbor
Reese
Nationa Semetery
Arlington
House
Senate
Alfalfa Harvest Plans and Rail Reed Project
A Harrisburg area farmer will harvest 60 acres of alfalfa this year and 100 acres next year. Jacksonville seeks to secure a rail reed line to the Blue Ledge mining district to improve transport.
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Harrisburg
Jacksonville
Blue Ledge
Local University Alumni Plan Five Year Reunions
Last night’s alumni meeting expressed strong interest in closer ties between graduates and undergraduates for the coming commencement. A special committee will organize an alumni assembly in spring and a permanent committee to schedule future meetings. Next gathering set for May 9 at 7 30. Hood River Oil Co forms with 100000 capital. J H J Hibbard elected president.
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Eaton
Charles Collier
R. MacMuhorey
H. A. Dunbar
C. A. Hardy
Campbell
Hood River
Hood River Oil Co
Vale of Fields
J. H. J. Hibbard
Mother of Mrs Hyde Testifies in Hyde Trial
Kansas City May 4 Practically all of the opening Hyde trial session was devoted to the examination of Dr Victor C Vaughn by Frank P Welsh The defense yielded the witness shortly before noon Mrs Logan Swope mother of Frances Hyde testified at two o clock and the defense objected to her recounting Hyde s courtship Judge Latshaw overruled the objection but the state did not press the matter She said she met Hyde a year and a half before his marriage to Frances Swope on June 21 1990 and that after their meeting the physician began to call on her daughter She added the premises of her home were in good condition and there had been no sickness in the house for years prior to September 1909.
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Kansas City
Hyde
Victor C. Vaughn
Frank P. Welsh
Logan Swope
Vaughn
Latshaw
Swope
Frances Swope
Eaid
Lane County Asset Co near Eugene to Coos Bay railroad
Lane County Asset Company surveyors are across the Long Tom determining the Eugene to Coos Bay railroad route. Coos Bay backers plan to subscribe 250000 dollars in stock plus 250000 already raised by Kinney and Cleveland to fund electric line construction along the bay. Gardiner leader W P Reed lends influence through land and business ties. final location could be set in three months with work starting soon.
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Lane County Asset Company
Long Tom
Eugene
Coos Bay
L. D. Kinney
Kia Cleveland
Logger Dies After Log Crush Injury at Eugene Hospital
T C Bell a Booth Kelly logger died at Eugene hospital from internal injuries eight days after a crushing accident. He was 29, single, and leaves a brother near Marcola. The company says it bears no responsibility for the death.
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T. C. Bell
Booth-Kelly
Eugene Hospital
Marcola
Lumber Company
Wheat Markets and Local Notes From Florence and Cottage Grove
The report lists May and July wheat quotes for Florence, with May prices for Portland and Tacoma unchanged. L. W. Baker, once a Cottage Grove conductor, is gravely ill with tuberculosis and traveling to Salt Lake City after a digestive decline. George A. Dorris, famed asparagus grower, visited the city and is canning 750 cans daily with fifteen workers, soon rising to twenty.
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L. W. Baker
Salt Lake City
Ccuiki
Cara
Eugene
Cottage Grove
George A. Dorris
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Oregon
FL. Chambers
Hankow
Court House
Ole
Springfield
Money Savers
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Hamptons
United State
Willam E. Maro
Mason
Lorimer
Collier, Sweek and
Espy
University
Dunbar
Campee
Lane County
Asset Company
Logger
Booth-Kelly Employe
Florenco
Portland
Tacoma
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